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''The Lance Krall Show'' is a 30-minute
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featuring sketches and on-the-street interaction starring
Lance Krall Lance Krall (born December 9, 1970) is an American producer, screenwriter, and actor of half Vietnamese descent. He became well known after his portrayal as "Kip" in the role in faux-reality show ''The Joe Schmo Show''. He went on to create ...
, who gained recognition through his character Kip on ''
The Joe Schmo Show ''The Joe Schmo Show'' is a reality television hoax show created by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese. The series was broadcast in the U.S. on the cable network Spike. The show's premise is that a target person or people are led to believe tha ...
''. The Lance Krall Show aired on Spike TV Mondays at 11:05 pm, with encores Thursdays at 11:05 pm. The cast included Annie Humphrey, Phil Cater, Sarah Baker, Anna Vocino, Loren Tarquinio, Rob Poynter, and Michael Sweeney all performed together with Krall at The Whole World Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. Krall is also credited as creator, director, executive producer, and editor on the show.


Episodes

;Episode 1 Within the first five minutes, a cast member is fired. Lance and friends watch his roommate's pornography tape, only to be shocked by his roommate's unusual fetish for office equipment. Impersonating Christopher Walken, Lance crank calls an actual restaurant and barks orders at a very flustered manager. Looks prove to be deceiving, as a booty call gets sticky. Also featured: an amateur reporter who shows up too late to catch the action, a parody of the TV show ''
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'' called ''Trik*D!'', a guy so desperate he has to rent a friend, and an epic struggle between a man and a smelly bathroom. ;Episode 2 We meet Tron, the Vietnamese dry-cleaning comedian. Chu-Chi, a fake psychic who reads real people, sees the future, and it involves dead cats. While working late, an office drone goes head to head with a
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. A “Tough Man” champion wreaks havoc on a family friendly fishing show. Also featured: a romantic “morning-after” breakfast with a revolting twist, a reporter who isn't dressed for the job, a narcoleptic on the subway, and a gay porn star prank calling a real résumé service. ;Episode 3 All but one of Lance's co-workers are oblivious to his personal “activities” in his cubicle. A karate instructor uses cheap
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to promote his third-rate karate school. A dead hippie's unusual last request turns his wake into a nightmare. Lance's sexual fantasies give way to an awkward reality when his lesbian neighbor asks him to impregnate her. Also featured: a reporter's crappy visit to a dog park, the return of Chu-Chi the
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, an incoherent prank call to a clock shop, and real life
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nerds. ;Episode 4 Two weary
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challenge each other to a series of inept battles. An innocent
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turns surreal. On a perfectly clear day, an amateur news reporter gets real bystanders to re-enact
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conditions. Also featured: a job interview for a very “special” newspaper, fraternity brothers using tough love to get a bookworm to study, Tron the dry-cleaning comedian, Lance hunting down celebrities with the aid of a star map, and ''Trik*d!''. ;Episode 5 In an attempt to raise money for his son's
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team, an evil boss with a horrifying deformity terrorizes his office workers. Lance, as Tron, prank calls a real advertisement director and outlines his ridiculous plan for a restaurant ad. Master Ken returns with advice on how to handle a mugging. A golfer's quest for a course record is thwarted by a bloodthirsty Ninja. A tender marriage proposal takes back seat to long fit of
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. Also featured: A first date that ends painfully, more jokes from Tron, a lonely lesbian searches for a friend in the park, a
psychic reading A psychic reading is a specific attempt to discern information through the use of heightened perceptive abilities; or natural extensions of the basic human senses of sight, sound, touch, taste and instinct. These natural extensions are claimed to ...
goes too far when Chu Chi accuses an innocent bystander of being a murderer. ;Episode 6 A hunting show camera crew discovers that beer and guns don't mix. A lounge singer's performance ends in terror as she faces the unstoppable ninja. A
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-singing couple advertise their new album. Two businesspeople are trapped in an effort to gracefully say goodbye. A cast member's birthday present eventually leads to a triple homicide. Also featured: More jokes from Tron, a
prank call A prank call (also known as a crank call) is a telephone call intended by the caller as a practical joke played on the person answering. It is often a type of nuisance call. It can be illegal under certain circumstances. Recordings of prank pho ...
to a
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by an untalented actor, and Lance and Michael raise the bar on pointless discussions. ;Episode 7 A couple sets up a single friend with a
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, who turns out to be the lovable but highly offensive Tron. A lunch lady must protect her kitchen from an invading Ninja. A cast member is forced to apologize to an angry viewer. The simple act of moving a water cooler turns into office warfare. Also featured: a prank call to a real dating service by a very undesirable guy, Chu Chi the psychic shocks a real person with a fake prediction about his future life as a pimp, Lance does a right-on impersonation of the wrong celebrity, and a washed-up celebrity from a canceled sitcom tries to impress nerds at a comic book convention. ;Episode 8 Rednecks recall a
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encounter that is mostly wishful thinking. The Ninja finally meets his match when he goes head to head with a naughty schoolgirl. Tron stinks up the house at a real
comedy club A comedy club is a venue—typically a nightclub, bar, hotel, casino, or restaurant—where people watch or listen to performances, including stand-up comedians, improvisational comedians, impersonators, impressionists, magicians, ventriloquist ...
. Lance reveals a fascinating glimpse into the making of The Lance Krall Show. Also featured: A twisted French couple, a nasty twist on the Slip and Slide, Chu-Chi tells a mom that her son is a drug dealer, and Lance prank calls a hair salon to get his “poodle” trimmed.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lance Krall Show 2000s American sketch comedy television series 2005 American television series debuts 2005 American television series endings Spike (TV network) original programming