British Comedy Guide

OAP Zombies

SCENE 1. INT. THE DAYROOM OF AN OLD PEOPLE'S HOME.

JANET, AN ATTRACTIVE CARE ASSISTANT, IS FENDING OFF HALF A DOZEN OLD AGE PENSIONERS WITH A CHAIR. THE PENSIONERS ALL HAVE VACANT EXPRESSIONS, AND ARE CLAWING AT HER WITH THEIR ARMS OUTSTRETCHED. PETER, A RUGGEDLY HANDSOME DOCTOR, ENTERS.

JANET
Peter!

PETER
I came as soon as I could.

JANET
It's the residents - I don't know what has got into them.

PENSIONERS
Brains! Brains!

PETER
Janet be careful! My preliminary diagnosis is that they are zombies. I should probably runs some test though.

AN OLD LADY BITES JANET'S ARM. SHE LOOKS FRUSTRATED.

JANET
Oh Gladys, you've forgot to put your teeth in again.

CUT TO:

SCENE 2. INT. AN OFFICE.

PETER IS HOLDING JANET IN A MANLY EMBRACE.

PETER
We should be safe until Countdown is over.

JANET
Oh Peter, what are we going to do?

PETER
We'll have to make a break for it.

PETER OPENS THE DOOR. AN OLD MAN IS STANDING IN THE ENTRANCE, HIS ARMS STRETCHED OUT BEFORE HIM.

OLD MAN
Brains.

THE OLD MAN STAGGERS FORWARD, STOPS, THEN SCRATCHES HIS HEAD, AND LURCHES BACK OUT AGAIN.

JANET
Thank God! He's forgotten what he came in here for.

CUT TO:

SCENE 3. EXT. THE DRIVEWAY OF THE OLD PEOPLE'S HOME.

PETER AND JANET ARE RUNNING DOWN THE DRIVE, PURSUED, VERY SLOWLY, BY A CROWD OF PENSIONERS ON ZIMMER FRAMES.

PENSIONERS
Brains!

PETER
Run, Janet, run!

END.

Very good. Scene 2 got a big laugh here.

Maybe have the old guy say "Brains. Brains. Br..." before drifting off, just to drive the point home.

:D

Nicely done.

Triffic!

I really liked this.
I think it would make a good runner, there's plenty of mileage for a few short scenes.

Amusing throughout. I can see the graphics 'To be continued....' already. As Sunny Steve says, it's a runner.

I liked the first two scenes, the third didn't do much for me. Nice idea, you should write more. You've covered the 'old people forget things' angle, maybe you can try different themes.

Perhaps, OAP zombies can be disorientated by giving them scones or photos of them when they were young, so they can reminisce.

This is excellent great idea nicely executed, if a little UnPc!
But it's genuinely funny.

When I did a similar sketch I found it easier to condense it into a mock movie trailer.

Also maybe as a final surpirse punch, have one of them say atleast I'm not teaching at the University or something. And cut to zombie students, just a thought.

But this is top stuff.

Cheers guys. Yes I can probably get more out of this.

You're quite prolific at the moment. Very funny, liked the man forgetting what he came in for joke best.

Quote: Rob0 @ August 19 2009, 11:12 PM BST

You're quite prolific at the moment.

Yes - I am at my most productive when I have a job which I am putting off!

I am also taking advantage of Sootyj's absence - for the fist time ever I have the most sketches on the front page!

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