Mopitus Reflects
on Witness Protection?
on Witness Protection?
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Mopitus Reflects on Witness Protection? |
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| This skit has gone through a number of names...but I think the full name is The Jehovah's Witness Protection Program. The idea was very simple: a play on the FBI's Witness
Protection Program. The best part about working on this was that it was a great group project: myself, Walter, Haibac Twyce, Belivida Phaeraday, Mrs. Savvides, and W. Upton Downs. So naturally, there was much revelry and hijinks coordination. The creativity was really flowing that night. This was one of those skits that started with just a basic idea...in fact, only the very beginning was written when I took it to Walter's that night to record. So the final 2/3 of it or so was written that night, with like 3 or 4 people contributing ideas. Which is great!! It's a very different approach. And in a sense, the only funny thing about the Jehovah's Witness Protection Program is the name, and the image it conjures up. So it was a challenge to put this idea into the context of a skit. I think people have varying opinions on whether we did it well. I mean, it takes a certain kind of humor to listen to the entirety of this and actually enjoy it. Especially as we start going off on Lampwick. We had a BLAST making it, though, so maybe it just holds such a special place in my heart that I can't find it in me to say anything bad about it. I have two favorite lines in this skit: Walter, saying "there's GOT to be a way out (just perfectly said!)," and "Hey! Lampwick! Tell me more about National Raincoat Awareness Day!" And this guy Lampwick, he's so great! He's just this cryptic guy who somehow has everyone's trust and everyone's attention. There's just a certain je ne sais what about him. And Upton's voice is perfect for it. |
