7 on 7 submission Power Sharing

Power Sharing.
ANNOUNCER1(WHISPERING)
You join us for this historic moment when Morgan Tsangari becomes Prime minister of Zimbabwe and for the first time fully shares power with President Robert Mugabe.

ANNOUNCER2
Quick shut the lid some one's coming!

FX A LID BANGS SHUT.

ANNOUNCER1(MUFFLED)
Of course as BBC journalists we are having to report from a wheelie bin in down town Harrari.

ANNOUNCER2(MUFFLED)
Those lucky sods in Sky news got a disused chemical toilet.

BIN LID RAISED

ANNOUNCER1(WHISPERING)
Shh it's the historic moment President Mugabe is handing Prime minister Tsangari the keys to the Government office's (BEAT) biscuit tin.

ANNOUNCER2(WHISPERING)
And President Mugabe seems about to knight Morgan (BEAT) with the sacred baseball bat of office.

SOUND OF A LOUD THUMP.

ANNOUNCER1
Quick duck! Robert's dragging Morgan over here.

SOUND OF BIN LID BEING OPENED AND A BODY BEING DROPPED INSIDE.

MORGAN(MUFFLED)
Ah you fellows are with the BBC. I have great confidence in this power sharing arrangement last year Robert would have shot me.

I didn't mind that one, Sooty. I think the punchline could have done with being stronger than it was though.

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A great piece of barbed satire, Sootyj. Really enjoyed that one. You at your best!
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That's one neat piece of writing. Every line counted

Cracking idea and very nicely executed Sooty, at least for the first half. I agree with Ben that it doesn't have the punch, though, and I wonder if you should get out much earlier, e.g:

Quote: sootyj @ March 6 2009, 10:07 PM GMT

Power Sharing.
ANNOUNCER1(WHISPERING)
You join us for this historic moment when Morgan Tsangari becomes Prime minister of Zimbabwe and for the first time fully shares power with President Robert Mugabe.

ANNOUNCER2
Quick shut the lid some one's coming!

FX A LID BANGS SHUT.

ANNOUNCER1(MUFFLED)
Of course as BBC journalists we are having to report from a wheelie bin in down town Harrari.

ANNOUNCER2(MUFFLED)
Those lucky sods in Sky news got a disused chemical toilet.

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and add a FLUSH F/X or a genius one-line payoff?

Do you think the BBC would have minded you spelled Tsvangirai wrong? And Harare.

Liked this Sootyj. I tried one on the same topic and will post later.

Hi soots

Seems like two sketches to me here. I agree with Ben and Badge about getting out around the chemical toilet line, or at least going off somewhere else with the rest of it.

Dan

Hmm I think the chemical toilet would leave it a bit in the air. I note alot of BBC sketches unlike NR are quite linear so I couldn't use the patented crazy Sootyj trope "character walks on and says c**t".

Hmm I think I might stop at the Wheely bin line and make it an ultra quickie.

Thanks for the feedback.