The Strange Bedfellows are a short and long form improv group from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. They perform bi-weekly at the campus coffee shop, the Ronj.

Saturday, March 26, 2005

The Silo Sunday at 10PM

The Strange Bedfellows are taking on the Silo this Sunday at 10PM. Come see us perform in a different environment, we are sure to tickle a funny bone or two. This week we've had some good rehearsals. One Harold we did followed the story line of a young girl whose father taught her to blackmail, cheat, bribe, and cover her tracks. She became a great compromiser and took over several nations. One of Sony's competitors hired her to weed out the mole in their company. In the end all the bad guys died and we all lived happily ever after. Come see us tomorrow at 10 and tell your friends!!!

Monday, March 21, 2005

On the Australian Sense of Humor

It's kind of like a drunk version of the British sense of humor. They enjoy "My Wife and Kids", a short lived sitcom in America starring Damon Wayans and Trisha Campbell (last seen as Martin Lawrence's girlfriend in "Martin"), as well as "America's Funniest Home Videos" (which reminds me: destroy Bob Sagat). They also seem to enjoy singing songs on the bus to and from downtown with lyrics like:

I wish all the ladies,
were bells in the tower.
And I was bellman,
I'd bang 'em on the hour.

Very funny stuff...8 years ago.
Great weather though.
-A

CYBORGS TOO EFFICIENT?

The sex soup was tasty while we explored the endless cavern that led us to the UPS guys dance lesson computers system. Lintologists everywhere have been checking this site for updates in their competitive field, please stay tuned for the introduction of lint content detectors. Grandparents everywhere are feared for their well being as the US Government has been replacing them with Cyborgs. Cyborgs are showing up everywhere and rewording everything into Iambic Pentameter, beware before they try to kick your ass in a game of badminton.

Let us know what you thought of last nights show by emailing us at thestrangebedfellows@gmail.com

Sunday, March 20, 2005

I'm Bitter, But You're Just Mean (Battle Royal Still On)

Jeeze for someone that doesn't even care about sports, you can be quite a %!^& about Syracuse losing. I admit defeat and the fact that I am bitter as hell(I feel the need to sensor the other word, but I can say hell). This said I feel that people should lay off and let people deal with defeat however they may. Me for instance I got really drunk and then danced off my anger at the Purim Party(Thanks Jews!!). And now that W. Virginia won all I have to say is, "GANSEY!!!"

Other than that little rant STRANGE BEDFELLOWS VS. MANIC OPTIMISTS is still on. The ManOps will go on at 9:30 and the Bedfellows will come on shortly after. So get there a little early to hear some music and drink some coffee.

wait... i thought he was a comedy major!

turns out that in addition to his well-noted comedy, acting and Halo skills, our fearless leader, Kevin Weiler, is also a talented musician . come to Olin Concert Hall at 3:00 Sunday afternoon to see him show off a little bit.

don't lie to yourself - you are not doing anything more important at 3:00 on a sunday afternoon. unless you are the UVM men's basketball team. the Syracuse team, on the other hand, is probably free to delight in kevin's musical stylings. fancy that. yes, fancy it. - The Other carrie

Saturday, March 19, 2005

John Vs. his Crushing Shame

So I just saw Dustin, and was like, 'oh, we can't have our show on Sunday night anymore.' then I was all, 'of course not. it has nothing to do with my poor organizational skills. the manic optimists prebooked in the summer of '03. we were screwed by fate. that's all.' and finally, 'don't you point fingers, you bastard. As if we don't all have our own shortcomings. when I'm old and rich, this will be an endearing eccentricity. think about the future.'
We have reached a truce, and now will join forces against the manic optimists in the thunderdome-style match dustin has described.
-John

Dustin wasn't actually angry. That was my super-ego.

STRANGE BEDFELLOWS VS. MANIC OPTIMISTS

I just ran into Juan Mulligan who recieved an email from our good friend and coordinator or Ronj events Pete Keys. The email read something like, "sorry john but the manic optimists reserved the ronj for 9 or 9:30, you guys can do your show at 7 or 7:30 if you want"

So now we will challenge the Man-Ops to a death cage match in the ronj. Each member of each group will be allowed to bring one weapon(no projectiles, or explosives) for a close combat battle royale. You won't want to miss it. Stay tuned as this story develops...

ALIEN VS. GOLDEN RETRIEVER

Make sure you make it to the Ronj at 10 on Sunday to see the Bedfellows NEW AND IMPROVED fully improvised show titled, "ALIEN VS. GOLDEN RETRIEVER": No Matter Who Wins We Lose...

The Daily Jolt gave us some shit for our website being too boring as of yet, so we are going to get a high five, take off our pants and start writing some crazy html coding.

Friday, March 18, 2005

Reading this will hurt you.

So I spent my day frantically registering for classes.
This was mostly pointless, since:
a. I hope to not take the short term I signed up for,
and b. I don't think I fulfilled my graduation requirements
Then Dustin and I tried to get out of the classes we just registered for for Short Term. We're trying to sell the idea of a sketch-comedy independent study, and we were led to the Minitaur's lair, Pettigrew. After wandering around for a few, we found the professor we were looking for, who will not be on campus for Short Term. Now we're looking for other professors.
-John

Thursday, March 17, 2005

Web Counter! ACTIVATE!

Hey guys,

I just added a webcounter to the bottom of our page. Now we'll know how many people actually by this "internet" you so hardily endorse.


-K


A Shot to the Heart and Your Too Late... Posted by Hello

There has always been some tension between Dustin and Lee in shows, but in a recent rehearsal Lee finally acted on his hate. Lee stabbed Dustin in the heart with an icicle. Dustin was quickly rushed to the hospital and all the ice splinters were quickly melted, but he now has a cold heart(baaaaaaziiiiiiiing)!!


Juan Mulligan Posted by Hello

Juan Mulligan loves to make igloos at the top of the mountains and ski around like a fool. He is often spotted in the Library reading his favorite Jane Austin books. Sorry ladies he's taken, but there is only 4 letters to describe him P-I-M-P.

Wednesday, March 16, 2005

What's this? "Web?"

You kids and your new-foozled whats-its. Back in my day, we shared our mundane, daily lives with each other by depicting them on elaborate wooden reliefs, each carved with the most delicate craftsmanship. Pine was the standard wood base for a dlog (which is what we called them, a shortening of "woodlog"). Among those who were savvy, however, the wood of choice was teak.

But I shall endeavor to make use of this neue-fangled snag-jobber. I promise to keep posting regularly if other peolpe do. Pinky swear? Good.

Till our next rehearsal. Oh yeah, I mean 45 MINUTES!!!!!!

K-vin

..and then there was blogging

The Strange Bedfellows are on the web, well we already were on the web, but now we are blogging. We will be updating this with what is going on, ie. shows, filmings, cool stuff you should know about. I think most of us are new at this so bear with us. Carrie is like a pro, but she prefers Xanga or something. Anyway a heads-up we have a show this Sunday 10PM at the Ronj and we will be doing some more long form improv, something some of our fans might not be used to yet.

Dustin

[while i resent the implication that i am some sort of blogtastic freak, i appreciate dustin setting up our account when i "feigned" ignorance with foreign blogsites (ps, mine has the ability to change color and add photos, but whatever, Blogspot it is.) that said, let's ALL become blogtastic freaks! it's for the fans. - carrie]

YEAH Gmail!!

Strange Bedfellows have a new email address, check it out at thestrangebedfellows@gmail.com
Bear with us as we update this blog with photos and the shiz. We'll keep you posted.

-Dustin