This week, Jesse and Josh face their fears and tell some stories about Chuck E. Cheese and Dave & Buster! This leads to improvised scenes about unusual babysitting methods, a couple who share custody of a chair, and New York City scam artists! Then, in an extended narrative improv, the US Navy are sent on a top secret submarine mission to intercept a Soviet submarine which is carrying a missile meant to be detonated in Washington, D.C.! Hey, the listener! Do you have a story about something interesting that has happened to you? Do you have a list of random words? Do you have a fact about a bird?? If you do and you would like it to be featured on the show and used to inspire our improv, record yourself here, or send us an email at bigtownimprov@gmail.com! Original music by Steve Wilder Blumenthal (wilderbluemusic.com) Follow @BigTownImprov on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, or see full videos of our episodes on Youtube! Follow Jesse: Instagram - @jesse.moriarty; Twitter - @JesseJMoriarty Follow Josh: Instagram - @thejoshpilchshow; Watch Headspace on Netflix!

Big Town Improv with Jesse Moriarty and Josh Pilch

55. The World We All Live In & The Cold War Submarine Mission

That didgeridoo music can only mean one thing - It’s time for Big Town Improv! This week, Jesse and Josh talk about video games...and also about how they are cheaters! This leads to improvised scenes about an alternate cut of The Lion King, espionage in a high school, and a kid who has too much work to do! Then, in a very special narrative improv, Jesse and Josh improvise a brand new episode of The Mandalorian in which Mando is on a mission to collect the bounty that was placed on a beloved Star Wars character, and Baby Yoda probably eats something he’s not supposed to! Hey, the listener! Do you have a story about something interesting that has happened to you? Do you have a list of random words? Do you have a fact about a bird?? If you do and you would like it to be featured on the show and used to inspire our improv, record yourself here, or send us an email at bigtownimprov@gmail.com! Original music by Steve Wilder Blumenthal (wilderbluemusic.com) Follow @BigTownImprov on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, or see full videos of our episodes on Youtube! Follow Jesse: Instagram - @jesse.moriarty; Twitter - @JesseJMoriarty Follow Josh: Instagram - @thejoshpilchshow; Watch Headspace on Netflix!

54. Slap Fight & The Mandalorian

Special guests John Dorsey and Majed Elass come to Big Town to show off their blankets in this extra cozy episode! Together with Jesse and Josh, they tell stories about an unnecessary 911 call and some awkward workplace scenarios! This leads to improvised scenes about a disguised emergency dispatcher, an business fraught with inter-office politics, and a family of pranksters! Then, in an extended narrative improv, two scientists test their new serum on two dumb-dumbs, with disastrous results! Hey, the listener! Do you have a story about something interesting that has happened to you? Do you have a list of random words? Do you have a fact about a bird?? If you do and you would like it to be featured on the show and used to inspire our improv, record yourself here, or send us an email at bigtownimprov@gmail.com! Original music by Steve Wilder Blumenthal (wilderbluemusic.com) Follow @BigTownImprov on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, or see full videos of our episodes on Youtube! Follow Jesse: Instagram - @jesse.moriarty; Twitter - @JesseJMoriarty Follow Josh: Instagram - @thejoshpilchshow; Watch Headspace on Netflix!

53. John Dorsey and Majed Elass in: Three Blankets And A Duvet

We're back! FOR REAL THIS TIME! Jesse and Josh reunite after a long time apart, and to celebrate, they improvise a second sequel to the very first episode of Big Town - The All-Captain Crew!!! Plus, stories about college alligators, hardware stores, Washington D.C. trips lead to improvised scenes about a new neighbor in the turtle bog, a man who wants to return a tractor, and a congressional filibuster! If you need a refresher on the very linear and coherent storyline of The All-Captain Crew so far, check out parts one and two! Hey, the listener! Do you have a story about something interesting that has happened to you? Do you have a list of random words? Do you have a fact about a bird?? If you do and you would like it to be featured on the show and used to inspire our improv, record yourself here, or send us an email at bigtownimprov@gmail.com! Original music by Steve Wilder Blumenthal (wilderbluemusic.com) Follow @BigTownImprov on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, or see full videos of our episodes on Youtube! Follow Jesse: Instagram - @jesse.moriarty; Twitter - @JesseJMoriarty Follow Josh: Instagram - @thejoshpilchshow; Watch Headspace on Netflix! 

