The Sketchy Show

Sketchy, the improv sketch comedy robot

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Improv sketch comedy brought to you by Sketchy, the sketch comedy robot.

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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Sketchy's improvised worlds turn heroic missions, ruined civilizations and ordinary workplaces into escalating arguments over absurd practical details.

The Sketchy Show lets a robot host press the button on a fresh comic reality, then watches the premise wobble toward disaster. Sketchy provides the framing, while the Improv Comedy moves through workplace humiliation, fantasy quests, superhero retirement and a post-apocalyptic…

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A T-shirt shop becomes a spy emergency; your straight face is on borrowed time.

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  • a robot host who panics about being alive before sending you into another sketch
  • a post-apocalyptic advice call where a child warlord becomes a paperwork problem
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Episode 45: Basil Gin Goes on Holiday

A brisk sketch run where fake authority keeps tripping over louder, stranger nonsense.

The Sketchy Show treats a fake workday like a slow-motion collapse, opening on the Tomorrow Works, Inc. interview before drifting into Basil Jinn's spy business on the boardwalk.

Episode 44: Bront Charger and the Trident of Atlantis

A fall-tinged improv run where fake comfort, bad schemes, and Bront Charger chaos keep collapsing into the next joke.

This episode starts in fall mood and keeps moving, first through fake radio warmth, then into firelit banter, fantasy war-room silliness, and finally Bront Charger chaos. The fun is in how fast each grand plan breaks and turns into a better bad idea.

Episode 43: Eating Chicken Fingies with Caleb

A spring bazaar sketch that moves from workplace chaos into knightly nonsense.

The episode opens on spring, a flea market, and an Uptown Bazaar manager who seems to land the role on vibes alone. Jeremy's first day quickly turns into workplace absurdity, yet the sketch keeps enough procedural shape around the chaos to make the jokes stick.

Episode 40: A Post Apocalyptic Radio Advice Show

A late-night call-in bit that keeps tipping into bigger trouble without losing its nerve.

The Sketchy Show opens with Sketchy unveiling a comedy algorithm before Pap Dresh takes over and gives the episode its late-night call-in shape.

Episode 42: Two Old Superhero Friends Get an Unexpected Visitor

A deadpan reset turns into hockey, villainy, and a relentless mess of fake authority.

The Sketchy Show opens with a deadpan reset, then drifts from hockey talk into Floyd Katzberg, better known as Professor Catastrophe. The episode keeps leaning on petty cruelty, fake authority, and the kind of absurd procedure that makes an Esquire title, a Ph.D., and a villain…

Episode 46: Dick Albequerque Hunts a Werewolf

A Halloween news-parody that stays funny by never settling on one shape.

This Halloween news-parody in March keeps circling back to Scarisburg, where vampires, the full moon, and the town's monster business are treated like civic affairs.

Episode 41: A Lazy Halloween Clip Show

Sketchy turns Halloween into a best-of, then lets Uncle Skeleton and a mummy derail the proceedings.

Sketchy turns Halloween into a best-of that wears its scrappy panic openly, and the framing joke makes the rush feel deliberate rather than accidental.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    Episode 42: Two Old Superhero Friends Get an Unexpected Visitor

    The Sketchy Show returns after a year off with a self-mocking reset and no effort to pretend the gap was part of the plan.

    ·48m·1 clip
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    Episode 44: Bront Charger and the Trident of Atlantis

    ·44m
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    Episode 41: A Lazy Halloween Clip Show

    Hidden gem

    The Sketchy Show episode "Episode 41: A Lazy Halloween Clip Show" opens by saying there are no new spook sketches, so Sketchy packages up "a sort of Halloween best of" for spooky season.

    ·42m·2 clips
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    Episode 43: Eating Chicken Fingies with Caleb

    Spring is here, and Sketchy starts by refusing to turn the heat back on.

    ·48m·30 clips
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    Episode 40: A Post Apocalyptic Radio Advice Show

    Sketchy returns with a fresh experimental comedy algorithm and promptly loses the room.

    ·46m·3 clips
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    Episode 46: Dick Albequerque Hunts a Werewolf

    Sketchy opens by fussing over how people used to pronounce robot.

