Mechanic Sketch

Here's another sketch. I'm not to sure if this one works so I'll trust you lot to tell me. Thanks (BTW if it is bad I will not remove it lol)

A WOMAN IS STANDING WITH A MECHANIC IN HIS GARAGE. THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE CARS ENGINE.

Woman
I can't believe it! One week I've had the bleeding thing.

Man
(SIGHS, STROKES HIS CHIN AND THEN LOOKS AT ENGINE AGAIN)

Woman
It wouldn't bother me , but as I said I've only had it for a week, and it weren't cheap, fifteen thousand the thing cost me, fifteen thousand.

Man
Aye, don't make them like they used to do they?

Woman
No, they don't! Whats up with it anyway?

Man
Well, (PAUSES), thats the problem, (LAUGHS), were not to sure. But, we think it may be a lack of compression. There could be a number of different reasons for this. Like, your piston rings are worn, allowing air or fuel to leak past the piston during compression. Or, the intake or exhaust valves are not sealing properly, again allowing a leak during compression. Or (LAUGHS) there could be a hole in the cylinder. Are you following me?

Woman
Not really, could you simplify it for me?

Man
Simplify? (SIGHS, LOOKS LIKE HE IS WORKING SOMETHING OUT IN HIS HEAD)about 2 grand love.

(MAN WALKS OFF, CAMERA PANS TO WOMAN WHO LOOKS CONFUSED)

Still no replies? Is it that bad? lol

Perhaps a bit too true to life Paul. Hands up all those that said ouch!

For me it's just too much of a generalisation. Women don't know much about cars - here's a sketch about one being a bit blonde in a garage.

It's a bit like having a scene with a couple arriving in a village, asking if there are any corner shops, and then the camera panning out to show an Indian or Pakistani shop on every corner. It's just too much of an inaccurate generalisation and is a bit, dare I say it, 1970s.

Agree with Barbs, if women said,

"Oh I get it, you're talking piss take, £1,000 or I'll use the garage next door,"

or she said

"£2,000 worth of repairs, tell your boss I won't be buying it"

Quote: Barbs @ February 20, 2008, 9:43 PM

It's a bit like having a scene with a couple arriving in a village, asking if there are any corner shops, and then the camera panning out to show an Indian or Pakistani shop on every corner.

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Mm, I think I agree with this. The initial observation is there, but it needs to be inverted/subverted; our expectations need to be jolted in some way, which I don't think they are here. I'd start off by having a middle-class couple who clearly don't know a thing about cars walk into the same scenario to avoid the woman stereotype, take it from there, and try and think of story and/or a punchline that defies expectations.