The Sodajerks were formed in January of 1991 when NBC called Chris Conroy at Connecticut Public Access Station WIN TV to ask if he had any programming suitable for their new show Sunday's Best. The show aired on Sundays but contain very little that anyone would term "the best".

"Yes I do " lied Mr. Conroy and quickly phoned his friend and past video sketch comedy partner Daniel DeFabio to put together a spoof of the Dating Game.

Conroy had met a local sketch comedy team known as Harner and Zambrello. It took him scant days to realize two guys does not a sketch comedy troupe make and after several more days of racking his brain he struck upon an idea: combine two comedy duos into one troupe twice that size.

But who? Where would he find another duo?

After his 14th pot of coffee that cold January morn he remembered Ron Harner and Ed Zambrello. When Ron and Ed learned the pay would be zero and the hours kind of short they jumped at the chance.

DeFabio took one look at the assembled wiseguys and immediately scoffed "You all are a bunch of Sodajerks." Or something like that. The point is the media has reported that Woody Allen dubbed the troupe "The Sodajerks" and that is just not true I did..I mean Daniel did.

From left Stephen French, Chris Conroy, Ed Zambrello, Daniel DeFabio, James Darling, Ron Harner, director Tim Lynch, Jeff Harner.

Soon after the hillarious debut of "The Blind Dating Game" (which never aired on NBC) Stephen French, Jeff Harner and James Darling were added to the supporting cast. Tim Lynch was the director and Darling contributed the theme song and other music for the show.

The sketches were written by Conroy, DeFabio, Ron Harner and Zambrello. One year later the Sodajerks decided one Ed was just not enough and Ed Scharf was brought in to get coffee and doughnuts and occassionally act. It would not be until 10 years later that Mr. Scharf would write a Sodajerks sketch. He was a very talented but slow writer.