British Comedy Guide

Band Sketch

I've had a couple of ideas today about doing a band sketch. Here's my first attempt.

Int. Rehearsal Rooms

A band are on stage. A man in a suit walks in.

Man: I've heard a lot about you guys.

Singer: (SMILES) We try.

Man: Lets hear this 'killer' song.

The band plays, but there's no sound.

Man: Stop!

Singer: What?

Man: I can't hear anything.

Singer: Oh wait! (LAUGHS) The amps!

The singer goes and checks the amps.

Singer: Oh...

Man: What?

Singer: They're on.

Man: Just start again.

Singer: Okay.

The singer goes back to his mic. The band start playing, but there's no sound.

Man: NO!

Singer: You want more bass?

Man: I want sound!

Singer: It is sound!

Man: I want you to make SOME noise!

Singer: It's a ballad.

Man: I'm going!

Singer: You're not impressed?

Man: No!

The singer looks at the guitarist.

Singer: Show him.

The guitarist gets down on his knees and plays a silent guitar solo. The Man rolls his eyes and departs.

Singer: (SIGHS) Time to go back to the day job, lads.

CUT TO: Ext. Street.

The musicians are dressed as mime artists. They scream out what they're miming.

ENDS

Like it very much

Hmm... seemed a little confused to me... in that, the parallel would work better (make more sense?) if the band had no instruments, and then did a not-really-a-mime at the end with real objects. (Little Britain have done this, by the way - but perhaps others have too.)

And would it really work if they screamed out what they're miming?

Hmm... it seems like an idea with unresolved problems to me. Amusing confusion in it though.

I had not heard this joke before and thus thought it was very funny.

Junk Males have done something with mimes so I'd be careful or they will send an assassin to kill you... I've said too much.

Anyway, I think it was good, for this one though WL, you may want to write some of the camera positioning down, might help us imagine is better.

Nice very clever, could they also climb a mountain with out ropes?

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