There’s a good chance a dead parrot will find its way into Gavin Hawk’s January 2025 Eckerd College Winter Term course titled Sketch Comedy Writing. The course surveys and analyzes iconic sketches from television shows in America, Great Britain and Canada—from trailblazers like Your Show of Shows to more modern programs like Key & Peele. Using examples from those shows as models, students will then write their own sketches in a variety of styles.

Written by Tom Zucco and read by Brennan Coleman '28.