THE AMAZING EX-A DIGITS
TOMORROW ON "LIVE IN THE D."
-- EXPEDITION TOMORROW ON
"LIVE IN THE D".
OUR NEXT GUEST THEY
PERFORM WITH SECOND CITY
DETROIT THEIR COMEDY IS NOW
TAKING THEM ALL AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND MAYBE, MAYBE THE
WORLD, HUH.
THEY HAVE SUCCESS AND
THEY'RE BACK IN TOWN THEIR
HOMETOWN TONIGHT AND INTO
THE WEEKEND HAVING A LOT OF
FUN.
Tati: THAT INCLUDES
DETROIT'S OWN KEEGAN-MICHAEL
KEY WHO YOU MAY RECOGNIZE
FROM HIS HIT SHOW ON COMEDY
CENTRAL.
THIS IS A SKIT THAT WENT
VIRAL NOW HAS NEARLY 90
MILLION VIEWS.
YOU ALL FILMING?
OKAY.
LET'S TAKE ROLL HERE.
JAY WHERE IS JAY AT?
NO JAY HERE?
DO YOU MEAN JACQUELINE.
OKAY SO, THAT'S HOW IT'S
GOING TO BE.
YOU Y'ALL WANT TO BE.
I GOT MY EYE ON YOU
JACQUELINE.
KEEGAN-MICHAEL SEE AND 313
MEMBERS IT'S GOOD TO HAVE
YOU ALLER.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HOME.
SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
YOU KNOW BETWEEN YOU GUYS
AND ALEXANDER, I MEAN YOU'RE
ON FIRE ALREADY FIRST THING
IN THE MORNING WHICH MAKES
OUR JOB SO EASY.
I KNOW.
THE PROJECT.
THAT'S EXACTLY IT.
Chuck: SO YOU ARE OUT IN
L.A. BUT YOU BRANDED THE
IMPROVE TROUPE 313.
IT WAS MARK THAT BRANDED
IT WE WERE DOING OUR SECOND
OR THIRD SHOW.
IT WAS A NO-BRAINER.
WE WERE ALL TOGETHER AT
THE SECOND CITY DETROIT WHEN
IT WAS AT THE HONEY TOWN
CAFE BACK IN THE LATE 90s
ONE BY ONE WE ALL MOVED OUT
TO LOS ANGELES AND FAIRLY
EARLY ON THEY PUT US ON THE
SCHEDULE AND SAID WE WOULD
LOVE FOR YOU TO IMPROVISE TO
SHOW OUR STUDENTS WHAT'S
POSSIBLE.
YOU HAVE YOU SATURDAY NIGHTS
AT 8:00 WHAT DO WE CALL YOU.
LARRY CAMPBELL AND JOSH
LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND WE
SAID THE 313.
THIS IS HOME FOR ALL OF US.
Chuck: WHAT IS HOME
EXACTLY?
WE ALL SAY WE'RE FROM THE D.
I'M FROM DETROIT.
I WAS RAISED AS NORTH AS YOU
CAN GET.
I GREW UP IN BUFFALO, NEW
YORK BUT WENT TO COLLEGE IN
GRAND RAPIDS I MOVED HERE
FOR THE SECOND CITY WAS
LIVING IN WHAT WE USED TO
CALL THE TEST CORRIDOR BUT
IS NOW MIDTOWN.
I WAS BORN IN DETROIT AS
WELL.
MERCY HOSPITAL.
I GREW UP BY FLINT.
THEN FOR LAST EIGHT YEARS
BEFORE I MOVED OUT TO L.A. I
WAS LIVING IN FERNDALE
CENTRAL TO EVERYTHING WE DO
DOWNTOWN AND NOVI.
Tati: VERY COOL.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR
INITIATIVE YOU STARTED THE
313 TROUPE.
THE 313 IS YOU OUR
IMPROVE TROUPE IN CALIFORNIA
THAT WE PERFORM ALL OVER.
BUT -- IMPROV TROUPE IN
CALIFORNIA THAT WE PERFORM
ALL OVER.
WE SAID WE EACH HAVE SUCH
STRONG ROOTS IN DETROIT WE
HAVE OBVIOUSLY OUR ROOTS IN
THE ART.
AND REALIZED THAT THE ARTS
FUNDING WAS BEING CUT WE
DECIDED TO GET TOGETHER
DETROIT ACTIVITY PROTECT WE
OFFER IMPROV IN DETROIT
SCHOOLS.
IMPROV HAS BEEN SUCH A
MEANINGFUL THING IT NOT ONLY
WAS IN OUR WORK IT INVOLVES
OUR LIVES.
YOU HAVE TO BE POSITIVE AND
AGREE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOU YOU HAVE TO HAVE ENERGY
AND BE PRESENT AND YOU
YOU'VE GOT TO WORK AS A
TEAM.
Chuck: SO WHAT DOES THIS
DO FOR THE KIDS.
WE SEE YOU GUYS HAVING SO
MUCH FUN WHAT ARE YOU
GETTING AND WHAT ARE THEY
GETTING FOR YOU?
I WAS ONE OF THE TEACHERS
FOR THE FIRST PILOT PROGRAM
WE WENT INTO THE SCHOOL AND
THE FIRST SCHOOLS FIRST ONE
WAS WESTERN INTERNATIONAL
THEN ALSO CASS TECH I THINK.
