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Friday Sketch War: Holiday Edition
My week off didn’t necessarily inspire any great writing this week. But the blowing snow that I woke up to did. For whatever twisted reason, my brain has had “Deck the Halls” on constant repeat in my head. It looks like Richard took some time away from praying to the Basketball and Porcelain Gods to…
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FSW: The Pep Talk
I’d like to pre-apologize for this sketch. My week so far: dirty, nasty unclean hands of a salad chef (I believe that was the source) gave me salmonella on Tuesday I tried desperately to give it back, all of it back, on Wednesday (and today) Got to work at 4am this morning so I could…
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FSW: Red’s Welcome
Apologies for being late with this one; it had to go through a little more processing than usual. It’s not as funny as some weeks, but it wasn’t written with that solely in mind. I hope you all enjoy. David’s had his up since yesterday here. It’s very funny, especially if you know someone like…
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The Wine Tasting
(A wine SALES REP stands behind a table, impassive, bored. On the table are several different bottles of wine. Enter a young WOMAN carrying a plastic wineglass. The SALES REP slips into sales mode.) SALES REPGood evening. WOMANGood evening! What do you have here? SALES REPThese are the wines of Chile and Argentina. WOMANOh, that…
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It’s Three A.M.
(Nighttime. The Oval Office is dark and empty. Several moments pass. Then the calm is pierced by the sound of a phone ringing. It rings a second time. And a third. Finally, we hear the shuffling of someone approaching. The door opens, and in stumbles PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, tightening the belt on his bathrobe. He…
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Friday Sketch War: Round Five
Our hearty meals digested, our concubines put aside, we stepped up to the dohyō. Again, three of us had come to the ceremonial ground to battle for supremacy. The yobidashi brush the sand smooth where we had sat as we step up to the shikiri-sen. Coyote is terrifying in his non-traditional hemp mawashi. He strikes…
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Friday Sketch War: New Job Edition
What time is it, kids? That’s right! It’s Sketch War time! You say you want to get in on the action? Great! Just write a sketch and post a link. It’s just that easy. I thought I’d be the first one out of the gate this morning, but Richard’s the early bird today. Bastard. Update:…
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FSW: Fight the Patriarchy
I’m firing off an early attack in an attempt to draw First Blood. Or maybe to draw Rambo: First Blood Part 2. Should any new grapplers feel up to entering the Sumo ring of sketch war, please email a link to your submission (or its full text if you are homepageless) to sketchwar_at_dreamloom_dot_com. Fight the…
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Sketch War Recap
Another exciting day of sketchy goodness. You really should be playing along. In case you missed them…Dave’s having some office trouble. Richard’s got some competition issues. And I’ve got to lay off the 700 Club. Seriously people, get in the game. I can feel you out there judging us. So let’s see what you got.…
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Friday Sketch War: Round Four
The armies assembled on their respective sides of the battlefield the evening before committing their forces to the attack. Unbeknownst to everyone, Michael stealthily climbed atop a tor a thousand yards distant from the battlefield. Selecting an arrow from his quiver, he pulled his bow taut and let it loose… Hearing the arrow whistling through…