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Category Archives: gude/laurance
Foxy/Proxy
Sonya: And now another exciting adventure from Gude/Laurance. [Ben enters holding uke] Ben: Thank you, thank you very much. My name is Ben Laurance, and I’m unemployed. Thank you. Each month Bret Fetzer gives Paul Gude and I an assignment for our three minutes we have here at Spin the … Continue reading
Telephone
Winner Takes None
[LIGHTS UP] Ben is revealed sitting at a table. He is disheveled and beaten, having faced an army of combatants before finally meeting the final boss. Paul enters with two identical glasses and a bottle of vodka. He sits at the table and pours two drinks. They toast and slam … Continue reading
The Murder Files, Part 1: Street Justice
Jumpstart The Funk
Paul and Ben teach you how to jumpstart your funk. This is the only performance Paul and Ben repeated during their 14 years at Spin the Bottle. The original performance was the above song, with Paul and Ben lip-syncing a dance to it on stage on January 2, 2004 Seven … Continue reading
Letter To Paul
[Paul enters, opens a sealed envelope, and reads the following:] Paul, By the time you read this, I will have opened my show “Brent or Brenda?” at ReBar, which is why I’m not at Spin the Bottle. Sure, our show’s only about 90 minutes with intermission, but if things are … Continue reading
Extreme S’mores
[BEN and PAUL enter.] BEN: Ladies and Gentlemen, we’d like to introduce to you now the latest campfire game sensation sweeping the nation, developed by us, Paul and Ben. PAUL: Hi. BEN: So to set the proper campfire mood, please welcome to the stage Rick Miller! [RICK enters, begins playing … Continue reading
The Cutest Couple
BRUCE: And now, please welcome to the stage Spin the Bottle’s cutest couple: Paul Gude and Ben Laurance! [PAUL and BEN enter. PAUL lofts Marshmallows to BEN, who hits them into the audience with a bat.] PAUL: Okay, what the fuck is that? [BEN doesn’t say anything. He just keeps hitting … Continue reading
Fucked: An Evening of Theatrical Atrocities
Paul and Ben clean up the messes. “A special thumbs up to Paul Gude and Ben Laurance for their fine inter-act slapstick as sick janitors, gleefully mopping up all the bodily fluids lost during each segment.” -Brendan Kiley, The Stranger “The time between the plays is also put to great … Continue reading