British Comedy Guide

Astronaut sketch

Ext. Lunar landscape, Earth showing half full in sky.

Grams: Also Sprach Zarathustra

An astronaut bounces slowly into shot, bounding across the surface of the moon.

Cut to a different shot of the astronaut, still bouncing in the low gravity, looking up as he approaches a large dark rectanglular monolith standing on the moon.

Astronaut trips. Grams ends with sound of stylus scratching across record.

ASTRONAUT: (distorted by talking through spacesuit radio) Shit!

As he stumbles, he bumps into the monolith which slowly topples.

Pull back to show toppling monolith bumping against another monolith just behind it, which also begins to topple, knocking over a third monolith just behind that. Camera continues to pull back to show a row of monoliths stacked like dominos, all about to be toppled.

That truly is bizzare, but I liked it. Nice to see a quick visual skit, with a touch of intellectual rigour.

Quote: Griff @ May 14 2008, 4:45 PM BST

Yeah I liked it. Not going to be cheap to film though is it ;-)

I was thinking of doing it with Lego :)

I want to see a follow-up with Clangers

I want to see it filmed on the moon.

The CHinese are going there again in a few years, it'll give 'em something to do.

I actually chuckled at this one, I like it.

'Daisy, Daisy give me your answer do.'
Good one. :D

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