52. Turtle-Swallowing & The All-Captain Crew 3: Alien Outbreak!

We're back! ...Sort of. Once again our feed was hijacked by Big Town Improv's only recurring characters, Abner and Wobner! The two oddly combative goofball brothers are back once again with their rip-off podcast Gigantoville. And even worse, they tricked one of out favorite guests, Kevin Finer, to join them! Together they recall elaborate scenes about Abner and Wobner's teaching days, Kevin's automotive accident, as well as the long-form story of a kid, an adventurer, and a baker who search for a treasure! Hey, the listener! Do you have a story about something interesting that has happened to you? Do you have a list of random words? Do you have a fact about a bird?? If you do and you would like it to be featured on the show and used to inspire our improv, record yourself here, or send us an email at bigtownimprov@gmail.com! Original music by Steve Wilder Blumenthal (wilderbluemusic.com) Follow @BigTownImprov on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, or see full videos of our episodes on Youtube! Follow Jesse: Instagram - @jesse.moriarty; Twitter - @JesseJMoriarty Follow Josh: Instagram - @thejoshpilchshow; Twitter - @JoshPilchShow

51. Kevin Finer in: Gigantoville with Abner & Wobner Episode 2

Hellooooo The Listener! In anticipation of new episodes of Big Town Improv starting next week, we collected some of our favorite improvised scenes from the past year! Featuring guest appearances by Steve Gallant, Newt Warner, Dorothy Colp-Serrano, Carlos Serrano, Kevin Finer, Hilary Webber, Mimi Chiu, John Dorsey, and Jacob Giddens!!! Hey, the listener! Do you have a story about something interesting that has happened to you? Do you have a list of random words? Do you have a fact about a bird?? If you do and you would like it to be featured on the show and used to inspire our improv, record yourself here, or send us an email at bigtownimprov@gmail.com! Original music by Steve Wilder Blumenthal (wilderbluemusic.com) Follow @BigTownImprov on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, or see full videos of our episodes on Youtube! Follow Jesse: Instagram - @jesse.moriarty; Twitter - @JesseJMoriarty Follow Josh: Instagram - @thejoshpilchshow; Twitter - @JoshPilchShow

Big Town Favorites - The Best Short Scenes!

Welcome to Big Town...in 2021!!! Jesse and Josh tell stories about cooking disasters and sneaking onto roller coasters, which leads to improvised scenes about forgetting what to do in the heat of the moment, two kids who infiltrate the adult world, and an unusual office potluck! Then, in a narrative improv, a doctor believes he has unlocked the secret to bringing people back from the dead...but is he doing it because it's the right thing to do, or he just tired of everyone making fun of him for constantly healing people's swollen butts? Hey, the listener! Do you have a story about something interesting that has happened to you? Do you have a list of random words? Do you have a fact about a bird?? If you do and you would like it to be featured on the show and used to inspire our improv, record yourself here, or send us an email at bigtownimprov@gmail.com! Original music by Steve Wilder Blumenthal (wilderbluemusic.com) Follow @BigTownImprov on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, or see full videos of our episodes on Youtube! Follow Jesse: Instagram - @jesse.moriarty; Twitter - @JesseJMoriarty Follow Josh: Instagram - @thejoshpilchshow; Twitter - @JoshPilchShow

50. Hugh Jackman Knows The Rules

It's the one-year anniversary of Big Town Improv! And to celebrate, a whole bunch of our favorite guests from the past year join us for an extra-long, extra-fun, and extra-clear-and-coherent super episode!!! Together we tell stories about moving, judgmental pets, stuffed albino raccoons, and gallbladders! Then we improvise short scenes about the weird ASPCA, a weird hospital, and a weird department store, as well as a brand new narrative about air travel in 1800s Great Britain, unidentifiable accents, jet-packing assassins, overworked and vengeful engineers, the Lord of Games, volcanoes, Starbucks, and what happens when a scene dies! It makes sense!!! Hey, the listener! Do you have a story about something interesting that has happened to you? Do you have a list of random words? Do you have a fact about a bird?? If you do and you would like it to be featured on the show and used to inspire our improv, record yourself here, or send us an email at bigtownimprov@gmail.com! Original music by Steve Wilder Blumenthal (wilderbluemusic.com) Follow @BigTownImprov on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, or see full videos of our episodes on Youtube! Follow Jesse: Instagram - @jesse.moriarty; Twitter - @JesseJMoriarty Follow Josh: Instagram - @thejoshpilchshow; Twitter - @JoshPilchShow; Watch Headspace on Netflix!

