British Comedy Guide

What's Left?

It's a bit of Grand Guignol type humor....

INT. DAY- CELLAR LAB IN LONDON
The Doctor and her Assistant are working on creating a creature. It is hidden under a sheet. The Doctor is pacing around. She picks up a clipboard.

DOCTOR
Let's see...What's left?

ASSISTANT
(V.O.) He needs a foot.

She looks out the window at the feet and legs passing by. She puts down the clipboard and pushes a chair near the window. Picking up a pair of garden shears from the top of a cabinet near her, she leans out the window and lops the foot off a passing man. He hops for a bit, then falls over. Foot traffic continues uninterrupted. She gets off the stool and holds the foot aloft.

DOCTOR
What a great shoe! Christmas is coming up. Would you wear
anything like this?

ASSISTANT
Not my style.

DOCTOR
You can't wear trainers to everything, you know.

CUT TO:

The doctor and the assistant are finishing work on the foot. They uncover the other foot now, only to find they match!

DOCTOR
How could I make such a mistake? I've given him two left feet.
He'll never get on "Strictly Come Dancing," now. Oh, Woe!

ASSISTANT
Whoa!

DOCTOR
Woe, as in sorrow, pain.

ASSISTANT
I thought you meant, like, "Whoa!", check it out. Hold up! Look
at the freaky feet!

DOCTOR
You cretin. Why the hell would I say that?

ASSISTANT
Hey! Don't have go at me because you f**ked up the feet! Anyway,
having two left feet does not disqualify you from "Strictly Come
Dancing." They had that John Sergeant guy on.

The Doctor nods thoughtfully.

FADE OUT:
THE END

LJD - it's not bad. I don't think you need the "F" bomb though.. it's not consistent with the rest of the language.

Not bad but the John Sergeant reference is obvious as soon as you mention Strictly Come Dancing so the gap in between that and the punchline takes away from it. You should lose:

"ASSISTANT
Whoa!

DOCTOR
Woe, as in sorrow, pain.

ASSISTANT
I thought you meant, like, "Whoa!", check it out. Hold up! Look
at the freaky feet!

DOCTOR
You cretin. Why the hell would I say that?

ASSISTANT
Hey! Don't have go at me because you f**ked up the feet!"

at least.

Can't say any more than Afinawank except I loved the concept of cutting off a random leg with a pair of shears, that part was funnier than the punchline.

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