The Offer take a journey into interview, with THE TAKE: where Caesar and Paul interview a guest about their passions, their life, and their dreams. Normal stories will return in March! Today on The Take: Curt Mabry! Founder of Zmack Improv family, renowned international coach individuals and corporate teams, and most importantly all around Renaissance mensch. Curt discusses with us the world of "applied improv" one of the primary ways he plies his trade as improviser. We pick his brain about what applied improv is, why people need it, and why Curt finds it worth doing.
You can find and connect with Curt via his Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtmabryimproviser/ And you can find more about all the upcoming projects Zmack has going on on their facebook page: www.facebook.com/zmackcomedy or via their WeChat!
Here's a bit about Curt, in his own words: Curt Mabry is a Senior Organizational Learning and Development Consultant, Trainer, Facilitator, Coach and Program Designer based in Shanghai, China. He has over 13 years of Asia Pacific Training, Coaching and Lecturing experience. Curt has designed and delivered programs for hundreds of Multinational and Local corporations with a high degree of success. Curt brings energy, passion and enthusiasm to all his trainings; and prides himself on helping teams and trainees discover learning that is specifically applicable to their work and life long after the training program is completed. His experiences include television, radio and film production; administration of a respected international school, professional theatrical coaching and leadership training using unique and unconventional methods of training and development.
When his proposal doesn't go as planned, one man must learn to fight... for love! And then fight to save his friend, and THEN for love. A grunge adventure of the ancient past (the 90s) comes to you now as part of The Offer's Christmas Past/Present/Future/Diehard stories!
Check out the wonderful wonderful Ben Browder Thompson at these places:
Instagram (for the art!): @Browderartist https://www.instagram.com/Browderartist/
Itch.io (for the games!): https://browdergames.itch.io/
Mick, Thing and Corbar make their way through the mirror into a dark a wild swamp. They deal with some bugs, then find an adorable kitten. What could go wrong!
Join us for a live steamed part 2 of this finale on twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theoffercast. We'll live stream on November 7th, 8:00PM Beijing time, 7:00AM Eastern Time!
Thing, Mick and Corbar stride into the Mirror Hall and confront its guardian, a tricky shift mirror fiend who shows them visions of their past. Will they manage to beat its trials to find their way into the Hag's lair? Find out!
#ttrpg #improv #horror
Thing, Mick and Corbar hurry across the chaos of the carnival to try to stop whatever magics have caused the chaos. At the top of the lookout tower, they find a Monsieur Moon... but everything is not as it seems.
This will be the penultimate episode of this adventure! Make sure you subscribe so you can join us for the next one.
A mysterious old beta max arrives at a local news office, and a spate of murders follow! Will our journalist hero manage to find out who is behind these gruesome attacks and unravel the mysteries of the small town? Find out!
Find out all about Julien Bertrand by going to julienbertrand.me or searching facebook for "Julien Bertrand Actor." He's got a twoprov in Paris, and improv classes!
This episode was inspired by a image from The Offer's Discord bot--join our discord to try it out yourself! You can see the image on the cover of this episode.
That's all for spooky month folks! More DnD to come as we wrap up the first campaign this week, and then ... a new campaign in November! Don't miss it.
Thing, Mick and Corbar must attempt to save the acrobats before they mauled... or will Mick instead shoot them? Well, you'll see.
The Carnival descends into madness and our heroes must try to escape the big top to find out why everything has gone so wrong.
A string of mysterious murders... a dedicated cop, and a promising photographer. Will they mange to unravel the vines that bind? Find out, in THE TWISTED VENUS.
Featuring the wonderful wonderful Shweta Bhat, find her poetry on Instagram: @shwetabhatpoetry And she's on Facebook as Shweta Bhat.
This episode was inspired by an image, pulled by the Offer's very own improv assitance bot. To join our discord and try it out yourself, follow this link: https://discord.gg/UDP7Qr8v
You can see the image on this weeks' episode art.
Etriiip joins Cesar and Paul for hijinks and shenanigans galore! It's October again, and so we are once again diving into the genres of horror and surprise! We begin, like all the best stories, with an apocalypse.
