Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) s02e10 Episode Script
Scott of the Antarctic
BRIAN DISTEL AND BRIANETTE ZATAPATHIQUE THERE IN AN IMPROVISED SCENE FROM JEAN KENNETH LONGUEUR'S NEW MOVIE LE FROMAGE GRAND.
BRIAN AND BRIANETTE SYMBOLIZE THE BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATIONS IN OUR MODERN SOCIETY IN THIS EXCITING NEW FILM.
LONGUEUR IS SAYING TO US, HIS AUDIENCE "GO ON, PROTEST, DO SOMETHING ABOUT I ASSAULT THE MANAGER, DEMAND YOUR MONEY BACK.
" LATER ON IN THE FILM, IN A BRILLIANTLY CONCEIVED MONTAGE LONGUEUR MERCILESSLY EXPOSES THE VIOLENCE UNDERLYING OUR SOCIETY WHEN BRIAN AND BRIANETTE AGAIN MEE ON YET ANOTHER RUBBISH DUMP.
PRETTY STRONG MEAT THERE FROM LONGUEUR WHO IS SAYING, OF COURSE, THAT ULTIMATELY MATERIALISM IN THIS CASE, THE WEBB'S WONDER LETTUCE MUST DESTROY US ALL.
THAT WAS FOR O.
SIMON, K.
SIMON, P.
SIMON AND R.
SPARROW OF LEICESTER.
LATER ON, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT JOHN WAYNE'S LATEST MOVIE BUCKETS OF BLOOD POURING OUT OF PEOPLE'S HEADS BUT NOW WE LOOK AHEAD.
ON TUESDAY, CHRIS CONGER TOOK A BBC FILM UNI TO THE LOCATION WHERE 20th CENTURY VOLE ARE SHOOTING THEIR LATEST EPIC SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC.
SEA, SAND AND SUNSHINE MAKE PAIGNTON THE QUEEN WELL, FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, THIS SLEEPY DEVONSHIRE RESOR WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO THE BLIZZARD-SWEPT WASTES OF THE SOUTH POLE.
FOR TODAY, SHOOTING STARTS ON THE EPIC SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC PRODUCED BY JERRY SCHLICK.
HELLO.
JERRY, YOU CHOSE PAIGNTON AS THE LOCATION FOR SCOTT.
RIGHT, RIGHT.
ISN'T IT A BI OF A DRAWBACK THAT THERE'S NO SNOW HERE? WELL, WE HAVE 28,000 CUBIC FEE OF WINTREX WHICH IS A NEW WHITE FOAM RUBBER WHICH ACTUALLY ON SCREEN LOOKS MORE LIKE SNOW THAN SNOW AND 1,600 CUBIC U.
S.
FURLONGS OF WHITE PAIN WITH A SPECIAL SNOW FINISH.
AND I BELIEVE KIRK VILB IS PLAYING THE TITLE ROLE.
THAT IS CORRECT.
WE WERE VERY THRILLED AND HONORED WHEN KIRK AGREED TO PLAY THE PAR OF LIEUTENANT SCOT BECAUSE A STAR OF HIS MAGNITUDE CAN PICK AND CHOOSE, BUT HE READ THE TITLE AND JUST FLIPPED.
AND DIRECTING, WE HAVE A VERY FINE YOUNG BRITISH DIRECTOR, JAMES McRETTIN WHO'S BEEN COLLABORATING ON THE SCREENPLAY, OF COURSE.
JIMMY.
OH, THERE YOU ARE.
HELLO.
HELLO.
NO PROBLEM.
HAVE A DRINK.
HAVE A DRINK.
OH, GREAT.
HELLO.
MARVELOUS.
MARVELOUS.
HELLO.
REWRITE.
OH, THIS IS REALLY GREAT.
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY SAYING SOMETHING, DON'T YOU THINK? HAVE YOU STARTED SHOOTING YET? YES, YES.
GREAT.
PERFECT.
NO, NO, WE HAVEN' STARTED YET.
NO.
BUT GREAT, GREAT.
WHAT IS THE FIRST SCENE THAT YOU SHOOT THIS MORNING? GREAT.
PERFECT.
OH, IT'S GREAT.
NO PROBLEM.
WE'LL SORT IT OU ON THE FLOOR.
SORT IT OU ON THE FLOOR.
NO PROBLEM.
THIS FILM IS BASICALLY PRO-HUMANITY AND ANTI-BAD THINGS AND IT RIPS ASIDE THE HYPOCRITICAL FACADE OF OUR SOCIETY'S GIN AND TONIC AND LEAVES A LOT OF SACRED COWS ROLLING AROUND IN AGONY.
HAVE A DRINK.
HAVE A DRINK.
BUT WHICH SCENE ARE WE SHOOTING FIRST, JIMMY? YES.
GREAT.
OH, MARVELOUS.
WHICH SCENE ARE WE SHOOTING FIRST? WHAT? IT'S SCENE ONE.
SCENE ONE.
SCENE ONE.
IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOVIE.
WELL, IT IS NOW.
I REWROTE IT.
I THOUGHT WE CUT THAT.
DID WE CUT? NO, WE DIDN'T.
WE DIDN'T? OH, GREAT.
THAT'S EVEN BETTER.
I'LL PUT IT BACK IN.
UH REWRITE.
SCENE ONE'S BACK IN, EVERYONE.
SCENE ONE'S BACK IN.
GREAT.
GREAT.
THIS IS THE SCENE OUTSIDE THE TENT.
IT'S ALL BLOODY MARVELOUS.
IT MAKES YOU WAN TO THROW UP.
NOW, IN THIS SCENE LIEUTENANT SCOTT RETURNS TO CAMP IN THE EARLY MORNING AFTER WALKING THE HUSKIES TO HAVE BRUNCH WITH THE REST OF HIS TEAM.
OATES PLAYED BY YOUR VERY OWN LOVELY TERRENCE LEMMING COCKNEY OFFICER SECONDED TO THE U.
