The Paper Towel Improv Podcast: Quick Bites with Rafi

By Rafi

In this quick, fun improv show, Rafi and his friends do hilarious improv comedy for you! If you want a wide variety of improv forms and players from Tucson and beyond, you're in the right place! Improv in thirty minutes or less or your pizza's free!

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FINALE: Improv University Semester 2

The Paper Towel Improv Podcast: Quick Bites with RafiSep 03, 2020

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FINALE: Improv University Semester 2

It's the final episode of the show, and, to celebrate, Rafi is doing a sequel to one of his favorites! It's the. return of Improv University with Maddie Beatty (@maddiebeatty_), Caroline Eimer, Linda Varela (@lala.lind), and Rafi's cousin Xanthe Brown (@xan_the_moon). They play some classic short form improv games!

hosted and edited by Rafi (@rockin__rafi)

logo by Lee Cameron (@leeeeeeeecameron)

theme song by Ramzi Attia (@ramzi music)

Sep 03, 202049:02

15. Batman and the Sundance Kid

Repeat guests Patrick Ohlde and Lindsay McEldowney come on and do their Batman and the Sundance Kid Format with Rafi! They get suggestions of fictional characters then play those fictional characters in a long form scene! Hear how these mismatched characters pair this week!

logo by Lee Cameron (@leeeeeeeecameron)

theme song by Ramzi Attia (@ramzimusic)

hosted and edited by Rafi (@rockin__rafi)

Aug 13, 202026:03

14. The Tucson Walk-On Crossover / Reunion

Paper Towel Rolls (alums) Rich Gary, Luke Connell, and Jordan Wilson come on to reminisce about the bygone days of the improv podcast they used to do, The Tucson Walk-On, and do improv in the style of it! Get ready for friendly laughs and way more cursing than you normally hear on this show. (It's fun cursing! This just isn't an episode for your ten-year-old!) It's classic Tucson improv zany fun.

hosted and edited by Rafi (@rockin__rafi)

logo by Lee Cameron (@leeeeeeeecameron)

this week's theme song by Andrew Applepie

Subscribe on your favorite podcast app, and follow on Instagram @paper_towel_podcast.

Aug 06, 202031:53

13. Salt and Pepper

Paper Towel rolls (alumni) Kurt Lueders and Jen Lemfers of Kurt and Jen Make a Podcast come on the show this week to do their monoscene format with Rafi! Listen to hear a Halloween tale. . . in July! Which Halloween costume shall prevail? Find out with Salt and Pepper!

hosted and edited by Rafi (@rockin__rafi)

logo by Lee Cameron (@leeeeeeeecameron)

theme song by Ramzi Attia (@ramzimusic)

Check out the PTIP Bookshop to get your improv fix on paper at https://bookshop.org/shop/paper_towel_podcast, and be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast app and follow on Instagram at @paper_towel_podcast.

Jul 23, 202020:49

12. Susan and Rafi: Creativity in Action

In this super-sized, ad-free special, it's just Susan Leonetti and Rafi! They get creative as they come up with a new improv form on air and then perform it! You get to hear us talk through the process of making a new form and then get into it! It's creativity in action!
Subscribe on your favorite podcast app and follow on Instagram at @paper_towel_podcast!
theme song by Ramzi Attia (@ramzimusic)
logo by Lee Cameron (@leeeeeeeecameron)
hosted and edited by Rafi (@rockin__rafi)
This special is super-sized, so it's definitely over thirty minutes. Your pizza is free. Enjoy it: 🍕.

Jul 16, 202053:33

11. I Was Promised Magic

Amy Selegue and Cristin Phibbs from I Was Promised Magic come on to do a monoscene! That's like a normal scene but longer! It's a great time! Check out the story they and Rafi tell all unscripted!

hosted and edited by Rafi (@rockin__rafi)

theme song by Ramzi Attia (@ramziattia)

logo by Lee Cameron (@leeeeeeeecameron)

Jul 09, 202023:01

10. Get Schooled with Improv University

Rafi isn't the only improviser in college! In fact, there are many! Today, it's an episode of short form games featuring some of Rafi's favorite University students! From the University of Arizona, it's Linda Varela (@lala.lind), Maddie Beatty (@maddiebeatty_), and Caroline Eimer! From Northwestern in Chicago, it's Rafi's cousin Xanthe! They play some of their favorite improv games in audio form!

hosted and edited by Rafi (@rockin__rafi)

logo design by Lee Cameron (@leeeeeeeecameron)

theme song by Ramzi Attia (@ramzimusic)

This episode is a bit longer than thirty minutes; here is your pizza: 🍕. I hope you enjoy it.

