Freak Dancing down the streets of LA!
Raised a proud Razorback in Little Rock, Arkansas, Matt Besser attended Amherst College where he learned how to collect CDs. After graduating, Matt toured the Midwest doing stand-up, while taking improvisation direction from Del Close at Chicago’s Improv Olympic Theater.
In Chicago in 1991, he became a founding member of the sketch group Upright Citizens Brigade, and with them he has performed and written stage productions including Virtual Reality, UCBTV, Conference on the Future of Happiness, Thunderball, Bucket of Truth, Big Dirty Hands, Punch Your Friend In The Face, The Real Real World, That’s F’d Up!, and Saigon Suicide Squad (winner of Best Sketch at 1996 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen).
In 1996, the UCB moved to NYC and produced their sketch show Upright Citizens Brigade for three seasons (’98-2000) on Comedy Central.
Soon after the success of the TV show, the UCB opened their own comedy theater and improv school which operates in NYC and now LA too.
After the UCB TV show, Matt teamed up with Method Man & Redman to create and perform in a hidden camera show on MTV called Stung. He was a co-creator and star of Crossballs which ran for 23 episodes on Comedy Central.
He has directed stage productions including Immortal Combat, Sidecarrin, (1998 U.S.C.A.F) and Todd Barry in Icky (2001 U.S.C.A.F.).
Besser’s one-man shows include: How Much I Lied, May I Help You Dumbass?, Don’t Be A Dick,RUhi?, "Woo Pig Sooie", and "Matt’s Magical Sack of Dump".
As an improviser he was member of Chicago’s The Family and is forever a member of ASSSSCAT, the longest running and greatest improv show in the history of the world.
Website
MattBesser.com UCBcomedy.com UCBtheater.com
Influences
Jason Kidd , El Duce, and Darren McFadden
Members
UCBcomedy.com is launched! Lots of videos from UCB performers. There’s an incarnation of my Dr. Cocky Mutherfucker in the video below. THE BACK ROOM The Back Room is a sketch talk show series I’m doing on UCBcomedy.com.
THE BACK ROOM
TV Shows
Besser’s guest appearances include spots on: Help Me Help You, Mighty Bee, Pilot Season, Reno 911, Stacked, Bernie Mac Show, Frasier, American Dad, Watching Ellie, Spin City, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Show, Late Friday, Weekends at the DL., Curb Your Enthusiasm, A.S.S.S.S.C.A.T. on Bravo, and Asssscat on Comedy Central March 21.
Films
He’s also appeared in the films The TV Set, and Sundance Film Festival favorite Junebug. He recently played the lead bad guy in a zombie western called "Wanted Undead or Alive". Featured as Dave, the guitarist, in John C Reilly’s biopic parody "Walk Hard". Soon to be seen in "Drillbit Taylor", "The Soloist", "Year One".
Albums
For the world wide web, he produced and starred in "The Very Funny Show" which can be seen on www.TBS.com
About me: I post videos on this page on a somewhat regular basis. If you like the videos please spread 'em/post. Love to hear your feedback here or thru adair@uprightcitizens.org My newest videos are on our new site UCBcomedy.com where you can see my sketch series "The Back Room" I'm on stage at the UCB Theater in LA every week doing Asssscat or some other show. ucbtheater.com Add for bulletins on more videos... More videos, songs, pics, and info at www.mattbesser.com.
Who I'd like to meet: Season 2 of UCB is released and buying through ucbtheater.com includes "Super Cool" tshirt.
Asssscat DVD will be released March 25, 2008
dude, always love the single shot skits...even though that freak dance had cuts, that musta been hard to organize...reminds me of ass-pennies, except with, you know, teleporting freak dancers
Ahoy Cap'n Besser! Any chance that F'ed up and Illegal is rocking the stage soon? 'Cuz I just found something...quite suiting. Thank God for the Internet, oh yeah, and you.
Why am I posting your own video on your site, you may ask? To tell you that we need MORE FUCKING BACK ROOM! If you want to know how we feel, watch this 100 times. Sure its funny the first 50X but after that I would rather have a woodpecker crawling up my ass then watch it again.
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