thoughts on the October 9 show:

John, Mallory and Erik were not in the show!

Their warmup routine didn't really get all of the audience's participation. Some of the groups led by the players were confused, or uninspired by the prompts/activities. Other groups led by players liked it, and it was a gag through the whole show. If there was a way to recreate the sketch/activity and have all the audience willing to participate, it could be a running gag through the whole show and be awesome.

the audience volunteer for this show's variation of the "gibberish/bong bong bong" sketch was kind of a moron. either the directions werent explained to him correctly, or he just didn't listen to the directions. It's more likely that he didn't listen. aside from that, the players did a great job in that sketch. definitely a good sketch to keep using.

while jason is a good host, i like him better as a player. jason still gets sidelined by almost every comment/suggestion tossed out by the audience. warren isn't as bad of a negative nancy anymore, but he definitely doesn't keep energy flowing as well as other players. he did good as a host.

"the great pumpkin" sketch, this show's variation of the three-headed monster, didn't work so well. the answers weren't necessarily from the perspective of a "great pumpkin," it was just the renaming of the sketch. This carries back to previous "holiday-themed" sketches of the three-headed monster.

objection is always an audience favorite.

"diamond," i think is usually a good sketch, but it was a little jarring because the horn or the bell wasn't used to announce changes in the scene. it was disruptive to the players to have jason yell "freeze! now move!" everytime he wanted players to rotate. maybe ringing the bell a certain number of times can represent "move x positions clockwise" and the horn used for "x positions counterclockwise" or something to that effect.

sketches not otherwised mentioned were decent. overall i'd give the show a 7 out of 10 - not bad, but good, but not especially memorable as "hey, do you remember that one show..."