Improv games with runaway logic.
Wasting ALL the Time is a game-driven improv comedy show with quick segments, monoscenes, and serialized long-form runs. Its best moments come from tiny misunderstandings that keep expanding until sunscreen, squire contracts, or magical safety training become the whole problem.
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Wasting ALL the Time is an audio improv comedy show with a fondness for games, recurring segment names, and scenes that take the scenic route to the punchline. It starts from simple prompts and lets the performers worry them into something stranger. A poolside monoscene becomes a debate about sunscreen timing, SPF 400, umbrella trust, and the consequences of getting in the water too soon. A fantasy arc about the Municipal Knights turns fantasy heroics into meetings, budgets, contracts, tool fees, dragon cleanup, and magic training paperwork. That contrast is the appeal. The show is not trying to make improv sound polished into invisibility; it keeps the hesitations, pivots, corrections, and sudden discoveries that make the room feel present. Some episodes use short-form segment machinery. Cody's Words of Wisdom can turn a fake proverb into an absurd legal or moral spiral. The Johnalog gives John space to turn ordinary irritations and appreciations into a comic launchpad. Other episodes stretch into The Plot Thickens, a long-form style where prior bits return with just enough continuity to make the nonsense feel lived in. The cast enjoys language. Names get repeated, clarified, and bent. Roles become arguments. A squire meeting can spend real energy on who is here, why they are here, and whether being clear prevents mistakes. The humor is irreverent but more playful than harsh. It favors escalation over cruelty, and many scenes get funnier because everyone acts as if the absurd procedure matters. The result is a hangout-friendly improv show for listeners who like structure, but not too much of it. It can be silly immediately. It also rewards attention, because a throwaway line may become the next piece of civic fantasy infrastructure.
Made for: Best for listeners who enjoy ensemble improv, recurring bits, fantasy-office absurdity, and comedy that lets small details spiral. It fits fans of casual table energy more than tightly edited sketch precision.
What sets it apart: The show blends short-form segment prompts with longer serialized improv, especially the Municipal Knights material, where fantasy adventure keeps collapsing into civic process. Its comedy lives in repetition, corrections, and over-serious treatment of deeply silly problems.
Wasting ALL the Time is a weekly audio improv comedy podcast hosted by Cody Parcell, Dave Paterson, Jes Deprez, and Jon Hansen with occasional guests. We improvise scenes and play improv games!
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Dragon cleanup turns into a budget headache when Sir Cullen mishandles the anti-acid coating.
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