British Comedy Guide

How satire works 2

POPE BENEDICT IS SITTING IN AN OFFICE, TIM AND JEN SIT OPPOSITE HIM ACROSS A TABLE, BEHIND THEM IN THE WALL IS A CAVE ENTRANCE.

POPE

So he decides what every world leader's nickname will be?

TIM

Yup his predecessor called Henry VIII a stain of fat and blood on the pages of English History.

JEN

And he called Richard III an infanticidist, would you like a cup of coffee?

POPE

No if it's all the same, what do you think he will call me?

TIM

Shame we have one of those fancy Klix machines, I think it's got a computer and freeze dried sachets you put in yourself.

JEN

And it's got 2 flavors of soup, capuccino, and hot chocolate with Mars or Malteser flavoring.

THERE IS A CLANG

TIM

He comes,

JEN

All hail the satirist.

OUT OF THE CAVE COMES A SQUAT HAIRY BLOKE SMOKING A FAG, HE'S WEARING RED DWARF PANTS AND A TSHIRT, HE HAS A CHIPPED RED DWARF MUG.

HE LOOKS THE POPE UP AND DOWN ONCE.

BLOKE

Wife beater.

HE GOES BACK IN HIS CAVE.

POPE

But that's ridiculos I'm celibate, I've never had sex, let alone been married. You can't do this to me I'm the Pope.

TIM

Never had sex, he must have a limp wicket. That would make any man violent.

JEN

And no ones ever seen his wife, poor girl must have a permanent black eye.

POPE

This is appaling I'm the spiritual head of over a billion Catholics, I don't have to put up with this.

HE STORMS OUT.

TIM

7,6,5,4,3,2,1

He's outside the school now.

OOV KIDS SING "Smack by Bitch Up," By the Prodigy.

JEN

So you know with Klix it's all just monosodium glutamate with hot water.

Quite good, quite long, some nice lines though.

Agree with Nigel. This version is better than the first in my book; a good idea, well effected, and typically transgressive.

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