British Comedy Guide

"Did You Watch It Last Night"

Please destroy this for me...many thanks :)

INT: Office. NEIL enters, COLIN stood next to filing cabinet.

COLIN
Ah, morning Neil.

NEIL
Colin! Did you watch it last night?

COLIN
Watch what?

NEIL
Haha! You kidder! Come on, you watched it didn't you?

COLIN
Erm, watch WHAT Neil?

NEIL
Well...you know...IT! I mean, what else could I mean but...IT!

COLIN
I...I'm not sure, I mea-

DAVID hurridly enters office.

DAVID
GUYS!! Did you watch it last night!

NEIL
OF COURSE WE DID!!

DAVID
Awww, wasn't it BRILLIANT!

NEIL
Absolutely AMAZING! THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN!

DAVID
I was just talking to Jackie from accounts, she's watched it TWICE already!

NEIL
WELL, I'M NOT SURPISED!

DAVID
But Kelly from admin said she didn't watch it!

NEIL
Kelly didn't watch it? I thought she was bound to!

DAVID
No, she didn't at all in the end!

NEIL
Oh, what a loser - how could you NOT watch it!

DAVID
You watched, didn't you Colin?

COLIN
I, er-

NEIL
Don't be an idiot, David, of COURSE Colin watched it!

COLIN
I'm sorry, but I don't know what you mean..

(beat)

NEIL
You must've watched it?

COLIN
I don't know what "it" is to be perfectly honest.

NEIL
How could you not, we've been talking about it since I arrived.

COLIN
No...YOU'VE been talking about if I watched "it" or not, I hadn't confirmed or denied it because I still find myself WOEFULLY in the dark about what "IT" could be!

DAVID
Colin, you must have watched it!

NEIL
I refuse to believe you didn't watch it...you must have at LEAST recorded it!

COLIN
I don't know because-

DAVID
To be honest, watching a recording won't be the same. You had to watch it as it happened really.

NEIL
WHY DIDN'T YOU WATCH IT, COLIN?

COLIN
LISTEN, you incessant little PRICKS! I apologise that my life expands to encompass social activity, and isn't just restricted to the build up to something on television! Well, I assume it's on television, because I am YET to decipher this extraordinarily GENERIC discussion group I find myself trapped in - but from my understanding of most of the people in this department, I can only imagine "it" to be something that appears on the shiny box that glows in the middle of your otherwise lonely and dimly lit apartments. So don't you dare take the negative tone with me because I had BETTER things to do than mould my ARSE into my SOFA and wait for the HI-DEFINITION, PLASMATRONIC RECTANGLE of CULTURAL DEGREDATION decide what I WILL TALK ABOUT WHEN I GET TO WORK TOMORROW!

(pause, awkward silence)

DAVID
I recorded it if you want a copy?

COLIN
That would be great, cheers!

Nice. Some well structured comedy without delving into the world of politics. My only suggestion would be to lose the line ~ "well iassime it was on telivision" and change the line "I can only imagine....." as I think everyone will be assuming we are talking about TV and the punch line confirms it.

Quote: TomCampbell @ November 14 2008, 6:43 PM GMT

Please destroy this for me...many thanks :)

INT: Office. NEIL enters, COLIN stood next to filing cabinet.

COLIN
Ah, morning Neil.

NEIL
Colin! Did you watch it last night?

COLIN
Watch what?

NEIL
Haha! You kidder! Come on, you watched it didn't you?

COLIN
Erm, watch WHAT Neil?

NEIL
Well...you know...IT! I mean, what else could I mean but...IT!

COLIN
I...I'm not sure, I mea-

DAVID hurridly enters office.

DAVID
GUYS!! Did you watch it last night!

NEIL
OF COURSE WE DID!!

DAVID
Awww, wasn't it BRILLIANT!

NEIL
Absolutely AMAZING! THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN!

DAVID
I was just talking to Jackie from accounts, she's watched it TWICE already!

NEIL
WELL, I'M NOT SURPISED!

DAVID
But Kelly from admin said she didn't watch it!

NEIL
Kelly didn't watch it? I thought she was bound to!

DAVID
No, she didn't at all in the end!

NEIL
Oh, what a loser - how could you NOT watch it!

DAVID
You watched, didn't you Colin?

COLIN
I, er-

NEIL
Don't be an idiot, David, of COURSE Colin watched it!

COLIN
I'm sorry, but I don't know what you mean..

(beat)

NEIL
You must've watched it?

COLIN
I don't know what "it" is to be perfectly honest.

NEIL
How could you not, we've been talking about it since I arrived.

COLIN
No...YOU'VE been talking about if I watched "it" or not, I hadn't confirmed or denied it because I still find myself WOEFULLY in the dark about what "IT" could be!

DAVID
Colin, you must have watched it!

NEIL
I refuse to believe you didn't watch it...you must have at LEAST recorded it!

COLIN
I don't know because-

DAVID
To be honest, watching a recording won't be the same. You had to watch it as it happened really.

NEIL
WHY DIDN'T YOU WATCH IT, COLIN?

COLIN
LISTEN, you incessant little PRICKS! I apologise that my life expands to encompass social activity, and isn't just restricted to the build up to something on television! Well, I assume it's on television, because I am YET to decipher this extraordinarily GENERIC discussion group I find myself trapped in - but from my understanding of most of the people in this department, I can only imagine "it" to be something that appears on the shiny box that glows in the middle of your otherwise lonely and dimly lit apartments. So don't you dare take the negative tone with me because I had BETTER things to do than mould my ARSE into my SOFA and wait for the HI-DEFINITION, PLASMATRONIC RECTANGLE of CULTURAL DEGREDATION decide what I WILL TALK ABOUT WHEN I GET TO WORK TOMORROW!

(pause, awkward silence)

DAVID
I recorded it if you want a copy?

COLIN
That would be great, cheers!

What channel was it on?

Good stuff, liked the build up but for me the rant wasn't quite the payoff it deserved. But that's unhelpful critique because I have no suggestion as to why or alternatives so I apologise. Good writing though.

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