Writing and Reading

I’m going to challenge myself big time here. There are plenty of sketches of dialogue out there that I practically idolize as a writer, what with the play of words and the endless back-and-forth. It’s genius. It makes me laugh. They’re so good. And here, I sound like a veritable dinosaur, ’cause I’m talking about bits of writing done in the ’40s from some of the greatest comedians. In my opinion, really stretching words out and combining them for other meanings and structuring an utterly dynamic and fluid and fresh and simply majestic piece of dialogue is such a great way to exercise those sexy writing muscles. I’m talkin’ BIG BICEPS, baby.

Allow me to show you an example…. One of my favorites. Many of you may recognize it.

I always smile when I see this sketch, because I love these two guys. And so here’s my challenge. It’ll be my tribute to them.

I’m going to work on a piece of dialogue that really uses words in so many multiple meanings that you can do nothing but laugh and shake your head. I don’t know how long it’ll take me. But I’m going to do it. Hopefully, it’ll be just as genius as my role models of comedy, Abbot and Costello. You guys hit a home run in my book.

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