S.
NAVY AND BOWERS, PLAYED BY SEYMOUR FORTESCUE THE OLYMPIC POLE-VAULTER.
HI, LIEUTENANT.
HI, OATESY.
SURE IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY ALREADY.
GREAT! GREAT! WHAT WHAT-WHA ARE YOU SAYING? I WAS JUST SAYING, "GREAT! GREAT!" CUE EVANS.
AND THIS IS VANILLA HOARE AS MISS EVANS.
MISS EVANS? RIGHT.
GOOD MORNING, MISS EVANS.
OH I'VE FORGOTTEN MY LINE.
UH, WHAT'S HER LINE? WHAT'S HER LINE? "GOOD MORNING, CAPTAIN SCOTT.
" OH, YEAH.
GOOD MORNING, CAP CA OH, I'M JUST NOT REALLY VERY HAPPY WITH THAT LINE.
COULD I JUST SAY, "HI, SCOTTIE"? GREAT! GREAT! REWRITE! CUE! HI, SCARRIE.
OH SORRY.
HI, STOCKY.
OH I'M SORRY AGAIN.
OH, JIM, I'M JUST NOT HAPPY WITH THIS LINE.
HEY, CAN I DO IT ALL SORT OF KOOKY, LIKE THIS? HI, SCOTTY! GREAT! WE'LL SHOOT IT! ARE YOU SURE THAT'S RIGHT? AH, IT'S GREAT! JIM JIM! JIM! JI OH, ME.
NOW, JIM, I FEEL WE MAY BE RUNNING INTO SOME PROBLEMS HERE IN THE AREA OF HEIGHT.
GREAT, WHERE ARE THEY? WHERE ARE WHO? I DON'T KNOW.
I WAS GETTING CONFUSED.
JIM GREAT.
I FEEL HERE THAT SCOT MAY BE TOO TALL IN THE AREA OF HEIGHT, WITH REFERENCE TO VANILLA WHO IS TOO NEAR THE GROUND IN THE AREA OF BEING TOO SHORT AT THIS TIME.
GREAT.
OH, I KNOW! I'M GOING TO DIG A PIT FOR SCOT AND PUT A BOX IN VANILLA'S TRENCH.
SAY, WHY DON'T I TAKE THE BOXES OFF AND VANILLA GET UP OUT OF THE TRENCH? IT WOULDN'T WORK.
IT'S EVEN BETTER! GREAT! REWRITE! WHAT WAS THAT? OH, IT'S EASY! I'VE WORKED IT OUT.
UH, SCOTT TAKES HIS BOXES OFF AND YOU DON'T STAND IN THE TRENCH.
I SAY MY LINES OUT OF THE TRENCH? EVEN BETTER.
GREAT.
BUT I'VE NEVER ACTED OUT OF A TRENCH.
I MIGHT FALL OVER.
IT'S DANGEROUS.
OH, WELL, COULD YOU JUST TRY IT? LOOK, YOU CRUMB BUM I'M A STAR.
STAR, STAR, STAR.
I DON'T GET A MILLION DOLLARS TO ACT OUT OF A TRENCH.
I PLAYED MISS JOHN THE BAPTIS IN A TRENCH AND I PLAYED MISS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE IN A TRENCH AND I PLAYED MISS ALEXANDER FLEMING IN A FURROW.
SO IF YOU WANT THIS SCENE PLAYED OUT OF A TRENCH WELL, YOU JUST GET YOURSELF A GODDAMN STUNTMAN! HUH! I PLAYED MISS GALILEO IN A GROOVE AND I PLAYED MRS.
JESUS CHRIS IN A GEOLOGICAL SYNCLINE SO DON'T TELL ME HOW TO ACT.
I KNOW HOW TO ACT.
I DON'T HAVE TO ACT GREAT.
UH, GREAT, GREAT, EVERYONE.
UH, LUNCH NOW.
LUNCH.
IT'S ALL IN THE CAN.
GOOD MORNING'S WORK.
BUT YOU HAVEN' DONE A SHOT.
JUST KEEPING MORALE UP.
NOW, THIS AFTERNOON WE'RE GOING TO SHOOT THE SCENE WHERE SCOTT GETS OFF THE BOAT, ONTO THE ICE FLOE AND HE SEES THE LION AND HE FIGHTS IT AND HE KILLS I AND THE BLOOD GOES PSSSSSHHH IN SLOW MOTION.
BUT THERE AREN'T ANY LIONS IN THE ANTARCTIC.
WHAT? THERE AREN'T ANY LIONS IN THE ANTARCTIC.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
THERE ARE NO LIONS IN THE ANTARCTIC.
THAT'S RIDICULOUS! WHOEVER HEARD OF A LION IN THE ANTARCTIC? RIGHT, LOSE THE LION.
GOT TO KEEP THE LION.
IT'S GREAT! LOSE THE LION.
GREAT! WE'RE LOSING THE LION.
REWRITE! LOSE THE LION, EVERYONE.
THAT'S FANTASTIC! WHAT'S THIS ABOUT, UH, LOSING THE LION? UH, WELL, KIRK, WE THOUGH PERHAPS WE MIGHT, UH LOSE THE FIGHT WITH THE LION A LITTLE BIT, KIRK, ANGEL.
WHY?! OH, WELL, KIRKIE, DOLL THERE ARE NO LIONS IN THE ANTARCTIC, BABY.
I GET TO FIGH THE LION! IT'D BE SILLY.
LISTEN! I GO TO FIGHT THE LION! THAT'S WHAT THAT GUY SCOTT'S ALL ABOUT.
I KNOW I STUDIED HIM ALREADY.
BUT WHY COULDN'T YOU FIGHT A PENGUIN? GREAT! FIGHT A ROTTEN, LITTLE PENGUIN? IT NEEDN'T BE A LITTLE PENGUIN.
IT CAN BE THE BIGGEST PENGUIN YOU'VE EVER SEEN.
