Wait – so you’re telling me that North Korea launched a rocket that fell into the sea? And that both Artemis Pebdani and Brent Pope are in the cast to play Kim Jong-Il and Kim Jong-Un? Yeah, I think I might be able to write something on that….
A SUPREME RE-ENTRY by Michael Hughes
Starring Brent Pope (Kim Jong-Un) and Artemis Pebdani (Kim Jong-IL)
Directed by Kristina Adelmeyer
We had four women in the show this past Sunday and I wanted to make sure we had plenty of stuff for them. So I had the idea for a sketch where a group of female friends go to see the 3-D version of “Titanic” expecting to laugh at it, and got affected differently than they expected. Well, according to this article in the Huffington Post, this sketch might have been more true-to-life than I imagined!!
NEVER LET GO by Michael Hughes
Starring Corey Podell (Kaitlyn), Shannon Ayers (Jackie), Deanna Russo (Holly) and Kipleigh Brown (Chloe)
Directed by Michael Hughes
JOIN THE WRITING STAFF OF TOP STORY! WEEKLY!!
Top Story! Weekly, the award-winning news-based sketch comedy show held every Sunday night at 9 at iO West, is looking for talented comedy writers to join its writing staff!
TS!W’s writing staff is responsible for putting together a collection of sketches for each Sunday’s show based upon the events of the previous seven days.
Requirements for staff members include:
1. Submitting two or more sketches each month (weekly submissions are welcomed!)
2. At least one week a month, attend the two production meetings:
– Wednesday night at 8:30, a writers’ meeting where sketch ideas are pitched and developed
– Thursday night at 8, a readthrough with the cast where all submitted sketches are read, a running order is selected and rewrites are assigned
– Friday afternoon by 3pm, turn in rewrites to that week’s director
To apply: Email a sketch packet (3 sketches, topical/news-oriented preferred) to tswpackets@gmail.com
– This file must be a .pdf file, a .doc file or a .rtf file.
– Email subject header should say (MY NAME) Sketch Packet
In the body of the email, please include your name, email, phone number, and availability, and a brief note about yourself and your experiences with comedy.
The deadline for submissions is Monday, April 16, 2012.
For more information about the show, please visit our Facebook page or our website.
Even better, come see the show at iO West, every Sunday night at 9 pm. If you have any questions, or would like to request a comp to our show for, please email us at tswpackets@gmail.com
We look forward to reading your work!
Keith Olbermann’s firing from Current TV broke late on Friday – after we’d already picked the sketches for this week’s show, but early enough that I could get in a desk piece with Phillip Wilburn doing his great Al Gore characterization offering his side of the story!
TS!W 720: AL GORE RESPONDS TO KEITH OLBERMANN by Michael Hughes
Starring Phillip Wilburn (Al Gore) and Brent Pope (Manny)
Directed by Michael Hughes
Since the results of the SAG/AFTRA merger were being announced on Friday – after our submission deadline, I had to think of a way to write a sketch that wasn’t dependent on the results (even though the fact that they were announcing them in a press conference was a pretty good sign that the merger was going to go through). So I thought about the lengths to which actors go to get a break…and this comic look emerged.
DOUBLE MERGER, TRIPLE THREAT by Michael Hughes
Starring Jen Cain (Roberta Reardon), Brent Pope (Ken Howard), Marco Ragozzino (Kyle Drake Foster) and Mitchel Baldwin (Audience Member)
Directed by Michael Hughes
Thinking about how to approach the Supreme Court argument about the health care bill in a comedic way, I thought I could combine it with the other great meme of last week: Megan Draper’s dance at Don’s birthday party on “Mad Men.” Of course, the success of such a conceit depends upon the audience recognizing what’s going on, and I don’t think many folks in our audience got the reference – maybe because “Mad Men” airs at the same time our show goes up! Still, Grasie Mercedes did a great job with the dance.
A SUPREME PERFORMANCE by Michael Hughes
Starring Grasie Mercedes (Megan Draper), Brian Vestal (Chief Justice John Roberts), Jen Cain (Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg), Brent Pope (Justice Antonin Scalia), Mitchel Baldwin (Justice Samuel Alito) and Marco Ragozzino (Justice Anthony Kennedy)
Directed by Michael Hughes
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Watch “The Eternal Pyramid” from Top Story! Weekly Episode 147: “What Happens in Colombia…”!!
April 26, 2012The sound is crappy on this one but you can still enjoy our tribute to Dick Clark as Matthew McConaughey tries to help him get into heaven!
THE ETERNAL PYRAMID by Michael Hughes
Starring Mike McLendon (St. Peter), Matt Moore (Dick Clark), Tillery Johnson (Matthew McConaughey) and Phillip Wilburn (Ed McMahon)
Directed by Kristina Adelmeyer
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