Tea is a very acidy drink.

All animals would be played by humans in animal costumes.

SCENE 1. INT. MARTIN AND BRIAN’S FLAT - NIGHT

BRIAN IS SAT ON THE END OF HIS SOFA NEAREST THE COFFEE TABLE. HE IS WATCHING HIS TV. MARTIN COMES IN WITH A CUP OF TEA.

MARTIN:
Again, I’m really sorry. It was really irresponsible of me, and I wont do it again.

BRIAN:
I hope not, it was very reckless. You could of hurt someone

MARTIN:
I know. I’m sorry.

BRIAN:
It’s alright.

MARTIN:
Here.

MARTIN HANDS BRIAN THE CUP OF TEA.

BRIAN:
Thanks, mate.

BRIAN SIPS THE TEA. PLACES IT ON THE COFFEE TABLE.

HE WATCHES A BIT OF TELLY.

BRIAN:
(LAUGHS)

BRIAN SIPS A BIT MORE TEA. THEN PLACES IT BACK ON THE COFFEE TABLE.

HE WATCHES A BIT MORE TTELLY.

HE THEN LOOKS NEXT TO HIM TO SEE A BUFFALO, IN A BOWLER HAT AND HOLDING A REALLY HUGE SUNFLOWER PLANT IN HIS HANDS, SAT NEXT TO HIM.

BRIAN:
What the...

BUFFALO:
Alright, mate.

BRIAN STARES AT THE BUFFALO IN SHOCK. AS THE BUFFALO WATCHES THE TELLY, THE BUFFALO LOOKS BACK AT BRIAN ANNOYED.

BUFFALO: (CONT'D)
What… Oh you want to know why I’m here, don’t you? Well you know your flatmate Martin. He dropped a tab of acid in your tea for a laugh.

BRIAN:
Oh for f**ks sake.

BRIAN HOLDS HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN LOOKS AT THE TELLY AGAIN TO SEE A MONKEY RIDING A TRICYCLE AROUND AND ROUND HIS FRONT ROOM AND A CAT AGGRESIVLEY DANCING LIKE IAN BROWN FROM THE STONE ROSES IN FRONT OF HIM.

Loved the other sketch so very much more than this.
I wonder if this is one of those that would really work, visually.
Still a tidy sketch, mate.

For me the title gave too much away...I could see where it was going before the 'reveal' of the buffalo.

Good idea. Original, though I think needs a lot of tightening up.

Could Martin mention something buffalo-related beforehand so that the trip is kind of influenced by his suggestion. A mention of each of the ludicrous items beforehand by Martin while he tries to stifle/cover his laughter may make it work better, followed by maybe a 'You've put acid in my tea again, haven't you?' 'No,' says Martin, now a giraffe wearing a tuxedo.

Dan

Yea a good idea. Just a couple of nit picks.....you could of hurt someone.....should be....you could HAVE hurt someone.
Also I notice a lot of this on here....he was sat.....surely that should be...he was sitting

Is it a 'good idea'? I feel it essentially is in itself but - I find myself always saying this - this joke really has been done a lot before. I mean, it's nothing new, and I don't see that it's been reworked really. I have a similar joke in the sitcom I'm currently working on, but it's just a fleeting quickie at the end of a scene... is it a worthwhile enterprise basing a whole sketch on it? Trouble is it's difficult to say until the piece is performed. I did anticipate what would happen very quickly (and not because of the title). Maybe it's just because I've written a similar throwaway gag... I'm not sure it is though.

I'm sorry, but I can't see a joke here - A man starts hallucinating and one of the hallucinations tells him that his mate has spiked his drink? I can't see from where the humour arises.

IT'S A TALKING BUFFALO AND CAT DANCING LIKE IAN BROWN... WHAT'S NOT FUNNY ABOUT THAT!?

Seriously though, thanks for your advice folks.

Peace out.

With Dan's suggestions, I think you've got yourself a sketch. And drop that title like a hot brick.

Well I thought it was quite funny - but then who am I?

I know cat's aren't big fans of Ian Brown, but I don't see why you can't use a real buffalo.

I think it could be funny in performance if done by an existing proven funny team for example, if 'The Young Ones' had done it or 'Ab Fab' or 'Father Ted' but without some crew of that calibre doing it, I can't see that it would get a laugh as there is no substantial joke there, it would need to rely on the characters to get the laugh (not necessarily a bad thing!)