So last week we put up a sketch simply entitled "It's Jak!"
This was a sketch that we shot at very short notice, which wasn't too much to our detriment, given the fact it is a very low tech sketch. In fact, we shot it at such short notice it was literally a case of Tom walking through my door and saying "Right, since we've got Jak, here's a sketch about him".
Unfortunately Ryan was unable to film this one with us, which would have made things even weirder, but we made sure to get Ryan in some of the flashbacks to compensate. We also worried that it would look silly having Jak blatantly in different rooms during the flashbacks, but then realised that the idea of him being there all along is stupid enough to carry through, and is in fact amplified by him being in different places. Also, fun fact; Jak bought that t-shirt specifically for this sketch! Well, sort of.
In terms of structure, "It's Jak" has some very silly jokes, but if we had spent more time on the script might have some more solid lines. I think the idea and the execution are solid, but the dialogue is sometimes a little functional. The lack of a proper punchline (settling for the ridiculous anti joke "He's gone bowling") does let the sketch down a bit, though I think the twist of having Jak's name appear at the end instead of the usual WMD sting is nice.
Ultimately I think this is a sketch that is funny if you watch a lot of our sketches, particularly if you go back as far as "Moustache Intervention", but isn't the most welcoming sketch for newcomers. Thankfully, I think we will balance that out with our next sketch, which is our first proper holiday special sketch. We decided to shoot a Halloween sketch about a goth in a graveyard, which I think will go down well for this time of the year. It's one of our most visually distinct sketches and features Tom doing his best Robert Smith. In the meantime, here is the only other time-dependent sketch we did, this one being about the referendum:
- Ben
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