This thread is dedicated to suggesting and developing bits for a late-night, skateboard-centric sketch comedy television show. I realize this thread could be super-great or turn into a gigantic shitshow. We will see.
THE RULES/GUIDELINES:
#1) Always at least try to be funny. Writers are encouraged to take chances and swing for the fences (so long as they abide by #4 below) and readers are encouraged to employ constructive criticism. Unnecessary bullying won't be tolerated. You will be kooked. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Unless someone is clearly just being a totally insincere idiot troll, then feel free to roast them.
#2) Every proposed sketch has to feature at least one aspect pertaining to skateboarding, be it a public figure from the skate industry, a skateboarding twist on an existing concept or simply characters skateboarding, at a skateboarding spot/contest/shop, etc. There are many ways to achieve this; sky's the limit.
#3) It doesn't matter if your idea is mainstream or irreverent. There's room for it all. Whether your sketch is intended to hit the zeitgeist and please the masses a la SNL, or be slightly abstract, much like "Kids In The Hall," it is welcome and can have a home here. I would stay away from referencing specific Slap users as that seems a little too self-reflexive/self-indulgent, though if you can weave an in-joke here on the MassageBoards into a sketch to reach a wider audience, more power to you (for example, I was going to suggest a satire of the "Terminator" trailer where it is the Jackass Preservation Server that becomes self-aware). I remember a guest on The Howard Stern talking about how one of J.B. Smoove's contributions to the SNL writer room was that Johnny Knoxville was going to host and J.B. Smoove was all, "That guy looks like he drinks piss." So he wrote a sketch about Knoxville as a detective who drinks urine.
#4) Utilize discretion and good taste. Although the show is intended to air late-night on pay television -- so no censorship anticipated -- please use common sense. No outwardly offensive jokes for the sake of edginess will be tolerated, including racist, anti-semitic, anti-islamic, anti-LGBTQ+ jokes (unless, of course, they are clearly intended to poke fun at the character saying them). As a rule of thumb, if the subject of the joke is in a protected class, be wary. If the consensus is you've broken this rule, you will be kooked and otherwise wish you didn't. No room for any Timothy Bellend shit here.
#5) Tackling current events is encouraged. Being able to spin some hot breaking news or wild trend into a groundbreaking comedic yarn is always a sign of a good writer. I'd just suggest that you should be sympathetic towards the plights and real life situations of public figures in the skate industry. For instance, setting a sketch in a courtroom where Stephen Lawyer represents defendants could of course be funny, but setting it in TK's upcoming murder trial would likely be insensitive and disrespectful to Josiah Kassahun and his family. Just be smart.
#6) Your sketches can take any shape or form. They can be a one sentance logline, a few sentances comprising a basic idea/concept, or even a fully-fleshed out sketch complete with dialogue. Two words could encapsulate the seeds for a really good sketch.