Sketchbook Dump #23

Mama Kelce, street finds, and dog costumes

Oct 13, 2023

This week my dog got stung by a bee, I had one of the most jam-packed craziest comedy-performing weekends of my life, and I seem to be the only one who noticed Mama Kelce straight destroying T-Swift’s reputation on The Today Show????

MEETING TAYLOR SWIFT WAS “JUST OK”!!!!!

I have watched this video roughly 40 times at this point (go to 1:58 in) and every time it truly makes me pee my pants laughing!!!!! And then Donna ROLLS HER EYES. Ohmigod, I’ve never loved a woman’s honesty more! And girl, I’m a fan of Taylor! But we all know she’s probably really fucking annoying!!!!!

I’ve been working so much on my new book lately that my sketchbook isn’t as full as I want it to be. You can’t win, people!

One thing I do want to discuss are the two books I found on the street this week. They are so different yet… in a way, they belong together. First I came upon this little horrifying gem…

Oh a book from 1980 you think? NOPE. A book from 2002!!!! The same year Britney Spears starred in Crossroads and Halle Barry made history by becoming the first black woman to get an Oscar. Somehow, that year a woman named Sherry Argov decided she needed to tell other women to keep their legs crossed because driving to see man to get laid is like putting a “neon sign on the roof of her (sic) car that says WE DELIVER.” I’m sorry wut??? Women can’t love sex? That is not what The Sweetest Thing taught us!

Argov has so many charts in this book about how pathetic “doormats” behave compared to “bitches” — which apparently includes asking the very normal, basic question of “Where’s our relationship going?”

You won’t want to believe me, but this book is still the number 2 book on Dating on Amazon. I’m not lying to you! She even wrote a sequel titled, Why Men Marry Bitches! This is the most backwards, outdated shit I’ve ever seen — walking a strange line somewhere in between archaic relationship models and wildly misplaced feminism — but it remains popular? I worry for any woman reading this crap! Argov writes from a place that she clearly thinks is progressive, but ultimately lands on the voice of an Italian mother from the 50s spouting “Why would he go out for a burger, when he has steak at home?”

Would you believe only days later, I spotted this book in a free box around the corner?

This book contains the full script for the musical The Boyfriend, which for awhile was the third longest running show in The West End and was also eventually Julie Andrews American stage debut! The story is about an heiress who is determined to find a boyfriend, but her dad isn’t impressed by any of her suitors, because he’s afraid they’ll only want her for her money! So she convinces the boy she loves that she is in fact, quite poor. Comedy ensues! The whole thing sounds like a wonderful farce! I can’t believe I’ve never heard of it! My friend Sofia and I found this book while on a stroll with my pup and we agreed we would need to host a performance in my apartment as soon as possible. When I flipped the book over I was completely delighted to read Sandy Wilson’s bio and find out he and I were one and the same!

Sandy!!! His dream is simply to live in a HOUSE?! Hello, soulmate!!!! Who knew I would identify more with (I’m assuming) a gay man from London in the 50s than a female advice columnist from 2002! Ok but actually, I’m not surprised. This is all on brand for me.

I really must get back to making all my Halloween costumes (would you believe I have 3 this year!) but before I go, I need your help! The past several years I have done a Halloween series titled Animals Dressed as Animals. You can find Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 3 in the archives. It’s time to do Volume 4, which means I need your ideas!

What animal do you want to see dressed as another animal? Comment below!

Thank you for reading! New posts every Friday!

p.s. I know Frasier returned last night — more on that soon!

ICYMI: Cartoon Workshop is tonight at ArtsClub!!
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