"Yes, And:" Improv Theatre and You, Wednesday, Period One

[furnaceface]

Today, instead of a class, there was an e-mail sent out to Jono's students, and a note posted on the door.

Class is cancelled today. Homework for the week is simple; do something to make somebody's day more pleasant. That's all. I'll see you next week.

Jono tried not to nope out on classes too often, but some days were nope days whether he liked it or not.


[OOC: Yeah, I got nothin'. Take care, folks.]

Debate, Wednesday, November 9, 2016

[heroic_jawline]

The classroom today was very... fluffy. In fact, almost everything had been replaced by pillows. Weren't you all happy about that?

Tony was wearing dark sunglasses to sort of hide his hangover, but it did nothing to hide how surly last night had made him. Oops. "Morning, kids. Today we won't be debating."

Steve blew out a low breath and turned his attention to the students. "Not at all. Today we're going to be looking at cat videos. Or puppies. Or otters. And drinking hot chocolate. And saying nice things about each other."

"Plotting a coup," Tony muttered into his cup of coffee.

Steve poked him. "Not in front of the kids," he hissed.

"Yes, dear," Tony replied caustically. Then winced because oh god, his head. Extremis couldn't even knock it back completely. And, try as he might, he was lacking on inspiring speeches about unity at the moment. "Just... enjoy the baby animals."

They were so adorable and innocent!

Yeah, if Steve opened his mouth again, a rant about not going into the ice to face this bullshit again was imminent, so...baby animals.

"And we're here if you need a hug or a shoulder," he added.

Learnin' with Mr. Peanutbutter, Thursday, period 1

[hollywoostar]

"Hello class!" Mr. Peanutbutter greeted as the students walked in. The teacher's desk that was usually at the front of the room had been pushed to one side, and two chairs were arranged next to it in a perfect "cheat out" position, so that folks sitting in the chairs could look at whomever was behind the desk without craning their necks or facing entirely away from the audience of regular desks in the rest of the room. A crude city skyline was drawn on the chalkboard, including little M-shaped birds. "Welcome back! Before we get down to work today, I wanted to tell you that last week's episode went great. If there's one thing audiences love more than uplifting teacher shows, it's -- well, basically anything else, apparently. But including game shows! So I thought we'd keep up our little genre-bending experiment for another week and see what happens.


"This week I thought we'd go with a true television classic, the talk show. Which, as a bonus, will teach us all a little bit about journalism in today's hectic, information-age world! Let's get right to it, shall we? I want you all to pair off and take turns playing the host and the special guest of the week. Hosts, you really want to engage your audience. Crack jokes! Make sly eye contact. Really charm the pants off of them. Or skirts! Whichever they happen to be wearing. Then, introduce your guest! Try to include a nice little anecdote or 'factoid' to let the audience know why they're interesting. Then start asking questions. Really delve. Extra credit if you can make them cry! Ready? Let's go!"