Sketches That Never Quite Made It
By James Walsh
A podcast dedicated to comedy sketches that never quite made it. @jamesofwalsh and pals look back at abandoned sketch ideas and weigh up whether they were mercy killings or if there is an inkling of an idea that can be salvaged. Hopefully in the process we’ll all learn something about how not to write sketches.
Latest episode
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Season 2, Episode 1: Newsjack
A special Newsjack edition of STNQMI, as James is joined by fellow @nextlevelsketch humans Flex, Paul and Euan to discuss why the BBC didn’t put his sketches on the radio. Along the way you will hear recordings of three topical sketches written by J… -
James gets in the Sea
Is this a normal episode, where guests come on to discuss a comedy sketch that didn’t quite make it? No. Is this ten minutes of James standing in the sea, trying to figure out whether to continue the podcast or not before the tide comes in over his a… -
Cathode Ray Television
Merry Christmas! A change of pace for this festive episode in which James brings on his best pal Ash for a wide ranging chat on writing, self-sabotage, and whether my niche is being niche. We also discussed an unbelievably awful sketch someone else w… -
Universal Translator For Fish
We’re back with a bang! Or more accurately a damp squi[d]b, as James reaches into Davey Jones’ Locker for a sketch as fishy as an old sailor’s halibut underpants. Joining James to pick through the sketch’s bones is Paul Creasy (@spanielapplause) and… -
Sexy Crufts
After a massive hiatus, STNQMI is back with a hard hitting expose into bestiality sketches, specifically bestiality sketches written by me, the author of this podcast. Paul Creasy returns as guest as we discuss whether, truly, the main issue with thi… -
Bingo Bingo Bingo
James is all by himself this week, so he presents a trio of parody gambling adverts that never quite made it. At least two of them he stands by, the third... well, hear for yourself. This episode also features of a cover of Jeffrey Lewis’ cheeriest s… -
I’m So So Sorry
Rachel Cader brings in a sketch that never quite made it onto the BBC’s Newsjack. James, Rachel and Rebecca chat topical sketches, how strange it is writing for someone else, satire, Doctors, the use of mobile phones in drama, Anna from This Life, th… -
Your Son Has Been Cancelled
This week, the excellent Paul Creasy picks a sketch out of his own personal sketch bin, dusts off the potato peelings, and presents it to the class (James and Rachel Cader). Along the way, we discuss Twitter versus reality, Graham Linehan and his sui… -
The Posh Wedding
Next Level Sketch writer and performer Nadine Bailey turns up with one of her abandoned idea eggs in the form of a sketch that never quite made it - but she recorded it for us anyway. Will it survive or will it suffer the wrath of James’ second hand … -
The Dandy Hijackers
James wrote a sketch about danger, adventure and high-altitude horse riding. Next Level Sketch co-producers Paul and Muireann join him to discuss if it can be salvaged or if it deserves to be subjected to the gunge tank he bought off a 90s Irish kids…
