NJ: Come Dine With Me

My next rejection

Miles
In a surprise twist to the format, the televised political debates are going to be shown over a week long run of 'Come Dine With Me'.

INTRO 'COME DINE WITH ME' MUSIC

Presenter
Day 1 and It's Gordon Brown's turn to cook.

Gordon
For starter I'm going to serve a traditional Scottish Broth.

Presenter
But that's not gone down well with first guest to arrive, David Cameron.

David
You've stolen this idea from my menu!

Presenter
Ooh! It's all kicking off!

Gordon
I've tried your Broth David. You've cut back on the Carrots, the Peas are non-existent and you've not adequately explained how you're going to pay for the Lamb.

Presenter
Blimey! Let's hope that the next guest to arrive, Nick Clegg, can calm things down.

Nick
To be honest, I can't tell the difference between either of your Broths.

Presenter
That'll be a 'No' then.

F/X DOORBELL RINGING - ARGUING VOICES.

Presenter
Oh! There's another guest at the door! It's SNP leader Alex Salmond. But wait! No one's letting him in!

SHORT MUSICAL INTERLUDE

David
I'm going to score Gordon's meal 6 out of 10. He would have scored higher but I didn't like the dumplings, in fact, I would have preferred it if Harriet Harman had kept her top on.

I thought that was funny.
A good idea, nicely executed.

Really caught the mood and the tone of the programme - loved David Lamb's (presenter) sarcky comments. In fact, I'd have liked it to go on a bit more with his comments really exposing the infantile bickering that politicians always slip into.

Agreed with above can't add much more, I love the lack of carrots ect in relation to policies I assume very clever.

Hi ShoePie

Yeah, very good sketch. Enjoyed it lots.

Again, bear in mind that Lewis would have had to do all the impressions and that might count against you, as he might not be able to 'talk to himself' quickly enough!

Good tip we got: always try to put a joke in Miles' intro, rather than using him as 'just an announcer'.

Well done.

Dan

I like! And in a more constructive comment, would love there to be more sarky comments from Lamb, and Clegg's comment could be more political (not sure what the Lib Dems do actually stand for, but that).

Original take on both the Come Dine With Me format and the never ending quest for topical gags. Glad to see a different angle.

I like it, but it feels more like a snippet of a bigger spoof than a stand alone sketch. I'd like to see it longer, and building to a punchier pay off. Although the last line is very funny.

Very good idea but agree that this could be a longer series of sketches and more from the sarcastic narrator.

Excellent idea.

Thank you everyone for the nice comments, I'm glad it went down so well.

Quote: Kasm @ January 14 2010, 12:14 PM GMT

Really caught the mood and the tone of the programme - loved David Lamb's (presenter) sarcky comments.

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He is very funny in that show. Loved writing his sarky comments. Probably could have made it a bit more sarky but didn't want to go too far overboard.

Quote: Paul W @ January 14 2010, 12:41 PM GMT

I love the lack of carrots ect in relation to policies I assume very clever.

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That evolved mostly by accident but I'll take the credit

Quote: swerytd @ January 14 2010, 12:58 PM GMT

Again, bear in mind that Lewis would have had to do all the impressions and that might count against you, as he might not be able to 'talk to himself' quickly enough!

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Ah! I had never really considered this limitation before. I knew making Alex speak would be too much but I didn't realise Lewis did most of the impression parts.

Quote: chipolata @ January 14 2010, 2:59 PM GMT

Although the last line is very funny.

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Thank you very much If in doubt, make a boobies joke! That's my motto... well it is now!

Thanks again everyone, looking forward to starting next weeks.