Special FX Forces

SAS CAPTAIN IS TALKING TO HIS FELLOW SOLDIERS.
(THIS IS AN ENTIRELY RADIO SKETCH)

SAS1
Right we've got those terrorist bastards cautioned; ready grenades, check weapons lets martyr those bastards.
3,2..

SAS2
No captain don't

SAS3
They've got a huge machinegun

FX
SOUND OF REALLY LOUD MACHINE GUN

SAS2
And a helicopter

FX
SOUND OF A BIG HELICOPTER

SAS3
And a dinosaur.

FX
SOUND OF ROARING DINOSAUR

SAS1
Settle down lads they've got a BBC sound effects record.

FX
Explosions, werewolves and loud farting.

SAS1
But I've got a weapon that'll winkle them out.

FX
YACKETY SAX PLAYS
SOUND OF TERRORIST BASTARDS RUNNING OUTSIDE SLAPPING EACH OTHER'S HEADS AND CURSING.

Good pay off. I can imagine the Goodies doing something like this.

Short simple and silly. Just right Sootyj. My only concern would be if sound effects would be enough to clarify the punch. Good though.

Good point from scratchyr. I think it would work better visually than on radio.

very silly and very funny. I would lose the swearing though, it doesn't add anything. The first line doesn't read naturally because of the expletives:

SAS1
Right we've got those terrorist bastards cautioned; ready grenades, check weapons lets martyr those bastards.
3,2..

I think a public school officer refering to the baddies as 'chaps' or 'rotters' would be funnier

Maybe, it's a bit of a hang up but I always call terrorist bastards, terrorist bastards in skethces.

Quote: sootyj @ April 14 2010, 1:44 PM BST

Maybe, it's a bit of a hang up but I always call terrorist bastards, terrorist bastards in skethces.

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I thought it was funny

Although how you'd get the:
SOUND OF TERRORIST BASTARDS RUNNING OUTSIDE SLAPPING EACH OTHER'S HEADS AND CURSING.
Escapes me slightly.
It may need a vocal punchline of sorts IMO.

I like this a lot, Sootyj

great idea soots. but the tag isn't quite right.
If the terrorists are using a BBC effects record as their means of attack then they need to be defeated in a simlar vein.
Perhaps the SAS man could play the benny hill music and the terroists, unable to resist, come out of hiding chasing a scantily clad girl, or each other. Or perhaps an "arms race" of ever more dangerous sound effects, on ever more sophisticed music systems, start off with a wind up gramaphone and move on to old fashione stereo's and tape recorders etc. Maybe a suicide iPod player, who can only hear the effects himself.
just an idea of course, but how would Milligan have beaten someone playing sound effects at him?

Hmm interesting points Fubsy. I think it needs to be a binary change.

e.g. they play one sound we'll play something diferent. So I suppose it could have the bit when yackety sax played expanded (they actually run outside cursing and stuff)

or maybe the weapon the SAS use is

snare drum
HOUSE BLOWS UP
embarassed trombone

They could go nuclear with a bit of Atomic Kitten?

I subconsciously know the yackety sax tune (From Twins maybe?) but I don't know where it's originally from and I don't know what it's association with running around is. So I didn't get the ending I'm afraid. I liked the Dinosaur line.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkkzi00fMoM&ytsession=9Vm2JKD29or8ZmzQsirRRS12we-PvLEp9rVwM3ZVVwbCklSG7KbT6d3AS6z2RaTbo8eco74SyL0KzCPwkpO2lYIYuMfk4bHCX0oAjXAMqG1B9ADTK6tr9grOwPqDbi02YunjGEIPnqPf0oV2Ug3AJHlOOQviSPff-3BLeBiPf1a5QZAebcjHBYIguU9IjzB_rVCjvsx_c_lqUo7DtppvelK8UsU7Tu2V4uVij4h2epzUZ14Q9s2E65N0IDdKSjaolV-F-E69VKmaFlaShDg-4d1dUUxe6Tdr76Zlm2OGW0pJZXi0IB3QMZPbiHo24_b5

Bloody hell it was hard to find a clip.

Quote: sootyj @ April 17 2010, 9:52 AM BST

Bloody hell it was hard to find a clip.

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Oh that completely isn't the tune I was thinking of. Sketch makes more sense to me now