British Comedy Guide

Allergies

INT. DOCTOR’S CONSULTATION ROOM – DAY

A WOMAN – Mrs. Clarkson - is sitting with her young SON who sits listlessly playing with the edge of the Doctor’s desk as his mother complains to the DOCTOR.

MRS CLARKSON
What with all the tests and different methods you’ve tried, none of his allergies have been cured, if anything they’ve got worse and he’s developed some new ones; papaya, pumpkin seeds, pretzels.

DOCTOR
Mrs-

MRS CLARKSON
And that’s just the P’s, we tried honey for his hay fever and he was allergic to that as well. I’m not happy doctor. I want my son to be prioritised; I want the best minds in the profession to stop what they’re doing and take a look at this!

DOCTOR
If you could just-

MRS CLARKSON
I want research and experiments and the very best nurses looking after him, I read an article in the waiting room – not this time but last time – about a boy who lives in a bubble-

DOCTOR
I must-

MRS CLARKSON
I’ve been thinking about that, and I won’t pretend I’m too thrilled about the idea but I want one of those as well and one of those antiseptic pools like they have on farms for the cows and the birds, I want one of those, if they’re not available on the NHS well...

DOCTOR
Mrs. Clarkson! Good news. There’s been a medical breakthrough.

MRS CLARKSON
Really...?

The Doctor brings a syringe filled with bright green liquid out of his desk-draw and places it on the desk with a hint of theatricality.

MRS CLARKSON
What’s that?

DOCTOR
One injection of this will solve all our problems.

MRS CLARKSON
Well i hope that's clean if you're going to stick it in my son!

DOCTOR
It's not for him.

Laughing out loud Very funny. I liked the punchline. I was thinking you had put too much dialogue in untill I read the last line. And welcome to the BSG if i haven't said it to you yet Wave

[thumbs up] :)

Laughing out loud liked this...

That's good.

Just so I can be certain, the needle is to euthanise her, right? If that's the case, you could re-inforce it by having him advance on her at the end with a sinister smile.

i don't think that's neccessary.

Quote: waring @ April 2 2008, 2:44 PM BST

i don't think that's neccessary.

On reflection, you're right. He should have a completely expressionless face.

actually your photo has inspired me.

i think at the end he should advance on her, she tries to escape him, her dress catches on the corner of the desk and rips of revealing full lingerie then he chases her round the desk ten or twenty times.

think i've got a classic sketch on my hands!

I didn't see what was funny about this, sorry. It just seemed a slightly different take on the one where the man pretends to hit the nagging woman behind her back, or the vicar's and neighbour's reactions to Hyacinth Bucket.

Quote: waring @ April 2 2008, 10:46 PM BST

actually your photo has inspired me.

i think at the end he should advance on her, she tries to escape him, her dress catches on the corner of the desk and rips of revealing full lingerie then he chases her round the desk ten or twenty times.

think i've got a classic sketch on my hands!

Are you absolutely sure that's a good idea? Seems a bit much.

sorry in advance for the swearing but:

f**king hell i was joking!

Quote: waring @ April 3 2008, 11:06 AM BST

sorry in advance for the swearing but:

f**king hell i was joking!

Oh. You should have tried being funny in the skit.

i'm going to have to start using smileys aren't i?

Sketch is alright and the punchline is good, but I think it needs a bit of misdirection in the preceding wordy bits. One or two jokes she says (probably without realising) would make people think it was going one way and then sends them back.

Dan

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