Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) s02e07 Episode Script
The Attila the Hun Show
1 IN THE FIFTH CENTURY AS THE ONCE-MIGHTY ROMAN EMPIRE CRUMBLED THE SOFT UNDERBELLY OF WESTERN EUROPE LA Y INVITINGLY EXPOSED TO THE BARBARIAN HORDES TO THE EAST.
ALARIC THE VISIGOTH, GAISERIC THE VANDAL AND THEODORIC THE OSTROGOTH IN TURN SWEPT WESTWARD IN A REIGN OF TERROR.
BUT NONE SURPASSED IN POWER AND CRUELTY THE MIGHTYATTILA THE HUN.
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, IT'S THE ATTILA THE HUN SHOW.
IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE FIFTH CENTURY THE HUNS BECAME A BYWORD FOR MERCILESS SAVAGERY.
THEIR KHAN WAS THE MIGHTY WARRIOR, ATTILA.
WITH HIS DEVASTATING ARMIES, HE SWEPT ACROSS CENTRAL EUROPE.
OH, DARLING, I'M HOME! HELLO, DARLING.
HAVE A BUSY DAY AT THE OFFICE? NOT AT ALL BAD.
ANOTHER MERCILESS SWEEP ACROSS CENTRAL EUROPE.
WELL, I WON'T SAY I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU BUT, BOY, AM I GLAD TO SEE YOU! HI, DADDY.
HI, DADDY.
HI, JENNY, HI, ROBBY.
HEY, I'VE GOT A PRESEN FOR YOU TWO KIDS IN THAT BAG.
IN THAT BAG.
I WANT YOU KIDS TO GET "A-HEAD.
" YEAH YOU ARE, MISTER HUN.
HI, UNCLE TOM.
THERE'S A WHOLE HORDE O' DEM MARAUDIN' VISIGOTHS TO SEE Y'ALL.
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
IT'S MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS.
YES, IT'S ATTILA THE NUN! A SIMPLE COUNTRY GIRL WHO TOOK A VOW OF ETERNAL BRUTALITY.
NURSE! HELLO, MISS NORRIS, HOW ARE YOU? NOT TOO BAD, THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
YES, WELL, I THINK I'D BETTER EXAMINE YOU.
UM, WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE? UH, IT'S ALL RIGH THEY'RE STUDENTS.
UM LIGHT, PLEASE, NURSE.
OH, AND UH, MUSIC, TOO.
BREATHE IN OUT.
IN OUT.
IN THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
CHARLES CROMPTON, THE STRIPPING DOCTOR.
AND NEXT, GENTLEMEN AND LADIES, HERE AT THE PEEPHOLE CLUB FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, A VERY BIG WELCOME, PLEASE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.
GOOD EVENING.
TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO RESTATE OUR POSITION ON AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES AND THEIR EFFECT ON OUR COMMONWEALTH RELATIONSHIPS.
NOW, ALTHOUGH WE BELIEVE, THEORETICALLY IN ENDING GUARANTEED FARM PRICES WE ALSO BELIEVE IN THE NEED FOR A CORRESPONDING IMPORT LEVY TO MAINTAIN CONSUMER PRICES AT A REALISTIC LEVEL.
BUT THIS WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF CONSOLIDATING OUR GAINS OF THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR PRIOR TO THE ENTRY.
BUT I PLEDGE THAT, SHOULD WE JOIN THE COMMON MARKE EVEN MAINTAINING THE PRESEN POSITION ON SUBSIDIES WE WILL NEVER JEOPARDIZE, WE WILL NEVER COMPROMISE OUR UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES.
A PRICES STRUCTURE RELATED TO ANY IMPORT CHARGES WILL BE SYSTEMATICALLY ADJUSTED TO THE PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS OF OUR COMMONWEALTH PARTNERS.
SO THAT TOGETHER WE WILL MAINTAIN A POSITIVE AND MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL ALLIANCE IN WORLD TRADE AND FOR WORLD PEACE.
THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.
WASN'T HE MARVELOUS? THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.
AND NOW, GENTLEMEN AND LADIES, A VERY BIG WELCOME, PLEASE FOR THE MINISTER OF PENSIONS AND THE SOCIAL SECURITY.
YES, TODAY IN BRITAIN THERE IS A NEW WAVE OF INTERES IN POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.
WELL, WE'RE IN I FOR THE LOBBYING, YOU KNOW.
WE JUST LOVE LOBBYING.
AND THE DEBATES.
YOU KNOW, A GOOD DEBATE IS JUST FABULOUS.
WELL, I'VE BEEN GOING WITH MINISTERS FOR FIVE YEARS NOW AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE WONDERFUL.
OH, YES, I LIKE CIVIL SERVANTS.
OH, YES, THEY'RE NICE.
I I LIKE THE SPEAKER.
OH, YEAH.
I LIKE BLACK ROD.
WHAT DO THEIR PARENTS THINK? WELL, SHE'S BROKEN OUR HEARTS, THE LITTLE BASTARD.
SHE'S BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE AND IF SHE COMES ROUND HERE AGAIN, I'LL KICK HER TEETH IN.
HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING TO TELEVISION AGAIN, DEAR? YES, I BLOODY TOLD 'EM.
WHAT ABOUT? I DON'T KNOW.
WAS IT REGINALD BOSANQUET? NO, NO, NO.
DID HE HAVE HIS HEAD ALL BANDAGED? NO, IT WASN' LIKE THAT.
THEY HAD LOTS OF LIGHTS AND CAMERAS AND TAPE RECORDERS ALL THAT SOR OF THING.
OH, THAT'LL BE RAY BAXTER AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS FROM TOMORROW'S WORLD.
OOH, I PREFER REGINALD BOSANQUET.
THERE'S NOT SO MANY OF 'EM.
OH, THAT'LL BE THE RATCATCHER.
HELLO, MR.
AND MRS.
CONCRETE? YES? WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL WELL, HOW VERY NICE.
ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I'M LESLIE AMES, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TEST SELECTION COMMITTEE AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR FLAT HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS THE VENUE FOR THE THIRD TES AGAINST THE WEST INDIES.
REALLY? NO, IT WAS JUS A LITTLE JOKE.
ACTUALLY I'M THE COUNCIL RATCATCHER.
OH, YES, WE'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU.
OH, I GATHER YOU'VE GO A LITTLE RODENTAL PROBLEM.
OH, BLIMEY! YOU'D THINK HE WAS AWAKE ALL THE NIGH SCRABBLING DOWN BY THE WAINSCOTTING.
MMM, THAT'S AN INTERESTING WORD, ISN'T IT? WHAT? WAINSCOTTING.
WAINSCOTTING, WAINSCOTTING.
SOUNDS LIKE A LITTLE DORSET VILLAGE.
WAINSCOTTING.
WE'VE BEEN MENTIONED ON TELLY! UH, WHERE IS IT WORST? WELL, DOWN HERE YOU CAN USUALLY HEAR THEM.
SHH! SHH! SHH! NO, THAT'S SHEEP YOU'VE GOT THERE.
NO, THAT'S DEFINITELY SHEEP.
