Sat Nav

F/X: ENGINE NOISE, CONTINUOUS.

FEMALE ELECTRONIC VOICE: At the roundabout take the second exit.

DRIVER: That can't be right.

FEMALE ELECTRONIC VOICE: Take the second exit.

DRIVER: If you say so.

FEMALE ELECTRONIC VOICE: Do a U-turn when possible.

DRIVER: What?

FEMALE ELECTRONIC VOICE: I had the map upside down.

DRIVER: Oh for pity's sake…

FEMALE ELECTRONIC VOICE: Don't go taking that tone with me!

DRIVER: How difficult can it be…?

FEMALE ELECTRONIC VOICE: That's it. Pull over.

F/X: BRAKES. ENGINE NOISE STOPS.

DRIVER: Well?

FEMALE ELECTRONIC VOICE: It wasn't like this when I was new. You couldn't stop telling your friends how wonderful I was. Now all you do is find fault. You are so horrible to me. (SOBS)

DRIVER: I've had enough of this.

F/X: BUTTONS BEING PUSHED. ENGINE NOISE RESTARTS.

MALE ELECTRONIC VOICE: Continue straight for twelve kilometres.

DRIVER: That's more like it.

MALE ELECTRONIC VOICE: Phwoar! Did you see that BMW? Look at the bumpers on that! I bet she likes it up the exhaust! Eh? Eh?

END.

Yeah, nice one. Suitable for radio as well

I liked this, the dodgy satnav is a pretty standard gag.

But this is an enjoyable funny variant.

Strong characterisation.

It works very well. I agree with Sooty.. excellent characterisation - pretty funny how an electronic gadget can seem alive !!! Good job.

I concur. Could have been "just another Sat-Nav sketch," but feel the characterisation avoids that trap. Good idea of the final lines with the voice-changing

Ha ha, that was really funny, well done.

Yes, a great take on a standard gag. A man walks into a bar.. can still be funny in the right hand!

Cheers for the positive comments.

This is a well trodden path for sure, but this is just funny enough to keep its neck above water. To mix a couple of metaphors.

Cheers. Yes over-familiarity was my concern with this one. I would like to think that I am not just treading water.

Not at all, familiarity is often a good thing in comedy.

People laugh at what they know and familiar with.

As such to take the familiar and put a spin on it, is often the biggest laugh.

I think you got that right.

I've read a few similar sketches and this compares well. I would say it has been done a fair bit now but you've shown you can deliver a quite concise version of an idea and the ending was quite original. Basically: keep it up mofo!

What they've said. A good take on the theme.

I enjoyed it. Must admit to reading by peeking through the gaps in my fingers as I have just written a sat nav sketch to submit to recorded for training purposes. Didn't realise it was such a popular theme but clearly is judging from the other posts.

It is one of my RFTP possibles, which was part of the reason for posting it - I wanted to see if everyone said, "oh, no – not another SatNav gag…"