The Burial

EXT. DAY. GRAVEYARD.

FOUR PALLBEARERS ARE CARRYING A COFFIN TOWARDS A GRAVE. A VICAR IS WALKING IN FRONT.

VICAR:
I am the resurrection and I am the life.

COFFIN LID OPENS AND CORPSE SPRINGS UP. THE LID IS CLOSED AGAIN.

CUT TO GRAVE. COFFIN IS BEING LOWERED DOWN.

COFFIN LID AGAIN OPENS AND CORPSE SPRINGS UP. A GRAVEDIGGER DIVES ONTO COFFIN IN GRAVE TO CLOSE IT.

VICAR:
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

COFFIN LID AGAIN OPENS. THE GRAVEDIGGER IS FLUNG INTO THE AIR. THE MOURNERS ARE FRANTICALLY USING SHOVELS TO FILL IN THE GRAVE.

VICAR:
Lord have mercy on the soul of David Smith, inventor of the jack in the box.

This I like!

I grunted with amusement.. nice.

I also did an amused groan.

Quote: Timbo @ December 19 2008, 8:20 PM GMT

I also did an amused groan.

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You got another here.

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Not saying you nicked it Nigel - Great minds, etc!

It's quite a nice idea, that. I'd probably save the visual gag of the corpse springing out till the end though, rather than repeating it throughout the sketch.

And I don't know why but I'd personally find it funnier if the punchline was written on the headstone rather than the priest saying it. So you end on a shot of the headstone that reads "David Smith. Inventor of the Jack In The Box."

Liked it.

Alternatively, mention it in a news broadcast at the start of the sketch.

NEWSREADER
"David Smith, the inventor of the famous child's toy The Jack In The Box, was finally laid to rest today."

Insert sketch here haha

Loved it!

Pity it won't work on radio or we'd use it.

Regards

john

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