![]() ![]() ![]() It added to the surreal atmosphere of our hangouts, and the shows, featuring preachers begging for money, were just as insane as the terrible movies we had seen.Īs a kid, I went to church three times a week and attended the church's private school. We would watch religious television after our bad movies. Matt Gourley and Jeremy Carter of Superego at LA Riot Comedy Festival. "The time! The energy! And it's AWFUL!" I said. "Do you realize how much money was spent on this movie?" One of us said while watching Conan the Destroyer. One night we got a DVD and spent an hour trying to figure out why the DVD player wouldn't work we later realized it was because we were using the VCR remote. We'd get to Matt's, put his mostly-foam fold-out couch on top of his bed (hence the "Sofa Bed Foundation"), get Rick James-high, and then I'd watch Matt try to figure out how to hook up the VCR. God would we get high! We even had a smoking pre-ritual of first picking up our favorite cookies and drinks, which we followed up with a trip to the video store, where we'd chose only the crappiest of '80s flicks on VHS. We also used to get together and smoke pot. ![]() It was this common ground of stupidity over which we truly bonded, though we knew made quite a team when irritating our girlfriends with hour-long bits as movie announcers (which would become a Superego staple). He has been performing improv comedy for over 20 years and the Superego podcast, which was started in 2006 and was described by Splitsider as being "really like nothing else out there".īefore starting the Superego podcast, Matt Gourley and I shared a strange job where we flew first class from Los Angeles to San Francisco to accrue flight points for someone who had discovered a loophole in an airline’s points system.Īfter our flights, we would rent movies about World War II and act stupid. This is the fourth entry in a series of essays from actor and co-creator of the Superego podcast, Jeremy Carter. ![]()
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