AN ELECTRIC PENGUIN, 20 FEET HIGH WITH LONG, GREEN TENTACLES THAT STING PEOPLE AND YOU CAN STAB I IN THE WINGS AND THE BLOOD CAN GO SPURTING PSSSSSHHH IN SLOW MOTION.
THE LION IS IN THE CONTRACT.
HE FIGHTS THE LION.
EVEN BETTER! GREAT! HAVE A DRINK.
HEY, LOSE THE PENGUIN.
STAND BY TO SHOOT.
WHERE DO THEY HAVE LIONS? AFRICA.
THAT'S IT! SCOTT'S IN AFRICA.
AS MANY LIONS AS WE NEED.
GREAT! SCOTT IS LOOKING FOR A POLE NO ONE ELSE KNOWS ABOUT.
THAT TIES IN WITH THE SAND.
RIGHT.
PAINT THE SAND YELLOW AGAIN.
OKAY, LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD.
SCOTT OF THE SAHARA.
BOOMING OU OF THE PAGES OF HISTORY COMES A STORY OF THREE MEN AND ONE WOMAN WHOSE COURAGE SHOCKED A GENERATION.
FROM THE SAME TEAM THAT BROUGHT YOU: COMES THE STORY OF THREE PEOPLE AND A WOMAN, UNITED BY FATE WHO SET OUT IN SEARCH OF THE FABLED POLE OF THE SAHARA AND FOUND THEMSELVES.
SEE LIEUTENANT SCOTT'S DEATH STRUGGLE WITH A CRAZED DESERT LION.
SEE ENSIGN OATES' FRANKADULT DEATH STRUGGLE WITH THE SPINE-CHILLING GIANT ELECTRIC PENGUIN SEE MISS EVANS PURSUED BY THE MAN-EATING ROLLTOP WRITING DESK.
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
IT'S MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS.
AND NOW, TIRED OF THE SOUNDS OF DANCING FEET? THEN LISTEN TO THE SOUNDS OF DANCING TEETH.
YES, BROTHERS, IT'S TIME ONCE AGAIN FOR CONRAD POOHS AND HIS DANCING TEETH.
EXCUSE ME, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A CORRECTION.
CONRAD IS, IN FACT, HOLDING A LETTER, NOT A TELEGRAM.
THANK YOU.
A LETTER.
A LETTER.
FIVE PENCE, PLEASE.
EXCUSE ME.
I WOULD LIKE TO BUY A FISH LICENCE, PLEASE.
THE MAN'S SIGN MUST BE WRONG.
I HAVE IN THE PAS NOTICED A MARKED DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THESE POST OFFICE SIGNS AND THE ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BENEATH.
BUT SOFT, LET US SEE HOW DAME FORTUNE SMILES UPON MY NEXT POSTAL ADVENTURE.
HELLO.
I WOULD LIKE TO BUY A FISH LICENCE, PLEASE.
A WHAT? A LICENCE FOR MY PET FISH ERIC.
HOW DID YOU KNOW MY NAME WAS ERIC? OH, NO, NO, NO.
MY FISH'S NAME IS ERIC.
ERIC THE FISH.
HE'S AN 'ALIBUT.
HE'S A WHAT? HE IS AN HALIBUT.
YOU'VE GOT A PET HALIBUT? YES.
I CHOSE HIM OUT OF THOUSANDS.
DIDN'T LIKE THE OTHERS.
THEY WERE ALL TOO FLAT.
YOU'RE A LOONY.
I AM NOT A LOONY! WHY SHOULD I BE TARRED WITH THE EPITHET "LOONY" MERELY BECAUSE I HAVE A PET HALIBUT? I'VE HEARD TELL THAT SIR GERALD NABARRO HAS A PET PRAWN CALLED SIMON AND YOU WOULDN'T CALL SIR GERALD A LOONY, WOULD YOU? FURTHERMORE DAWN PALETHORPE, THE LADY SHOW JUMPER HAD A CLAM CALLED SIR STAFFORD AFTER THE LATE CHANCELLOR.
ALAN BULLOCK HAS TWO PIKES, BOTH CALLED NORMAN AND THE LATE GREAT MARCEL PROUS HAD AN 'ADDOCK! IF YOU'RE CALLING THE AUTHOR OF A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU A LOONY, I SHALL HAVE TO ASK YOU TO STEP OUTSIDE! ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
YOU WANT A LICENCE? YES.
FOR A FISH? YES.
YOU ARE A LOONY.
LOOK, IT'S A BLEEDIN' PET, ISN'T IT? I'VE GOT A LICENCE FOR ME PET DOG ERIC AND I GOT A LICENCE FOR ME PET CAT ERIC.
YOU DON'T NEED A LICENCE FOR A CAT.
YOU BLEEDIN' WELL DO, AND I'VE GOT ONE.
HO-HO, YOU'RE NO CATCHING ME OUT THERE.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A BLOODY CAT LICENCE.
YES, THERE IS.
NO, THERE ISN'T.
IS.
ISN'T.
IS.
ISN'T.
UH-HUH.
IS.
ISN'T.
IS.
ISN'T.
IS.
ISN'T.
IS! ISN'T.
WHAT'S THAT, THEN? THAT IS A DOG LICENCE WITH THE WORD "DOG" CROSSED OU AND THE WORD "CAT" WRITTEN IN IN CRAYON.
WELL, THE MAN DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPER FORM.
WHAT MAN? THE MAN FROM THE CAT DETECTOR VAN.
"LOONY DETECTIVE VAN" YOU MEAN.
IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHAT CAUSES UNREST.
ALL RIGHT, WHA CAT DETECTOR VAN? THE CAT DETECTOR VAN FROM THE MINISTRY OF HOUSINGE.
HOUSINGE? YES.
IT WAS SPELT THAT WAY ON THE VAN.
I'M VERY OBSERVANT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY AERIALS IN ME LIFE.
