It was a 9 Hours standup course over 2 days (12-13th June) in Richmond. (A venue I shall be doing my own stand-up thang in the not too distant future).
New "4Laughs" sketch comp Page 2
And some basic lessons in time-travel, to boot!
Dan
I knew it was one of the 'J' months...
Cool - should be fun
Forget to share this with you guys but I as Bruceboy was one of the winners. Unfortunately I couldn't attend the prize - family stuff - but if you're interested here's me script.
FRILLY FANTASIES
A beach at midnight. TOM, DICK and HARRY lie there, ecstatic and sharing a spliff.
TOM That was the greatest nightclub of my life!
DICK And it'll go on forever!
HARRY Yeah roll on, the Hacienda!
TOM It's 1994 and things are gonna get better and better…
DICK Yes, imagine the future! Thatcher's out, long live Labour, the party of the common man!
FLASH: Tony Blair shaking hands with George Bush.
HARRY I can see it now… A future where women are respected…
FLASH: The Spice Girls pinching Prince Charles' bottom.
TOM …Where racism doesn't exist…
FLASH: Busta-Rhymes spouting.
DICK …Where you can become rich and famous without letting it change you in any way…
FLASH: Michael Jackson in close-up.
HARRY People won't need drugs, they'll be happy as they are…
FLASH: Amy Winehouse in a car.
TOM Musicians will love each other…
FLASH: Noel Gallagher, "I hope they catch AIDS and die…"
DICK No one will get hurt…
FLASH: Lady Diana in a car.
HARRY Everyone will communicate…
FLASH: An Internet point.
TOM And everyone will find someone to love…
FLASH: Internet screen, "Pornokids"… A vicar looks at it and smiles.
DICK And all religions will live together in peace.
FLASH: The Twin Towers.
HARRY It's gonna be the greatest decade ever.
Congratulations on winning the worlds most specific contest, good stuff!
Congrats, Michael!
However, and without wishing to pry, did you know you wouldn't be able to make the 'prize'? If it's too personal/sensitive as to why not please don't bother yourself to respond
I ask as Aid and I have a very awkward work schedule between us (shifts etc)and don't enter quite a few comps due to the extremely unlikely event we might win and can't attend.
Cheers.
Quote: Michael Monkhouse @ July 21 2008, 7:36 AM BSTForget to share this with you guys but I as Bruceboy was one of the winners. Unfortunately I couldn't attend the prize - family stuff - but if you're interested here's me script.
So with me unable to as well, that'd make two out of the four winners no-shows...it must've been an empty Laughing Horse club last weekend! Good to see the results of a fellow winner: I'll reciprocate with mine (bear in mind I would be 5 when this happened).
INT. NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT (23.58)
ISSY and SHELL are sitting at the table of a crowded
Manchester nightclub in bikinis; DANNY is falling out of
surfer shorts. WAZZA, pale and pasty, is in a black
gimpsuit. Long pause.
SHELL
...So...you were going to explain?-
WAZZA
You said Bondage Beach. BONDAGE!
ISSY
Bondai, Wazza. Like Australia?
WAZZA
I haven't been past the Arndale, not like you lot...
DANNY
I only got to Germany and got distracted on my gap year.
WAZZA
Tosser.
DANNY
Oi, no need to get your rubber knickers in a twist Waz -
WAZZA
Shut up Danny, yeah?!
SHELL
Okay, let's not fight at New Years! Let's reminisce about the past year...Issy?
ISSY has started drinking a full vodka-coke. She keeps drinking, and drinking, and drinking...
DANNY
...Won't even ask. Shell, what about you? How was 1994?
SHELL
A bit of both, really. Shouldn't have got together with some guys, had some fun times.(beat) How about you Wazza?
WAZZA
Nothing.
DANNY
What, no good memories?
WAZZA
No memories.
ISSY
Don't remember Danny's party?
WAZZA
Nah Is. Not at all.
SHELL
Opening night of Pulp Fiction?
WAZZA
I remember leaving the house, not coming back.
DANNY
The World Cup?
WAZZA
High as a kite mate! Havin' it large in Madchester!
DEALER, wearing rave clothes, passes by.
WAZZA (cont'd)
Speaking of which...
WAZZA calls him over and whispers in his ear. He produces four pills.
ISSY
Waz, we don't -
WAZZA
Oh, cos we're all having such fun as we roll into 1995, yeah?
Long pause.
DANNY
Fair point.
They all take a pill and swallow. A few seconds reaction:
SHELL
I think mine was a paracetamol with a smiley face written on it.
CUT TO BLACK
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As you can see, it starts out strong and continues that way...or not.
Hi again, thanks for your comments! Yes I was all set to go but had family problems at the last minute and told the organisers straight away. I'd never go in for a comp if I couldn't make the prize - it'd be unfair to the organisers and other entrants, plus a complete waste of time for me!
Keep it up
Michael