Dinner is always the last thing I want before an improv show. Food slows me down mentally and physically, and I perform slightly better when I'm on edge with a little bit of hunger. Now there may be some proof that my hunger really does make me smarter, according to this New York Times article. When you're hungry, your stomach produces a hormone called Ghrelin, which attaches to your brain cells. When scientists inject mice with Ghrelin, they get through mazes faster and perform better on intelligence test. (What are intelligence tests for mice?) The article ends with the postulation that the fattening of American school kids is aiding to the decline of their test scores, and if they start eating less, they will begin to perform better. Of course, eating less is not going to happen. What's going to happen is they will have to take a Ghrelin pill for every 3 cheeseburgers they eat in the school cafeteria.

This is Happy Kid. I get giddy everytime I get to play with them.





We're playing tonight at the UCB! Tonight, Wednesday, at 11:00 in School Night.

As promised, I'm giddy.

Saturday, March 18th at 8:00. That means tomorrow.

And we're excited about it. We're Happy Kid, we do long form improvisation. Some great people are playing with us, some from far away Evanston, IL.

Here's the line up:
Dr. Flux (direct from Northwestern)
Big Texas (Northwestern alumni)
BOMBARDO!
Happy Kid

We're renting the Abingdon Theater - 312 West 36th Street (West of 8th Ave) - just for this!

Suggested Donation of $5.

Happy Kids is: Marcy Jarreau, Nick Zimmerman, Peter McNerny, and Garrett Palm.