British Comedy Guide

Oh Colin...

A bank manager, the deputy manager and a HR personal are sitting around a desk in a disciplinary meeting of one of the employee's of the bank, Colin.

DM: Another meeting then Colin? Another warning? When is it going to end?

BM: It's gonna end today! That was his final written warning, and Colin will be leaving at the end of the day.

COLIN: Ah what? I was only having a bit of fun.

BM: Bit of fun? Well you seem to have a back catalog of fun don't you colin.

HR: Why what has he done today?

BM: Upsetting people again

COLIN: Ah what?

DM: Not again Colin?

BM: He told a young mother that her newly born baby looked like Gollum.

DM: Oh, Colin after our little chat last week aswell.

BM: Oh right? And what happened last week?

DM: Oh it was nothing.

BM: Go on.

DM: He just happened to say to a middle aged man with long hair and a beard not to touch his private parts when he cashes his cheque.

BM: Oh Colin, this really is enough.

COLIN: Ah what?

HR: Well, that wasn't the most serious one though was it Terry (to DM)

DM: Errrr..what?

BM: What is this?

DM: Oh, just a mis understanding.

BM: Tell me.

(beat)

DM: He told a dad who was looking at our new range of mortgage offers that his daughter was the spitting image of Madeline Mccann, and that he was going to call the A Team?

BM: Oh god, well, hold on, was it her?

HR: No, she was chinese.

I this not any good peeps? :O

Your previous reactions may have slightly put people off giving you constructive criticism.
Just an idea. I could be wrong. :)

Quote: zooo @ May 4 2009, 5:43 PM BST

Your previous reactions may have slightly put people off giving you constructive criticism.
Just an idea. I could be wrong. :)

What f**king reactions? I don't have any f**king reactions!?...

:D

When I post back, I am saying things in jest, tongue in cheek. But the wonders of modern technology does not allow you to see my face when I say0wrie these things.

Zoo what animals you got? :)

Mainly monkeys.
Throwing shit at each other.

Quote: zooo @ May 4 2009, 5:49 PM BST

Mainly monkeys.
Throwing shit at each other.

Oh, not cats and dogs like normal people then

:)

Quote: Scottidog @ May 4 2009, 5:40 PM BST

I this not any good peeps? :O

Sorry, but no. It's not really.

Hi. I didn't think this was very good personally. I do think there's possibly a pay off somewhere with the 'prankster' upsetting bank customers but in your version I think the 'pranks' were weak and the final part would be deemed tasteless because it wasn't funny or artful. On the positive side I thought the dialogue was good. This coupled with the fact there's an idea there hopefully gives some objectivity and I'm not forgetting that this is of course subjective.

The only germ of an idea/s (and you may just wanna use Domestos on it) I had was you could move from the first insult to the mother onto a body of evidence that he's trying to induce all the bankrupts/ skint mothers/credit crunch victims into making porn or something. Maybe even trying to sell them 'easy way out' suicide packages. Off the top of my head though I don't know how, or indeed if you could get there simply whilst making it funny. Hope this is constructive in some way though.

Hi Scottidog

There's a lot of dithering in the dialogue with the 'Er's, 'Ah's and 'Go on's which drags it out. The first two gags are okay but, after that I was expecting a big pay-off funny punchline which didn't materialise unfortunately.

Hope that's useful

Dan

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