Anyone who has been a weekend guest at a friend’s rustic cottage will relate. They even stretch out the words with a nasal “ going to the caaaaattaaaaage” the same way Seinfeld and Elaine said, “ We have to go see the baaaaby”. By the time the hostess delivers the extensive list of rules and procedures for a weekend at the caaaaatage, including “ If it’s yellow, let it mellow”, the entire ordeal hardly seems worth it so they decide to go to a motel instead. They do a hilarious sketch about going to a friend’s cottage for a girls’ weekend. It’s so on target it is possible that some men or younger women wouldn’t even get many of the references, but give it a try anyway. The humour delivered by these four women is brilliant, scathing and laser-sharp. They slip into the role of male characters with as much skill and finesse as Tracey Ullman. You really are old!” and he lets them in. “ You have a friend called Linda?” says the bouncer with a note of incredulity in his voice. Finally, they accept their fate and announce they won’t be able to get in to celebrate Linda’s birthday so they turn around to leave. “ Her sweater is Liz Claiborne!” says another. at a drive-in movie” one of them pleads in an effort to confirm her considerable age. “ I lost my virginity during an original showing of Dirty Dancing. Meanwhile, he lets pubescent girls in skimpy skirts and belly-baring crop tops bounce in with just a smile. None of them can produce the necessary right-of-passage so they’re denied entry. The tough-looking bouncer on the door won’t let them in without I.D. One of my favourite sketches showed the four women lined up at the back door of a trendy night club all primed for a wild girls-night-out-well, as wild as we over-forty’s can get. I’ve been a devoted fan since Season 1, Episode 1. I cannot recommend their show highly enough. Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Meredith MacNeill and Carolyn Taylor are brilliant in their Baroness von Sketch Show. If you haven’t been following this hilarious half-hour sketch comedy show by four brilliant Canadian women, then, where have you been? Living in a cave? Get with it! Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen and Carolyn Taylor take Kids in the Hall humour to the next level and target women, particularly those over forty. The bad news is this is their fifth and final season. The good news is that the new season of Baroness von Sketch Show starts this week on Tuesday, October 6th on CBC.
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