A BIT OF A PUZZLE, REALLY.
IS IT? YEAH, WELL, I MEAN IT'S "A," NOT GOING TO RESPOND TO A NICE PIECE OF CHEESE AND "B," IT ISN'T GOING TO FIT INTO A TRAP.
OH, WHA YOU GONNA DO? WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK FOR THE HOLE.
OH, YEAH.
UH OOH HEY! THERE'S ONE HERE.
NO, NO, NO, THAT'S MICE.
OH! THIS IS WHAT WE'RE AFTER! EXCUSE ME, IS THE THIRD TEST IN HERE? NO, NO, THAT WAS A JOKE, IT'S A JOKE.
RIGHT! WELL, I'M GOING IN THE WAINSCOTTING.
THEY SAID IT AGAIN! LAY DOWN SOME SHEEP POISON.
OOH.
OOH, IT'S GOT A GUN! OOH! BLIMEY.
NOW, NORMALLY A SHEEP IS A PLACID, TIMID CREATURE BUT YOU'VE GOT A KILLER! IT'S AN ENTIRELY NEW STRAIN OF SHEEP A KILLER SHEEP THAT CAN NO ONLY HOLD A RIFLE BUT IS ALSO A FIRST-CLASS SHOT.
BUT WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM, PROFESSOR? THAT I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST DON'T KNOW.
I REALLY JUST DON'T KNOW.
I'M AFRAID I REALLY JUST DON'T KNOW.
I'M AFRAID EVEN I REALLY JUST DON'T KNOW.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU I'M AFRAID EVEN I REALLY JUST DON'T KNOW.
I'M AFRAID I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THANK YOU.
I DON'T KNOW.
OUR ONLY CLUE IS THIS PORTION OF WOLF'S CLOTHING WHICH THE KILLER SHEEP WAS WEARING IN YESTERDAY'S RAID ON SELFRIDGES.
I'LL CARRY OU TESTS ON I STRAIGHT AWAY, PROFESSOR.
HELLO, IS THE THIRD TEST IN HERE, PLEASE? PROFESSOR, THERE ARE SOME CRICKETERS IN THE LABORATORY.
THIS MAY BE EVEN MORE SERIOUS THAN EVEN I HAD AT FIRST BEEN IMAGINING.
WHAT A STRANGE, STRANGE LINE.
THERE'S NO TIME TO WASTE! GET ME THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.
YES, SIR.
NO, NO, ON THE PHONE! LOOK OF FEAR! ANOTHER STRANGE LINE.
LOOK OUT, MISS GARTER OIL! PROFESSOR, WHAT IS IT? WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN? LOOK, THERE IN THE DOORWAY! ARTHUR X, LEADER OF THE PENNINE GANG.
DON'T NOBODY MOVE.
ALL RIGHT, BOYS, WE'RE PUTTIN' PLAN "A" INTO OPERATION.
BUGSY, LOUIE, MOVE OUT.
NEXT BASIL, YOU AND THE KID MOVE.
OKAY, BOYS, THIS TIME WE GO FOR THE HEAVY STUFF.
BUT SOON THE KILLER SHEEP BEGAN TO INFECT OTHER ANIMALS WITH ITS STARTLING INTELLIGENCE.
PUSSYCATS BEGAN TO ARRANGE MORTGAGES.
COCKER SPANIELS BEGAN TO DESIGN SUPERMARKETS.
AND PARROTS STARTED TO ANNOUNCE TELEVISION PROGRAMS.
IT'S 8:00 AND TIME FOR THE NEWS.
GOOD EVENING, HERE IS THE NEWS FOR PARROTS.
NO PARROTS WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE M-1 TODAY WHEN A LORRY CARRYING HIGH- OCTANE FUEL WAS IN COLLISION WITH A BOLLARD.
THAT IS A BOLLARD AND NOT A PARROT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR PARROTS SAID HE WAS GLAD NO PARROTS WERE INVOLVED.
THE MINISTER OF TECHNOLOGY TODAY MET THE THREE RUSSIAN LEADERS TO DISCUSS A £4 MILLION AIRLINER DEAL.
NONE OF THEM WENT IN THE CAGE OR SWUNG ON THE LITTLE WOODEN TRAPEZE OR ATE ANY OF THE NICE MILLET SEED YUM, YUM.
THAT'S THE END OF THE NEWS.
NOW OUR PROGRAMS FOR PARROTS CONTINUE WITH PART THREE OF A TALE OF TWO CITIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PARROTS BY JOEY BOY.
DR.
MANETTE IS IN ENGLAND, AFTER 18 YEARS IN THE BASTILLE.
HIS DAUGHTER, LUCY, AWAITS HER LOVER, CHARLES DARNAY WHOM WE HAVE JUST LEARNED IS IN FACT THE NEPHEW OF THE MARQUIS de ST.
EVREMONDE WHOSE CRUELTY HAD PLACED MANETTE IN THE BASTILLE.
DARNAY ARRIVES TO FIND LUCY TENDING HER AGED FATHER.
'ALLO, 'ALLO! 'ALLO, 'ALLO, 'ALLO! WHO'S A PRETTY BOY, THEN? WHO'S A PRETTY BOY? AND WHILE THAT'S GOING ON, HERE IS THE NEWS FOR GIBBONS.
NO GIBBONS WERE INVOLVED AND WHILE THAT'S GOING ON, HERE FROM WESTMINSTER IS A PARLIAMENTARY REPOR FOR HUMANS.
IN THE DEBATE, A SPOKESMAN ACCUSED THE GOVERNMEN OF BEING SILLY AND DOING NOT AT ALL GOOD THINGS.
THE MEMBER ACCEPTED THIS IN A SPIRIT OF HEALTHY CRITICISM BUT DENIED THAT HE'D EVER BEEN NAUGHTY WITH A CHOIRBOY.
ANGRY SHOUTS OF "WHAT ABOU THE WATERMELON, THEN?" WERE ORDERED BY THE SPEAKER TO BE STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD AND PUT INTO A BROWN PAPER BAG IN THE LAVVY.
ANY FURTHER INTERRUPTIONS WOULD BE CUT OFF AND DISTRIBUTED AMONGST THE POOR.
FOR THE GOVERNMENT, A FRONT BENCH SPOKESMAN SAID THE AGRICULTURAL TARIFF WOULD HAVE TO BE RAISED AND HE FANCIED A BIT.
FURTHERMORE, HE ARGUED THIS WOULD GIVE A LARGE BOOS TO FARMERS, AND A LOT OF FUN TO HIM, HIS FRIEND AND MISS MOIST OF KNIGHTSBRIDGE.
FROM THE BACK BENCHES THERE WERE OPPOSITION SHOUTS OF "POSTCARDS FOR SALE!" AND A HEALTHY CRY OF "WHO LIKES A SAILOR, THEN?" FROM THE MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO.
REPLYING, THE SHADOW MINISTER SAID HE COULD NO LONGER DENY THE RUMORS BUT HE AND THE DACHSHUND WERE VERY HAPPY.
AND, IN ANY CASE, HE ARGUED, RHUBARB WAS CHEAP AND WHAT WAS THE HARM IN A SAUNA BATH.
