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Hari Kanth

@harihkanth.com

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Comedy writer — working towards the dream of writing my own sitcom, one joke at a time 🥳 Sketchburn 5 coming soon: https://www.sketchburn.com

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Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Aug 4

When you get a job writing AI summaries… 🤖

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Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · 29d

Thank you for sharing 🥳

Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · 29d

I’ve also updated the website and feeling very proud of it, so you should visit it even if you don’t come to the show (but also please come to the show)
www.sketchburn.com

Sketchburn • a scratch night for sketch comedy films

A ragtag group of comedy writers, directors and performers present wips of their latest sketch creations.

www.sketchburn.com

Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · 29d

London friends! My scratch night for sketch comedy films is back next week on September 17th 🥳
www.etceteratheatrecamden.com/events/sketc...

Poster for Sketchburn 4: a scratch night for sketch comedy films. Staged readings, rough cuts and finished sketches. 7-8pm, Sept 17th, at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden. The poster is a grid of text, headshots and film stills. The background is a very peaceful photo of some woods in the Autumn!

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Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Aug 15

POV: You really want to boast about being a spy 🕵🏾

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Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Aug 15

Featuring David Veniar and Patrick Nevels!

Music: "Vortex" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...

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Sketch comedy and shorts from Hari Kanth and friends 🥳

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Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Aug 15

POV: You really want to boast about being a spy 🕵🏾

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Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Aug 4

Featuring Megan McCarthy and Amir Khoshsokhan! Catch up with previous sketches below 🙌🏾

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Sketch comedy and shorts from Hari Kanth and friends 🥳

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Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Aug 4

When you get a job writing AI summaries… 🤖

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Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Jul 24

Thanks for the kind words, Mike!! 🥳

Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Jul 18

What if Kinder Surprises actually had surprises?? ✨

Feat. Jono Selvadurai, Bruce Tang and Lottie Field! And co-written with @filmboyslim.bsky.social 🙌🏾

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James Stewart @filmboyslim.bsky.social · Jul 17

A sketch I co-wrote with @harihkanth.com, with the perfect name for someone like me who rarely shares actual finished things.

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What if your Kinder Surprises actually had surprises? | Comedy

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Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Jun 29

Me about to join a WhatsApp group with more than ~25 people even though every other similar group I’ve joined has inevitably descended into chaos: I’m feeling good about this one

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.bsky.social · Jun 19

“i hate this bad article so much, i’m going to share it with all my followers” ok but you could share something good instead and let the bad article wither and die, clickless and alone

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Jun 19

David R. Hagen just solved a small mystery that I mentioned 13 years ago in the mouseover text of a comic drhagen.com/blog/the-mis...

The Missing 11th of the Month - David R Hagen

Personal website of David R Hagen, scientific software engineer

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Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Jun 12

In case you were wondering

A screenshot from Google Translate. The English “sodium hydroxypropylsulfonate” is translated as “hydroxypropylsulfonate de sodium” in French

Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Jun 12

I always find it funny how shampoo bottles are like “ingredients / ingrédients” and “water / aqua / eau” but then give up by sodium hydroxypropylsulfonate

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Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Jun 9

London friends! Sketchburn is back on Tuesday, 17th June, with more sketch goodness from this lot 🥳
www.etceteratheatrecamden.com/events/sketc...

Poster for Sketchburn: a scratch night for sketch comedy films. Staged readings, rough cuts and finished sketches. 7-8pm, June 17th, at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden. The poster is a grid of text, headshots and film stills. The background is a very peaceful photo of a forest!

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Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Jun 9

Watching New Girl all the way through for the first time, and this is possibly the most tragic thing that’s ever happened in a sitcom

A still from the original opening titles. Jess (Zooey Deschanel) is in the centre, framed by a large, oval picture frame hanging from the ceiling. Either side of her, Nick (Jake Johnson) and Winston (Lamorne Morris) are holding green cardboard cutouts of the words “New” and “Girl” respectively. Below her, Schmidt (Max Greenfield) is holding a smaller cutout of the word “Jess” in a ribbon-like shape.

A still from the later opening titles. It features generic photos of the cast, collaged together in a haphazard, visually unappealing way. The words “New Girl” — blue with a yellow outline — appear over the top at a 45° angle, in a style reminiscent of word art from the 90s and early 2000s.

Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Jun 7

It’s been a hectic couple of months, but I’ve finally got a free Saturday night to treat myself (reply to all those messages that have been piling up for weeks)

Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Jun 4

Just got a new debit card, which means it’s time to write a signature I barely use on a surface that is hostile to all pens for an authentication method that is basically redundant (but still stress out about it)

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CRIMINAL SIMPSONS @criminalsimpsons.com · Jun 1

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Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Apr 22

Okay, have just watched it after feeling the same way — on the plus side, at least it ended with a fun Ashley Johnson cover of Through the Valley as a treat 😅

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Rob Gilroy @robgilroy.bsky.social · Apr 9

A great essay on a great show!

Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Mar 7

New Substack post! This one is about The Good Place and how it made me rethink what a sitcom could be…

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Redefining sitcoms with The Good Place

Or: holy motherforking shirtballs.

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Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Apr 9

Thank you for sharing! 🥳

Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Apr 3

Running writing totals after March:

– Submissions: 9 (+4 new)
– Rejections: 6 (+2 new)
– Tentative forward progress: 1 (+1 new) 😅

#100rejections🎉

Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Mar 3

Running writing totals after February:

– Submissions: 5 (+1 new)
– Rejections: 4 (+1 new)
– Tentative forward progress: 0

#100rejections🎉

Hari Kanth @harihkanth.com · Feb 1

Running writing totals after January:

– Submissions: 4 (+4 new)
– Rejections: 3 (+3 new) 😅
– Tentative forward progress: 0

#100rejections🎉