Is there anything that has a shorter shelf life than a topical sketch that isn't selected? Other than the movie posters for "Book Club"? It's rough. You pull together a decent take on today's pop culture news only to learn they didn't pick your sketch to be in this week's show. Then what? Submit it around to the hundreds of comedy troupes that are looking for sketches from strangers? Maybe it'll be retro if I sit on it long enough? Or, do you just start posting on your own blog because you never know (actually you do, but you do it anyway)? Remember back in November of '17? The #MeToo moment was just getting underway. Online "Masterclass" was a thing. Larry David made a Holocaust joke on SNL. It all came together in this bit I pitched. I don't even remember if I pitched it as a stage piece or a video. There are no stage directions. It was a parade of double entendres without an ending, until Larry David hosted SNL so, in it went. It's a fun little bit of fluff.
MasterClass!
HOST: Hi, welcome to Masterclass, the innovative site for lessons in the arts. We’ve featured on-line courses in comedy with Steve Martin, TV writing with Aaron Sorkin and so much more. Now we’re proud and excited to present our latest Masterclass in…ACTING!
SPACEY: Hi, I’m Kevin Spacey, award winning actor.
HOST: Wait, what?
SPACEY: I’ll be taking you by the hand and leading your through the large, luxurious structure that is the acting profession.
HOST: How was I not informed about this?
SPACEY: With our Masterclass web-seminars, I’ll be showing you more than just learning your lines and not tripping on the furniture. I’ll be showing you how to grab a part and make it yours. I’ll be teaching you how coerce any role into doing your biding. No matter how drunk you are.
HOST: We have many other Masterclasses!
SPACEY: One of the features of the Masterclass series is bringing in a group of students, virile, strapping students who are hungry for a part, any part, I offer them.
HOST: This isn’t right.
SPACEY: Masterclass? When did I do this? Man, I must have been really drunk.
HOST: And after that’s been sorted out, you can sign up for our Masterclass in joke writing, taught by the one and only…Larry David?
DAVID: It’s going to be pretty, pretty, pretty, edgey.
HOST: Oh, come on!
The end
SPACEY: Hi, I’m Kevin Spacey, award winning actor.
HOST: Wait, what?
SPACEY: I’ll be taking you by the hand and leading your through the large, luxurious structure that is the acting profession.
HOST: How was I not informed about this?
SPACEY: With our Masterclass web-seminars, I’ll be showing you more than just learning your lines and not tripping on the furniture. I’ll be showing you how to grab a part and make it yours. I’ll be teaching you how coerce any role into doing your biding. No matter how drunk you are.
HOST: We have many other Masterclasses!
SPACEY: One of the features of the Masterclass series is bringing in a group of students, virile, strapping students who are hungry for a part, any part, I offer them.
HOST: This isn’t right.
SPACEY: Masterclass? When did I do this? Man, I must have been really drunk.
HOST: And after that’s been sorted out, you can sign up for our Masterclass in joke writing, taught by the one and only…Larry David?
DAVID: It’s going to be pretty, pretty, pretty, edgey.
HOST: Oh, come on!
The end