THE MAN TOLD ME THEIR EQUIPMEN COULD PINPOINT A PURR AT 400 YARDS.
AND ERIC, BEING SUCH A HAPPY CAT, WAS A PIECE OF CAKE.
HOW MUCH DID THIS COST? 60 QUID AND EIGHT GUINEAS FOR THE FRUIT BAT.
WHAT FRUIT BAT? ERIC THE FRUIT BAT.
ARE ALL YOUR PETS CALLED ERIC? THERE'S NOTHING SO ODD ABOUT THAT.
KEMEL ATATURK HAD AN ENTIRE MENAGERIE ALL CALLED ABDUL.
NO, HE DIDN'T.
DID, DID, DID, DID, DID, DID, DID, INDEED.
THERE YOU ARE.
KEMEL ATATURK THE MAN BY E.
W.
SWANTON WITH A FORWARD BY PAUL ANKA.
PAGE 91, PLEASE.
I OWE YOU AN APOLOGY, SIR.
SPOKEN LIKE A GENTLEMAN.
NOW, ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE ME THIS FISH LICENCE? I PROMISE YOU, THERE IS NO SUCH THING.
YOU DON'T NEED ONE.
THEN I WOULD LIKE A STATEMENT TO THAT FAC SIGNED BY THE LORD MAYOR.
YOU'RE IN LUCK.
AND NOW, THERE IS THE MAYOR SURELY THE THIRD TALLEST MAYOR IN DERBY'S HISTORY.
AND THERE ARE THE ALDERMEN MAGNIFICENTLY RESPLENDEN IN THEIR ALDERMANIC HOSE AND JUST LOOK AT THE POWER IN THOSE THIGHS.
THE NEW ZEALANDERS ARE GOING TO FIND IT PRETTY TOUGH GOING IN THE SET PIECES IN THE SECOND HALF.
SO DAWN PALETHORPE WITH ONE CLEAR ROUND ON SIR GERALD AND NOW THE MAYOR HAS REACHED THE GREAT CUSTOMER MR.
ERIC PRALINE.
AND NOW THE MAYORAL HUMAN BEING TAKES THE MAYORAL PEN IN HIS MAYORAL HAND AND WATCHED BY THE LADY MAYORESS WHO, OF COURSE, SCORED THAT MAGNIFICENT TRY IN THE FIRST HALF, SIGNS THE FISHY EXEMPTION.
AND THE GREAT CUSTOMER, MR.
ERIC PRALINE WHO IS UNDERSTANDABLY AWED BY THE MAGNIFICENCE AND EVEN THE ABSURDITY OF THIS GREAT OCCASION HERE AT CARDIFF ARMS PARK HAS FINALLY GONE SPARE AND THERE IS THE "GOING SPARAL" LOOK ON THE FRONT OF HIS HEAD.
AND NOW THE ALDERMAN ARE FINISHING THEIR ORANGES AND LEAVING THE POST OFFICE FOR THE START OF THE SECOND HALF.
And here come the Derby Council XV following the All Blacks out onto the pitch.
There, in the center of the picture you can see Dawn Palethorpe on Sir Gerald one of the fastest wingers we must have seen in England this season.
On the left-hand side of the picture the Lord Mayor has been running such wonderful possession for Derby Council in the lines out.
And it's the All Blacks to kick off.
Wilson to kick off.
Oh, and I can see there the Chairman of the By-Ways and Highways Committee who's obviously recovered from that very nasty blow he got in that loose ball in the first half.
And Wilson kicks off and it's the Town Clerk's taken the ball beautifully there.
The All Blacks are up on it very fast, and the whistle has gone.
I'm not quite sure what happened there.
I couldn't see, but there's a scrum-down.
I think it's an All Blacks' ball.
They were up on them very fast.
Obviously, they're going to try very hard in this half to wipe out this five-point deficit.
Derby Council eight points to three up and Derby Council have got the ball against the head.
There is the Borough Surveyor, the scrum-half is out of the uh, the Chairman of the Highway and By-way Committee who's kicked for touch.
The line out and it's into the line out and the Mayor has got the ball again.
To the Borough Surveyor.
He's left out the Medical Officer of Health.
Straight along the line to the Lady Mayoress and the Lady Mayoress has got to go through! Number two has missed her! She's up to the full back! There's only the full back to beat! And she has scored! The Lady Mayoress has scored! It's 11 points to three.
CLIFF, THIS MUST HAVE BEEN A VERY DISAPPOINTING RESUL FOR THE ALL BLACKS.
WELL, THEY'VE HAD VERY BAD LUCK ON THEIR TOUR SO FAR.
IN FACT, THEY MISSED FOUR VERY EASY KICKS AGAINST THE EXETER AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY WHICH MUST HAVE COST THEM THE MATCH.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE WAS THAT CRIPPLING DEFEA AT THE HANDS OF THE DERRY AND TOMS SOFT TOY DEPARTMENT.
SO, I DON'T THINK THEY CAN REALLY BE FANCYING THEIR CHANCES AGAINST THE LONDON POOVES ON SATURDAY.
AND WHAT ABOUT CHINA? WELL, WHETHER MAO TSE TUNG IS ALIVE OR NO LIN PIAO HAS A STRANGLEHOLD ON THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE WHICH LIN SHAO CHI CAN'T BREAK.
SO IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER CHOU EN LAI CAN REALLY GET HIS FINGER OU AND GET GOING IN THE SECOND HALF.
WELL, THANK YOU, CLIFF.
TONIGHT'S OTHER OUTSTANDING MATCH WAS THE SEMIFINAL BETWEEN THE BOURNEMOUTH GYNECOLOGISTS AND THE WATFORD LONG JOHN SILVER IMPERSONATORS.
WE BRING YOU EDITED HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MATCH.
ARGH.
WELL, THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR TONIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
BUT REMEMBER, IF YOU EN JOYED WATCHING THE SHOW JUST HALF AS MUCH AS WE'VE EN JOYED DOING I THEN WE'VE EN JOYED I TWICE AS MUCH AS YOU.
