Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre is one of those comedy troupes that you never knew you already knew. As it turns out, they have 30 years of history presenting their peculiar brand of off-the-wall lunacy in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in places they've toured in the past, but that's probably not how you might know them. I knew them from the Ask Dr. Science spots they run on NPR stations around the country ("Remember, he's not a real doctor." "I have a Master's Degree--" "--in science!")
Now, to be perfectly honest, I can't say I cared much for the Dr. Science bits on the radio. But when I sat down and watched the footage of the Duck's Breath 30th Anniversary Show, the Dr. Science sketch had me in stitches! Because in the live show, he takes questions from the audience and answers them on the spot, ad lib. And that colors the whole experience. (Dan Coffey, the man who is Dr. Science, also hosted the radio show Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!.)
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