WERE NOT INVOLVED.
THE MINISTER OF TECHNOLOGY ME THE THREE RUSSIAN LEADERS TODAY TO DISCUSS A £4 MILLION AIRLINER DEAL.
NONE OF THEM WERE INDIGENOUS TO AUSTRALIA CARRIED THEIR BABIES IN POUCHES OR ATE ANY OF THOSE YUMMY EUCALYPTUS LEAVES.
YUM, YUM.
THAT'S THE NEWS FOR WOMBATS, AND NOW ATTILA THE BUN! WELL, THAT'S ALL FOR ATTILA THE BUN.
AND NOW, IDIOTS.
ARTHUR FIGGIS IS AN IDIOT, A VILLAGE IDIOT.
TONIGHT WE LOOK AT THE IDIOT IN SOCIETY.
WELL, I FEEL VERY KEENLY THAT THE IDIOT IS A PAR OF THE OLD VILLAGE SYSTEM AND, AS SUCH, HAS A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY IN THE MODERN RURAL SOCIETY, BECAUSE, YOU SEE OOH, AR, OOH, AR! OOH, AR, THANKEE, VICAR.
BECAUSE THERE IS THIS VERY REAL NEED IN SOCIETY FOR SOMEONE WHOM ALMOST ANYONE CAN LOOK DOWN ON AND RIDICULE.
AND THIS IS THE ROLE THAT THANK YOU, MRS.
THOMPSON.
THIS IS THE ROLE THA I AND MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY HAVE FULFILLED IN THIS VILLAGE FOR THE PAST 400 YEARS.
AH, GOOD MORNING, MR.
JENKINS.
I.
C.
I.
HAVE INCREASED THEIR HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, I SEE.
YES, SPLENDID.
THAT'S MR.
JENKINS, HE'S ANOTHER IDIOT.
AND SO, YOU SEE, THE IDIOT DOES PROVIDE A VITAL PSYCHO-SOCIAL SERVICE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
OH, EXCUSE ME.
A COACH PARTY'S JUST ARRIVED.
I SHALL HAVE TO FALL OFF THE WALL, I'M AFRAID.
ARTHUR TAKES IDIOTTING SERIOUSLY.
HE IS UP AT 6:00 EVERY MORNING WORKING ON SPECIAL TRAINING EQUIPMEN DESIGNED TO KEEP HIM SILLY.
AND, OF COURSE, HE TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN HIS APPEARANCE.
LIKE THE DOCTOR, THE BLACKSMITH, THE CARPENTER MR.
FIGGIS IS AN IMPORTAN FIGURE IN THIS VILLAGE.
LIKE THEM, HE USES THE LOCAL BANK.
YES, WE HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF IDIOTS BANKING HERE.
WHAT KIND OF MONEY IS THERE IN IDIOTTING? WELL, NOWADAYS, THE REALLY BLITHERING IDIOT CAN MAKE ANYTHING UP TO £10,000 A YEAR IF HE'S THE HEAD OF SOME BIG INDUSTRIAL COMBINE.
BUT, OF COURSE, THE MORE OLD-FASHIONED IDIO STILL REFUSES TO TAKE MONEY.
HE TAKES BITS OF STRING, WOOD DEAD BUDGERIGARS, SPARROWS, ANYTHING.
BUT IT DOES MAKE THE CASHIER'S JOB VERY DIFFICULT.
BUT, OF COURSE, THEY'RE FOOLS TO THEMSELVES BECAUSE THE RATE OF INTERES OVER TEN YEARS ON A PIECE OF MOSS OR A DEAD VOLE IS ALMOST NEGLIGIBLE.
MR.
BRANDO! YES? HOLLYWOOD ON THE PHONE.
I'LL TAKE I IN THE OFFICE.
BUT MR.
FIGGIS IS NO ORDINARY IDIOT.
HE IS A LECTURER IN IDIOCY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EASTANGLIA.
HERE HE IS TAKING A CLASS OF THIRD-YEAR STUDENTS.
AFTER THREE YEARS OF STUDY THESE APPRENTICE IDIOTS RECEIVE A DIPLOMA OF IDIOCY A HANDFUL OF MUD AND A KICK ON THE HEAD.
SOME OF THE OLDER IDIOTS RESEN THE GRADUATE IDIOT.
I'M A COMPLETELY SELF-TAUGHT IDIOT.
I MEAN NOBODY DOES THAT ANYMORE.
ANYBODY WHO DID THA ROUND HERE WOULD BE LAUGHED OFF THE STREET.
NO, NOWADAYS, PEOPLE WANT SOMETHING WITTIER.
KEVIN O'NASSIS WORKS LARGELY WITH WALLS.
WHOA! WELL, YOU'VE GO TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE THINK I'M MAD.
THE VILLAGERS SAY I'M MAD, THE TOURISTS SAY I'M MAD.
WELL, I AM MAD, BUT I'M NATURALLY MAD.
I DON'T USE ANY CHEMICALS.
WHOA! BUT WHAT OF THE IDIOT'S PRIVATE LIFE? HOW ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH WOMEN? WELL, I MAY BE AN IDIOT, BUT I'M NO FOOL.
BUT THE VILLAGE IDIOT'S DIRTY SMOCKAND WALL-FALLING ARE A FAR CRY FROM THE MODERN WORLD OF THE URBAN IDIOT.
WHAT KINDS OF BACKGROUNDS DO THESE CITY IDIOTS COME FROM? UH UH THE HEADQUARTERS OF THESE URBAN IDIOTS IS HERE IN ST.
JOHN'S WOOD.
INSIDE, THEY CAN EN JOY THE COMPANY OF OTHER IDIOTS AND WATCH SPECIAL PERFORMANCES OF RITUAL IDIOTTING.
WELL LEFT.
WELL-PLAYED.
WELL, WELL.
WELL-BRED.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO LORDS ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE FIRST TEST.
SO FAR TODAY, WE'VE HAD FIVE HOURS BATTING FROM ENGLAND AND ALREADY THEY'RE NAUGHT FOR NAUGHT.
COWDREY IS NOT OUT NAUGHT, AND NAUGHTON IS NOT IN.
KNOTT IS IN AND IS NAUGHT FOR NOT OUT.
NAUGHTON OF NORTHANTS GO A NASTY KNOCK ON THE NU IN THE NETS LAST NIGHT, BUT IT'S NOTHING OF NOTE.
NEXT IN IS NAT NEWTON OF NOTTS.
NOT NUTTING NUTTING'S AT NINE.
NUTTING KNOCKED NEATIE NIGHTIE KNOCK KNOCK ANYWAY, ENGLAND HAVE PLAYED EXTREMELY WELL FOR NOTHING NOT A SAUSAGE IN REPLY TO ICELAND'S FIRST INNINGS TOTAL OF 722 FOR TWO DECLARED SCORED YESTERDAY DISAPPOINTINGLY FAST IN ONLY 21 OVERS WITH LOTS OF WILD SLOGGING AND BOUNDARIES AND ALL SORTS OF RUBBISHY THINGS.
