British Comedy Guide

Panto Horse

INT. PANTOMIME HORSE.

PANTOMIME TAKING PLACE BUT OUT OF VIEW.

LILY IS AT FRONT OF HORSE AND MICHAEL AT BACK. FILMED USING NIGHT VISION AND HIDDEN CAMERAS.

VOICE: (O.O.V.)
Oh, yes it is.

LILY:
Keep those meandering hands of yours on my waist not above or below.

MICHAEL:
I'm not used to the back. Are you still on your high-fibre diet? My nose is perched rather close to your exclusion zone.

LILY:
You lived with me long enough Michael to know that it'll be smell not sound that you hear first... forward... slower you big oaf!

AUDIENCE: (O.O.V.)
Oh, no it isn't.

MICHAEL:
Ten years I did the front, this makes a mockery of equal rights.

LILY:
Why didn't you sleep with the new director? You're something of a dab hand at that... clip clop sideways.

AUDIENCE: (O.O.V.)
It's behind you!

MICHAEL:
Because he's gay?

LILY: (knowingly)
He was gay.. ahem.. reverse.

MICHAEL: (shouting)
YOU'RE FUCKING PETER?

FX THUMP

MICHAEL:
Aargh!

VOICE: (O.O.V.)
Naughty horsey, naughty horsey.

FX AUDIENCE LAUGHING.

Hey Nige

This feels more like a scene from a sitcom about these two rather than a sketch per se. It's funny, just not in a sketch-y kind of way.

Dan

Yeah, echo Dan - it's not self contained enough to be a sketch.

Liked how it was written and arguing couple etc. Didn't mind it as a sketch though appreciate the tone does lend itself more to a sitcom. So get writing it I suppose.

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