A fun perk of broadcasting school was getting to write and say things on mock radio shows that I wouldn't say on the air. I once began a mock newscast, for instance, with "This newscast is brought to you by The Existential Circus, featuring Jean-Paul, the existential clown." Then, pretending to be Jean-Paul, I said in a monotone, "Hi, kids. We are all mere specks of dust in an indifferent universe."
Looking back, it would have worked even better as a mock TV commercial.
