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Wedding tale (audio script)

F/X:FOOTSTEPS RUNNING DOWN A CHURCH AISLE

FRANK:Hi Susan, you look pretty?

NIGEL:Quiet the blushing bride.

SUSAN:Thanks, where's Terry..

FRANK:You mean...

SUSAN:Terry the groom...

NIGEL:Ah that Terry, is he not with you?

SUSAN:Of course not, you HAVE seen him today.

FRANK:Not today exactly.

NIGEL:But he was quiet safe when we left him..

FRANK:Apart from...

NIGEL:Well he may have been chained to a Bengal Tiger..

SUSAN:What? You went to the Zoo for the stag night?

NIGEL:No of course not... thats just silly...

FRANK:We went to the curry house in town.

SUSAN:Where did the tiger come from?

NIGEL:Oh that came from the Zoo...

SUSAN:And how did you get your hands on the tiger?

FRANK:Something involving cheese slices I think, my memory is very hazy, I
was a bit drunk.

NIGEL:I can vouch for that, he vomited on a penguin.

SUSAN:And who's idea was it to do this to your best friend?

FRANK:I bought the handcuffs, but I only suggested a lamppost then you know how it goes with games off one upman ship when we've had a few jars...

NIGEL:Until I thought of a Tiger...

SUSAN :So it is your fault that my groom to be is currently chained to a vicious man eating big cat?

NIGEL:He'll be fine... He was unconscious when we left him...

SUSAN:But how do you know the tiger won't wake up...

FRANK:Ah no I mean Terry was unconscious...

SUSAN:That's worse surely?

NIGEL:Hmmm... (BEAT) I suppose so...

FRANK:We've all seen the films he'll come dashing through those doors in a minute, wearing a tigerskin rug with an amusing tale for the after dinner speeches

AWKWARD PAUSE

FRANK:Maybe I should start phoning the hospitals
END

Always post my scripts at the wrong time (that's my story and I'm sticking with it).

Good ideas here. Needs a rewrite, not sure how though.

Funny idea; maybe could be sharpened, but no need for major surgery. Like the matter of fact tone.

One line I struggled with:

then you know how it goes games up one upman ship between fellas

Quote: Timbo @ October 10 2008, 10:33 AM BST

Funny idea; maybe could be sharpened, but no need for major surgery. Like the matter of fact tone.

One line I struggled with:

Yeah that was just bad typing by me... have amended.

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