From: ddrewc@verizonSPAMBEGONE.net   
      
   On 2007-05-11 9:41 p.m., Joseph Nebus verbated:   
   > 	Every Conan's Lullaby is the same sketch except that one refrain   
   > will use whatever horrible events are in the news that month, and some   
   > of the video will be swapped out.  Every Joe's Bar sketch is the same,   
   > except that whatever event Conan embarrassed himself at the last weekend   
   > will be plugged in with something new.  I'm curious what you, the viewer   
   > at home, regards as the more repetitive sketch.   
      
   My nominee for the ignominious honor of "Most Repetitive Sketch" is Conan's   
   Lullaby because:   
      
   1) Conan has done the lullabies the same way almost since the beginning of   
   the show (I looked it up in the archives of this newsgroup, and the first   
   mention of "lullaby" is from November 1994), whereas Joe's Bar is a   
   relatively recent creation and hence holds some potential for innovation;   
      
   2) the proportion of new content in each lullaby is very low (not unlike   
   the baby's comprehension): the new parts usually take up about 10-15   
   seconds of air time, while the rest is recycled, resulting an   
   old-material-to-new-material ratio of 3:1 or 4:1;   
      
   3) the new parts rarely contain anything truly surprising or comedically   
   ingenious, as they're too short to produce more than a quick laugh; and   
      
   4) I believe the lullaby runs longer than Joe's Bar, so that means a longer   
   amount of time (in absolute terms) spent recycling stuff.   
      
   I thought Joe's Bar was good the first few times, but it hasn't really   
   evolved much (if at all). The NBC Radio Ghost and the Pro Athlete Salesmen   
   sketches are highly predictable, too. I'm not saying that the show should   
   abolish the lullaby or their other "stock" sketches, but I wish they would   
   come up with more new sketches to add to the mix for those of us who like   
   variety.   
      
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