Natural Laws of Improv, 2 in a series of more than 1

4. Guns kill people. They do not wound, miss or jam.

5. Taxidermy is an overwhelmingly popular vocation, despite most "professional" taxidermists being "mad".

5.1 The same is true of dentistry.

6. Despite the fact that most animals are able to talk, their owners are never previously aware of it.

7. Most patients, when presented with a clean bill of health, will either insist that they are ill or claim (and they're frequently correct) that the doctor is a fraud.

Also, in our continuing series of Facts About Del Close, I presesnt this nugget:

Del Close once mimed a hammer so convincingly that it is, to this day, on display in The Louvre.

Natural Laws of Improv, 1 in a series of more than 1

Improv scenes seem to exist in a world with a series of observable natural laws. I present some for your perusal.

1. Saying a person's name immediately summons them.
2. Wallets do not contain money.
3. Everyone knows everyone else on a first name basis.
3.1 If they don't, they will within four lines of dialogue.

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