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A GENTLEMAN IN A PRISTINE DESIGNER SUIT HOLDING A BRIEFCASE IS SLOWLY MAKING HIS WAY THROUGH A FARMYARD FIELD.

OUT OF NOWHERE, BIRD DROPPINGS APPEAR ON HIS SHOULDER. HE LOOKS UP AND SEES A FLOCK OF CROWS.

MAN: Oh, poo.

THE MAN TAKES A HANDKERCHIEF OUT OF HIS POCKET AND ATTEMPTS TO WIPE AWAY THE WHITE MESS.

HE CONTINUES WALKING UNTIL WE HEAR A LOUD SQUELCH. THE MAN LOOKS DOWN AND SEES THAT HE HAS STEPPED IN A GIANT COW PAT.

MAN: Oh, crap!

HE TAKES THE SAME HANDKERCHIEF AND CLUMSILY ATTEMPTS TO WIPE AWAY THE MESS ON HIS DESIGNER SHOES.

SUDDENLY, MECHANICAL WHIRRING CAN BE HEARD. HE LOOKS BEHIND HIM AND SEES A FARMER BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A LARGE INDUSTRIAL FERTILIZER, SPRAYING OUT LARGE AMOUNTS OF MANURE.

THE MAN ATTEMPTS TO RUN, BUT TRIPS OVER UNTO THE GROUND.

MAN: Shit, shit, shit!

THE INDUSTRIAL FERTILIZER PASSES HIM BY, CAKING HIM IN MANURE.

AS HE LIES ON THE GROUND, HE SLOWLY WIPES AWAY THE MANURE FROM HIS FACE. HE NOTICES A FLYER ON THE GROUND. IT HAS A PICTURE OF A SMILING, TOPLESS ELDERLY MAN HOLDING TWO THUMBS UP.

HE WIPES THE MANURE AWAY FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE FLYER, WHICH READS: "JOIN THE MCCARTHY FARM OVER-50'S CHARITY NUDE FUN RUN IN AID OF TESTICULAR CANCER! MONDAY, MAY 10TH"

HE CHECKS HIS ARMANI WATCH. THE DATE READS "10/5/10".

MAN: No...

THE SOUND OF STAMPEDING IS HEARD. HE LOOKS BEHIND HIM AND SEES A LARGE GROUP OF NAKED ELDERLY MEN RUNNING TOWARDS HIM.

MAN: BOLLOCKS!

THE NUDE ELDERLY MEN RUN RIGHT THROUGH, WITH SOME TRIPPING AND FALLING OVER THE MAN.

Very Visual which I liked. Nice sketch idea but something is missing!I can't quite put my finger on it, up it or in it.

I like it too, but as Charley says it's missing something. For me I wasn't sure why a man in a designer suit would be in a field.

Is he an insurance rep investigating Mccarthy's suspicious testicular cancer claim?

Yeah, I felt it was missing something too, it's just the groundwork for something potentially better.

I don't know why there's a man in a suit, I think I just wanted a random, slightly surreal shot of a middle-class gentlemen in a field just for contrast's sake, sort of Monty Python-esque. I was even tempted to give him a bowler hat and a walking cane, but I thought that might be going a bit too far :S

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