George

It's been a while, and you'll see why...

RADIO SKETCH

THE SOUND OF A CHILD RUNNING, GETTING CLOSER. IT'S GEORGE RUNNING UP TO HIS MOTHER WITH EXCITING NEWS. HE'S UNUSUALLY-POSH SOUNDING COMPARED TO HIS MOTHER.

GEORGE:
Oh, mummy, mummy! I've just heard about the most magical place in the world.

MOTHER:
Oh, yes. Where's that?

GEORGE:
Oh, mummy, I want to go. I want to go to Milton Keynes!

MOTHER:
Milton Keynes?

GEORGE:
Yes, mummy; Milton Keynes.

MOTHER:
Are you sure you have the right place?

GEORGE: (slightly frustrated)
Yes, mummy. It is the most wondrous place I've ever heard of.

MOTHER:
Milton. Keynes?

GEORGE:
Yes, mummy. Milton. Keynes.

FADE OUT-FADE IN

THE SOUND OF CAR ENGINE STOPPING AND DOORS BEING OPENED AND SHUT.

MOTHER:
OK, here we are George, Milton Keynes.

GEORGE: (Disappointment and disgust)
Oh, mummy...

MOTHER:
Yes?

GEORGE:
Oh, mummy, take me away from Milton Keynes!

MOTHER:
But you wanted to...

GEORGE:
Mummy, take me away from Milton Keynes.

THE SOUND OF CAR DOORS SLAMMING SHUT.

END

Miles off your usual stuff, Leevil!

Didn't really get it?

Have you been to Milton Keynes?

Cheers anyway, Graig.

I get it, it wasn't funny but was amusing in that weird way some things are funny only because of their rhythm

I do get it and it's kinda funny, but not sure if would really work as a stand alone sketch but could see it working with some kind of context; maybe on a topical thingy when there is a stiry about Milton Keynes being shite. Did make me smile though.

I see George as a little boy sent to boarding school with evrey penny his parents had.
He's been completely cocooned & mollycoddled but yearns to see things like Adventure Playgrounds.
And once he see's a Rope with a knot on a Pulley he just wanst to be taken away back to his cocoon again.

Cheers, dudes. I imagined it as an in between bit in other sketches, or something like that.

Like that description, Freve.

I suppose if he's heard about the huge roundabouts in Milton Keynes, he might think of it as a big circus like town.

I saw quite a few freaks and bearded ladies when I was there.

Milton Keynes was put up in the 60s by the guys who built the sets for spaghetti westerns. It's a shithole.

I liked the sketch, it's pretty funny, but I do think it's probably an acquired taste.

Cheers, Godot.

I kinda like it, Leevil. You could easily do a series of these. George's reaction when he finally got there/what he wanted would be key.

Thanks, Ben.