MarCom Professional

An Apology

Why I've been away.

I'm still here but life has been catching up with me and the ambition to write every day. So I've been busy earning a living and doing the right thing by others.

I hope to resume normal service in the near future.


JimKin

I look up to Tom Cruise

Works under consideration: 25
Current Dominant Thought: Am I the fifth protocol?

Nothing yet…

No. Nothing…

Can’t remember what was on my mind…

Something like writing about my favourite words like ‘Judder.’

Dialogue!

That was it I was going to write about some of my favourite lines…

Lines from movies like ‘His Girl Friday’ or ‘All About Eve.'

But then I forgot what I was going to write so here’s a short sketch staring Mrs Pug and Mrs Ash aka ‘The Mothers’ and their pet Samurai ‘Suki.’

INT/DAY
MRS PUG’S LIVING ROOM. ‘THE MOTHERS’ SIT WATCHING CELEBRITY KNICKER SNATCHER OR CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER OR CELEBRITY LABRADOR, OR CELEBRITY CELIBACY (WHERE YOU GET TO CHOOSE WHICH CELEBRITY NEVER GETS TO BREED). More...

Click to Play

He was a MOTHERLABRADOR

Works under consideration: 25
Current Dominant Thought: Why Dark Angels are bad for you

Ignore me
I’m writing headlines for ladies…

Here’s one for the boys

FERRET SCORES WEMBLEY WINNER – DOESN’T SPILL HIS BEER!

I like ferrets…

Channel ‘Bloody’ 4
Still not a squeak out of them and all the material I’ve entered; 15 bits of work in their competitions! The web site has been down for the last month…Grrrrr

And now in the first in the last of a series

Quentin Tarantino woes Jane Austen over a pint of Bitter

WARNING
Rude words including ****, ******, AND ********** have been replaced with the word ‘LABRADOR’ ‘LABRADOR-ER’ and ’MOTHERLABRADOR’

SCENE
INT/NIGHT
A SLEAZY BAR IN THE BACK STREETS OF LIVERPOOL

QUENTIN SIPS AT A SMALL AMONTILLADO SHERRY. More...

It's behind you

Works under consideration: 25
Current Handicap: I am Time’s *****

The Seven Laws of Comedy – Dave Evans
This page used to come up high in google if you typed in ‘Comedy Writing.’
It’s a great collection of tools for your armoury. Dave Evans is an Emmy Award winning writer who’s worked on shows like ‘The Cosby Show.’

1. Be able to throw away your best joke
- c.f. with William Faulkner ‘We have to kill our favourite ‘children.’

2. If YOU don’t laugh no one else will.
- This isn’t always true (I forget 98% of the stuff I write)

3. Character is 98% of Comedy
- Don’t try pinning a character together with funny quirks – meet people. More...

"O' It's Tai Chi! I thought you'd all gone into reverse."**

Works under consideration: 24
Current Handicap: A mouse with low batteries*

Channel 4 4Laughs Comedy Site
Have been down for ages. They haven’t judged any competition I’ve entered since 10th October, hence I have lots of outstanding material in limbo. BUGGER!!!

I WILL NOW PLAY INTERPOL VERY LOUD!

My Mate Primate Sketch
Entered on Channel 4 Web site - 10th November
A 1950's Dad goes back in time to live with a group of Neanderthals
Do you ever write something and think it’s OK but only if I had more time? I would make it the bestSuperTingleinTheLoins-vibe. More...

A U.N. Grant was the best he could hope for

Works under consideration: 22


Stuck in the Middle of…
a sketch called ‘My Mate Primate’ for the Channel 4 Web site in association with Baby Cow . The premise is a ‘1950’s Dad transported back in time to live in a community of Neanderthals.’ Erm. Well, of course, they’ve got to be playing cricket. And I’m stuck…

Being Funny Secrets
It’s hard work.

Perhaps one time in ten I write something off the cuff and it’s any good. Most of the time I have to ‘generate’ ideas. There are lots of variations on this but building a list of ‘Random Associations.’ I just write a list of 50 things around the subject which can be images, words, places, people, dialogue. More...

All that clutters is gold

Works under consideration: 19
Dark Angel: Rejoined
Interruptions: Banditos
State of Mind: Atlas Does Dallas
Comedy WordMix: Peep-Show, Peep-Hole, Peep-Deep, Leap-Beep, Flip-Dip


Introduction
I’d like to introduce you to Spen. Part Guitarist, part Internet-WebGuru and part Klingon (in a nice sort of sharing way). He is helping and sharing my plan for World Domination via the WebInternetThingy and stealth marketing…Hence the picture above, which is really my desk, with my bits and bobs and will form the basis of a Web site which will bring me wealth and power or, well…a little recognition and folkychaps wishing to purchase or even commission my sillywritingviBE. More...

Heather Mills PR stunt goes horribly right

Works under consideration: 19
Dark Angel: Lost to me
Interruptions: Ruby
State of Mind: Mighty cat-herder
Comedy WordMix: Ronnie Barker Fork Handles, Ronnie Corbett comfy chair, Bark Handling Forks, Ronnie comforts Corbett chairs

Your back's against the wall
There's no one home to call
You're forgetting who you are
You can't stop crying
It's part not giving in
Part trusting your friends
You do it all again and I'm not lying
Standing in the Way of Control
- Gossip

When my back’s against the wall I eat chocolate, watch favourite movies, and listen to tunes that put some gumption back into my bones. More...

Going out tonight?

Works under consideration: 17
Dark Angel: x
Pyrates: I made this one earlier
State of Mind: Weary-Sherpa
Comedy WordMix: Eddie Is, Eddie Does, Eddie usually isn’t. Eddie is hard, Eddie Izzard.

Making Your Own Pyrate
The one thing I enjoyed most about performing was devising a piece from nothing. I’ve worked with actors who knew what they are doing, who added to the material and took it to another level. I’ve also worked with friends.

NEVER work with friends.

They can have their own ideas and you’re the writer and you have to say what is what. Don’t trust them. It’s your work. More...