British Comedy Guide

KI: Facebook flotation

MARK[On phone] Hey, come on dude, I'm Mark Zuckerberg. I'm not about the money man, all that matters is that Facebook is cool and my people have fun. It's the whole ethos behind my thing, y'know. Okay, keep it real, man. Take it easy. [Hangs up]

MARKYou. What's your name?

AIDEa-

MARKI don't care. I need some new hoodies, buy me 'the Gap.' And I want a Goddamn bagel, buy me New York.

AIDERight you are Mr Zuckerberg. Is there anything else you need sir?

MARKSir? Who are you calling 'sir'

AIDEIs there anything else you need, your highness?

MARKGoddamn Right. I want to get this Stock floatation done. Make it twenty five bucks a share.

AIDETwenty five? That seems awfully expensive s-, your highness.

MARKExpensive? Goddamn it. Okay, thirty seven.

AIDEWhat about the floatation party? Oh, the staff are so looking forward to it, beers and mini burgers at a sports bar...it's just so Facebook.

MARKThe hell with that. Computer guys? They all look like goblins. Hire a bunch of actors, good looking ones. The one who gets on camera saying what a great goddamn guy I am the most gets a Porsche.

AIDEBut sir, what about the staff?

MARKScrew them, I need them to work on making those adverts down the side of the Facebook page more annoying, irrelevant and a bit porny.

AIDEOh, but they were so looking forward to celebrating the stock floatation.

MARKOkay, never let it be said Zuckerberg isn't a decent guy. Loosen their chains for thirty minutes at midnight on Monday. You got everything?

AIDE'the Gap,' New York, thirty seven dollars, actors, annoying, irrelevant and a bit porny, loosen chains, got it. Anything else?

MARKYeah. Have David Fincher killed...goddamn movie

This is very good. Especially the intro, though might work better if that is the first line of the sketch; he's talking to someone saying 'don't you know who I am?! I'm Mark Zuckerburg!'

Muchos plus points for the characterisation: it's superb. So good, in fact, I'm thinking recurring sketches (and he has so many people to kill at the end of sketches!)

One addition to a line, if I may indulge:

Quote: Trinder @ May 28 2012, 9:31 PM BST

MARKThe hell with that. Computer guys? They all look like goblins. Hire a bunch of actors, good looking ones. The one who gets on camera saying what a great goddamn guy I am the most gets a Porsche. Scratch that: they get Porsche!

But great work! Cheers

Dan

Yes. This is a very good sketch. (Dan - I will try and disagree with you at some point soon...)

I wanted to be clever and see if the Aide's list in the penultimate line could be made funny/funnier in itself (eg the "random" list of words say something slightly rude). But I haven't.

very good sketch. well done

Great sketch.

Not much to add to the others as yes, like it!

Just to say in Kirrin Island world should we change Mark Z / facebook to a local resident (but obvious that we know who we're really talking about)?

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