British Comedy Guide

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SCENE1

FX SOUND OF EGYPTIAN SLAVES BEING WHIPPED AS THEY BUILD PYRAMIDS

SLAVE1
Cor these Egyptians are working us poor slaves to death.

SLAVE2
If only some one would liberate us.

FX SOUND OF A TIME MACHINE LANDING

EMMA HARRISON
I'm Emma Harrison and I've spent my massive severance package on a time machine. So I can travel through time liberating the opressed.

SLAVE1
Hurrah we're free.

SLAVE2
We can finally stop building these pyramids.

EMMA HARRISON
Well when I say free. You'll carry on building pyramids as unpaid work experience. There's lots of work in pyramid building. Those of you who survive may even get to work on the exciting Mayan pyramid building project in only 2 centuries.

SCENE2

FX SOUND OF ROARING ROMAN ARENA CROWD

GLADIATORS
Hail Caesar! Those of us about to die salute you!

CAESAR
Thank you slaves your brutal deaths will give us much entertainment.

FX SOUND OF TIME MACHINE

EMMA HARRISON
Stop! I'm Emma Harrison liberator of the opressed! You are all free.

GLADIATOR1
Thank the Gods we can return to our homes.

EMMA HARRISON
Not quite. You are all unpaid employees in the Roman terminal entertainment industries. You will recieve tailored training and career advice before being hacked to death.

SCENE3

FX SOUND OF SHIPS AND MOANING OF THOUSANDS OF SLAVES

EMMA HARRISON
You slaves are free, free at last.

SLAVES CHEER

EMMA HARRISON
Free to take on an exciting unpaid g oportunity. Now granted there's a 6 month commute you probably won't survive, and there maybe some fatal beatings along the way. But no one said finding work was easy.

It's pretty much the same gag three times really. She needs to get her comeuppance in act 3.

Funny, though.

Dan

Damn you're right

The final version one of the slaves says "at least we don't work for tescos"

could be the worlds worst punchline

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