    ·31m·5 clips
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    Episode 45: Basil Gin Goes on Holiday

    Hidden gem

    Sketchy opens Episode 45 of The Sketchy Show by questioning whether a robot can be alive, then snaps into a job interview at Tomorrow Works, Inc.

    ·51m·3 clips
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    Episode 40: A Post Apocalyptic Radio Advice Show

    Apr 13, 2023
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    Episode 39: A Very Guntown Christmas

    Sketchy introduces Christmas sketches and says he has "pretty much all Christian" material, including a neighbor argument over decorating before Thanksgiving.

    Dec 22, 2022·45m·2 clips
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    Episode 38: Camp Mutilation Counselor Training and Other Horrific Stories

    Nov 11, 2022·56m
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    Episode 37: Everyone’s Welcome at Salvatore’s Bar

    Jul 29, 2022·37m
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    Episode 36: An Urgent Message from Baron Draconius Volcano

    Apr 8, 2022·44m
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    Episode 35: Captain Space VS The Beasts of Rondalar

    Mar 10, 2022·42m
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    Episode 34: The Bureau of the Supernatural Hold Its Weekly Meeting

    Jan 14, 2022·34m
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    Episode 33: Three Souls Trapped on an Elevator and Other Spooky Tales

    Oct 7, 2021·40m
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    Episode 32: Count Barracuda Wants to Sell His Weird House

    Sep 16, 2021·37m
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    Episode 31: Forthwith Posthaste Tries to Record an Audio Book

    Jul 27, 2021·54m
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    Episode 30: Baron Draconius Volcano Interviews New Henchmen

    Jun 24, 2021·35m
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    Episode 29: Dick Albequerque and the Revenge of the Unseen

    Apr 30, 2021·34m
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    Episode 28: Bront Charger and the Crystal of Longetivity

    Jan 29, 2021·44m
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    Episode 27: The Trial of Uncle Skeleton

    Nov 27, 2020·44m
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    Episode 26: What to do About William Randolph Blurst

    Sep 24, 2020·26m
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    Episode 25: Captain Space Visits a Cantina

    Aug 6, 2020·38m
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    Episode 24: Luke Skywalker is Invited to the Company Picnic

    Jul 23, 2020·25m
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    Episode 23: Dick Albequerque Meets Basil Gin

    Jun 25, 2020·40m
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    Episode 22: Chester Chickens visits a Whorehouse

    May 28, 2020·20m
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    Episode 21: Sketchy Goes to the Movies

    May 1, 2020·29m
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    Episode 20: 2 Casual Murderers Bury a Body

    Mar 26, 2020·26m
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    Episode 19: Dick Albequerque Infiltrates a Racing School

    Mar 6, 2020·27m
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    Episode 18: Captain Space Fights a Grabthock

    Feb 6, 2020·35m
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    Episode 17: Basil Gin Hides 15 Bodies

    Jan 9, 2020·28m
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    Episode 16: The Star Wars Holiday Special (Not That One, Though)

    Dec 24, 2019·1h 2m
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    Episode 15: The Banana Family Christmas

    Dec 23, 2019·29m
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    Episode 14: Experimental Theater is Weird and Sexy

    Dec 13, 2019·29m
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    Episode 13: Thomas Kinkade Buys Some Groceries

    Nov 14, 2019·26m
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    Episode 12: Trick or Treat!

    Oct 22, 2019·21m
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    Episode 11: Emperor Palpatine Fires Someone

    Oct 8, 2019·35m
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    Episode 10: John Fogerty is a Bayou Werewolf

    Sep 3, 2019·21m
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    Episode 9: Dick Albequerque is Tied Up in a Warehouse

    Aug 15, 2019·32m
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    Episode 8: Indiana Jones Hates Cats

    Jul 19, 2019·23m
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    Episode 7: Kaitlyn’s Funeral

    Jun 14, 2019·30m
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    Episode 6: Ned and Wanda Host on the Radio

    May 23, 2019
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    Episode 5: Jersey Mike’s Open Mic

    Apr 25, 2019
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    Episode 4: A Monster Family Argument

    Apr 9, 2019
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    Episode 3: Emperor Palpatine Hates Mondays

    Mar 21, 2019
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    Episode 2: Blind Date with a Jewel Thief

    Mar 7, 2019
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    Episode 1: Uncle Skeleton’s Spooky Funhouse Ride

    Feb 8, 2019·27m