by Kevin Thom | Mar 7, 2009 | Improv, Personal
I’ve been a fan of The Cos since I was a child. I used to stay up late listening to the Sunday Night Funnies on CHUM FM. George Carlin, Lily Tomlin, Cheech and Chong, Bob Newhart, Eddie Murphy, Monty Python, The Frantics and Richard Pryor were the rock stars of...
by Kevin Thom | Feb 25, 2009 | Improv, Personal, Photography
Here’s an interesting speech by Elizabeth Gilbert, who wrote Eat, Pray, Love. She brings up some interesting points about creativity and how western society’s attitudes towards it have changed in the last few thousand years. She contemplates the difficulty...
by Kevin Thom | Feb 10, 2009 | Improv
I feel like I’ve reached a new level in my improv lately. The past two Big in Japan shows have been great, and I’ve been feeling really good about them. The difference has been that I’ve been working on my emotional commitment to scenes. Teaching the...
by Kevin Thom | Oct 20, 2008 | Improv, Personal, Photography
Things are always interesting around here. To me, anyway. I got a call from a casting agency, because one of my friends had recommended me and several other improvisers to audition for a new TV commercial. I personally have no aspirations to become an actor, but I...
by Kevin Thom | Aug 28, 2008 | Improv, Personal, Photography
Laura took Dad and I to see Cirque du Soleil at Copps Colesium last night. It was a spontaneous thing, which made it even more fun. I’d never been to see Cirque du Soleil before, and I was impressed. The music, costumes, sets, lighting, performances were all...
by Kevin Thom | Aug 21, 2008 | Improv, Personal, Photography
I seem to leave big gaps between blog entries, especially when lots of stuff is happening. And lots of stuff seems to have happened since my last entry, which makes it even more difficult to write a quality entry. I’m sure I won’t be giving any of the...
