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Do the Thing has their last Brighton Fringe show today and the only one I will have to miss. Good luck with the show to @stellarfirmatim, Simon and Ian!

I'm genuinely upset I will have to miss the last one even if I should consider myself lucky I got to see three. And yes I have returned safely and possibly more alive than I have ever been. I will elaborate more about the DTT shows and more in the future.

Off to see some very serious shows by these people this week. Laughing will be strictly forbidden. In fact, I've heard anyone who laughs will be escorted off the venue. I'll take my chances I guess. In the rare event that I make it home alive, I will report back.

Anyone who hasn't heard of Do the Thing yet:

What is Do the Thing? I'm gonna quote Tim to explain: "We improvise musicals, more often, better than this."

(for context, he said that at the start of the DTT show that happened during this stream which was followed by a really good show, so don't let his estimate cloud your judgement.)

-> there are a few full recordings of it on YouTube:

DTT in the Visa Fundraiser stream (timestamped link)

DTT recording with live reaction of tiny tim in the corner

DTT at the Brighton Fringe in 2021

If you liked Stellar Firma or if you generally like improv comedy, check it out! @stellarfirmatim is in it, as well as Simon Plotkin (who was Harry in Stellar Firma). Ian Scott carries the music part of the show.

Well there was plenty of silliness during the helldivers stream, which already had Sam and Pentoll, but then a wild Simon appeared and amped said silliness to another level which includes such times as: gastalker, peter piper, Simon Cube, snatched, eliminated, Dictator Simon, reminiscing on past times with Ben, there's nothing like horse co-, ISBM, Mr Mime, Dr Cool returns (screenshots included), xenophile, it fell off, gap me, back! on! the! bit!, in this corner, yes it can run doom on it, there was a mine, and clusterbomb.

There was just one channel points song for helldivers, and while it was delightful, discord paid it no favors while Tim and Simon attempted to imrpov together.

Well there was plenty of silliness during Baldur's gate when Simon came to visit, such moments as: live? dancing, Todge looks like Tim except not at all, bough, Simon has to make a new character, chuntering on, big healthy bush, dead dead, Simon has to make... another new character, live a little, critical miss, mechanics worked (screenshot included), delicious cheese, off stream secrets, bonk drum, have you seen this guy's drum?, poor wee goblin brawler, Simon is Scottish, don't kiss the corpse!, Amy Dickensworm, misty step, mage todge, Tim is a soft boy, unlocking doors gives wood, flag at full mast, the saga of the heavy stone, give the pot lid a rest, raid phrase: we regret the heavy stone.

There was plenty of silliness during the Black 4 Blood stream, and I think the influence of Simon was certainly a factor. Some things include: everyone is on fire, Simon is the other third, Ben is not, Tim goes Northern again, zombies are a metaphor for zombies, timely The Byrds reference, we DID have Supermarket Sweep and I LOVED it (GGG is also amazing), Tim invokes cursed events, Ben knows The Onceler, but neatly avoids having to explain it, DO NOT READ OUT, Snail Pipe is a good band, cisboys in the sausage box, like and subscribe to this opinion, someone threw a harpsichord down the stairs, meat villa, and Big Ben and his Big Opinions.

Things sure went places during the Back 4 Blood stream, most of them I cannot describe without danger of getting this post instabanned. It was a delight the entire time, as always.

There were some excellent CPS during Back 4 Blood despite the genre confusion. Bonus song by Simon.