IT WAS I AMAZING TO SEE THE
ENERGY FROM THESE KIDS.
YOU START OFF BY SAYING WHO
WANTS TO MAY BE AN ACTOR
MAYBE A FEW, HEY WHO WANTS
TO EVER NAIL A JOB
INTERVIEW.
YOU WATCH THE EYES LIGHT UP.
IT REALLY IS ABOUT
CONFIDENCE BUILDING IT'S
ABOUT COMMUNICATION SKILLS.
I MEAN -- IMPROV IS
EVERYTHING.
WE TEACH ADULT IMPROVISEORS
WHO ARE ATTORNEYS AND ALL
WALKS OF LIFE THEY SAY IT
MAKES ME A BETTER PARENT, IT
MAKES ME A BETTER SPOUSE, IT
MAKES ME A BETTER PERSON.
IT'S A GREAT SKILL TO GIVE
THE KIDS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S
INTRINSIC TO IT IT'S PROBLEM
SOLVING.
THERE ARE SKILLS THAT ONE
HAS TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO
CREATE THE WORLD THAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO MAKE IN A SCENE
AND IT REQUIRES PROBLEM
SOLVING.
TO TEACH A YOUNG PERSON
PROBLEM SOLVING AND HAVE
THAT BECOME PART OF THEIR
OWN PERSONAL CULTURE IS
INVALUABLE.
Tati: WAY DEEPER THAN
THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
AND WE MAKE FACES.
[LAUGHTER]
NOT ONLY IS IT SUPERDUPER
FUN IT'S REALLY CONFIDENCE
BUILDING AND REALLY
INSPIRING IT CAN SHOW YOU
WHAT'S POSSIBLE.
IT REMOVES ALL FEAR.
YOU REALIZE YOU IMPROVISE
EVERY DAY.
IT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE.
IT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE
COLLABORATE WITH Y ARTS THE
YMCA WITH OUR FRIEND
MARGARET THE ADMINISTER OUR
PROGRAM WE ARE HAVE BEEN
DOING SINCE 2012.
WE HAVE TAUGHT OVER 1300
DETROIT STUDENTS.
Chuck: THAT'S SO COOL.
HOW MUCH OF YOUR SHOW IS
ACTUALLY IMPROV.
AS THE SHOW PROGRESSED
MORE AND MORE BECAME IMPROV.
SO I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 30%
OF ANYTHING.
BUT SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE
EVERYTHING WORKS OUT.
BUT THE SECOND YOU GET ON
SET THINGS CHANGE AND THAT
MOMENT WELL, LET'S JUST
TWEAK THIS MOMENT HERE THEN
VERY OFTEN YOU YOU ARE NEVER
AFRAID WHEN THE DIRECTOR
GOES ONE FOR YOU GUYS.
WE ALSO USE IMPROVISATION
A LOT IN THE WRITING
PROCESS.
ON THE WRITING WITH IDEAS
THAT'S ALL IMPROV.
THAT'S YOU HOW WE
GENERATE IT.
STARTS AS IMPROV THEN YOU
ADD MORE IMPROV IN LATER.
YEAH, THAT'S PERFECT.
Tati: WHAT WAS IT LIKE
BEING THE PRESIDENT'S ANGER
TRANSLATOR.
NONE OF THAT WAS IMPROV.
I KNEW MY LINES AND HIS
LINES.
NO ROOM FOR ERROR THERE.
THE MOST REMARKABLE THING
ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE WAS
HIS SKILL SET AT BEING A
STRAIGHT MAN WHICH I WAS NOT
EXPECTING.
WE HAD A WONDERFUL REHEARSAL
PRIOR TO THE EVENT TO THE
CORRESPONDENCE DINNER AND HE
JUST HANDLED IT WITH SO MUCH
APLUMB AND SO MUCH
PROFESSIONALISM.
HE'S A COOL CUSTOMER.
I THINK HE'S GOING
PLACES.
[LAUGHTER]
HE DOES HAVE A FUTURE
AHEAD OF HIM.
Chuck: ISN'T THERE A
RUMOR ABOUT A MOVIE BASED ON
THIS CHARACTER THAT GOT ALL
THE VIEWS.
YES, THE SUBSTITUTE
TEACHER.
THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
MOVIE IN THE WORKS RIGHT
NOW.
IT'S NOT A RUMOR IT IS
HAPPENING.
AND YOUR BENEFIT IS NOT
TO.
THAT'S RIGHT.
WE ARE DOING A BIG SHOW AT
THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF
ARTS THE DETROIT FILM
THREATER THIS EVENING 3.
13 IS BACK HOME TO PERFORM
WE'RE PERFORMING WITH A
GROUP CALLED ROCCAMATIC IT'S
IN CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS
IN DETROIT AND
IMPROVISATIONAL TECHNIQUES.
IT'S SOMETHING IN
CONJUNCTION WITH 30
AMERICANS WHICH ARE DOING
RIGHT NOW.
WHICH ARE PAINTINGS AND
SCULPTURE AND INSTALLATIONS
BY 30 AFRICAN-AMERICAN
ARTISTS.
I HAVE SEEN IT IT'S A
FANTASTICALLY EXCITING AND
AMAZINGLY CREATIVE EXHIBIT.
WE WANT TO DO A LITTLE
SOMETHING.
WE TALKED ABOUT IMPROV.
YOU READY?
YEAH.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE