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Peter’s Commentary on the ‘Learning Something New About History’ Edition
Last week’s FSW topic was “Learning something new about history”. Last week, Mr. Porter let me pick the week’s sketch topic. I actually deliberated for quite a while. I didn’t want something so vague/broad that it suggested nothing to the writers, but nor did I want something so specific that it straitjacketed people. I finally…
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Friday Night Sketch War: Learning Something New About History Edition
Another tough topic, though not nearly as painful, or likely to make a grown man cry and jump on a couch, as Oprah. Again, we had three warriors enter the fray. They acquitted themselves well. Coyote pulled back the curtain on the massive conspiracy that controls the world… Ken told a heartwarming tale of gold,…
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Peter’s Commentary on the ‘Oprah’ Edition
Okay, so last week’s FSW topic was “Oprah”. So I wound up writing this sketch. I had spent days trying to think of something — *anything* — that I could do with the topic. I think the best I managed was a couple’s young daughter idolizes Oprah and causes embarrassing situations by trying to treat…
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FSW: Learning Something New About History Edition (Peter’s Entry)
Friday Sketch War Learning Something New About History Edition “Learning Something New About History” FADE IN: TITLE GRAPHIC reads “Learning Something New About History”. BAROQUE MUSIC plays. A CLASSY NARRATOR with an aged, respectable British voice starts the show. CLASSY NARRATOR (V.O.) This week on “Learning Something New About History” — TITLE GRAPHIC reads “Hannibal…
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FSW: We Three Kings…
The gods of writing have pretty much conspried against me getting anything out before Friday these days. I’m just thankful for that west-coast midnight deadline 🙂 Our newest sketch warrior suggested the theme last week: Learning Something New About History. I figured I’d jump the gun and get into the Christmas spirit as well. Richard…
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FSW: The Truth About Harry
Quick point of order: Peter is a bastard for coming up with this week’s theme, Learning something new about history. May a thousand beetles crawl into his closet and take up residence in his favorite sneaker. The left one, not the right one. Come back on Saturday for the recap, where I give you links…
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Friday Night Sketch War: Oprah Edition
Yours truly – like many before him – fell under the spell of one Ms. Oprah Gail Winfrey’s hypnotic powers. I thought to myself did I, “oh, Oprah would make a great theme for Sketch War. So many topics. So many sketch ideas. This will be great!” She’s ephemeral. Like a ghost, or Duke Nukem…
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FSW: Oprah Edition
Annnnnnnndddd coming in just under the wire… It’s Friday Sketch War….and if you’re going to come to a war, it’s nice to be fashionably late (hey, it worked for the U.S. in both world wars, right???). Anyway here’s my foray into the world of Oprah…and her friends. Peter put the Big O in Oprah for…
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FSW: Oprah’s Favorite Things
Holy crap. I swear, when I thought of Oprah last week, I had visions of sketches writing themselves. So many ideas filled my head: Oprah as a cruel taskmaster; Oprah as an international spy; Oprah giving hitmen assignments with envelopes under their seats. Those ideas? They don’t work. Nothing worked. I was going to do…
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FSW: Oprah Edition (Peter’s Entry)
Friday Sketch War Oprah Edition “No Accounting for Taste” FADE IN: INT. LIVING ROOM – NIGHT A typical college apartment. MATTHEW (uptight college kid) sits on a couch, picks up a remote, and uses it to turn on an entertainment center. A Pirates of the Caribbean DVD case sits nearby. ON TV Oprah Winfrey’s talk…