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Murder, She Wrote

Started by: dustaf (inactive)

I'm thinking of submitting a new script to revive this popular series. I have a good plot called;

The Case Of the Noxious Nebulizer

The action is centred around The Winter Gardens Blackpool, shortly after a Labour Party Conference has been held.

Basically, a politician (Dr Doreen) is doing a bit of work to help with her meagre wage situation and begins 'doing-in' various artistes. The motive for this is not quite clear, but Doreen had appeared in a film as a child actress, so a return to the stage could be the reason.

I'm currently working on a cast list and have so far come up with the following:

Dr Doreen..................................... Hazel Blears

Jessica Fletcher.......................... Lucy Meacock

Inspector Trubshaw.....................Laurence Llewelyn Bowen

The Puppeteer.............................. Peter Mandelson

The Mime....................................... Neil (I'm saying nowt) Turner

Billy and The Boys........................ B Barker & The Envoys

Amanda Thompson.......................Herself

Best Boy........................................ Victoria Beckham

Script Editor/Prompter.................WW's Mache

Ms Meacock's ensemble.............Primark

Costumes.......................................Monsieur Joseph-a-go-go Ince

Shoes by........................................Discount Daisies

Transport/chauffeurs...................Rent-a-Wreck Pemberton

Lighting..........................................Torben Merriott



Jessica Fletcher has been invited to stay with Amanda Thompson's family in the Pleasure Beach while she researches some fairground stuff for her latest book, which is incidentally based an an old Scooby Doo script.

Billy and the boys have just finished a Summer season at Pontins. They are a likable lot who have a few comedy moments, but are crucial to the plot. See films like Summer Holiday (Cliffy) and Every Day's a Holiday (Freddy & The Dreamers)

Started: 16th Oct 2009 at 19:43
Last edited by dustaf: 18th Oct 2009 at 15:57:47

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

"Costumes...........Monsieur Joseph-a-go-go Ince"

I don't even have a lithp!

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 20:40

Posted by: danni (inactive)

but you do have a handbag

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 20:41

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

It's not a "handbag" it's a gander bag.

Typing slow I'm half pished toneet.

It's me birthday!

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 20:43

Posted by: danni (inactive)

happy ancient day to you, you share it with hughes the booze

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 20:45

Posted by: bailey (4437)

happy birhday joseph....

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 20:46

Posted by: jo anne (34731) 

Happy birthday, Joseph 1!

And many happy returns!

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 20:46

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

Happy birthday Hughes the booze.

I'm not ancient Danni and lovely.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 20:47

Posted by: danni (inactive)

you are more ancient than me, it was my half birthday yesterday

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 20:48

Posted by: lisalee (12155) 

Ok.......what is a "gander bag"?

Oh and happy birthday from me and enjoy one or lots of this.....



Although it sounds like you may have already.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 20:48

Posted by: danni (inactive)

Its a man bag Lise

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 20:50

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

I have Lise my family have given me a grand day today, I'm a very luck chap!

Yes and a few bottles of Pernod have been gratefully received.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 20:51

Posted by: danni (inactive)

and sunk by the sound of it

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 20:53

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

No only one opened Danni there's only me likes it.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 20:55

Posted by: lisalee (12155) 

It's his birthday, it's allowed Danni!

You're a very lucky fella by the sounds of it Joseph!

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 20:55

Posted by: danni (inactive)

course it is allowed Lise

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 20:57

Posted by: marieg69 (3359)

happy birthday get it down you

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 20:58

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

Thank you.

This keyboards a bit fast for me toneet.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 20:59

Posted by: danni (inactive)

sellotape it to your desk then

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:00

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

It's them letters they keep shifting about Danni it's taking me ages to type.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:02

Posted by: danni (inactive)

get someone to hold your head still

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:02

Posted by: lisalee (12155) 

pmsl @ Joseph!

Just look out one eye and you'll be reet lol!

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:03

Posted by: danni (inactive)

or squint!

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:04

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

Good idea that, dreading that bedroom ceiling though.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:04

Posted by: danni (inactive)

2 pints and 2 paras before bed and you'll be reet

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:06

Posted by: lisalee (12155) 

As long as it's not mirrored and you actually see yourself spinning you'll be reet!

