British Comedy Guide

Old jokes of the forgotten west

INT. WILD WEST SALOON.

THE TOMBSTONE KID IS LEANING NONCHALANTLY AGAINST THE BAR, HIS HAT SLOUCHED DOWN OVER HIS EYES, WITH A CIGAR IN HIS MOUTH, A SHOT GLASS IN HIS HAND AND A BOTTLE IN FRONT OF HIM.

A STRANGER IN A BLACK HAT ENTERS, HIS PISTOL HUNG LOW ON HIS HIP. HE IS NERVOUS AND TWITCHY.

STRANGER
Hey you.

THE KID DOES NOT REACT.

STRANGER
I said you.

THE KID FIXES THE STRANGER WITH AN ICY STARE.

STRANGER
Are you the one they call the Tombstone Kid?

THE KID DRAINS HIS GLASS.

STRANGER
They say you're fast. Real fast.

THE KID
That's what they say.

THE KID STUBS OUT HIS CIGAR.

THE STRANGER GULPS, AND THEN IN ONE FLUID MOVEMENT DRAWS HIS GUN, LEVELLING IT AND COCKING IT BACK. HIS EYES WIDEN AND HE DOES NOT FIRE.

THE SALOON DOORS ARE SWINGING AND THERE IS NO SIGN OF THE KID.

END.

Love it!

Nice one Timbo.
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Very funny Timbo.

Toot sweet!

Great one Timbo.

The cheek of it. Laughing out loud

Excellent!

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Yup. Good one, definitely old style, and all the better for it.

Best sketch I have read on here, bar none.

It's perfectly paced and structured.

I can see this opening the start of something like Toy Story 3.

Continue writing to this level, and it will only be a matter of time before Pixar or Disney come calling - actually, they probably both will!

At last someone to champion on here - you've made my day!


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Good sketch Timbo. Simple well realised and proof that funny doesn't need to be:

a) In yer face
b) Shocking for the sake of it
c) 'Weird' or wacky.

Stout work that man!!

Laughing out loud

I liked this too. Very good. Can imagine Benny Hill doing it for some reason.

Too good for Benny - Ronnie Corbett as the Kid, Barker as the Stranger, definitely.

Yeah, or them. :)

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