A sketch comedy group, etch-a-sketch, is formed in October '97 by various and sundry, most of whom are now dead or in forced-coma experiments.

This etch-a-sketch rises to success, dividing all opposition with its primitive yet powerfully humorous [sic] mix of crack, sex, and goth.

etch-a-sketch receives a disastrous cut when it is forced to surrender its name by the Ohio Art Company, makers of the rectangular - red - thing - with - white - knobs - full - of - magnetic - dust - that - you - shake.

Thrusting into the very womb of creation, the sketch comedians seize the very lightning brand of names and with it scorch the earth.

And so, five years into its existence, forged in satirical fire and tempered in the frigid hell called Williamsburg, we have 7th grade.

Dan Winckler '01

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