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Date Posted: 03:19:44 02/21/05 Mon
Author: CCS
Subject: Gnus To Me
In reply to: CCS 's message, "Old Gnus" on 04:10:07 02/20/05 Sun

<center>Radford James - Part Deux
by Jen</center>

And it's recurring character time. It doesn't really feel like it first appeared so long ago as the Luke Wilson episode. Instead of a fellow fledgling, Radford's dealing with part of the establishment this time. One carry-over technique is the commercial mimic with the service staff - it was funny but not funnier than the first time you did it. Perhaps he goes in for a kiss and the Dealer calls him off and then Radford passes it off to the director as commitment to the character. Perhaps he's doing meow voices for kitty food. Just something a little less similar. The sketch flows pretty well although I'd recommend having someone with the kicking poker skills brush up the technical aspects of the betting if this was for realsies. Oh, and the line "Knockin' Boots" was brilliant and would be an instant catchphrase the second it was unleashed upon the masses.

<center>Compliments to the Chef
by Patrick Lonergan</center>

Most of the dialogue in this was terrific, I especially loved the VCR Repair line. One thing I didn't like in this sketch, however, was the shift in focus from Scott and his dislike of garnishing to Angelo's perfectionism and misplaced anger. It doesn't end the sketch so well because I think it's too jumpy. It's too lengthy to be a quick comic "the sketch is over" release, but too short and linear to be a device of jumping in and of itself. It's in this quesy middle ground. I'd either: end sooner; develop the Thompson scene more; or jump from character to character a bit more at the end to create sort of a comic whirlwind of storyflow.. such as Mr. Show or Monty Python would do.

<center>The Pessimist on a Saturday Night
by Marcus Campbell</center>

This character didn't seem like "pessimist" is the best word to describe him. It seemed like he was more a bringer of bad news, the guy who's more than willing to point out your flaws. He dispenses his unpopular yet just wisdom in a manner not unlike that of Mike Myers's Middle-Aged Man. Why is he there? Is he a service some anonymous friend ordered to set Jim straight? Is he a super-hero with a secret base that targets extreme amounts of loserness? Does it matter? This was kind of funny, but I think the apparent interior confusion of who your character is starts the reader off on the wrong foot.

<center>The Spaceman Fantasy
by Mark Jennings Reese II</center>

This was an odd sketch. It was mostly just people talking about odd things in a normal way until the first guy exits. There's a quick shot at how people talk when others are out of the room, but this quickly becomes a string of one-up-manship. Add a line about childishness at the end to tie everything together and what you have is a sketch that seems like it was going somewhere but cut out a bit too soon to make it out of the gate.

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