Prison Break

EXT. DAY. PRISON YARD.

A LARGE GROUP OF PRISONERS ARE WALKING AROUND AN OPEN YARD.

FX WHISTLE.

WARDER:
Time's up, back to your cells.

TWO PRISONERS APPROACH A WARDER.

PRISONER 1:
'Ere Jim, give us an extra half hour.

THEY GIVE THE WARDER A BANKNOTE. THE TWO PRISONERS ARE NOW ALONE IN THE YARD.

PRISONER 1: (looking at watch)
Where's dad? He should have been here by now.

PRISONER 2: (excitedly)
We're in business, it's dad!

A HELICOPTER LANDS AND THE TWO PRISONERS SPRINT TOWARDS IT.

JUST AS THEY ARE ABOUT TO GET IN THE HELICOPTER HOVERS AND LANDS ABOUT TWENTY FEET AWAY. THE TWO PRISONERS RUN TOWARDS IT BUT THE SCENE IS REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES.

DAD:
Only pulling your legs lads, get in.

THE TWO PRISONERS GET IN THE HELICOPTER.

FX LOUD FART NOISE.

THE PRISONERS BAIL OUT HOLDING THEIR NOSES AND ARE APPREHENDED BY STAFF.

DAD FLIES OFF ALONE: (talking aloud)
I've done worse ones than that... ah well, the spare room wasn't decorated anyway.

Quote: Nigel Kelly @ July 24 2009, 1:10 AM BST

I've done worse ones than that...

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No you haven't, Nigel.

Is this what was going through your mind during that exciting "jail break" episode?

I just kinda liked a dad playing the old car drives off prank on his kids but juxtaposing it with a helicopter/prison break scenario.

Might be a bit of a stretch mind, a ten year stretch at least. Arf, arf.

It's quite good. But I think there must be a better and more practical situation to do it in.

Ambulance Dad and Paramedic son?

I thought the premise was a good one.
But felt that there was probably a better pay off somewhere.
And I found it hard to picture this part properly:

JUST AS THEY ARE ABOUT TO GET IN THE HELICOPTER HOVERS AND LANDS ABOUT TWENTY FEET AWAY. THE TWO PRISONERS RUN TOWARDS IT BUT THE SCENE IS REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES.

It's great upto the fart gag which is a let down of a let off.

A bit schoolboy/toilet humour - but nothing wrong with that.

Agree with Leevil that a different situation may enhance the idea. Bank robbers & getaway driver?

A bit disjointed, I thought. Not really for me, this one Nige.

Dan