HA-HA-HA.
BRIAN AND BRIANETTE SYMBOLIZE THE BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATIONS IN OUR MODERN SOCIETY IN THIS EXCITING NEW FILM.
LONGUEUR IS SAYING TO US, HIS AUDIENCE "GO ON, PROTEST, DO SOMETHING ABOUT I ASSAULT THE MANAGER, DEMAND YOUR MONEY BACK.
" LATER ON IN THE FILM, IN A BRILLIANTLY CONCEIVED MONTAGE LONGUEUR MERCILESSLY EXPOSES THE VIOLENCE UNDERLYING OUR SOCIETY WHEN BRIAN AND BRIANETTE AGAIN MEE ON YET ANOTHER RUBBISH DUMP.
PRETTY STRONG MEAT THERE FROM LONGUEUR WHO IS SAYING, OF COURSE, THAT ULTIMATELY MATERIALISM IN THIS CASE, THE WEBB'S WONDER LETTUCE MUST DESTROY US ALL.
THAT WAS FOR O.
SIMON, K.
SIMON, P.
SIMON AND R.
SPARROW OF LEICESTER.
LATER ON, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT JOHN WAYNE'S LATEST MOVIE BUCKETS OF BLOOD POURING OUT OF PEOPLE'S HEADS BUT NOW WE LOOK AHEAD.
ON TUESDAY, CHRIS CONGER TOOK A BBC FILM UNI TO THE LOCATION WHERE 20th CENTURY VOLE ARE SHOOTING THEIR LATEST EPIC SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC.
SEA, SAND AND SUNSHINE MAKE PAIGNTON THE QUEEN WELL, FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, THIS SLEEPY DEVONSHIRE RESOR WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO THE BLIZZARD-SWEPT WASTES OF THE SOUTH POLE.
FOR TODAY, SHOOTING STARTS ON THE EPIC SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC PRODUCED BY JERRY SCHLICK.
HELLO.
JERRY, YOU CHOSE PAIGNTON AS THE LOCATION FOR SCOTT.
RIGHT, RIGHT.
ISN'T IT A BI OF A DRAWBACK THAT THERE'S NO SNOW HERE? WELL, WE HAVE 28,000 CUBIC FEE OF WINTREX WHICH IS A NEW WHITE FOAM RUBBER WHICH ACTUALLY ON SCREEN LOOKS MORE LIKE SNOW THAN SNOW AND 1,600 CUBIC U.
S.
FURLONGS OF WHITE PAIN WITH A SPECIAL SNOW FINISH.
AND I BELIEVE KIRK VILB IS PLAYING THE TITLE ROLE.
THAT IS CORRECT.
WE WERE VERY THRILLED AND HONORED WHEN KIRK AGREED TO PLAY THE PAR OF LIEUTENANT SCOT BECAUSE A STAR OF HIS MAGNITUDE CAN PICK AND CHOOSE, BUT HE READ THE TITLE AND JUST FLIPPED.
AND DIRECTING, WE HAVE A VERY FINE YOUNG BRITISH DIRECTOR, JAMES McRETTIN WHO'S BEEN COLLABORATING ON THE SCREENPLAY, OF COURSE.
JIMMY.
OH, THERE YOU ARE.
HELLO.
HELLO.
NO PROBLEM.
HAVE A DRINK.
HAVE A DRINK.
OH, GREAT.
HELLO.
MARVELOUS.
MARVELOUS.
HELLO.
REWRITE.
OH, THIS IS REALLY GREAT.
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY SAYING SOMETHING, DON'T YOU THINK? HAVE YOU STARTED SHOOTING YET? YES, YES.
GREAT.
PERFECT.
NO, NO, WE HAVEN' STARTED YET.
NO.
BUT GREAT, GREAT.
WHAT IS THE FIRST SCENE THAT YOU SHOOT THIS MORNING? GREAT.
PERFECT.
OH, IT'S GREAT.
NO PROBLEM.
WE'LL SORT IT OU ON THE FLOOR.
SORT IT OU ON THE FLOOR.
NO PROBLEM.
THIS FILM IS BASICALLY PRO-HUMANITY AND ANTI-BAD THINGS AND IT RIPS ASIDE THE HYPOCRITICAL FACADE OF OUR SOCIETY'S GIN AND TONIC AND LEAVES A LOT OF SACRED COWS ROLLING AROUND IN AGONY.
HAVE A DRINK.
HAVE A DRINK.
BUT WHICH SCENE ARE WE SHOOTING FIRST, JIMMY? YES.
GREAT.
OH, MARVELOUS.
WHICH SCENE ARE WE SHOOTING FIRST? WHAT? IT'S SCENE ONE.
SCENE ONE.
SCENE ONE.
IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOVIE.
WELL, IT IS NOW.
I REWROTE IT.
I THOUGHT WE CUT THAT.
DID WE CUT? NO, WE DIDN'T.
WE DIDN'T? OH, GREAT.
THAT'S EVEN BETTER.
I'LL PUT IT BACK IN.
UH REWRITE.
SCENE ONE'S BACK IN, EVERYONE.
SCENE ONE'S BACK IN.
GREAT.
GREAT.
THIS IS THE SCENE OUTSIDE THE TENT.
IT'S ALL BLOODY MARVELOUS.
IT MAKES YOU WAN TO THROW UP.
NOW, IN THIS SCENE LIEUTENANT SCOTT RETURNS TO CAMP IN THE EARLY MORNING AFTER WALKING THE HUSKIES TO HAVE BRUNCH WITH THE REST OF HIS TEAM.
OATES PLAYED BY YOUR VERY OWN LOVELY TERRENCE LEMMING COCKNEY OFFICER SECONDED TO THE U.
S.
NAVY AND BOWERS, PLAYED BY SEYMOUR FORTESCUE THE OLYMPIC POLE-VAULTER.
