Reacting the the highly requesting musical episode of Smosh's Try Not To Laugh and breaking down what goes into musical improvisation. instagram: @katelynforrester #improv #smosh #reaction #commentary #improvisation
FYI Angela actually has worked/does work in a musical theatre group and I know musical theatre and musical improv are different but it’s pretty sick she has professional experience in musicals
Amanda is the queen of committing to the bit. She always goes 100 percent on her characters. She did a couple songs in their second musical episode that I loved so much. You should check out some of their Idiot's Present episodes they did. Like Damien's giving someone an exorcism was really good or Tommy and Amanda doing an award show. They're basically giving a presentation without knowing what the presentation is about and have to just go with what the slides say and adapt.
Also that series is kind of similar to something TomSka did for two #CONTENTs and a livestream called The Presentation Game. It is also similar to a game in one of the Jackbox Party Packs.
I totally agree! The "Idiots Presents" videos, especially the exorcism one and the one Damien did with Jackie, are two of my favorite improv videos from Smosh besides try not to laugh!
Love this. I actually think that when Angela couldn't find a rhyme for "burpees" she decided to corpse on purpose because that's a really "Angela" thing to do and fits the running joke that she does things out of pocket. Chanse saying "Angela" is actually a way of supporting the corpsing because it's providing a straight man's (har har) reaction to the corpsing. I see that a lot in Chanse and Angela's dynamic. At least that's my theory 😆
I said this on the actual Smosh video, but God is Josh talented on the keys and guitar! He was in the same improv group as Chanse and Angela and I think it really does show. Majority of these bits wouldn't work without his intuition!! So glad you mentioned him.
Damian is my favorite cast member, but musical TNTL is where he shines brightest. He is always brilliant. That bit made me watch Hereditary and made me feel better for seeing it as a comedy. They are all great though. This is one of my favorite TNTL over all. The musicals and the prop tart eps are always gonna be excellent. The latest prop tart ep would be my next suggestion. I don't know much improv content outside Smosh. Maybe Dropout?
Some of Dropout's improv stuff is really interesting, particularly Play It By Ear (musical improv) and Game Changer (game show format that includes a lot of improv prompts)
I think people point out Smosh a lot because they’re one of the big channels that still do improv stuff. However, I do have some suggestions other than Smosh. You could react to Whose Line since you mentioned it and I think it’s a good medium to learn about improv, Good Mythical Morning with Rhett and Link do musical improv sometimes (I like when they sing songs but to a different genre), Just Roll With It is a Disney show with improv elements, and if you wanna do the rap thing Harry Mack is an incredible freestyle rapper who comes up with rhymes on the fly.
@@Electronnic i thought "play it by ear" was a spin-off of "make some noise" (itself coming from "game changer") but yeah i just want to second this idea
I was so happy to see Damien's Hereditary bit. It's one of my all time favorites from TNTL. As for other recommendations, I'd mentioned this on an earlier video, but some of the stuff Dropout has done would be great. I'm assuming we'd wanna stay on stuff not behind a paywal, so keeping with the theme of muscial improv, The Official Cast Recording from Game Changer is an excellent show of the Play It By Ear/Off Book team's improv talent. And of course taking any episode of Make Some Noise would do fantastically
Yesss the shakespeare episode from game changer was really wild to me. the episode only on dropout but they have a clip of one of the prompt on youtube
Something non-Smosh that I'd recommend is the Very Important People mock interview series! They deck out some well-known improv comedians in absurd or hilarious makeup and then they interview them as they play a character. It's incredible
Appreciate the Damien love. He's just super quick in general, so it was no surprise to me to see him nail these bits. Thanks for reacting to these TNTLs, by the by...came across them randomly, and I appreciate your perspective!
Dropout has great stuff with make some noise. And for more musical improv they have an episode of game changer called welcome to mount port that I think it would be fun to see you react to
Also the Kareoke Night Game Changer, and everything they've done on Play It By Ear which Welcome to Mountport was basically a pilot for. I'd also point to A Game Most Changed, which as far as I can tell exists because Sam Reich wanted to showcase the Improvised Shakespeare Company's talent.
