By Caroline Jones
The Washington CityPaper
July 15, 2009
The DC Improv is really the only appropriate place for comedian Greg Proops to perform in Washington. After all, his career took off with his all-improv-all-the-time appearances on Whose Line Is It Anyway?. His material isn’t limited to off-the-cuff songs and skits, however. Bizarre vocal impressions of average Americans are the highlight of his act. There’s the stoner he met at a peace march, the guy who criticizes the government while gorging on pork rinds, and the bored, multitasking girlfriend, just to name a few. Proops even delivered the weather on Channel 9 on one of his previous trips to D.C. Observations on the state of the nation and jokes about the presidency might garner a few chuckles here, but it’s Proops’ irreverence that makes his stand-up routine worthwhile. Listen to him riff on socks or Indian tribes for a few minutes - it’s more original than the contestants on Last Comic Standing.
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