Off Book: The Improvised Musical

It's OFF BOOK 's one-year anniversary and we have a blow out episode with all your favorite characters old and new! With Scott Aukerman, Paul Scheer, Paul F. Tompkins, Nicole Parker, Zeke Nicholson, John Hartman, Erin Whitehead, Eliza Skinner, Tawny Newsome and Ashley Ward, plus a very special surprise ending for all you Sleepy Babies! Is this OFF BOOK's real final episode?! Yo...

Zach  &  Jess  take the stage solo for the first time on  OFF BOOK  with king of pianist, pianist of kings  Scott Passarella  joining behind the mic for a bit! It's a musical revolution packed with talking animals, harpsichords, and Tom Ka soup. With trippy songs like "Soup to the Troops", "Sherbert von Vanilla" and "Stupid Stupid Stupid Motivation", you'll b...

It's an ultra meta-musical this week on OFF BOOK with guests  Matt Rogers  and  Bowen Yang  of the  Las Culturistas [foreverdogproductions.com]  podcast. Musical tropes! "Let it Go" in every Broadway show! The Disney corporation! Minions! Showmances! RENT references! And more! With songs like "You Gotta Push Merch", "(Let's Put) 'Let It Go' In The Goddamn Show", and "...

Improv and film superstar  Eugene Cordero  (Kong: Skull Island,  The Dumbbells ) joins Jess & Zach this week for a musical packed with old time-y movie stars, mom-agers, and Ryan Lochte (?!). With songs like "Party! Pizza Party!", "Boom Boom Hollywood", "A Movie Star & A Legally Blind Man", you'll want to audition for this show in a heartbeat.  This episode is brought t...

Special guest  Chris Redd  (Saturday Night Live, POPSTAR) joins Zach and Jess live from Clusterfest in San Francisco for a brand-new improvised musical filled with spies, geocaching, Paddington bear and more! With songs like "Stop Using Sex As A Weapon", "Who Is Q-Tip?", "We Got Some Boyz Rollin' Up" you won't want to miss this one. Listen 'til the end for a special talk-back "...

Hillary Anne Matthews  joins the OFF BOOK crew this week for a new musical packed with literary men like Faulkner and Twain, Harry Potter hats, bushy mustaches, lineage mysteries and more! With songs like "What Do You Want Here Faulkner?", "You Ain't Ready Pa", power ballad "When Will We Have Time?", and a killer rap at the end, you won't stop listening to these (railroad) tracks! This e...

This week on OFF BOOK,  Mano Agapion  joins Jess and Zach for a new musical filled with attic-drinking, mushrooms, princesses and LiveJournal entries packed with feelings. With your "Current Music" being songs like "Pounding Vodka In An Attic", "Put it on the Internet" and "It's Fun to be Kidnapped", your "Current Mood" will be: so excited! Plus, a new in-studio surprise instrument? Yes!...

The incredible  Nicole Byer  (Nailed It!) and  John Gemberling  (Broad City) join Jess and Zach live at the Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles for an all new weather, sex-ed, and Lean Cuisine-filled rock musical improvised on the spot! With songs like "Through To Them", "What The Weather Do", and "Beep Beep Goes the Lean Cuisine", you'll finally graduate "Punk Rock Aca...

The man, the myth, the legend  Carl Tart  joins Jess and Zach this week for a ghostly new musical with spooky snatchers, ghost-goats, and Tums sandwiches. With songs like "Too Many Ghosts In This Bathroom", "He's Not Gonna Say Nahhhhh!" and "The Sack Is Life" you'll goat crazy over these new tunes! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...

This week on OFF BOOK,  Chris Grace  (Superstore) joins Zach and Jess for a grocery store musical filled with former lovers, a paternity test barn, river screaming, and more! With songs like "Is It You?", "Talkin At The Pool", and "Puddle Puddle Puddle", you won't scream at any bodies of water over these new tunes.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priv...

The boys of  Hello From the Magic Tavern : Adal Rifai, Arnie Niekamp and Matt Young, join Jess and Zach this week for a new musical filled with Xboxes, chicken parm, and of course, time traveling. With songs like "Piece of Peace", "Deus EXBoxina", and "Small Town Science", you'll want to keep traveling back for more!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cal...

Alison Rich  ( The Goldbergs, Party Over Here ) joins Jess and Zach for an arctic musical filled with penguin eggs, fish gifting, narwhals and more! With songs like "Fishkabob", "When In Doubt Float" and "Will I Be A Gewd Dahd?", you'll be tingling for more of these tunes. This episode is sponsored by Leesa ( www.leesa.com/OFFBOOK ). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com...

Oui oui!  Gilli Nissim  ( We're Gross With Gilli Nissim ) joins Zach and Jess this week for a Parisian musical filled with red balloons / ballons, Jacques and Claude, a virtual reality Costco, ...and twins! With songs like "North Dualstar", "At The Party City " and "Say Goodbye To Rouge Balloon", you'll have 99 reasons and more to love this show.  This episode is brought to you...

