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Jelly Donut;Arthur Lewis, a.k.a.

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Arthur the Geniuses; Bill Sherman, a.k.a.

King Sherman;Chris Sullivan, a.k.a.

Shockwave; Anthony Veneziale, a.k.a.

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Two-Touch; andUtkarsh Ambudkar, a.k.a.

Now, lets get to the digital archives.

Lin and Anthony [Veneziale, a.k.a.

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Two-Touch] would be freestyling during our breaks from rehearsal forIn the Heights, Kail says.

I would say, Anthony, will you stop distracting him?

He said, My name is Shockwave.

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You need a beatboxer.

Shockwave came fully monikered.

We were doing it five or six times a week, Kail says.

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The shape of the show started to emerge then.

That was the kind of thing in that small space that we were finding and perfecting, Kail says.

We still havent perfected it, of course.

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Thats where Miranda and Jackson are above, goofing off in their free time.

Edinburgh can be anything.

Youre right next to the contortionists, Kail remembers.

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Youre right next to the people that are doing their high-school Shakespeare production from Tennessee.

It was fun being able to bounce around like that.

As they bounced around, the group incorporated new members, including Utkarsh Ambudkar and James Monroe Iglehart.

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James and Utkarsh both came through the same audition rehearsal, Kail remembers.

They met on that day.

It was the first understanding that we had of, Oh, theres a larger audience now.

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Freestyle Love Supreme also got together for a TV show that ran on Pivot.

What was really cool about it is they gave us a lot of space and room, Kail says.

Theres an episode called Eat Me.

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The whole runner becomes the guys looking for ramen, Kail says.

That came from a show we had done two weeks ago where someone suggested ramen.

Daveed first heard aboutHamiltonwaiting to go on, Kail remembers.

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They each got their tattoos at different times.

I dont remember when or who.

I dont remember why also, but thats another question, Kail says.

The last episode of the Pivot television show is Bill Sherman getting his tattoo.

The episode is called Do No Arm, which we thought was pretty funny.

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