NJ - Come Dave With Me

Better or worse than 10 o'clock live's version?

COME DAVE WITH ME
(VOICEOVER IS COME DINE WITH ME'S DAVE LAMB)

V/O:The end of an interesting evening. The starter was a hit but after the disaster with the main course one diner was left, quite literally, with egg on their face. So how will the guests rate their experience?

GUEST1:It was a hugely enjoyable evening. He was a charming host and the wine he chose was exquisite. I'm going to give him ... two hundred and fifty thousand pounds.

GUEST2:In general I thought Dave's food was good. But we spent too long discussing Sam's new curtains and not enough time talking about a third runway at Heathrow. I'm only going to give one hundred thousand pounds.

GUEST3:I'm actually a journalist for the Sunday Times. I'm going to give Dave a massive headache for the rest of the week.

V/Oh dear that leaves Dave behind Ed on the scoreboard but still well ahead of Nick. Tune in next time when one of the dishes will be Peter Cruddas's head on a plate.

THE END

That's very good.

I missed last night's 10 O'clock Live - so can't compare.

Didn't see 10 O'Clock live, but I know Lydnsay Fenner tweeted about having received lots of sketches based on Come Dine with Me - so maybe it was just bad luck as they received too many ideas in the same vein. Liked the sketch though - economical and punchy.

Perhaps the line from the Times journalist could have been a bit more cutting - maybe include a reference to the way the government has stuck the knife into the murdoch press and so this revenge. Or some such. But who am I to judge...

Yeah, I agree with Bleurgh, short, punchy, and to the point. It's a good idea to have the ST journo being a little more vindictive, especially since Rupert Murdoch was all over the media doing pretty much that in the wake of this story.

Cheers guys - thanks for the advice.

Given Murdoch's come out fighting might re-write Guest 3 as suggested in advance of Treason!

Quote: StephenM @ March 29 2012, 6:53 PM BST

Better or worse than 10 o'clock live's version?

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Better, if only for the egg-on-face gag (which is one more gag than they had) and the inclusion of the journalist as a guest, although yes, you could have wrought more from that bit. IMHO.

Hi Stephen

Yeah, it's good and made me laugh but it doesn't feel very Newsjack to me. It could be longer with something happening and then it would have fitted better, I think.

Dan