Quote: blahblah @ February 27 2012, 1:04 PM GMTShould I take it you used "adult" puns with JK?
Yep 
, completely - like, Harry Potter and the Orgy of the Pheonix - though that certainly wasn't the strongest of the lot.
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last week the crowd seemed really into puns taking great pleasure in growning/laughing at underwearbomber/needs a brief joke so don't discount it. I wrote a sketch where she reads from new book and is basically a dirty potter but got bit rude so I sent it to newsrevue and wrote a cleaner one for newsjack submission
So we've all had very similar sketch ideas - curious to find out which one they go with.
Quote: DeathbyMonkey @ February 27 2012, 1:21 PM GMTSo we've all had very similar sketch ideas - curious to find out which one they go with.
To be honest I'd be surprised if they go with any of them! Not least because there'll be too many to choose from (and that in itself means it's 'too obvious' for Newsjack, as a general rule).
True, it was the obvious angle - but you never know. I'll use this as a lesson if they don't use any.
Well at least I can claim originality if nothing else. I covered John Sentamu in the Sun on Sunday, Doctors going on strike and Miles Jupp on Let's Dance.
Let's hope they're up for a little ribbing of their former host.
I've went for:
(1) The Apprentice intro parody with the work experience scheme at Tesco
(2) An unsuspecting realtor marketing a three story, eight bedroom property in Pakistan owned by an international celebrity
Also, Newsjack just tweeted this, so I think there may have been a few JK Rowling sketches.
@NewsjackBBC "It is quite telling that so many of you associate the word 'adult' solely with pornography. #JKRowlingSketches:
Quote: StephenM @ February 27 2012, 2:03 PM GMTWell at least I can claim originality if nothing else. I covered John Sentamu in the Sun on Sunday, Doctors going on strike and Miles Jupp on Let's Dance.
Let's hope they're up for a little ribbing of their former host.
The first episode of last series I sent them an app with Miles insulting justin and that got no where. Although may have to do with the app and not the subject
Yeah, their tweets are very telling, I liked this one:
"It's probably best if you don't send us one-liners that are word for word identical to ones that actually went out in the show last week."
Speaking of which - Big Jack, did you enquire about last week's joke that was virtually identical to your credit from an earlier series??
Quote: Garry Lee @ February 27 2012, 2:10 PM GMT@NewsjackBBC "It is quite telling that so many of you associate the word 'adult' solely with pornography. #JKRowlingSketches:
I'm pleased I went for clean diary sketch now. although the sketch I sent to newsrevue was just filth!
Only got two sketches off this week. One with the Emily Bronte painting selling below estimate and another exploring the spat between Elton John and Madonna and their rival Oscar parties. Neither one fully edited as with work I ran out of time.
I have just sent my corrections, one liners and apps off though and I am pleased with them for a change. Like many others I suppose I added more puns than usual as some of you have already noted they seemed popular last week.
Good luck to you all and as Madonna said just before arm wrestling Elton, "Let the best man win".
@NewsjackBBC "It is quite telling that so many of you associate the word 'adult' solely with pornography. #JKRowlingSketches
On the plus side, at least none of us associate the word 'child' with pornography. (hopefully!)
I went with;
1) The theft of the London charity eggs
2) A sketch on video piracy using Pirate Bay going underground as a jump off (although that was last Wednesday so probably not topical anymore)
3) George Osborne and the UK economy
Don't hold out much hope for any of them but it's all experience.
Quote: blahblah @ February 27 2012, 2:17 PM GMTThe first episode of last series I sent them an app with Miles insulting justin and that got no where. Although may have to do with the app and not the subject
To be honest I can write off my JK sketch (it's probably too generic) - I'm always worried about submiting a diary sketch in case the week I do they decide the form is too played out.
Quote: DeathbyMonkey @ February 27 2012, 2:53 PM GMT- I'm always worried about submiting a diary sketch in case the week I do they decide the form is too played out.
thats always a worry, but you can't second guess what they think so just write what you like and hope for the best