British Comedy Guide

China Shop Sketch

Int. China Shop. Night.

A man is shutting up shop for the night. He walks to the front door and puts the ‘closed’ sign up. He walks back to the counter, but then there’s a knock at the door. He walks back to the door and looks through the window, but there’s no one there. He shakes his head and starts walking back to the counter. Again there is a knock at the door. The man walks over to the door, but there’s no one there.

Man: Hmmmmm.

The man unlocks the door and pokes his head out.

Man: Hello?

There is no answer and the man locks the door. He turns round towards the counter and is visibly scared.

Man: OH MY GOD!!!

The camera reveals an upright bull snorting angrily behind the counter.

ENDS

Kind of been done quite a lot, the best sketch I've seen of the classic bull in a china shop is on Family Guy. You haven't seen it shame on you.

I would have had the cam zoom in on a pile of bull shit, perhaps a labour manifesto.

Well constructed, but as Paul says it has been done before.

Maybe if some one drives past a herd of cows and throws a wedgewood plate, before driving off screaming revenge!

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