Sounds Sketchy
As an experiment, while sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, I recruited actors to perform improvised comedy sketches over Zoom. The result: a YouTube web series that I directed, produced, and edited.
“Sounds Sketchy” spans 3 seasons and 25 episodes (“volumes”), including a holiday special.
A Mash-Up
The show mashes up at least three different types of comedy:
- Staged improv/theatresports (e.g., Improv Olympic, UCB, The Groundlings, BATS, Whose Line Is It Anyway).
- Filmed improv (TV shows and movies in which the dialogue is improvised — such as “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “What We Do In the Shadows,” and the Christopher Guest mockumentary films).
- Classic sketch comedy television (Saturday Night Live, Monty Python, Kids in the Hall, Key & Peele, SCTV, etc.)
The Sketches
Our sketches spoof all sorts of targets: tech support, speed dating, jury duty, public access television, Bachelor Nation, cable news, game shows, Star Wars, and more.
How to Watch
Watch now via our YouTube Channel or Playlist, or view our trailer below.
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Performers
- Ryan Lee Boyd
- Deborah Bromley
- Janice Burt
- Alan Donegan
- Paul Dougherty
- Allen Fahden
- Chris Laird
- Michelle LeMay
- BillyJean Vollman
- Evan Widjaja