Holy Tony.

TONY BLAIR IS TALKING TO THE AUDIENCE

TONY

My fellow human beings, Tony here I was talking to God yesterday. God said Tony go forth and spread my word to my people. You are here to unite all the faiths, in peace and understanding. For you are the light, and the....

A RABBI WALKS ON

TONY

Rabbi have you come to join my quest.

RABBI

Err no, God spoke to me last night, and he's got a message for you.

TONY

Am I the new Messiah?

RABBI

No it's a summons, he's suing you for defamation of character. No one wants to worship a God that talks to a turd like you.

TONY

But I thought I was the new Messiah.

POPE COMES ON WAVING NAILS AND A HAMMER.

POPE

About the Messiah bit, he said that's gonna be a cross to bare literally.

Whoo-hoo-hooo! Talk about lame punchlines! Remind me again, what was that you said about old, and Noah, and saved from the flood?

There's the germ of a good idea here (I'm being encouraging here)
- but honestly, that cross-to-bare punchline . . .

You're probably right, the natural conclusion seems to be God suing him, and thats where it will end now.

Thanks

Quote: sootyj @ May 29 2008, 10:40 PM BST

You're probably right, the natural conclusion seems to be God suing him, and thats where it will end now.

Thanks

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But it's just my opinion. Base no decisions on it until you hear from others. Get a view in the round.

Acch it's a Treason quickie, the Man from Delmonte will say yay or nay.

Quote: sootyj @ May 29 2008, 10:59 PM BST

Acch it's a Treason quickie, the Man from Delmonte will say yay or nay.

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Sootyj, that's interesting, do you send all the stuff you post on here, off to Treason et al?

I've so far posted less than a half dozen on here, (sketches I consider for one reason or another, 'not quite on the money') - and they will go no further.

Do you all send your stuff off regardless, to see what 'comes out in the wash'?

Nah, I write alot of stuff for fun, oddly enough.

But I send a heck of a lot of stuff. I find it's a good way of keeping in practice.

And one is not always the judge of whats best in ones own work.

I mean it's not a genius skit, but it makes a fair point fairly quickly, with a nice punchline in my view.

I've been trying to think of something along the lines of the whole Blair/messiah thing too. Too tempting not to.

I agree that the punchline is a bit weak but if you're going to end with God suing him, I think that needs a bit more too. Or maybe a summons from God would be something different? Maybe (if you don't mind me suggesting it) something like this?

RABBI: No it's a summons for defamation of character.

BLAIR: He's suing me?

RABBI: No, He's actually summoning you. He's worried that no-one will want to worship a God who talks to a turd like you. (BEAT) He wants a word with you about that whole Iraq war thing too.