New Sketch: History’s First Mascot

This came from a sketch class from Bad Medicine, and I have to credit some of my classmates and instructors for helping me develop this.

History’s First Mascot:

Setting: A Battlefield in the Revolutionary War. There is substantial distance from the back lines and the front lines, and this conversation is happening in the back line.

Characters: The Mascot, General Westinghouse, Colonel Har[sichord, Squire Boy, Revolutionary War Extras

Scene 1: The back lines in the forest

Westinghouse: Colonel Harpsichord, what say you?

Harpsichord: General Westinghouse, good news from the front lines.

Westinghouse: Are we finally pushing back the British? I would think after Bunker Hill, we’d be on the offensive against the Red Coasts on the New England front.

Harpsichord: Oh no, we’re losing, but one of our minuteman just came up with a sporting idea that is really going to improve morale.

Westinghouse: Well, initiative from the bottom has always been something I value. Tell me this soldier’s name so I can offer him an additional stipend if his idea works.

Harpsichord: Oh, we can’t do that. He insists on something called “method acting” and his face is covered. He only wishes to be identified as the mascot.

Westinghouse: My good man, I’m not sure what this method acting or mascot is that you speak of, but as…