At the suggestion of a friend, I recently wrote and submitted a few sketches to the topical radio series Newsjack. Never heard anything so presumably they weren't what they were looking for. Hope you enjoy them though.
Technically, they don't really belong in the Newsreview collection, but I figured Newsrevue and Newsjack were close enough. The idea behind today's entry was mixing the idea of yawning being catching with the new series of Homeland (although it could also be applied to Spooks).
Intro: Homeland
returned to our screens last weekend and as the series gets underway we’ll soon
find out what direction the plotlines will take us maybe even factoring in
recent political developments…
Carrie:
Chief - Al-Qaeda have just sent a new message. They’re telling us they’re about
to unleash a new contagion.
Boss:
Any more details?
Carrie:
Not as yet, Chief. They won’t tell us what symptoms are or even (yawns) where
they’re likely to release it.
Boss:
Damn! Any ideas of the likely impact this will have?
Carrie:
No, Chief. But they say (yawn) they say we’ll now when it arrives.
Boss:
Right. Wait! Carrie - why are you yawning?
Carrie: Yawning, chief? What are you (yawn) I don’t know
what you’re talking about. Oh no! Could this be one of the symptoms?
David: I don’t know. But whatever it is. We’ve got to
(yawn) find out what their plan is and…Oh no - I’m yawning too! Oh my God! It’s
contagious!
Boss:
What do we do, Chief?
David: We can’t take any chances - we’ll have to put
ourselves into quarantine right now. Shut down the entire facility. Do the same
with DC – we don’t know how far this thing has spread.
Carrie:
But Chief that’ll mean shutting down the US government - how on earth are we
going to get away with that?
Boss:
Oh… make something up. Tell them it’s because Congress couldn’t agree on a new
budget.
Carrie:
Yes, Chief.
