Middleditch played Richard Hendricks in HBO’s Silicon Valley, for which he was nominated for an. Comedy duo Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz improvise performances based on audience suggestions, from NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New. Middleditch & Schwartz Episode 2- Law School Magic Teaser trailer Netflix The second of three completely improvised comedy specials where Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz take an audience suggestion about finals week during law school, and make everything else up from there.
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Middleditch and Schwartz told Vulture, “After a decade of performing together, we are beyond excited to premiere these specials on Netflix and help shine the spotlight on long-form improv.” All three specials - titled Dream Job, Law School Magic, and Parking Lot Wedding - will be released on Netflix April 21. Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz are probably best known as familiar faces from TV comedies. Network: Starz Last Week’s Ranking: 5 This Week: A great episode that felt like a finale (but wasn’t). The two begin each episode by getting a basic set up and story from an audience member and then create every line and character, letting the story go wherever it goes naturally, throughout the hour. The trailer gives us just a glimpse, but it looks like a perfect blend of goofy and brilliant. Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz star in this Netflix three-episode completely improvised comedy special. You may know Middleditch from Silicon Valley, but did you know the guy’s such a good improviser, he can riff sonnets? And you might be familiar with Schwartz from Parks and Recreation, but did you know the guy’s such a good improviser, he can riff Sonic? Their three specials, filmed at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, will take you from the JFK airport bathroom to a Narnia-ish law school, in scenes based entirely on random audience suggestions. Sure, some of the dialogue on Curb Your Enthusiasm is improvised, and Whose Line Is It Anyway? YouTube compilations scratch the short-form-game itch, but it’s not the same, man.Įnter Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz, who are taking their two-man live improv tour Middleditch & Schwartz and turning it into not one, not two, but three separate Netflix comedy specials. Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley) and Ben Schwartz (Parks and Recreation) perform two-person long-form improv. Comedy Thomas Middleditch ('Silicon Valley') and Ben Schwartz ('Parks and Recreation') perform two-person long-form improv. It’s a rare treat to see great improv that clicks, outside of a live venue. Now that venues like comedy clubs, theaters, and friends’ basements are closed down for the foreseeable future, many of us have improv-shaped holes in our hearts.
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