49. One Year of Big Town (with Mimi Chiu, John Dorsey, Steve Gallant, Jacob Giddens, Hilary Webber, and Steve Wilder Blumenthal of Wilderbluemusic.com)!!!

The holidays come to Big Town once again! Josh's childhood friend Vince Tran joins Josh and Jesse to discuss (and make fun of) each other's ancillary friend Christmas celebrations, as well as other holiday traditions! This leads to improvised scenes about the invention of Christmas, a family of party animals, and a divisive film critic! Then, in a very special holiday-themed long narrative improv, on their 60th Christmas together, elderly couple Frederick and Eunice are visited by their three children and their families! But it turns out each adult child has a lesson to learn, which adhere very closely to popular Christmas movie tropes, before it can truly be the magical Christmas they expect! Hey, the listener! Do you have a story about something interesting that has happened to you? Do you have a list of random words? Do you have a fact about a bird?? If you do and you would like it to be featured on the show and used to inspire our improv, record yourself here, or send us an email at bigtownimprov@gmail.com! Original music by Steve Wilder Blumenthal (wilderbluemusic.com) Follow @BigTownImprov on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, or see full videos of our episodes on Youtube! Follow Jesse: Instagram - @jesse.moriarty; Twitter - @JesseJMoriarty Follow Josh: Instagram - @thejoshpilchshow; Twitter - @JoshPilchShow; Watch Headspace on Netflix! 

48. Christmas in Big Town 2! (With Vince Tran)

Big Town celebrates the 2020 US presidential election! Jesse talks about the time he ran for school class president, and Josh describes his experience on the day after the 2016 election! This leads to improvised scenes about the inner workings of a fifth grader's campaign, a surprising change in personality, and the day that Superman died! Then, in a special politically-themed narrative improv, an idealistic person runs a grassroots mayoral campaign involving damaged roads and a Five Guys! Hey, the listener! Do you have a story about something interesting that has happened to you? Do you have a list of random words? Do you have a fact about a bird?? If you do and you would like it to be featured on the show and used to inspire our improv, record yourself here, or send us an email at bigtownimprov@gmail.com! Original music by Steve Wilder Blumenthal (wilderbluemusic.com) Follow @BigTownImprov on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, or see full videos of our episodes on Youtube! Follow Jesse: Instagram - @jesse.moriarty; Twitter - @JesseJMoriarty Follow Josh: Instagram - @thejoshpilchshow; Twitter - @JoshPilchShow

47. The Big Town Election Special!

Nothing like recording an episode of Big Town on a day when the whole country is definitely not in the grip of anxiety and paranoid over some sort of contest or race or something! On this perfectly normal nice day, Jesse and Josh discuss their experiences with standardized testing and kids getting scared at the zoo! This leads to improvised scenes about a vindictive test proctor and an expedition to the South Pole! Then, in a special narrative improv, Jesse and Josh take inspiration from a random character generator, which creates two truly bizarre characters who go on an adventure involving a cruise ship and a dance contest! Hey, the listener! Do you have a story about something interesting that has happened to you? Do you have a list of random words? Do you have a fact about a bird?? If you do and you would like it to be featured on the show and used to inspire our improv, record yourself here, or send us an email at bigtownimprov@gmail.com! Original music by Steve Wilder Blumenthal (wilderbluemusic.com) Follow @BigTownImprov on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, or see full videos of our episodes on Youtube! Follow Jesse: Instagram - @jesse.moriarty; Twitter - @JesseJMoriarty Follow Josh: Instagram - @thejoshpilchshow; Twitter - @JoshPilchShow

