January 2012
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Listen: The Era interviewed on Another Podcast! →
Courageous hosts, Micah and Jo, sat down with us to chat back braces, regular braces, and whole bunch of other stuff. Take a listen!
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Celine Dion Look-Alike?
Client: Don't you ever go home? I was just in Vegas!
Sarah: Fun!
Client: You know Celine Dion? Are you familiar with Celine Dion? We saw her and she sang the Titanic song.
Sarah: She still does that?
Client: Haha! Yes, oh yes. And there were 3,000 people there and we were on the mezzanine and they had this giant ring around the ceiling. She starts singing her final song, this French song, and all this rain starts falling from the ceiling! And they have a big screen up behind her, you know, and they show a close up of her face -- you kind of look like her, but you know, younger -- and they show a close up of her face and she's singing this French song and she's crying! And all the women are all, "Oh, how beautiful and weepy and oh, oh, now I'm crying!" Then she had pictures of her twins up there, and her family. You know, as gay as I am, it was too girly for me.
Sarah: Sounds like quite a spectacle.
Client: Yeah, well. That's Vegas.
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Me, Myself, and the Kardashians
By Dara K.
Would I take offense if the entire fiasco that was the Kardashian-Humphries wedding/divorce were revealed to had been deliberately planned? Yes. But more in the way that I would screen Kim’s calls, only reply “K” to her texts, and aggressively passive aggressively say “I’m just really in hurry, Kim,” when I run into her at the salon where we both get our fake lashes surgically...
visionsofviolet asked: I have always wanted to get into improv, anyway I can join?
lupinskindagirl asked: sorry to be really stupid here but what is the deal with this lady gaga and 5 hour energy drink thing? I'm British and don't think we have it over here so any joke about it probablly wouldn't have crossed the pond!
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December 2011
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The Week Between Christmas and New Year's
By: Sarah Ashley
It’s too early to start the new diet. Saying “Merry Christmas” sounds kinda weird. Work is slow, but you have to go. All the new movies premiered.
Some people are still in town. But some others are still on vacation. Lotta gift cards; apartment in shards. Doing leftover food experimentation.
I guess I could write Thank You notes. Mani-pedis should definitely...
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We Have More Fun →
A lot of fun things “we” did.
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Principal Dave Larson's Morning Announcement →
By: Scott Nelson
“REMEMBER Dave, keep the tone light. You’re not their dad. You’re Noah’s. REMEMBER: Avoiding coughing. Good morning, students (guys?), this is Mr. Larson. (Um?) I just wanted to make a particularly specific announcement today for the seniors who will be leaving this afternoon for Cancun. I, personally, have found myself, in life, to be somewhat of a world traveler....
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November 2011
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The Era in to Chicago SketchFest12
The Chicago SketchFest 2012 performance schedule was just announced and The Era is pleased as pie (is that a phrase?) to be performing this year!
We’re up January 14th at 6pm in Stage 773’s Cab Theater.
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My Grandma Recaps a Jersey Shore Episode →
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Chicks Can't Drive - IHOP →
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25 Ways to Explain to Someone Whether They're...
After even my parents, the people who have the most invested in what I have to say, could not grasp the fact that an improv show Sarah and I were in was not written ahead of time, we decided that this list needed to be created.
Thus and thus, 25 Ways to Explain to Someone Whether They’re Watching Improv or Sketch:
1. If someone says: “What you’re going to see is improv. Not...
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An Open Letter to the Stack of Unread New Yorker...
Dear Stack of Unread New Yorker Magazines in My Entry Way:
I’m probably never going to read you, so stop guilt tripping me and get over yourself.
Before you get pretentiously defensive and remind me that I’ve chosen to read Gary Larsen’s “The Prehistoric Guide to The Far Side” six times instead of opening one of you, let me just say that we would not have this...
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Why I'm Not A Snob
By: Dara K.
I’m a snob when it comes to snobs. I hate people who h8 everything. It’s just annoying. Say ‘snob’ ten times in a row and suddenly it’s the new fork. Isn’t fork a weird word? Do I look down on people who don’t eat with forks? No! In fact, that’s just one of things that makes me unsnobbish. Here’s a list of some more!!!!
I watch...
Takin' It to the Beats Opens Tonight!
Takin’ It to the Beats, the improv show with an a cappella twist, opens tonight 8pm at the Playground Theater.
The Beats ask the audience for the name of their a cappella group each week and then improvise the relationships, love triangles, drama, et al, with interspersed songs.
You should come!
October 2011
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Two Bothersome Phone Interactions
By: Sarah Ashley
Caller: Well, my witch — excuse me — my ex-wife owns it.
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Sarah: Can you please hold?
Caller: No. I’m calling from the UK.
Sarah: Okay, then. How can I help you?
Caller: Um, hold on a sec. I have to find my paperwork..
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Takin' It to the Beats Auditions - Dara →
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Don't Worry...
new Era movies coming soon…
In case you worried. You probably weren’t. We’re just gonna go cry in the corner now. Wait, what? They closed the corner down? Wait why? The city doesn’t have a right to just close off a corner we use for our secret crying sessions—no, sir, we will not calm down. This is our right!!!
Later that night
Dara: Mom, do you have $50,000?...
Tisher at the Upstairs Gallery 10.12.11 →
Artie and Bernice Present: Comedy Classics →
WatchMy brother Danny doing his impression of Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Kathy’s husband.
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The Era at the Upstairs Gallery 10.12.11 →
This is a sketch show we did at The Upstairs Gallery in order to apply for Chicago sketchfest!!! Check it out.
WARNING: Not for the faint of heart.
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My Very Public Food Journal
So…I have all these stupid ass stomach problems that give me lots of material to complain about which I not-so-secretly enjoy ruin my life.
Whenever I have an issue, I tell my mom, and my mom’s like, Dara, make a fucking food journal (because any doctor I go to about it will inevitably ask for a food journal).
Here’s the evolution of our interactions:
Me: My stomach hurts :(...
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Interactions at Work That Bothered Me
By: Sarah Ashley
** No real names are used.
Caller: Yeah, hi. This is John Smith. Can you email me a registration form?
Sarah: Certainly. Can I have your email address please?
Caller: If you don’t know my email address by now, you’re crazy.
Sarah: …..
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Caller: I couldn’t find the sale number on your site! What is the sale number?
Sarah:...
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