Celebrity Jeopardy
By: Michael Mancuso
December seventh, nineteen ninety-six a day that will live in Saturday Night Live history. The first ever set of Celebrity Jeopardy starring the iconic actor and comedian Will Ferrell debuted and pioneered one of the most popular series of America’s favorite late night show. Now, in two thousand seventeen, Saturday Night Live will introduce the sixteenth edition of the extremely successful series. Saturday Night Live legend, Will Ferrell, returns to the SNL screen as the otherwise mild-tempered, well-mannered Canadian idol and host of Jeopardy, Alex Trebek. In this skit, lasting about ten minutes, Alex Trebek struggles to maintain his wits as he grows in anger and frustration having to deal with some of the most unique and flamboyant personalities this country has to offer. First, there is the White House Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, played by Melissa Mccarthy, who illustrates his aggressive behavior towards audiences and his presumptuous manner of chewing gum. The next contestant is, Wayne Campbell, portrayed by Mike Myers, of SNL’s earlier series, Wayne’s World, and the spin off nineteen ninety-two film, Wayne’s World. Wayne Campbell is a happy go lucky contestant who seems a bit confused about how the game works and struggles to understand what exactly going on around him. Finally, Snoop Dogg appears as himself as the third contestant for the game and quickly appears as the most sane contestant until Alex Trebek finds out his devious charitable intentions. While this cast of characters may seem exciting already, prepare for more new twists and buckle up for this roller coaster ride as tempers flare and the host, Alex Trebek, is pushed close to the breaking point.
Ideal Cast
Will Ferrell as Alex Trebek
Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer
Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell
Snoop Dogg as himself
Brad Pitt as himself
Darrell Hammond as Sean Connery
Being such a big fan of this SNL skit I was excited to read this. After reading and looking at the three intentions Michael met them all. Even from the start you can feel Trebecks frustration.
ReplyDeleteI loved this one! It was very funny and sarcastic and I feel like the audience related with Alex's frustration. Michael completed his intentions.
ReplyDeleteyou really had the comic aspect with all the jokes and with the exaggeration of your characters. You also showed Alex Trabeck's frustration very well.
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job integrating the 3 types of comedy throughout your screenplay. This was very clear to me through the screenplay. Great Job
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the funny tone in this screenplay. It added sarcasm and humor, which worked really well!
ReplyDeleteYou definitely accomplished your goal to incorporate a comedic aspect. I really enjoyed this screenplay.
ReplyDeleteYou really hit all the goals set and thought it was funny. I liked the humor that was brought in by the host.
ReplyDeleteyou accomplished all your intentions. you did a great job incorporating humor. good job it was very funny.
ReplyDeleteThe humor was great through out the whole screenplay, you really accomplished your goal. I also really like how the host was getting angry at the characters, playing jeopardy their own way.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the humor in this one. The way you exaggerated characters like Sean Spicer almost made the show seem like an snl skit.
ReplyDeleteThe humor was great through out the entire screenplay. Having the characters joke and exaggerate was great for the audience. You definitely completed your intentions.
ReplyDeleteThere was a lot of great humorous parts to it. I thought that some of the ways the characters spoke was pretty interesting. For example, I thought that Snoop Dog's dialogue was pretty funny.
ReplyDeleteYou accomplished the intention of incorporating comedy into the screenplay by using all 3 theories. Relief theory, incongruity theory, and superiority theory made this screenplay different from everyone else's.
ReplyDeleteI really liked this screenplay a lot. There was great humor and you showed Alex's frustration really well as the story went on.
ReplyDeleteI love that you made an SNL skit and was able to incorporate all 3 types of comedy. I also love how the humor was able to keep the audience so engaged while also completing all of your intentions.
ReplyDeleteI really love the idea and how funny the overall skit is. You jit all of your intentions.
ReplyDeleteThe sarcasm and frustration of Alex made this screen play very funny and enjoyable to read.
ReplyDeleteI liked the comedy in the screenplay a lot and it emulated the humor in SNL very well. The frustration from Trebek was hilarious and all the intentions were met.
ReplyDeleteAll intentions were met, and, as an SNL watcher myself, I can see this skit playing out on screen. This screenplay has all the satire, parody, and Melissa McCarthy's Sean Spicer you would expect from a typical SNL skit.
ReplyDeletelove the take on celebrity jeopardy and the satirical tone. Snoop Dog was a funny part i love the way you wrote his dialogue it mad me laugh mostly because you might not be too far off.
ReplyDeleteHumor was great. It flowed so well with your screenplay. Loved this.
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