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More at Saturday Night Live
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More at Saturday Night Live
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A delicious parody of West Side Story with Will Ferrell and his SNL compatriots.
Thanks to YouTuber

Mary Murphy
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Mary Murphy keeps you hanging on the line in her performance of my short comic sketch “At The Sound Of The Tone,”
Click on the triangle above to hear the sketch as broadcast today for Arts Express radio on WBAI 99.5 FM NYC.
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Learn everything you ever wanted to know about performing comedy with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.
Thanks to YouTuber lucylibbsu

Photo by Public Domain Pictures on Pexels.com
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Peter Cook explains it all to flatmate Dudley Moore as a puma terrorizes Surrey.
Thanks to YouTuber evagrubb
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The mysterious Hugh Laurie demonstrates his awesome psychic spoon bending abilities to the somewhat skeptical Stephen Fry. Any resemblance to psychics living or dead is purely intentional.
Thanks to YouTuber Meghan Lee
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This parody debate of Trump vs. Sanders was done on the @midnight television show in 2016, but it looks like we may be experiencing Groundhog Day soon. James Adomian does a nice job of capturing Bernie, but Anthony Atamanuik’s Trump is uncanny. It’s way beyond Alec Baldwin’s very good impersonation; it captures something more sinister.
Thanks to YouTuber Comedy Central
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In which the psychoanalytical Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are exceedingly patients with each other.
Thanks to YouTuber ShutTFup
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The button-down mind of Bob Newhart summarizes a century of the best ever psychotherapy advice.
Thanks to YouTuber Josh Huynh
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Ray interviews Parnell W. Garr, world famous odd-shaped fruit and vegetable collector
Thanks to YouTuber Steve Mullens

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Here’s our radio version of the little sketch, Gun Shy, as broadcast yesterday on WBAI, during the Arts Express radio program. Many thanks to The Mighty Arts Express Players, composed of Pearl Shifer and Mary Murphy, and thanks again to Prairie Miller for all the encouragement.
Click on the triangle to listen.
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Stephen and Hugh try to find the proper Get Well Card for the occasion.
Thanks to YouTuber Majka327
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Not every Python sketch stands the test of time—they were too seat of the pants and careless for that—but even with its non-ending, this sketch featuring John Cleese is still one of my very favorites.