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 wrote this 19 years ago? Man, here's a skit whose time had come again. I have no memory of this, what inspired it or writing. I had small kids back then and they were always sick, so that could have been part of it. I'd really forgotten about this sketch, otherwise I would have tried to do something with it during COVID. It's not any more stupid than ingesting bleach or sticking a light where the light don't shine.
The idea of wrapping kids in bubble wrap was something I would use again, working on an industrial PSA for safety. I submitted a sample and got the gig, but then I had issues with the "notes" they were issuing and how they wanted to keep repeating the bubble wrap gag, despite me giving them several different variations.
The idea of wrapping kids in bubble wrap was something I would use again, working on an industrial PSA for safety. I submitted a sample and got the gig, but then I had issues with the "notes" they were issuing and how they wanted to keep repeating the bubble wrap gag, despite me giving them several different variations.
Bubble Boy Wrap
MAN: Honey? Where are the kids?
WIFE: I locked them in the bedroom, dear.
MAN: Did they misbehave?
WIFE: No, I just don't want them to get sick.
MAN: What?
WIFE: There's so many germs out there, and we can't get the flu shot, I've decided to keep the kids out of school and away from all human contact.
ANNOUNCER: Yes, no one likes to get sick and we all dislike germs...nasty, disgusting, disease causing germs...but you can't just lock away your kids.
WIFE: I can't?
ANNOUNCER: No. And there's no need to any longer, thanks to Bubble Boy Wrap by WrapCo.
WIFE: What's Bubble Boy Wrap?
ANNOUNCER: It's the latest in polyethylene plastic technology. When cold and flu season comes, or you child has a play-date with a particularly disease-ridden family, you simply slip your kid into the plastic wrapping and seal it shut. And he or she is ready to go!
WIFE: And he's hermatically sealed off from the environment?
ANNOUNCER: You bet. No more exposure to germs and germ-carriers. Your child's safe in his own little bio-sphere.
WIFE: It's the solution I've been waiting for!
ANNOUNCER: It's also useful against allergens, lice and certain fungi. Bubble Boy Wrap, the only thing that stands between your child and germs. Wrapco is a subsidiary of Hughes Tools Incorporated.
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