British Comedy Guide

Exorcism Sketch

Int. Bedroom

A demonic looking girl is strapped to a bed and struggling at her bonds. A woman and a priest are stood by.

Woman: What's wrong with her, Father?

Priest: Your daughter is possessed by the devil himself.

Woman: Oh my God!

Priest. I must perform an exorcism. Immediately.

The priest takes a cross out of his bag. He holds it up and takes a deep breath.

Priest: Actually, d'you think you could put some music on? It helps me concentrate.

Woman: Anything in particular?

Priest: Have you got any Gregorian chanting?

Woman: I'll have a look downstairs.

The woman exits. The girl starts rasping.

Girl: Your mother dies! She dies in my eyes!

Priest: Very good.

The woman re-enters with a CD.

Woman: The closest thing we've got is Mungo Jerry.

Priest: It'll do.

The woman goes to a hifi and puts the CD on. 'In The Summertime' starts up. The priest holds his cross up.

Priest: Be gone foul beast! Leave this daughter of Adam! Flee back to Hades and (SINGING) In the summer time, when the weather's fine-

Woman: What are you doing?

Priest: Oops! Got a bit carried away there! I was a big MJ fan back in the day! One moment.

The priest composes himself and holds his cross back up.

Priest: Be blinded by the light of our Lord! Crawl back to your sulphurous pit and (SINGING) If her daddie's rich, take her out for a meal, if her daddie's poor, just do as you feel-

Girl: NO. MORE. MUNGGGGGOOOO!

Priest: Oh sorry!

Woman: Wait. I think it's working. Sing some more.

Priest: We love everybody but we do as we please, when the weather's fine
we go fishing, or go swimming in the sea-

The girl's struggling has reached epic levels. She explodes – covering the priest and woman in green liquid.

Priest: Can you do me a copy of this?

ENDS

Hmm... It started promisingly but it feels there is a funnier joke in there than 'Mungo jerry is proper shit', which seems to be the focus unless i'm misreading it.

The image of a priest trying to perform an exorcism to Summertime is genuinely amusing though.

It's to close to what your mocking, there's no diferentiation so it's more of a pastiche.

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