Naked
Naked
Stephen and Hugh are in a black limbo area. Hugh is
on a monitor, Stephen is really there.
Stephen I'm afraid that we've now got to ask you to
do some work, and help us a bit, ladies and
gentlemen. Use your imagination, as it were.
Hugh That's right. For the purposes of this next sketch,
ladies and gentlemen, we want you all to imagine
that we're both naked.
Stephen Yes. I'm sorry to have to ask this of you. Speaking
for ourselves, Hugh and I really wanted to go the
whole way, and actually be naked for this one but,
unfortunately, we ran out of money.
Hugh That's right. The budget simply wouldn't stretch
that far, I'm afraid. Never mind.
Stephen Now to help you build up the picture in your
minds, I should tell you that the sketch is set in a
church.
Hugh That's right. Stephen will be playing a Bishop.
Stephen And Hugh will be playing the organ.
Hugh The organist.
Stephen What?
Hugh I'll be playing the organist.
Stephen The organist. Yes. But you'll be playing the organ
as well?
Hugh No. No. That's the whole point. I play an organist
who can't play the organ.
Stephen Oh God I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Of course. Have I
ruined it?
Hugh Yes, frankly.
Stephen I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen.
Hugh You'd better all stop imagining that we're naked.
Stephen Yes stop. Hold it. It's all my fault. I'm sorry.
Damn.
VOX POP
Stephen A men enters a bar. It was an
iron bar. No, goes into a bar.
Walks into a bar, that's it. A
man walks into a pub, it was an
iron pub. Henry Cooper used
to do that one. Tommy. Tommy
Bar used to walk into that one.
Oh no, that can't be right.