Aeroplane Sketch

Just a quick idea to kill the boredom here in college. Let me know what you think. Thanks.

TWO MEN ARE TALKING ON A PLANE.

Man 1
Hello, how you doing?

Man 2
Hi, yeah I'm OK, how are you? Feeling nervous? Planes always do that to me, the feeling of them little butterfly's in your stomach. (LAUGHS)

Man 1
I'm ok, I fly a lot though, you going anywhere nice?

Man 2
Yeah, Athens, can't wait to get there. Where you going?

Man 1
Well, I'm going to Athens as well, but only for a few hours and then I have to come back.

Man 2
Why? That's not much of an holiday.

Man 1
Oh, no. I'm not going on holiday, I'm the pilot.

Man 2
What? Who's flying the plane?

Man 1
Don't worry, it's all on automatic. No need to worry.

Man 2
No need to worry? But we're taking off. (CAMERA SHOWS THE PLANE GOING AT GREAT SPEED DOWN THE RUNWAY)

Man
(LOOKS AT COCKPIT AND THEN AT MAN) Shit! Not again! (RUNS TO THE COCKPIT)

Very good skit, but would in my view work as a much shorter one.

The old "Well, if you're not flying, who is?!" gag is a bit of a cliche. I don't think it's an original enough idea as it stands. Maybe there's a twist you could put on it.

I liked this. Though agree that a twist could be added. Are you open to suggestions? If not I'll shut up.

Maybe it just needs a concerned expression and mystified gesture to the cockpit. THEN the realisation by the pilot

How about he runs off down the aisle with no trousers on? I think it needs something really random.

Also I would take out the bit where they discuss where they are going. They should both be going to the same place surely? Seeing as they are on the same plane and all. Or and I just being a bit daft?

When asked who is flying the plane, the pilot unveils a suicide bombers vest and says something like 'its my mate, Osama'. Bit stereotypical I know but just a thought.

Quote: Paul Carroll @ April 18 2008, 11:28 AM BST

Man 1
Oh, no. I'm not going on holiday, I'm the pilot.

Man 2
What? Who's flying the plane?

Man 1
Don't worry, it's all on automatic. No need to worry.

Man 2
No need to worry? But we're taking off. (CAMERA SHOWS THE PLANE GOING AT GREAT SPEED DOWN THE RUNWAY)

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Plus

Man 1
(LOOKS AT COCKPIT AND THEN AT MAN) Oh Shit!

Man 1 leaps from his seat and runs down the aisle to towards the rear of the plane with his hands in the air. He's wearing nothing below the waist (liked that idea).

Man 1
We're gonna crash! We're gonna crash!

I like this Paul, but how about.

Who's flying the plane?

The co pilot. Osama

I thought it was brill

I've had a go at cutting it but it still needs another joke or two.

MAN SPEAKS TO MAN NEXT TO HIM.

Man 2
Feeling nervous? Planes always do that to me, the feeling of them little butterflies in your stomach. (LAUGHS)

Man 1
I fly a lot. You going anywhere nice?

Man 2
Athens.

Man 1:
Me too.

Man 2:
Can't wait to get there.

Man 1
I'm only there for a few hours.

Man 2
That's not much of a holiday.

Man 1
I'm not going on holiday, I'm the pilot.

Man 2
What? Well who's flying the plane?

Man 1
No-one. It's on automatic.

Man 2
But we're taking off! (CAMERA SHOWS THE PLANE GOING AT GREAT SPEED DOWN THE RUNWAY)

Man
(LOOKS AT COCKPIT AND THEN AT MAN) Shit! Not again! (RUNS TO THE COCKPIT)

Hope you don't mind another suggestion?

Man 2 Athens
Man 1 Right

At the end Man 1 turns around
Athens, was it?

I liked the idea of the sketch, too.

Quote: garyd @ April 18 2008, 6:16 PM BST

Plus

Man 1
(LOOKS AT COCKPIT AND THEN AT MAN) Oh Shit!

Man 1 leaps from his seat and runs down the aisle to towards the rear of the plane with his hands in the air. He's wearing nothing below the waist (liked that idea).

Man 1
We're gonna crash! We're gonna crash!

View original

I like it, theres so much you can do with this scene. I think its quite a good idea. Perhaps you could have a hostess with a food trolley walking up the aisle with the pilot holding his arm up to her going 'Pick me, pick me!' like a little kid who wants to answer a question at school. Though I'm not sure where it would fit in the sketch.