And now for something completely different… a new sketch series: the members of Monty Python’s Flying Circus! We start out with the great John Cleese from his immortal skit “The Ministry of Silly Walks”. READ MORE
Pink Floyd was one of those bands where I needed to be in the right frame of mind to listen to their music. In high school I usually needed my tunes to rock harder, but when in a contemplative mood Floyd was just the ticket. They refused to be put into a genre classification. Some songs were heavy metal and some rocked pretty hard but most were impossible to label… and why would you want to? While “The Wall” was the band’s Magnus Opus, and “Dark Side of the Moon” was their most successful and probably signature album, my favorite album was always “Wish You… READ MORE
…as Eddie Brock/Venom. “Eyes. Lungs. Pancreas. So Many Snacks, So Little Time.” READ MORE
Superman. That’s it. Nothing more need be said. READ MORE
This week’s sketch subject needs no introduction. Truly one of the greatest guitarists who ever strummed the strings, B.B. King influenced and inspired generations of electric guitar players. A true legend. READ MORE
I am back to doing a “Sketch o’the Week” post here but also back to putting it a week behind my newsletter The Ink Stained Wretch. So, this sketch of the late Val Kilmer was seen by my newsletter subscribers last week, and they have already seen a new sketch yesterday, which blog/social media followers won’t see until next week, and so on and so forth. READ MORE
Last but not least of my sketches of famous characters played by the original cast of Saturday Night Live is the multitalented Garrett Morris as “Chico Escuela”, a retired professional baseball player from the Dominican Republic turned sports newscaster. Morris first appeared as Chico in a 1978 ensemble sketch set at a Knight’s of Columbus spaghetti dinner banquet, but the character then became a correspondent on Weekend Update, appearing a total of ten times from 1978-1980. He was also known for his tell all book Bad Stuff ‘Bout the Mets. During the 1979 season they also did a couple of pieces about Chico’s failed attempt… READ MORE
I’m still doing my “Saturday Night Live” character series and am working on the original cast. Since this past Saturday was “International Women’s Day” I thought I’d wrap up the last of the ladies of the first “Not Ready for Prime Time Players” with the wonderful Laraine Newman! It was tough to decide what character to draw her doing, as she didn’t really have a single, signature character that she played multiple times that was instantly identifiable with her. Reportedly this was in part because Laraine resisted doing the same characters over and over, preferring to create new and different ones. “Connie Conehead” was one… READ MORE
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