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Aaron Hertzog's Top 5 Sketches
5) The Sixth Borough at Die Actor Die Dirtiest Sketch
An excellently written and performed sketch by The Sixth Borough. The
uncomfortable factor was turned up high and the creepy strange awful
wrongness of the whole situation was played to perfection. Two words:
gun fellatio!
4) The Ministry of Secret Jokes - Instructional Video Number 1: How to
Dress Mysteriously
The first instructional video from Doogie and gang let us know that
the Ministry's mysterious garb is far more useful than just disguising
one's identity. Dressing well will get you places in life, and
dressing poorly will get you labeled an asshole. The sketch absolutely
killed at the show and also made me feel a little less foolish every
time Doogie paraded me out in a god damned cloak.
3) Boy Meets Tractor at Helium's College Comedy Competition
This is the first time I saw this group and the sketch they performed
was awesome. The premise of sentient toys who are forced to live out
the fantasies of their owner was great on its own but the performance
was on point with great choreography and synchronization.
2) Meg and Rob - Love Over the Phone
"The cure for the painful gentleman's buildup." What an eloquent way
to look at whacking off, and an incredibly creative origin story to
the beginning of the rise of an incredibly important man. (I don't
want to ruin the awesome reveal in the sketch for those who haven't
see it, so watch it for yourself, and enjoy!)
1) Secret Pants at Bedtime Stories: Rich People
I saw this sketch at December's edition of Bedtime Stories and it
instantly became my favorite sketch of the year. It did a great job
mixing sketch with live performance and also combining two of my
favorite things: ransom notes and infomercials. The production work on
the video was superb (which always seems to be the case with Secret
Pants.) God is always found in the details, and the attention to
detail in the ransomercial (my own word) made it so truthful and
realistic.
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