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Mother’s Day Wrapup
With a topic as rich and pregnant with possibilities as this, I’d hoped the warriors would have come from far and wide to toss their humor grenades into the ring. Then I remembered not *every* comedy writer has a Jewish mother. While being chosen isn’t a requirement for being funny ((Richard Pryor: non-Jew.)) and is…
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The Line Between Mother and Other
So, what becomes of the women for whom Mother’s Day serves no purpose…?
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Chocolate?
I try to mix things up on holidays and do things that are surprising, but sometimes it’s hard not to fall into a rut. Here’s a sketch that illustrates what might happen if you allow yourself to become boring…
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Virgin Mother’s Day
Jewish mothers never change. [fountain] EXT. DUSTY BAZAAR – DAY Various stalls selling food and goods provide the backdrop for a group of FOUR WOMEN in traditional dress of 2000 years ago. MARY wears a black band around her arm. Dissolving one into the next we see… Title: Galilee Title: 0 B.C. Title: Sunday, May…
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Odd Sporting Events Wrapup
Not our best week ((I feel I’ve been saying that a lot lately.)) but I think the three sketches we’ve got this week are solid and funny. DNW led off with Wile and his bestest buddy, Road Runner, paired up in an unusual competition… Coyote followed up with the sports report of the future… Lynn…
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Bonfire of the Academies
So, I thought it would be fun to bring back Bob and Jim from my earlier sketch Basketball and Bullies… see how they’re doing in the world of novelty sportscasting. Last time it was third grade basketball, this time its fire, cornfields, and hammered, professional nerds. Oh, and by the way – yes, this really…
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El Ocho Es Muy Caliente!
[fountain] INT. TV STUDIO – DAY MEGAN THUNDER (20s, in miniskirt and halter top) and NICK STEELE (20s, in lycra shorts and Ed Hardy t-shirt) stand before a bank of monitors showing a variety of sports. NICK Yo, yo, yo! This. Is. The Ocho Report! Obnoxious flying graphics scored with too-loud music identify this as…
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Radio Serials Wrapup
Oops! Very late, sorry. I’ve had my nose buried in “Anathem” for the past few days, every moment I’m not working or sleeping, so I kinda let this slip. A bit. Again, sorry. Anyway… DNW went searching googling back to the future, or forward to the past, or something like that… Coyote, well, he wrote…
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Team Acme
I’ll admit, I’m WAY out of the box on this one…but the idea hit me like a big Acme anvil, and I had to do it. Sorry 🙂
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Raoul and Dave Confuse the World, Episode 25
Peter’s take on the “Radio Drama” edition of Sketchwar: episode 25 of “Raoul and Dave Confuse the World”.