Here’s my commentary for the 4/30/09 round of Sketchwar, which had the theme “Odd Sporting Events.”

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Not our best week¹ 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 showed us what goes on in the cornfields when professors get jiggy.

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.

1. I feel I’ve been saying that a lot lately. [↩]

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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[scrippet]
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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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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