TMI: Hollywood produces a live TOPICAL show each week, every Sunday. And by "every" we mean "many." Not everything submitted gets in. And not everything that gets rejected has a shelf life.
So, last week, the producers of TMI: Hollywood decided to try and put together a Christmas show. It's one of the troupe's annual traditions and they've been having so much fun and success doing TMI: Daily on Zoom, it seemed like a great way to get the cast together. When they made the announcement to the cast about doing new Christmas sketches, they made it sound like they had material. When I, as a writer, asked where the material was coming from, they said they were hoping the writers would submit. It was a two-day window, but I actually came up with two decent ideas, and despite the insanity of the day job, I was able to knock out the pages. Both skits are VERY pandemic related, so they (hopefully) won't have shelf life 'til next Christmas, so I'll be presenting them here. But, neither made the cut.
I've been watching a lot of versions of A Christmas Carol this season, and reading about theater groups doing versions of it virtually, so the idea of the spirits' intervention as a Zoom conference call played out in my head nicely and flowed so easily onto the page. I hope you can see it and enjoy it!
I've been watching a lot of versions of A Christmas Carol this season, and reading about theater groups doing versions of it virtually, so the idea of the spirits' intervention as a Zoom conference call played out in my head nicely and flowed so easily onto the page. I hope you can see it and enjoy it!
