So, Penny Marshall passed away last week. I have no personal experiences other than the fact that I, like so many others, enjoyed her performances and films. And she was such a pop icon that I felt perfectly comfortable doing a parody of her show, Laverne & Shirley. This is a very old sketch, my only copy was the original typed version, which I scanned and ran through MS Word to post.
It was one of my usual mash-up sketches where the title simply presented itself to me. I was a fan of the show and I was very into Sherlock Holmes stories at the time. I think I blended the two worlds very well, although DeFazio does stand around a lot without anything to say. And it was back in the days where my sketches were long, wringing every last drop out of the premise. It's very 70s oriented, with references to Plato's Retreat and such. It's one of the few times I used a cuss word in a sketch, just because the actual expression had to be used for the joke to work. Anyway...
RIP, Penny Marshall.
It was one of my usual mash-up sketches where the title simply presented itself to me. I was a fan of the show and I was very into Sherlock Holmes stories at the time. I think I blended the two worlds very well, although DeFazio does stand around a lot without anything to say. And it was back in the days where my sketches were long, wringing every last drop out of the premise. It's very 70s oriented, with references to Plato's Retreat and such. It's one of the few times I used a cuss word in a sketch, just because the actual expression had to be used for the joke to work. Anyway...
RIP, Penny Marshall.
