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Chris Trew has to have a lot of hats, because he’s hanging his pretty much everywhere these days. Besides running the New Movement Theater with Tami Nelson, Chris also drops rhymes as nerd-core rapper Terp 2 It, who’s My Weiner Touches The Ceiling album is an instant local classic. In his spare time he helps judge Austin’s Air Guitar/Sex competitions and writes a blog about professional wrestling. Our own The Guardian, who is big into Air Guitar, sat down with Chris to touch on all these topics, and they found time to make a few fart jokes as well.
Loco Nunca: Who is Terp 2 It?
Chris Trew: Terp 2 It is me. It is not an alternate persona, it’s just my rap handle.
Rapping is something that I fantasized doing for a really long time. I
am blessed to be in a community were I can live out this dream and
have so much support doing it. I never thought I would be doing
Terp 2 It shows. At first it just started off as a fantasy project. I
recorded a few songs here and there, and eventually all those
recordings turned themselves into an album. To my surprise, the
album did really well. This year I just released my second album, My
Wiener Touches The Ceiling. I love performing live. I feel like I have
been getting better at it.
LN: So how did you come up with a song like "Cookie Mountain"?
CT: I think the trick to writing any good rap song is, and I am not breaking new
ground in say this, having a fun chorus. The verses can be kinda bad if the
chorus kicks ass. “Cookie Mountain” was me just stomping around one day,
and I started chanting the chorus over and over. That is the beauty of doing
so many live shows is that if I come up with something, that day I can test
the song out on an audience. If it goes over well enough, I put it on the album.
LN: So why do you like pro wrestling so much, dude?
CT: Oh shit upside the head with a random question. I started watching wrestling
as a little kid, like most people. I was always drawn to the pageantry of it all.
The showmanship of the entrance was always a big deal too. The older I got,
I started liking it more and more for the creative aspect and how the wrestlers
are constantly reinventing themselves. Now, I just watch to see who will win
and why. I don't care who is technically the better wrestler. Like when Edge
beats John Cena, I don't think to myself "Holy shit, Edge just beat John
Cena!" I think, well the writers want Edge to win tonight so they can tie this
story with some PPV fight. Or something like that.
LN: So is there an off-season in pro wrestling?
CT: No. It’s fucking amazing. They do so many shows a year, it’s crazy. You
need to watch that E:60 with Vince McMahon. That dude is nuts. I think one
of the reasons I like wrestling so much deep down is because the people
who are really good at it have to fully submerse themselves into the lifestyle
of wrestling. They are also constantly one-upping themselves. No other
sport really does that. Plus the theatrics are unbeatable.
LN: Speaking of theatrics. When and why did you get into improv and sketch
comedy?
CT: I got into improv in 2004, when I was still living in New Orleans. I was doing
a lot of writing and sketch comedy with a bunch of my friends, and we all got
movie production jobs after we graduated. The 12-hour work days started to
take over our lives. All my friends were really good at it, but I wasn't. So to fill
the creative hole in my life, I decided to take and improv class. I’ve been
hooked ever since.
LN: Tell me about New Movement Theater and Studio8.
CT: New Movement is a comedy training center for improv, standup, and sketch
comedy. Our teachers are experienced as fuck and we tour around the
country teaching and performing. Newmovementtheater.com has tons more
info on it.
LN: And Studio8?
CT: Studio8 is all the guys I was friends with in college. We started it in '99 as a
dormroom comedy thing. We made some movies and had a fake newspaper,
both of which fizzled out soon after they were started. After Katrina hit, we
all split up. They moved out to L.A. to do their movie thing, and I moved to
Austin and started performing with some friends. The Studio8 guys and I lost
touch for a while, but over the past two years we have started making a ton
of sketches together again. I go up to L.A. for a month about once or twice a
year, and we just shoot sketches for hours and hours and hours.
LN: “Uncle Terry” might be my favorite, but I just watched "Commercial Dudes 1&2"
today. The cheese on the butt is weird. Where did that idea come from?
CT: I think a lot of comedy comes from inside jokes. If you are fortunate enough,
you can frame the joke in a way so that it doesn't reek of being an inside joke.
"Commercial Dudes" was just a vehicle for that. I mean, I don't remember
where it started, but one day we just thought it would be funny if your butt said
different cheeses. It’s all about finding a way to work those jokes into a sketch.
LN: What's better, Air Sex or Air Guitar?
CT: Air Sex.
LN: Air Sex? (said with disdain.)
CT: Yeah, Air Sex. Definitely.
LN: WHY?
CT: I think anyone can do Air Guitar. Not everyone can do it well, mind you, but
The Air Sex set is a different breed. I mean, it's not that hard to get up ther
and do Air Guitar. I think it is way harder to get up on stage and realize that
you have to FUCK nothing in front of a bunch of people.
LN: I hear that you’re hosting the first national Air Sex Tour.
CT: Yup, that's right. We are taking Air Sex cross-country. We are hitting 14 cities,
from Atlanta to Tucson. Each city will have their regional Air Sex representative,
who will be flown to the TBA location of the finals. Me and Joel Keith will be
heading up most of the tour as hosts and judges. I will be using my comedy
buddies from all over to guest judge as well. The winner of the finals gets the
wonderful prize of a prostitute. If you want to sign up go to
airsexworldfinals.com.
LN: I'm good. I'll just stick to the Air Guitar.
CT: That's cool.
LN: What makes Chris Trew laugh?
CT: I am not ashamed to say that poop
humor gets me. Farting in public is
really funny.
Chris Trew and The Guardian make fart noises for 20 seconds.
CT: The only thing funnier than farting in
public is when someone gets mad
that you farted in public. I understand
someone being disappointed, sad,
or disgusted by your fart, but to get
genuinely pissed? That is fucking
funny.
Chris is really good at self-promotion, so you can find most of his links in the interview.
But if you want to scope his wrestling blog,
check it:
www.christrew.com/category/pro-wrestling