May 28th, 2025 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
We continue with our Monty Python series with the late, great Graham Chapman! Of all the Pythons, Chapman always seemed to me to be the “quiet one”. He always seemed to play the straight man in sketches, and rarely was the one to play the “over the top” crazy characters. The other Pythons often cited Chapman as the best actor of the group, which is probably one reason why he played the lead in both “The Life of Brian” and “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”. I’m guessing he was also willing to be the straight man, while the others preferred to do the funnier,… READ MORE
May 22nd, 2025 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
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
May 14th, 2025 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
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
May 7th, 2025 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
…as Eddie Brock/Venom. “Eyes. Lungs. Pancreas. So Many Snacks, So Little Time.” READ MORE
April 30th, 2025 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Superman. That’s it. Nothing more need be said. READ MORE
April 23rd, 2025 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
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
April 17th, 2025 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
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
March 21st, 2025 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
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
