That seems mostly true. I always like watching you improve because you've got tremendous depth and intellect. I don't understand the variable "scoring higher than 0% on spontaneous." My guess is that it's not measuring improv ability.
I don't know if I have a favorite improv comedian. Improv is too much of a group activity for me to single out specific performers, and I can't think of an improviser who influenced me in any exceptional way, other than "anyone I've seen who didn't suck."
I'd say my main comedic influences are Monty Python, SNL, Steve Martin, the Marx Brothers, Bob Newhart, Joel Hodgson (in his early days), Peter Sellers, Buster Keaton... probably a bunch of others, but those are the first ones that leap to mind.
There are also a bunch of comedians I really love, but they haven't influenced me really, because what they do and what they are is so different from what I am. Bill Hicks comes to mind here.
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I think it relies too heavily on the famous comedians you enjoy, rather than the form of comdey you yourself have the greatest aptitude for.
Who are your favorite big name comedians?
Who's your favorite improv comedian?
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I'd say my main comedic influences are Monty Python, SNL, Steve Martin, the Marx Brothers, Bob Newhart, Joel Hodgson (in his early days), Peter Sellers, Buster Keaton... probably a bunch of others, but those are the first ones that leap to mind.
There are also a bunch of comedians I really love, but they haven't influenced me really, because what they do and what they are is so different from what I am. Bill Hicks comes to mind here.
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