Rejected Sketch I Love:Β βGalaxy Bowlingβ
A mother and her two adult children sit around a table.
MOTHER
Well, kids, today is 15 years since your father went up into the Catskill mountains and disappeared. Do either of you have anything to say, you know, to remember him?
DAUGHTER
He always gave the best hugs.
SON
And he threw a killer curve ball.
MOTHER
And he made love like a maniac.
DAUGHTER
(Sympathetically)
We know, Mom. You must miss him.
DAUGHTER (CONTβD)
Woah! Whatβs that?!
SON
Oh god, the light is blinding me!
MOTHER
WHAT IS HAPPENING?!
DAD
Yeah. Wow, you guys look huge β you go through puberty in the last 8 hours?
DAUGHTER
Eight hours? Dad itβs been fifteen years! Where have you been!?
DAD
Oh yeah, I got straight-up abducted by aliens.
MOTHER
Oh my god. What did they do to you? Where did they take you??
DAD
Yeah, they beamed me up into their UFO and took me galaxy bowling.
DAUGHTER
... like in the cosmos?
DAD
No, like in Chester at the bowling alley right next to Destinta Cinemas. We bought a few rounds of beer, a couple baskets of hot wings, and I scored like five strikes in a row. They were pretty chill actually! Then I was so hammered they said I shouldnβt drive home so they were gonna drop me off. Now here I am. AND YOU ARE ALL SO OLD.
SON
So are you! Youβve got a big long beard and your hair is totally gray.
DAD
Okay now youβre just fucking with me β woah, where did this beard come from?
DAUGHTER
So they didnβt do experiments on you?
DAD
Nah, we were just bowling. Iβll take you next time.
DAUGHTER
I canβt believe you go missing for fifteen years and the whole time you were in fucking Chester, New York?
DAD
Yeah, it was super fun!
SON
You missed my graduation!
DAUGHTER
You missed my prom!
MOTHER
And you missed my sexual peak! Doesnβt any of this mean anything to you?
DAD
I mean, I donβt know! Kids... honey... I went hiking that day to get away from the grind of responsibility. You know, maybe I wasnβt ready to be a Dad. Then I got abducted by the raddest aliens. I had no idea I was going to miss so much.
DAUGHTER
Would you say you have a renewed sense of appreciation for your family?
DAD
Yeah, probably. What can I do to show how sorry I am for missing so many milestones while I was bowling somewhere in upstate New York?
MOTHER
I donβt know that thereβs anything you can do.
DAD
What if I told you I brought you the bowling alleyβs famous $3 hot wings?
ANNOUNCER
The Bowling Alley in Chester New York, off of exit 16. Out of this world hot wings for $3.