British Comedy Guide

Hawking in heaven

INT. HEAVEN. PEARLY GATES.

STEPHEN HAWKING IS AT THE PEARLY GATES WHEN SAINT PETER APPEARS.

PETER:
Open that ruddy gate, I say, open that ruddy gate. Oh, you're a quadriplegic, I'll let you in then. Name?

HAWKING:
H a w k I n g.

PETER:
Are you a robot? We don't like your sort in here.

HAWKING:
N e g a t I v e. I t's S t e p h e n.

PETER:
Stephen Hawking, yes. You're that clever clogs aren't you? You'll be in good company lad. Norris McWhirter is here, he runs the quiz every Thursday.

HAWKING:
(FX COMPUTER SOUND)

PETER:
What's that? You're not much of a conversationalist Hawking. I suppose I needn't complain, most folk never shut up. The lies I hear from them just to get into this place. Ok, lets go down the list.

HAWKING:
W h a t l I s t?

PETER:
To see if you've been a good boy, though at first glance Hawking, you'd have hardly been up to much extra-curricular hanky panky or any form of hanky panky.

HAWKING:
T h r e e k I d s.

PETER:
Not your own surely? Mind you, the way science is going, they'll be able to grow a human from a potato soon. Ok Steve, did you worship god?

HAWKING:
T h e r e I s n o g o d.

FX WHEEEE SOUND AS TRAP DOOR IS OPENED AND HAWKING AND WHEELCHAIR DISAPPEAR.

PETER:
Smart arse!

Norris McWhirter in Heaven! Shurely shome mistake.

It's a great idea and characters are well developed but the punch is way to simplistic.

It's basically just mocking a guy in a wheelchair who talks with a computer. You've done better Nigel.

Quote: Kevin Murphy @ December 28 2009, 11:34 AM GMT

It's basically just mocking a guy in a wheelchair who talks with a computer. You've done better Nigel.

Fair point. Perhaps I should have called it 'Shitehawking in heaven.' Thanks for feedback guys.

Stephen Hawking is basically a nudist Dalek.

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