46. SAT Trapdoor & Sandy and Derek

Old friends Newt Warner (Stump And Sammy) and Steve Gallant (Jaggy Lines, Robot Chicken) return to Big Town to reminisce with Jesse and Josh about their various hijinks as friends! This leads to improvised scenes about a house meeting to call out a Wiggles-loving roommate, the Boston Tea Party's life drawing homework, and a WWII soldier who really wants to watch King Of The Hill. Then, in a weirdly eerie non-Halloween long narrative improv, aging 1940's actress Amelia Carmichael is so desperate to retain her youth that she seeks help from the mysterious and strange Dr. Boudoir! Hey, the listener! Do you have a story about something interesting that has happened to you? Do you have a list of random words? Do you have a fact about a bird?? If you do and you would like it to be featured on the show and used to inspire our improv, record yourself here, or send us an email at bigtownimprov@gmail.com! Original music by Steve Wilder Blumenthal (wilderbluemusic.com) Follow @BigTownImprov on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, or see full videos of our episodes on Youtube! Follow Jesse: Instagram - @jesse.moriarty; Twitter - @JesseJMoriarty Follow Josh: Instagram - @thejoshpilchshow; Twitter - @JoshPilchShow

45. Newt Warner and Steve Gallant in: House Meeting & The Sinister Office Of Dr. Boudoir

Everything broke! So to make up for technical difficulties Jesse and Josh do one extra long narrative improv! Eli is an expert at search engine optimization. Isaiah wears a beard of bees in the carnival. Their lives take a big turn on the day that they meet and realize they look exactly the same! Hey, the listener! Do you have a story about something interesting that has happened to you? Do you have a list of random words? Do you have a fact about a bird?? If you do and you would like it to be featured on the show and used to inspire our improv, record yourself here, or send us an email at bigtownimprov@gmail.com! Original music by Steve Wilder Blumenthal (wilderbluemusic.com) Follow @BigTownImprov on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, or see full videos of our episodes on Youtube! Follow Jesse: Instagram - @jesse.moriarty; Twitter - @JesseJMoriarty Follow Josh: Instagram - @thejoshpilchshow; Twitter - @JoshPilchShow

44. Clowns and Bosses

Happy Halloween! Big Town Improv has been replaced with Scary Clown Improv! Terrifying special guests John Dorsey and Kevin Finer join Jesse and Josh to share their scariest true stories! This leads to a montage of improvised scenes about a grisly crime scene, a Monsterholics Anonymous meeting, and a group of campers trying to tell scary stories! Then, in a very SPOOKY long narrative improv, four teens travel to a lake to spend Spring Break 1995! But their plans are halted by strange visions of the future...as well as a homicidal groundskeeper!!! Hey, the listener! Do you have a story about something interesting that has happened to you? Do you have a list of random words? Do you have a fact about a bird?? If you do and you would like it to be featured on the show and used to inspire our improv, record yourself here, or send us an email at bigtownimprov@gmail.com! Original music by Steve Wilder Blumenthal (wilderbluemusic.com) Follow @BigTownImprov on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, or see full videos of our episodes on Youtube! Follow Jesse: Instagram - @jesse.moriarty; Twitter - @JesseJMoriarty Follow Josh: Instagram - @thejoshpilchshow; Twitter - @JoshPilchShow; watch Death Hacks on Snapchat!

43. Scary Clown Improv! (With John Dorsey and Kevin Finer)

Jesse and Josh talk about school dances and an unfortunate event that happened to Jesse in the night. This leads to improvised scenes about a teacher whose history obsession hijacks a dance planning meeting, a family of well-meaning mosquitoes, and a wedding DJ with a broad playlist. Then, in an extended narrative improv, third-grader Kyler makes friends with the monster in his closet and the two set out to improve their respective third grade classes! Original music by Steve Wilder Blumenthal (wilderbluemusic.com) Follow @BigTownImprov on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, or see full videos of our episodes on Youtube! Follow Jesse: Instagram - @jesse.moriarty; Twitter - @JesseJMoriarty Follow Josh: Instagram - @thejoshpilchshow; Twitter - @JoshPilchShow; watch Death Hacks on Snapchat!

42. Hallelujah! & The Monster In The Closet

Jesse Moriarty and Josh Pilch are artists and old friends who love to do improv comedy! Each week on Big Town Improv, Jesse and Josh tell true stories from their lives which inspire a montage of short improvised scenes, then they do one long improvised narrative scene like an off-the-cuff movie! Plus, original music by Steve Wilder Blumenthal (wilderbluemusic.com)!

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Big Town Improv with Jesse Moriarty and Josh Pilch

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