NJ: Silly Jobs

And my third one for this week. It's a bit 'talky' and doesn't really work that well, now I've had the chance to look it over for a week!

Dan

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SILLY JOBS
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F/XOOR CLOSING

INTERVIEWER:
Ah, welcome, Miss Jones. Please take a seat.

F/X:CHAIR MOVING

MISS JONES:
Thanks for inviting me for interview.

INTERVIEWER:
So, straight to it. If you could briefly describe your previous employment experience?

MISS JONES:
Yes, of course. Well, I started out about five years ago now, as a 'Walking Co-ordinator'.

INTERVIEWER:
And can I ask why you chose to leave?

MISS JONES:
Yes, of course. I felt I was wandering into a bit of a dead-end.

INTERVIEWER:
I see. So where did you go next?

MISS JONES:
I got the job of 'Weekend Explainer'.

INTERVIEWER:
And you left because?

MISS JONES:
They wanted me to work almost every Saturday and Sunday! Ridiculous!

INTERVIEWER:
And I believe that takes you up to your current place of employment?

MISS JONES:
Yes, I'm a 'Dog Enforcement Officer'.

INTERVIEWER:
And why are you leaving that position?

MISS JONES:
Well, there are only so many dogs that want to be something else.

INTERVIEWER:
Finally, tell me why you want this job?

MISS JONES:
Well, after all these ludicrous positions, it'd be nice to do something worthwhile.

INTERVIEWER:
Excellent, excellent. Well, I think you're more than qualified. Congratulations! The position of 'Ridiculous Jobs Inventor' is yours.

MISS JONES:
Fantastic!

END

Might work better condensed and morphed into a Correction. What was the news story it referred to?

Ta. There was a story about ridiculous jobs in government/councils across the country. The three in the sketch are genuine jobs!

Dan

I think that comes under their heading of 'explosion in a clown factory' (see their writersroom blog). It's already funny that those jobs exist, and it's not clear from the context of your sketch that those ARE real jobs rather than random ones you've made up. I think you need to start from an assumption that no-one knows the news story you're referring to and give them the information first. And if that can't be done without giving the punchlines away, then maybe there's nothing funnier than the real world story.