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My Stand Up Attempt

I'd never do stand-up but I thought I'd have a go at the Veronica doorstep challenge. To make it funnier can you read it in a Jack Dee/Stephen Wright voice ;)

I'm from Swindon. Swindon has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in all of Europe. But I assure you that has nothing to do with me.

I wasn't a bright child. A boy came up to me in the playground once and said I'm Sagitarius, what are you? I said, I'm He-Man.

One year we had a school trip planned to visit a Submarine. Unfortunately the Headmaster cancelled the visit when he found out about the Torpedos.

I'm not a child anymore though.

I noticed the other day that the Polar Ice caps are receeding at the same rate as my hairline. I don't think there's a correlation, it's just an observation.

I'm not a huge fan of exercise. I like to swim, but only when I'm drowning.

Some guys buy these big powerful cars as an extension to their Penis. My car is a Peugeot which is more like a abbreviation of my Penis.

I have a Cat! I'm sure my Cat thinks the Bell around his neck is so that he can call me when he wants something.

[AS THE CAT] Bring Bring! If you could bring me some Chicken I would be momentarily grateful! ...Until I lick my balls!

Actually my Cat's been neutered. But when they chopped his balls off they left the sack! So I'm not sure if he knows.

[AS THE CAT] Have my balls shrunk?!

My ex-girlfriend was a bit weird. On our first date I accidentally called her a Crack Whore.

But the weird part is she liked it! So it became my little pet name for her. I nearly called her Crack Whore in front of her father Brian. Or, Pimp Daddy as he liked me to call him.

....and then I stopped writing because it was 2am! :)

Made me laugh.

Sagitarius/He-man gag is nice.

I liked He-Man and Pimp Daddy. Didn't really get why the rest of the punchlines were punchlines though.

Quote: BardManners @ December 7 2010, 10:23 AM GMT

Made me laugh.

Sagitarius/He-man gag is nice.

Thank you :)

Quote: Nat Wicks @ December 7 2010, 10:25 AM GMT

Didn't really get why the rest of the punchlines were punchlines though.

Any specific ones? Not that I should really try to explain, I think silly thoughts don't always make good jokes. I probably won't get them myself in a week! :(

Quote: ShoePie @ December 7 2010, 9:58 AM GMT

I'm not a huge fan of exercise. I like to swim, but only when I'm drowning.

That was the standout for me Shoepie, nice one :)

Quality comedy is more about character than 'jokes'.

I'd bet 50p that most people think the first joke:

Quote: ShoePie @ December 7 2010, 9:58 AM GMT

I'm from Swindon. Swindon has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in all of Europe. But I assure you that has nothing to do with me.

is weak, but Jack Dee would get a big laugh with that.

To appreciate some comedy scripts, it's necessary to let your mind drift into tune with the writer and/or the performer.

Quote: Gerry McDonnell @ December 7 2010, 10:46 AM GMT

That was the standout for me Shoepie, nice one :)

Cheers Gerry, that's my fave too.

Quote: Veronica Vestibule @ December 7 2010, 11:44 AM GMT

is weak, but Jack Dee would get a big laugh with that.

Do you have his agent's number?! :) Glad you could see what I was going for V.

I generally agree with above comments. My fav is also the swimming joke.

I had to read it several times, but I'm assuming that the submarine joke punchline was tor-PEDOS. No tnecessarily a bad joke, but perhaps could do with some re-arranging. Then again, it may work better spoken.

Also liked the He-Man one. I wonder if it would work better the otherway around? I'm He Man, then response is I'm Sagitarius. I'm not trying to rewrite your joke, just thought it might be food for thought.

Cheers Joe.

Quote: joebloggs69 @ December 7 2010, 5:52 PM GMT

I'm assuming that the submarine joke punchline was tor-PEDOS.

Yeah that's the one. it's meant to sound like Tall Pedos, but I dropped the height reference in the set-up to make it quicker. It's a tricky one to make work, perhaps too tricky! I think the abbreviation joke is similar.

Quote: joebloggs69 @ December 7 2010, 5:52 PM GMT

Also liked the He-Man one. I wonder if it would work better the otherway around? I'm He Man, then response is I'm Sagitarius. I'm not trying to rewrite your joke, just thought it might be food for thought.

That could work. This actually happened to me at school, except my response was "I'm not playing".

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