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Rob Huebel (Human Giant, I Love You Man) On Creative Process and Improv Techniques

Improv is something every single person should experience. Not to get all existential on you, but my 101 class at UCB taught me so much about myself, life, etc. It opened up my creative mind in so many ways and made me okay with sharing and expressing feelings, thoughts, ideas. Nothing, no filters, no fears, nothing was blocking or prohibiting the exploration of an idea. I truly felt free! So that said, see ya in 201 this fall!

one of my first improv teachers (owen burke) always talked about how doing improv teaches you how to be a better person, and i always carried that with me.  i hate to think what my life would be like if i hadn’t signed up for my chris gethard 101 within a month of moving to ny.  i would have missed out on some of my closest friends in this city, people who i didn’t have much in common with besides improv when we first met, and i’d probably be even crazier than i am now (yes, that’s possible.)

also, i wish i could improvise with the sense of fun and confidence that huebel has.   he always makes it seem so easy.

Definitely one of my favorite improvisers. Huebel is so fun to watch. I agree with Brendan about Huebel’s style too. Something I think a lot of us try for. I love how he says in the beginning you suck for a long time.

I remember Curtis telling me once that in his first year he would imitate the style of his favorite improvisers, like Rob Riggle, and then eventually started finding his own voice and style. Huebel was definitely one of the people I would ATTEMPT to imitate (along with a long list of UCB performers). I’ve been privileged enough to tech Harold Night for over a year now and to be a part of Cagematch where you get to witness so many different approaches and styles and then kind of play around with what you liked in those performances and see what works for you. Recently I feel like I’m starting to discover what works for me.  Combining what I like and how to make that work in my personal delivery and way of thinking. It’s a good feeling to have. There’s a long way to go, but just starting to get more confidence and having a better idea of who you can be as an improviser just makes it so much more exciting.

Since we’re having an improv love fest… I’ll just say that through/because of improv I have met incredible, inspired, fiercely loving and giving people, and it’s made me perform, live my life, and love people better.

Also: Dear LA - Move to New York!

I really can’t even grasp how improv saved me… in so many ways.  That sounds cult-ish or religious.  But it is truth. (I say this having done my first bit of storytelling last night.  Standing up there, by myself… opening myself up (as a person and performer)… but knowing the support and freedom the people in the audience were giving me… well, thank you.)