From 1999 to 2004-ish, I was one of the contributing writers for Garrison Keillor's renowned radio show "A Prairie Home Companion." I learned a lot of things there, mostly how to spell 'prairie." It was a solid gig and I'm proud of my work there. But, like any other job, there were...things...
I don't remember this sketch at all. And with good reason. Sure, sure, the Dan Brown books were out and doing well. But he was getting a lot of backlash. A couple of authors sued him for taking their research as his plot. A bunch of people were taking the book as fact (and this is before Tom Hanks got involved). Meanwhile, another author was being lambasted for his fictional memoir. So naturally I had to write a sketch that included Amos and Andy references and a song parody. Oh, and seal-clubbing. Upon re-reading, I can see why it wasn't selected. I mean, I didn't even begin it right. I just interrupt a movie trailer with a producer without telling anyone he's the producer? Or that you're changing the trailer randomly for a supposed movie that's already in the can? I can only imagine I wrote the song first, then came up with a sketch as an intro. But it's such a weak intro to the point of the song. But the song is pretty solid
