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Oct. 31, 2024 - Louder with Crowder
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The Science of Sketch Comedy: Election 2024 Docuseries Part 2 | Louder With Crowder
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Okay, and action.
My name is Crowder, commander of Letterwood Crowder, leader.
So sketches, a lot more goes into them than it might seem.
It's way more involved than I thought it would be.
It starts off with the writers.
I do write sketches that screw with people personally, like Gerald.
Wardrobe, props.
I mean, I freaked out when I got here and I saw the production level.
I mean, just the wardrobe.
I've done shows at NBC and ABC. They don't have that much wardrobe.
Visual effects.
I didn't realize what everyone here was capable of.
And so I was writing things, like, oh, we can't do that.
Can't do that.
And then Johnny Boyd would be like, why not?
I'm like, oh, because, well, I mean, it's got these multiple shots and it's part of a movie.
It's a parody and we got to bring this.
And he's like, that's not for us to figure out.
Okay, we'll see if that gets made, and then sure enough, it's amazing.
I'm like, what?
There's so much that goes into a 20, 30 second clip on here.
Wow.
At it!
It's your friend Colonel Slanders again!
We've done so many good things here.
What was the one when he was my psychiatrist?
Sinead O'Connor, who I couldn't help but picture in the back of my mind as the many that Nick DePaulo saw in my Rorschach test.
I'm sorry.
You see again in two months?
I like the bad monies a lot.
That's fun because I get to be a little wild.
Take a lot of hits.
I do take a lot of hits.
I do a lot of falls.
I think physical comedy is funny.
Billy the Magician is probably my favorite in recent years.
I love getting to watch Josh get smashed over the head with a bottle and that magician's sleazy laugh.
And the best part is we've got to order those bottles.
We have a lot of stuff we do for each of those.
So every time we do that bid, it's about a $30 bid at least.
Oh, the other thing is Crowder with his impressions.
I know we did a few boys.
Back in the day, someone like Kamala Harris would say, I did.
Sesame seed bun and french fries.
But now you have Donald Trump going like, oh, she loves french fries.
She can't get enough of them.
She just does the machine.
I guess french fries, onion rings, Popeyes!
I can't believe how talented he is.
And I'm not just kissing his ass, because it's way too hairy.
I'm November 5th.
Don't interrupt, Macho Man.
November 5th.
The choice is clear.
You want to have the Don or one of these crutches right there.
I could just toss anything at Steven, and he will just run with it with an impression.
CEOs financially armed to the teeth.
I'm doing a Brando thing, and they replaced me with Josh, who was doing a way better brand.
That was the best one yet.
I'm out of here.
You talking to me?
Oh, and I gotta say this.
The Nick Dipp, press secretary.
He also was the first guy to go see the midget.
Nick has no idea what he's getting himself into.
He just goes in there, they roll clips, and he rips.
And that's amazing to watch.
The view.
I love the view.
It's like a horse view.
We literally just find clips of people asking questions and then let Nick answer.
And it's so funny.
Don Lemon have to walk around in a gay nightclub and assless chaps still have a gun on his trip.
He does that one take.
The 20 questions, 20 answers, one take, and then he's out of there.
And I'm like, dude, what a pro.
I can't believe I get to do that.
Yeah, dead silence.
Just what I thought.
There's not another place in the industry where you could just change your role or say, hey, I want to try mixing the show today, or I want to run audio, or, you know, you get to contribute, you get to be on cam.
I never imagined writing for a show.
It was never really the goal for me to be a writer.
- I'm farted.
I laughed I'm farted.
- It's a dream I didn't know I had come true. - Three, two, and action.
There are a lot of times, especially when it comes to advertisements, that we're finding we're shooting for a new sponsor or something the day before it's going to run.
So we'll shoot it early in the afternoon and we'll end up turning a spot for the next morning.
Not the bees!
Not the bees!
Don't let the IRS take advantage of you.
When it comes to the sketches of the show, I don't think people understand how much work goes into producing.
I've learned a whole lot about what goes on behind the scenes over the last, really call it three, three and a half years.
Look at that, look, get it.
There's definitely...
Yes, we can sell that.
The lighting, the boom, the costumes, the makeup, you name it.
And it's one of those things where you watch everybody sort of do their part and when everyone does it right, it comes together and it's an awesome thing.
Everything from the keying, the compositing, the sound design.
Stream!
Street! Street!
These are things that typically teams of people would take months and months to achieve, and we do it in record time with a skeleton crew, and it's because they're all rock stars.
Make way for the emperor.
Make it close.
We're trying to do all of it.
We're trying to be factually accurate.
We're trying to be funny.
