House of Lies Improv | Live with Kristen Bell, Don Cheadle, Ben Schwartz, Josh Lawson | SHOWTIME

[@darkfieldmpls]

Ben is the guy who will finally bring real improv to the masses.

[@lmbgemini]

Whose Line is It Anyway already did that and it's funnier than this.

[@babarhead6956]

@@lmbgemini lol gross

[@lmbgemini]

@@babarhead6956 ?

[@StevieWicks]

@@lmbgemini "the thing I like is better than the thing you like because it's a competition, nnngnghhnh" - You, just now. Yup, gross.

[@lmbgemini]

@@StevieWicks Whose Line makes me laugh and this didn't. But they did a good effort.

[@DamselsOfDorkington]

We would LOVE to see more improv on television! Especially long form! This is really fantastic.

[@ezana3124]

please dont speak for me

[@DamselsOfDorkington]

Ezana Assefa We're a group of three people. So the three of us are a "we" which has nothing to do with you. So our statement still stands. WE would love to see more improv on tv! :)

[@xaviermunroe2950]

Ezana Assefa With all the other crap on TV you're telling me there isn't a half an hour somewhere for an improv show involving actors from different hit Tv shows...

[@dewaynerobinson2128]

Curb your enthusiasm

[@calliph]

Just watch the older episodes of whose line is it anyway.

[@andrewwowk935]

Watching some of these guys who haven't done improv before smiling and laughing together, clearly enjoying themselves just reminds me why I love improv so much.

[@doodlekat1]

Im not kidding this is my favorite video on the internet

[@MJKT95]

Who’s here after watching Middleditch & Schwartz?

[@santanasbananas]

Mekela Tyler riiiiiight here

[@ethannavarro943]

me...

[@waffletoast215]

Me!

[@DodoDiaz]

I've seen this one many many times, long before Middlesteen & Schwaah.

[@rileygalvin2]

It is the funniest thing on Netflix

[@ActualAlexandra]

It's embarrassing how frequently I watch this

[@FrankLagana]

ActualAlexandra same...

[@kevincollier4546]

It's embarrassing how often I watch this and then read this comment without replying. You're not alone!

[@dvmn1]

I’ve watched it like 8 times

[@SquareNoggin]

I hope some House of Lies fans appreciate UCB and look into some of Ben Schwartz's other work. He's the one that set this up for sure (he's a UCB staple). It's really cool that Kristen and Don agreed to do an improv show at UCB.

[@DiddntFindANameLol]

Came here to watch this after Ben guested on a podcast last week (review revue), where he talked about this. Showtime let him do this one as a sort of proof of concept, you hit the nail on the head.

[@mshevchenk]

​@@DiddntFindANameLol its funny, I watched this when it came out after I first was introduced to Ben through Jake and Amir and I've never been more on the same page as Geoff when he said that this video is what introduced him to improv.

[@StevieWicks]

He's also been a frequent guest on a long running podcast Comedy Bang! Bang!- his episodes are always gold.

[@wu-khyon4248]

I gotta go and check this House of pies show

[@parisye1337]

The way they got meta at the end was incredible. I loved how they all encouraged Ryan and Ben is an absolute genius for beginning that bit

[@peachesandpoets]

"hey, you guys, when you get a chance, could you shut the fuck up?" hahahahaha

[@Rav3r916]

"WE HAVE A ROSEMARY CRUSTED CHICKEN.. SO GOOD!" LMAO!!!! XD

[@kevinzambrano5179]

I just started looking for improv shows after watching Middleditch & Schwartz and now with this, I'm even more hooked. So, if anyone have any recommendations PLEASE let me know. This is great

[@orenkassner2510]

Same here, I came from the earliest show

[@eos04]

I don’t know anything either but asscat seems pretty good

[@SgtLion]

They're mostly old now but there's literally like 500 episodes of Whose Line is Anyway which are all gems

[@user-qb2dd6ed7y]

try asscat from UCB. You can usually find a couple tapings on KZbin

[@kevinzambrano5179]

Yeah I thought M&S was good but after seeing ASSCAT, really UCB are as good as it gets I think. Really great stuff

[@xanon4210]

I feel pathetic after watching this. I feel like a lowly human being. These people are gods. How could they do something so bold and so impromptu?!?!!

