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It is a scripted piece. so you write it first and then script it second. that is the difference of the improv and sketch. but sketch is back further than people realize. it is back further than the phrase sketch comedy. because that phrase is coming with the television age, and prior to tv, the sketch comedy existed in broadway in new york, and thinking of broadway, we think of the elaborate musicals or the serious play, but the sketch comedy in those days was reviewed to as a revue, and r-e-v-u-e, and you will see that spelling, because it is sketch comedy and monologues and sketch a pair dis...

>> wow. i don't want to be in that position. but jimmy fallon is enormously talented. i'd have to put money on him. but more importantly, i got to put money on the lorne michael's machine. i got to put money on what i see as incredible intellect behind the launch of a new show and an artist. it's been going on awhile. it's been staged perfectly. >> okay. take a short break. come back talk about some of the new stories of the day including the sad death of a comedic legend, sid ceasar today who died on the heels of losing shirley temple. it has been a sad week for losing legends, and including ...

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