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Quirky questions with Emilia & Maggie of Snickerdoodlin’ Productions

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Photo courtesy of Emilia Barrosse
Medill senior Emilia Barrosse and Communication junior Maggie Fish pose in typically deadpan fashion for their Snickerdoodlin’ Productions photoshoot.

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.

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Quirky questions with Emilia & Maggie of Snickerdoodlin’ Productions