Mosquito,

MOSQUITO
HOWARD STAPLETON IS BEING INTERVIEWED.

INTERVIEWER
Mr Stapleton this mosquito device of yours is a blatant abuse of teenager’s rights. By creating a noise they find unbearable, it’s a disgusting way of getting them to move on.

HOWARD
That’s not fair it’s got multiple settings for different groups. Look I’ll set it to Daily Mail reader.

FIDDLES WITH IT

VO
Diana was a loose nickered tart, who was trying to shag every Arab bloke in the world, and was too stupid to realise her driver was pissed.

HOWARD
Now I’ll set it to Jeremy Clarkson fan.

VOBig car small willy, Big car small willy.

HOWARD
It’s even got a universal setting to annoy every body.

JAMIE BLUNT, OR SOME OTHER CRAPPY MODERN BIT OF POP PLAYS.

INTERVIEWER
God that’s annoying I’ve gotta get out of here.

Am I losing my comedy mojo?

Honestly, IMO the sketch was good up to the last 3 lines. I personaly would change them. Others may disagree though.

i dont think having a pop song that is liked by most people works.

Right lose last 3 lines, or switch for some song thats just plain bad?

Cheeky Girls maybe?

or a Gordon Brown speech on Northern Rock?

think James Blunt is pretty bad. It's not by chance that his name could be used as cockney rhyming slang you know. because he is. a james blunt that is.

I would lose & replace.
No song at all.
Stay in the feel of the sketch. Have a new channel pop up.

Eg. It even has a setting for topical debates.

V/O Contraception issues. Should men take more resposibilty.

INTERVIEWER: Oooh a channel just for women.

Just a real rough idea off the top of my head.

You two related? Did you think the sketch it's self worked?

I suppose it's a bit of a runner in that regard Charley. Certainly it could feature London Mayor and celebrity drunk Ken Livingstone's nasal tones.

I do, but I personaly think it loses itself in the last 3 lines.

I am sure you can come up with something much better than my Eg.
You can have anything in the world as a channel. It is a great idea!

i liked it. especially as seeing it was a good old merthyr boy who invented it. can just image him stood behind his curtain complaining about the bloody youth of today, then having a sudden brainwave, and marching off to his shed to think up ingenius ways of torturing teenagers for a living.

Agreed. That bit was great.

Knickers? Shagging? Tarts? Willies?

Here we go again (to quote a line from James Blunt).

i love that song! especially the bit where he sings about Knickers? Shagging? Tarts? Willies?

genius

Greetings, but all in a good cause, on a serious subject. Open to suggestions on how a clean version of this humble skit would work?

The knickers, shagging, tarts and willies are perfectly okay in the sketch. They add to the funniness.

In some other cases, the 'adult' language tries to BE the funniness.

Thank you, I always look as smut and such like as chili spice. Good if it enhances the existing flavours of the dish, but too much, or nothing else and it's inedible.

n.b. ever seen The Aristocrats? Not very funny, but a very interesting film on the nature of off colour humour. Kind of the vibe I was looking for in the other thread, but I guess I lost direction a little.