British Comedy Guide

Torture

Sorry. :$ Last one for a while I promise. Just want to know if you think it's a keep n tweak, or, leave it alone it smells.

INT. SHABBY ROOM. DAY.

A MAN (ALAN) IS TIED TO A HARD BACKED CHAIR. ANOTHER MAN (WILL) IS INTERROGATING HIM.

WILL:
If you confess I'll let you go and no harm will come to you, I promise.

ALAN:
I'm not confessing to something I didn't do. I'm not afraid.

WILL:
Maybe you're right. Maybe you don't fear pain for yourself, but what about your loved ones?

THE DOOR OPENS AND A BOY (TOM) IS PUSHED INTO THE ROOM.

ALAN:
You bastard, dragging my son into this. Don't worry Tom. Everything will be ok.

WILL:
Now Tom, come over here would you?

TOM WALKS OVER TO WILL, SCUFFING HIS FEET AS HE DOES SO. ALAN GRIPS THE CHAIR IN DISTRESS.

ALAN:
Aaargh! Pick your feet up when you walk. Those trainers cost a fortune, you'll wear them down.

WILL:
My my Tom, looks like you've got a bit of a cold. Here.

WILL HANDS TOM A TISSUE. TOM SNIFFS LOUDLY. ALAN CONVULSES WITH PAIN.

ALAN:
Urgh! Don't sniff, use your tissue. If you keep sniffing you'll never get rid of your cold. Blow your nose.

WILL:
Just admit what you done and all this will stop.

ALAN:
No. The truth has to stand for something in this world. You can be strong can't you Tom? Strong for daddy?

WILL:
Just to show you I'm not a complete monster I got him a little present.

WILL HANDS A PERSONAL STEREO TO TOM. TOM TAKES IT AND PUTS THE EARPHONES IN.

SFX: TINNY SOUND OF LOUD MUSIC COMING FROM THE EARPHONES.

ALAN:
Urgh, argh, You'll make yourself deaf. Is that what you want? You can't possibly need it that loud.

TOM:
Uh?

ALAN:
I said you can't poss...Ok ok, I'll confess, I'll say anything just let him be.

WILL:
I knew you'd come round. Now tell me what I want to hear.

ALAN:
Okay okay. It was me. It was me who put your Action Man in the toaster.

WILL:
I knew it. Finally, after all these years.

ALAN:
You've got what you want now let the boy go.

WILL:
As you wish. Tom? You can stop it now.

TOM:
Uh?

WILL PULLS OUT THE EARPHONES FROM TOM'S EARS.

WILL:
That's all for now, thank you Tom. But please keep the gift.

TOM:
Wow cheers uncle Will.

TOM LEAVES THE ROOM.

ALAN:
You wait until mother hears about this.

END.

That's excelent not sure the family connection helps. But the idea of the torture works really well.

Thanks mate. I added the end on so it fitted more with the comp theme as I didn't write it specifically for it. Will change the end. Thanks again for reading. :)

Yeh I mean the idea that this is some dank 24 style dungeon and the guy has missile codes or the name of Bin Ladens's dry cleaner. Would allow the surrealism of the torture to work as the one strange note and be funnier.

That makes a lot of sense. Cheers.

Scratchy,

I like it, and think you should extend the family conection. It reminds me of xmasses when my uncles would give us 'cool' xmas presents like machine guns, whereas our parents would give us Lego. Don't get me wrong, Lego is cool, but compared to a machine gun? Best present ever!

My only suggestion would be to change the last line to 'Mum! He's doing it again!'.

Very Good! I loved it.

I am fast becoming a fan of your sketches Scratch.

This is a good sketch. I think the headphone part might be a bit loose. How about:
**********
WILL:
Just to show you I'm not a complete monster I got him a little present.

WILL HANDS A PERSONAL STEREO TO TOM. TOM TAKES IT AND PUTS THE EARPHONES IN.

SFX: TINNY SOUND OF LOUD DRUM N BASS MUSIC COMING FROM THE EARPHONES.

ALAN:
AAAGGHH!! Okay okay. It was me. It was me who put your Action Man in the toaster.

********
... and then conclude the sketch as normal?

I agree about keeping the twisted family connection. This could be a runner.

Gah the family bit is easily the weakest bit you sentimental philistines.

Gah the family bit is easily the weakest bit you sentimental philistines.

Out of interest Sooty, Do you think the bot being used could remain as the son of the victim? Or change the character to just a random kid?

Bot? The kids a robot?

Making him the son really works for me.

Think I meant boy. The T is next to the Y so I reckon I meant boy. I think. Cool I will definitely keep him as the son then. Thanks sooty.

Yes it has to be the son, and it's really good by the way.

I think the premise is good enough to just play without forcing any funny lines.

The Captor is much more of a nicer dad/uncle figure than the prisoner & despite his situation he's so anal that he's more bothered about discipline than panic or needing to hold his son or get him to safety.

Quote: scratchyr @ August 19 2010, 8:42 PM BST

Thanks sooty.

Rolling eyes

Busted Whistling nnocently

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