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Fridge Repair - Audio Sketch

I found this old sketch earlier that I wrote for a podcast I was doing with Bussell and Stott a few years back. The endings not strong enough in my opinion, so any suggestions welcome.

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DR DOMINATOR:
At last, I, Dr Dominator have you exactly where I want you! There is no escaping your fate this time. You’re finished! FINISHED I TELL YOU!

MAN:
So, it’s this fridge here?

DR DOMINATOR:
Yes. It keeps icing up.

MAN:
Lets have a look inside.

F/X: FRIDGE DOOR OPENING

MAN:
Jesus Christ! You’ve got heads in here! Severed heads!

DR DOMINATOR:
Yes! Trophies from my most deadliest enemies!

MAN:
Are you insane?

DR DOMINATOR:
Well (CHUCKLES), you don’t become a deranged, genius super scientist without being a little (MAKES CUCKOO NOISES).

MAN:
But they’re blocking the airflow.

DR DOMINATOR:
What?

MAN:
It’s basic thermodynamics, mate! I mean, hello?! Am I the scientist or you? (LAUGHS)

DR DOMINATOR:
Do you want me to destroy every atom in your body? Twice? And then cut off your head?

MAN:
No.

DR DOMINATOR:
Then FIX IT!

MAN:
No can do. The compressors been put under too much stress. It’s gonna conk out any minute.

DR DOMINATOR:
You mean I could lose SuperDog’s head to ambient temperature?!

MAN:
As it happens, I’ve got a fridge back at the lockup with plenty of storage.

DR DOMINATOR:
How much? How much?!

MAN:
£800

DR DOMINATOR:
Ha! And they say I’m crazy!

MAN:
You ain’t gonna get a fridge anywhere else at this time of day.

DR DOMINATOR:
You see that corpse there?

MAN:
The one hanging to the banister by his… by his bits?

DR DOMINATOR:
No. The one next to him.

MAN:
The one nailed to those flames?

DR DOMINATOR:
Yes. He quoted me far too much for a new fan on my oven. If you… know what I mean.

MAN:
Alright! Alright! £795

DR DOMINATOR:
Could you please excuse me? I need to find my atomiser drill.

MAN:
You can split my nuclei into free neutrons and stamp on them if you want, but it’s not going to save your heads, is it?

DR DOMINATOR:
(SIGHS) Do you take cheques?

MAN:
Certainly, mate! And a cup of rosie wouldn’t go a miss either!

DR DOMINATOR:
Oh but of course. Where are my manners? You take a seat.

F/X: CHAIR SCRAPING

DR DOMINATOR:
Not that one. It’s still covered in the gas man’s brains. Take that one.

F/X:
CHAIR SCRAPING

MAN:
Yeah, it’s a good model you’ll be getting. Ex demonstration of course, so there’s no warranty.

F/X: DRILL STARTS UP

MAN: (CONT…) But what are you going to AGGGGHHHHHH!

F/X: DRILL STOPS

DR DOMINATOR: Now, where the hell am I going to keep his head?

ENDS

It's not a bad sketch at all.

But I think it would benefit from an increase in horror, currently it starts and stays at the same level of horror

your supervillain seems more of a serial killer which is confusing

and the end has no twist in it, perhaps if the fridge repair man turned out to be an in disguise super hero?

Funny sketch. I love this sort of thing. I've copy/pasted the end and changed it a bit. Even if it's not what you'd write yourself, it might spark something in your own head.

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DR DOMINATOR:
Not that one. It's still covered in the gas man's brains. Take that metal one, over there.

F/X:
CHAIR SCRAPING

MAN:
Yeah, it's a good model you'll be getting. Ex demonstration of course, so there's no warranty.

F/X: ELECTRICAL BUZZING

MAN: (CONT...) AGGGGHHHHHH!

DR DOMINATOR:
Hello? Helloooo! Damnit! I knew I should have unplugged it!

F/X: ELECTICAL BUZZING CUTS OUT
F/X: DIGITAL SOUND OF PHONE BUTTONS BEING PRESSED

DR DOMINATOR: (CONT...) Hello? . . . Yes, how quickly can you deliver a medium-sized chest freezer? . . . Yes . . . A two-man delivery, you say? . . . Oh, better make it a large then.

ENDS

I thought it had some good funny bits.
But I don't think it has a consistent flow, as it stands.

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