Deciphering ancient sketch comedy manuscripts

As an amateur sketch comedy writer and performer, I’m fascinated whenever the pros reveal a behind-the-scenes look at their work. Of course, Saturday Night Live lore is pretty easy to ﬁnd . But what’s intrigued me the most recently are original sketch scripts. Not transcripts of the ﬁnal sketch, but the writer’s raw material that actors and producers work from. Even SNL…