Please please please react to the Dropout (formerly College Humor) show Game Changer, specifically season 4, episode 5, “Original Cast Recording,” otherwise known as Welcome to Mountport.
Was just about to suggest this but thought to check the comments first. Great to see someone else was thinking of this. Another Dropout series music wise would be Make Some Noise Or the sound boys episode of game changer
I think for your channel, the TNTL Blind Pairs videos would be the best for your commentaries. There's also videos where they play characters while they play games that are great for this commentary. There's one where they play Uno together on webcams, and Shayne plays a stereotypical "Aunt" and he's just fantastic. There's also a couple dartboard game videos with characters that are hilarious
The musical vid is one of my favorites. I consistently get the melodies stuck in my head throughout the day. My personal fill in the blank for Angela’s burpee bit is “I can’t do any burpees cause I made my thingy perky”
A somewhat obscure improv show from a few years ago is "Choose Our Destiny" by the Tin Can Bros. The episodes are uploaded on youtube and the format was basically improv-ing short (musical) plays where the audience gets to vote on certain aspects of the story and the cast has to incorporate it. Highly recommend it, it's wacky and nonsenical and usually goes off the rails by the end! I'd say my favorite episode is the fifteenth episode, sleepover slasher
Totally seconding Choose Our Destiny! I have literally had to stop episodes and come back later cause I was laughing so hard I gave myself a headache! And Sleepover Slasher is also probably my favorite! I also think Holiday Fun Ride is an incredible episode so its up there for me
Love your videos!❤ idk if it would still count as Smosh but Angela is a part of a long form improv podcast that I really like called ‘Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists’. Either way I can’t wait to see what you do next❤
omg! a great thing to react to might be some of the karaoke episodes of Game Changer on Dropout. Wayne Brady is actually in an episode! A lot of Make Some Noise features some really good improv stuff, and they also have a show that is solely about every episode being a completely improvised musical called Play it By Ear.
Great video! Just got done watching your other smosh reactions and then this one was 11 minutes ago, lucky timing for me! I know you're not just reacting to smosh, looking forward to whatever is next :)
5:30 These bits are somewhat directed, and they preset the music Josh is going to play based on what they're singing (at least a genre) Josh still doesn't know what they're going to say in the moment
I just went onto your channel to check out your other videos and you only have 5. I was expecting to see a hundred at least. Your videos seem well establish and like you've been doing this for years. Awesome.
I highly recommend watching videos where they have to be in character the entire time. Like the throwing darts competitions or the "The Chosen's play moose master"
I would really love to see you react to their most recent musical TNTL. The vocals were incredible, especially the Chanse and Damien song. And Amanda’s Succession song lol
Angela’s cracks me up every time just cause she couldn’t find a word. And her face in the beginning omg lol Also, you should definitely do the second one they did not that long ago.
I love these videos! The reunions they used to do on their main channel was sooo funny (especially the teletubbies one), they are more structured and honestly really impressive.
You should really take a look at some of Dropout's stuff! They have a show called "Make some noise" which is all improv and they also have "Play it by ear" which is musical improv stories. They have a great cast of improvisers. Another thing they do is loads of D&D which showcases a load of their great improv skills
I was waiting to see Hereditary the entire video. My absolute favorite bit and has stuck with me ever since. I’ve never even watched the movie! Made me want to though
I' m so sad. this is the last of 6 videos of yours i get. i've got a big sad in my heart that can only be solved by you making more videos in this vein. Please don't stop. This is awesome!
If you ever want to look at more musical improv, Dropout has a great series called Play It By Ear! Sadly most of them (including my favourite, Cornhole in One) are behind a paywall, but there are free episodes on their RU-vid channel. In general a lot of Dropout content would be great to see reactions to as the improv in shows like Make Some Noise and Gamechanger are also brilliant
Yeah Angela loves harmonizing . I don’t know about this one besides her joining Chanse, but in the other musical episode you can hear her harmonizing with someone offscreen (I think Chanse again) 😂
I know people are asking for a lot of reactions but, as someone with little to no experience with improv, i would like to know more on how to master it. As in, how can i do improv without it being forced and stuff like that. Maybe a video with advice or tips or maybe techniques for beginners would be amazing!
