Though this group never performed it did achieve some things that previous "living room" comedy groups didn't. Formed by Eric Schwartz and Josh Gilbert while in high school in 1989-90, the group went on to include fellow actors Deb Caton, Laurie Lapsa, Joel Bowman, and Mike Vertenten. Later Tracy Staton, Caleb Sluga, Josh Beiber , Dave Ross and Marty Couch joined the group in theory.  While never performing on stage, the group did appear in Deb and Laurie's senior class project which was viewed by more than 100 people. The group was also named in a school paper during an interview with Schwartz which legitimized its existence. Finally, at the end of the year Caton, Ross, Schwartz and Gilbert all walked home with acting awards. The group recorded several sketches on audio that Schwartz later compiled into Howard's Non-Abrasive Head Cleaner. Two years later many of the sketches Gilbert and Schwartz wrote for the group appeared in Strange's. Deb Caton is now working with Big Idea produces Veggie Tales and Lapsa is a DJ in Buffalo NY. Schwartz and Gilbert went on to perform together in Strange's and later Gag Reflex.

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