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Introducing DB COMEDY PRESENTS THE ELECTABLES! A Comedy/History Podcast for people who can't afford Hamilton.

We start at the start - comedy sketches of a President of a country making it up as it goes along, figuring out its humor and its location along the way, and discussions about how we now see that first President and the country he helped birth.

Featuring DB Comedy, a political sketch comedy company based in Chicago, and historians Chelsea Denault and Laura Ashley Pearce.

The George Washington sketches were Written and Produced by:

Gina Buccola
Sandy Bykowski
Joseph Fedorko
Sylvia Mann
Paul Moulton
And Patrick J. Reilly

The George Washington sketches were Performed by:

Sandy Bykowski
Brad Davidson
Joseph Fedorko
Ramona Kywe
Sylvia Mann
Paul Moulton
Patrick J. Reilly
Tommy Spears
And Louise Thomas

Audio production by Joseph Fedorko
Sound effects procured at Freesound.org
DB Comedy Logo Designed by Adam L. Harlett
ELECTABLES logo and Presidential Caricatures by Dan Polito
THE ELECTABLES concept was created by Patrick J. Reilly.
 

COLD OPEN – Written by Paul

            Dr. Nair – Tommy
            Sally - Ramona

WASHINGTON – THE IMPROV COUNTRY – Written by Sandy

            Washington – Joe
            King George – Louise
            Jefferson – Patrick
            Madison – PaulAdams – Brad
            Abigail – Sandy
            Crowd and Cast – Sylvia, Ramona

TERRIBLE TARRIFS – Written by Paul

            Washington – Joe
            Hamilton - Patrick

I CANNOT TELL A JOKE – Written by Paul

            Washington – Joe
            Hamilton – Patrick

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA SWAMPS? – Written by Paul

            George – Joe
            Martha – Sandy

Contributions to DB Comedy are graciously accepted by going to the DB COMEDY donation page at https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/db-comedy, who is the nonprofit fiscal sponsor of DB COMEDY. Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.

For more information on DB Comedy and THE ELECTABLES, visit DB Comedy’s web site, dbcomedy.com, and follow us on Facebook (at DB Comedy) and Twitter (@dbcomedychicago).