Check Out These Local Writers' New News Satire Show

Beth Spotswood (Eye On Blogs editor) and Melissa Griffin (local politics columnist at SF Examiner) dipped their toes in the sketch comedy pool recently with a delightful new online show, Necessary Conversation. Think SNL's "Weekend Update," but set in the '70s and tinged with local topics (e.g., Mayor Gavin Newsom, Clipper cards, Lt. Gov. Abel Maldona, dog stabbing). Check it out.