[@SquareNoggin]

+x anon You gotta listen to some improv podcasts man, they're amazing. Many of the UCB people do a lot of different improv podcasts and it's really a wonder to behold. Ben Schwartz, Lauren Lapkus and Eugene Cordero are particularly good. I've always been a big fan of comedy, but after discovering improv comedy it's hands down the funniest and most impressive type of comedy to listen to / watch.

[@youtubedrifter5594]

Practice

[@nikhilrampal7488]

It's not improv

[@lauradesommar434]

Practice legit years of practicing acting helps you befriend failure and be in the moment, be open. And then practice the type of acting you love most and then voilà :)

[@McDonaldsCalifornia]

​@@nikhilrampal7488huh? It clearly is

[@sampotter2339]

This was amazing. Ben should host an improv tv show

[@marcelapampolha4689]

Seeing this is so good because i dont feel like shit anymore when i am doing improv, because you can see that even some of the biggest actors are scared when it comes to improv

[@Showtime]

The House of Lies cast left their suits behind to perform improv in the hilariously, unscripted new #Showtime original, House of Lies Live! Watch it now!

[@jennygarcete8046]

Found this hilarious

[@brittainmark]

Well it would have been if everyone other than America hadn't been cock blocked from seeing it.... As usual --- dont you think the foreign fans of this show enjoy these snippets...

[@carmellacardina194]

Mark Brittain Try sho.com. i think you can watch there.

[@EricMalteca]

Mark Brittain Try moving to America, mmkay?

[@winola2000]

Josh Lawson is the best!!!!!!!!! What an amazing improviser. Hope he gets more comedic work.

[@stelpanagakos2520]

You should check him out on thank god your here the Australian version on KZbin he was hilarious on that show

[@babydingo95]

Don Cheadle is 51 years old, just to throw that out there.

[@AntonioHernandez-oq1jv]

+Jason Kang with Craig Ferguson

[@kylesteinhauser2535]

Black don’t crack.

[@avabingoodc.6254]

@@user-th6rh8zp3t So do I.

[@aksharagopi5144]

HE'S 56 NOW WHAT

[@KonkeyDongkey]

@@aksharagopi5144 Are you asking "What?" or are you asking "now what?"

[@SquareNoggin]

And wow Don Cheadle looks like he could be 20 years younger than he is. It's insane. The man looks amazing.

[@Ke3bz]

CHAIIIRRRSSSS FOR SALE!

[@FrankieMario]

ben schwartz is god

[@RobertSlover]

nah.

[@jesusthroughmary]

All hail to the milkman

[@Avatarodin]

BACK UP! MOO! MOOO!

[@Stephen_KB]

They really abandoned the pregnancy lie really quick

[@lacey4371]

right 😂 how did they go from a man being pregnant to kittens to a game show🤦🏽‍♀️

[@idontknowwhatmyusernamesho5540]

that’s the point! it’s just a jumping off point

[@eyre17]

"Actually no, I'm 100% French" Lololol Idk why but that was the funniest line in the whole thing for me.

[@PeterEhik]

More people need to fucking watch this show, I dont know anyone who does, and it's so awesome. Hope Marty and Jeannie can finally just fucking be together, the season 4 finale was beautiful.

[@kirbyteeth]

the rosemary chicken bit makes me laugh harder than it should

[@safhammed9131]

I cant stop seeing Jean-Ralphio Saperstein

[@GuitarSlayer136]

The milk man?

[@radkookie]

My hero...cause he is fluuuuuushed🎶🎵 with casssssh🎶🎵

[@Mr.Kow5000]

So happy to stumble on this almost a decade late. House of Pies Live!

[@DjDarkD]

You just got to love the moments where Kristen is bursting from laughing, but not opening her mouth.

