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Fry and Spiner Wrapup
Another good week for us here. Six men entered and brought forth six great sketches designed to star Stephen Fry and Brent Spiner. Why? Because the thespians had Twitter all aflurry last week as they discussed the possibility of working together. We thought we’d toss our ideas out for the fun of it. DNW led…
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Grosvenor Square
My entry for the “Brent Spiner and Stephen Fry” edition of Sketch War. Mr. Spiner plays the U. S. consul-general in London; Mr. Fry plays his liaison in the Foreign Ministry.
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An Old Fashioned
Perhaps I took this one a bit too literally. Lights up on a traditional, proscenium stage. The velvet, red curtains part to reveal a door. Reginald Jeeves (a proper British butler) arrives at the door at the same moment as Lt. Commander Data (a very formal android). Jeeves tips his hat and extends his hand…
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The Modernistic
(Ridgeview: a small college town in central Illinois, nestled amidst the prairies and the cornfields.) (Exterior shot of the Ridgeview bus station. Summer, early evening. We hear the tinny sound of a telephone ringing, as heard through a receiver. Dissolve to the bus station’s interior. Camera pans across a line of payphones and comes to…
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Fry and Spiner: RA’s entry
The Mates Running the Asylum I’ve written this one as the first scene for a pilot. It’s not as boom-boom-boom funny as many sketches, but I think it works as a teaser for something more with a few chuckles as well. Let me know what you think.
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FSW: Spiner and Fry Edition (Ken’s Entry)
David mentioned that this was a unique challenge, and I definitely agree. Not only were we trying to write for established actors with fairly distinctive styles, but hopefully to create something that could be expanded into a television show. Gulp! In some ways, this felt more about writing the world’s shortest pilot than a sketch.…
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Brent Spiner & Stephen Fry : David’s Entry – CURTAIN CALL
This was a weird assignment, to be sure. The parts of PRINE and BRODY are written with the actors Brent Spiner and Stephen Fry in mind…which was kind of fun. I had some fun with it…hopefully you’ll agree that I managed something, at least, a bit funny… INT – THEATRE – EVENING BRODY GILCREST, portly,…