TV Shop Sketch

Int. TV Shop.

A man is looking at a display of TV's. An assistant comes over.

Assistant: Do you need any help?

Man: Yeah, I'm looking to get a new telly.

Assistant: Colour?

Man: (LAUGHS) Of course I want colour!

Assistant: What’s funny?

Man: Well who doesn't want a colour telly?!

Assistant: But WHAT colour?

Man: What?

Assistant: Azure blue perhaps? Maybe Bethnal green?

Man: I want all the colours.

Assistant: Multicoloured?

Man: Yes!

Assistant: We only do them in silver or black.

Man: What about Bethnal green?

Assistant: Terrible place.

Man: No, the colour of the telly!

Assistant: I've told you! We've only got them in silver or black casing.

Man: Casing? I thought you meant the picture.

Assistant: I never mentioned the picture.

Man: Yeah, but... oh don't worry. I want a black one.

Assistant: That's better. I think you'll like this one over here.

They walk over to a large TV.

Man: That's nice. Can you pause and rewind live programmes on it?

Assistant: Yes. You can also fast forward them.

Man: You mean see in to the future?

The assistant hands the man a remote control.

Assistant: Have a go.

The man starts fast forwarding the action on the TV.

Man: This is amazing!

Assistant: I just need to go check on something.

Man: Yeah, fine, fine.

The man stops the fast forwarding. He looks at the screen. It shows a bedroom.

Man: That's my bedroom.

A woman enters the bedroom dressed in lingerie.

Man: That's my wife!

The shop assistant enters the bedroom and they get into bed.

Man: Bastard!

The man exits the frame quickly. The camera stays on the TV screen. A few seconds pass. The man then enters the bedroom with a baseball bat.

ENDS

Good ending. Casing bit left me slightly confused but otherwise a solid effort.

Again very good. Good pacing, nice twists, and reads very confidently.

Hmm... This is funny but I think at the starting section of the sketch a lot of this would be in the performance.
I can see Ricky Gervais performing it. That would be funny.

Nice idea. Not sure about the colour conversation- very much like the second half and ending.

I'll take a look at the first half. Seems people aren't keen on the colour bit.

I liked as is. Unless you've edited it. I got the colour discussion. Nice Bethnal gag. Very good, Sir.

I think I'll stick with the original. That's if I do anything further with it anyway!

Was thinking of a truly feeble idea. LCD, Plasma they're all liquids. Might the man wander if they'll drip on his carpet. When convinced this won't happen, might he ask if he could keep his fish in the TV?

Quote: Winterlight @ March 17, 2008, 1:09 PM

I'll take a look at the first half. Seems people aren't keen on the colour bit.

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If anything I actually loved the whole colour bit and thought the ending was a bit weaker, lol.

Comedy really IS subjective, wadda you know

I found the colour discussion a bit laboured, but there's a tonne of potential in what you did at the end. Did you ever see the sketch movie, Amazon Women on the Moon? I've looked for it and can't find the bit I'm after on YouTube, but there's a sketch at the end involving a guy renting a video from Russ Meyer that shows a certain amount of invention in this regard.

I decided that the first half was a little forced and awkward. I do like the Bethnal Green joke, but will use it in something else.

Here's a rewrite which is sharper.

Int. Lounge.

Two men walk in and look admiringly at a large TV which is playing away.

Man 1: Ah, so this is the new TV?

Man 2: Yeah, it was either this or a holiday.

Man 1: Is that why Sandra left you?

Man 2: (SIGHS) Yeah. Well, (SMILES) that and I was cheating on her!

Man 1: Can you pause and rewind live tv on it?

Man 2: Yeah, you can even fast forward it.

Man 1: And see into the future?

Man 2 hands him the remote control.

Man 2: Have a go.

Man 1 starts fast forwarding the action.

Man 1: This is amazing!

Man 2: I just need to go check on something.

Man 1: Yeah, fine, fine.

Man 2 exits. Man 1 stops the fast forwarding. The screen shows a bedroom.

Man 1: That's my bedroom.

A woman enters the bedroom dressed in lingerie.

Man 1: That's my wife!

Man 2 enters the bedroom and they get into bed.

Man 1: Bastard!

Man 1 exits the frame quickly. The camera stays on the TV screen. A few seconds pass. Man 1 enters the bedroom with a baseball bat.

ENDS

Much better, though I liked it as a customer talking to a salesman.

I like this too. Much sharper.

Very good sketch.