[@marym6734]

Alternate universe where eleanor and pillboy fall in love, run away together, and join an improv group

[@soundhoose]

Lauren Lapkus is so underrated I love her

[@PurushaDesa]

Yeah Kristen Bell should get her on the next season of Woman in the House.

[@roybenari]

This is one of the best bits of long-form improv I've seen. Fantastic job

[@aarondadvlogs]

What the FUCK is House of Lies? I came here for House of Pies!!!!!!!

[@Singinghorn90]

Points!

[@ImJakeSrsly]

House of Bill Nyes the Science Guys.

[@JamScamly]

10:23 it's literally eleanor

[@jamilnadiq6966]

kristen's save on the doctor scene, man. the whole thing got colored right away.

[@megandoherty2339]

that scat man reference though~

[@jessemathews5502]

They just got sued

[@matteofausty6244]

This was great. One of the most entertaining things I've seen

[@ChristopherMelkus]

I haven't laughed this hard at improv since seeing the first time I saw WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY.

[@Binky2013]

What can we do to bring back this ensemble? Forget the consulting.... just bring back long form improv with this group!!!

[@simplyawful]

Benny Schwazz and the cast of Pie Town have made a fan for life... Me guys. I'm the fan. And you should be too, because that was amazing.

[@cesargonzales401]

Among the best improv I've ever seen!

[@myasera1769]

I've seen this so many times and it still makes me laugh out loud every time omg

[@ufotofu9]

I was just shocked when I found out that the actor who plays Doug is actually Australian. God, they are so good at American accents.

[@Meganhovick]

I keep coming back for the chair bit

[@annieev171]

Eugene Cordero surprised me the most! He's super funny

[@justinphu94]

He was the worst one

[@mubutukinkeke]

I can't believe it took me so long to finally watch this. Absolute masters of the craft. I have a long way to go.

[@motoipearson2538]

Kristen with the fresh nikes on!!

[@dramalexi]

Never seen improv like that before. It's all about the game and you're doing it masterful. Characters aren't even so important and still it's pretty hilarious.

[@MediaCastleX]

Ah...if only these guys could keep doing things like this every so often as an improv team. If bet ppl would be down to watch, they could do it whenever fits their schedules. They could freaking tour, can you imagine? 😵

[@indorock]

There's always Comedy Bang Bang podcast, where you'll have Lauren, Ben, Eugene and Ryan on pretty regularly.

[@imsilyeah]

who hadnt done improv before?? they all seemed so natural, which was probably helped by the ones you could see were pros at this like ben and lauren. but they were all so good its hard to believe it was anyones first time

[@caskettfan1]

It is impossible to watch that without feeling like you are goin to explode with laughter!!

[@VetteAction]

Are they my friends?

[@darrrkangel]

I always come back to this video it's so hilarious and never fails to make me laugh

[@BiggRuss]

Absolutely awesome!

[@parisellinas427]

This is the type of Improv i've been looking to get involved with. I absolutely love this this and want to find a community to do this with!

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

yes me too

[@finflamflamharrison9265]

Since the start I’ve been in full tears

[@Keatron3]

Chairs for SALE!!!

[@mrmediadoa]

That chair bit was killer.

[@Ninterd2]

"A light house is so far away from land". Uh, Ben...

[@wildoceanappaloosawomangay2535]

Don Cheadle is genius and a scream one of my favorite people. 🌞

[@halfhorationelson]

The “mistakes” are what keep it running so cool

[@zebradog8975]

This whole thing was extremely chaotic 💀💀💀 I loved it.

[@leadspot]

oh god, LMAO, I think this is the 30 time I watched this, it never gets old

[@beccazhou]

This was really good! Props to you Ben

[@gshak33]

Oh my god. The chair improv bit had me exploding.

[@HollyHargreaves]

Josh Lawson is doing improv with an American accent. That's impressive.

[@coalTHEminer12]

Hard to tell if this has any preconseived plots because theyre all such great actors, but regardless they are all amazing and i enjoyed it

[@chrishamer9263]

Ben has the Adidas x Dragon ball Z Vegeta trainers on, he knows what’s up

[@dasdonut4517]

The chairs got me

[@kayleeo7330]

Between this, The Earliest Show, and Middleditch and Schwartz, Ben Schwartz has completely indoctrinated me into loving improv and I’m not complaining.

