Improvised Roundtables, Ep. 55 - "CREEPY STUFF: Teen Cast Tells All"
Cast & Characters (4)
Bits & Timeline (13)
The Cast of 'Creepy Stuff' Arrives
The teen cast of the hit 80s-nostalgia show 'Creepy Stuff' arrives, immediately displaying their detached, celebrity-obsessed lifestyles and confusion about which talk show they are currently attending.
"I have a Marissa around season three and now I don't order my food, she orders my food."
"Our head is like filled with to the brim with so many like Jimmy Fimmel Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel."
"Lena Dunham texted me and told me not to vote."
Physical Attributes and Coma Flashbacks
The cast discusses their literal character names based on physical traits, including 'Toothy' who spent the entire fourth season in a coma, which the actor considers a 'bummer' despite the flashback scenes.
"My character's name: Geek. Your character's name is Corny Blimpy. Toothy. They kind of went really physical."
"Unfortunately my character was in a coma for this entire season."
The Legend of Pube Hair
Steven Michael discusses his character 'Pube Hair', a name the writers insisted on despite his mother's initial protests, which has since become a massive meme on Twitter.
"In our show I play Pube Hair."
"The memes about you just Pube Hair, Pubic Hair, have been insane."
"My mom was like, 'Nah, they think this nickname will be Pube Hair,' and I was like, 'Okay, I'll do it.'"
Emancipation and Notary Publics
The cast compares their emancipation stories, revealing that they have been living as legal adults since childhood, with Steven Michael revealing she became a notary public by accident.
"I got common law emancipated aka at 18."
"I got emancipated when I was six."
"My mom got me into notary... she slipped and fell and filled out an emancipation form in the courthouse."
The 10-Year Plan and Pop Star Pivots
The teens discuss their rigorous career planning, including Connor's failed shirtless music video directed by Jada Pinkett Smith and Corky's upcoming pivot to becoming a famous singer.
"I love pitching dudes. You love pitching. You're always pitching me that Band-Aid movie."
"Jada Pinkett Smith she came down and directed it and she really believed in my music."
"How often do you look at your 10-year plan that your reps have made you?"
"I look at my 10-year plan I'm like okay next year I do that Rockstar Energy campaign."
Creepy Stuff Plot Summary and the Duster Sisters
The cast explains the convoluted plot of their show 'Creepy Stuff,' involving aliens in Santa Fe, Area 51, and their executive producers, the Duster Sisters.
"Season one is I'm a kid that gets basically taken by the aliens and brought down and I am an alien basically."
"Girls are aliens in their brains and boys are pubic hairs."
"Toothy gets in a huge coma and he's out for the rest of the season."
Anti-Bullying and the VFX Nepotism Loophole
The cast discusses their anti-bullying campaign 'No Bullies, No Hallways' and argues that being the child of a VFX or props professional is not nepotism.
"No bullies, no hallways. Absolutely. We're trying to get rid of hallways."
"If it's VFX, it's not nepotism."
"Privilege is not binky, guys."
The Hollywood DMV Crossover
Steven Michael reveals his ad campaign for the DMV, which he mistakenly believed was a non-profit, featuring a 'Hollywood DMV crossover' theme.
"The California DMV. Drive on in. It's showtime."
Set Pranks and the Blackballed Grip
The cast reminisces about set pranks, escalating from ketchup packets on toilet seats to accidentally getting a crew member blackballed from Hollywood.
"I thought my butthole was bleeding."
"We brought up some history about one of the grips and he was no longer allowed to work on set."
"We can't do pranks below the line anymore."
Spoiler Training and Slime Monsters
The cast discusses their intense 'spoiler training' and the difficulty of knowing what is off-limits, leading to a reveal that Liam becomes a slime monster in the upcoming season.
"We have that eight-week intensive spoiler training that learned from the CIA."
"I kind of miss waterboarding. It was kind of fun."
"It wasn't gonna work so I just kept spoiling stuff."
"This season I finally get to be a slime monster."
The Mnemonic Device and Intimacy Coaching
Liam reveals he worked as an intimacy coach for a tender sex scene between Andy MacDowell and Jason Alexander, while the cast struggles with a nonsensical mnemonic device.
"I was the intimacy coach."
"My side projects are my band, intimacy coordinating, and anti-bullying."
Five-Year Plans and Cryogenic Freezing
The cast shares their future projects, ranging from Liam's four-part James Cameron movie to Connor being cryogenically frozen for 25 years by 'Hulu doctors' to stay young for a reboot.
"They are putting me on ice until the Creepy Stuff reboot in 25 years."
"I go to a Hulu doctor."
"My mom's gyno's at Hulu."
David Mamet's Boss Baby: The Musical
Steven Michael pitches a live musical adaptation of Boss Baby written by David Mamet, which the cast analyzes as a high-art exploration of Brechtian convention and the theater of the oppressed.
"David Mamet's writing it. I guess it's his favorite movie."
"Boss Baby always felt like a kind of a nuanced send-up of Glengarry Glen Ross."
"Oranges are bad!"