Author: Peter Rogers

  • Peter’s Commentary on the ‘First Dates’ Edition

    This past week, the Friday Sketch War topic was “First Dates”. We had three sketches this time around:  mine, Mr. Porter’s, and Mr. Robertson’s. All in all, I’m happy with how my sketch came out. Like the previous week, I was trying to move away from traditional scene-y sketches, and trade off plot for funny.…

  • Sketch War, "First Dates" Edition, Peter’s Entry

    Friday Sketch War First-Dates Edition “Thirteen Ways a First Date Can Go Wrong” FADE IN: TITLE GRAPHIC reads “Thirteen Ways a First Date Can Go Wrong”. CHEERY BOSSA NOVA MUSIC plays throughout. This is the only audio. FULL-SCREEN GRAPHIC reads “Thirteen Ways a First Date Can Go Wrong: #1”. INT. RESTAURANT – NIGHT NEIL and…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Peter’s Commentary on the ‘Horrible Family Holidays’ Edition

    [Catching up on blogposts, now that I’ve recovered from the Dance Weekend That Ate My Life.] Just thought I’d put up some thoughts on the most recent Sketch War. Ken Robertson’s entry: laughed aloud at “No ‘Christians and Heathens’, okay?” / “Awwww.”. I liked the payoff at the end — possibly could have trimmed the…

  • FSW: Horrible Family Holidays Edition (Peter’s Entry)

    Friday Sketch War Horrible Family Holidays Edition “Ted’s Wake” FADE IN: INT. ELEVATOR LOBBY – NIGHT KATIE (27, black formalwear) paces in a posh elevator lobby, going over a handwritten speech. CROWD NOISES emanate from a closed door. Beside the door hangs a poster with a black-and-white photo of a scowling old man reads, “In…