BUT THE MAIN THING IS THAT ENGLAND HAVE MADE AN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING START SO FAR.
PETER? SPLENDID.
JUST LISTEN TO THOSE THIGHS.
AND NOW IT'S THE NORTH EAST'S TURN WITH THE SAMBA BRIAN? RATHER I'M REMINDED OF THE STORY OF GUBBY ALLEN IN '32 OH, SHUT UP OR WE'LL CLOSE THE BAR.
AND NOW BO WILDEBURG IS RUNNING UP TO BOWL TO COWDREY.
HE RUNS UP, HE BOWLS TO COWDREY AND NO SHOT AT ALL.
EXTREMELY WELL NOT PLAYED THERE.
YES, BEAUTIFULLY NO DONE ANYTHING ABOUT.
A SUPERB SHOT OF NO KIND WHATSOEVER.
I WELL REMEMBER PLUM WARNER LEAVING A VERY SIMILAR BALL ALONE IN 1732.
OH, SHUT UP, LONG NOSE.
AND NOW IT'S BO WILDEBURG RUNNING IN AGAIN TO BOWL TO COWDREY.
HE RUNS IN, HE BOWLS TO COWDREY AND NO SHOT AT ALL.
A SUPERB DISPLAY OF INERTIA THERE.
AND THAT'S THE END OF THE OVER, AND DRINKS.
GIN AND TONIC, PLEASE.
NO, NO, THE PLAYERS ARE HAVING DRINKS.
AND NOW WHAT'S HAPPENING? I THINK COWDREY'S BEING TAKEN YES, COWDREY IS BEING CARRIED OFF.
WELL, I NEVER! NOW, WHO'S IN NEXT? IT SHOULD BE NUMBER THREE, NATT NEWTON OF NOTTS.
GET YOUR HAND OFF MY THIGH, WEST.
NO, I DON'T THINK IT IS.
I THINK IT'S IT'S THE SOFA NO, IT'S THE CHESTERFIELD.
THE GREEN CHESTERFIELD IS COMING IN AT NUMBER THREE TO TAKE GUARD NOW.
I WELL REMEMBER A SIMILAR DIVAN BEING BROUGHT ON A HEADINGLEY IN 9 B.
C.
AGAINST THE DARKIES.
OH, SHUT UP, ELEPHANT SNOUT.
AND NOW THE GREEN CHESTERFIELD HAS TAKEN GUARD AND, AH! ICELAND ARE PUTTING ON THEIR SPIN DRYER TO BOWL.
THE SPIN DRYER MOVING BACK TO HIS MARK IT RUNS OUT TO THE WICKET, BOWLS TO THE TABLE A LITTLE BIT SHORT, BUT IT'S COMING IN A BIT THERE AND IT'S HIT HIM ON THE PAD! THERE'S AN APPEAL AND THE TABLE IS OUT LEG BEFORE WICKET.
THAT IS ENGLAND NAUGHT FOR ONE.
AND NOW WE LEAVE LORDS AND GO OVER TO EPSOM FOR THE 3:00.
WELL, HERE A EPSOM, WE TAKE UP THE RUNNING WITH 50 YARDS OF THIS MILE-AND-A-HALF RACE TO GO AND IT'S THE WASH BASIN IN THE LEAD FROM W.
C.
PEDESTAL.
TUCKED IN NICELY THERE IS THE SOFA GOING VERY WELL WITH JOANNA SOUTHCOTT'S BOX MAKING A GOOD RUN FROM HAT STAND ON THE RAILS.
AND THE STANDARD LAMP IS FADING FAS BUT IT'S WASH BASIN DEFINITELY TAKING UP THE RUNNING NOW BEING STRONGLY PRESSED BY W.
C.
AT THE POST, IT'S THE WASH BASIN FROM W.
C.
THEN SOFA, HAT STAND, STANDARD LAMP AND LASTLY, JOANNA SOUTHCOTT'S BOX.
OPEN THE BOX! OPEN THE BOX! OPEN THE BOX! OPEN THE BOX! AND COULD WE HAVE THE NEXT CONTENDER, PLEASE? GOOD EVENING, MADAM.
AND YOUR NAME IS? YES, YES.
AND WHAT'S YOUR NAME? I GO TO CHURCH REGULARLY.
JOLLY GOOD, I SEE.
AND WHICH PRIZE DO YOU HAVE PARTICULAR EYES ON THIS EVENING? OH, I'D LIKE THE BLOW ON THE HEAD.
THE BLOW ON THE HEAD.
JUST THERE.
JOLLY GOOD.
WELL, YOUR FIRST QUESTION FOR THE BLOW ON THE HEAD THIS EVENING IS: WHAT GREAT OPPONEN OF CARTESIAN DUALISM RESISTS THE REDUCTION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENA TO PHYSICAL STATES? I DON'T KNOW THAT! WELL, HAVE A GUESS.
HENRI BERGSON.
IS THE CORRECT ANSWER! OH, THAT WAS LUCKY.
I NEVER EVEN HEARD OF HIM.
JOLLY GOOD.
I DON'T LIKE DARKIES.
WHO DOES? AND NOW YOUR SECOND QUESTION FOR THE BLOW ON THE HEAD IS: WHAT IS THE MAIN FOOD THAT PENGUINS EAT? PORK LUNCHEON MEAT.
NO.
SPAM? NO, NO, NO, WHA DO PENGUINS EAT? PENGUINS.
PENGUINS? YES.
I HATE PENGUINS.
NO, NO, NO.
THEY EAT THEMSELVES.
NO, NO, WHAT DO PENGUINS EAT? HORSES! ARMCHAIRS! NO, NO, WHAT DO PENGUINS EAT? OH, PENGUINS.
PENGUINS.
CANNELLONI.
LASAGNA, MOUSSAKA, LOBSTER THERMIDOR ESCALOPES DE VEAU A L'ESTRAGON AVEC ENDIVES GRATINEED WITH CHEESE.
NO, I'LL GIVE YOU A CLUE.
AH! BRIAN CLOSE.
NO, NO.
BRIAN INGLIS, BRIAN JOHNSON, BRYAN FORBES.
NO, NO.
NANETTE NEWMAN.
NO, WHAT SWIMS IN THE SEA AND GETS CAUGH IN NETS? HENRI BERGSON.
NO! GOATS.
UNDERWATER GOATS WITH SNORKELS AND FLIPPERS.
A BUFFALO WITH AN AQUALUNG.
NO.
REGINALD MAUDLING.
YES, THAT'S NEAR ENOUGH, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT.
RIGHT NOW, MRS.
SCUM, YOU HAVE WON YOUR PRIZE.
DO YOU STILL WAN THE BLOW ON THE HEAD? YES, YES.
I'LL OFFER YOU A POKE IN THE EYE.
NO, I WANT THE BLOW ON THE HEAD.
A PUNCH IN THE THROAT? NO! ALL RIGHT THEN, A KICK IN THE KNEECAP.
NO.
MRS.
SCUM, I'M OFFERING YOU A BOOT IN THE TEETH AND A DAGGER UP THE STRAP.
ER TAKE THE BLOW ON THE HEAD! NO, I'LL TAKE THE BLOW ON THE HEAD.
