British Comedy Guide

Sketch: SPONGERS!

Hi, Here's the latest in my series of sketches about two slightly psychotic tabloid journalists. This time, they order a drink from an immigrant.

SPONGERS!

INT DAY. A COFFEE SHOP. A MALE AND A FEMALE TABLOID JOURNALIST ORDER A DRINK FROM A MALE ASSISTANT.

Female hack:
It’s chocoholic Britain!

Man:
That’s two hot chocolates, then? £3.50 please.

Male hack:
Immigrant scroungers fleece brave Brits.

Female hack:
Now ‘our boys’ can’t afford kit.

Male hack:
Number of spongers swells by 500% in one year!

Man:
Actually I came over with my brother 5 years ago..

Female hack:
And still they come!

Man:
And my wife.

Male hack:
5 wives and 10 brothers – and guess what –YOU are paying for them!

Female hack:
Bollywood wives!

Man:
Bollywood refers to Mumbai based cinema made for largely Hindi people. I’m a Muslim.

Female hack:
UK says ‘Ban the veil!’

Man:
Shouldn’t you be more tolerant?

Male hack
Now Muslims tell us how to run our lives!

Female hack:
Send them back!

THE ASSISTANT GOES TO ADD SUGAR, THE MALE HACK GRABS HIS HAND.

Male hack:
Asian terror plot to poison our choccies!

Man:
I'm Tunisian.

THE JOURNALISTS SNATCH THE DRINKS AND FLEE WITHOUT PAYING.

Female hack:
Arab terror bid thwarted!

THEY EXIT

Man:
Freeloading hacks in Big Ron-style race slur!

CUT

Yes, more of this please Fred. I like it a lot :)

I had to read it twice... I like it vry good

I'm enjoying these too...keep them coming!

I liked this, nice one!

Hey, you're getting good at this! This one is really quite sharp, not over-written and funny into the bargain. Good stuff.

Very good sketch Fred, I've no real comments as I really enjoyed it. I haven't seen the rest of this series, are they posted on BSG?

Thanks a lot, Shoepie and everyone else.
Yes, the others are here:

https://www.comedy.co.uk/forums/thread/1039

https://www.comedy.co.uk/forums/thread/1006

and the new one (BLITZED!) is above this one.

Yes - I like it too. Maybe you should put them together and send them somewhere - possibly something like Naylor and Parsons.

I'm not familiar with Naylor & Parsons - it's Radio 4 right? Would I send it through the BBC Writersroom?

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