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Date Posted: 08:01:01 12/22/04 Wed
Author: Hillary
Subject: WU Review
In reply to: Hillary 's message, "Holy crap, I�m writing a review" on 00:13:20 12/21/04 Tue

All right, major WU submissions!

Turkey feces- Seems like you had several good ideas and smushed them all into one joke. It�s better to find one really good joke, or at least not have followup that contradicts the first joke.

Casino tape- I�m sure I would find this funny if I knew what voyeuristic meant or if I knew anything about Atlantic City. Probably would work on a mostly New Yorker audience.

Confronting Social Security- Okay.

Columbians- Good, although somewhat predictable.

�You'd think people would know that��- Know what? Don�t lose the audience. But once we find out what the topic is, it�s solid.

Deficit- Nope, that�s been done before. If he really talked about �buying dollars� (which may just be an economic term I don�t understand) I think a punchline that was related to the joke would be possible.

Air ball- Good, although clarification on what �people responsible for the invasion� means exactly might be good.

Wallet- I�m not sure what you mean that the shot �widens.� Does that mean they zoom out and Tina is doing this at the WU desk? Anyway, I think one more line besides �yeah, we did it� from Tina or Amy would have done it.

Jenna Bush- Okay, but still predictable.

Donny Bell- Nice! Well constructed.

C-SPAN- Setup doesn�t really set me up for the punchline. Also (sorry) watch your homonyms. In this case it�s �their,� not �there.�

Animal cruelty- Frankly I thought the actual story was funnier than the joke.

Smoker- Good. Although I also think it�s funny that they cremated her. (But that�s why you included that detail, I�m sure.)

Britney- Again here, I think the actual story was funnier than the joke. And in this case the crudeness was unnecessary.

Drugs in coffins- Simple, but it did make me laugh.

Santa- Great concept, and pretty well executed. Starts out good, although I thought the Will Ferrell part was kind of unnecessary. Didn�t get the convenience store clerk thing, either. But otherwise, nice.

Scott Peterson- Snap! Thanks for not making a morbid joke. Kind of �aw, won�t we ever stop hearing references to OJ on SNL?� But hey, whatever works.

Day Without A Mexican- Not sure what you meant by Utah. But thanks for not making a racist joke. And thanks for telling me about this film, sounds like one I�d be interested in. Concept reminds me of �Day of Absence,� a satirical play where all the black people in a Southern town suddenly disappear, and the white folks (played by black actors in whiteface) try to cope.

bin Laden tape- Meh. Don�t really get the Wal-Mart part.

Jason Biggs- Okay. I guess I don�t know much about match.com.

Jay-C- Rape police? What? Gross, but I guess that�s the point.

Now to do my Christmas shopping...three days before Christmas...

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And the rest... -- Hillary, 21:10:24 12/27/04 Mon

My sketch -- Prateek, 23:45:22 12/27/04 Mon