British Comedy Guide

Film Fans

INT. DAY. A PUB BAR. AT THE BAR IS A MALE BAR-TENDER WHO IS
SERVING A WOMAN. A MAN enters and approaches the bar.

WOMAN: Heathcliff! Heathcliff!

BAR-TENDER:You talking to me? (Pauses) Well I don’t see anyone else here.

THE MAN LOOKS AROUND INCREDULOUSLY, COUGHS TO ALERT THE
BAR-TENDER, BUT HE IS IGNORED.

MAN: I’ll be back!
(HE IS STILL IGNORED)

WOMAN: Love is.... never having to say you’re sorry.
(Pauses - then)
.... Ugh, ugh, ahh, ahh, oh! Oh! Ooh! Ooh! Ooooooh! Aaahhhh ....

MAN: I’ll have some of what she’s having.
(HE IS STILL IGNORED)

BAR-TENDER: (To woman) What’s my name? What’s my name?

WOMAN: Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.

BAR-TENDER:(To man) Well punk! the question you gotta ask yourself is, do I feel lucky? Well punk, do yah?

MAN:Aw, Play it again Sam.

BAR-TENDER:Of all the joints, of all the gin palaces in the world, you had to come into mine.

MAN: (Desperate to get served) And mine’s shaken not stirred.

BAR-TENDER: This town ain’t big enough for the two of us.

MAN: (Smirking) Oh yeah? Who yuh gonna call - Ghostbusters? Ha ha.

BAR-TENDER:You dirty rat!

WOMAN: (To bar-tender) Time to go.

BAR-TENDER:Hasta la vista, baby.

WOMAN: Till we meet again. May the force be with you.

MAN: I‘ll drink to that. (Then mutters to self) ....If I ever get served with one.

CUT TO: EXTERIOR OF THE PUB. AS THE WOMAN EXITS, PAN UP TO
THE PUB SIGN WHICH READS "THE DIRECTORS CUT".

I quite like this smart arsey, shaggy dog skit.

Semantically I'd choose a different punch, e.g. some one uses a song lyric, or advertising jingle.

Semantically? I declare my self the pretensious tosser in this forum!

I like this clever stuff.

Just an idea it might be better to have each one from a specific film and have them 'in costume' as it were. just an idea.

'Like' mentioned in both posts, well I'll happily accept that. Glad you liked it. The suggestions you both make are worthy and each would work well.

You missed a trick by not having Stanley Kowalski from A Streetcar Named Desire charging up to the bar and yelling "Stella!"

Quote: David Bussell @ May 27 2008, 11:44 PM BST

You missed a trick by not having Stanley Kowalski from A Streetcar Named Desire charging up to the bar and yelling "Stella!"

Good one David. Laughing out loud

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