Videos

From Episode 210 with Evan Starr, here's the first performance of Staring Contest.

In the next couple episodes, we talk about Schoolin’ Around, so I’ve embedded it here.

Anesti Danelis mentioned this song as part of his conservatory show at Second City Toronto.

On Episode 185, Alicia Carrick shared an early draft of Chain, and here is a live performance of that sketch.

 

Friend of the podcast, Ellie Heath of Girl Brain, just released her debut single, High Wire. Here’s the music video directed by Mike Robertson (of Marv n’ Berry), another friend of the podcast.

 
 

The Bert Fershners comedy special from Comedy Central

Emmy Serviss of Suzzy introduced this group to me during Episode 166. Have you ever heard of them?

Originally debuted in a Judo Range show in the Spring of 2012 where the sound didn't work. A first attempt of a video that, in hindsight, should have stayed ...

Mentioned on Episode 50 of the podcast, Josh wrote a commercial parody for a car called Chevrolet Chase. It’s basically 45 seconds of Chevy Chase puns, but I buried the main joke, so you didn’t catch all the little jokes in it. I was a baby sketch writer who didn’t seek advice, and this video taught me a valuable lesson. The writing is fine, the idea is good, the execution is flawed miserably. Julia said I should recut it. Maybe I will.

 

On Episode 159, Fred Chong Rutherford mentioned Richard Pryor’s Saturday morning kids’ show from the early 80s. It is absolutely wild. This episode also features Lily Tomlin and Kim Fields.

 

From the fantastic old show from Comedy Central, canceled before its time.

On Episode 152, Kevin Froleiks mentioned this sketch from The Hollow Men, a sketch show from the early-2000s.

 

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays bump into each other at a cocktail party.

A new holiday sketch from our friends at Pure and Weary!

 

its all for you-ie Luis :p

Andrew Hall’s first video sketch, before his time with the Midnight Gardeners League. Uploaded in November 2011.

 

Maggie Maxwell and her sketch team Kids These Days on NBC’s Bring the Funny.

 

Steve Norris Jr. and I talked about our experiences with interpretative dance-style pieces of drama. Here is a popular one based on Lifehouse’s “Everything.”

 

The manager of Girardi's Frozen Yogurt wants to make sure his employees understand what the corkboard in the back is for. (A character monologue written & performed at Comedy Death Ray by Joe Wengert)

Patrick Maxwell talked about this character piece from Joe Wengert during Episode 138.

 

I talked to Heather Gallant, and here’s a song, Feminist Man, that we talked about during our chat.