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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 certainly no predictor for comic ability, ((Howie Mandel: Jew.)) it does give us an edge in writing funny stuff about mothers.

    I mean, with my goyim friends, what can they do? Make fun of sandwiches made with mayonnaise and white bread? Mock index funds? Mine comedy out of minivans?

    So we had a short week, but three excellent entries:

    Blow up sex dolls, truffle canapés, killer robots and disappointed mothers vie for your affection this week. Won’t you be a good boy or girl and just come by and say a little hello to your dear old sketch about mom? And would it kill you to tell your friends? Maybe while you get a haircut; you look a little shaggy.

    Next week our sketch warriors will battle on the cue: Interviews That Never Aired.

    If you think you’ve got the comedy chops to do battle with our scarred and bitter warriors, if you dare step into the hailstorm of seltzer and cream pies, if you think you’re MAN ENOUGH or WOMAN ENOUGH to make us laugh, write a sketch and contact us at submissions(nospam)@sketchwar.org.

  • 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 10
    Title: 2-ish

    MARY
    So Rachel, how’s your Peter doing?

    RACHEL brandishes a very small bouquet of flowers.

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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.

    Next week, next week…it’s going to be a good one, I can feel it. What topic is it that inspires such confidence? What topic makes me think “funny”? Mother’s Day.

    If you think you’ve got the comedy chops to do battle with our scarred and bitter warriors, if you dare step into the hailstorm of seltzer and cream pies, if you think you’re MAN ENOUGH or WOMAN ENOUGH to make us laugh, write a sketch and contact us at submissions(nospam)@sketchwar.org.

  • 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 is what small town college professors do on the weekends. Don’t ask me how I know.

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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 “The Ocho Report” on ESPN 8.

    CUT TO:
    Back to studio.
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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…

    This week’s battle (normally I’d say next week there, you notice?) is Odd Sporting Events.

    If you think you’ve got the comedy chops to do battle with our scarred and bitter warriors, if you dare step into the hailstorm of seltzer and cream pies, if you think you’re MAN ENOUGH or WOMAN ENOUGH to make us laugh, write a sketch and contact us at submissions(nospam)@sketchwar.org.

  • 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

    Hi all — here’s my take on the “Radio Drama” edition of Sketchwar.

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