"You gotta do the show somewhere" That is what a wise man would have said about Commercial Parodies if we had thought to ask him. Of course, he probably would have dissuaded us from doing the show in the first place, so I'm glad we didn't. We started doing the show in elementary school, and so as we moved up through the ranks of academia, the show had to move with us. Therefore, over the many years that we've been doing C.P., we have had ten different places the show has been performed. We call these "studios", because sadly, some of us actually believe that C.P. is on TV, and calling where we do the show a "studio" helps add to that dementia. The following is a detailed list of all the official C.P. studios. This list will probably grow as the years go on, because we're always getting chased away from somewhere. It's part of that C.P. charm, I think.

Studio One (1991-1992)
Our very first studio, the patch of concrete where C.P. started all those years ago, sits near the playground of Ridgeview Elementary school. It really would have been a great picture, but when we went, cameras in hand, to take it, we found that all the gates around the school were locked. This is what happens when you go to a school on a Saturday, I guess. We will get a picture of this soon enough, but unless we try to pose as fifth graders some Monday morning, it will have to be in the dead of night, dressed all in black. Trespassing isn't a REAL crime, like skateboarding.... CLASSIC STUDIO ONE SKETCHES -  You're In Jeopardy, Geekle and Geebert, Back to the Neuterer, The Price Is Wrong, Wheel Of Misfortune
Studio Two (1992-1993)
	Our second studio, right outside the library of Parkview Middle School, was also behind locked gates when we were out taking these pictures. But we decided to go ahead and scale the fence, because a life of crime has to start somewhere. The year we were at Parkview was actually the very first year that the school was open, marking the first and only time our show has christened a new school. At this point, the show was still pretty much just the two Matt's, although some of the later cast members began making their first guest appearances during this time. CLASSIC STUDIO TWO SKETCHES - The Boopsie Bear Show, Russian Reading Rainbow, Rescue 411, Star Wreck, Splattergory
Studio Three (1993)
	Yucaipa Junior High School would be the home of the most studios in C.P. history. We were like nomads during those two years. Mostly, we just had a rotating group of studios, and we would go to whatever one had the least people near it. When you're doing something like our little comedy show, you don't want people around you, because they become hostile and occasionally violent. At this particular studio, one of the Matt's was forced to shove this heckling moron down the hill. Him tumbling head over heels was probably the funniest moment the show had ever had. Ah, vengeance... CLASSIC STUDIO THREE SKETCHES - Late Afternoon With David Numberman, Moral Kombat, Blarney and Friends
Studio Four (1993-1995)
	It can probably be said that this tree was our "main" studio during the Junior High years. It provided shade, which was nice, and it also had a fence on one side, so there was a pleasant false sense of security. It was the first studio that really had a stage feel to it, and many of the show's best early moments took place here, including our very first Commercial Parodies Awards. It is also noteworthy as the first studio that saw cast members Sean, David and Pat join the show. They kept leaving the show and coming back, which drove Matt nuts, at least he had the tree, which understood him. Also, it was our only studio that changed with the seasons, which was just neat. CLASSIC STUDIO FOUR SKETCHES - Where's Charlie?, Families Feud, Super Bass, Donkey King's Country, The Dyin' King
Studio Five (1993-1995)
	Studio four and studio five were about eight feet apart. The basic rule was, if we went out to the tree at lunch, and there were other people under it, we would just go over to the pull-up bars. Cowardly? You bet we were! ;-) The pull-up bars were nice, though, because it allowed us to pump up while we were doing the funny comedy. This is a lie, of course. We "pumped up" about as often as the comedy was "funny".  CLASSIC STUDIO FIVE SKETCHES -  Crack In The Box, The Mix, Mighty Stupid Power Rangers, Dumb People's Court, Let's Make A More Painful Deal

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