Counting

INT. HALL - DAY

A man is stood in the middle of a crowd counting at a stupidly high number out loud. A reporter is stood next to him.

REPORTER
Here in the village of Pomegranate, Yorkshire, a remarkable task is under way. Jim Kermit is attempting to break the world record for counting to the highest number. He's been going at it for a week now without a break, and he's well on his way to breaking the current record of 9 quadrillion.

JIM
Six trillion five thousand nine hundred and sixty two billion five thousand...

A member of the crowd shouts out.

CROWD MEMBER
Thirty two, thirty three, thirty four.

JIM(CONT'D)
Thirty five, thirty six, thirty seven...

Nice.

Odd but gets the job done.

Cheers for the comments guys.

Yep, liked it.

Nice but I think if the shouter was a little less random?

Maybe if the Bingo started up or something?

Or;

JIM
Six trillion five thousand nine hundred and sixty two billion five thousand...

REPORTER
We'll be keeping track of Jim's record attempt throughout the week, so tune in tomorrow for day 8.

JIM(CONT'D)
Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve....

But I do like it as it is.

Cheers for the comments.

Sooty: When I was writing this I had in mind that annoying thing that people seem to always do when you're counting and thinking they're funny, so I guess that's why it seems quite random. I was hoping the randomness could be forgiven in the name of personal experience.

Nil: You're not far off what I had originally for this sketch.

INT. HALL - DAY

A man is stood in the middle of a crowd counting at a stupidly high number out loud. A reporter is stood next to him.

REPORTER
Here in the village of Pomegranate, Yorkshire, a remarkable task is under way. Jim Kermit is attempting to break the world record for counting to the highest number. He's been going at it for a week now without a break. Jim, how's it going?

JIM
Six trillion five thousand nine hundred and sixty two million five thousand and.. what? Oh shit! What was I up to?? FUCK!!!!

Cheers again.

Yeh I know what you mean Chris, I mean if it was a Colin Hunt style prankster?

Quote: Chris Forshaw @ April 26 2009, 8:05 PM BST

I had in mind that annoying thing that people seem to always do when you're counting and thinking they're funny,

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One more thing Chris, I'd change the surname from Kermit. I kept expecting something froggy to happen.