British Comedy Guide

Birth Certificate

INT. A HOUSE - DAY

A woman is leaning over a crib with a newborn baby in it. A man enters the house and comes over.

WOMAN
Have you got the birth certificate then?

MAN
Yup it's all done

WOMAN
Aww our little Ruth!

MAN
Here we go

Man takes out a birth certificate from his pocket and hands it to woman. She shows it to the baby in the crib.

WOMAN
Look, you're officially Ru(Turning the certificate to herself and reading it)

Woman stops mid sentence and looks at man in pure disbelief.

Cut to the certificate. The name is "Roof".

V.O. WOMAN
You stupid bastard

The payoff is a little weak and I'm not sure it makes much sense in the context of the sketch. Is the man supposed to have a strong Cockney accent or something?

Nah he just spelled it wrong. That's why I posted this one to be honest, I wasn't sure if it was clear enough.

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