West High alumni were asked to come back to the school and present arts
 workshops. This was the second time we did this gig, which was basically to
 present a few classes on improv (which we didn't do -- Gag's stuff was
 always scripted).

 I remember shooting the breeze with Eric, Steve and Josh out on the steps
 between/before seminars. I remember going to Jewel with Josh to get soup for
 the Rehydrator at at least one of these workshops.

 We sang "Gotta' Lovett" and changed "I could sure nail you" to "I could sure
 DATE you," but we'd forgotten about the whole dropping and doing the
 horizontal bop lyrics at the end.

 Also, I had thought it would be funny if one of us was in our underwear in
 the classroom when students arrived, talking to them and gradually letting
 them in on the fact that whoever it was thought he was having one of those
 "in school in my underwear" dreams. Steve volunteered. It was funny, but
 only because nobody knew what we were doing and couldn't figure out why a
 middle-aged guy was sitting in the middle of their classroom in boxer
 shorts.

 We did a few sketches and songs, then played the kind of improv games you
 see on "Whose Line." Fun.

-  Dale

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I still cannot believe I sat in that classroom in my boxer shorts as
high school kids came filing in. The classroom was a makeshift one set up in
the foyer outside the school auditorium, also used as an entryway into the
basketball gym. I've been through there many times since 1995, and I often
just shake my head and chuckle, thinking about how I sat there in those
boxer shorts. I remember I would greet kids as they came in, just saying
stuff like, "Hey, how ya doing, etc." At some point, I would tell a grouping
of kids, "Don't worry. This is just a dream. I've been having it for years.
I sit here in my underwear in school. It's not real ..." At one point, I
heard this girl turn to her friend and say, "Oh, I get it. He's
improvising." Yes, this is the first time I met Eric, and I remember
thinking he was a comedy geek. Boy, was I wrong.

-  Steve

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This was the last official appearance of my former comedy group Strange's. In 
many ways this day was a Nexus. A juncture where my past and future met
in a glorious moment. The Strange's contingent consisted of me, Corey Witte
and Jen Wehrs (and this was the only time she was a member) teaching
improv and Ken Ruffalo who was teaching stage combat. Josh, as you have
heard, had already gone on to Gag and was teaching an improv class elsewhere
in the building. 

To add to the cosmic moments of the day, two of my students that day were
Ben Lundy (later of Gag and Killing Vaudeville) and his partner David
Stoner (of Killing Vaudeville). I think we did a couple of Strange's bits
but I earnestly tried to teach my knowledge of improv to these kids.

Later Josh, Dale and Steve were hanging out talking about Bunkey The Monkey
(I remember)and I tried to hang but felt like I was intruding. This was
the first time I ever met Steve Lord. A year later he and I would be holed
up in my house pounding away at ANTHOLOGY. Strange how life moves.

- Eric