[@goldwincs]

"do you love me? or do you not love me? bcause honestly i can't tell anymore." "come on, whaaat?" hahaha funniest part 21:20

[@margicates553]

Ben Schwartz is sexy AF

[@Vera-od4hp]

ben schwartz😤

[@persiacruz446]

"no! it went out of order!" AHHH #ded

[@headofathousandsheepswool]

Saw Middleditch and Schwartz on Netflix and fell in love with long form improv

[@mikegalvin1695]

This was amazing! I cant wait to tell my friends about this. Im sorry i missed it live, but I hope there is more to come!

[@empkay132]

This is one of my go to videos when I feel sad and need a laugh.

[@augustgreenberg5602]

25:41 I'm great at coming up with names. Ask me what her name is

[@omlette_leia6721]

This is great, I love watching improv almost as much as I love doing it.

[@superchile0083]

This shit was funny! lol. "oh we're going out of order!" haha

[@jerksworthjerkington]

All these people are so funny but Eugene in particular is so great at adding really silly details to scenes

[@dontavoidthenoid]

how am i just now finding this? this is probably the funniest thing i've ever seen

[@hilmanic28]

"No, actually I'm one hundred percent french" LMAO got me laughing at work!

[@dorian4404]

I've watched this so many times. Revisiting it now that Middleditch & Schwartz has come out on netflix

[@TonyKnight1208]

Im getting into acting. Improv seems so hard to me. Its hard to come up with things on the spot. My mind just goes blank.

[@09mtcamp]

Focus on reacting to the other characters in a genuine way

[@TonyKnight1208]

+Meredith Campbell Thnx for the advise.

[@SquareNoggin]

+Tony Knight Take some classes for sure. I'm not even in showbiz, but I'm a huge nerd fan for Improv. There's improv schools all over the place, and the skills you learn in improv are VERY useful in acting, writing and performing. Even if you're not the best at it, you'll learn a lot if you take some classes. Everybody finds it hard at the beginning but being able to do some improv will make all the other acting you do a lot easier. I seriously couldn't recommend it enough.

[@TonyKnight1208]

***** oh ok, I will definitely keep that in mind

[@judybaker3239]

+Tony Knight Take a look at Keegan-Michael Key has the perfect metaphor for Improv on the theoffcamerashow it might give you a different perspective on improv. it did for me, made it seem more manageable even though i don't do it

[@pedxing]

I think Schwartz actually looks younger in 2020 somehow.

[@Toehider]

Josh Lawson is awesome. Check out some of the imorov stuff he did on the Australian show "Thank God You're Here"

[@MrStuntman199]

Anyone else know amazing improv videos like this? this is amazing

[@BarnVarn]

Is this happening more?!? Because showtime should make this a regular!!!

[@aBLA910]

ben Schwartz is my DREAM MAN

[@danielelkadi3499]

This is the best thing on KZbin!

[@TheVoice010]

I had no idea, these ppl were this Talented!....This is Next Gen, Whose line is it anyway

[@carmineglitch]

5:24 Cracks me up every time XD

[@goonsgoons1]

CHAAAAAIRS! CHAAAIRS FOR SALE! fucking dead lmao

[@sabrinaibas2445]

It's weird how long I had to laugh about "nooo! It went out of order!" 😂😂

[@MrsWilliamTheBloody]

Lol this is SO chaotic.

[@danieltyler8303]

DO MORE OF THIS!!

[@TomSteenhuysen]

Fantastic fun! Especially the build-up and team support!

[@olafcreed4726]

Ben Schwarts: "One day. One day I'll find someone on my level and make a show with both our last names as the title."

[@Ryan-nb7bk]

Kristen's wearing some dope shoes

[@samsondube]

Can they do more of these this was awesome

[@manofcorn5930]

14:06 The movie hasnt even STOOTED XD