British Comedy Guide

Fly Like An Eagle -Sit Com - Scene 7

SCENE  7  INT. FLAE REHEARSAL ROOM  10 MINUTES LATER
 
DAVE JAMIESON
 
Alright then lads and lassies anyone brave enough to have a go at the old stand-up.
 
Mary Ann laughs.
 
BERNARD
 
I'll dae it , Dave .I love telling jokes.
 
DAVE JAMIESON
 
Up you come then Bernardo, me old mate!
 
Bernard walks up to Dave.
 
Oh he's a big lad , isn't he ladies and gentlemen. Ooh!
 
Starts singing
 
Who ate all the pies?
Who ate all the pies?
You fat Bernard,
You fat Bernard
You ate all the pies.
 
Bernard glowers at him .
 
There's a little comedy tip for you there , boys and girls. Throw in the odd ad lib, which is Latin for ad lib, by the way.
 
Waits for a laugh.
 
 Get a punter up from  the audience and gently and tactfully  send them up. If they've got any funny features like Big Bernie Boy  here, draw the audience's attention to it. The audience will love it and your punter will think it's a great laugh too.
 
BERNARD
 
That's a bit personal ,  by the way , Dave. And it's stupid as well. I never eat pies, I prefer bridies or sausage rolls so it doesnae make sense .  OK?
 
Pause while Bernard seethes.
 
And  I never said anything about you wearing a wig or that you're a wee funny looking guy.
 
Cuts to Bernard finishing a joke.
 
Three times last night and twice the morning!
 
Applause and laughter. Bernard sits back down.
 
DAVE JAMIESON
 
Well done Bernie Boy, me old mate. I'll have to watch out for me job, I think. So nobody else fancy a go? Good.
 
TONY
 
I'll have a go.
 
DAVE JAMIESON
 
We'll finish ....
 
TONY
 
I'll have a go.
 
DAVE JAMIESON
 
OK. Alright eh ....
 
TONY
 
Tony!
 
DAVE JAMIESON
 
Alright , Tony, me old mate .Show us what you've got?
 
TONY
 
I'll show you what I've got  later , sweetheart but I want to dae a wee bit of comedy first.
 
Laughter from the students.
 
Knock, knock
 
ALL
 
Who's there?

TONY
 
The Royal Mail
 
ALL
 
The Royal Mail who?
 
TONY
 
I don't know. I just deliver the parcels
 
Laughter.
 
A nurse walks into the bank to cash a cheque. She reaches into her handbag and pulls out an anal thermometer.
"Aw f**king brilliant" she says  to the cashier. "That means some arse
hole's got my pen."
 
Laughter
 
A doctor had just finished shagging one of his patients, when he thinks to himself: you know it's not right me shagging my  patients. Just then, a wee voice in his head says och don't worry about it , almost all doctors shag their patients. The doctor felt a little bit better, until another voice in his head said: aye but they're probably not a vet....
 
Laughter
 
Cuts to a little later
 
  A beautiful, voluptuous woman goes to a gynaecologist. The doctor takes one look at her  and all his professionalism goes out the window.
He  tells her to  get undressed.
 After she' s stripped aff  he begins to stroke her thigh.
As he does this he says to the woman, "Do you ken what I'm doing?"
"Yes," she says, "you're checking for any abrasions or dermatological abnormalities."
"That is correct," says the doctor. He then begins to fondle her breasts.
"Do you ken  what I'm doing now?" he asks.
"Yes," says the woman, "you're checking for any lumps."
"That's right," replies the doctor. He then begins shag the woman. He says to her, "Do you ken what I'm doing now?"
"Yes," she says. "You're getting a dose of the clap, which is why I came here in the first place."
 
Laughter
 
DAVE
 
Ok! Ok!. That's enough! Tony, me old mate, that's alright as far as it goes but a bit blue for my tastes. Maybe that would be alright for a stag do or something but not  for a family audience or  in front of the ladies.
 
MARY ANN
 
Och yer arse!
 
FRANNY
 
Pish!
 
LESLEY
 
Ye're talking shite!
 
FADES

Jaicee going to be honest I'm not doing any more feedback on these, as they've clearly been prewritten and you're posting them in sequence without making changes. Indeed they mostly have the same failings, well this one has the major one of having characters just tell jokes.

That's like giving a Barmitzvah boy a copy of Mein Kampf.

So you're obviously not looking for feedback, you are just blocking up critique. And I really wish you'd stop.

I think you could have had one of the characters upstage the comedian without having to recite a bunch of old gags, because nobody wants to hear some old gags, even if some of them are decent.

And Sooty's right, why don't you post all the scenes at once and be done with it? Seems a bit needy to post a whole pre-written episode in individual chunks, if I'm honest.

I actually think you could get away with keeping some of the jokes but "Cuts to Bernard finishing a joke" feels like the biggest copout ever... you've setup the tension and then instead of releasing it with someone saying or doing something funny you cut away.

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