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This Saturday Night Live cast member is well-known for writing and performing "The Hanukkah Song"
Who is Adam Sandler?
This word describes the location and environment of the scene.
What is "setting"?
This genre relies mostly on physical stunts and falls for laughs.
What is "slapstick"?
Sketches should do this very quickly at the start of the scene to ensure the audience isn't confused.
What is "scenebuilding"?
This actress and stand-up comic played Rabbi Rebecca in You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
Who is Sarah Sherman?
This is another word for "actor" or "actress" used commonly in sketch comedy.
What is "player"?
This genre uses impressions and mimicry to create laughs.
What is "parody"?
This is the pattern of a sketch that allows the audience to make predictions about what will happen next.
What is "game"?
This famous Yiddish author and playwright was known as "The Jewish Mark Twain."
Who is Sholem Aleichem?
The "straight" character is responsible for doing this in a scene.
What is "act realistically and be the voice of reason"?
What is "farce"?
In order to end on a laugh, sketches should conclude with this.
What is a "button"?
Mike __ and Elaine __ were well-known for their performances as a comedic duo.
Nichols and May
This character traditionally gets more of the laughs in a two-player scene.
Who is the "oddball" character?
Characters are often getting into awkward social situations in this genre.
What is "situational comedy"?
When sketches make bold and memorable choices about how a character moves, talks, behaves, etc., it is called this.
What is "characterization"?
Name TWO of the three members of the sketch comedy group, The Lonely Island.
Andy Samberg
Jorma Taccone
Akiva Schaffer
The pizza, blueberry pancake, and tote bag in this sketch were all good examples of this key element of sketch-writing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evUWersr7pc
What is "heightening"?
The SNL Sketch called "Diner Lobster" is a good example of this comedic genre.
What is "musical parody"?
Name one common way that a sketch creates a character foil.
Straight vs. oddball character
Odd-player-out scene
Odd environment vs. straight characters