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A Wordy Adventure

registeredname — 2010-10-10T10:55:11-04:00

This is the video I submitted for the 2010 Montreal 60 Second Movie festival (M60). The theme was adventure.

MPROV: The 5th Montreal Improv Festival

Chronomorph — 2010-10-04T16:33:59-04:00

Go Spos!

chrisdye — 2010-06-24T09:48:15-04:00

Twenty years ago today, I went to my first baseball game. The Expos had the NL East lead, a half-game up on the Pirates, and it was half-price ticket day for under 16s, so I convinced my parents to drive all the way to the Big O with the family.

The Meech Lake Accord had failed the day before and it was St-Jean-Baptiste Day, so for the first (but not last) time in Expos history, many in the large (for the Expos) crowd of 25,000 booed Canada's national anthem. Anytime the Expos played at home on St-Jean-Baptise Day after that, they played the anthems during the warmup so that no one would be there to boo.

We sat in the first row of the upper deck, right behind home plate. Dennis Martinez had a solid start, but the relief was weak and the Pirates won the game, retaking the NL East lead (which they kept for the rest of the year). Disappointing, but I'll never forget how awesome it was to eat peanuts and ice cream and watch the Expos in the Big O on a hot summer day, during that brief time when the retractable roof actually worked.

Worst hotel in Montreal

chrisdye — 2010-01-28T18:38:34-05:00

I've travelled a lot, and so have read quite a lot of hotel reviews. But Montreal's very own Hotel Eureka has the worst hotel reviews I have ever seen.

Radio Free Qu�bec drama

YvonTripper — 2010-01-10T15:19:29-05:00

For our second season, we are developing a new drama featuring the voice of the lady who makes the Metro announcements. Here is a clip.

You can also make movies (in most major European languages) at www.xtranormal.com.

The Follow-Up

vinny9 — 2009-12-16T17:38:17-05:00

I made a little site with the full audio from all 3 episodes of The Follow-Up. Lemme know whatcha think.

http://followup.montrealimprov.com/

Big thanks to Marc and Andrew for their awesome help with these shows.

Election Congratulations

YvonTripper — 2009-11-02T18:11:26-05:00

Congratulations, first of all, to Hamid Karzai and G�rald Tremblay for their re-elections. For those of you who do not know these two men, one is a corrupt, weak leader in a land controlled by druglords whose re-election was made possible through a farcical, sham process, while the other is the president of Afghanistan.

Congratulations also go out to newly-acclaimed Mayor Gis�le Chapleau and the six acclaimed counsellors of L'Ile-Dorval (results available here), a city with no residents.

The Bitter End

Chronomorph — 2009-09-24T23:25:58-04:00

The Bitter End is at Mainline for another two nights of its last two live improv shows. Sept. 25th and 26th at 9pm for $8. We have a great Mirror cover story and the first internet webisode.

1966 Will Be Over In 2-4 Years

vinny9 — 2009-09-01T12:19:38-04:00

Montreal to get new Metro cars in 2011 and 2013

Montreal Improv Gives It All Away

vinny9 — 2009-07-11T01:03:37-04:00

We're having a little ticket giveaway over on our blog. If you're in town, feel free to participate.

Montreal Improv ticket contest

Bloggy Battle of Wits

vinny9 — 2009-03-13T17:02:23-04:00

So Mr. Marc and I are trying to come up with a good name for our brand new Montreal Improv blog. Your challenge is to come up with some decent names for us to choose from.

Now if it weren't illegal for us as a registered Quebec business to give away a prize without a lot of hassle, I totally would. So all you can legally get is our gratitude.

I leave it to goodladd to declare winners for the previous two battles.

Boff

goodladd — 2009-03-05T23:50:16-05:00

Am I the only person who didn't know Montreal has a soccer team?

Montreal in Two Minutes

chrisdye — 2009-02-09T08:39:48-05:00

I think this is a pretty cool little video:

http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/

Give a penny, take a penny

chrisdye — 2009-02-08T05:38:33-05:00

Here is a fun video of a woman leaving her CV at a Subway on Ontario Street. See if you can spot the reason she probably won't be hired:

Via Fagstein.

Newsflash: I'm A Stud

vinny9 — 2009-01-16T08:46:03-05:00

Montreal Improv got a little write-up in the Mirror. Huzzah!

In other news, a new set of improv classes for beginners start at the end of January. Check out the site for all the details.

Nostalgia for Nosamours

chrisdye — 2008-11-07T16:36:16-05:00

Ah, remember the good old days? When Celine Dion was happy to get the anthem singing gig at an Expos game in an unfinished Olympic Stadium?

I Kinda Like The Internet

vinny9 — 2008-11-06T07:32:10-05:00

Improv Gift Cards

Yeah, that's right. Give the gift of improv classes in Montreal this Christmas.

Improv site

vinny9 — 2008-09-26T09:42:01-04:00

I'm starting up improv classes of my own and made a site for them. I figured I'd ask you guys to do a quick check for me before advertising it around.

www.MONTREALimprov.com

If you guys notice any layout glitches or typos or wording or anything that could be improved, please let me know.

Pedal to the MTL

vinny9 — 2008-09-22T12:25:18-04:00

Bixi, a bike sharing service starts next spring in Montreal.

For 28$ a month, you can grab a bike from any of the 300 central MTL stations and use it for 30 mins and drop it off at any other station. Using it for more than 30 mins incurs additional charges.