And then you're trying to make sure that you're presenting information that people can use.
And to do all of those things and on top of that...
Record a bunch of sketches.
Absolutely rounding.
I don't want any foot fetish people getting my feet.
It's just everybody's so different but mixes so well.
It's a lot of fun and you know we get to tease Gerald all the time.
And what a thick skin that guy's got.
You know what?
It's a great room.
First of all, Steven can slip into any character at will, no matter what we're talking about.
I kind of...
It's sort of touch and go with the Jews right now.
And Gerald is smart as hell.
There's always going to be an adult in the room.
She saved the Jews!
I can't figure him out.
I take pride in being able to read people.
I've known him for, what, a couple years now?
I have no idea.
He'll get mad at me if I make a joke.
He'll go, oh, like it's shocking.
And then he'll hit a Holocaust joke in there.
I can't figure him out.
Josh is a stand-up.
Josh is naturally funny and he can do characters.
And action.
Hey, I'm Colonel Slam.
And the guys that work the...
I don't want to forget about the guys that work the soundboard and all that other sh**.
Shasha, still not nearly as gay, but also gay.
Options are limited.
Noodles just jumped in there.
I was in a rhythm.
Sorry.
They were all like guys' guys.
And I think it makes for a good mix.
Like someone on an island who hasn't eaten in a while and your friend turns into a hot dog?
Yes.
Guys, do you have a white mic, please?
Comedy's probably one of the most important things that the world is desperately in need of right now.
Okay, it's for the greater good.
Bye!
For me, the best part of working here is the challenge.
You know, doing all that we do and the time that we have it.
I get to solve problems all day.
I get to do it with people that I adore.
It's more like a family here, which sounds so cheesy.
It's the worst thing to say.
Yeah, I live with these people.
They're my friends.
I think that secretly people do like me, although I am the only person on staff that Joe Lewis has bitten repeatedly.
I didn't even head or look in Joe Lewis's direction and this happened.
Scaredy.
When I'm on stage, I love it.
Doesn't matter where, whatever.
This is just nothing but fun.
It's great.
Doing something I love.
Doing something that matters.
Let my kids see something that they can do someday.
Something that's actually realistic.
I never had that growing up.
I never thought it was realistic to be an entertainer for a living.
I thought that was crazy.
I think that's important to see.
See your parents work hard and get what they want.
Rather than what I saw in my father.
Work hard and get what you get.
I don't think many people get that sort of opportunity.
I can't speak!
You look at people that hate their jobs and they go out there and they're just making ends to me.
I'm just blessed and lucky to be doing what I'm doing.
Cut!
Oh, what are you going to do right now?
Are you going?
Then we're gonna hang out in the Sesame Street set.
Can I ask you a personal question?
No.
Can you hear that, Billy?
George's a Greek.
I hate that nickname, by the way.
Yeah, anything you've written that even you think is too much, too dark for this show?
Oh, no.
I haven't even touched the tip of the iceberg.
I'm all for pushing boundaries.
I mean, I wrote a sketch about six months back when my grandmother was... ...shredded.
So...
I mean, it didn't air.
Can you do this?
Can you interview me in front of Oscar the Grouch's house?
That'd be fantastic.
All right.
Seven and a half, bitch.
What?
So if I actually showed my daughter those sketches, she's ten.
Now she wants me to do a sketch with her where she gets to hit me with a glass bottle, so I'm not gonna do that.
Because I could kick her ass, dude.
She's like this high.
We get the f***ing f*** to the f***.
Can I say that?
I think I did.
I mean, I rack at least, probably, on a slow day a dozen HR violations.
Which one?
The f***ing left!
Yeah, nice clap!
Let's f*** it!
Probably loses day one.
What do you think that looks like?
Looks like me going to the gun store.
Do you think that a Democrat victory here trusts Pat for a female president?
He's a f***ing b***h on wheels.
Nick, how long have you not had the use of your plate?
I told them you weren't going to ask about that.
You good?
All right, kids.
Anything else you want to add?
I do.
I'd like not to do the show anymore.
Gerald's really bugging me.
I hope it lasts.
That's all.
I need the cash.
All right.
So you and I decided to do something special on election night.
To be able to restore people's confidence in an election.
Accessing data and information and systems that no other company on the internet has really done before.
What we're doing is f***ing dangerous, man.
There's liability that comes with that, obviously.
I don't think other people want to take on that risk.
We're putting everything we got into this.
The important thing is to have an informed and enlightened audience.
You need accurate data.
There's red and there's blue, you see?
We're trying to make a difference in the way elections are reported.
I think this is going to be a historic moment.
This is sort of a watershed moment.
Do you think Trump's gonna win?
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