The Culture Report: Selected Sketches
Editor's Note
This is what college radio comedy was like more than 40 years ago. Consider it not so much comedy as “humour archaeology.”
“The Culture Report” was a charming, unfunded, ungraded, independent student comedy effort that arose organically at Louisiana State University in the early 1980s, airing weekly. We met on Tuesday nights to plan and recorded on Wednesday nights.
Side A
- “Sexy Theresa” intro2:56
- That’s Ridiculous2:11
- Faulty Genetics2:05
- Bedtime in Czechoslovakia3:59
- Body Measurements1:56
- The Education of Mick Poop5:30
Side B
- Spiked Heels2:38
- William F. Buckley0:56
- Boffo Noises2:06
- Kids with “Physic-al” Problems3:54
- Hypoglycemic Love2:27
- Those Good Old Culture Report Skits2:20
These samplings offer some of the sketches I wrote (and one, “Spiked Heels,” written by Michael Dean Chambers). [I’d post more of the other writers’ work, but God only knows where they are without me]. Because they don’t reflect the natural mixture of different comedic voices, these sketches don’t capture the feel of the show but may offer a glimpse of good ol’ Culture Report whimsy.
The show evolved from an original, one-man show by Paul Honsinger, a then-WPRG student DJ, into a full-fledged weekly sketch comedy half-hour (or so). Writers and performers of the Culture Report radio comedy show during my stint included: Steve Carleton, Michael Dean Chambers, Kim Powell, Jeff DeMouy, Nicole Guerrin, John Moranski, Ed Moseley, Burk Murray, Theresa Regan, Moocat le Meaux, and John Wohlbruck, with occasional guest voices (Joy Sonnier and many others), with sound-production by Mike Quinn. Unlisted above and predating me on CR were, among others, John Saleeby, John Runnels, John Reynolds (maybe?), Greg Ellis, Erin Moriarty(?), and occasional musical guests, The Herpes (Ellis, Chambers, and Kevin “Skip” Carney). Probably others too.