There are plans to expand it each year.

The Bitter End

Chronomorph — 2008-09-19T16:16:55-04:00

Dan Beirne (the one you know and love) put together a trailer for the improvised sitcom that we've been performing at Theatre Ste-Catherine on thursdays. You can check all the episodes on The Bitter End website.

The Bitter End - trailer from daniel beirne on Vimeo.

Improv Classes

Chronomorph — 2008-08-03T20:55:51-04:00

Last month, Brent Skagford and I taught an intermediate class at the OFF space on St-Laurent and put on a showcase where our workshoppers dazzled the audience with their incredible improv skills. For late summer/early fall, I�m organizing a BEGINNERS class, so if you�re interested in getting on board the improv train, now would be a good time. You can check my website for more information.

My tribute to the Canadiens

YvonTripper — 2008-06-23T21:16:46-04:00

Cookie Monster Eating Noises

vinny9 — 2008-02-20T11:28:48-05:00

Montreal restaurant openings in 2008

After getting interested in the foodie scene mostly thanks to King Casey's erudite yet eminently readable food blog and a xmas gift of the Larousse Gastronomique (Hardcover) from me to Tash (which I've been perusing), I'm slowly getting interested in being hoity-toity with mah food. Thanks, King Casey!

Another good Montreal foodie blog is An Endless Banquet.

Montreal

dustin — 2007-09-24T00:40:29-04:00

Montreal is a fantastic city. A slice of Europe right here in Canada. If you haven't spent any time there, you should. Just make sure to do it when it's not winter.

I posted my photos from Bryan and Miri's wedding along with some random shots from my recent trip there.

Going Green

chrisdye — 2007-07-21T12:49:05-04:00

Last night, I went to a Just for Laughs show called "The Green Room", where headliners get interviewed casually. I lucked out- for my $18, I got to see Lewis Black, Billy Connolly, Eddie Izzard, and Louis C.K.. And when Eddie Izzard got tired and had to make a phone call (?!), Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald subbed in.

Due to the star-studdedness of it, I was lucky to have bought my ticket in advance: it was pretty awesome to get into Theatre Ste-Catherine (or "this corridor", said while Moses Znaimer (the guy who runs CityTV, MuchMusic, and half of the other crappy Canadian cable channels) stands outside, waiting to see if his pass will get him in.

A few good quotes:
"The words 'mission accomplished' can now no longer be used for anythig except a fuck-up." - Eddie Izzard

"Bush ruined the words 'mission accomplished' like Hitler ruined the little moustache." - Louis C.K.

"In the old days Britain, if we wanted to go to war, we'd send in a gunboat and blow the shit out of the place for a few hours, then come home and declare victory. We didn't stick around to see how it turned out. That would be bloody stupid." - Billy Connolly

"Bonnie Price Charlie was a retarded Italian dwarf. No wonder the Jacobite rebellion didn't work. Can you imagine an army of huge Scottish soldiers on their clydesdales being led by some wanker on a shetland pony, waving "Bongiorno!"
-Billy Connolly

"Who the fuck is Bonnie Prince Charlie? What the hell's a Jacobite? You guys are talking about more shit on this stage than I've ever even thought of, I'm going to spend the whole rest of the night: google this, wikipedia that..." - Lewis Black

July is officially Backwards Month

chrisdye — 2007-07-17T00:07:29-04:00

All in one month, Montreal has managed to wrestle back two of its titles long stolen by Canada's two other cities:

Montreal has less unemployment than Toronto and smokes more marijuana than Vancouver.

We're number one!

Lavallife

YvonTripper — 2007-06-02T19:07:25-04:00

A short TVQ documentary on Laval, which can now be accessed by m�tro.

Sure You Will...

vinny9 — 2007-05-17T16:28:42-04:00

Montreal Public Transit Expansion Plan

The Answer Is 'It Bends'

vinny9 — 2007-03-29T12:31:40-04:00

Montreal's Sherlock Holmes Society: The Bimetallic Question

The new society took its name, The Bimetallic Question, from the "Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans", first published in The Strand Magazine of December 1908, and collected in His Last Bow. It was selected on account of the reference to Mycroft's expertise in various areas, including "... the Navy, India, Canada and the bi-metallic question."

Classy newspaper

Bryan — 2007-03-23T19:54:32-04:00

The director of elections in Quebec recently stated that women who wear the burka or niqab are allowed to vote without revealing their faces. This caused a firestorm of protest and the director has since reversed position. (Somehow what was legal one day was illegal the next.)

It's nice to see that the Journal de Montreal could be counted on to address the issue with taste and courtesy for both sides. (See top of newspaper)

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A Wordy Adventure

MPROV: The 5th Montreal Improv Festival

Go Spos!

Worst hotel in Montreal

Radio Free Qu�bec drama

The Follow-Up

Election Congratulations

The Bitter End

1966 Will Be Over In 2-4 Years

Montreal Improv Gives It All Away

Bloggy Battle of Wits

Boff

Montreal in Two Minutes

Give a penny, take a penny

Newsflash: I'm A Stud

Nostalgia for Nosamours

I Kinda Like The Internet

Improv site

Pedal to the MTL

The Bitter End

Improv Classes

My tribute to the Canadiens

*Cookie Monster Eating Noises*

Montreal

Going Green

July is officially Backwards Month

Lavallife

Sure You Will...

The Answer Is 'It Bends'

Classy newspaper

Cookie Monster Eating Noises