Funny sketches about tourists trying to pass as locals

The joke starts with a performance

Laura Ramoso’s official biography describes her social-media sketches and recurring characters. In an interview she discusses her character comedy and the Girls Who Just Got Back From Europe. That character work is a useful introduction to her style: a small shift in posture or speech can reveal how much a character wants to be seen a certain way.

References: Laura Ramoso · Laura Ramoso / The List

Laura Ramoso: a regular at the café

Ramoso plays a visitor who has been in town for one morning and wants the café staff to think she lives there. Before joining the line she watches a customer order, practices the phrase under her breath and folds her map out of sight. At the counter she repeats the order with an air of practiced ease, then freezes when asked a follow-up question. She points confidently at the wrong pastry and maintains the act as it is wrapped.

The scene gains momentum because the character doubles down at each opportunity to admit confusion. She tries to look relaxed while checking the other customers, and a tiny pause before her answer gives away the work behind the performance. The final wrong pastry lands because she has chosen to preserve the pose rather than ask for help. Ramoso suits viewers who enjoy a small social error stretched into a full character scene.

Diane Jennings: learning the cues too well

Diane Jennings plays a traveler watching people cross a square before copying their route, pace and manner of greeting. She mirrors one pedestrian’s turn, then another person’s nod, until she has walked away from the street she meant to find. When the same stranger passes again, she pretends to inspect a shop window. Finally she opens her map behind a newspaper, only for the paper to turn the wrong way and reveal the map.

Jennings builds the joke through movement and an increasingly awkward attempt at concealment. Ramoso keeps the action tighter at the counter, allowing the character’s pauses and overconfident delivery to expose her. In both, the tourist is actively trying to pass as a local, which is a narrower match than a general joke about a delayed flight or souvenirs.

Where to start

Start with Ramoso if the appeal is a voice and a social persona that become harder to maintain with each sentence. Jennings offers a more visual version of the same situation, with movement through the square doing the work. Neither sketch needs the viewer to mistake awkwardness for a judgment about the people who live there.

Sources and attribution

1. Laura Ramoso

   Laura Ramoso: official websitePublication date not listed · Recorded Oct 29, 2026

2. Laura Ramoso / The List

   Laura Ramoso on the FringePublished Jul 20, 2023 · Recorded Oct 29, 2026