Writer, actor and musical improv vet  John Hartman  (Baby Wants Candy, The Good Place) joins Jess & Zach this week for a wild, underwater, crab-legged techno musical complete with sledding, sea snakes and slow dances. With songs like "Bubble Bauble Ball", "Share Our Legs" and "What Is Six?!", you won't be crabby about any of these tunes.  This episode is brought to you...

Beth Appel  joins Zach and Jess this week in the most ambitious island-related crossover event in history. With songs like "Please Tell Us Why We Are LOST", "An Alliance of Karens" and "Viewing Party", you won't feel deserted listening to these tunes.  This episode is brought to you by Acer (www.acer.com code: OFFBOOK), Harold Ramis Film School (www.ramisfilmschool.com), S...

Comedy writer, podcast host and "Weird Twitter" icon  Demi Adejuyigbe (The Good Place,  Punch Up The Jam ) joins Jess and Zach for a musical packed with kid jail, arson, lice checks, and more! With songs like "That's What I'm In For", "Mean Mean Warden" and "I Need A Juice Box", you won't want to escape listening to any of these tunes! This episode is brought to you b...

YouTube sensation Paint aka  Jon Cozart  joins Zach and Jess this week for a ghostly musical with young love, breadsticks, and "Hot Toppings". With songs like "When Do You Say You're A Ghost?", "Yogurt & Breadsticks" and "Speed Dating", you'll be craving Italian food and more of these tunes!  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:...

Off Book favorites Paul F. Tompkins (Spontaneanation) and Nicole Parker (Wicked, MadTV) are back together for a new holiday musical with a candy-canine twist in the town of Doggywood! With songs like "Puppy Christmas Train", "Throw Me A Bone", and "Best Friends Bearing Bacon", you'll be panting for more of these sweet sounding treats! This episode is brought to you by Better Help (www.betterh...

Corrine Fisher & Krystyna Hutchinson of the Guys We F***ked podcast join Zach and Jess for the ultimate sewer rat, sentient object & chain restaurant musical. With songs like "Waving In Front Of A Faucet", "Takes A Whole Room To Make A Bathroom" and "Taco Bell", you'll be craving some Cheesy Gordita Crunch wraps and breadsticks after belting along to these tunes.  See Privac...

The incredible Nicole Parker (Wicked, MAD TV) joins Jess and Zach to star this legally-amazing new musical with attorneys, astrological signs, trains and much more. You won't "object!" to "Nobody Says No To Michael Buble", "Train Game", "Are You Ready To Tell The Truth" or any of the show stoppers in this awesome episode.  This episode is brought to you by Spice Islands (www.spiceislands...

Matt Besser, host of Earwolf's improv4humans / creator of the new punk-rock musical  Stolen Idea ,  stars in the new (and first?) EDM-musical "Electric Daisy Jamboree". In a festival full of robot DJs, drugs, buckets, a "Pine Tree Experience", and more, will a father and daughter grow closer as a family? With songs like "Nerd Rage", "Duke of the Porta-Potties" and "My Daughter is Me" you...

Will Hines ( Screw It We're Just Gonna Talk About The Beatles ) joins Zach and Jess for the new musical "Always Sad, Always Happy": a tale of spies, ruptured organs, bread, and of course... love. "We Really Hit The Mark in Denmark", "Sneaky Smiley Spy" and "Starcrossed Lovers" are just some of the stand out numbers in this show of Shakespearean-proportions.  This episode is brought to you by...

Erin Whitehead (Wild Horses) joins the cast of the feline-robot-dessert-office supply romantic musical, ALL OF OUR BUSINESS. "CFO Is You", "Some Loves" and "That's What The Cats Are Doing" are just some of the highlights of this groundbreaking new show. "You Will Never Be The Same" after listening to this one!  This episode is brought to you by Mack Weldon (www.mackweldon.com code: OFFBOOK) a...

Mike Still ( Hard Nation ) leads the cast of the new flora and fauna-filled musical, "Everything Is Nature". Raccoons, crabs, and park rangers join together for songs like "Kill A Bunch of Humans", "Dry & Wet" and more. Plus, stay til the end for a special song from "CONTACT: The Musical"! This episode is brought to you by Spice Islands (www.spiceislands.com/OFFBOOK). See Privacy Policy a...

Fran Gillespie (SNL, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later) stars in this new musical of bridal proportions. With songs like "Hell Yes (Because of the Dress), "A Little Bit Bad" and "When Your Dad's John Cena", you'll be dancing down the aisle in no time. Plus, stay tuned til the end for a new segment: "Deep Cut"!  This episode is brought to you by Modcloth (www.modcloth.com code...