Jun 18, 202034:27

9. Chomsky School of Business (from Flagstaff, Arizona)

Did you know there's improv outside of Tucson? (Yes, duh.) Okay, fine. But did you know that there's improv all over Arizona? Rafi's guests today are an improv team from Flagstaff! We've got Ryan, Luiz, Garrison, and Jeff from Chomsky School of Business (@chomsky_school_of_business)!

Rafi does their format with them, and his audio is better than usual because of his new mic! Find out what sort of judge uses people as chess pieces in the courtroom! Just how easy is it to be a Captain for a day? Find out on The Paper Towel Improv Podcast: Quick Bites with Rafi!

Subscribe on your favorite podcast app and follow on Instagram @paper_towel_podcast for updates!

logo by Lee Cameron (@leeeeeeeecameron)

theme song by Ramzi Attia (@ramzimusic)

hosted and edited by Rafi (@rockin__rafi)

Jun 12, 202024:45

8. The Game Show Show: AUDIO EDITION

What an episode! It's the fist audio edition of The Game Show Show, and that means that we've got Paper Towel's first guest host with Game Show Show host and Paper Towel alum (roll?) Kurt Lueders (@kurtlueders)! To recreate the game show show in audio form, this episode features improvisers Jordan Wilson (@therealjordanwilson) from L.A. and Paper Towel rolls Jen Lamfers (@jenlamfers) and Susan Leonetti!
Any game show needs contestants, and we got great ones! Competing against each other to guess the clues left in improv scenes is Tucson standup icon, podcast host, Keep Tucson Sketchy founder, and Paper Towel roll Rich Gary (@therealrichgary) against your normal host, Tucson (self-professed) improv wunderkind RAFI (@rockin__rafi)! RIch and Rafi compete for podcast supremacy and fabulous prizes!* (*Prizes are not fabulous.)
If you enjoy comedy, game shows, movie references, or a healthy dose of good old-fashioned improvisor banter, you're sure to love this episode! Tune in for a laugh!
edited by Rafi (@rockin__rafi)
logo design by Lee Cameron (@leeeeeeeecameron)
theme song by Ramzi Attia (@ramzimusic) Technically, this episode is a bit longer than thirty minutes; your pizza is free. 🍕 Enjoy it.

Jun 04, 202031:46

7. CHOCOLATE WHEATIE THINGS "Push-Button AM Radio" with Susan Leontti and Gerry Morgan

The first episode of the new format! Running under a half hour, it's just Susan and Gerry joining Rafi today! Find out what the best kind of torture is in hell, how you should donate to your local orphanage, and just what kind of underwear Batman wears on this week's Paper Towel Improv Podcast: Quick Bites!

hosted by Rafi (@rockin__rafi)!

logo by Lee Cameron (@leeeeeeeecameron)

theme song by Ramzi Attia (@ramzimusic)

Subscribe on your favorite podcast app! Follow on Instagram at @paper_towel_podcast for updates!

This episode is sponsored by Special Delivery!

May 28, 202026:13

NEW FORMAT, NEW TRAILER

"A new title? A new logo? Shorter episodes? Different types of improv? Whaaaaaa? Explain it to me as only you can, oh wise and mighty Rafi!"

warning: Many listeners do not refer to Rafi as "the wise and mighty Rafi."

May 28, 202001:01

6. The Monologue Experiment: "You're Fired; You're Hired" with Deb Sears and Demmi Dupri

The show is back! What a month. This episode is the first to be made up of solo pieces from individual performers featuring monologues and a one-person scene!

This is also the first episode so far to feature exclusively guest outside of Tucson as Rafi welcomes Deb Sears and Demmi Dupri all the way from Canada.

Subscribe on Anchor.fm, Spotify, Apple, and wherever podcasts can be found!

