Keep a notebook of these kinds of observations – they can turn into sketches.Īn example that became a classic sketch is when Michael Palin returned a car to the garage he’d bought it from because there were problems with it. In this case it was an oversight but before he cleared it up there is a clear absurdity right there. This morning a delivery man appeared at my doorstep (home life) and was fiddling around with papers and asking me to sign for something but he hadn’t told me what it was and it was not in sight. Being annoyed (or even angry) can be a good starting point but to get it to somewhere funny you need to identify the absurdity. Once you have found something annoying then ask yourself what is absurd about it. If find yourself having trouble thinking of something absurd, you can take a step further back and ask yourself what annoyed you. Or you may have witnessed it or heard about it. – Or the cause of the absurdity (and the other party is the one trying to deal with it) – You can either be the one struggling with the absurdity You are looking for situations that were in some way absurd. Pick one and then reflect on situations in this context that you have either: And to produce topical or satirical sketches start with a list of news stories. Simply start with a list of programmes or movies etc instead of life situations. Note, you can modify this process for parody sketches. The main thing is not to try and think of a funny subject area.
And of course if you don’t get an idea that tickles you, then return to the start and work through it again.Ĭhoose a situation from life. You can stop at step 3 if you have a viable idea that tickles you or you can proceed to step 4 to try and heighten the idea. Below is a process to produce sketch ideas from everyday life situations e.g, in a shop, at the doctor’s, on a date etc… Follow this 3 or 4 step process to generate a sketch. Unless you happen to conveniently already have a funny idea, the best way to generate an idea for a sketch is to start with a real situation from life and work step-by-step towards a sketch idea. Any tips for finding ideas or premises for sketches? Not just topical sketches like Newsjack, but sketches in general? Hugely insightful and a must read for anyone interested in the art. The answers are like a detailed “how to” for comedy sketch writing. How do you generate ideas for a sketch?.We posed 2 sketch writing questions to comedy coach Chris Head.
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