HI, LIEUTENANT.
HI, OATESY.
SURE IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY ALREADY.
GREAT! GREAT! WHAT WHAT-WHA ARE YOU SAYING? I WAS JUST SAYING, "GREAT! GREAT!" CUE EVANS.
AND THIS IS VANILLA HOARE AS MISS EVANS.
MISS EVANS? RIGHT.
GOOD MORNING, MISS EVANS.
OH I'VE FORGOTTEN MY LINE.
UH, WHAT'S HER LINE? WHAT'S HER LINE? "GOOD MORNING, CAPTAIN SCOTT.
" OH, YEAH.
GOOD MORNING, CAP CA OH, I'M JUST NOT REALLY VERY HAPPY WITH THAT LINE.
COULD I JUST SAY, "HI, SCOTTIE"? GREAT! GREAT! REWRITE! CUE! HI, SCARRIE.
OH SORRY.
HI, STOCKY.
OH I'M SORRY AGAIN.
OH, JIM, I'M JUST NOT HAPPY WITH THIS LINE.
HEY, CAN I DO IT ALL SORT OF KOOKY, LIKE THIS? HI, SCOTTY! GREAT! WE'LL SHOOT IT! ARE YOU SURE THAT'S RIGHT? AH, IT'S GREAT! JIM JIM! JIM! JI OH, ME.
NOW, JIM, I FEEL WE MAY BE RUNNING INTO SOME PROBLEMS HERE IN THE AREA OF HEIGHT.
GREAT, WHERE ARE THEY? WHERE ARE WHO? I DON'T KNOW.
I WAS GETTING CONFUSED.
JIM GREAT.
I FEEL HERE THAT SCOT MAY BE TOO TALL IN THE AREA OF HEIGHT, WITH REFERENCE TO VANILLA WHO IS TOO NEAR THE GROUND IN THE AREA OF BEING TOO SHORT AT THIS TIME.
GREAT.
OH, I KNOW! I'M GOING TO DIG A PIT FOR SCOT AND PUT A BOX IN VANILLA'S TRENCH.
SAY, WHY DON'T I TAKE THE BOXES OFF AND VANILLA GET UP OUT OF THE TRENCH? IT WOULDN'T WORK.
IT'S EVEN BETTER! GREAT! REWRITE! WHAT WAS THAT? OH, IT'S EASY! I'VE WORKED IT OUT.
UH, SCOTT TAKES HIS BOXES OFF AND YOU DON'T STAND IN THE TRENCH.
I SAY MY LINES OUT OF THE TRENCH? EVEN BETTER.
GREAT.
BUT I'VE NEVER ACTED OUT OF A TRENCH.
I MIGHT FALL OVER.
IT'S DANGEROUS.
OH, WELL, COULD YOU JUST TRY IT? LOOK, YOU CRUMB BUM I'M A STAR.
STAR, STAR, STAR.
I DON'T GET A MILLION DOLLARS TO ACT OUT OF A TRENCH.
I PLAYED MISS JOHN THE BAPTIS IN A TRENCH AND I PLAYED MISS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE IN A TRENCH AND I PLAYED MISS ALEXANDER FLEMING IN A FURROW.
SO IF YOU WANT THIS SCENE PLAYED OUT OF A TRENCH WELL, YOU JUST GET YOURSELF A GODDAMN STUNTMAN! HUH! I PLAYED MISS GALILEO IN A GROOVE AND I PLAYED MRS.
JESUS CHRIS IN A GEOLOGICAL SYNCLINE SO DON'T TELL ME HOW TO ACT.
I KNOW HOW TO ACT.
I DON'T HAVE TO ACT GREAT.
UH, GREAT, GREAT, EVERYONE.
UH, LUNCH NOW.
LUNCH.
IT'S ALL IN THE CAN.
GOOD MORNING'S WORK.
BUT YOU HAVEN' DONE A SHOT.
JUST KEEPING MORALE UP.
NOW, THIS AFTERNOON WE'RE GOING TO SHOOT THE SCENE WHERE SCOTT GETS OFF THE BOAT, ONTO THE ICE FLOE AND HE SEES THE LION AND HE FIGHTS IT AND HE KILLS I AND THE BLOOD GOES PSSSSSHHH IN SLOW MOTION.
BUT THERE AREN'T ANY LIONS IN THE ANTARCTIC.
WHAT? THERE AREN'T ANY LIONS IN THE ANTARCTIC.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
THERE ARE NO LIONS IN THE ANTARCTIC.
THAT'S RIDICULOUS! WHOEVER HEARD OF A LION IN THE ANTARCTIC? RIGHT, LOSE THE LION.
GOT TO KEEP THE LION.
IT'S GREAT! LOSE THE LION.
GREAT! WE'RE LOSING THE LION.
REWRITE! LOSE THE LION, EVERYONE.
THAT'S FANTASTIC! WHAT'S THIS ABOUT, UH, LOSING THE LION? UH, WELL, KIRK, WE THOUGH PERHAPS WE MIGHT, UH LOSE THE FIGHT WITH THE LION A LITTLE BIT, KIRK, ANGEL.
WHY?! OH, WELL, KIRKIE, DOLL THERE ARE NO LIONS IN THE ANTARCTIC, BABY.
I GET TO FIGH THE LION! IT'D BE SILLY.
LISTEN! I GO TO FIGHT THE LION! THAT'S WHAT THAT GUY SCOTT'S ALL ABOUT.
I KNOW I STUDIED HIM ALREADY.
BUT WHY COULDN'T YOU FIGHT A PENGUIN? GREAT! FIGHT A ROTTEN, LITTLE PENGUIN? IT NEEDN'T BE A LITTLE PENGUIN.
IT CAN BE THE BIGGEST PENGUIN YOU'VE EVER SEEN.
