Watch “It Was Up To You, New York” from Top Story! Weekly Episode 108: “Just One More Thing…”

We put our scripts together on Friday nights. And on Friday night, June 24, the New York State Senate was voting on gay marriage. Clearly it was a story we’d have to address in Top Story! Weekly if it passed. Originally, I wrote this sketch so that famous New Yorkers were urging the Senate to vote in favor of gay marriage. But as I was finalizing the script, the bill passed, so I changed it to a more celebratory sketch, which worked much better. But the real highlight of this sketch is the showcase of our cast’s awesome impersonations. I looked at who we had that week, thought of who they could do, and the results were awesome. The audience applause got louder with every entrance.

IT WAS UP TO YOU, NEW YORK by Michael Hughes

Starring Jen Cain (Hillary Clinton), Phillip Wilburn (Donald Trump), Shannon Ayers (Jennifer Aniston), Brian O’Connell (Woody Allen) and Derek Reid (Tracy Morgan)

Directed by Michael Hughes

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Watch “Sex and the Market” from Top Story! Weekly Episode 52: “Oil and Greece Don’t Mix”

Another “Sex and the City” parody – this one tied to Faisal Shahzad’s failed Times Square bombing and the May 6 stock market crash.

Between Times Square bombings and Wall Street crashes, Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha begin to think it might be time to escape from New York!

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SEX AND THE MARKET by Michael Hughes – from Top Story! Weekly Episode 52: “Oil and Greece Don’t Mix”

Starring Artemis Pebdani (Carrie Bradshaw), Kipleigh Brown (Miranda Hobbes), Shannon Ayers (Charlotte York) and Melissa Okey (Samantha Jones)

Directed by Michael Hughes

Watch “Sex and the Cosmos” from Top Story! Weekly Episode 48: “The Tiger Went Down to Georgia”

I thought I might start posting videos of my sketches from Top Story! Weekly onto my own blog so more folks might get a chance to see them. This is one I wrote for the April 11 show, about the fact that four women were in space for the first time.

For the first time ever, four women are in space at the same time – and their names are Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha!

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SEX AND THE COSMOS by Michael Hughes – from Top Story! Weekly Episode 48: “The Tiger Went Down to Georgia”

Starring Artemis Pebdani (Carrie Bradshaw), Kipleigh Brown (Miranda Hobbes), Shannon Ayers (Charlotte York), Melissa Okey (Samantha Jones), Sean Cowhig (Space Shuttle Discovery Commander Alan Poindexter), Gregg Lopez (Hank) and Brent Pope (Bob)

Directed by Tom Repetto