Your Name, Sir?

Wordplay
Physical Comedy
Slapstick
Police Station
Fourth Wall Breaking
Police
Sketch
British
Absurdist
Bureaucracy
Frustration
Identity
Authority Figure
Meta Humor

N-I-P-P-L hyphen E.
Nipple? Where? What are you talking about?
I thought the modern policeman was supposed to be a highly trained law enforcement unit. You can't even spell.
My address is Number twenty-two... [tapdances, slaps] ...Kings Lynn.
Never mind the fucking sketch! That was too hard. That really hurt.
Oh diddums. Did the nasty actor hit the poor little twerp...
He's just a child really.
It's as it sounds.
Have you gone mad? What's the matter with you?
Your name, sir?
Derrick Nippl-e
How do you spell that?
How do you spell [drops pen]?
NEVER MIND ABOUT THE BLASTED SKETCH, THAT REALLY HURT!

A man comes into a police station to make a statement, but his unusual surname proves nearly impossible for the police sergeant to spell. The man's name is Derrick Nippl-e of King's Lynn. As the sketch progresses, it's revealed that other parts of his identity are actually sounds - his first name is the sound of a pen dropping, and his address involves various sound effects. The absurdist comedy escalates with the sergeant becoming increasingly frustrated, ultimately culminating in him hitting the man with a cricket bat. The sketch is a masterclass in wordplay and physical comedy, featuring Stephen Fry as the police sergeant and Hugh Laurie as the man with the unusual name.

PersonRole
Stephen FryWriter
Hugh LaurieWriter
Roger OrdishDirector
Roger OrdishOther
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