British Comedy Guide

Naughty Boy Sketch

Int. Kitchen

A man is reading the newspaper at a table. A woman enters.

Woman: Look what I found in Johnny's room.

The man looks over the top of his paper. The woman is holding a pack of cigarettes.

Man: He's probably just looking after them for someone.

Woman: They were with a lighter and a full ashtray.

Man: Oh.

Woman: (CALLS) Johnny! JOHNNY!

Johnny - a small boy - enters.

Johnny: Yeah?

The woman holds out the cigarettes.

Woman: Are these yours?

Johnny: Yeah. I wondered where they were.

Woman: (TO MAN) Can you believe this?

Johnny: Can I have 'em back? I'm gasping.

Woman: No you can not! And I want to know where you got 'em from. Was it that Tommy Taylor?

Johnny: Uh no.

Woman: Then who was it?

Johnny: Uh...

Man: It doesn't matter who it was.

Woman: Yes it does! Now, Johnny, where did you get 'em from?

Johnny: Off Dad.

The man ducks below his newspaper.

Woman: Is this true?!

Man: No.

Johnny: He said he'd swap me a pack of fags for my porn mag.

Woman: What?!

Man: He's lying.

Woman: Look me in the eye and say that.

Man: No.

The woman pulls the newspaper away. It reveals the man looking at a previously concealed porn mag.

Man: It's... a... supplement?

ENDS

Meh. Felt more like a scene from a sitcom than a bona fide sketch. This doesn't read at all like one of your usual sketches. Are you deliberately branching into new areas of comedy?

It was just an idea I had. I like to explore different avenues.

I can see what you mean about sitcom. Although I think it would be too contained to work in a sitcom.

It's a hermaphrodite.

It did seem a huge step backwards from some of your other promising stuff, Winterlight.

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