British Comedy Guide

Wizard Test

ELDER:
Kevin the wizard. You come here today to earn your place on the Wizard Table of Wizardry. Now cast before me, the spell of...cherishing ardor. The heady rapture of adulation, affection and allegiance

KEVIN:
Listen mate. There were three spells on the theory test and I don't remember no cherry orderves or affected adulaters. I got the spell of doom, the spell of healing, and the spell of love.

ELDER:
Well love, obviously.

KEVIN:
Well just say love then. Honestly!

SFX: MAGICAL CRASH AND ECHOING SOUNDS OF HARPS AND A HAPPY SIGH.

KEVIN:
There you go, spell of love.

ELDER.
Now cast before me, the spell of condemnation, the spell of annihilation, calamity, and ruinous providence....

...Doom.

SFX: MAGICAL CRASH AND ECHOING SOUNDS OF SCREAMS OF TERROR

ELDER:
Ok last one. Now cast before me, spell of...

SFX: MAGICAL CRASH AND ECHOING SOUNDS OF A CHOIR AND HAPPY WHISTLING

KEVIN:
Did I pass?

ELDER:
Your effort was valiant and triumphantly unbeaten by the gathering of...

KEVIN:
Just sign the form please chief and I'll be off down the hat and beard shop.

SFX: RUSTLING OF PAPER.

KEVIN.
Cheers boss.

END.

I liked a lot of the dialogue, there are some funny lines, and the pay off was nice.
I think there could be scope for a few of these, it's a really good idea.
As a whole though this one didn't quite work for me as well as it could have.
It felt like two ideas at once, funny stuff though & well written.

It's very funny - and a lesson to all in what 'funny' is.

Certainly one of the best sketches I've seen on BCG.

"You come here today to earn your place on the Wizard Table of Wizardry."

It's not often I crack up after the first line.

Brilliant.

Quote: Steve Sunshine @ November 18 2009, 8:19 PM GMT

...It felt like two ideas at once, funny stuff though & well written.

Dumb question I know, but, do you the mean idea of testing a wizard and the second one being the vocabulary? Whistling nnocently

Quote: Roodeye @ November 18 2009, 8:22 PM GMT

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and a lesson to all in what 'funny' is.

Certainly one of the best sketches I've seen on BCG.

Roodeye you are on crack. ;)

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