Matt Besser
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Sep 21, 2026
How Everything Went | S3E19 "Everything Must Go"
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45:19Josh RadnorHOST
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45:19Josh RadnorHOST
Matt Besser, right?
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45:19Craig ThomasHOST
Matt Besser, yeah, really funny.
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45:20Craig ThomasHOST
We, we definitely should have used him more than we did.
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45:23Craig ThomasHOST
[laughs]
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45:23Josh RadnorHOST
One of the founders with, with Amy Poehler and, you know, others of, uh, Y- Upright Citizens Brigade.
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45:30Josh RadnorHOST
I gotta say that I saw Matt Besser at UCB one night, and I think, I think Amy Poehler was there that night.
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45:36Josh RadnorHOST
It was like they'd already...
Special episode: Young Washington & Michael (James Adomian, Mookie Blaiklock)
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56:34Matt BesserHOST
[upbeat music]
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56:36Brett MorrisNARRATOR
Improv for Humans is produced by Matt Besser and Brett Morris.
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56:41Brett MorrisNARRATOR
Music by Dragoon.
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56:42Brett MorrisNARRATOR
Please rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.
Bob's Burgers, S3E14 'Lindapendent Woman' (2013) with writer Mike Benner
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5:55Mike BennerGUEST
The part that I really connect about this show is, uh, [laughs] this is also, uh, uh, used to be founder, uh-
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6:01Patrick CotnoirHOST
Matt Besser, right?
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6:02Mike BennerGUEST
...
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6:02Mike BennerGUEST
Matt Besser-
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6:03Patrick CotnoirHOST
Mm-hmm
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6:03Mike BennerGUEST
... who, um, uh, I think is just the perfect, like, annoying manager character.
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8:40Mike BennerGUEST
Mm-hmm.
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8:40Mike BennerGUEST
Like, you're quarterbacking the thing, so, like, you're kind of spearheading.
Tim Meadows on SNL, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler and Becoming The Ladies Man
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55:57Kid CudiHOST
yeah
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55:58Tim MeadowsGUEST
nobody else would do it and we go okay well me and you will do it you know what i mean yeah um so i think like yeah it's scene partner i would say farley um and i do this improv show um i tour with these guys called it's called bluebird improv matt walsh joe canali and brad moore's we do these long form improv shows that are just killer and oh man it's so good and they're so fun to work with and but like brad and joe and i have i probably did more improv with them than i've done with anybody yeah so i would say them and also matt besser this guy from ucb one of the founders of ucb i'm just gonna say matt besser actually matt besser He has a podcast called Improv for Humans, where we do long form improv.
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56:51Tim MeadowsGUEST
And he and I can improv for hours.
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56:55Tim MeadowsGUEST
That's so dope, man.
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56:57Tim MeadowsGUEST
And I love him.
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56:58Tim MeadowsGUEST
I love improvising with him.
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57:00Tim MeadowsGUEST
So I'm going to say Matt Besser.
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57:01Tim MeadowsGUEST
Okay.
Paul Grondy Part 1
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5:13Paul GrondyGUEST
And, uh, we'd perform maybe once every two weeks, once every three weeks.
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5:18Paul GrondyGUEST
I think there were nine improv teams that were performing on the schedule, and the headliners were a team called The Family, which had some well-known names, like Adam McKay was on it and Matt Besser and Ian Roberts and Neil Flynn, Miles Stroth, Ali Farahnakian.
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5:36Paul GrondyGUEST
Uh, yeah, great.
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5:37Paul GrondyGUEST
They were a great team.
The Hidden Cost of Expecting Success Too Soon | Joe Lo Truglio
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30:56Joe Lo TruglioGUEST
Um, you know, when of course Tom and Ben and Carrie were, were great and we're like, it'd be fine.
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31:01Joe Lo TruglioGUEST
And, but then who really, uh, whose opinion really kind of helped me was Ian Roberts who, you know, founded, you know, upright citizens brigade with, with Amy and Matt Walsh and Matt Besser.
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31:13Joe Lo TruglioGUEST
And, you know, he, he was just great.
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31:15Joe Lo TruglioGUEST
I remember walking back to the car after the kind of going over all the, you know, we had a big binder of the scenarios, uh, season six.
Hyphenate Michael Carlson
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41:37Michael CarlsonGUEST
And
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41:37Randy RandallHOST
then at UCB, is this Matt Besser? Yeah, yeah.
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41:41Randy RandallHOST
Yeah,
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41:42Michael CarlsonGUEST
okay.
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41:42Michael CarlsonGUEST
I mean, I've only taken a one-day Matt Besser class.
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41:46Michael CarlsonGUEST
But yes, UCB is Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, Amy Poehler, Matt Besser's theater.
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41:52Michael CarlsonGUEST
Sure.
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41:53Michael CarlsonGUEST
Um, so I, and I
Yes, Also - Billy Merritt
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29:34Billy MerrittGUEST
Some people who were also non-Scientologists at a theater, Celia Bresik, I believe was a woman's name, said, hey, there's a workshop in my office building.
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29:43Billy MerrittGUEST
There's a guy named Matt Besser from Chicago.
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29:45Billy MerrittGUEST
So we all went there.
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29:48Billy MerrittGUEST
And I did a scene with a woman.
Copperhead Helmet & Four Bad Swimmers (w/ Mary Holland, Ali Ghandour)
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2:28Brett MorrisNARRATOR
As usual.
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2:29Brett MorrisNARRATOR
Improv for humans with Matt Besser.
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2:31Brett MorrisNARRATOR
Based on your suggestions and other sources of inspiration, Matt and guests will perform fully improvised scenes.
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2:39Brett MorrisNARRATOR
Today's episode features human guests.
Hunter Saling!
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51:18Mimi Von SchackHOST
Matt
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51:18Brittany JohnstonHOST
Besser, really? Matt Besser, yeah,
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51:20Mimi Von SchackHOST
no.
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51:20Mimi Von SchackHOST
I never studied improv at UCB.
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