British Comedy Guide

Ham-Man

PRESENTER:
Oh hello, hello there. With me I have Vincent Bell and he's the star of the new summer blockbuster 'Ham-Man'.

He saves people from protein deficiency by supplying them with ham.

By day he's mild mannered...fella but by night he turns into something else entirely. Tell us Vincent your unique way of getting into character.

VINCENT:
Well this is how I do it. I will often sit in a quiet corner at home not unlike this one. I'd get the studio audience to be silent. I close my eyes and affirm what I want to happen, so I would say:

"I play a man in this movie, I will be a believable man. I will provide ham to all with protein deficiencies or at least provide the pig from which they can wean the ham to get their required protein.

Innocent people stricken with vegetarianism will not go unheard. I vow to secretly sneak some ham into their diet. I am purveyor of protein, master of meat, handler of ham, prince of pigs.

GETTING ANIMATED

Where farmers fail, where butchers buckle only one man can come to the rescue and that man is I, Ham-Man"!!

PRESENTER:
That's quite a rant, how do you remember all that?

VINCENT:
Well you see that is why I close my eyes. All the words are written inside my eyelids.

PRESENTER:
(A little taken aback) Hmm ok am.. So how..am is that your superpower?

VINCENT:
No. That's my very own real power.

PRESENTER:
What superpowers does Ham-Man have?

VINCENT:
Well he has the ability to run as fast as a speeding pig, he can leap a sty in a single bound and has a heightened sense of vegetarianism.

It's quite unique and gives the superhero franchise a whole new direction.

PRESENTER:
And who are you by day?

VINCENT:
By day I'm John-Man, a man named John. I have the ability to
make my own breakfast, read a newspaper and hop on a bus in a single
bound.

PRESENTER:
So John by day, Ham by night. Fantastic! So just before we
go, I know you have a very special message for all the little Ham-Man fans
out there...

VINCENT: (NONCHALANTLY) No.. no message...

END.

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