Housing - young people can't afford houses so once their parents kick them out they have to live somewhere else... anywhere... unexpected places

Retirement - old people won't be able to retire any more as the government, businesses and insurance companies have spent their pensions - so what will they do?

They won't just be able to get a part time job as a 'top up' anymore they are going to have to retrain and start off in the job market again at 65 like when they were 18 or 21...

or turn to crime... etc. etc.

This will be topical with a capital T very shortly. The Simpsons film is about to arrive in the UK. Millions of fans are holding their breath and praying it cuts the mustard. Whatever the outcome, the hype and publicity will be absolutely mental. You won't be able to escape. It's going to take over your life. Resistance is futile. Enjoy the ride.

The latest harry potter book/movie with jlc as hagrid etc.

Or tony blair's retirement, with him moaning about pensions, talking to strangers at bus stops just for company and spending all day in the library.

Superfoods.

Blueberries with capes? Advocadoes with X ray vision? Brocolli florets that have telepathic skills? Where will it end?

It ends here, because I don't know any more superfoods. Bye.

National Health Servce - always topical - new ways to keep those queues down - especially now more and more doctors are being jailed - it's surprising what some of the cleaners have picked up in terms of surgical knowledge...

Terrorism - VERY topical indeed - I know that this site is not known for being too brave on what some might consider "sensitive" subjects, but it's gotta be an area that needs comedic llumination!

Greetings, first post on a Channel 4 forum - break me in gently! Posted some captions and stuff before, never really knew there was a forum for comedy.

Anyway, my idea for a Friday Night Project Sketch would be a Pete Doherty (Alan Carr) and Amy Winehouse (JLC) sketch. Everybodies two favourite wayward pop stars. Just think - Comedy teeth! Funny accents! Wacky costumes! My sides have split already.

Any, hi everyone

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Terrorism - VERY topical indeed - I know that this site is not known for being too brave on what some might consider "sensitive" subjects, but it's gotta be an area that needs comedic llumination!

Err have you forgotten already the Secret Policeman's Ball comp Frankie!


Benkins

THE ODD COUPLE

I see the boys more as character based comedy performers. I could see them in a modern version of the two men sharing a flat genre of sitcom, The Likely Lads, Men Behaving Badly, Porridge, The Odd Couple etc.

The contemporary twist here is that one is gay and the other, although with unfeasibly long hair, is straight. I'd like to see a sketch exploring that premise - so the premise itself is topical.

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Or if you are not looking for a topical idea for them to perform as a sketch, just a topical idea...

I would think the New Cold War kicking off between Gordon Brown and Putin would provide plenty of scope




Benkins

Glasnostbury

It's almost an anagram

What with Osama's son marrying that mad English woman, how about "Al Qaeda Wedding Ceremony" culminating in "You may now kill the bride".

Or, on the subject of Al-Qaeda, since they all appear to be NHS doctors, "Holby Jihad" in which hospital consultants perform "operations" using blindfolds, video cameras, and great big beheading swords.

An advert for the new Apple "iBomb" suicide belt which allows you to "keep in touch with your friends while listening to great music and blowing yourself to smithereens in public places."

Two great historical figures like Samuel Pepys and Doctor Johnson argue over the relative merits of stupid crap like MySpace and Facebook. MySpace has Nell Gwyn's porno site on it, while Facebook lets you send big sucky brown-nose emails to the King.

Two postmen arguing about the postal strike, one of them is Leslie Ash's postman who has gone on strike on protest against making Botox available by post.

Brian May has gone back to uni to study astrophysics, turns out the reason is that he is trying to help Anita Dobson get back to her home planet.

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Terrorism - VERY topical indeed - I know that this site is not known for being too brave on what some might consider "sensitive" subjects, but it's gotta be an area that needs comedic llumination!

Err have you forgotten already the Secret Policeman's Ball comp Frankie!


Benkins

I thought that one was about the Americans in Guantanamo bay...

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Or, on the subject of Al-Qaeda, since they all appear to be NHS doctors, "Holby Jihad" in which hospital consultants perform "operations" using blindfolds, video cameras, and great big beheading swords.

This one gets my vote ... (quickly before the mods delete it...???)

Hello everyone, we sent your topics to the big chiefs behind the Friday Night Project, along with a couple of our own favourites...

All will be revealed in this afternoon's blog, so stay tuned to see if you've won yourself a little present.

Davina

Hey my "Bishop Swap" seems to have been deleted ?! I could have seen Alan and Justin as Bishops ?

What about a Kenneth Williams-lite performer and a curiously accented but hirsute one with a 'cheeky but endearing manner'(c) doing barely topical gags to a live audience with canned laughter mixed in?

anyone?

anyone?

hello?

No takers?

Oh...maybe I should try something "edgy and young" like an under 30s competition...d'oh! I can't do that, because like the Friday Night Project, I don't fit the demographic...hmmm, this comedy business is filled with pitfalls