British Comedy Guide

James Super Star

This is a stab at all those talent shows that goes for the sob story

A severely disable person, completely vegetablised gets wheeled onto the stage in front of three judges.

Before his carer leaves she says:
This is James, his folks are dead and he is a potato, thank you……..oh and he has always wanted to sing

The three judges look at him as he sits silently still on the stage for a long time before letting out a little squeak at the end. The judges jumps up and applauses

Judge:
Its three yes’s, your through to the TV final

CUT TO:

It the big studio TV final. The VT comes on. It shows James sitting in his chair, exactly the same in various places, next to his parents tombstone, in hospital, lying on the floor next to his turned over wheel chair. His carer appears again

Carer:
His folks are dead and he is a potato, thank you……..oh and he has always wanted to sing

The three judges look at him as he sits silently still on the stage again for a long time before letting out a little squeak at the end. The judges and all the audience jump up and explode into noise and applauses

Cut to:

Presenter:
The winner of Super Stars is…………………….

James and a beautiful girl wait for the result

JAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cut to:

Various big budget pop videos and slides of magazine covers, with James in the same clothes, expression.

Made me laugh :D

I think this would really make me laugh as a visual gag, I liked it loads

Nice works, though similar stuff been done before.

Especially in film American Dreams (which is crap)

would love to do one with a dead contestant (except My Name is Earl already did that one as well).

I was going to do one like this a few days ago, just didn't get chance to note it down.

Good work.

Describing a severely disabled person as 'vegetabilised' and a 'potato' is possibly is not going to play well.

You can use the disabled as a vehicle for attacking other targets, but it is ground to tread with care.

Timbo may have a point.

But there's an easy get out of jail free card, make the guy in the wheel chair a faker.

Yeah, maybe after he is announced the winner he jumps ups and goes YEAH and runs around the stage

OR there is a News of the World scandle when its proved he is disabled

The Big Lebowsky did that really well with the final scene.

Big Lebowsky what a film.

Do you reckon it could be added to the show we're putting together?

Yes, but I'd give it a supernasty twist

He comes on with his mums ashes in an urn, and sprays them like champagne over the judges?

So I'm in the show huzzah, fancy me sending you some skits by PM?

Sure go ahead, we're starting to work on the show now

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