Trophy Wife

Improv Comedy from Los Angeles

Trophy Wife is a long-form improv comedy group that performs "The Harold," the signature improvised piece of the iOWest, every Wednesday at 9pm in Los Angeles, CA. Based on a single audience suggestion, Trophy Wife weaves a series of completely improvised scenes, stories, and games into a single hilarious piece. Each show is broadcast worldwide via the group's popular podcast.
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Mike Betette in GameWave Commercial (Parody)

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Check out our very own Mike Betette in this excellent GameFly parody commercial. It’s lightly NSFW since they say “vagina” a lot, but you can probably handle it.

Dave Park IS The Creamster

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Check out new Wife Dave Park and his hilarious litany of ridiculous pro-wrestler names in this video about the recent passing of Randy "Macho Man" Savage.



My personal favorite: Manifest Chestiny.

Win a Trophy Wife T-Shirt at Trophy Wife's 6th Anniversary Show

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Trophy Wife T-Shirt

So tomorrow is the 6th anniversary of our first show. What did you get us? The traditional 6th anniversary gifts are candy and/or iron. A broadsword made of marzipan would span both categories nicely.

What's that? You didn't get us anything? No, we're not upset. No, we're not being passive aggressive. We know you're busy. And we totally don't want to make you feel guilty when we say we got you something.

That's right, tomorrow night, at our 6th anniversary show, we'll be giving away a totally sweet, limited edition Trophy Wife t-shirt to the lucky audience member who gives us the suggestion for our show.

Can't make it to the theater tomorrow night? You can watch it LIVE online at The Wednesday Night Improv Experience website.

Can't make it to the theater, but still want a t-shirt? You can always purchase one here.

We hope to see you tomorrow night, live or online. We're only going to have one 6th anniversary.

iOWest logo Trophy Wife 6th Anniversary Show and T-Shirt Giveaway
April 6th, 2011 at 9pm
iOWest Mainstage
6366 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles

Or LIVE online as part of The Wednesday Night Improv Experience.

Does my face make you hungry for meat? Are you Greek?

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Oh, hi.

Facebook brought us a very special gift today. A friend of a friend posted a little photographic gem from her trip to Greece. We don’t even know her. She just thought it was funny that a gyros place would advertise with a poster that reads “Trophy Wife” on it. We, however, think it’s deadly serious, in the AWESOMEST of ways!

Gyros Poster

Yes, it’s real. That’s right, suckas. My mug is selling slow-roasted lamb in Greece to unsuspecting tourists. Just like I always told my mom it would. Well, who’s laughing now, “Mom?”

Dinner For Schmucks Show With PRIZES!

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Dinner for Schmucks poster This Wednesday is a very special Trophy Wife show. Nobody’s going to prison or admitting to addiction or meeting a long lost sibling. But we ARE being sponsored by Paramount Pictures (read: free movie swag!) to do a Dinner For Schmucks show.

Come on down to the iOWest on Wednesday night at 9. You could win lots of cool prizes like a Dinner for Schmucks hat or even FREE PASSES TO SEE THE MOVIE AT THE ARCLIGHT THE NEXT NIGHT!!! WHAT??? See you there!

Trophy Wife 5th Anniversary Show - Wed 4/7 9pm @ iOWest

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Trophy Wife 5th Anniversary - April 7th 9pm @ iOWest

The lifespan of a Harold Team is like that of a dog - every year together is equivalent to about 7 real-people years. This year, Trophy Wife turns 5, making us essentially 35 years old in the real world. And not to toot our own horn, but we're still looking and feeling pretty damn good for our age.

While it's true that we don't get to the gym as much as we'd like, we're still relatively trim and can keep up with the kids - for the most part. And yes, we've discovered our fair share of gray hairs, and it seems like more and more of that hair is ending up in the drain every day. But that's nothing a little peroxide and creative combing can't fix.

Most importantly, though - and not to be crude but - we can still fuck like a goddamn stallion. Hell, we consider ourselves at our sexual peak these days. Sure, there are younger, better looking Harold Teams out there. But you're talking about the experience of seasoned professionals here. We've been at this for quite some time and everyone knows it. I mean, look at the way the girls at the office flirt with us. We know what they talk about when we leave the room. We're hip.

So join us at iO this Wednesday night as we celebrate our 5th anniversary. It'll be a night full of surprises - and if you play your cards right, we might just dry hump you in the broom closet. Because as everyone knows - the traditional 5th anniversary gift is wood.

iOWest logo Trophy Wife 5th Anniversary Show and Dry-Hump-a-Thon
April 7th, 2010 at 9pm
iOWest Mainstage
6366 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles

Trophy Wife 4th Anniversary Show - Wed. @ 9pm

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Trophy Wife Group Photo (Spring 2009)

It’s that time….Trophy Wife’s fourth anniversary.

We’re just gonna put something out there – the fourth anniversary sucks. Don’t get us wrong. Four blissful years of marriage, and we’ve rocked each anniversary in true Trophy Wife style till now.

The traditional first anniversary gift is paper, and on that anniversary we all made a thousand paper cranes, then stood naked in the surf and floated them away while singing each other traditional Japanese paper crane songs. Then we all boned like we’d just met in a bar. Great. Super romantic. We’re awesome.

Second anniversary. Cotton. We hand stitched organic cotton tighty whities for each other and then modeled them for some really arty black and white photographs. Then we boned.

Third anniversary. Leather. We don’t even have to say it, do we?  In a nutshell:  we put leather everywhere, we wore leather. Then we boned. “Leather is the easiest anniversary,” said Grandma, and she was right.

The traditional gift for a fourth anniversary is Fruit or Flowers. Come on. Fruit or Flowers?

We racked our brains and maybe we’re just experiencing that soul-crushing ennui that sets in around the fourth year of any commitment, but we couldn’t think of a really rad way to bone to fruit and flowers.

Instead we decided to just do a Fourth Anniversary Show and hope that brings the spark back.

So will you come to it?  All we need are your butts in the seats to bring the old magic back and make us feel like we’re still a crazy young improv team that just got thrown together.

Then we’ll all laugh and drink together and pretend that lifelong commitment is a good idea!  Who’s IN

TROPHY WIFE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY SHOW
Wednesday, April 8th @ 9pm
iOWest
6366 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028
21+, valet parking, cheap drinks, big laughs
323.962.7560 or http://west.ioimprov.com for tickets/information

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