Straight from my editing software to you, this month's jokes from the TMI Hollywood Minute...
 I submitted this to Prairie Home Companion in 2002. Garrison Keillor liked to do these bits, "aural landscapes," I called them, where it wasn't really a sketch, not really a song, but weave in and out of music and characters, painting a sound picture of the time. I guess it's basically a series of black-out skits with music bumpers, but done with a more mellifluous tone. I thought I nailed the style. PHC didn't. And it's a quirky bit, hard to re-purpose. Too long for ACN or All Star Radio. Too fluid to be a stage skit. I would point out that much of Uncle Al's rant wound up in a prose bit I had, (which I posted here), so, again, never throw anything out. I now present this skit for the first time... But it is Thanksgiving time, and autumn is here, which means falling leaves, a nip in the air and UFOs... Yes, we're here to plug my Nick Flebber mystery, Space Case, a X-citing investigation for all you X-philes out there. Available over at Amazon! To Grandmother's House We Go This premise has been a running joke idea in much of my work since I ripped it off from Peanuts ("Have you come to sing Pumpkin Carols?") It's always something I would drop into conversations they way I always push to avoid the "Arbor Day Rush" or decry something a "Halloween Miracle!" (I did that a lot before commercials jumped all over it. I also was the first people I know to announce during bitter cold days that "at least it's a dry cold.") So, I hunkered down and wrote up this for Prairie Home Companion but it was rejected. The version below was from a re-do I did for TMI: Hollywood (hence the little intro before the sketch to fit in the show's format style). But they don't do music much. It's a cute bit and I do enjoy writing song parodies. And, of course, this whole celebration of Thanksgiving is to help remind folks that my book, Space Case, is available over at Amazon. It sure beats stepping on a rake! Turkey Carols Originally written for PHC in 2011 (hence the tagline "in business since 2010!"), it was passed over and I re-did it for my other radio people, who also passed. Part of my "Inappropriate Stores" series, it's just a silly premise carried out in a silly manner. I like these things. I even attempted to link them together as a series of running gags for one venue. Didn't fly there either. It's not strictly Thanksgiving, but it does fall under the category of "holiday food," so here it is, fresh from the slush pile. But it is Thanksgiving time, and autumn is here, which means falling leaves, a nip in the air and UFOs... Yes, we're here to plug my Nick Flebber mystery, Space Case, a X-citing investigation for all you X-philes out there. Available over at Amazon! Sid’s House of Glaze Getting something on the air at Prairie Home Companion was tough. I knew Garrison Keillor liked repeatable bits. Frankly, the entire show was often repeatable bits. So I would try to do it as well. After the success of Bag o'Leaves, I attempted a follow-up. Didn't pass muster. In retrospect, it probably wasn't as goofy as "Leaves" because pumpkins are send by boxes and people do buy pumpkins. Oh, well. Anyway, all in good fun and here to remind you to get a copy of Space Case...it's an autumn delight. Box o'Pumpkins This bit goes back to PHC days, where it was rejected. It's kicked around a while and a couple of years ago I rewrote it for TMI: Hollywood, where it was also rejected. It was a shorter bit for radio, but I padded out a little bit to make it more stage-worthy. It's not really topical at all, and I certainly could keep sending it out. But's it's been through the wringer. Man, I just remembered that a bunch of these bits were submitted to some Texas comedy troupe. A goodly bunch. For naught. So, for sanity's sake, let's just post it here and be done with it. Happy Thanksgiving! But it is Thanksgiving time, and autumn is here, which means falling leaves, a nip in the air and UFOs... Yes, we're here to plug my Nick Flebber mystery, Space Case, a X-citing investigation for all you X-philes out there. Available over at Amazon! Debbie’s Free-Range Accidentally-Killed Turkey Farm Back in 2001, we were looking at the first post 9/11 Thanksgiving. So naturally, I started to roll out my silly side. The "Inappropriate" Store has been a grand source of comedy for me, heavily influenced by Monty Python with these, like the Parrot Sketch or the Cheese shop. As mentioned elsewhere on this blog, my first sketch of any merit was "The Pet Rock;" that was my pet store sketch. I've done plant shop, a travel agent and a cheese store (which I even repurposed for movie script) and then there are the commercials for Inappropriate Stores, such as this one, the House of Stuffing. Also part of a grand tradition, well mined by SNL. Much like the shops themselves, it's a niche field. But perfect for people who really, really like stuffing. Anyway, PHC didn't use it. I thought I really captured his voice and pacing and spirit in this bit. Oh well. I pitched it elsewhere until it wound up here. And, of course, this whole celebration of fall is to help remind folks that my book, Space Case, is available over at Amazon. It sure beats stepping on a rake! House of Stuffing Delighted to have another one of my comic prose pieces posted over at The Big Jewel (dot) com. It's a good one! If the Purge really became a thing, I'm sure Hallmark would be all over it. And to present my case, I bring you "Hallmark Memo: The Purge"
Galaxy Rangers Reviewed: Series 6 Podcast, Episode 16. 1of 2
The gang over at the Series 6 Podcast invited me to sit in on one of their sessions to explain and defend "The Ax," one of the episodes I wrote for "The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers" series. I'm the 16th episode they've reviewed so far.
I should point out this is part 1 of 2, and the interview is made up of the main interview we did recently and another 30 minute "pre-interview" we recorded when they were teaching me how to get me and my PC set up to participate in the podcast. The first part of the interview is the newest part and the second half is from the earlier recording, just so you know because there's some overlap and repetition between the two. And yes, I did drop the mic at one point. I was displaying swagger, I actually knocked the mic off my desk while we were recording.
Listen to Episode 16 of the Series 6 Podcast hosted by RD and Jay here.
Trying to get the blog up to date, so I have my jokes from the TMI: Hollywood Minute videos from October assembled here... |
Dan FiorellaFreelance writer, still hacking away. 
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