NJ: Trailer

I was stretching the boundaries for this one. Bit of a rehash of an idea I'd had previously.

MILES JUPP
With the recent success of Avatar, expensive blockbusters have become de rigueur. And directors have started to turn their attention closer to home for the next big CGI driven hit.

FX:

LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE THEME TUNE PLAYS CONCURRENTLY WITH V/O.

DEEP AMERICAN ACCENT (V/O)
Michael Bay Presents 'Last of the Summer Wine – When the Tea Runs Out!'.

PETER SALLIS/CLEGG
Could you get us a cup of tea, love?

FX:

JANGLE OF TEA POT

JANE FREEMAN/IVY
E ba gum, Cleggy! There's no bleedin' tea!

FX:

LOUD EXPLOSION AND GUNFIRE. DARK/FOREBODING MUSIC BEGINS.

AMERICAN V/O
Follow Ivy and Cleggy across land and water, as they fight their enemies, 'The Southerners' in search of tea.

CLEGG
I'm not throwing a grenade, Ivy, not with my back!

IVY
Give it 'ere.

FX:

MASSIVE EXPLOSION.

AMERICAN V/O
Watch as they run the gamut of human emotions.

IVY
What type of girl do you think I am? I'm not doing that.

CLEGG
We might not see out the night, Ivy, these Southerners could take any shape and they could be anywhere!

IVY
Alright, but only on t'cheek. And no funny business!

AMERICAN V/O
See how the story unfolds as their friends help them in their quest.

RUSS ABBOT/HOBBO
What I'm about to show you is top secret.

IVY
Well, tell us what it is then, you numpty!

HOBBO
It's a map to a dark, Godforsaken site, which holds the answer to where the tea lies.

IVY
What's it called, then?

HOBBO
Tesco's!

AMERICAN V/O
Find out if they succeed in their mission to locate tea, the elixir of life, in the face of adversity.

FX:

GUNFIRE AND EXPLOSIONS.

CLEGG
Quick, jump in Ivy!

FX:

THE SOUND OF A CHOKING ENGINE.

IVY
Why won't this bloody thing drive?!

CLEGG
It's only my motor scooter, Ivy! And it's got a maximum load of 70 kilos!

IVY
Oo! You cheeky beggar!

FX:

A FINAL EXPLOSION.

AMERICAN V/O
'Last of The Summer Wine – When the Tea Runs Out' coming soon to a cinema near you. Epileptics beware!

END OF SKETCH

My first reaction is that Dead Ringers was doing stuff like 'Last of the Summer Wine - the Movie' about ten years ago, so it's just not a 'big' enough idea to really grab.

Kudos for not doing any jokes about going down a hill in a tin bath, though.

I have to agree with RJ, it's a nice idea but it has been done to death... even by our very own Lee Henman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndr9gDX6zS8&feature=channel

Ah right, that's the problem of having a policy of never watching or listening to anything with Jon Culshaw in it. What did Dead Ringers do then?

Lee's was just a play on words of 'I remember what you did last...' really, not quite the same thing. That's what I'm telling myself at least, to preserve my sense of originality.

It's not just Ringers though - ripping through Last of the Summer Wine is pretty much a given with British comedy over the last few years. Unless you've got a really stonkingly original take on it, I'd stay well clear.

I tried 'James Cameron's Question Time' as an idea at the NJ workshop. It 'wasn't James Cameron enough' apparently Anyway, I didn't think yours was 'Michael Bay' enough. A 'running down the hill in a bath' scene done by Bay would be edge-of-your-seat, terrifyingly awesome, especially if Nora had fallen in with Compo! It would probably be in 3-D too...

Anyway, the styling is very good, but I didn't think there was enough jokes in it, to be honest.

One further point, especially for Newsjack: Lewis is the only impressionist, so he would be doing all the bloke-y impressions, Miles can't really do (m)any. Problem you've got here is that the voiceover guy has lines followed by Peter Sallis, so Lewis would be talking to himself at points. Miles can do 'old posh bloke' or perhaps 'old, almost Yorkshire, posh bloke' but not 'Peter Sallis'. ie you're restricting yourself. Perhaps something to bear in mind in future attempts.

Hope this is help

Dan

Quote: R.J. @ January 13 2010, 3:24 PM GMT

It's not just Ringers though - ripping through Last of the Summer Wine is pretty much a given with British comedy over the last few years. Unless you've got a really stonkingly original take on it, I'd stay well clear.

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Hmm, I've managed to avoid such parodies. So to me this was original! (*quickly hides plagiarised print outs of old LOTSW parody sketches*)

Quote: swerytd @ January 13 2010, 4:27 PM GMT

I tried 'James Cameron's Question Time' as an idea at the NJ workshop. It 'wasn't James Cameron enough' apparently Anyway, I didn't think yours was 'Michael Bay' enough. A 'running down the hill in a bath' scene done by Bay would be edge-of-your-seat, terrifyingly awesome, especially if Nora had fallen in with Compo! It would probably be in 3-D too...

Anyway, the styling is very good, but I didn't think there was enough jokes in it, to be honest.

One further point, especially for Newsjack: Lewis is the only impressionist, so he would be doing all the bloke-y impressions, Miles can't really do (m)any. Problem you've got here is that the voiceover guy has lines followed by Peter Sallis, so Lewis would be talking to himself at points. Miles can do 'old posh bloke' or perhaps 'old, almost Yorkshire, posh bloke' but not 'Peter Sallis'. ie you're restricting yourself. Perhaps something to bear in mind in future attempts.

Hope this is help

Dan

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Cheers Dan! I thought a generic northern accent would do. Maybe they didn't have a 'Deep American accent' between them, that's the reason it failed!

Thanks for the tips Dan, much appreciated.

No chance -- Lewis MacLeod can basically do *anyone*! It's quite scary!

I so want to see this Michael Bay bath-run now. Anybody got cutting-edge CGI equipment and a rockin' sound track?

Dan

Good Stuff Giggle, I think it's a very funny sketch, dunno if it would get used though, only one way to find out!

Quote: swerytd @ January 13 2010, 6:28 PM GMT

No chance -- Lewis MacLeod can basically do *anyone*! It's quite scary!

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I like His Michael McIntyre from Somerset impression