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New Stand-Up Material.

Now I don't post much of my routines up here normally, after all the best judge of wether it's any good is performing it, but I am a but unsure about the pigs in blanket things... here is the new seasonal fayre from me.

LEt me know what you think.

"How many shopping days to Christmas anyone? Technically they are x number but for me technically there is only ever 1, Christmas eve. I just don't seem to have the gene for Christmas shopping, you can lock me in Bluewater for 48 hours and I'll still come out with a wide selection of vouchers, and convinced they are the BEST present ever, I didn't even know supercuts did them.

You are talking to a man who once bought his family for Christmas, snickers… not between them they all got one each… admittedly I was 7… but even now I think can I get away with it again, claim it's a retro present.

This is why it's in my family's best interest to help me get a girlfriend, they've seen the presents they get when I'm part of a couple, and they've also seen the family pack of snickers.

Much as I love Christmas I do have a slight problem with it, it's not so much the huge commercialization of a Christian holiday, it's not even the blackmailing of kids to be nice in exchange for presents. Nope it's pigs in blankets, just the concept. I mean the sausage is meant to represent to pig, and I don't know much about pigs, but I would imagine that the majority of them don't go to sleep under blankets, except perhaps some of those Hollywood showbiz pigs. But if they did go to sleep under blankets, making the blanket out of bacon just seems unnessecry. I can't imagine that pig is gonna get much sleeping done, and if he does then the nightmares are just going to be terrifying. A couple nights of that and they are gonna be on the phone to the porcine equivalent of childline, "

Hi Danny, to me this didn't read that funny but I'm sure in a club it would be with the right delivery.
I had some thoughts (in brackets), hope you don't mind and I'm no stand-up so feel free to ignore.

"How many shopping days to Christmas anyone? Technically they are x number but for me technically there is only ever 1, Christmas eve. I just don't seem to have the gene for Christmas shopping, you can lock me in Bluewater for 48 hours and I'll still come out with a wide selection of vouchers, and convinced they are the BEST present ever, I didn't even know supercuts did them.

-(I think I'm going autistic, I'm taking everything literally. I saw a sign that said ''XNumber' shopping days to Christmas', I thought since when has shopping become a day? Monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, shoppingday? Also it sounds like a destination - TO Christmas, its like saying 'Xnumber' tuesdays to dagenham.)

You are talking to a man who once bought his family for Christmas, snickers… not between them they all got one each… admittedly I was 7… but even now I think can I get away with it again, claim it's a retro present.

-(When I was seven I bought Snickers bars for my familys Christmas present. They needed the energy, of course back then, they were Marathons.)

This is why it's in my family's best interest to help me get a girlfriend, they've seen the presents they get when I'm part of a couple, and they've also seen the family pack of snickers.

-(....and they've also seen the family pack of snickers....and the wanking.)

Much as I love Christmas I do have a slight problem with it, it's not so much the huge commercialization of a Christian holiday, it's not even the blackmailing of kids to be nice in exchange for presents. Nope it's pigs in blankets, just the concept. I mean the sausage is meant to represent to pig, and I don't know much about pigs, but I would imagine that the majority of them don't go to sleep under blankets, except perhaps some of those Hollywood showbiz pigs. But if they did go to sleep under blankets, making the blanket out of bacon just seems unnessecry. I can't imagine that pig is gonna get much sleeping done, and if he does then the nightmares are just going to be terrifying. A couple nights of that and they are gonna be on the phone to the porcine equivalent of childline,

-(still I suppose you should look on the positives, at least they don't have their legs chopped off and a Bernard bastard Mathews picture plastered all over them.)

Hope you don't mind and best of luck, J. :)

Bugger, I've just been writing something similar about pigs in blankets. :(

EDIT: Actually, on re-reading it's similar but different. Phew.

Overall I agree with Jacparov.

If you are doing a Snickers thing someone in the audience is only going to say or think "they were Marathons back then", so you would be wise to be ahead of them.

Mine's about the wife in bed - I'll have to change the title now!

Quote: Morrace @ October 29 2009, 1:01 AM BST

Mine's about the wife in bed - I'll have to change the title now!

New stand-up?

Quote: Badge @ October 29 2009, 1:02 AM BST

New stand-up?

It's a short sketch - gets longer when aroused.

"But if they did go to sleep under blankets... well, just imagine yourselves snugly wrapped up in bed. Under a nice, warm, cosy blanket. Of your own flesh! Still comfy? Well, neither is that poor, little pig. Even if he does get to sleep, he'll be having nightmares about going to Argos and buying one of his parents in one of those duvet bags. Still they deserve it if they make him sleep under a meat blanket. They should be reported to childswine."

Also, could you replace 'SuperCuts' with 'Pret-A-Manger' or 'Starbucks' or something? You need the absolute last thing you could possibly get vouchers for and those make you sound tight too ;)

Dan

Quote: swerytd @ October 29 2009, 4:33 PM BST

"But if they did go to sleep under blankets... well, just imagine yourselves snugly wrapped up in bed. Under a nice, warm, cosy blanket. Of your own flesh! Still comfy? Well, neither is that poor, little pig. Even if he does get to sleep, he'll be having nightmares about going to Argos and buying one of his parents in one of those duvet bags. Still they deserve it if they make him sleep under a meat blanket. They should be reported to childswine."

Also, could you replace 'SuperCuts' with 'Pret-A-Manger' or 'Starbucks' or something? You need the absolute last thing you could possibly get vouchers for and those make you sound tight too ;)

Dan

Yep that's the kind of feeling I was looking for, Supercuts the hairdressers were the last thing I could think you would get vouchers for to be honest.

But made me confident the material can work.

I'll let you know on Sunday.

I liked, was smiling all the way through. The marathon comment below did make me laugh though =]

Quote: SuperGreen @ November 2 2009, 8:44 PM GMT

I liked, was smiling all the way through.

A step in the right direction.

Next step?

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