Medill senior Emilia Barrosse and Communication junior Maggie Fish banded together over the summer to start their own comedic video production company, the tastily titled Snickerdoodlin’ Productions. Snickerdoodlin’s sketch “Hoarders — Lost Footage” will premiere at the Chicago Comedy Film Festival on Nov. 4, in the category “Laugh Out Local: Chicago Filmmaker Series.” Before heading to the festival, Barrosse and Fish sat down with The Current to answer some exceedingly pertinent questions.
The Current: So you like sugar cookies?
Maggie Fish: I hate them.
Emilia Barrosse: I think anything with enough frosting will taste good, and I’m including spinach. If you put frosting on spinach, it’s bound to taste good.
Fish: I’ve never tried it.
Barrosse: I mean, neither have I. I’m just assuming.
The Current: What’s your favorite TV comedy?
Fish: I’ve always loved “The Office” and “SpongeBob.”
Barrosse: Probably right now, “South Park.”
The Current: Preferred Norbucks beverage?
Fish: Straight black coffee. Nothing in it. One ice cube.
Barrosse: Caramel Frappuccino with extra whipped cream and extra caramel.
Fish: Yin and yang!
The Current: Any sports you enjoy?
Barrosse: Soccer, oh my god. Favorite sport, hands down.
Fish: Soccer. We played soccer in high school. Not together.
Barrosse: I was a premier ladies’ soccer player, looking at scholarships to go to college, and then I tore my ACL and discovered journalism! And now I wanna do comedy writing.
The Current: If you could have dinner with any three celebrities, who would they be?
Barrosse and Fish: (simultaneously) Trey Parker, Matt Stone …
Fish: I would love to have dinner with Kate Winslet.
Barrosse: Well that’s her.
Fish: Who would you pick?
Barrosse: Barack Obama. He’s the Lincoln of our time.
The Current: What spurred you to create Snickerdoodlin’ Productions?
Barrosse: We knew we were going to be living with each other over the summer, and we’re like, “Let’s film sketches!”
Fish: We had so many ideas; just sitting down, we would have three, four, five ideas at a time. It was easiest just to write it and film it.
Barrosse: We actually had to develop a process for when we came up with sketches – we would always say, “That’s a sketch. That’s a sketch.” And then we’d be like, “Who’s gonna write it?”
Fish: So we’d do an “I-call-it.”
Barrosse: And then normally whoever calls it writes and directs it.
The Current: Jesse Eisenberg or Michael Cera?
Fish: I love Michael Cera.
Barrosse: Michael Cera, “Arrested Development.” He plays that role better than anyone else.
The Current: Any accidents on set?
Barrosse: Our very first sketch is about the real-life story of a tooth fairy. So we filmed that whole sketch, and when I uploaded all the film I realized it uploaded with no sound. I mean, there was no sound …
Fish: Zip.
Barrosse: … At all.
Fish: If you look at it now, it looks fine. There’s a great song in the background.
Barrosse: But if you’re talking about accidents like people dying, then not yet.
Fish: Not yet.
To check out Snickerdoodlin’s shorts, visit its website, http://snickerdoodlinproduc.wix.com/snickerdoodlin.
