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Seven days, six mountain-climbing fingers, five eligible bachelors, four pairs of cop sunglasses, three sets of tucked-in male genitalia, two dead Parisian crimelords and one coveted rug later, the seventh annual Out of Bounds Comedy Festival has come to an end.

Photos from Friday's "Battle of the Sexes" and Saturday's PGraph and VAROOM performances at Salvage Vanguard Theatre during the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival.

Like a comedic Russian nesting doll, but diamond-encrusted and joyfully un-PC, the members of Pimprov are champions of persona-based improv, crafting shows where the interactions between the pimp characters are as crucial as the interaction between the characters played by the pimps.

Full schedule after the jump.

It’s understandable if the names David Razowsky, Dan O'Connor and Floyd Van Buskirk don’t mean anything to you. But know this: these guys are improv. Their resumes are long, and include time spent in Chicago, Amsterdam, Seattle and Los Angeles, the latter of which is their current base of operations.

Ever wonder how improv groups get their names? We sure do. Tonight's troupes have such whippy monikers as Chicago's Grandma June's Sewing Circle (quaint, curious) and NYC's Rue Brutalia (our favorite of the bunch). Tonight's lineup also includes some Fort Worth, Dallas, Phoenix, New Jersey, and of course Austin.

While Omaha, Neb.’s 88improv flies under the flag of “Smart. Clean. Comedy!,” the group proves that clean comedy doesn’t have to equal lame comedy.

10pm–Look Cookie, Improv for Evil

The annual Out of Bounds Fest kicks off this evening with a big boom—none other than the lovely and charming Maria Bamford performs at Esther's Pool. Opening is our very own Lovey and Lovey; Austin's Matt Bearden emcees.

Mark our words: Rotozaza's Etiquette, coming in April for Fuse Box, will sell out. // Hyde Park Theatre is holding auditions this Saturday. // Out of Bounds '08 is now taking submissions. // Troades at the Vortex is held over for two more weeks.