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Demands (Make Me Laugh Challenge)

The office door opened and a thin man accompanied by a young boy stepped in. “Jon! Charles! What can I do for you?” Paul asked.

“We’ll get straight to the point,” the man said. “We want better parts.”

“Better parts?”

“Don’t play stupid. We’re tired of being the butt of all the jokes. All I do is complain about my sexless life and feed that goddamn cat lasagna every day. I’m sick of it.”

“We’re both sick of it,” the balding boy yelled. “If that bitch pulls that football away from me one more time, I swear to God…”

“Gentlemen, I’m sure we can work something out.”

“You damn well better, or we walk. I’m tired of this shit. I want a full week of Nermal strips. Remind everyone there’s a character more hated than me.”

“And I want more scenes with the little red-headed girl. And it better go somewhere. I want a kiss, full tongue, none of this on-the-cheek bullshit.”

“Make it happen,” the man said, and the two stormed out of the office. Paul sat in shocked silence. The business sure had changed.

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Demands (Make Me Laugh Challenge)
John Perkins
Posted 2 months ago

Fantastic! I love this idea. I didn’t actually laugh out loud, but it is quite humorous. I love Charlie Brown getting all pissed off.
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thebetweenspace
Posted 2 months ago

I love that they want better roles, considering their roles are iconic. My personal favorite moment, of course, was when Charlie railed against Lucy stealing the football (or maybe the request for more scenes with the redhead girl and some lip action). Well played, indeed.
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cfs1981
Posted 2 months ago

A+++ WOULD READ AGAIN

;-)
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Eckhouse
Posted 2 months ago

And then the two went outside for a smoke break. Pure awesome.
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Trann
Posted 2 months ago

“On-air” vs. real life personas always seem to clash. Nice idea!
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kaellinn18
Posted 2 months ago

Thanks for the comments everyone! I had a lot of fun with this piece.
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Mistress Elsha Hawk
Posted 2 months ago

Absolutely hilarious! Loved it! I probably won’t be able to get this out of my head! Especially come next Sunday’s paper.
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invisibility_disability
Posted 2 months ago

hahahahaha. charlie brown…
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Stovohobo
Posted 2 months ago

I didn’t get who they were, at first…and then once I did, it got a whole lot funnier. That’s great.
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Alexa ♥
Posted 2 months ago

That’s just fabulous.
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Who even knew that Jon was friends with Charlie Brown? That totally never appeared in the Gossip mags. I’d have noticed.
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I want a full week of Nermal strips.
Really, that’s just a bucketload of disaster, right there. ;)
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Fantasy
Posted about 1 month ago

OMJ !! dude, this is totally hilarious!! so creative!!!!!! i love it!!!

sooo funny!!

FIVE STARS !!!

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