British Comedy Guide

Chad

TWO MEN ARE SITTING AT A KITCHEN TABLE. A TEENAGE BOY, CHAD, ENTERS,

CHAD
(SOMBRE) Dad. Dad. I've got something to tell you... I'm straight.

DAD #1
What?

CHAD
I'm straight. As a die.

DAD #2
(SOBS) Oh, Chad!

DAD #1
Look! Look what you've done to your father.

CHAD
I can't live a lie, Dad and Dad. I've got to be me. I just like ... boobies.

DAD #2
Oh, I can't bear it. All our dreams. All our plans ... And do you have a ... a... I can't say it.

CHAD
A girlfriend? Yes, Dad, I do. It's Sally.

DAD #1
Sally? But she's your fag hag.

CHAD
No, she's my girlfriend.

DAD #1
But it's not natural. You boost your girlfriend's self-esteem to her face and then laugh about her fat arse behind her back - like your Uncle Gok. That's what girlfriends are for, not sex.

CHAD
But, Dad, I love her.

DAD #2
Stop it! And grandchildren! We're going to have grandchildren.

DAD #1
We'll never be able to show our faces at Madame Jojo's Steam Rooms and Massage-orium again.

CHAD
But Dads, it's still me. I'm your son. I still love musical theatre and shopping, and I'll still moisturise every day. It's just that I like fannies, not bum fun.

DAD #1
Just go. We love you, but we can't look at you right now.

DAD #2
We need some time alone.

CHAD
Okay.

CHAD LEAVES, DEJECTED.

DAD #1
She has got a fat arse, though.

DAD #2
I know. Like two Matt Lucases in a sack.

END.

You've written better.

It's linear, predictable and the punchline doesn't really go any where.

Also the idea that gay dads would automatically want a gay son, it doesn't convince.

It's also quite an old joke.

The best version of this one is the Monty Python sketch about the actors son who wants to become a miner.

Sorry.

I just wanted to get the two-faced Gok Wan and Matt Lucases in a sack gags in somewhere.

I'll find somewhere more fitting.

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