Sketchfest: Summer of Tears

I didn’t go to Aspen, so Saturday’s Sketchfest was my chance to catch the winning sketch group fpr 2007 - Summer of Tears. They didn’t disappoint. There was a fair amount of celeb skewering in the show - but all of it a bit more twisted and surreal. Matthew McConaughey as a monster in a closet and Edward James Olmos saying “holes” are the ultimate rush.

Fortunately for you, one of the funnier parts of the show is out there on YouTube. The people who actually pursue getting on America’s Funniest Home Videos - the ones without dogs, children or hurt genitalia, I mean - what’s their creative process like? This video answers that. Wonderful editing in this.

Sadly, part of the attention to detail in the sketch is obscured by the YouTube logo - the indication that the video was shot on “8 12 91.” (It’s a problem I’ve been noticing in a lot of comedy shows lately - the little “bug” in the corner obscuring or muddying a joke. Networks and web folks - try and stay out of the way of the performers.)