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| Nothing's Sacred | |||||||||||||||||||||
| You should be seeing these more frequently than "Tales of the Inconceivable", because it's in a shorter sketch comedy format. This program was first produced in our "access cablevision" days in the early 90's. This time, we decided to resurrect the concept and shoot them properly.
Imagine watching television for about a week. Then thinking back and trying to make sense from the bill of goods you're being sold. |
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| "So You Want a Job, Huh?" Check out a sample from the original: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| "Nothing Sacred" lampoons the process by which we're sold a bill of goods by taking some part of it and exaggerating or twisting it to enhance its absurdity. For example, it seems like there is always some ever increasing threat of something dangerous that should cause us to readilly accept a new law passed by congress that circumvents some essential part of the Constitution. So, just like those who warn us of this unspeakable evil or danger, we still would not allude to the ultimate goal of this scare tactic (say, to take away individual liberty), but instead, propose a war on underground jart players.
First, we introduce an "Expert" to testify to exactly how many jart sets where manufactured in the 70's. Then show the pinnacle event. The newsworthy story that somehow gains national attention from the 5 major media companies. A little girl pinned to the ground with a big yellow jart. Arms and legs sprawled on the freshly cut lawn. She lays right next to the yellow hoop and, in the background, the mournful father is being escorted by the police. An ambitious congressman from the southern part of Ohio makes the proposal to pass a bill to put a stop to this jart scourge that is sweeping the nation. The bill, of course, calls for stricter sentencing of parents possessing the contraband lawn darts and allows for police sweeps of families or households suspected of engaging in "jartlike" activity. One addition to the bill is a peripheral tax incentive for frisbee manufacturers. |
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