Sponsored by Peter, who will eat your Calzones!
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When Ferdinand and Ferdinand come to a wealthy rural family to showcase their newest invention... the TIME CAMERA---not all the shutters click with utter perfection.
Find Shweta on ZMACK's team TYPICAL HEROES! Here's the link to their next live stream: https://www.facebook.com/events/137235071911044/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22search_results%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22search%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D
And join our discord to connect with us and check our Cesar's OFFER BOT, which helped us make this episode: https://discord.gg/59jHEbG9
When a young maker of music has his beat stolen by an unscrupulous DJ, will he manage to track down the record producer and prove his case? Or will that record producer turn out to be a terrible villain with Russian bodyguards?! All of the above, on this episode with our good friend Gan!
Check out Gan over on youtube at Gan and Another: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnXiM16vTWz08Sq_FgLVw0Q
And check US out on youtube, where you can WATCH this episode if you want! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_dEFfqsg_dCzokLno6_bgw
As always, find us at Theoffercast.com
We return to the trouble town beside a corn field, besieged by all their greatest fears. Will our lonely agent manage to solve the mystery, or will someone else bring down the forces that assail this town?
Make sure to follow ZMACK on facebook, so you don't miss our next live stream (which by the way is Thursday July 29th at 8am EST, 8pm Beijing time with Shwe of Typical Heroes!)
When a town is besieged by all their worst nightmares, the shadowy forces of the US Government leap into action to conceal their secrets. Will those who want tear down the powerful succeed? Or will the Quaker... whoever he is... will he be able to save the world?
Featuring the wonderful Curt Mabry! Subscribe to the Offer so you don't miss part 2!
When young Raphaello and Donatello (Raph and Donny) are sent on a quest to recover the newly in demand tomato from the new world, what world will they return to? Featuring a lot of exquisite and exaggerated codpieces, this story is set in a version of Florence, 1548 or so.
When BANG BANG Bullet Johnson is dethroned by the evil heel The Shadow, will he manage to return to his position as beloved king of the ring? Will he overcome his traumas to actualize as the most fearsome fighter? Find out!
Pete Grella improvises with Hong Kong Improv, Typical Heroes and many others! You can find out about him in all these places:
Pete Grella Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/petegrellacomedy
Hong Kong Improv: https://www.facebook.com/hongkongimprov/
Typical Heroes (a Zmack team): https://www.facebook.com/zmackcomedy
See the live recording of this episode here: https://youtu.be/E16N8iCPODg or on Zmack's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/113115418735178/videos/522365162280932
Attributions:
"Glass Smash, Bottle, B.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org. Oh yeah there's a bottle smash.
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19 people remain, stuck in the house with the voice: who will be kicked off this week? What strategies will the particpants use to hang on to their chance to win 10,000 dollars? Find out, on this week's THE HOUSE WITH THE VOICE. Also introduced by our host and panel of experts from the studio.
This week, things get spicy between Kermit, Jennah, and Brad. Brad gets angry, and Kermit makes a surprise trip to the emergency room.
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Attributions:
The Chance by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artist: http://audionautix.com/
"Splash, Jumping, D.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org
The Cicadas are all talking about FRIENDS, so we thought we should too. Here's our FRIENDS episode, recorded with the wonderful Julien Bertrand.
JUNE 10th--join us as we make an Offer LIVE! With Pete Grella! We'll be live at 8pm Beijing time, 8am EST, here: facebook.com/zmackcomedy
Updates! Our next live stream is on May 20th at 9pm Beijing time, 9am EST, and 3pm PARIS time cause it's with Julien Bertrand! Follow Zmackcomedy on Facebook to make sure you join us for our live episode recording.
This week's episode is delayed because Paul doesn't know how the internet works, and so can't complete the editing until he returns home.
So, enjoy these audience questions! And if you have questions, feel free to leave us a voice message on anchor, DM us on any of our social media pages, or email us: the.offer.podcast@gmail.com. You can find all the ways to contact us at theoffercast.com
