SAD2012 #'s 13, 14, 15, & 16 I had a bad weekend ok?

Sorry for the delay. The weekend was long and full and the blog post went to the wayside. I however did manage to write a sketch for each day and will post descriptions here.

Also, this is not final yet, but I am in talks with RB and a theater space to hold a monthly reading of our best sketches from that month. Hopefully we can pull this off, but it may take until February to do so. I'll keep you posted. Here are the sketches.

#13 Diamonds Are a Clerk's Best Friend

Everyone is down on their luck financially, but before this recession hit us hard we still has professional burglars. This scene examines what happens when a burglar loses himself in a department store and has a life changing moment of clarity. The clerk in question doesn't know whether to scream or to upsell. Truly a conundrum for the ages. This came out of my thoughts on the strangest day my fiance ever had working at the jewelery counter at Filenes Basement. Hopefully this 2 person scene with a cameo for the button line will both tug at your heart strings and your vocal chords in a laughing fashion.

#14 Overcrowded Job Market

This little gem came to me in a dream, literally. I was being chased by an Assassin who kept having to stop and take phone calls or pick up groceries, basically he was being inconvenienced the entire dream. Much to my benefit. In this scene, the unsuspecting Mr. Potts has had a contract taken out on his life, and our Assassin is about to fulfill that contract. However an unexpected turn of events brings the realization that maybe the Assassin gig is a little too glamorous and full. Too many cooks in the kitchen if you catch my drift. With an ending that is sure to leave you either laughing or disgusted, I give you a full cast 6 person scene: "Overcrowded job market."

#15 The Mustache Says...

Like all red blooded Americans, I think that the Hipster lifestyle is a cult of the overprivleged. In that regard, I wondered who would be the head of this Church of the Ironic. Then it hit me. The man (or woman) with the most luxurious, grandest, silkiest mustache. This scene revolves around some new decrees from the all powerful mustache that seem to go a little farther than normal. We also get to see who is truly behind the mustache and therefore behind the Hipster movement. A chilling realization that makes this whole cast scene truly eye-opening.

#16 Over My Father-in-Law's Head

I have always enjoyed sketches and scenes where the line one character says is taken literally by another. And in doing so, the second "literal" character analyzes every possible outcome quickly and lands on the facet of the words which puts the original speaker in a glaring light of awkwardness. Ok, those sentences made little sense, but let's look at a sample from one of my favorite sketches of this type, "The Great Train Robbery" by the lads of Beyond the Fringe (Alan Bennett, Johnathan Miller, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore): 

ALAN

I think you have made that point quite clear, Sir Arthur. Who do you feel may have perpetrated this crime?

SIR ARTHUR GAPPY

We believe this to be the work of thieves. The whole pattern is extremely reminiscent of past robberies where we have found thieves involved. The tell-tall loss of property, the snatching of money substances. It all points to thieves.

ALAN

So you feel that thieves are responsible.

SIR ARTHUR GAPPY

Good Heavens, no. I feel that thieves are totally irresponsible. Ghastly people who go around snatching your money.

ALAN

I appreciate that, Sir Arthur...

SIR ARTHUR GAPPY

You may appreciate that, but most people don’t. If you like having your money snatched, good luck to you. Must be a rather queer fish in my view.

I set my new scene with a nervous young man asking his soon to be Father-in-Law for permission to marry his daughter. Hopefully this 2 person scene will leave you rolling in the aisles like "The Great Train Robbery" did.

Now that puts me back on track with the Sketch a Day. Tomorrow is of course Tuesday which means an all new "In Pour Taste" is coming down the pike. I hope you enjoy it. Also tell your friends about the Sketch a Day 2012 project. I hope to have an audience for our first reading and if others want to submit to the next one, we'd be willing to look into it!!!

Thanks!

JvL