VERY WELL THEN, MRS.
SCUM YOU HAVE WON TONIGHT'S STAR PRIZE THE BLOW ON THE HEAD!
ALARIC THE VISIGOTH, GAISERIC THE VANDAL AND THEODORIC THE OSTROGOTH IN TURN SWEPT WESTWARD IN A REIGN OF TERROR.
BUT NONE SURPASSED IN POWER AND CRUELTY THE MIGHTYATTILA THE HUN.
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, IT'S THE ATTILA THE HUN SHOW.
IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE FIFTH CENTURY THE HUNS BECAME A BYWORD FOR MERCILESS SAVAGERY.
THEIR KHAN WAS THE MIGHTY WARRIOR, ATTILA.
WITH HIS DEVASTATING ARMIES, HE SWEPT ACROSS CENTRAL EUROPE.
OH, DARLING, I'M HOME! HELLO, DARLING.
HAVE A BUSY DAY AT THE OFFICE? NOT AT ALL BAD.
ANOTHER MERCILESS SWEEP ACROSS CENTRAL EUROPE.
WELL, I WON'T SAY I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU BUT, BOY, AM I GLAD TO SEE YOU! HI, DADDY.
HI, DADDY.
HI, JENNY, HI, ROBBY.
HEY, I'VE GOT A PRESEN FOR YOU TWO KIDS IN THAT BAG.
IN THAT BAG.
I WANT YOU KIDS TO GET "A-HEAD.
" YEAH YOU ARE, MISTER HUN.
HI, UNCLE TOM.
THERE'S A WHOLE HORDE O' DEM MARAUDIN' VISIGOTHS TO SEE Y'ALL.
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
IT'S MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS.
YES, IT'S ATTILA THE NUN! A SIMPLE COUNTRY GIRL WHO TOOK A VOW OF ETERNAL BRUTALITY.
NURSE! HELLO, MISS NORRIS, HOW ARE YOU? NOT TOO BAD, THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
YES, WELL, I THINK I'D BETTER EXAMINE YOU.
UM, WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE? UH, IT'S ALL RIGH THEY'RE STUDENTS.
UM LIGHT, PLEASE, NURSE.
OH, AND UH, MUSIC, TOO.
BREATHE IN OUT.
IN OUT.
IN THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
CHARLES CROMPTON, THE STRIPPING DOCTOR.
AND NEXT, GENTLEMEN AND LADIES, HERE AT THE PEEPHOLE CLUB FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, A VERY BIG WELCOME, PLEASE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.
GOOD EVENING.
TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO RESTATE OUR POSITION ON AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES AND THEIR EFFECT ON OUR COMMONWEALTH RELATIONSHIPS.
NOW, ALTHOUGH WE BELIEVE, THEORETICALLY IN ENDING GUARANTEED FARM PRICES WE ALSO BELIEVE IN THE NEED FOR A CORRESPONDING IMPORT LEVY TO MAINTAIN CONSUMER PRICES AT A REALISTIC LEVEL.
BUT THIS WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF CONSOLIDATING OUR GAINS OF THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR PRIOR TO THE ENTRY.
BUT I PLEDGE THAT, SHOULD WE JOIN THE COMMON MARKE EVEN MAINTAINING THE PRESEN POSITION ON SUBSIDIES WE WILL NEVER JEOPARDIZE, WE WILL NEVER COMPROMISE OUR UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES.
A PRICES STRUCTURE RELATED TO ANY IMPORT CHARGES WILL BE SYSTEMATICALLY ADJUSTED TO THE PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS OF OUR COMMONWEALTH PARTNERS.
SO THAT TOGETHER WE WILL MAINTAIN A POSITIVE AND MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL ALLIANCE IN WORLD TRADE AND FOR WORLD PEACE.
THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.
WASN'T HE MARVELOUS? THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.
AND NOW, GENTLEMEN AND LADIES, A VERY BIG WELCOME, PLEASE FOR THE MINISTER OF PENSIONS AND THE SOCIAL SECURITY.
YES, TODAY IN BRITAIN THERE IS A NEW WAVE OF INTERES IN POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.
WELL, WE'RE IN I FOR THE LOBBYING, YOU KNOW.
WE JUST LOVE LOBBYING.
AND THE DEBATES.
YOU KNOW, A GOOD DEBATE IS JUST FABULOUS.
WELL, I'VE BEEN GOING WITH MINISTERS FOR FIVE YEARS NOW AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE WONDERFUL.
OH, YES, I LIKE CIVIL SERVANTS.
OH, YES, THEY'RE NICE.
I I LIKE THE SPEAKER.
OH, YEAH.
I LIKE BLACK ROD.
WHAT DO THEIR PARENTS THINK? WELL, SHE'S BROKEN OUR HEARTS, THE LITTLE BASTARD.
SHE'S BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE AND IF SHE COMES ROUND HERE AGAIN, I'LL KICK HER TEETH IN.
HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING TO TELEVISION AGAIN, DEAR? YES, I BLOODY TOLD 'EM.
WHAT ABOUT? I DON'T KNOW.
WAS IT REGINALD BOSANQUET? NO, NO, NO.
DID HE HAVE HIS HEAD ALL BANDAGED? NO, IT WASN' LIKE THAT.
THEY HAD LOTS OF LIGHTS AND CAMERAS AND TAPE RECORDERS ALL THAT SOR OF THING.
OH, THAT'LL BE RAY BAXTER AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS FROM TOMORROW'S WORLD.
OOH, I PREFER REGINALD BOSANQUET.
THERE'S NOT SO MANY OF 'EM.
OH, THAT'LL BE THE RATCATCHER.
HELLO, MR.
AND MRS.
CONCRETE? YES? WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL WELL, HOW VERY NICE.
ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I'M LESLIE AMES, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TEST SELECTION COMMITTEE AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR FLAT HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS THE VENUE FOR THE THIRD TES AGAINST THE WEST INDIES.
REALLY? NO, IT WAS JUS A LITTLE JOKE.
ACTUALLY I'M THE COUNCIL RATCATCHER.
OH, YES, WE'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU.
OH, I GATHER YOU'VE GO A LITTLE RODENTAL PROBLEM.
OH, BLIMEY! YOU'D THINK HE WAS AWAKE ALL THE NIGH SCRABBLING DOWN BY THE WAINSCOTTING.
MMM, THAT'S AN INTERESTING WORD, ISN'T IT? WHAT? WAINSCOTTING.
WAINSCOTTING, WAINSCOTTING.
SOUNDS LIKE A LITTLE DORSET VILLAGE.
WAINSCOTTING.
WE'VE BEEN MENTIONED ON TELLY! UH, WHERE IS IT WORST? WELL, DOWN HERE YOU CAN USUALLY HEAR THEM.
SHH! SHH! SHH! NO, THAT'S SHEEP YOU'VE GOT THERE.
NO, THAT'S DEFINITELY SHEEP.
A BIT OF A PUZZLE, REALLY.
IS IT? YEAH, WELL, I MEAN IT'S "A," NOT GOING TO RESPOND TO A NICE PIECE OF CHEESE AND "B," IT ISN'T GOING TO FIT INTO A TRAP.
