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Factually! with Adam Conover
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Ian Roberts
Ian Roberts is one of the four original members of the Upright Citizens Brigade. You might know him as the Bluth’s doctor in many episodes of Arrested Development, or as the heart-attack prone Sergeant Declan on Reno 911. If you’re like me, you didn’t know until recently that he was the choreographer teaching the proper technique of spirit fingers in Bring It On. You can find him staying true to his improv roots every week in Asssscat at the Los Angeles UCB Theatre.
Guest Appearances
Abbey Road’s Worst Review
Will Hines, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, Joel Spence and Johnny Meeks join Matt Besser for scenes about coping with a Christmas goodie shortage, auditioning with an awful voice, and talking up a minor injury for fast treatment. Plus, buying tickets for an…
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The Best of i4h Vol. 10
Please enjoy this compilation of some of the best scenes from 2019! These performances feature Gavin Speiller, Horatio Sanz, John Gemberling, Mary Holland, Neil Campbell, Paul Rust, Eugene Cordero, Colton Dunn, Neil Casey, Katie Dippold, Ian Roberts, Bobby Moynihan, Charlie Sanders, Jon…
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The Exclusive Comedy File
Ian Roberts, Mookie Blaiklock, and Lou Wilson join Matt Besser for scenes about a bartender who takes sober New Years resolutions personally, agricultural inventions getting repurposed for sex, and an argument about sissy bars. Plus, a Little League ump’s bad call sparks…
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ENDGAME
Matt Besser recounts the tragedy of Thanos erasing half the universe and all of his improv4humans support team including the helicopter delivering his money due from Stitcher Premium. He interviews people on the street about where they were and what they were…
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The Instagram Adventurers
Bobby Moynihan, Charlie Sanders, and Ian Roberts join Matt Besser for this week’s improv4humans! They’ll perform improvised scenes about a screenwriter overwhelmed with collaborators, terrorists that incorporate sightseeing into their plot, and Instagrammers who refuse to abide by safety regulations. Later, a…
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Best of The Bible
In the beginning, Matty B created improv4humans. Then Matty B said, “Let there be a compilation of the greatest biblical improv scenes ever performed on this show”, and there was a compilation of biblical scenes. And Matty B saw the compilation, and…
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The Best of i4h Vol. 9
The humons have cast their votes, and here are your favorite scenes of 2018! These performances feature Don Fanelli, Laura Willcox, Gil Ozeri, John Gemberling, Curtis Gwinn, Tim Meadows, Peter Hulne, Colton Dunn, Jon Gabrus, James Adomian, Betsy Sodaro, Horatio Sanz, Lauren…
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Time-Traveling Apostle
Ian Roberts, Mary Holland, and Lou Wilson join Matt Besser for this week’s improv4humans! They’ll perform scenes about a sports fan with an obnoxious cheer, an extremely suspicious laundromat, and a diagnosis from a fake doctor. Later, Jesus offers cosmetic perks to…
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LIVE from DCM 20 Pt. 1
Anthony Atamanuik, Gil Ozeri, John Gemberling, Adam Pally, Jessica St. Clair, Lennon Parham, Chad Carter, Jon Gabrus, Matt Walsh, and Ian Roberts join Matt Besser LIVE from the 20th annual Del Close Marathon! They’ll perform scenes about combative healing rock salesmen, the…
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300th Episode: Yo, Is This Cake?
Chad Carter, Ian Roberts, and Sean Conroy join Matt Besser to celebrate 300 episodes on this week’s improv4humans! They perform scenes about a variety show performer with terrorist inclinations, President Martin Van Buren’s upbringing as a bubble boy, and dating someone who…
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Two-Hand Seesaw: LIVE from SF Sketchfest
Ian Roberts and Jessica McKenna join Matt Besser for a live episode straight from the SF Sketchfest! They take audience suggestions which inspire scenes about hashing out the specifics of butterfly travel, hiding baldness through haircut enthusiasm, and a jockstrap salesman competing…
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The Best of i4h Vol. 7
The humons have voted, and here are your favorite scenes of 2016. These performances feature James Adomian, Mary Holland, Jon Gabrus, John Gemberling, Gil Ozeri, Anthony Atamanuik, Neil Casey, Pam Murphy, Ian Roberts, Sean Clements, Jessica McKenna, Zach Reino, Nicole Parker, Paul…
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Here Comes the Petroleum: Live at UCB Sunset
Ian Roberts, John Gemberling, and Gil Ozeri join Matt Besser live at UCB Sunset for this week's improv4humans. Audience questions inspire scenes about fine bathroom art, a greeting card writers' room, and the world's leading sexual engineer. Later, they open the very…
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Millenial Falcon: Live from LA Podfest
Live from the LA Podfest, Ian Roberts, Sean Clements, Jessica McKenna, and Zach Reino join Matt Besser to find out how hairy you have to be to soak up all the water in the pool. An IRS scam call inspires a scene…
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LIVE from DCM 18
Live from the 18th annual Del Close Marathon in New York comes this week's episode of improv4humans! Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, John Gemberling, and Ben Schwartz join Matt Besser for a historic live recording where we'll hear scenes about peeing on your…
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The Best of i4h Vol. 6
Here is what you voted for as the best scenes of 2015, humons. These performances feature Jon Gabrus, Joe Wengert, Will McLaughlin, Chad Carter, Neil Casey, Betsy Sodaro, Colton Dunn, Joe Hartzler, Andy Daly, Sean Conroy, Brett Gelman, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh,…
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Ask the UCB: Rules vs. No Rules w/ Ian Roberts (Pt. 2)
