Simon Dunn

Scriptwriter and Comedian

e.phemera: Non-Illegal Robbery

If you’re writing sketches, this is a good technique – take a profession, and give them an inappropriate trait. So, a postman who can’t read, or in this case, well, have a look:

I don’t like posting clips from commercially available things without also posting a link to the thing what is commercially available, so do buy Monty Python.

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