AN ELECTRIC PENGUIN, 20 FEET HIGH WITH LONG, GREEN TENTACLES THAT STING PEOPLE AND YOU CAN STAB I IN THE WINGS AND THE BLOOD CAN GO SPURTING PSSSSSHHH IN SLOW MOTION.
THE LION IS IN THE CONTRACT.
HE FIGHTS THE LION.
EVEN BETTER! GREAT! HAVE A DRINK.
HEY, LOSE THE PENGUIN.
STAND BY TO SHOOT.
WHERE DO THEY HAVE LIONS? AFRICA.
THAT'S IT! SCOTT'S IN AFRICA.
AS MANY LIONS AS WE NEED.
GREAT! SCOTT IS LOOKING FOR A POLE NO ONE ELSE KNOWS ABOUT.
THAT TIES IN WITH THE SAND.
RIGHT.
PAINT THE SAND YELLOW AGAIN.
OKAY, LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD.
SCOTT OF THE SAHARA.
BOOMING OU OF THE PAGES OF HISTORY COMES A STORY OF THREE MEN AND ONE WOMAN WHOSE COURAGE SHOCKED A GENERATION.
FROM THE SAME TEAM THAT BROUGHT YOU: COMES THE STORY OF THREE PEOPLE AND A WOMAN, UNITED BY FATE WHO SET OUT IN SEARCH OF THE FABLED POLE OF THE SAHARA AND FOUND THEMSELVES.
SEE LIEUTENANT SCOTT'S DEATH STRUGGLE WITH A CRAZED DESERT LION.
SEE ENSIGN OATES' FRANKADULT DEATH STRUGGLE WITH THE SPINE-CHILLING GIANT ELECTRIC PENGUIN SEE MISS EVANS PURSUED BY THE MAN-EATING ROLLTOP WRITING DESK.
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
IT'S MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS.
AND NOW, TIRED OF THE SOUNDS OF DANCING FEET? THEN LISTEN TO THE SOUNDS OF DANCING TEETH.
YES, BROTHERS, IT'S TIME ONCE AGAIN FOR CONRAD POOHS AND HIS DANCING TEETH.
EXCUSE ME, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A CORRECTION.
CONRAD IS, IN FACT, HOLDING A LETTER, NOT A TELEGRAM.
THANK YOU.
A LETTER.
A LETTER.
FIVE PENCE, PLEASE.
EXCUSE ME.
I WOULD LIKE TO BUY A FISH LICENCE, PLEASE.
THE MAN'S SIGN MUST BE WRONG.
I HAVE IN THE PAS NOTICED A MARKED DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THESE POST OFFICE SIGNS AND THE ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BENEATH.
BUT SOFT, LET US SEE HOW DAME FORTUNE SMILES UPON MY NEXT POSTAL ADVENTURE.
HELLO.
I WOULD LIKE TO BUY A FISH LICENCE, PLEASE.
A WHAT? A LICENCE FOR MY PET FISH ERIC.
HOW DID YOU KNOW MY NAME WAS ERIC? OH, NO, NO, NO.
MY FISH'S NAME IS ERIC.
ERIC THE FISH.
HE'S AN 'ALIBUT.
HE'S A WHAT? HE IS AN HALIBUT.
YOU'VE GOT A PET HALIBUT? YES.
I CHOSE HIM OUT OF THOUSANDS.
DIDN'T LIKE THE OTHERS.
THEY WERE ALL TOO FLAT.
YOU'RE A LOONY.
I AM NOT A LOONY! WHY SHOULD I BE TARRED WITH THE EPITHET "LOONY" MERELY BECAUSE I HAVE A PET HALIBUT? I'VE HEARD TELL THAT SIR GERALD NABARRO HAS A PET PRAWN CALLED SIMON AND YOU WOULDN'T CALL SIR GERALD A LOONY, WOULD YOU? FURTHERMORE DAWN PALETHORPE, THE LADY SHOW JUMPER HAD A CLAM CALLED SIR STAFFORD AFTER THE LATE CHANCELLOR.
ALAN BULLOCK HAS TWO PIKES, BOTH CALLED NORMAN AND THE LATE GREAT MARCEL PROUS HAD AN 'ADDOCK! IF YOU'RE CALLING THE AUTHOR OF A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU A LOONY, I SHALL HAVE TO ASK YOU TO STEP OUTSIDE! ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
YOU WANT A LICENCE? YES.
FOR A FISH? YES.
YOU ARE A LOONY.
LOOK, IT'S A BLEEDIN' PET, ISN'T IT? I'VE GOT A LICENCE FOR ME PET DOG ERIC AND I GOT A LICENCE FOR ME PET CAT ERIC.
YOU DON'T NEED A LICENCE FOR A CAT.
YOU BLEEDIN' WELL DO, AND I'VE GOT ONE.
HO-HO, YOU'RE NO CATCHING ME OUT THERE.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A BLOODY CAT LICENCE.
YES, THERE IS.
NO, THERE ISN'T.
IS.
ISN'T.
IS.
ISN'T.
UH-HUH.
IS.
ISN'T.
IS.
ISN'T.
IS.
ISN'T.
IS! ISN'T.
WHAT'S THAT, THEN? THAT IS A DOG LICENCE WITH THE WORD "DOG" CROSSED OU AND THE WORD "CAT" WRITTEN IN IN CRAYON.
WELL, THE MAN DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPER FORM.
WHAT MAN? THE MAN FROM THE CAT DETECTOR VAN.
"LOONY DETECTIVE VAN" YOU MEAN.
IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHAT CAUSES UNREST.
ALL RIGHT, WHA CAT DETECTOR VAN? THE CAT DETECTOR VAN FROM THE MINISTRY OF HOUSINGE.
HOUSINGE? YES.
IT WAS SPELT THAT WAY ON THE VAN.
I'M VERY OBSERVANT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY AERIALS IN ME LIFE.
THE MAN TOLD ME THEIR EQUIPMEN COULD PINPOINT A PURR AT 400 YARDS.
