So, I’m in a sketch for my acting class called “Pictionary” and it’s a classic Second City sketch that everyone loves and is very famous, but here is the thing: I don’t think it’s funny. I’m trying. I’ve read it many times, I’ve watched it several times and I am now performing it in class but it has never summoned more then a couple chuckles from me.
I think the reason everyone loves this sketch so much is because everyone relates to it. The sketch is about two couples having a game nigh. The girls are happy because they are kicking butt and the guys are pissed cause they are losing and they argue and take things way to seriously. Everyone has been in this situation before so most people can laugh at the fact that it’s just like game night with their family only funnier…
I think this may be where the disconnect is for me: My family is crazy. Though the characters in the sketch are admittedly quite bonkers, they cannot top my family. Listening to two characters argue will simply never have the same comedic affect as hearing Uncle Jason insist (for the millionth time) that he “invented this game first.” He has a bone to pick with everyone from the creators of Monopoly to the creators of Tic-Tac-Toe. Run Mattel, run while you can.
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