I'm very interested in any tutorial videos you could make about improv or footage of you improvising. You have a gift for explaining things clearly and succintly.
I've already seen a bunch of people mentioning Play It By Ear on Dropout, but I haven't seen as many folks suggest that you react to Off Book with Zach and Jess. They did a live show at the Curious Comedy Theater that's on RU-vid, and it's one of my favorite pieces of musical improv I've ever seen. I know it might be tougher to react to longform stuff, but I'd certainly recommend watching it even if you don't end up making a reaction video.
Harry mack who is maybe the greatest freestyle rapper talks about what you did in the video and he calls it "setup punchline" where instead of going for the word and then panicking for a rhyme you have a word you want to get to and keep going until you find words to rhyme with it before hand
They do more musical improv in a stream in preparation for the Smosh sleepover live on Smosh Pit. It’s only a 5-10 minute segment so idk if a full video on it would work, but the songs are generally a bit longer
I can’t believe you skipped over a lot of the episode! Keith’s “I’m a bride” and Chanse’s TjMaxx were absolutely iconic. Not to mention Amanda’s “I’m a king in this” and Courtney’s “Megan” songs. It’s as much a testament to Josh as it is the cast! He had to work on the fly, too.
I love these videos, cause i love smosh and really enjoy improv and learning more and seeing someone dissect what goes into these silly productions is very fulfilling
a good series to react to is Make Some Noise from Dropout, they have mostly non musical episodes about improvising based off of prompts, but my absolute favorite is the musical one with Wayne Brady
23:26 In case anyone wants to know, in the world of composition, this is sometimes referred to as "Call and Response". It's used in a lot of film scores, and especially any given motif. Start two lines the same and follow it up differently each time. Not all compositions use it, but much like with rhyming lyrics, it's a simple way to make something both good and catchy in a short amount of time.
It's been mentioned but for more musical improv, Dropout, Gamechanger episode, official cast recording - although it's behind a paywall. But any make some noise ep or play it by ear (musical improv) is just, improv. Would recommend!
Ik that they're more experienced improv performers so there may be less for you to talk about or unpack in terms of pointing out mistakes to use as a teaching moment, but if you'd want a break from Smosh, I'd recommend checking out some of the free episodes on Dropout's RU-vid channel. Make some noise (both the original game changer episodes and the spin off series), Welcome to Mount Port is an excellent musical improv episode that I'd HIGHLY recommend, or their newest show Very Important People, where the whole premise is an interview show where the guests are put in costumes that they don't get to see until before they go on and they have to come up with a character on the spot.
"you're not going to find people improvising songs to a backing track" except that you are, there were several episodes of Off Book recorded during covid lockdowns in which , because they couldn't be in a room together and there are delays over zoom, they used backing tracks to improvise to, they are particularly interesting episodes because of this added challenge
If you listen closely to Chanse as he walks away he says “I’ll make them huge and puny” which I’m convinced he was gonna rhyme with “Carmen and Juni,” the main characters from the film.
the way you reacted when you realized damien was singing about hereditary was the same way i reacted, lol. as a suggestion, there's a sci-fi improv podcast called Mission to Zyxx that you may find interesting to talk about. each episode has a different guest as a character, some reoccuring, so the overarching storyline isn't ultra complicated like some sci-fi stuff. they have a live reading of the first episode as a special thing they did during quarantine. there's also the Hey Riddle Riddle! podcast, which is 3 hosts who are relatively famous improvers who answer riddles... or, uh, avoid answering the riddles. they make some very nsfw jokes sometimes (nothing offensive or hateful, unless about themselves), but they have tons of excellent bits. they have "best of (year)" episodes, which would be great for you to check out to see if youd like to discuss them!
Absolutely look into Dropout and the shows on there if you haven’t already! Make some noise and play it by ear are gold mines for the content you’ve been making!
Speaking of musical improv, you should react to one of the offbook live shows with jess mckenna and zack reino that are available with video on youtube
