British Comedy Guide

NJ Vote

JUSTIN -
The right to vote may be given to sixteen year olds in France. To see how they feel about this and after running it past the legal team - twice. I have invited a teenager in for a chat.

BOY -
Excuse me whilst I sip coffee from a tiny cup and smoke this colourful cigarette

JUSTIN -
I suppose you think that makes you mature

BOY -
No, it makes me French. Before we start I assume you are to mention how cheese and wine get better with age, which is understandable but not very relevant unless you think children are made of cheese and or wine

JUSTIN -
I was going to say that, very astute even mature of you. I think I have may have got you all wrong

BOY mimics mockingly

JUSTIN -
I was saying how mature you were and now you show me just how immature you really are

BOY -
Why must you English see everything in black and white? What do you think you get when you place immature into a mature world?

JUSTIN -
Adam Sandler?

BOY -
. You get the best of both worlds. Check you coat

JUSTIN -
It's a piece of paper with "Kick me" written on it. Very funny

BOY -
What's it written on?

JUSTIN -
A guide to managing finance

BOY -
I noticed the holes in your shoes. Immaturity colliding with maturity. Imagine the world. Farts are funny, but only in enclosed spaces. I may shout "lives unfair", but I will quote philosophers to back up my proclamation. I will mock your giant head, but I will also sympathize with your plight to find a hat that fits.

JUSTIN -
So you're saying this could be a good thing. So how will you choose what politician to vote for?

BOY -
I'll pick the person with the funniest name

JUSTIN -
It's what I do

END

I liked this, particularly the first line by the French lad, very funny.

I quite like the idea of this. I think maybe you needed to concentrate on the boy being very mature over very immature matters though. That would have been funnier. Also, the sketch kind of fizzles out with no discernible laugh or closure.

I agree with Ben. You've got the Gallic tone quite nicely, but the concept of combined (im)maturity could have been developed more clearly, or along different lines.

I applaud you for trying to introduce something thoughtful and with an interesting conceptual underpinning to Newsjack, though.

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