Most Excellent Tommy Galan

Only once or twice each year do the Galan Brothers have the opportunity to play in their duo improv show, Gallons! This is the post-show recording that quickly veers into an area that Joe has been meaning to ask Tommy about for some time...religion. In the past, they were both very religious. They were raised in a catholic home, went to catholic school and considered themselves religious. Then Tommy got all introspective and started reading, and poisoning Joe's mind, and the next thing you know they are atheists. Buddhism became a focal point when they returned to a spiritual path, but it was a massive surprise to Joe when he found out that Tommy was attending catholic mass again. This is their discussion about that. Support Most Excellent at www.Patreon.com.MostExcellent Support our Most Excellent Sponsor San Diego Gutters at www.SDgutters.com Support our music provider at Protofunk Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses

This was an EPIC Podcast!!! It was the longest and most informative episode we've recorded so far. In an attempt to find Most Excellent Podcast Guests, we reached out to the San Diego Improv Collective to find improviser with interesting jobs. The collective responded and our first in a series of interesting professions is Sean O'Connell of Angel's Envy Bourbon. We spent many hours on a Saturday sipping whiskey, talking about family and life, and enjoying a most excellent conversation. Enjoy! www.angelsenvy.com www.aeroclubbar.com www.patreon.com/MostExcellent www.METG.me Music by: Protofunk by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Tommy's guest this week is improviser/voice over artist Angela Dawe. Over the weekend, Angela joined Finest City Improv as a Visiting Artist. Tommy took her workshop on getting laughs without going for the laughs, which was enlightening. Tommy and Angela talk martial arts, improv, voice over, and how Angela should move to San Diego (or at least back to a larger improv city). www.AngelaDawe.com Please Support METGP at PATREON.COM/MOSTEXCELLENT Music By: Protofunk Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Margaret Dilloway is an award winning author and a student of improvisation. She grew up in San Diego where she currently lives with her family. Tommy and Margaret have a mostly non-improv discussion about writing, consistency, publishing v. self-publishing, and just a bit of improv and how it influences Margaret's work. You can find out more about Margaret at www.MargaretDilloway.com Twitter: @mdiloway Facebook: @margaretdillowayauthor or go out and buy her books listed below: How to Be An American Housewife (2010) The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns (2012) Tale of The Warrior Geisha (2015) Sisters of Heart and Snow (2015) Momotaro: Xander and the Island of Lost Monsters (2017) Momotaro: Xander and the Dream Thief (2017) Music By: Protofunk Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This is the second podcast in a row where Tommy talks with an improviser and they do NOT discuss improv! Lauren Flynn is an Emmy Award Winner, Host of the "Under the Gavel" podcast, and a super talented performer. Tommy has the honor of playing with her and creating with her as they are on three teams together. You can catch them every Friday night at Finest City Improv in "Camelflage" and monthly on clown team, "Look at What We Found" and in "10City!" their duo improv team. Lauren and Tommy will soon be working on video sketches and other comedy content, and you will certainly hear her as a regular on METG Podcast. Music By: Protofunk Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Finally, a NON-IMPROV Podcast Recording!!! Keith James and Tommy Galan are improvisers, but they are, oh so much more than that! They are also friends who meet up every three months to golf, drink, and now record podcasts. Keith is the host of The Superfriends Podcast which can be found on all the best podcasting platforms, and in today's episode, they talk about food, golf and mostly about everyone's favorite guilty pleasure, reality TV's The Bachelor. www.METG.me Music By: Thief in the Night By Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Approximately every 3 months, or every 10 episodes, Tommy will chat with another improv teacher and two improv students to answer questions, discuss and see improv from the perspective of the newcomer. On this first Student Corner, Tommy is joined by fellow instructor, performer and friend, Julius Ravelo, and they chat all things improv with Finest City Improv Students, Rachael Guerra and Adam Anderson. Enjoy!!! www.METG.me Music By: Quirky Dog Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The Aiese's are Tommy Galan's parents and they are also the first non-improv guests on the Most Excellent Tommy Galan Podcast. On Friday, February 23rd, Tommy's parents attended his Camelflage show at Finest City Improv. On Sunday, they sat down to discuss it, and improv, and comedy in general. Enjoy! www.METG.me Music By: Bushwick Tarantella Loop Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

There are festivals... and then there are four-day sleep over weekends in the same hotel/theater with the most wonderful improvisers in the world..in San Diego!!! 2018 marks the 5th year of the San Diego Improv Festival and I was blessed to sit down with organizers, performers from around the country, and students. METG Guests Include: Jesse Suphan-Finest City Improv-Ambassador of Joy Erica Clermont- Finest City Improv Instructor/Performer Kacey Cleveland and Jay Revis - That's Why We're Single (Florida) Jay Robert Flewelling - J-Names (Portland) Sarah Pugh -Finest City Improv Graduate/Marketing Aaron Turcios - Student/Box Office www.FinestCityImprov.com www.METG.me  