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:07

Posted by: marieg69 (3359)

do you mean 2 pints of water

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:08

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

"2 paras before bed" sod off, no wonder Dustaf as got me on the costumes!

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:09

Posted by: danni (inactive)

paracetemols ya numpty

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:10

Posted by: lisalee (12155) 

Don't let DB here you say that Joseph lol!

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:10

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:11

Posted by: dustaf (inactive)

Happy birthday Joseph 1

Now gerroff me bloody thread. unless you're auditioning.

I have still to allocate the parts of a tram driver and clippie.

And Mrs Farnworth a curious but sinister spinster who is the guesthouse landlady. Peter Kay pulled out at the last minute.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:51

Posted by: danni (inactive)

think he's asleep

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:52

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

Cheers mester.

Have I just read this elswhere?

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:52

Posted by: danni (inactive)

thought you had nodded off

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:53

Posted by: mache (inactive)

who's the sleazy chap in the shadows

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:53

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

Oh keep still will ya.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:53

Posted by: danni (inactive)

who?

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:54

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

All of you.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:56

Posted by: danni (inactive)

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:58

Posted by: dustaf (inactive)

Not fair Danni.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:00

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

Cheers Danni.

What sleepy chap Mache?

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:00

Posted by: danni (inactive)

but funny just a touch of payback

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:00

Posted by: dustaf (inactive)

Hank Marvin

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:01

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

Hank Marvin????

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:06

Posted by: dustaf (inactive)

Posted by: mache (2925)
who's the sleazy chap in the shadows

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 21:53



Please try to keep up mester.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:07

Posted by: danni (inactive)

dont ask

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:07

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

Bugger I read "sleepy chap" sorry folks.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:08

Posted by: dustaf (inactive)




Is Mr Marvin Sleazy

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:09

Posted by: i-spy (15270) 

Is it time for Columbo to arrive on the trail of the stolen pernod

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:10

Posted by: mache (inactive)

and i thowt i'd wrote crap

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:10

Posted by: danni (inactive)

shurrup mache

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:11

Posted by: mache (inactive)

sorry write

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:12

Posted by: dustaf (inactive)

Stolen pernod?

Someone had better destroy the evidence.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:12

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)


Sleazy.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:14

Posted by: dustaf (inactive)

Do you require some oxygen mester?

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:15

Posted by: danni (inactive)

he needs sommat

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:17

Posted by: dustaf (inactive)

I've got the Dagenham Girls Pipe Band booked for the interval if that's any help?

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:18

Posted by: tracyh30 (6850)

Happy Birthday Joseph

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:20

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

"Dagenham Girls Pipe Band" Didn't they complain about M & W using their name many years ago?

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:20

Posted by: mache (inactive)

do they play piccelo's

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:20

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

Thank you Tracy.

Mache not sure what clubs they played at.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:23

Posted by: mache (inactive)

not clubs piccolos but without holes(o's)

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:25

Posted by: dustaf (inactive)

That was The Dagenham Girl Pipers

According to my legal team.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:25

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

And the difference is?

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:27

Posted by: mache (inactive)

essex girls

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:27

Posted by: i-spy (15270) 

were they once the Black Dyke band before being obliged to change their name for PC reasons

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:29

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

Don't know about Essex Mache but your Barking.

Black Dykes. Best say nowt.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:31

Posted by: dustaf (inactive)

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:31

Posted by: i-spy (15270) 

how come Amanda Thompson gets to play herself.
is dustaf after a free big one.

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:33

Posted by: danni (inactive)

aye

Replied: 16th Oct 2009 at 22:37

Posted by: dustaf (inactive)

A certain lady was kind enough to let me have a last go on a pump.

Replied: 17th Oct 2009 at 13:51

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

Flipping eck!

Replied: 13th Oct 2011 at 17:44

Posted by: the_gwim_weaper (inactive)

My job is so unbelievable. I'll try to sum it up by first telling you about the folks I work with:
(I can sense Ruddy Dicks excitement from here)

First, there is this supermodel wanna-be chick. Yeah, okay, she is pretty hot, but damn is she completely useless.
The girl is constantly fixing her hair or putting on make-up.

