Trauma Sketch

Trauma

A suited man walks up to a suburban house and knocks on the door. Another man opens the door and the camera cuts to inside the hall.

Jerry
Hello there, Peter.

Peter
Jerry, hi, come in!

Jerry enters the house.

Peter
Could you take your shoes off please, Jerry? Sorry to nag but you know...the wife...

Jerry freezes; the camera moves in on him and jarring music begins.

We see Jerry, as a child, stubbing his toe on a chair. We see him being held down and having his feet tickled. We see him having his toes savaged by a small dog. We see him screaming while stumbling on nails and broken glass. The music cuts and we are back in the hall.

Jerry
Shit...shit!

Jerry runs away at pace.

Quite random but I liked it all the same! Q!

I think that would work really well.

Maybe Jerry could be wearing a pair of old school diving boots, the type of thing that put steel toe cappers to shame, to emphasize his vulnerable feet phobia.

I reckon you could get some mileage out of Jerry, Jerry goes on a date, Jerry to yoga classes etc. Finally, Jerry goes swimming, never to surface again !

Yeah, agree that this would work best as a set-up to a series of sketches perhaps, where we hear the familiar build-up music, panic, and perhaps ingenious way of coping in a number of scenarios. But then, I'm a fan of the recurring sketch scenario (as long as it's not done to death).