Kat Brown is the Finest City Improv Director of Community, but don't let her title mislead. She has her hand in artistic direction, students, festival production, and community management. Kat does it all and still has time to perform and teach some of the best improv in the world. Seriously, Kat is the most energetic and passionate improv teacher that I know and I love her like family. Best wishes to her in her new adventures as she recently was engaged! Check out Kat on Instagram @Costumed_by_Improv www.FinestCityImprov.com www.METG.me Music By: Who Likes to Party Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Sad Boys is Seamus Scanlan and Joey Partynski and they are one of the hottest improv duos in San Diego at the moment. Seamus and Joey bring their sad emo characters to an improvised exploration of music, relationship and an audience who has the luxury of no fourth wall. I love these Sad Boys and predict big things for them in the future. SAD BOYS youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZiIG2GiwcU SAD BOYS facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sadboysimprov/ @sadboysimprov Níos Moille link: https://niosmoille.bandcamp.com/album/the-good-alone-lp www.METG.me Music Credit "Your River" by Seamus Scanlan Níos Moille link: https://niosmoille.bandcamp.com/album/the-good-alone-lp

Tommy is joined in San Diego by improviser, instructor, and founder and owner of Break Through Play. www.breakthroughplay.com Gary Ware is a creative yet strategic Play Consultant that was brought here to make your life even better than it already is. By day, Gary is the Chief Strategy Officer of Tower33 Digital, and by night he is an improv comedian. In between all of Gary's passions, his most desirous one is helping people become the best versions of themselves through fun and entertainment. Gary was on the first team Tommy coached in San Diego, and they have shared the stage and classroom together on many occasions. In this podcast they chat improv, self-development, diversity, parenthood and all sorts of silly shit. Enjoy! www.METG.me Music Credit: Hall of the Mountain King Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This week Tommy sits down with improv and tuba master, Mark Beltzman. Mark was on the original Harold Team, Barons Barracudas at IO Chicago (formerly Improv Olympic), directed by the legendary Del Close. He has a stack of movies under his belt including Billy Madison and Home Alone, and he currently performs and teaches improv all over the world. Mark Beltzman https://www.facebook.com/Mark-Beltzman-163397423680342/?pnref=lhc Mark Beltzman: The Art of Allowing Improv https://www.facebook.com/Mark-Beltzman-The-Art-of-Allowing-Improv-145493025620324/?pnref=lhc Tuba Czar https://www.facebook.com/TubaCzar-248814065605595/?pnref=lhc Mark Beltzman IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0069689/ www.METG.me Music Credits To: Meanwhile in Bavaria Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

My guest today is Horror Film Actor/Director/Producer, Former Comedy Teammate and Most Excellent Friend, ...Mr. Graham Skipper!!! On Saturday morning, I drove up to L.A. to the Skipper Man Cave. We chatted comedy, the good ol' days, and his current horror film career. Graham is a great friend and I look forward to future podcasting with him. Graham is currently touring the feature film, "Sequence Break", and horror fans know his from lead roles in "The Mind's Eye," "Beyond the Gates," and "Almost Human" as well as playing the role of Herbert West in the stage production of "Re-Animator The Musical." He was a founding member, writer and performer in the NYC comedy troupe FUCT and he has performed theater and comedy and film all over the world. You can find out more about Graham Skipper at www.GrahamSkipper.com and follow him on twitter @GrahamSkipper Spooky Horror Music Provided By: Oppressive Gloom Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommo

Just before the 2018 new year, we have a December 27th conversation with improv master, Jay Sukow. It was a pleasure and I look forward to having Jay back on the podcast. Very special THANK YOU to M.i.'s Westside Comedy Theater in Santa Monica for allowing us to record at their awesome theater! Jay Sukow has taught and performed improv professionally for over 25 years and is the founder of Today Improv, where he teaches improv to actors, business, and everybody else, all over the world. He is currently on faculty at M.i.'s Westside Comedy Theater and The Second City Hollywood. Jay was a faculty member of The Second City Chicago, iO Chicago (where he was also head of their artistic committee) and ComedySportz Chicago, and has taught and performed throughout the world, including the BIG IF4, Copenhagen International Impro Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the New Orleans Comedy Festival, Club Med and the Del Close Marathon. He currently performs with the house team Lucy at Westside Comedy Theater as well as

This is my first sit down on December 9, 2017 with special first guest Amy Lisewski, the founder and owner of Finest City Improv in San Diego. Amy was one of the first improv folks that I met after my move to San Diego and the first to offer me the ability to teach and perform in San Diego. She is incredibly driven, thoughtful and insightful and I strongly suggest everyone take an improv class from Finest City Improv. We talk sexual harassment and abuse, theater ownership and our back grounds on how we came to the arts. Visit Finest City Improv at www.FinestCityImprov.com Visit Most Excellent Tommy Galan at www.METG.me Here are links from today's show, as well as credit for podcast music: Harvard Politics: What is a Safe Space http://harvardpolitics.com/harvard/what-is-a-safe-space/ Jon Ronson at TEDGlobalLondon: When Public Shaming Goes Too Far https://www.ted.com/talks/jon_ronson_what_happens_when_online_shaming_spirals_out_of_control   Music By: Protofunk Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed unde

This is our second test before launch. Still learning the mics and levels. Tommy sits down for conversations with his wife on Christmas night and then his kids and wife the day after Christmas. Let's see where it goes. Thank you in advance and if you have any technical suggestions, we are always learning! See you in 2018! Music By: Deck the Halls B Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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