She is extremely self-centred and has never once considered the needs or wants of anyone but herself.
She is as dumb as a box of rocks, and I still find it surprising that she has enough brain power to continue to breathe.

The next chick is completely the opposite. She might even be one of the smartest people on the planet.
Her career opportunities are endless, and yet she is here with us. She is a zero on a scale of 1 to 10.
I'm not sure she even showers, much less shaves her "womanly" parts. I think she might be a lesbian, because every time we drive by the hardware store she moans like a cat in heat.

But the jewel in the crown has got to be the stoner. This guy is more than just your average pothead. In fact, he is baked before he comes to work, during work, and I'm sure after work.
He probably hasn't been sober any time in the last ten years, and he's only 22.
He dresses like a beatnik throwback from the 1960's, and to make things worse, he brings his big dog to work.
Every day I have to look at this huge Great Dane walk around half-stoned from the second-hand smoke.
Hell, sometimes I even think it's trying to talk with its constant bellowing. Also, both of them are constantly hungry, requiring multiple stops to McDonald's and Burger King, every single day.

Anyway, I drive these Wastrels around in my van and we solve mysteries and stuff.

Replied: 13th Oct 2011 at 18:06

Posted by: erontquay (inactive)

My Nickname is Miss Marbles

Replied: 13th Oct 2011 at 18:13

Posted by: the_gwim_weaper (inactive)

Dustaf's is Jason Kink...

Replied: 13th Oct 2011 at 18:16

Posted by: joseph 1 (inactive)

I nearly got away with it, only for those interfering kids!

Replied: 13th Oct 2011 at 18:18

Posted by: the_gwim_weaper (inactive)

Replied: 13th Oct 2011 at 18:23

Posted by: hieronymous (1755)

Time and relative dimensions in space?

Replied: 13th Oct 2011 at 19:50

Posted by: the_gwim_weaper (inactive)

Not if it went in reverse.

Replied: 13th Oct 2011 at 20:01

Posted by: dustaf (inactive)

Amy Pond.

Replied: 13th Oct 2011 at 20:10

Posted by: hieronymous (1755)

Duck Pond!!

Replied: 13th Oct 2011 at 20:20

Posted by: dustaf (inactive)

Replied: 13th Oct 2011 at 20:21

Posted by: hieronymous (1755)

Says "amy pong" on the tab!!

Replied: 13th Oct 2011 at 20:25

Posted by: dustaf (inactive)

Iwouldn't kick her out of................



no wonder...etc..

Replied: 13th Oct 2011 at 20:26

Posted by: mache (inactive)

"Script Editor/Prompter"


I have since resigned

Replied: 14th Jul 2013 at 16:51

Posted by: dustaf (inactive)

I suppose that's a good enough excuse for your naughty resurrection.

Could I tempt you with another role.

Replied: 14th Jul 2013 at 16:53

Posted by: TerryW (inactive)

That Dustaf sounded like a great laugh, everyone seems to be very happy then. Possibly because there are no nasty comments or interruptions by those just looking to cause bother.

Replied: 19th Nov 2020 at 11:47

Posted by: firefox (3239)

A good read, some funny people then.

Replied: 19th Nov 2020 at 12:01

Posted by: TerryW (inactive)

Could do with more of these types of posts in these lackdown times to cheer folk up.

Replied: 19th Nov 2020 at 12:09

Posted by: firefox (3239)

As long as the lurker is here, unless ignored, he will do his best to RUWIN threads

Replied: 19th Nov 2020 at 12:25

Posted by: TerryW (inactive)

Well done to Arfur in taking up the baton (sounds painful) of entertainments manager for WW.

You have been mentioned in dispatches to those who need to know.

Replied: 19th Nov 2020 at 18:11

Posted by: Arfur petesake (409)

Tis a honour indeed to be mentioned in dispatches and to be given a chance to cheer the members of the messageboard up holding a Christmas Nativity/panto was a commission I could not refuse but to be thought of as a contender to take up Dustaf's baton is a goal a thousand miles from where I am now , He was a superstar ( so I am told) on this messageboard and a irreplaceable asset,

Replied: 19th Nov 2020 at 19:59

Posted by: firefox (3239)

You added an 'et' to the last word of your post, Arfur.

Replied: 20th Nov 2020 at 05:18

 

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