Train of Thought Sketch Comedy
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Train of Thought is a sketch comedy group located in Seattle, Washington. Made up of John Boyle, Ryan Miller and Kaci Aitchison, a feature of their work is shows based around a single word or phrase. [1]
Together since 2003, they have created four original shows: Train of Thought > Airport – about the airline industry, Train of Thought > New York – about NYC, Train of Thought > Laid Off – about office life and unemployment, Train of Thought > Breaking Up – about love, dating and getting rid of that very special someone and The Best of Train of Thought in November 2006.
They have been featured on Northwest Cable News and were named a 2004 Best of the Northwest Theater Selection by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and have been recommended by weekly papers Seattle Weekly ("The funniest threesome on [the Seattle] stage") [2], The Stranger ("Good jokes peppered with pockets of awesome") [3] and "one of the most talented and funny sketch comedy groups you'll ever see in your life" by Metroblogging Seattle [4].
They were also selected to perform at the 2006 Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival.
Train of Thought uses vodcasting, or Video podcasting, for the Video IPod which has landed them features in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Northwest Cable News. Their vodcast can be found on ITunes and other services. [5]
The troupe also produces the weekly Puppet Tom comedy series on MySpace.
The group was also a finalist in The Great Sketch Experiment put on by JibJab. Over 100 independent comedy groups were invited to submit a sketch based on a police theme. Six were chosen and flown to Los Angeles to have their sketch filmed by legendary comedy director John Landis. Train of Thought was the only participating group not from Los Angeles or New York City. Their sketch, Tom & Tina, was featured on TechCrunch [6] among other sites.
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[edit] References
- "Train of Thought: Laid Off" by Lindy West, The Stranger, July 14, 2005, retrieved November 21, 2006
- "Train Gang" by Sara Niegowski, Seattle Weekly, February 8, 2006, retrieved November 21, 2006
- "Train of Thought" by Jeremy January, Metroblogging Seattle, November 10, 2006, retrieved November 21, 2006
