All right, Hil, Bill, Leslie Odom Jr., high fives, bring it in. Just wanna say first: great job out there! Solid set. I’ve got some notes, but, overall solid. Out of context, in the video, it’s not quite landing, but we could all hear the response in the room, so let’s keep that in mind.

First, the writing: Obviously, it’s fantastic material, especially considering you only just finished your UCB Sketch 201 classes. Really, A-grade humor. Two powerful white people joking, in a tone-deaf and fairly racist way, about running on “CPT,” which stands for “Colored People Time?” Bulletproof. Couldn’t be a funnier idea, especially with the amazing justification that it’s actually “Cautious Politician Time,” which, I mean, GOLD. Way to subvert our expectations. I do though think it lacks a clear Game. The absolutely hilarious joke about “Colored People Time” just isn’t quite strong enough to make up for that fundamental problem, but that’s what rewrites are for! Hil, how about you and Bill sit down before the next rehearsal to tighten it up and find that Game? This is just a suggestion, but maybe you could each say a couple more racist acronyms that turn out to have completely reasonable and not-racist explanations? Oh, you could have other people come out too and pretend to be offended like Leslie! Could be a good run. Yeah? Great.

OK, secondly, performance: Kinda stiff, sorry to say, guys. Not you, Leslie. You sounded like you genuinely do not like white politicians glibly making jokes about “Colored People Time,” nor agreeing to act in sketches that reference it, and that earnestness came across really well. Bill, your timing was pretty rough. Were you nervous, or—? OK. That’s OK, we’ll get ‘em next show, and I’ll make sure to drill the pacing more in rehearsal so you feel more comfortable implying that you, a powerful white man who is the mayor of New York City, run on “Colored People Time.” We’ll get the hang of it.

Hillary, pretty good, but, felt a bit like you were jealous that Bill got the laugh line of implying that he is running on “CPT” and you had to straight man it with the “Cautious Politician” justification. We all know you prefer to be the life of the party and get those laughs, but for the sake of the sketch, the sketch where you, Hillary Clinton and Bill de Blasio, who had to sign off on performing this and also employ lots of people who apparently told you it was totally fine, joke about being on “Colored People Time,” you gotta play it straight and support, OK? Well, now, don’t beat yourself up, we’ll workshop it, OK? OK.

All right, guys, that’s enough notes for tonight. Let’s focus on the good: the video of the sketch went viral IMMEDIATELY. That’s awesome! With a little rehearsing and rewriting, I know this sketch is gonna kill it at the Maude team auditions. Now who wants to buy me a beer?