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Author: iamkoold
Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Reviews: 2 - Published: 01-14-08 - Updated: 03-12-08 - id:2462740

The Sketch Shop:

Come on in and find a good deal on a cheap laugh!

The Sketch Shop: A Variety of comedic skits, spoofs, and other fairly ridiculous things. Find anything you need at the Sketch Shop.

Actors and Actresses needed for each Sketch as according to the Sketch welcome whether good or bad to make you needs better.

Owner: David: Man in blue, collared Shirt, black slacks, Black Shoes, and glasses. Often the straight-man, he is know for his comedy stylings of one-liners. Often gives the workers various odd jobs as well as make them participate in scemes to get more business. Leader of the pack.

Employees: Kyle: Man in white, collared shirt, blue slacks, brown shoes, and a notebook in his shirt pocket. Master of digust. He can often gross out his co-workers as well as his boss. Loves to play practical jokes. Assitant to David.

Lorin: Man (Yes he's a man.) in street attire, glasses, long curly hair, juggling balls. Used to be a clown, he trys to use prop comedy and juggling skills to bring customers. Often cracks the bad jokes.

Patrick: Man in polo shirt, black slacks, tennis shoes, glasses. Mostly straight-man. He lacks experience in comedy and humor. Hired only to keep the others in line but fails miserbly. Always passive, he gives into David's scemes

Holly: Woman in tee, blue jeans, sneakers. Classic comedy is her favorite. Often saying the silliest of things, and doing the weirdest of things makes her a model employee. However, she is not too bright. Has experience in stand-up.

Jacob: Man in tee, blue jeans, black sneakers. Just a straight-man. Tries to be the voice of reason, but is often ignored. Always set up for jokes, pranks, and one-liners.

Miranda: Woman in Glasses, white, collared shirt, tan slacks, brown shoes, calculator and pens in shirt pocket. The geek of the shop. Former actress, turned geek, she keep up with business and act as assitant to David in escapades. When talking, often time she goes back to her actress years and begins to over act.

Believe me they come in once and a while. Well, they have to, they link the
Sketches and provide their own unique qualities to the shop. They also provide us to a situation that happens at this sany mad cap shop.

Place: The Sketch Shop: A place where on shelves you see boxes, gag toys, and very strange things about. A counter with a register and various "for sale" signs.

(Enter David carrying a box.)

David: Hi! Welcome to the Sketch Shop, Where You can find a good deal on a cheap laugh. I'm David owner and proprietor of gags, jokes, and, of course, Sketches. Over here (Walk to a shelve to the right of him) we have a sale of fake coupons. (Picks one up) Here's one "Skin Care Clinic, Purchase to have one mole removed get the other mole half off." And here (Walks to right) we have...

(Enter Miranda and Kyle Panicking)

Miranda: DAVID!

David: Miranda, Kyle, What's wrong?

Klye I'll tell you what's wrong. My pizza came cold and it looked like it fell in the dirt.

David: Is that all?

Kyle: I don't know, I haven't eaten the rest yet.

Miranda: No, no, no. It's not that. It's just that profits are down!

David: What? Are you sure?

Miranda: Yes! I went through all of the recipts and we are going down. It's the end, were going have to close down shop, (Begins to overreacts) business will fail, we'll be poor, bankrupt, ruined, we'll live on the streets, how will we care for our pets, we'll have to eat our children, we'll ...

(Kyle grabs Miranda and slaps her across the face.)

Mrianda: Thank you.

Kyle: No problem, next time David, don't give too much lines, you know she over-acts.

David: Right! Call the Staff.

(Kyle grabs a horn and plays "Revielle" to call the staff. Enter Lorin, Patrick, Holly, Jacob. The employees line up in military style. David grabs a General's stick and Marches in front of them.)

David: Ladies and Gentlemen. I have recently heard were are down in profits...

Miranda: (Falling to her knees) It's the end, the final curtain, the opus of our...

David: Shut up!

Miranda: Sorry. (Gets up)

David: Now being my loyal employees, we need to come up with an idea to get more customers. I will hear from anyone.

Lorin: Let put our whoppe cushions on sale and tell them to pay as they leave.

Jacob: They are on sale and they do pay as they leave.

Kyle: Let's find a fad and make a joke of it.

Jacob: We do that too, it's called a spoof.

Holly: Let's throw fruit at them.

David: How will that help?

Holly: I don't know, I always wanted to throw fruit at people.

David: Any Intelligent Ideas?

Patrick: How about we demonstrate how some of the Sketches work.

David: Great idea! (Goes to the shelves and looks at boxes) Let's see, "Jack and the Brussel Sprout." No. "How to Make a Cat Fly By Throwing It." No. Aha! (Grabs a box) This, the "Insane Carnival Man Sketch." (The employees surround him and the box as light fade to black.)



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