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...
This sketch came to me in a dream...kinda. I woke up during a great dream, knowing it would be gone soon. But what if you could tag the dream with a bookmark and return to it later? Cool, right. I'm sure Elon Musk is working on it, but I thought up this rejected skit back in 2004, so, I call dibs.
Dream marker 3000
(SS, MN: Man, WF: Wife, AN: Announcer
SS: Hey there, hot stuff. I'm so glad you decided to come. I couldn't get you out of my mind.
MN: I couldn't get you out of my mind.
SS: Now come over here an give me some of your hunka-hunka burning love.
(alarm clock)
MN: What? Huh?
WF: Good morning, honey! Time to go to work!
AN: How many times has that happened to you. You find yourself in a really great dream and, wham, the alarm buzzes and you have to get up, losing that dream forever. Well, not anymore thanks to Techco's Dream Marker 3000.
MN: The Dream Marker 3000? How does it work?
AN: Thanks to silicon chips and new memory sensors and diodes, the Dream Marker can remember your dream and then re-start it for you the next time you go to sleep. No more interrupted dreams, no more dim recollections of a pleasant sleep that evaporate in the bright light of dawn.
WF: Honey, where are you going with that thing on your head?
MN: I'm going to sleep.
WF: It's only 7:30.
MN: Don't worry, I took lots of over-the-counter sleeping aids.
WF: I've never seen you so anxious to go to bed.
MN: Thanks to the Dream Marker 3000!
GK: The Dream Marker 3000, available at better variety stores and electronic boutiques everywhere.
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SS: Hey there, hot stuff. I'm so glad you decided to come. I couldn't get you out of my mind.
MN: I couldn't get you out of my mind.
SS: Now come over here an give me some of your hunka-hunka burning love.
(alarm clock)
MN: What? Huh?
WF: Good morning, honey! Time to go to work!
AN: How many times has that happened to you. You find yourself in a really great dream and, wham, the alarm buzzes and you have to get up, losing that dream forever. Well, not anymore thanks to Techco's Dream Marker 3000.
MN: The Dream Marker 3000? How does it work?
AN: Thanks to silicon chips and new memory sensors and diodes, the Dream Marker can remember your dream and then re-start it for you the next time you go to sleep. No more interrupted dreams, no more dim recollections of a pleasant sleep that evaporate in the bright light of dawn.
WF: Honey, where are you going with that thing on your head?
MN: I'm going to sleep.
WF: It's only 7:30.
MN: Don't worry, I took lots of over-the-counter sleeping aids.
WF: I've never seen you so anxious to go to bed.
MN: Thanks to the Dream Marker 3000!
GK: The Dream Marker 3000, available at better variety stores and electronic boutiques everywhere.
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