Recorded LIVE at UCB Sunset’s Inner Sanctum, Ian Roberts, co-founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade, continues with a lecture on the topic of “rules” vs. “no rules” in improv comedy. Ian speaks on improvising with different forms, the rules Del Close used…
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Ask the UCB: Rules vs. No Rules w/ Ian Roberts (Pt. 1)
Recorded LIVE at UCB Sunset's Inner Sanctum, Ian Roberts, co-founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade, hosted a lecture on the topic of "rules" vs. "no rules" in improv comedy. It's Ian's position that rules are necessary for teaching, learning, and practicing improv…
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LIVE from Hollywood Improv
Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh join Matt Besser for an improv4humans recorded LIVE from the Hollywood Improv in Los Angeles! They’ll explore how apocalypse survivors believe that Ian's elementary school ability to make crystals will save them, the effects of getting a…
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LIVE from DCM 17 Pt. 1
Recorded LIVE at UCBeast from the 17th Annual Del Close Marathon in New York is part 1 of a colossal improv4humans with Matt Besser featuring an incredible roster of improvisers which include Ian Roberts, Adam Frucci, Ryan Haney, Joanna Bradley, Chad Carter,…
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Postcoital Mess: LIVE at UCBsunset
Ian Roberts and Zach Woods join Matt Besser for a LIVE improv4humans recorded from the new UCB Sunset theatre in Los Angeles. They’ll do their best to ignore the attention wanting guy with the cat on his head, come up with a…
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Mad Screamer LIVE from UCB-Sunset
Tim Meadows, Ian Roberts, Seth Morris, and Thomas the Milk man join Matt Besser LIVE from the new UCB-Sunset in Los Angeles for an improv4humans episode filled with arm wrestling competitions, fart wars, and a detailed hookup story told from the third-person…
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LIVE from LA Podfest 2014
Ian Roberts, Lauren Lapkus, and Horatio Sanz join Matt Besser for a spectacular improv4humans recorded LIVE from the LA Podfest 2014! Equating sex to chinese food, encountering cocaine users in a bathroom, a live theatre experience complete with real dead bodies, and…
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Bonus: Best of Vol. 5: The Nasty Hits
All the way from shitting robots to smegma cheese shops and beyond! It's the bonus best of improv4humans with Matt Besser aka the nasty hits featuring Ian Roberts, Lauren Lapkus, Joe Wengert, Tim Meadows, Charlie Sanders, Betsy Sodaro, John Gemberling, Stephanie Allynne,…
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LIVE at the Chicago Improv Festival
Betsy Sodaro, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh join Matt Besser LIVE at the Chicago Improv Festival. Tune in to this week's improv4humans to hear where and when your boyfriend should be sexually relieving himself, what to do if your poo-loggers are on strike,…
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New Posse
Owen & TJ are ready to discuss the recent U.S government shutdown until they are quickly interrupted by Leonard (Ian Roberts), a mentally challenged member of TJ's new posse. Will they be able to stay on topic or will they instead focus…
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LIVE from LA Podfest
Put on your best sun pants and join Ian Roberts, Lauren Lapkus, and Joe Wengert for a spectacular improv4humans recorded LIVE from the LA Podfest! Infestations of forgotten junk, puppy pools, gifted children, and shitting robots are all covered in an episode…
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LIVE from DCM 15 Pt. 3
Ian Roberts & Amy Poehler join Matt Besser for the 3rd & final installment of improv4humans LIVE from the 15th Annual Del Close Marathon in New York! Get ready for the most intense tickling of your life, beautiful French singing, and proof…
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(bonus) Ask the UCB 1
Matt Besser is joined by another member of the UCB 4, Ian Roberts for the first ever Ask the UCB! They discuss how and why they started the UCB theatre in New York, the UCB philosophy, and the economics of the theatre.
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Basset Hound Lips
Katt Williams has been in the news so much lately that it has inspired Matt Besser to invite improvisers Ian Roberts, Alex Berg, and Jon Daly to dedicate a whole episode to Mr. Williams. They will explore the use of Oakland cocaine,…
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Best of improv4humans Vol. 2
Once again we asked YOU which were some of your favorite scenes from the past episodes of improv4humans and we put together volume 2 of this special collection of improvised scenes. Listen to an all star cast of improvisers create scenes based…
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Live from RIOT LA
Recorded LIVE from the Smell during the RIOT LA Comedy Festival is an improv4humans that will make you believe in magic! Horatio Sanz, Jon Daly, Ben Schwartz, and Ian Roberts cover everything from Hitler mustaches, dueling Bill Cosbys, and the Borat epidemic.…
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Best of improv4humans Vol. 1
We took to the Earwolf Forums and asked YOU which were the best scenes in the past episodes of improv4humans and had so many to choose from that we split them into two very special sampler episodes. Enjoy this pu-pu platter of…
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Now Connotes Today
Ian Roberts, a true pioneer of Sketch comedy & current Showrunner of Key and Peele, visits the calming shores this week on Sklarbro Country! Ian shares his view on being part of a movement as a founding member of UCB in New…
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Battleship Strap-On
If all you got for Christmas was a dumb snow globe or a dumb daughter, here is your belated present! An hour of improv with Matt Walsh, Ian Roberts, Brian Huskey and your host Matt Besser. From restraining orders to asshole nuns,…
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Winter Olympic Fever: Deux!
Comedy Bang Bang has caught winter-olympic fever, and has on some of the members of the world famous Georgian Olympic Figure Skating Team as well as the coach, who teach us what it means to be a famous figure skater in this…
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