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From a joke my brother texted me

Hi everyone.
Apologies for anyone that may have come across this before, but I'm pretty sure it's never been done as a sketch before and it made me larf, so I thought I'd share it. And writing jokes down in the form of a sketch is, like, practice, huh?

INTERIOR HARLEY STREET DOCTORS' CONSULTANCY ROOM.
A MAN AN A DOCTOR ARE SAT EITHER SIDE OF A LARGE OAK DESK

DOCTOR
It's a radical new surgical transplant technique, but I can assure you, it's the only known effective method of increasing the penis size.

MAN
A baby elephant's trunk though? Is it that even ethical?

DOCTOR
(COUGHS) HE'S COMPLETING SOME PAPERWORK. HE DOESN'T LOOK UP.
The fee for the procedure is ten thousand pounds and you should allow around six weeks to fully recuperate.

CU OF MAN seriously considering option.
Hmmm.

FADE OUT.

TITLE: SIX WEEKS LATER

FADE IN
INT - A SWANKY RESTAURANT
THE MAN IS SAT OPPOSITE A WOMAN. THEY ARE ENJOYING A CANDLE-LIT MEAL, LAUGHING AND JOKING.

A WAITER COMES INTO FRAME, PUSHING THE SWEET TROLLEY.

WAITER
Sir, madam - dessert?

MAN
Ah, let's see what we've got here then.

FROM UNDER THE TABLE AN ELEPHANTS TRUNK APPEARS, GRASPS A SMALL CAKE AND DISAPPEARS BACK UNDER THE TABLE.

WOMAN - SLIGHTLY SHOCKED, BUT CURIOUS
Can you do that again?

MAN - SURPRISED, PAINED EXPRESSION
He can, but I don't think my arse could take another bun.

yeah i've seen this one before, and you know what?........(keep you in suspense).... it works better as a sketch. it made me laugh.

Sometimes a writer will accidentally repeat a gag they've heard years ago or copy one by chance but recycling pub gags as sketches, imo is not the track to go down.

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