Lout of Africa

This one's shorter...

GEORGE W BUSH AND AN ADVISOR

ADVISOR: You got a minute sir?

BUSH: One minute exactly. use your 100 seconds wisely. Hit me with both barrels.

ADVISOR MUTTERS: I wish

ADVISOR (NORMAL): It's about Zimbabwe (PAUSE) it's a country (PAUSE) in Africa (PAUSE) south of europe. (LONGER PAUSE) it's like that film you enjoyed – the Last King of Scotland.

BUSH: What about it? They found oil? Should we mobilise?

ADVISOR: No sir. Possibly worse. Their leader looks like forging an election result. The opposition are certain they've won, but the leader, a man named Mugabe, is using the media to spread a false result. They're going to retain power by any means necessary. It could lead to mass riots, maybe worse.

BUSH: So this Zim, Zin, err, Zanzibar place - Should we wade in to restore order?

ADVISOR: No, better still we should sue them. They've stolen your ideas, sir. It's a blatant case of breach of intellectual copyright.

BUSH: Woo hoo! I told daddy I was an intellectual.

ADVISOR (MUTTERS): Idiot.

I like this one, it's got good characterisation, and good pace. 2 thoughts though, there's a funnier name than Zanzibar. e.g. he just says abroad, or Narnia, or Jim Barbway. Also I'd go for an extra line where Bush panics at the idea of some one stealing an idea of his because he doesn't have that many. And stretch the word counting into the next paragraph. Thats a really nice touch. Get it down to 10 words and have him count on his fingers.

Yes I liked this. From the 100 second/1 minute to the very end it had me sniggering all the way through.

Thanks guys.

Sooty - your advice on adding a line is good, I'll probably do that and I might well change from Zanzibar. But I wasn't quite sure what you meant by:

...And stretch the word counting into the next paragraph. Thats a really nice touch. Get it down to 10 words and have him count on his fingers.

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ADVISOR (NORMAL): It's about Zimbabwe (PAUSE) it's a country (PAUSE) in Africa (PAUSE) south of europe. (LONGER PAUSE) it's like that film you enjoyed – the Last King of Scotland.

That's the bit I meant, it's a really nice, and original touch. It's the kind of thing some shows will stick with because it sounds distinctive.

I think the idea of doing exposition as a joke is a nice. I called it word counting because thats what it sounds like he is doing.

It's well laid out and all, but even a buffoon like myself could see that ending coming.