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Blog 11 - The Slime Machine

3/26/2025

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(A Tour Through 10 Historical Crushes)
​written by: Emily Baudot

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You don’t have to be one of the I.D.I.O.T.S. to know that history repeats itself. It’s an idiom, so that means it’s also an indisputable fact. The logic then follows that we should look to history for advice about everything. Cryptocurrency trends? History will tell us where to put our fake money. A loving, accepting approach to trans rights? I bet someone has historically treated trans folk kindly, even if I can’t think of anyone right this moment. Ideas about who to boink? You guessed it: the annals of history can only keep us on course.
In the spirit of productive diddling, I’ve taken it upon myself to list out some of history’s most pungent personalities. I’ve also taken it upon myself to rank them from least arousing to most arousing. Ahem, you’re welcome? And hey! If you want to know more of my horny opinions – or my not-horny opinions about horny things – keep an eye out for ‘Horny Jail Book Club,’ a show led by Dallas comedian Wes Davis and co-starring Beth Jones (she’s an I.D.I.O.T.!) and Jeff Garlish. We review spicy books, from the good to the bad to the downright problematic. We even do some ~live fanfiction readings.~
But you don’t care about my hobbies. You’re a randy little cretin, and you want to read about history’s sluts. So heeeeere they are!

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Blog #9 - The Green Room Guide

3/11/2025

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​written by: Beth Jones

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Tips and Rituals to Guarantee a Great Show
It’s show day. Your nerves are taking over, your head is swimming with worry, and your group chat is popping off. After a full day of being lost in your mind, you have just fifteen minutes in the green room with your team to set the tone and mentally prepare for your show. Here are five tried-and-true tips that will help you and your teammates maximize your time together and take the stage with confidence!

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1. Blindfold Yourselves and Tell Secrets
If you forgot your show day blindfold, a sock will do the trick. The goal here is to heighten your listening and speaking skills, which are crucial for any improv show. Once everyone’s eyes are covered, one person starts by sharing a secret. The more embarrassing or incriminating, the better. Improv teams are built on trust, and what better way to test that trust than to share something shameful or illegal? If you’ve ever committed adultery, murder, or mean girl behavior, this is the time to come clean. A good green room confession will leave you feeling light and free and ready to take the stage! Industry tip: have an NDA handy just in case.

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Blog #7 - The Hot Goss

2/25/2025

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written by: Hannah Heuer

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Hey there IDIOT fans and haters, it’s me, back again with this week’s update on Texas’ favorite comedy bunch… 

When we last left off, IDIOT S was seen slinking into his local CVS, and what did he emerge with? This writer never would have known if not for the mile long receipt, fluttering in the wind behind him…hair dye! RED HAIR DYE! That’s right, our favorite natural redhead may in fact be very UNnatural. Rumor has it, our boy has been hitting the metallic box his entire life. What does bf M have to say about this? Sources say he’s known the whole time and has been nothing but supportive. As for the rest of us…color us completely SHOCKED!

Could IDIOT M have possibly known this deeply held secret? It’s hard to imagine her close friends wouldn’t have discussed it…after all, she might just have a trichological secret of her own. At a recent Monday Night Feast, M was seen adjusting…

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Blog #6 - Jello? Are You There, Improv? It's Me, Kate!

2/18/2025

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written by: Kate Alleman

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Comedy is like a bowl of jello - sometimes you don’t care for a particular spokesperson for the brand, but you aren’t going to stop eating the stuff. We all have that specific flavor and consistency that transports us back to those early dinner visits to Luby’s with your grandparents or your first date at a Luby’s, or some other memory that inevitably involves Luby’s. The Luby’s near my house closed a few years back, so in my mind all Luby’s have been closed forever. That’s my reality. So while I continue to grieve the possible end to all Luby’s everywhere, pull up a chair, lend me an ear, and let me tell you which improv troupes remind me of a certain delectable gelatin dish. ​

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Blog #2 - An Audit of Pets

1/21/2025

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From the Desk of Joel, your loyal DICF Reporter:

Dear Reader,

We pick up here, mid-interview with the IDIOTs of Indie Night fame, who have elected to run an entire Comedy Festival in April. After taking what many of them agreed to be a “much needed potty break”, we all moved indoors out of the freezing, bleak day. They had their foyer already prepared to host me and I found quite a modicum of delight in treating myself to a few biscuits and items of that nature provided to me. Though, before I could fully relax, I was taken aside briefly by one unnamed, yet tall, IDIOT and was politely told to change the subject off the IDIOTs and onto something else, if I could. I was perplexed and challenged by this, but I was assured it would be better for everyone involved because currently “there was a lot of heat on a few of them and any more info about them from the interview could put them and their families in great danger”, end quote.

Joel: It’s time to dig a little deeper on a certain subject my readers and I are very curious on. Do any of you have pets?
All in Unison: Yes.

Joel: Oh, delightful! Then may I compile some answers from everyone and detail a profile for each of your pets?
All in Unison: Yes.

(What follows is an accounting of each pet per their owner’s words, listed in alphabetical order of Pet Name)

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    Joel has spent a great amount of time admiring newspapers and has fancied himself an amateur investigative journalist since grade school. He's proud to present what he is calling "his life's work", though this blog is his only work for now.


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