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The kid with no name

A MEXICAN IS SITTING WITH A COWBOY IN OLD WESTERN BAR

Carlos:
You have saved our village & the lives of many Women & Children, we can never hope to repay what you have done. But please now after all this can you finally tell us your name.

Cowboy:
That's nice! No'one bothered to ask before It's Frank.

Carlos:
Your Cowboy name is Frank? Is that because you are honest & forthright?

Frank:
Oh I see! No my real name is Frank, my Cowboy name is The Pretty Fast Kid:

Carlos:
But you were very fast! I've never seen anyone faster.

Frank:
Well you haven't seen that guy over there.

Carlos:
Who's he?

Frank:
They call him the "Faster than the 'Pretty Fast Kid' Kid"

Carlos:
Now that is fast

Frank:
He's like a snail compared to that guy sitting at the table.

Carlos:
Who's he?

Frank:
He's the one known as "The not quite as fast as 'The Very Fast Kid' Kid"

Carlos:
He's not even a kid

Frank:
I know, it makes a mockery of the whole name.

Carlos:
So I guess that the Very Fast Kid must be the fastest in town.

Frank:
Almost but not quite. There's one man who is without doubt not only the fastest in town but perhaps the fastest ever seen

Carlos:
You don't mean?

Frank:
Yes the man they call the "Faster than the Faster than the 'Very Fast Kid' Kid Kid"

Carlos:
And where is..?

Frank:
He's running late.

Very nice

Being honest Steve it was too wordy and the Frank joke was unnecessary. It was a groan ending but that was fine. Please excuse my editing but I think it could be trimmed to:

A MEXICAN IS SITTING WITH A COWBOY IN OLD WESTERN BAR

Carlos:
You have saved our village stranger, what do they call you?

Cowboy:
The Pretty Fast Kid:

Carlos:
Pretty fast? I've never seen anyone faster.

Cowboy
See that guy over there? They call him the "Faster than the 'Pretty Fast Kid' Kid"

Carlos:
That is fast!

Cowboy:
He's like a snail compared to that guy sitting at the table.

Carlos:
Who's he?

Frank:
He's the one known as "The not quite as fast as 'The Very Fast Kid' Kid"

Carlos:
He's not even a kid, It makes a mockery of the whole name but I guess that the Very Fast *Kid* must be the fastest in town.

Cowboy:
Not quite. There's one man who is without doubt not only the fastest in town but perhaps the fastest ever seen

Carlos:
You mean...?

Cowboy:
Yes the man they call the "Faster than the Faster than the 'Very Fast Kid' Kid Kid"

Carlos:
And where is..?

Cowboy:
He's running late.

I quite liked the Frank joke on first read, but it didn't really go anywhere after. So on balance, I far prefer Will Cam's sketch. ;)

Reminded me of something the two Ronnies would do.

In a good way.

I liked the Frank joke, particularly the 'no one bothered to ask before' bit. I know what Willcam means but I like the wordy bits, sometimes they're what makes a sketch more unique and I like that in this case.

And that's why I'm only going to reply to Die Hards Critique.
& Maybe bigfella
:)

Oh and SootyJ
& I also liked Wills edit. So agree with Rob
;)

Quote: Steve Sunshine @ July 28 2012, 1:20 AM BST

And that's why I'm only going to reply to Die Hards Critique.
& Maybe bigfella
:)

Oh and SootyJ
& I also liked Wills edit. So agree with Rob
;)

Laughing out loud

I think there's a good idea here but the sketch hasn't released it yet. Needs more Sunshine.

Agree that the 'Frank bit' doesn't add anything.

Quote: bigfella @ July 28 2012, 12:40 AM BST

Reminded me of something the two Ronnies would do.

In a good way.

That is how I imagined it BF.

I like both, but Will's version is neater and ergo better.

But both could try for being reduced to a rule of 3.

Still both are very funny.

Will's edit buries the best line, in my opinion. "It makes a mockery of the whole name."

Not sure, the underlying idea is good. The execution isn't fantastic it isn't really laugh out loud funny Yet.

Hope you don't mind I had a play with it. Probably not as good as original just a bit of a twist

A MEXICAN IS SITTING WITH A COWBOY IN OLD WESTERN BAR

Carlos:
You have saved our village stranger, what do they call you?

Cowboy:
The Pretty Fast Kid:

Carlos:
Pretty fast? I've never seen anyone faster.

Cowboy
See that guy over there? They call him the "Faster than the 'Pretty Fast Kid' Kid"

Carlos:
That is fast!

Cowboy:
He's like a snail compared to that guy sitting at the table.

Carlos:
Who's he?

Cowboy:
He's the one known as "The not quite as fast as 'The Very Fast Kid' Kid"

Carlos:
He's not even a kid, but I guess that the Very Fast *Kid* must be the fastest in town.

Cowboy:
Not quite. There's one man who is without doubt not only the fastest in town but perhaps the fastest ever seen

Carlos:
"Faster than the Faster than the 'Very Fast Kid' Kid Kid"?

Cowboy:
No Frank, it makes a mockery of the whole name.

I'm with Will Cam on this one. It's a bit wordy and the last sentence of Carlos' bit is very clunky. I liked the 'groan' ending.

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