OH, WHA YOU GONNA DO? WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK FOR THE HOLE.
OH, YEAH.
UH OOH HEY! THERE'S ONE HERE.
NO, NO, NO, THAT'S MICE.
OH! THIS IS WHAT WE'RE AFTER! EXCUSE ME, IS THE THIRD TEST IN HERE? NO, NO, THAT WAS A JOKE, IT'S A JOKE.
RIGHT! WELL, I'M GOING IN THE WAINSCOTTING.
THEY SAID IT AGAIN! LAY DOWN SOME SHEEP POISON.
OOH.
OOH, IT'S GOT A GUN! OOH! BLIMEY.
NOW, NORMALLY A SHEEP IS A PLACID, TIMID CREATURE BUT YOU'VE GOT A KILLER! IT'S AN ENTIRELY NEW STRAIN OF SHEEP A KILLER SHEEP THAT CAN NO ONLY HOLD A RIFLE BUT IS ALSO A FIRST-CLASS SHOT.
BUT WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM, PROFESSOR? THAT I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST DON'T KNOW.
I REALLY JUST DON'T KNOW.
I'M AFRAID I REALLY JUST DON'T KNOW.
I'M AFRAID EVEN I REALLY JUST DON'T KNOW.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU I'M AFRAID EVEN I REALLY JUST DON'T KNOW.
I'M AFRAID I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THANK YOU.
I DON'T KNOW.
OUR ONLY CLUE IS THIS PORTION OF WOLF'S CLOTHING WHICH THE KILLER SHEEP WAS WEARING IN YESTERDAY'S RAID ON SELFRIDGES.
I'LL CARRY OU TESTS ON I STRAIGHT AWAY, PROFESSOR.
HELLO, IS THE THIRD TEST IN HERE, PLEASE? PROFESSOR, THERE ARE SOME CRICKETERS IN THE LABORATORY.
THIS MAY BE EVEN MORE SERIOUS THAN EVEN I HAD AT FIRST BEEN IMAGINING.
WHAT A STRANGE, STRANGE LINE.
THERE'S NO TIME TO WASTE! GET ME THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.
YES, SIR.
NO, NO, ON THE PHONE! LOOK OF FEAR! ANOTHER STRANGE LINE.
LOOK OUT, MISS GARTER OIL! PROFESSOR, WHAT IS IT? WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN? LOOK, THERE IN THE DOORWAY! ARTHUR X, LEADER OF THE PENNINE GANG.
DON'T NOBODY MOVE.
ALL RIGHT, BOYS, WE'RE PUTTIN' PLAN "A" INTO OPERATION.
BUGSY, LOUIE, MOVE OUT.
NEXT BASIL, YOU AND THE KID MOVE.
OKAY, BOYS, THIS TIME WE GO FOR THE HEAVY STUFF.
BUT SOON THE KILLER SHEEP BEGAN TO INFECT OTHER ANIMALS WITH ITS STARTLING INTELLIGENCE.
PUSSYCATS BEGAN TO ARRANGE MORTGAGES.
COCKER SPANIELS BEGAN TO DESIGN SUPERMARKETS.
AND PARROTS STARTED TO ANNOUNCE TELEVISION PROGRAMS.
IT'S 8:00 AND TIME FOR THE NEWS.
GOOD EVENING, HERE IS THE NEWS FOR PARROTS.
NO PARROTS WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE M-1 TODAY WHEN A LORRY CARRYING HIGH- OCTANE FUEL WAS IN COLLISION WITH A BOLLARD.
THAT IS A BOLLARD AND NOT A PARROT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR PARROTS SAID HE WAS GLAD NO PARROTS WERE INVOLVED.
THE MINISTER OF TECHNOLOGY TODAY MET THE THREE RUSSIAN LEADERS TO DISCUSS A £4 MILLION AIRLINER DEAL.
NONE OF THEM WENT IN THE CAGE OR SWUNG ON THE LITTLE WOODEN TRAPEZE OR ATE ANY OF THE NICE MILLET SEED YUM, YUM.
THAT'S THE END OF THE NEWS.
NOW OUR PROGRAMS FOR PARROTS CONTINUE WITH PART THREE OF A TALE OF TWO CITIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PARROTS BY JOEY BOY.
DR.
MANETTE IS IN ENGLAND, AFTER 18 YEARS IN THE BASTILLE.
HIS DAUGHTER, LUCY, AWAITS HER LOVER, CHARLES DARNAY WHOM WE HAVE JUST LEARNED IS IN FACT THE NEPHEW OF THE MARQUIS de ST.
EVREMONDE WHOSE CRUELTY HAD PLACED MANETTE IN THE BASTILLE.
DARNAY ARRIVES TO FIND LUCY TENDING HER AGED FATHER.
'ALLO, 'ALLO! 'ALLO, 'ALLO, 'ALLO! WHO'S A PRETTY BOY, THEN? WHO'S A PRETTY BOY? AND WHILE THAT'S GOING ON, HERE IS THE NEWS FOR GIBBONS.
NO GIBBONS WERE INVOLVED AND WHILE THAT'S GOING ON, HERE FROM WESTMINSTER IS A PARLIAMENTARY REPOR FOR HUMANS.
IN THE DEBATE, A SPOKESMAN ACCUSED THE GOVERNMEN OF BEING SILLY AND DOING NOT AT ALL GOOD THINGS.
THE MEMBER ACCEPTED THIS IN A SPIRIT OF HEALTHY CRITICISM BUT DENIED THAT HE'D EVER BEEN NAUGHTY WITH A CHOIRBOY.
ANGRY SHOUTS OF "WHAT ABOU THE WATERMELON, THEN?" WERE ORDERED BY THE SPEAKER TO BE STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD AND PUT INTO A BROWN PAPER BAG IN THE LAVVY.
ANY FURTHER INTERRUPTIONS WOULD BE CUT OFF AND DISTRIBUTED AMONGST THE POOR.
FOR THE GOVERNMENT, A FRONT BENCH SPOKESMAN SAID THE AGRICULTURAL TARIFF WOULD HAVE TO BE RAISED AND HE FANCIED A BIT.
FURTHERMORE, HE ARGUED THIS WOULD GIVE A LARGE BOOS TO FARMERS, AND A LOT OF FUN TO HIM, HIS FRIEND AND MISS MOIST OF KNIGHTSBRIDGE.
FROM THE BACK BENCHES THERE WERE OPPOSITION SHOUTS OF "POSTCARDS FOR SALE!" AND A HEALTHY CRY OF "WHO LIKES A SAILOR, THEN?" FROM THE MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO.
REPLYING, THE SHADOW MINISTER SAID HE COULD NO LONGER DENY THE RUMORS BUT HE AND THE DACHSHUND WERE VERY HAPPY.
AND, IN ANY CASE, HE ARGUED, RHUBARB WAS CHEAP AND WHAT WAS THE HARM IN A SAUNA BATH.
WERE NOT INVOLVED.
THE MINISTER OF TECHNOLOGY ME THE THREE RUSSIAN LEADERS TODAY TO DISCUSS A £4 MILLION AIRLINER DEAL.
