Sketch War

Category: Wrapups

Wrapups of weekly sketch battles

  • Friday Night Sketch War: Change Edition

    The change meme is floating in the ether a lot these days. Michael picked up on it and made it the theme for last Friday’s sketch war. Well, “sha na na na na”.

    • Coyote sent the Justice League to do his bidding…
    • Michael embraced the wonder of the universe…right before kicking it in the teeth…
    • Ken negotiated a pay raise.

    Ken’s suggested next week’s seasonally appropriate theme of sports. So get your thinking caps on, sharpen your pencils, quills, and broadswords, and submit your best effort by midnight Friday to sketchwar at dreamloom.com.

  • Friday Night Sketch War: Funeral Edition

    Last week’s reunion special got me a bit melancholy, thinking about the ultimate reunion. When all your friends and family (or, in my case, a county official and anonymous creamatorium worker) get together to celebrate who you were and how you lived. Brings a tear to my eye. A tear, because a cinder from your remains got in my eye!

    This week’s challenge sees four warriors (once David stopped washing his damn hair) on the field of battle.

    • Coyote spied on a lackey’s funeral…
    • Michael sent a ghost to do his bidding…
    • Ken sold me a new coffin…
    • David made a [adjective] [noun] of death.

    Next week’s topic is selected by Michael: change. Same call for sketches as always…if you wanna show us the funny, email sketchwar_AT_dreamloom.com.

  • Friday Night Sketch War: Back to School Edition

    We’ve been ambushed! Michael gave us this week’s theme and we set about sharpening our bayonets and targeting our rockets and seducing our Rockettes. Before either of us (or David, still bone-weary from last week’s beatdown) could get in a shot, our newest and boldest battler launched a salvo!

    David might still throw a last-minute grenade in this week, but all he’s going to pick off are the nurses and medical corpsmen tending the wounded at this point. But next week, we could have a four-man or even five-man battle royale! Hell, it could be more if anyone else feels brave and bold enough to join in. The theme for next week was selected by Ken, our newest warrior: gatherings.

    If you want to try your luck, email your sketch, or a link to where it’s posted to sketchwar AT dreamloom.com by midnight on Friday.

    We’ve got the sad truth of NCLB, the Softer Side of Sears, and a typical day in a rust belt city this week. Lots of good stuff.

  • Friday Night Sketch War: Payroll Edition

    This week sees the return of the three-man battle royale edition, and to grease the skids for his reentry to the fight, David picked this week’s theme. And then? He just managed to set his bomb off with seconds to spare in the fight!

    Next week’s theme has been selected by Michael and is back to school. I think this is a good time for someone else to enter the fray with a surprise attack. We’re bloodied, weary, and too focused on the fight in front to see a sneak sketch from behind. If you want to try your luck next week, email your sketch, or a link to where it’s posted to sketchwar AT dreamloom.com by midnight on Friday.

    Read, learn, love. And get writing your own sketches, people. Clearly, anyone can do it.

  • Friday Night Sketch War: Procrastina-a-tion…

    …is making me wait.

    It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done a Sketch War roundup, but we’ve been running strong. Michael and I have been fighting enameled-mouth-grinder and keratin-back-scratcher for weeks, and were happily rejoined by David and his rock-n-roll zombies this week.

    The rules have changed recently. Our weekly battles are now themed instead of free-for-alls. The theme for this week’s brawl was selected by Michael based on our usual approach to writing our sketches: procrastination. For those playing along at home and those of you brave enough to step onto the killing fields, next week’s theme is Disney. Write your Disney-themed sketch and send it, or a link to it, to sketchwar AT dreamloom.com. Now, onto the mayhem!

    Enjoy!

  • Friday Night Sketch War: July 4th Edition

    The fireworks for our nation’s celebration paled in comparison to the fireworks on display in this week’s two-man dustup. Two warriors, using every weapon in their arsenals in an all-out battle for ultimate victory!

    • Coyote launched the first attack, a Roman Candle of Vengeance, and a dozen Sparklers of the Undead…
    • Michael retaliated with a barrage of M80s of Destruction and a Cinnamon Sizzler!

    We’ve got the true story of our nation’s founding and the maybe true story of Michael’s first date. Poor guy. That’s gotta sting.

  • Friday Night Sketch War: Round Twenty

    It’s been four long weeks since the last Sketch War summary, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been some good sketches in the interim (and one very obscure one last week, sorry.) But this week we’re back at normal strength with a three-man knock-down drag-out donnybrook! So let’s get to it.

    • David fired the first shot with the deadly accuracy of an action movie superstar…
    • Coyote retaliated by unloading the clip of his service revolver, and curing cancer as an afterthought…
    • Michael might be back from his honeymoon, but his mind and sundry body parts remain behind.

    Bon mots, blow jobs, and Ponzi schemes do battle in the comedy arena this week. Enjoy!

    If you think you’ve got the chops to join in our weekly merriment, send a link of your funniest work to sketchwar at dreamloom dot com.

  • Friday Night Sketch War: Round Sixteen

    As the three-day weekend rolls to a close, it’s time to announce the winners and losers of this past Friday’s battle royale. In another two-man fight to the death,

    • Coyote drew first blood with his katana…
    • Michael parried with his claymore. What sucked for Coyote, was the Claymore was of the landmine variety.

    Winner: Michael.

    While we’re enjoying the small duels, it’s about time some friends and family join in the battle. We’re not the only writers here; we shouldn’t be the only writers fighting on Fridays. Email a link to your sketch to sketchwar_at_dreamloom.com.

  • Friday Night Sketch War: Round Fifteen

    If you thought last week’s drunken scuffle was an embarrassment, wait until you see this week’s slap fight. There’s a rumor we might be joined by some fresh blood soon, so this lull in the war might merely be a short-lived ceasefire. Let’s hope.

    • Coyote wants to make an omelet, so he breaks a few eggs…
    • Michael has a date, but someone is ovulating.

    Clearly, we need more sketch writers to join in the festivities. Post your best and send an email to sketchwar_at_dreamloom.com.

  • Friday Night Sketch War: Round Fourteen

    This week we just had a drunken scuffle between two irate generals.

    • Coyote spies on post-coital pillow talk…
    • Michael chooses neither paper nor plastic…
    • David fired a late shot, too drunk on absinthe to make it out earlier.

    Let’s get some more battlers next week. Post your best and send a link to sketchwar_at_dreamloom.com.