Sponsored by After Dinner Conversation. afterdinnerconversation.com/podcastlinks

hosted by Rafi (@rockin__rafi)

logo design by Lee Cameron (@leeeeeeeecameron)

May 21, 202015:22

UNINTENTIONAL MINI-EPISODE with Cy Barlow, Lindsay McEldowney, Ken Chambers, and Gerry Morgan

For reasons unknown, the first and third segment of this episode were lost. Please enjoy this middle segment.

Apr 30, 202018:19

5. "'Woof,' Says My Father" SHORT FORM EPISODE with Kurt Lueders, Jessie Stapp, and Roark Polzin

What does France have in common with a couple of car-washing kids? How best may we pay tribute to the big toe? Just how long DOES it take to drive from Alaska to Washington by way of North Carolina while being followed by the F.B.I.? These questions and others will all be answered on The Paper Towel Improv Podcast with Rafi!

The first short form episode of features hilarious Whose Line Is It Anyway?-style improv for your ears for the first time with first-time guests Kurt Lueders (@kurtlueders), Jessie Stapp, and Roark Polzin.

Subscribe on Anchor.fm, Spotify, Apple, or your other favorite podcast app! Follow @paper_towel_podcast on Instagram for updates!

This episode was sponsored by P.S. You Got This.

hosted by Rafi (rockin__rafi)

logo design by Lee Cameron @leeeeeeeecameron

Apr 23, 202054:32

4. "K.G.B.: Killer Good Baby" STORYTELLER EPISODE WITH ATHENA HAGEN with Ben Mackey, Lindsay McEldowney, and Luke Connell

What's the best way for a ghost to scare people? Could YOUR child be a spy? CAN LEMONS SPEAK? These questions and others will be answered on The Paper Towel Improv Podcast!

The first storyteller episode features costume designer and artist Athena Hagen (athenahagen.com) with improvisers Luke Connell, Lindsay McEldowney, and Ben Mackey (@benjuhmuhn).

Subscribe on Anchor.fm, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your other favorite podcast app! Follow @paper_towel_podcast on Instagram for updates!

hosted by Rafi (@rockin__rafi)

logo design by @leeeeeeeecameron)

Apr 16, 202001:00:18

3. "Trailer Shop of Horrors" with Susan Leonetti, Megan Sutton, Rich Gary, and Jen Lamfers

What exactly is a "husband-in-law"? How quiet should you be in a library? When is the appropriate time to exit a creepy trailer roadside attraction?

These questions and many others will be answered in this week's episode of The Paper Towel Improv Podcast with Rafi!

This week's episode features Susan Leonetti, Jen Lamfers, Megan Sutton, and Rich Gary (@therealrichgary).

Subscribe on Anchor, Spotify, or your other favorite podcast app and follow @paper_towel_podcast on Instagram for more!

hosted by Rafi (@rockin__rafi)

logo design by Lee Cameron (@leeeeeeeecameron)

Apr 02, 202001:01:33

2. "Train Jumpin' with Alice and Joe" with Susan Leonetti, Gerry Morgan, Lee Cameron, and Patrick Ohlde

How professional is it to wear cabbages in place of shoes? What would it be like to be married to Meryl Streep? Just who exactly should you trust whilst riding the rails?
All of these questions and more will be answered on The Paper Towel Improv Podcast with Rafi!
This week's episode features Gerry Morgan (@backlitcoyote), Susan Leonetti, Lee Cameron (@leeeeeeeecameron), and Patrick Ohlde (@bodhili).
Subscribe on Anchor, Spotify, or your other favorite podcast app and follow @paper_towel_podcast on Instagram for more!
hosted by Rafi (@rockin__rafi)
logo design by Lee Cameron (@leeeeeeeecameron)

Mar 27, 202054:28

1. "Andori-6 from Andori-5" with Susan Leonetti, Rich Gary, Amanda Tennyson, and Jen Lamfers

Is it legal to steal the Queen's kumquats? Should a barista be a starship captain? Just how many of those darn Titanic movies are they going to make?

All of these questions and more will be answered on The Paper Towel Improv Podcast with Rafi!

This week's episode features Rich Gary (@therealrichgary), Susan Leonneti, Amanda Tennyson (@ms.tennyson), and Jen Lamfers.

Subscribe on Anchor or Spotify and follow @paper_towel_podcast on Instagram for more!

hosted by Rafi (@rockin__rafi)

logo design by Lee Cameron (@leeeeeeeecameron)

Mar 19, 202050:50