NONE OF THEM WERE INDIGENOUS TO AUSTRALIA CARRIED THEIR BABIES IN POUCHES OR ATE ANY OF THOSE YUMMY EUCALYPTUS LEAVES.
YUM, YUM.
THAT'S THE NEWS FOR WOMBATS, AND NOW ATTILA THE BUN! WELL, THAT'S ALL FOR ATTILA THE BUN.
AND NOW, IDIOTS.
ARTHUR FIGGIS IS AN IDIOT, A VILLAGE IDIOT.
TONIGHT WE LOOK AT THE IDIOT IN SOCIETY.
WELL, I FEEL VERY KEENLY THAT THE IDIOT IS A PAR OF THE OLD VILLAGE SYSTEM AND, AS SUCH, HAS A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY IN THE MODERN RURAL SOCIETY, BECAUSE, YOU SEE OOH, AR, OOH, AR! OOH, AR, THANKEE, VICAR.
BECAUSE THERE IS THIS VERY REAL NEED IN SOCIETY FOR SOMEONE WHOM ALMOST ANYONE CAN LOOK DOWN ON AND RIDICULE.
AND THIS IS THE ROLE THAT THANK YOU, MRS.
THOMPSON.
THIS IS THE ROLE THA I AND MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY HAVE FULFILLED IN THIS VILLAGE FOR THE PAST 400 YEARS.
AH, GOOD MORNING, MR.
JENKINS.
I.
C.
I.
HAVE INCREASED THEIR HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, I SEE.
YES, SPLENDID.
THAT'S MR.
JENKINS, HE'S ANOTHER IDIOT.
AND SO, YOU SEE, THE IDIOT DOES PROVIDE A VITAL PSYCHO-SOCIAL SERVICE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
OH, EXCUSE ME.
A COACH PARTY'S JUST ARRIVED.
I SHALL HAVE TO FALL OFF THE WALL, I'M AFRAID.
ARTHUR TAKES IDIOTTING SERIOUSLY.
HE IS UP AT 6:00 EVERY MORNING WORKING ON SPECIAL TRAINING EQUIPMEN DESIGNED TO KEEP HIM SILLY.
AND, OF COURSE, HE TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN HIS APPEARANCE.
LIKE THE DOCTOR, THE BLACKSMITH, THE CARPENTER MR.
FIGGIS IS AN IMPORTAN FIGURE IN THIS VILLAGE.
LIKE THEM, HE USES THE LOCAL BANK.
YES, WE HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF IDIOTS BANKING HERE.
WHAT KIND OF MONEY IS THERE IN IDIOTTING? WELL, NOWADAYS, THE REALLY BLITHERING IDIOT CAN MAKE ANYTHING UP TO £10,000 A YEAR IF HE'S THE HEAD OF SOME BIG INDUSTRIAL COMBINE.
BUT, OF COURSE, THE MORE OLD-FASHIONED IDIO STILL REFUSES TO TAKE MONEY.
HE TAKES BITS OF STRING, WOOD DEAD BUDGERIGARS, SPARROWS, ANYTHING.
BUT IT DOES MAKE THE CASHIER'S JOB VERY DIFFICULT.
BUT, OF COURSE, THEY'RE FOOLS TO THEMSELVES BECAUSE THE RATE OF INTERES OVER TEN YEARS ON A PIECE OF MOSS OR A DEAD VOLE IS ALMOST NEGLIGIBLE.
MR.
BRANDO! YES? HOLLYWOOD ON THE PHONE.
I'LL TAKE I IN THE OFFICE.
BUT MR.
FIGGIS IS NO ORDINARY IDIOT.
HE IS A LECTURER IN IDIOCY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EASTANGLIA.
HERE HE IS TAKING A CLASS OF THIRD-YEAR STUDENTS.
AFTER THREE YEARS OF STUDY THESE APPRENTICE IDIOTS RECEIVE A DIPLOMA OF IDIOCY A HANDFUL OF MUD AND A KICK ON THE HEAD.
SOME OF THE OLDER IDIOTS RESEN THE GRADUATE IDIOT.
I'M A COMPLETELY SELF-TAUGHT IDIOT.
I MEAN NOBODY DOES THAT ANYMORE.
ANYBODY WHO DID THA ROUND HERE WOULD BE LAUGHED OFF THE STREET.
NO, NOWADAYS, PEOPLE WANT SOMETHING WITTIER.
KEVIN O'NASSIS WORKS LARGELY WITH WALLS.
WHOA! WELL, YOU'VE GO TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE THINK I'M MAD.
THE VILLAGERS SAY I'M MAD, THE TOURISTS SAY I'M MAD.
WELL, I AM MAD, BUT I'M NATURALLY MAD.
I DON'T USE ANY CHEMICALS.
WHOA! BUT WHAT OF THE IDIOT'S PRIVATE LIFE? HOW ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH WOMEN? WELL, I MAY BE AN IDIOT, BUT I'M NO FOOL.
BUT THE VILLAGE IDIOT'S DIRTY SMOCKAND WALL-FALLING ARE A FAR CRY FROM THE MODERN WORLD OF THE URBAN IDIOT.
WHAT KINDS OF BACKGROUNDS DO THESE CITY IDIOTS COME FROM? UH UH THE HEADQUARTERS OF THESE URBAN IDIOTS IS HERE IN ST.
JOHN'S WOOD.
INSIDE, THEY CAN EN JOY THE COMPANY OF OTHER IDIOTS AND WATCH SPECIAL PERFORMANCES OF RITUAL IDIOTTING.
WELL LEFT.
WELL-PLAYED.
WELL, WELL.
WELL-BRED.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO LORDS ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE FIRST TEST.
SO FAR TODAY, WE'VE HAD FIVE HOURS BATTING FROM ENGLAND AND ALREADY THEY'RE NAUGHT FOR NAUGHT.
COWDREY IS NOT OUT NAUGHT, AND NAUGHTON IS NOT IN.
KNOTT IS IN AND IS NAUGHT FOR NOT OUT.
NAUGHTON OF NORTHANTS GO A NASTY KNOCK ON THE NU IN THE NETS LAST NIGHT, BUT IT'S NOTHING OF NOTE.
NEXT IN IS NAT NEWTON OF NOTTS.
NOT NUTTING NUTTING'S AT NINE.
NUTTING KNOCKED NEATIE NIGHTIE KNOCK KNOCK ANYWAY, ENGLAND HAVE PLAYED EXTREMELY WELL FOR NOTHING NOT A SAUSAGE IN REPLY TO ICELAND'S FIRST INNINGS TOTAL OF 722 FOR TWO DECLARED SCORED YESTERDAY DISAPPOINTINGLY FAST IN ONLY 21 OVERS WITH LOTS OF WILD SLOGGING AND BOUNDARIES AND ALL SORTS OF RUBBISHY THINGS.
BUT THE MAIN THING IS THAT ENGLAND HAVE MADE AN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING START SO FAR.
PETER? SPLENDID.
JUST LISTEN TO THOSE THIGHS.
