Below is a list of sketches written (for the style of network TV) awhile back by Ben Ligeri. Yeah, that guy again. They were originally hosted on the antiquated site "www.DearLorneMichaels.com" --

Click here to WATCH a few created commercial parody's.
 

RECURRING CHARACTER/THEME SKETCHES

THE "CLINICALLY NORMAL " THOMPSON FAMILY
The episodic adventures of a perfectly normal teenaged girl, Chelsea Thompson, and her "clinically normal" family. Her dad, Mitchell, is an "overprotective lunatic". Her mom, Lori, is a "paranoid crackpot". And her brother, Jason, has "Compulsive

Impulsiveness Disorder".

 

'FUTURE NEWSWATCH 10'
A news station (that reports, not on the top news of the DAY, but on the top news of the NEXT DAY) allows its viewers to brace themselves for what lies ahead, instead of idly waiting... What??!! Where do they get such implausible, futuristic content?? Well, having Nostradamus and sometimes Nostra-Bush-Damus on your side, certainly makes it easier.

 

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
A fundamental interpretation by Calvary Baptist Church leader, Pastor Baker, of "God's" word, or more aptly, "Pastor Baker's" word, attracts a very large crowd of "Fundamentalist Christians" -- actually, it's a crowd just shy of TEN regulars who all congregate in the condemned basement of an abandoned street-front barber shop.

 

THE ANALWARTS FAMILY
John Analwart, an ultra-successful broker of foreign mergers, and his prodigy family, The Analwarts, are a completely conventional prodigy family, except for their attention-getting last name - but it is a curse..? OR, is it a very, very, very big blessing..?

 

THE REAL PRESIDENT BUSH
Episodes begin with President Bush confounding the masses at a weekly press conference; then he is followed behind closed doors to where he drops his "Idiot Persona" and unmasks his true identity as "The Real Bush" - a man with a brilliance that would make Einstein look braindead... In one episode, we discover that Karl Rove is an android programmed by Bush.

 

"THAT SALESMAN"
A woman with a shrill, ear-piercing tone of voice, unwittingly drives everyone crazy (except her loving husband) with her EMPHATIC stories of how she stood up against "THAT SALESMAN!"

 

"THE REPRESSED MIDDLE-CLASS HUSBAND"
David is a docile, middle-aged suburbanite who is too meek to stand up to anyone, especially his own wife. But when pushed to "the brink", he unleashes a second self to handle his confrontations - a raving, homicidal maniac! But when he returns to normalcy, the suburbanite world around him does too.

 

'CAUGHT ON TAPE'
From Red Bull factories being foolishly mistaken for Meth Houses, to Cows speaking only in the presence of hidden cameras, the all new 'Caught On Tape' series captures the most shocking discoveries imaginable.

 

"JUST ONE INTEREST"
The adventures of a 12-year-old boy with "just one interest" - an excessive interest that lies solely in "wet negros". Jimmy is indifferent to toys, candy, and everything else in the world (including "dry negros") but, make no mistake, he has an uncontrollable interest in wet negros. If you're having trouble understanding what this all means, "you’re not the fiiiiiiirst".

 

SINGLE CHARACTER/THEME SKETCHES

TROOPER JOHNSON
The dedicated Trooper Johnson pulls over a pair of sexy club girls who try flirting and revealing their breasts to take Johnson's mind off the speeding ticket -- but they land themselves in even more trouble, because when it comes to hetero-sexual advances from his detainees, Trooper Johnson diligently follows the law to the LETTER.

 

THE LAID-OFF STOCKBROKER
A conservative stockbroker gets "laid-off" from Goldman Sachs and has to break the news to his wife that he took a job at a gay porn site, as a last resort. She's already frazzled enough, but she just thinks he's going to be doing "Earnings Statements" for ArmyCock.com. Well, sorry, that's only 4% of it.

 

THE COOL "BLACK" GUY
Jerome, a white guy with a split personality of acting both "Black" and "White" (and "Renaissance White"), drives white girl, Sara, crazy with lust when he's acting Black, and cold as a stone when he's acting White. But WHY the split personality..??

 

THE BEN FRANKLIN REPORT
Dad catches his son, Joshua, on a trampling/facesitting fetish website, when his son is supposed to be learning about Ben Franklin for his report due the next day -- Dad's reactions are just not the "norm"...

 

THE IBRAHAM CLINIC
A doctor of OB/GYN, Dr. Ibraham, is quite particular in his patient selection, but his uncompromising dedication can be surprisingly comforting.

 

THE SENSITIVE COUPLE
Oversensitive, Lori, and her over-insensitive husband, Mark, PROVE that opposites don't attract.

 

THE BROKER'S CLUB
A group of Wall Street businessmen, led by Phil, their idol of super-success, wind down after a hectic day in an upscale establishment. And the evening would've almost been perfect if only the new server, Stephanie, could’ve stopped interjecting her unwanted approval of a series of "sexy drinks" that Phil tries to reward the gang with.

 

PRAIRIE HOUSE PROBLEMS
A traditional prairie house with contemporary technological and
domestic problems.

 

MACROBIOTIC MCDONALDS
An ordinary day at McDonalds, after the fast food giant's merger with the ‘International Macrobiotic Shiatsu Society’, that is... "Did Somebody Say Macrobiotic McDonalds?"