AND ERIC, BEING SUCH A HAPPY CAT, WAS A PIECE OF CAKE.
HOW MUCH DID THIS COST? 60 QUID AND EIGHT GUINEAS FOR THE FRUIT BAT.
WHAT FRUIT BAT? ERIC THE FRUIT BAT.
ARE ALL YOUR PETS CALLED ERIC? THERE'S NOTHING SO ODD ABOUT THAT.
KEMEL ATATURK HAD AN ENTIRE MENAGERIE ALL CALLED ABDUL.
NO, HE DIDN'T.
DID, DID, DID, DID, DID, DID, DID, INDEED.
THERE YOU ARE.
KEMEL ATATURK THE MAN BY E.
W.
SWANTON WITH A FORWARD BY PAUL ANKA.
PAGE 91, PLEASE.
I OWE YOU AN APOLOGY, SIR.
SPOKEN LIKE A GENTLEMAN.
NOW, ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE ME THIS FISH LICENCE? I PROMISE YOU, THERE IS NO SUCH THING.
YOU DON'T NEED ONE.
THEN I WOULD LIKE A STATEMENT TO THAT FAC SIGNED BY THE LORD MAYOR.
YOU'RE IN LUCK.
AND NOW, THERE IS THE MAYOR SURELY THE THIRD TALLEST MAYOR IN DERBY'S HISTORY.
AND THERE ARE THE ALDERMEN MAGNIFICENTLY RESPLENDEN IN THEIR ALDERMANIC HOSE AND JUST LOOK AT THE POWER IN THOSE THIGHS.
THE NEW ZEALANDERS ARE GOING TO FIND IT PRETTY TOUGH GOING IN THE SET PIECES IN THE SECOND HALF.
SO DAWN PALETHORPE WITH ONE CLEAR ROUND ON SIR GERALD AND NOW THE MAYOR HAS REACHED THE GREAT CUSTOMER MR.
ERIC PRALINE.
AND NOW THE MAYORAL HUMAN BEING TAKES THE MAYORAL PEN IN HIS MAYORAL HAND AND WATCHED BY THE LADY MAYORESS WHO, OF COURSE, SCORED THAT MAGNIFICENT TRY IN THE FIRST HALF, SIGNS THE FISHY EXEMPTION.
AND THE GREAT CUSTOMER, MR.
ERIC PRALINE WHO IS UNDERSTANDABLY AWED BY THE MAGNIFICENCE AND EVEN THE ABSURDITY OF THIS GREAT OCCASION HERE AT CARDIFF ARMS PARK HAS FINALLY GONE SPARE AND THERE IS THE "GOING SPARAL" LOOK ON THE FRONT OF HIS HEAD.
AND NOW THE ALDERMAN ARE FINISHING THEIR ORANGES AND LEAVING THE POST OFFICE FOR THE START OF THE SECOND HALF.
And here come the Derby Council XV following the All Blacks out onto the pitch.
There, in the center of the picture you can see Dawn Palethorpe on Sir Gerald one of the fastest wingers we must have seen in England this season.
On the left-hand side of the picture the Lord Mayor has been running such wonderful possession for Derby Council in the lines out.
And it's the All Blacks to kick off.
Wilson to kick off.
Oh, and I can see there the Chairman of the By-Ways and Highways Committee who's obviously recovered from that very nasty blow he got in that loose ball in the first half.
And Wilson kicks off and it's the Town Clerk's taken the ball beautifully there.
The All Blacks are up on it very fast, and the whistle has gone.
I'm not quite sure what happened there.
I couldn't see, but there's a scrum-down.
I think it's an All Blacks' ball.
They were up on them very fast.
Obviously, they're going to try very hard in this half to wipe out this five-point deficit.
Derby Council eight points to three up and Derby Council have got the ball against the head.
There is the Borough Surveyor, the scrum-half is out of the uh, the Chairman of the Highway and By-way Committee who's kicked for touch.
The line out and it's into the line out and the Mayor has got the ball again.
To the Borough Surveyor.
He's left out the Medical Officer of Health.
Straight along the line to the Lady Mayoress and the Lady Mayoress has got to go through! Number two has missed her! She's up to the full back! There's only the full back to beat! And she has scored! The Lady Mayoress has scored! It's 11 points to three.
CLIFF, THIS MUST HAVE BEEN A VERY DISAPPOINTING RESUL FOR THE ALL BLACKS.
WELL, THEY'VE HAD VERY BAD LUCK ON THEIR TOUR SO FAR.
IN FACT, THEY MISSED FOUR VERY EASY KICKS AGAINST THE EXETER AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY WHICH MUST HAVE COST THEM THE MATCH.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE WAS THAT CRIPPLING DEFEA AT THE HANDS OF THE DERRY AND TOMS SOFT TOY DEPARTMENT.
SO, I DON'T THINK THEY CAN REALLY BE FANCYING THEIR CHANCES AGAINST THE LONDON POOVES ON SATURDAY.
AND WHAT ABOUT CHINA? WELL, WHETHER MAO TSE TUNG IS ALIVE OR NO LIN PIAO HAS A STRANGLEHOLD ON THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE WHICH LIN SHAO CHI CAN'T BREAK.
SO IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER CHOU EN LAI CAN REALLY GET HIS FINGER OU AND GET GOING IN THE SECOND HALF.
WELL, THANK YOU, CLIFF.
TONIGHT'S OTHER OUTSTANDING MATCH WAS THE SEMIFINAL BETWEEN THE BOURNEMOUTH GYNECOLOGISTS AND THE WATFORD LONG JOHN SILVER IMPERSONATORS.
WE BRING YOU EDITED HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MATCH.
ARGH.
WELL, THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR TONIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
BUT REMEMBER, IF YOU EN JOYED WATCHING THE SHOW JUST HALF AS MUCH AS WE'VE EN JOYED DOING I THEN WE'VE EN JOYED I TWICE AS MUCH AS YOU.
HA-HA-HA.