AND NOW IT'S THE NORTH EAST'S TURN WITH THE SAMBA BRIAN? RATHER I'M REMINDED OF THE STORY OF GUBBY ALLEN IN '32 OH, SHUT UP OR WE'LL CLOSE THE BAR.
AND NOW BO WILDEBURG IS RUNNING UP TO BOWL TO COWDREY.
HE RUNS UP, HE BOWLS TO COWDREY AND NO SHOT AT ALL.
EXTREMELY WELL NOT PLAYED THERE.
YES, BEAUTIFULLY NO DONE ANYTHING ABOUT.
A SUPERB SHOT OF NO KIND WHATSOEVER.
I WELL REMEMBER PLUM WARNER LEAVING A VERY SIMILAR BALL ALONE IN 1732.
OH, SHUT UP, LONG NOSE.
AND NOW IT'S BO WILDEBURG RUNNING IN AGAIN TO BOWL TO COWDREY.
HE RUNS IN, HE BOWLS TO COWDREY AND NO SHOT AT ALL.
A SUPERB DISPLAY OF INERTIA THERE.
AND THAT'S THE END OF THE OVER, AND DRINKS.
GIN AND TONIC, PLEASE.
NO, NO, THE PLAYERS ARE HAVING DRINKS.
AND NOW WHAT'S HAPPENING? I THINK COWDREY'S BEING TAKEN YES, COWDREY IS BEING CARRIED OFF.
WELL, I NEVER! NOW, WHO'S IN NEXT? IT SHOULD BE NUMBER THREE, NATT NEWTON OF NOTTS.
GET YOUR HAND OFF MY THIGH, WEST.
NO, I DON'T THINK IT IS.
I THINK IT'S IT'S THE SOFA NO, IT'S THE CHESTERFIELD.
THE GREEN CHESTERFIELD IS COMING IN AT NUMBER THREE TO TAKE GUARD NOW.
I WELL REMEMBER A SIMILAR DIVAN BEING BROUGHT ON A HEADINGLEY IN 9 B.
C.
AGAINST THE DARKIES.
OH, SHUT UP, ELEPHANT SNOUT.
AND NOW THE GREEN CHESTERFIELD HAS TAKEN GUARD AND, AH! ICELAND ARE PUTTING ON THEIR SPIN DRYER TO BOWL.
THE SPIN DRYER MOVING BACK TO HIS MARK IT RUNS OUT TO THE WICKET, BOWLS TO THE TABLE A LITTLE BIT SHORT, BUT IT'S COMING IN A BIT THERE AND IT'S HIT HIM ON THE PAD! THERE'S AN APPEAL AND THE TABLE IS OUT LEG BEFORE WICKET.
THAT IS ENGLAND NAUGHT FOR ONE.
AND NOW WE LEAVE LORDS AND GO OVER TO EPSOM FOR THE 3:00.
WELL, HERE A EPSOM, WE TAKE UP THE RUNNING WITH 50 YARDS OF THIS MILE-AND-A-HALF RACE TO GO AND IT'S THE WASH BASIN IN THE LEAD FROM W.
C.
PEDESTAL.
TUCKED IN NICELY THERE IS THE SOFA GOING VERY WELL WITH JOANNA SOUTHCOTT'S BOX MAKING A GOOD RUN FROM HAT STAND ON THE RAILS.
AND THE STANDARD LAMP IS FADING FAS BUT IT'S WASH BASIN DEFINITELY TAKING UP THE RUNNING NOW BEING STRONGLY PRESSED BY W.
C.
AT THE POST, IT'S THE WASH BASIN FROM W.
C.
THEN SOFA, HAT STAND, STANDARD LAMP AND LASTLY, JOANNA SOUTHCOTT'S BOX.
OPEN THE BOX! OPEN THE BOX! OPEN THE BOX! OPEN THE BOX! AND COULD WE HAVE THE NEXT CONTENDER, PLEASE? GOOD EVENING, MADAM.
AND YOUR NAME IS? YES, YES.
AND WHAT'S YOUR NAME? I GO TO CHURCH REGULARLY.
JOLLY GOOD, I SEE.
AND WHICH PRIZE DO YOU HAVE PARTICULAR EYES ON THIS EVENING? OH, I'D LIKE THE BLOW ON THE HEAD.
THE BLOW ON THE HEAD.
JUST THERE.
JOLLY GOOD.
WELL, YOUR FIRST QUESTION FOR THE BLOW ON THE HEAD THIS EVENING IS: WHAT GREAT OPPONEN OF CARTESIAN DUALISM RESISTS THE REDUCTION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENA TO PHYSICAL STATES? I DON'T KNOW THAT! WELL, HAVE A GUESS.
HENRI BERGSON.
IS THE CORRECT ANSWER! OH, THAT WAS LUCKY.
I NEVER EVEN HEARD OF HIM.
JOLLY GOOD.
I DON'T LIKE DARKIES.
WHO DOES? AND NOW YOUR SECOND QUESTION FOR THE BLOW ON THE HEAD IS: WHAT IS THE MAIN FOOD THAT PENGUINS EAT? PORK LUNCHEON MEAT.
NO.
SPAM? NO, NO, NO, WHA DO PENGUINS EAT? PENGUINS.
PENGUINS? YES.
I HATE PENGUINS.
NO, NO, NO.
THEY EAT THEMSELVES.
NO, NO, WHAT DO PENGUINS EAT? HORSES! ARMCHAIRS! NO, NO, WHAT DO PENGUINS EAT? OH, PENGUINS.
PENGUINS.
CANNELLONI.
LASAGNA, MOUSSAKA, LOBSTER THERMIDOR ESCALOPES DE VEAU A L'ESTRAGON AVEC ENDIVES GRATINEED WITH CHEESE.
NO, I'LL GIVE YOU A CLUE.
AH! BRIAN CLOSE.
NO, NO.
BRIAN INGLIS, BRIAN JOHNSON, BRYAN FORBES.
NO, NO.
NANETTE NEWMAN.
NO, WHAT SWIMS IN THE SEA AND GETS CAUGH IN NETS? HENRI BERGSON.
NO! GOATS.
UNDERWATER GOATS WITH SNORKELS AND FLIPPERS.
A BUFFALO WITH AN AQUALUNG.
NO.
REGINALD MAUDLING.
YES, THAT'S NEAR ENOUGH, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT.
RIGHT NOW, MRS.
SCUM, YOU HAVE WON YOUR PRIZE.
DO YOU STILL WAN THE BLOW ON THE HEAD? YES, YES.
I'LL OFFER YOU A POKE IN THE EYE.
NO, I WANT THE BLOW ON THE HEAD.
A PUNCH IN THE THROAT? NO! ALL RIGHT THEN, A KICK IN THE KNEECAP.
NO.
MRS.
SCUM, I'M OFFERING YOU A BOOT IN THE TEETH AND A DAGGER UP THE STRAP.
ER TAKE THE BLOW ON THE HEAD! NO, I'LL TAKE THE BLOW ON THE HEAD.
VERY WELL THEN, MRS.
SCUM YOU HAVE WON TONIGHT'S STAR PRIZE THE BLOW ON THE HEAD!