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...
Another piece that went through several adaptations, all based on the converging of "politics" and "office politics." with some of that "negative ad" energy that I've used before in Pope sketches, American Idol sketches and Iran sketches. PHC didn't use it (although it would have worked very well as a running bit through one show). I did re-worked for The Big Jewel.
Paid Political Messages
(GK, SD: Stan Delaney, AN:Announcer)
GK: We'll be right back after this paid political
announcement.
SD: Hi, I'm Stan Delaney, former copy room boy. You know me, you know Jon Chironna. You know his copies. Crisp, clean and always collated. Ask yourself, are your copies better now then they were four years ago? Hell, yes! they are. Don't turn back the clock to the dark, pre-digital days. We're on the edge of a copier revolution and Jon Chironna is responsible for that. He wants to build a bridge to the copyroom of the 21st century. Won't you help him? I'm voting for Jon, you should too.
AN: Re-elect Jon Chironna as copy boy. He's an original. Paid for by the Water Cooler Coalition.
GK: We'll be right back after this paid political
announcement.
SD: Hi, I'm Stan Delaney, former copy room boy. You know me, you know Jon Chironna. You know his copies. Crisp, clean and always collated. Ask yourself, are your copies better now then they were four years ago? Hell, yes! they are. Don't turn back the clock to the dark, pre-digital days. We're on the edge of a copier revolution and Jon Chironna is responsible for that. He wants to build a bridge to the copyroom of the 21st century. Won't you help him? I'm voting for Jon, you should too.
AN: Re-elect Jon Chironna as copy boy. He's an original. Paid for by the Water Cooler Coalition.
(GK, AN: Announcer, MN: MAN, SS, QA, Quick Announcer)
GK: We'll be back after this paid political announcement.
(sweet music, birds chirping, happy sounds)
AN: Jon Chironna wants to be re-elected copy boy. He tells you productivity is up. He tells you copies are plentiful. But what isn't he telling you?
(musical sting)
MN: Excuse me, ma'am, did you know Jon Chironna has been caught with office supplies OUTSIDE the office five times?
SS: Why, no I didn't.
MN: Did you know that the maintenance bills on the copy equipment are up 40%?
SS: I had no idea.
MN: Did you know that Mr. Chironna has switched to an inferior grade of toner?
SS: That's very serious.
AN: Call Jon Chironna on extension 28 and say "Stop monkeying around with our copy room!"
QA: This ad paid for my the Soft Money Committee to Elect Tom Gilpin.
end
GK: We'll be back after this paid political announcement.
(sweet music, birds chirping, happy sounds)
AN: Jon Chironna wants to be re-elected copy boy. He tells you productivity is up. He tells you copies are plentiful. But what isn't he telling you?
(musical sting)
MN: Excuse me, ma'am, did you know Jon Chironna has been caught with office supplies OUTSIDE the office five times?
SS: Why, no I didn't.
MN: Did you know that the maintenance bills on the copy equipment are up 40%?
SS: I had no idea.
MN: Did you know that Mr. Chironna has switched to an inferior grade of toner?
SS: That's very serious.
AN: Call Jon Chironna on extension 28 and say "Stop monkeying around with our copy room!"
QA: This ad paid for my the Soft Money Committee to Elect Tom Gilpin.
end
