Pelican Gusto

Sketch Comedy: Odd Demands of a Gunman

2008-07-28T01:52:00.000-07:00

I know you have been eagerly anticipating our next piece of sketch comedy. Most of you have been speculating that we would never follow up our first sketch, dropping off into the abyss that is the internet, and in some ways you would be right, but in other, more accurate ways, you’re wrong, because here is our latest installment in our sketch comedy series.

This sketch continues one of our favourite themes, gun violence. So if you too enjoy sweet sweet death, you’ll enjoy this thoroughly.

Your support has been great to far, so thankyou for that, keep commenting and keep up the good work

Enjoy

RJ

Sketch Comedy: Run For Your Life – Behind the Scenes

2008-07-20T03:39:00.000-07:00

By now you have seen our sketch “Run for Your Life”. Some of you loved it, some of you liked it, and those that hated it are mysteriously missing.

We had a lot of trouble filming this sketch, Joel and I contracted scurvy during the writing process, mainly due to our strict adherence to a diet worthy of 17th Century Sea Sailors. Why oh why didn’t we just eat some oranges! And Adam developed muscle lag trying to lug those guns of his around the shoot location. Ladies, look below at the photo’s to see Adam’s guns.

Anyway, on the shoot day, things were going fairly well, we had finished the sketch and began walking back to our head office.

Luca and Adam discussing the Godfather as Joel sports the sniper rifle in a snazzy thong and jeans combo. Rowan is hidden from view by Adam’s guns.

I was toying with the sniper rifle, which is a combination of two very old childrens toy guns, when suddenly we heard some police sirens off in the distance. There is a police station near where we were going, so we didn’t think much of it, until I saw two police ladies pointing at me and talking into their walkie talkies, presumably to each other. One of them shouted out, “Is that a toy.” To which I naturally replied “…yes.” They then obviously replied, “you’re in a lot of trouble!”

Luca spots the police officer in the distance as we all begin to shit ourselves. The photo shows a male police officer for dramatic effect.

The police ladies then explained to us that an old lady had seen us with the gun, and thinking that we were crazed mad gunmen roaming the streets looking for a nana to make a woman out of, she ran to the local fire brigade and alerted the police.

It was at this point in time that we all weighed up the scenarios, the police, the gun, the poor old lady, and came up with the following conclusion together in our thoughts…. That cop lady is the hottest thing we have ever seen!!!!!

She looked like a combination of this

Cat Power, Audrey Hepburn, and Charlotte Gainsbourg combined

We all looked at each other with suggestive looks as if to say ‘Do you see how hot she is?’ or ‘I don’t care if we get arrested as long as I get handcuffed by her!’

But then a cop car came screaming around the corner and ruined the blossoming love that would surely have happened with one of us, well maybe not Aleisha McCormack, as she is not into woman on woman action I assume.

Anyway this cop jumped out of his car and yelled at us

That’s right, he jumped out of the car and said

We laughed a little, but he was serious, he admitted that if he saw me on the street with the gun he would have shot first and asked questions later. Amazing. He then wanted to book us, but the lovely police ladies convinced him otherwise and then confiscated my toy weapon.

So I dedicate this sketch comedy sketch to my poor lost toy gun, you were the front end of an M60 and the back end of an Easter Show cowboy shot gun. You had been in my life since I was 8, and now you are gone, sharing the halls of that police station with the wonder woman cop, god bless you Sir Gun.

In Loving Memory

(Please note that the images are graphic representations of what happened on the day. No grandmothers were harmed in the shooting of this sketch, however, we did see a grandmother nearby later in the day, lying on the floor with a bunch of medics surrounding her, and we can only hope that she was the same old woman that caused the sad loss of my toy gun)

RJ

Finally! Here is the sketch. 'Run For Your Life'

2008-07-15T02:10:00.000-07:00

Well as we promised over three months ago, we would update this site regularly with content and especially comedy sketches. Since then a lot of things have resulted in that not happening, Joel was abducted by the Peoples Liberation Army and is now coordinating an attack on an unsuspecting government, Adam lost his fingers in a poker tournament only to find them days later, reattached to his hand, with a note saying ‘thanks for the fingers I’ll return your genitals later’. And I have been incredibly lazy.

Anyway here is the sketch, its called "Run For Your Life" and its about a modern day reality game show. It also features a stand up comic friend of ours Aleisha McCormack, you can view her blog here.

The quality of the video is not the best here, so if you'd like to watch it in high quality, you can watch it here. Make sure you click "watch in high quality"

Please comment if you like or hate it, I don’t want comments if you love it.

Enjoy!

RJ

Run For Your Life - Sketch

2008-04-10T00:16:00.001-07:00

Sketch coming soon....

Pelican Gusto Launches, Thousands Injured

2008-04-07T06:14:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Pelican Gusto.

This weblog represents the first foray onto the information superhighway for a group of like-minded filmmakers, intent on global conquest through comedy.

What you will find here, should you check back on a daily basis, is a humorous chronicle of our adventures, as we attempt to bring our own brand of comedy to the interweb. Every so often (about once a fortnight) we shall upload our feature material... sketches! You'll also find stories behind the sketch, details on how it came about and what happened during filming.

Pelican Gusto will also feature some filler material, like serialized comedy stories, webcomics, podcasts, and a special live music video feature. We will divulge more information on these later when we discover what it is we are talking about. Updates will occur daily.

Pelican Gusto consists of just a few key members. They are:

Rowan Jones
Likes: Writing rhymes and fighting crimes
Role: Thinking of sketches, acting in them
Joel Byrnes
Likes: Sea Bass, Kittens
Role: Writes things, acting in sketches
Adam Bovino
Likes: Italy, Swords
Role: Shooting and cutting. Laughing during good takes.

We also commission the expertize of legendary actors Luke Bovino and Jess Shanks, who both like doing what we tell them.

Tomorrow we will upload our first comedy sketch. Its titled 'Run For Your Life.'

So Long,

- pelican gusto