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You've been Pawned!

INT. WHITE STUDIO.

A sorry looking man, with a hang dog look expression, stands on the spot.

V.O
Hey you there!

The man points to himself.

V.O
Yes, you. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and make some cash instead!

The man holds up a 'How?' sign.

V.O
You see your arm?

The man holds his left arm up and nods.

V.O
Lop it off!

The man gasps.

V.O
That leg must be dead weight?

The man lifts his right leg and nods.

V.O
And who needs ears these days when you have volume control?

The man shrugs.

V.O
Surely you don't need two eyes?

He blinks repeatedly.

V.O
I bet those kidneys are mighty ripe?

The man nods.

V.O
Well here at slash-for-cash.com, we'll have you in stitches when you exchange your body parts for cash!

CUT TO:

EXT. STREET - DAY

(Testimonials from different members of the public)

MAN: I got up to £5 for each finger and they also helped me with my nail biting problem.

WOMAN: Wrinkles are no longer an issue for me, since I sold my skin for up to £25.

CHILD: I got £20 for my innocence and bought myself Grand Theft Auto IV.

BACK TO:

INT. WHITE STUDIO

The man, now missing an arm, leg, his ears, an eye and a bandage around his waist holds a cheque and beams a big smile.

V.O
See, you're a happy moron now!

The man nods.

JINGLE:
Slash-for-cash.com

END

This feels a bit clunky and obvious to me, sorry.

That's OK sooty. Honesty is sexy.

I thought it was funny! It really made me laugh. Thx

Laughing out loud Laughing out loud Laughing out loud

I really liked it. It could have been clunky and obvious but I thought it was pacy and fresh. The three testimonials are great.

Bit difficult filming the woman with no skin ??

Maybe convert to a Radio sketch.

I'm not thinking the punch is predictable, I'm thinking this spoof ad. served to amuse throughout!

On that basis, job done, Leevil.

Cheer ya'll :)

Quote: billwill @ July 12 2009, 2:22 PM BST

Bit difficult filming the woman with no skin ??

Maybe convert to a Radio sketch.

Is it? Make up would be quite easy or just replace it with a different joke. ;)

Pretty good as a spoof although I wasn't so keen on 'see, you're a happy moron now' line at the end.

Cheers Nigel. I quite liked the last line, anyone else think it's out of place?

Maybe if you could work a pun in on pawned and pwned.

Stupid fun, tightly written.

Leevil, tightly appreciated.

Cheers soots. The name Pawned was just a quick title I came up with. As much as I love making puns. I don't want to rely on them in sketches that have a chance of being filmed.

Not that's owt wrong with them that do that. But a pun can be viewed as a cheap gag, and I want to impress at this stage.

Absolutely loved the testimonials, which were the highlight.

And agree with others that this would make a great radio sketch.

I liked this, although I also found the 'moron' jarred with the tone a bit. The testimonials were a highlight.

I wondered whether there is potential for more than one sketch here, though. You have 2 physical elements and an attitudinal one. I wondered if this might work as 2 sketches by having 3 physical ones here (perhaps the third could have sold their tongue("..Mnnhm...Mnnhm...Mnnhm", pointing at their mouth and giving thumbs up)? You could then do a similar set up for selling emotional/attitudinal stuff (perhaps an MP selling his cynicism) with the kid one being the last and strongest.

Probably over-thinking.

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