I hope you all enjoyed following along this week as much as we enjoyed bringing these characters to life. In some ways, this was a really tough prompt, but I think everyone managed to bring their A game this week.

Nine sketches (thanks to a double bonus from Ken whose initial trepidation hid a torrent of creativity) and not a single Hans und Franz amongst them. Thank god.

• DNW led off with a bit of surreal time travel. Belushi and Radner commenting on the abomination that is MacGruber…
• Ken completely blew me away with his very funny “Samurai IT Guy”…
• Ken’s bonus #1 gives us Emily Litella on Bernie Madoff…
• Continuing his economics lessons, Ken followed up with Roseanne Roseannadanna on the economy…
• RA invited a very special guest onto Stuart Smalley’s show…
• Dave gave us five characters from two different decades in a speed dating bonanza (but I pity Kevin Nealon his super rapid costume change)…
• EL nailed Walken’s Continental (although I suspect he’d rather nail her)…
• Michael brought back Frankie and Willie! Times are tough all over, though. Ooh, I hate that…
• Finally, Peter brought back my FAVORITE inanimate object of all time, the Happy Fun Ball!

We hit most of the eras of SNL: the classic ’70s, the Billy Crystal years, the Phil Hartman years, and even today. I’m very impressed by the breadth brought to bear this week.

Oh, and here’s something new…an opportunity for everyone to vote on their favorite sketches this week. That’s courage, I tell ya. Our readership isn’t so high that these numbers are going to be so big, but still we’ll try it out. Let us know if you like or dislike the poll.

Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.

Next week, our brave combatants will tackle: March Madness. If you want a look ahead, be sure to check out our Schedule here on Sketch War.

And remember, 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.

R.A. Porter is an aspiring television writer who currently toils away in the software mines. He can be found at DreamLoom, his personal blog, Tumblr, and stalked on Twitter.

Tags: SNL, SNL characters

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