British Comedy Guide

The Origins of Man

Planet Earth approx 20,000 years BC
Two Aliens are sitting together having a discussion, one is Human in appearance, about 9 foot tall with striking blond hair and handsome features (Godram),the other is 3.5 foot high with a small body, Grey skin, large head and big black eyes(Gurko)

Godram: Not bad Gurko, these beings are almost what we wanted, but not quite.

Gurko: Shall we destroy them Master ?

Godram: No, No I quite like them with their funny faces & hand shaped feet.
We shall call them Mon-kees.

Gurko: They make a great cup of tea as well Master.

Godram: Next time make them slightly more intelligent, not Dolphin intelligence but just enough so they can be aware of themselves, give them more language capabilities, and make them less Hairy. You know a bit more in my image.

Gurko: You want them to be as beautiful in looks as your people ?

Godram: Not quite. Make them fairly ugly, but let them think they are beautiful, do the same with the sense of Humour, let them think that they are funnier than they actually are.

Gurko: Won't that start to get annoying after a while ?

Godram: Possibly, but we'll be long gone by then.

Gurko: shall we give them telepathic abilities ?

Godram: That's a tough one, if they are telepathic they'll be able to read our thoughts. Tell you what - give them the capability, but don't let them know how to access it.

Gurko: Haha, good one Master, what about their conscience ?

Godram: Give them one by all means, just don't let it override everything they do.

Gurko: But that will make them both Good & Bad, perhaps in equal measure.

Godram: Exactly my friend, then they will fight with each other and not with us. In fact make them different colours as well, really distract them.

Gurko: Shall we make the females more intelligent as usual ?

Godram: I suppose so, but make them physically weaker.

Gurko: That seems a bit unfair, perhaps we should give the females a means of hypnotising the males.

Godram: It's always about the Boobs with you Genetic scientists Isn't it?
Ok if you must, just make the boobs all different shapes & sizes, we don't want the females to like one another too much.

Gurko: Should the Humans be aware of their Origins ?

Godram: Of course, we'll leave plenty of clues, Like the Mon-kees Etc. We don't want them all disagreeing on where they came from, that's just a recipe for disaster.

Gurko: If that's everything sir, we shall get back to the Laboratory.

Godram: Yes my friend, I think this time we'll get it right. Once They've built our Pyramids we won't be staying around long in any case, and then we can just leave them to live in Peace & Harmony for a few thousand years.

Gurko: well our species may pop back & see how they are doing from time to time, but we'll be discreet so as not to frighten them.

Godram: As you wish my friend.

Gurko: You don't think that making them too intelligent yet stupid at the same time will cause problems in their future.

Godram : as long as they don't start thinking about trying to save a planet that will be absolutely fine until the sun explodes, and concentrate on working with one another then they'll be ok.

Gurko: Or if they start getting silly Ideas, Like Health & Safety, or Political correctness.

Godram: Haha - it will be like Mars all over again.

Gurko : I won't make them that stupid, trust me sir

THE BEGINNING

Very well written this, I liked it a lot. Insightful too.

I bow in the presence of a superior. Top sketch. Laughing out loud

Steve I thought this was excellent up to the bit about making the women more intelligent. After that the sketch meanders a bit. What is the punchline?

The tea gag is clever and well placed.

Liked this. Very clever, Sothat's how we came about :D

Steve this is sublime stuff. Possibly in need of a trim and focus up here and there, but in all, marvelous.
You're on a roll at the moment, keep going.

Steve - very nice idea, cleverly done.

Cheers all.
Thanks for reading.
:D

Nice sketch Steve. I particularly liked the line: 'Exactly my friend, then they will fight with each other and not with us. In fact make them different colours as well, really distract them.' Top notch mate.

:D Funny, clever & very entertaining.

I read this the other day and thought it very good. I did think a couple of the lines could be trimmed down towards the end, maybe in delivery they'd be ok but reading them in my brain seemed a bit of a headful.

:)

Good stuff, Steve. Agree with Godot that it starts to meander a bit towards the second half but I like the way you've ended it. The bit about women feels too much like pandering. Really like that line about confusing the humans by making them different colours. I can't help but think there are some more original observations you could make here though - some of the ingredients (health and safety is silly, men like tits) feel a bit rote.

Mostly what Bussell said. I quite like the bit about women though.

One small technical picky bit - we came from apes rather than monkeys.

Also, this line didn't quite gel for me:

Quote: Godram

as long as they don't start thinking about trying to save a planet that will be absolutely fine until the sun explodes, and concentrate on working with one another then they'll be ok.

I think a better comment on humanity would be "Well we've left them enough natural resources to last until the sun explodes, so as long as they concentrate on working together instead of fighting over them then they'll be ok."

David & Afinkawan I agree with your points.
I did write this a while ago & I think I'll try and redo it sometime taking your suggestions on board.
Thanks for taking the time to have a look.

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