Dave Kuskie and I do a sketch comedy radio show called “The Dr. J And Dangerous Dave Dog and Pony Show.” It’s a series only in that we have done more than one episode. We’re averaging about one episode a year, and with Dave now back in sunny California I don’t anticipate that schedule changing much.
One of the problems with doing a show on what I generously term an intermittent basis is that sketches sit for a while. Take this unused sketch, in which I thought it would be funny to have an Andy Williams impersonator singing awful new music:
ANNCR: Coming soon from Discount Records….Andy Williams impersonator Morty Salmonella’s exciting new album, “Andy Sings It!”
MORTY: Hi, I’m Morty Salmonella! I’ve been lighting up the Branson stage with my tribute to Andy Williams, and I finally found time to hit the studio and record these loving tributes. Enjoy!
(ANDY WILLIAMS RENDITIONS of thoroughly inappropriate songs)
SCREECHY GIRL: I just love Morty Salmonella! He is a must visit every time we go to Branson!
(MORE AWFUL SINGING)
MORTY: I think if Andy were alive these are the kinds of happenin’ tunes he’d be recording! (muffled noise) Wait, what? Still alive? Then why have Paul Revere and the Raiders been at his theatre for the last 2 years? Ahhh—anyway, to make this album truly collectible, I’m also including my classic rendition of Moon River as performed by Louie Armstrong.
(MOON RIVER)
ANNCR: “Andy Sings It”–out now from Discount Records..
MORTY: And by the way, they spelled it wrong on the back cover…it’s not “Andy Signs It”……although he’s a nice guy and he probably would sign it! (muffled voice) Oh…they’re–they’re telling me he WON’T sign it. So…uh…..disregard.
(ONE MORE AWFUL SONG TO FADE OUT)
So, by the time we were ready to make an episode, Andy Williams had died.