Gimlet and Finchley 7 - Gavin

Ted Elliott’s children were let into Gavin’s office. Gavin had been Ted’s manager, and following Ted’s death was overseeing Gimlet and Finchley’s post-Ted careers.

“I thought you’d like to see this,” said Gavin.  “It’s really exciting.”

“It’s not Bradley Walsh is it?” said Mario. “Only we all know how bad he is, we don’t need to see him.”

“Even better, boys. It’s Gimlet and Finchley.”

“Gimlet and Finchley are at home,” said Mario. “In Ted’s case. I’ve been taking care of them.”

“Ah, that’s the old Gimlet and Finchley. This is the future boys.”

“Can you please stop calling us boys,” said Becky.

“Just watch this,” said Gavin.  He clicked a remote and a poorly drawn cartoon appeared on screen.

In the cartoon a badly-drawn-fox is looking up at a badly-drawn-Bradley-Walsh.

“Who’s this?” says the badly-drawn-fox in Bradley Walsh’s voice.

“It’s Bradly Walsh,” said a badly-drawn-alligator, also in Bradley Walsh’s voice. "He’s the new Ted.”

“What the fuck?” said Mario, who never swears. 

“Bradley didn’t want to do an old fashioned puppet routine,” said Gavin. “So I hired a graphics company to mock up a modern look.”

“You spent money on that? If my daughter did that for her school graphics course she’d get a fail,” said Blake. “She’s eleven.”

“Boys, boys, don’t be so negative.”

“Nobody wants this,” said Mario. “I can’t believe you drag us here to watch this shit. The puppets aren’t funny. Gimlet didn’t even pull one of his stares. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a scene when Gimlet hasn’t done one of his stares.”

“And, I may have mentioned this before, But we’re not fucking boys,” said Becky. “We’re two boys and a girl.”

“Why did you even bring us here?” said Blake. “You can’t have thought we’d be impressed by that.”

“I need your sign-off on a couple of other things,” said Gavin.”

“What are they,” said Mario.

““Coldplay want to use Gimlet and Finchley in their new video,” said Gavin.

“You said no, didn’t you,” said Blake. “Dad would’ve said ‘no’.”

“Would he though?” said Gavin.

“You know he would. Six times they approached him, he said no every time. He hated Coldplay. Gimlet and Finchley hate Coldplay.”

“Gimlet and Finchley are glove puppets.”

“Yes, glove puppets with taste.”