I like this so much that I want to add an improv vs. standup piece to it, I think.

1. If you’re watching a show where one performer at a time is on stage with a microphone, you’re watching stand-up.

2. If one performer is on stage at a time, but people come and make shapes or whooshing sounds, that’s improv. 

3. If you’re watching a show where there is more than one person on stage, that’s improv. 

4. If you’re watching a show at the Improv in Schaumburg, that’s stand-up. (I KNOW, THAT IS SO CONFUSING!)

thecomedyoferas:

After even my parents, the people who have the most invested in what I have to say, could not grasp the fact that an improv show Sarah and I were in was not written ahead of time, we decided that this list needed to be created.

Thus and thus, 25 Ways to Explain to Someone Whether They’re Watching…