British Comedy Guide

WTF?

As the monkey walks down the road with the still smoking gun in his hand and smile grows across his face.

"I hate you Robert Lyndsey!"

He screamed at the top of his voice, before pushing the gun, hard into his temple and pulling the trigger.

Black.

Alice, the thirty year old receptionist, hands a newspaper to Micky Mouse,

"F**k you, you, you bitch. I don't need you, f**k you, f**k off!"

Screams Micky as he throws a coffee in her face.

Black.

The Invisible man stands in the centre of a doctors waiting room. He's not invisible at the moment, except for one hand.

"What's wrong with me, dammit!"

"Calm down."

Says the nurse.

"How the f**k can I do that?!"

He screams.

The nurse smiles and softly says,

"Because, because everything is going to be OK."

The Invisible man settles down and sits and then smiles.

Black.

To be continued...

Seriously, x, what is this? I mean, what actually is it?

WTF?

I think I get, it's random poetry, stream of consciousness, with a good rhythm.

But with no apparent underlying message, it's not going anywhere.

I loved it. But I think it's perfectly self-contained in its three-part glory and any continuation would detract.
Maybe set it out more conventionally?
Could the Invisible Man be drinking from a plastic cup of water with his invisible hand?

Not for me. Too disjointed and despite the idea that there's an underlying theme, it's really just random images. Randomness isn't necessarily funny. The last section works best and is a nice idea but the potential for comedy in that situation seems to have been overlooked.

On a positive note, some nice imagery.

Robert Lyndsey's been asking for it for years. The more so since I saw a documentary about him visiting a sickly child in hospital.

Maybe the last 'Black' could be 'Blue'. Just a thought.

Quote: JohnnyD @ May 10 2008, 10:13 AM BST

Maybe the last 'Black' could be 'Blue'. Just a thought.

Laughing out loud

Random indeed. I like writing my own random stuff just for the hell of it but I wouldn't expect other people to like it.

What's not funny about Micky throwing a coffee in the receptionist's face?
This piece is a breath of fresh air in a forum beset with puns and 'satire'. (See Aaron's recent sideswipe at 'Critique'.)

Other contributors here would not have resisted:

THE NURSE HANDS THE INVISIBLE MAN A GOWN.
NURSE:
The doctor will see you now.

What the hell is wrong with satire, or puns?

Their both funny, this is just sunglasses wearing reflective, trendiness.

Bet you make your sandwiches with bath sponges instead of bread. Because you're just so darned tired of dreary old conformist bread. And maybe you're trendy little espresso's with bisto? Cos coffees so 1997?

Stream of consciousness, bathos, and surrealism, are great. Milligan, Python, Vic Reeves, Edward Lear. Good for them.

But with even the most opaque of them, is structure and direction.

And lay off the puns. Puns, beer, and ultimo bras prove God truly loves us.

Oh and Surallan having a strop Gawd bless hi,

I neither liked it nor disliked it. Thought it was nicely written but that was about it. I don't think it would work on screen but that’s my opinion.

As for Aarons "side swipe" at critique, I sure his tongue was most definitely in his cheek. Plus I think the critique section is why most people visit this site. It is for me anyway.

Could some one direct me to Aaron's side swipe, sounds fun.

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