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Matthew da Idiot

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About Me

Matthew was born in Brooklyn in 1967 and grew up in a neighborhood named Canarsie. The first 12 years were uneventful . . . until in 1979 he saw Chicago City Limits for the first time; that changed everything. Not quite 13 yet, he was taking improv comedy lessons, learning scene-based short form improvisational comedy. Years later he hooked up with ComedySportz in Raleigh (now ComedyWorx) and learned game-based short form improvisational comedy. He also had the pleasure to work with some of the funniest people in the world (Mookie, Jorin, Jim, Eric, Ross, Antny, Zach, and others). Now he combines the lessons learned from both schools in directing Raleigh's Village Idiots. Mostly scene-based short form with the occasional game-based form thrown in. Add a long form in for variety and serve on stage at the North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre.
In 1987 Matthew moved to North Carolina to get out of New York for a change of scenery. Raleigh was chosen because when he called fraternity brothers around the country to find a place with real school spirit, Joey blew the spirit-o-meter apart screaming Wolfpack! A week into class at NC State, Matthew noticed a beautiful girl named Madhavi from India. A few months later they had classmates convinced they got married over fall break. Sorry about the deception, at least we made it true a few years later.
In September 1997, Jacob joined the family. Fourteen months later, Joey arrived. After a short break to catch their collective breath, the family grew again when Leah entered the scene in 2002. And after a quick visit to the urologist, that won't be happening again. Once you hit for the cycle you can retire.

My Interests

I don't do "favorites" well. Or lists of interests. I'm not good at that sort of thing. That seems to require permanence. And I don't do permanent. I'm an improvisor, I'm always in the moment, always changing.

Okay, that's something permanent. I'm an improvisor. That's it. Nothing else is permanent, so I can't list anything. My wife always says that about me, "You never have any favorite things."

Oh wait. That's permanent too. Madhavi and I met in 1987. Married in 1992. And will be married forever. So that's permanent. Being an improvisor and being married. And that's it. Stop asking. You're like my kids.

You got me there. My kids. I love the heck out of my kids. All 3 of them. Yeah, 3. If you're an old friend (or, more likely, enemy) that just tracked me down, I have 3 incredible kids.

And that's it. See. I'm done. Nothing else permanent. This ain't no comic book people!.

Oh, snap.

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I want to meet all the fine newscasters that made the following newscast possible. I learned a lot.

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Uh Oh! Its the Police!

I took Thursday and Friday off from work.Thursday we drove down to Charlotte for the Police concert.  Checked into our hotel (free room thanks to old points Madhavi still had from her sales trave...
Posted by Matthew da Idiot on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:56:00 PST

The Television Musical Chair Game

I owe Elliotte big.  Well, we're making him a steak dinner, so that will help, but still.  He and I killed our backs today, moving televisions.You see, my father is getting a new television ...
Posted by Matthew da Idiot on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:16:00 PST

Chain Reaction

The boys (10, 9) have seen Ghostbusters.Apparently they quote it in front of their sister (5).She dropped something today and exclaimed, "Mother Pussbucket."
Posted by Matthew da Idiot on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:29:00 PST

She shoots, she scores

Quick hit blog.My brother and his girlfriend are visiting. She scored big points with me.When she got in from the train station, I made hot dogs for a late night snack. While Jeremy grabbed a fancy ...
Posted by Matthew da Idiot on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:06:00 PST

An Affair To Remember

History - Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, my parents threw a giant folk music party at our house in the Poconos every Labor Day Weekend.  People came from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Phila...
Posted by Matthew da Idiot on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:58:00 PST

It's an Upside Down World

I took Friday off to take the kids to the zoo (it was a "teacher workday" so they were off).   We had a great time.  Super great when we stopped at the old burger stand for lunch and fo...
Posted by Matthew da Idiot on Mon, 07 May 2007 07:11:00 PST

SteveJoe!!!!

I made my wife laugh Saturday night.  Okay, that may not seem special, I make her laugh often (sometimes on purpose).  But this was a stealth laugh.  During our improvised 1-act play, ...
Posted by Matthew da Idiot on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:42:00 PST

I looked like the headless woman

You know the headless woman at the side show?  The one with all the tubes of fluid coming out of her neck?  That's how I felt today.  Blood flowing out of one arm, through a funky machi...
Posted by Matthew da Idiot on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:07:00 PST

The Look of Death (x20)

Wow, such hatred.  They were glaring at me with hatred in their eyes.  I wanted to explain.  I wanted to tell them I was there to save a life.  But I didn't.  I just left.&nbs...
Posted by Matthew da Idiot on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:34:00 PST

And the medical saga continues on...

Good news and bad news.   Back in September, I donated bone marrow for someone I don't know, and will likely never know.  The process was complicated, involved, inconvenient, slightly dange...
Posted by Matthew da Idiot on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:51:00 PST