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Working with a Drunken Sound Effects Man
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
A television cast reluctantly starts a live production despite its intoxicated sound operator. An affair between Sylvia and Norman becomes a struggle to accommodate absurdly timed music, oversized pouring noises and misplaced animal sounds. The actors keep rewriting their reactions to fit the mistakes, but an attempted shooting and a call for an ambulance push their improvisations to a desperate finish.
The funny people
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Say it with us
Highly quotable.
A little heavy perhaps.
We met at a parade.
His cold is a little worse today.
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
The melodrama performed within the sketch is titled Heartbreak Playhouse on its opening card.
The rabbit hole continues
One more couldn’t hurt.
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