 

AFTERNOON BARBECUE
Bill throws a barbecue for coworkers, but can’t understand why they don’t want to eat the grill meats he cooked to perfection, just because he touched himself before hand-rubbing on the condiments.

 

GEICO BOARD MEETING
A behind-the-scenes look at GEICO CEO Tony Nicely making the selection for GEICO’s next ad campaign.

 

ANGRY BLACK WIDOW
After a petite White man's 400-pound Black wife (Mokisha)

suffers a heart attack and dies--from beating him with a dressing room door for talking to a White girl--he has an "affair" with that "White girl", and Mokisha comes back from the dead for revenge.

 

ASSAULTED AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S HELPLINE
The President of the ‘Assaulted Women's Helpline’ must summon the services of the President of "The Coalition Against Assaulted African American Women", Ms. Nimeesha Angelou, in order to develop an ad that better relates to African American Women.

COMMERCIAL/INFOMERCIAL/P.S.A PARODIES

[for NON-existing products and services]

CANCER ON DEMAND
A cancer delivery product for people suffering from "Lack of Cancer Depression". Why WAIT?? for cancer?? When you can get it ON DEMAND!!

THE CIVILIZED CAR HORN
Soon to be standard on all cars - a tranquil "waterfall alert" replaces the traditional, hellraising car horn "honk alert" and an advanced computer simulation fembot voice uses a gentle, soothing tongue to transform harsh road exchanges into civilized communication.

 

PORN STAR TO GO
A service for the woman who can't stand being pestered by her husband for sex - an on-call porn star will arrive at notice to do the "dirty work" for her.

 

WHISTLEBLOWER FROM LEVITRA
Former spokesman for Levitra’s "4-hour erection warning" blows the whistle on Levitra and reveals the true side effects of the medication.

 

THE PERSONAL DIET BUDDY
Responding to the obesity epidemic and unsuccessful diet programs, a miniature robotic weight-loss coach - ‘Buddy’ - emerges to inspire overweight people to stop themselves from eating. He can be quite tough, but he’s also quite effective.

 

THE DONNER GOAT TRAP
A salesman guru, Ted Donner, who poses as a mere "servant of the hunting community" successfully relates to every demographic in order to sell a much needed goat trap for an infomercial.

COMMERCIAL/INFOMERCIAL/P.S.A PARODIES

[for existing products and services]

SIM ATROCITY
The tyranny of the Stalin Regime turns into the tyranny of your wildest imagination - only on Playstation Three.
VIEW THIS COMMERCIAL

 

ZIPLOC TEA KETTLE
"It's PLASSSSTIC."
VIEW THIS COMMERCIAL

 

IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING
There is NO impossible for Adidas when it comes to appealing to their Black consumer base.

 

ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGN
In this P.S.A., the "Anti-smoking Department" at Philip Morris makes it very "appealing" for teenagers to avoid the nasty habit of smoking and of dating people with the nasty habit.

 

GEICO THUGS
A commercial version of the 'theme sketch': GEICO BOARD MEETING.

 

ASSAULTED "WOMEN'S" HELPLINE
A commercial version of the 'theme sketch': ASSAULTED AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S HELPLINE.

 

'DADDY O' PRODUCTIONS
A sneak preview of the making of the next 'Overstock.com' commercial.

 

DON'T JUDGE TOO QUICKLY
Ameriquest Mortgage turns out to be much more of an open-minded and equal opportunity lendor than even their own ad campaign depicts.

"TEN-MINUTE SKETCHES"

* * these are extended sketches that run between 8-12 minutes in length in their "full scope" -- shorter versions are available and/or can be made from them as well.

THE DONNER GOAT TRAP
**SEE ABOVE

 

VH1'S THE FABULOUS LIFE OF... BEYONCE
A behind-the-scenes look at the restructuring of VH1's "The Fabulous Life Of..." series. Christopher Flockton has been charged with one impossible mission: To present the electrifying lifestyle of Beyonce in a way that does not alienate the viewers.

 

F.D.A. RECONNAISSANCE
Covert FDA operatives try to protect the public by raiding ‘Marla's Preserves’ and by helping a pharmaceutical company get their deadly "Fruit & Vegetable Inhibitor" on the market immediately.

 

GOD'S PLAN FOR 'FANTINE'
Broadway's Opening Night for Les Miserables is drawing near. But out of sheer perfectionism, the head producer has still not settled on his Fantine.. When a last-minute auditioner, by the name of "Fantine", auditions perfectly, he assigns her the role -- but when it turns out that certain words in Fantine's solo trigger outbursts of foul words as part of her very rare medical condition: "Unconscious Involuntary Vocal Gestational Tourette's Syndrome", the head producer is faced with a choice: a 20 million dollar medical discrimination lawsuit, or a Les Miserables with foul outbursts of
"Unconscious Involuntary Vocal Gestational Tourette's Syndrome". It's not an easy choice.

SPEC SKETCHES

BILL BRASKY... IN A GAY BAR
Using the framework for 'SNL's "BILL BRASKY..." series, "BILL BRASKY... IN A GAY BAR" is another take -- this time, Brasky's cohorts frequent airport gay bar: The Tool Box.

COMEDY SKETCHES Mades For Network TV