British Comedy Guide

SEX CHANGE sketch

I know it's a bit long, but it's not meant for NewsRevue or Treason.
It would suit TV or radio.

SEX CHANGE by Mikey J

INT. DOCTOR'S CONSULTING ROOM. DAY.

A DOCTOR IS SITTING AT A DESK. A MAN ENTERS THE ROOM AND SITS OPPOSITE HIM.

MAN:
Hello, Doctor.

DOCTOR:
Hello. What can I do for you today?

MAN:
I'd like to become a woman please.

DOCTOR:
A woman?

MAN:
Yes, within the next half hour, if that's not too short notice.

DOCTOR:
Don't be silly. I can't turn you into a woman within the next half hour.

MAN:
Why not? You're a doctor, aren't you?

DOCTOR:
Yes, but it's not quite the same as giving you a vaccine, or cupping your bollocks and getting you to cough when you come in with a headache.

MAN:
Isn't it?

DOCTOR:
No. It's a big operation.

MAN:
No, I doubt it. I've only got a small cock. Won't take long just to lop it off.

MAN EXTENDS HIS LITTLE FINGER, WIGGLES IT ABOUT, THEN PERFORMS AN AMUSING SNIPPING SCIZZORS GESTURE WITH HIS OTHER HAND.

DOCTOR:
No, no, no. I meant it's a major operation. Much more than just lopping it off. It would require months of hormone therapy, plus your penis would have to be cut open and turned inside out to make the… well… the womany bits.

MAN:
Ugh. Don't like the sound of that. Wait a minute. With an inside-out penis, how on earth would I urinate? I'd be literally pissing myself inside.

DOCTOR:
You'd urinate the same way all women do. The same place as they crap. Out of their arses. Don't you know anything?

MAN:
Oh, I see.

DOCTOR:
Why on earth did you want to beome a woman in such short notice anyway? What's the rush?

MAN:
Well, I was reading the lonely hearts page in my local newspaper. There was this guy that I wanted to date.

DOCTOR:
So, I take it you're gay, then?

MAN:
No, I'm straight. He just sounded really nice, that's all.

DOCTOR:
I see. Go on.

MAN:
Trouble is, he said in his ad that he was only looking for women, hence the reason I need to become a bird very quickly.

DOCTOR:
Oh, you silly oaf. If you'd have turned the page, you'd have found a section on women looking for men. You don't need to have a sex change.

MAN:
(FOOLISH, RELIEVED LAUGH) Oh, I see. Silly me. Phew, that was close. Sorry to have troubled you, Doctor.

BOTH MEN STAND UP AND SHAKE HANDS.

DOCTOR:
Not to worry. Is there anything else I can help you with?

MAN:
Yes, I've got a bit of a headache.

DOCTOR CUPS THE MAN'S GROIN.

DOCTOR:
Okay, cough please.

END.

I like this Mikey. Good premise, well-constructed dialogue. But I did feel it tailed off a bit at the end. It got nice and ludicrous, and then returned to some semblance of normality. I was hoping it would just get sillier and sillier, and end on a note of utter ridiculousness. :)

Yes, I suppose you're right.

I just felt it needed closure before it got too long. :)

Nah, it's some good stuff. I just mean it could go: ...--''' rather than ...--'-.

If those diagrams make sense... :D

Like from ridiculous to the absolute surrealest luncancy. :P

Agree with Tommy, great until the end. Not sure how it could be improved. I had a thought and the best I came up with (well it is a Monday) was:

DOC: Is there anything else I can help you with.

MAN: Well actually doctor there is. What do you think of this?

MAN LIFTS BAG FROM GROUND AND REMOVES A WOMAN'S DRESS.

But, I dunno.

Yeah, I didn't know where else to take it either, hench the reason I referenced the earlier "cough and headache."

There were bits of that where I was pissing myself :D Honestly, I laughed lots.

Though I like the way you've used the self-referential ending, it just feels like there's room for a final killer crazy line

Ending is weak.

Otherwise that's hilarious and very well written it'll go far.

Thanks everybody. :)
Sorry to hear rob0 pissed his pants though! :P
I'd better find a better killer ending then. :)

Quote: Mikey J @ September 8 2008, 9:49 PM BST

Thanks everybody. :)
Sorry to hear rob0 pissed his pants though! :P
I'd better find a better killer ending then. :)

Who said anything about pants? :P

At least I didn't say "literally". Why do people always say that then follow it with something that was not at all literal? Like "I'm literally over the moon" Not unless you're a bleeding astronaut, you're not. Or a cow.

:P

Quote: Rob0 @ September 8 2008, 7:24 PM BST

There were bits of that where I was pissing myself :D Honestly, I laughed lots.

Though I like the way you've used the self-referential ending, it just feels like there's room for a final killer crazy line

I liked the self-referenced ending too. I thought it was a neat way of getting out. What else are you gonna do - turn to camera and ask "what are we going to do now?"

I liked the sketch as a whole too. Only quibble from me isn't the ending, but a bit of wordiness in the exchanges to that point, because I'm sure you can derive the same humour from snappier dialogue.

Yeah, could do with a bit of a prune. :)

Quote: Rob0 @ September 8 2008, 10:03 PM BST

At least I didn't say "literally". Why do people always say that then follow it with something that was not at all literal? Like "I'm literally over the moon" Not unless you're a bleeding astronaut, you're not. Or a cow.

Absolutely! I hate bastards who use "literally" figuratively! Angry

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