One is that there’s a lot of the number three in improv. So why drop three specials at the same time, instead of just one? Ben Schwartz I talked to Ben and Thomas by phone about why they decided to tape three shows, who they look to as great storytellers, and how you know you found your comedy match. And they’re all extremely enjoyable, too. Each is about an hour long, recorded at a different live show, and helps demonstrate how hard and rewarding improv can be. And it’s probably why Netflix tapped them to record three of their shows for the streaming platform - meaning their Netflix “special,” which drops on the streaming service today, is actually is three individual specials. What’s always obvious is that the two trust and lean on each other for each show, which makes them a pleasure to watch. It’s high-energy and funny, and sometimes things get very weird.
Then they use one person’s answer as a prompt for an elaborate story written on the spot and performed by the two of them. They ask a question of the audience, who shout out their answers. Every show is completely different and totally improvised.
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They regularly pop up in movies and TV shows, podcasts like Comedy Bang! Bang!, and web-based comedy series like Funny or Die.īut they’re also a comedy duo, which has taken its two-man improv show all over the country. Schwartz voiced Sonic the Hedgehog in the recent film Middleditch voiced Harold Hutchins in 2017’s Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. Middleditch played Richard Hendricks in HBO’s Silicon Valley, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Schwartz played Jean-Ralphio Saperstein on NBC’s Parks & Recreation (as well as a role on the upcoming Netflix show Space Force).
Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz are probably best known as familiar faces from TV comedies.
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