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Random Sketch

Here's a sketch I wrote a while ago. Let's us know what you think.

THE MANAGER SITS IN HIS OFFICE.
AN EMPLOYEE IS SAT ACROSS FROM THE TABLE.

BOSS:
I’ve invited you here, why?
EMPLOYEE:
I don’t know, should I?
BOSS:
Of course not. Guess.
EMPLOYEE:
Is it anything to do with the Christmas bonus?
BOSS:
I tend to do the bonuses in December, not March.
EMPLOYEE:
Somebody’s getting fired, aren’t they?
BOSS:
Bingo.
EMPLOYEE:
It’s me isn’t it?
BOSS:
Good idea. I like your thinking. I’ll fire you. Brilliant. Your brilliance deserves to be rewarded. How about I give you your job back?
EMPLOYEE:
Really?
BOSS:
You questioning me? You think I’m a liar, is that it? I will fire you, how do you like that, four eyes?
THE EMPLOYEE IS NOT WEARING GLASSES
BOSS:
Just for that, not only will I fire you, but I’ll also cut your nuts off with (holds up an eraser) this pen. Unless you give me a reason not too.
EMPLOYEE:
I don’t think that would work.
BOSS:
Good point. I always liked you. Welcome aboard.
EMPLOYEE:
This wasn’t an interview.
BOSS:
Was I promoting you?
EMPLOYEE:
Err, sure. Yeah.
BOSS:
Who’s job was I giving you?
EMPLOYEE:
Err, yours?
BOSS:
Fantastic.
BOSS GOES TO LEAVE
BOSS:
Well, good luck. I’ve always wanted to be a sailor, so I think I’ll give that a go. (Waving an imaginary cowboy hat) Yeehar!
BOSS LEAVES AND THE EMPLOYEE SITS IN THE BOSS’S CHAIR.
EMPLOYEE:
(Into speaker) Bring in Jenkins.
JENKINS ENTERS.
EMPLOYEE:
Jenkins, I’ve invited you here, why?

This sketch has been done before on Mr Show with Bob and David (an American HBO sketch show). Yours is almost exactly the same.

I aven't seen the HBO show. But I liked it, very quickfire surreal. Kind of like Groucho and Chico having one of their odd conversations where they both go off on tangents.

Yes man ears I touch where your going with this irrelavant skit. I like bubbles.

Not seen the one ajp mentioned so can only go by this one. I like the idea and the general flow. For my liking earman I would prefer it if you put in small gaps between the speech to make it easier to read - and less critical would like to see you give your sketches a title or a name instead of 'Random Sketch' and 'Another Random Sketch' that I also see posted. Just a thought mate.

Andy W

Quote: Daddy Maz @ April 8, 2007, 12:04 PM

Yes man ears I touch where your going with this irrelavant skit. I like bubbles.

That's pretty much the vibe I was going for. Bubbles are great! All I was trying to do with that sketch is promote bubble awareness. Unless, you are refering to bubbles the monkey.

As for the Mr Show with Bob and David - never heard of it. Is my sketch really that similar?

I will in the future be giving my sketches more appropiate titles. I'll try make them a bit easier to read as well. Didn't really think about formatting. i just cut and pasted it from Word and hit post, really.

lol bizarre, funny but bizarre. not really much I can add all the gumf about formatting been covered etc etc. I Thought it was funny good job :D

50,000 bubbles die each day in 3rd world countries due to lack of soapy water and those yolks you blow them from.Even Bono hasn't done a gig for them.....Tragic

Keep up the good work fella!

Please make any donation you can. Any type of soap will do. It doesn't even have to be in it's orignal packaging. Please sponsor our 'clean up the world' campaign. Save the bubbles.

Sorry earman the sketch is exactly the same, even the words are the same. I hate it when i come up with stuff that someone else has done but 'thats life,' wait i think i stole that off someone. erm thats the annoying outcome which occurs when random events happen at seperate stages along the space time continuem to different entites granting one entity wisdom while denying the other entity a reward for his hard work.

On the plus side no-one else outside the USA has heard of Mr Show so you can use it if you want.

In Russia they trap and kill bubbles just for their essential oils and mix them together to make their number 4 top selling washing up liquid "Bublov Klenz" I mean if they used fluffy kittens for their bleach there would be uproar...

Adopt a bubble and that's not cockney slang for Greeks!!!

Looked it up on imdb.com. It would appear that it was quite a good show. I like the idea of having all the sketches connected in some way. One piece of advice though, if seraching for the show on imdb.com, type in "Mr Show with Bob and David". If you search for "Mr Show", you get a film called 'F**king Åmål'!. :O

'F**king Amal' is one of my all time fav films it's class mate

What's the plot to F**king Amal, then?

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