Mkay so here's the thing.....(there's always a thing...)
I perform in a sketch comedy show called Big News!
(www.bignewsshow.com )
We put together a political sketch comedy show in less than 48 hours!!!!! It's "Saturday Night Live" meets “The Daily Show ”in a incredibly-fast-paced, half-hour romp through a week ’s worth of news. We do a different show each week (as in a completely different show with a new set of scripts and sketches every single Thursday night.) The week ’s news is unraveled in a new series of comedy sketches, song,... dance .....and visual aids....Okay, I think you guys get the idea....
This thing I'm doing is the theatrical brainchild of former Saturday Night Live writer (and Second City main stage alumnus) Michael C. McCarthy, he started this a couple years ago. We perform at The Improv Olympic here in LA.
Before we do a show, here ’s how a week of Big News happens: the Big News writing staff meets every Sunday evening without fail to discuss the headlines and politics and political ideas and current events. Then, they all grow into sketches and are then emailed to McCarthy every Monday evening. Then there is a “read through ”at McCarthy ’s home on Tuesday evening; and a running order is constructed by McCarthy as to what goes and what gets cut. With breaking news filtered in along the way, Wednesday the actors memorize lines, Thursday afternoon they rehearse, and every Thursday evening the show goes up without fail at eight.
HOWEVER.........
This is LA....and writers come and go....
SO.........
Here's your chance comedy writers. We've had our writers picked and taken and they work on other stuff so I'm opening it to all my lovelies on this tribe.
If you live in the LA area, on Sunday night @ 8pm in Improv Olympic's Black Box. The Addy is: 6366 Hollywood Boulevard, in between the Walk Of Fame stars of Paul Henreid and Andy Devine, in the heart of Hollywood. Go to the website for further info...
If you don't live here, that's fine...but here's the rules on submitting.....
A.) Your sketch MUST relate to NATIONAL NEWS!!! NO EXCEPTIONS! It's a political sketch comedy show....Politics politics politics....Right...left...moderate...dudn't matter..so long as it's political or it's headline news....yer gold....
B.) It Must be NO LONGER THAN 3 PAGES!! ..........3 and a half, yeah...I mean that's okay but past that and it's too long for the show and it'll get pitched. If you want it to make it in, make it 3. Oh funny is good too....
C.) Submits must be in either Rich Text, Word, or Final Draft.
D.) Submits must be no later than Monday, 10pm. After that...sorry Charlie....
E.) Political and CURRENT. We do a different show everyweek.
If you submit...and your submission was used.... you WILL be given credit in the program. (our program kinda is like The Onion, and people love it.)
ALL submits must be sent to: michaelmccarthy@bignewsshow.com
Once you become an established writer, yer face will be posted on our writer staff listing and you will be able to gain entrance to the forum where you can submit two liners and other fun stuff.
NOTICE: NONE OF THIS PAYS!!!!!! We can't pay anything, but the writers get picked up for stuff all the time so it's a great opportunity to get yer stuff seen.
Remember:
"The biggest sin in the world is to sit on your ass."
Eleanor Roosevelt
I wish you the best of luck if you wanna do this.
Stay dutch and keep writing,
M@
