Train of Thought Sketch Comedy

Train of Thought Sketch Comedy

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 stage revues is basing the show around a single word or phrase. [http://www.trainofthought.info/]

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 local NBC affiliate King 5 [http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_102006WABjibjabcompetitionLJ.584705b7.html] and have been recommended by weekly papers Seattle Weekly ("The funniest threesome on [the Seattle] stage") [http://www.seattleweekly.com/arts/0606/perf-picks.php] , The Stranger ("Good jokes peppered with pockets of awesome") [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Listings?oid=22116] and "one of the most talented and funny sketch comedy groups you'll ever see in your life" by Metroblogging Seattle [http://seattle.metblogs.com/archives/2006/11/train_of_though.phtml] .

They were also selected to perform at the 2006 Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival. [http://chicagoist.com/2006/01/06/sketchfest_part_deux_from_the_stage_to_the_desktop.php]

The troupe has created a strong video presence on sites such as YouTube and others. They've created viral videos such as Promiscuous by Nelly Furtado featuring troupe member Kaci and Puppet Timbaland [http://www.trainofthought.info/video_promiscuous.html] , Facebook News Network [http://www.trainofthought.info/video_facebook_news_network.html] , Spelling Bee [http://www.trainofthought.info/video_spellingbee.html] and others. Their videos have been featured on CollegeHumor [http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1787501] , iFilm [http://www.ifilm.com/video/2910361] , Yahoo! Video [http://video.yahoo.com/watch/276329] , Veoh [http://www.veoh.com/videos/v12129737r2fZWcR] , Crackle [http://www.crackle.com/c/Moving_Targets/Facebook_News_Network/2074623] and many others.

Train of Thought has embraced 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. [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=91806974&s=143441]

The group was also a finalist in [http://www.jibjab.com/great_sketch_experiment/home 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, [http://www.jibjab.com/great_sketch_experiment/video/tom_and_tina Tom & Tina] , was featured on TechCrunch [http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/20/jibjabs-great-sketch-experiment/] among other sites.

External links

* [http://www.trainofthought.info Train of Thought Official Site]
* [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=91806974&s=143441 Train of Thought Video Podcast]

References

* [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Listings?oid=22116 "Train of Thought: Laid Off"] by Lindy West, "The Stranger", July 14, 2005, retrieved November 21, 2006
* [http://www.seattleweekly.com/arts/0606/perf-picks.php "Train Gang"] by Sara Niegowski, "Seattle Weekly", February 8, 2006, retrieved November 21, 2006
* [http://seattle.metblogs.com/archives/2006/11/train_of_though.phtml "Train of Thought"] by Jeremy January, "Metroblogging Seattle", November 10, 2006, retrieved November 21, 2006
* [http://seattlest.com/2006/04/24/mypuppetcom.php "MyPuppet.com"] by Audrey Hendrickson, "Seattlest", April 24, 2006, retrieved November 21, 2006
* [http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_102006WABjibjabcompetitionLJ.584705b7.html "Seattle group goes national with JibJab.com sketch"] by Greg Copeland, "King 5", October 20, 2006, retrieved November 21, 2006


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