British Comedy Guide

How it works? SootyJ

SCENE 1

A DANK, DICKENSIAN BASEMENT POORLY LIT BY CANDLES. A COLLECTION OF WRETCHES ARE CHAINED TO DESKS TYPING.

A SMALL IDIOT BOY, PUSHES A TROLLEY AROUND COLLECTING THEIR WRITINGS. HE STACKS THEM IN A HUGE PILE OF SHEETS 12 FOOT HIGH IN THE CENTER OF THIS SORRY SCENE.

ONE QUITE ABLE LOOKING GUY(SOOTY Z), IS TALKING TO A BROKEN MAN (SOOTY C)

SOOTY Z

Geezer, this is a bit embarassing but where am I? And how did I get here?

SOOTY A

You're in the home for forgotten, and failed comic writers. I'm Sooty A, welcome Sooty Z.

SOOTY Z

What you talking about mate, I'm...

SOOTY A

You're Sooty Z, unless you want to spend a week in the cellar with out food. Like Sooty B over there.

A BROKEN FIGURE TYPES, TEARS STREAMING FROM HIS EYES, HE IS CLEARLY NEARLY DEAD.

SOOTY A

We all produce different comedic material for our, harsh master. Sooty B does political puns.

Sooty B (in a broken voice)

You're not Robert Mugabe, you're Julia Robert Moo-Malcolm Garvey, oh God take me now.

SOOTY A

Sooty C does sitcoms about serial killers and paedophiles. Sooty i does thuddingly obvious political skits.

SOOTY I

Oh for the love of God, please some one give me another way to say George W Bush is stupid, and probably gay.

SOOTY Z

So what does Sooty J do?

SOOTY A

Never mention his name, he is out master. You are Sooty Z, you do Maddy McCanne jokes, like the old Sooty Z did. Till the Portugese Police took him away.

SOOTY Z

How long for?

SOOTY A

Till you die. If you're lucky it won't be long. Me I think it's been 10 years, 10 long years making jokes about bestiality.

A DOOR OPENS AND SOOTY J ENTERS HE IS AN OLD SCHOOL DICKENSIAN VILLAIN. HE HAS A TOP HAT, AND A MOUSTACHE.

HE INSPECTS THE PILE.

SOOTY J

Pah you sluggards, there's barely 23,000 lame gags here, it's half rations and the whip for all of you. That's the worst mornings work ever.

SCENE 2

AN OFFICE WE CAN SEE "SCRIPT EDITOR" ON A SIGN ABOVE THE DOOR.

THE SCRIPT EDITOR IS LOOKING AT HIS COMPUTER.

SCRIPT EDITOR

Julia Robert M0o-Garvey. The part film star, part cow, founder of Black conciousness, and head of ZImbabwe. That's shit even for SootyJ, select all, delete all.

I am reminded of a colleague, of whom our boss commented that, he did four times as much work as anyone else, but only did it half as well...

Not that he wasn't capable of good work when he put his mind to it.

Run out of your medication, Sooty?

I really liked this! Nice self-aware bit of fun.

Quote: Timbo @ July 11 2008, 8:36 PM BST

I am reminded of a colleague, of whom our boss commented that, he did four times as much work as anyone else, but only did it half as well...

Not that he wasn't capable of good work when he put his mind to it.

I'd probably aim to produce 12 times as much and maintain the 50% quality. Any way there was work in this skit, if nothing else.

Quote: Winterlight @ July 11 2008, 10:13 PM BST

Run out of your medication, Sooty?

This is my medication.

Quote: Badge @ July 11 2008, 10:23 PM BST

I really liked this! Nice self-aware bit of fun.

Too quote Stewie Griffin,

Hey I am who I am.

Stomps out of high school in the nudie.

I agree with Badge. Was a nice bit of fun :)

Quote: sootyj @ July 11 2008, 10:44 PM BST

I'd probably aim to produce 12 times as much and maintain the 50% quality. Any way there was work in this skit, if nothing else.

See, I refrain from working in the first place as the result will be shit anyway. Lucky you, being able to actually produce something.

I really liked the sketch. Reinforces my view of that nasty world of work and employment, though.

Thanks, bit of an oddity.

I suppose it was an attempt at satirising myself.

Any way must go Sooty M has escaped. He's in charge of making jokes about neurotic stars with cocaine problems.

I like this one. Doubt you'd sell it anywhere, but like that I get the joke.

Missed the obvious 'sooty m' character, who types furiously at random on a keyboard with no 'Shift' key...

;)

Dan

Quote: sootyj @ July 12 2008, 2:36 AM BST

Thanks, bit of an oddity.

I suppose it was an attempt at satirising myself.

And very amusingly so.

Any way must go Sooty M has escaped. He's in charge of making jokes about neurotic stars with cocaine problems.

I have him and he is working for me now, doing gags about TV motoring shows. ;)

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