By Jay Miller
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- San Francisco native Brian Cho waited patiently for 20 minutes after a local improv show just in case there was a post-credits scene, sources say.
“I wanted to be sure,” said Cho. “How dumb would I feel if I paid for a ticket, left right after the show ended and found out later that I missed a post-credits scene? I’d feel pretty dumb, especially considering I’d be missing out on content I technically paid for.”
After waiting for 20 minutes, Cho was the last remaining audience member in the Rodeo Improv Theater. It reportedly took staff several minutes to convince him there was nothing else to see.
“He refused to leave,” said Amanda Pelley, a performer at Rodeo. “I tried to explain that the show was over and that we just wanted to close up and head down the block for some drinks. He kept insisting there might be a teaser for next week’s show.”
Pelley went on to explain that the only way the theater staff could get rid of Cho was to get the team back on stage to perform a short teaser for the following week’s show.
“That seemed to satisfy him,” said Don Perkins, one of Pelley’s fellow improvisers. “Even if all we did was a one-minute scene with a couple callbacks to the show and a stupid little cliffhanger. Yeah, it was a weird night but at least it’s just this once.”
At press time, the team was horrified to see Cho sitting in the audience for their show the following week, awaiting yet another post-credits scene. These events have repeated weekly over the past two months and are expected to continue until the theater closes its doors for good.