This fracking sketch

NEWS READER:
A group of protesters from Lancashire who go by the name "No Fracking Way" deny claims issued in a statement by a Fracking spokesperson that their group's only purpose is to serve puns and wordplay amongst the whole fracking debate.

FX: Press conference, camera shutters.

Spokesperson:
It is our belief that the group known as "No Fracking Way" shows no interest or concern in regards to our plans to introduce several fracking sites in the near future. It has been bought to our attention that the head of the group, Mr Russell Russell has allegedly used this opportunity to further his comedic career by boarding the fracking train...

FX: Press go crazy with questions.

NEWS READER:
We caught up with Mr Russell Russell early to hear his reaction to the claims.

MR RUSSELL RUSSELL:
It's fracking preposterous, these claims of theirs, from their oily towers, draped in their oily soaked clothes, as they devour their oily enriched meals, fed to them by their oil maidens with oily hair. I wholeheartedly believe fracking is wrong on so many levels, many of which feature in my latest parchment entitled "My Fracky Backy Booky Book" in which I discuss serious political issues, as well as waving my knob about a lot - because I also share an interest in drilling - if you know what I mean?

NEWS READER:
That was a reaction their from Mr Russell Russell.
(beat)
In other news, the home of much beloved children's Tv presenter Otis the Aardvark has been raided by police tonight after allegations...

FADEOUT.

I'd rather have heard about Otis the aardvark, that sounds funny

Frack It
tune: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9lmCpIzhFo

I like fracking, I like fracking,
I like fracking and I like to frack.
I like fracking, I like fracking,
If you don't like fracking, tough luck.

In the rocks, you must create those fractures,
And those rocks, you can open them like latches,
In those rocks, you insert fluids with pride,
They will flow gases outside.

The greatest kick in fracking comes from pumping up nat'ral gas,
Unlocking out some clean-burning fuel from shale deposits, what laughs.
You're boosting all that national energy security,
Then generating far more - electricity.

I like fracking, I like fracking,
I like fracking and I like to frack.
I like fracking, I like fracking,
If you don't like fracking, that's f**ked.

Perhaps the greatest laugh of all, that makes these fracks worthwhile,
Is lying to some tart in town, say that fracking's vile,
With glasses and with gratitude, he makes his sad protest,
And meets a mother fracking fracker fracking at its best.

When you frack, you must be tough and ruthless,
And the rumours that it's wrong are truthless,
When you frack, you can set water on fire,
You make air pollution higher.

We poison - drinking water then you're done, it's such fun.
You can't run, consider it all dung.

We like fracking, we like fracking,
We like fracking and we like to frack.
We like fracking, we like fracking,
If you don't like fracking, you're f**ked.

I might have known you frightful bunch of communists would be against fracking!

This is a weirdly bad sketch.

It's well sort out, paced and it's got clear characters.

But it's utterly, almost perversley unfunny.

You take an incredibly obvious idea, then you explain it in careful detail in the introduction. And end on a soggy, unclear punchline.
Is it that Aardvark sounds vaguely like "hard part"?

Geez, soots! I haven't written anything in years. Just working off the rust.

The idea of a group only being interested in fracking because they like doing bad puns is a great idea for a sketch.

But yeah, this sketch as written is a bit of mess. It has no central theme, no punchline and the Newsreader and Spokesperson repeat a lot of the same information in the first two lines.

Lee you either want feedback or you don't.

You should stick to the initial idea of the sketch.
Interviewing a guy about his record of setting up protest groups, purely to get a pun-tastic laugh, is quite rich.
("For Fox Sake" springs to mind...)
Trouble is you go off piste...see there's another one!
It's a bloody goldmine...

Quote: Yacob Wingnut @ 2nd February 2015, 10:57 AM GMT

The idea of a group only being interested in fracking because they like doing bad puns is a great idea for a sketch.

But yeah, this sketch as written is a bit of mess. It has no central theme, no punchline and the Newsreader and Spokesperson repeat a lot of the same information in the first two lines.

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Yeah, I knew that, deep, deep down inside.

Quote: sootyj @ 2nd February 2015, 10:59 AM GMT

Lee you either want feedback or you don't.

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Yes but only if it's positive - duh!

that's why you'll never make it as a battery salesman

Batteries cell themselves.

Hi Lee, I like your pun on fracking idea...and the angle with the news reader...I've just done a slot about fracking and news reading on my new YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep1ywG9nYUw I think the section on Russell got over played and I'm guilty of that too. Good luck keep writing...bum to seat pun to paper.