Life of Brian Script
Scene 23: The People's Front Engage in Frantic Discourse
The sketch:
REG: Right. Now, uh, item four: attainment of world supremacy
within the next five years. Uh, Francis, you've been doing some work on
this.
FRANCIS: Yeah. Thank you, Reg. Well, quite frankly, siblings,
I think five years is optimistic, unless we can smash the Roman empire
within the next twelve months.
REG: Twelve months?
FRANCIS: Yeah, twelve months. And, let's face it. As empires
go, this is the big one, so we've got to get up off our arses and stop
just talking about it!
COMMANDOS: Hear! Hear!
LORETTA: I agree. It's action that counts, not words, and we
need action now.
COMMANDOS: Hear! Hear!
REG: You're right. We could sit around here all day talking,
passing resolutions, making clever speeches. It's not going to shift one
Roman soldier!
FRANCIS: So, let's just stop gabbing on about it. It's
completely pointless and it's getting us nowhere!
COMMANDOS: Right!
LORETTA: I agree. This is a complete waste of time.
bam
JUDITH: They've arrested Brian!
REG: What?
COMMANDOS: What?
JUDITH: They've dragged him off! They're going to crucify him!
REG: Right! This calls for immediate discussion!
COMMANDO #1: Yeah.
JUDITH: What?!
COMMANDO #2: Immediate.
COMMANDO #1: Right.
LORETTA: New motion?
REG: Completely new motion, eh, that, ah-- that there be, ah,
immediate action--
FRANCIS: Ah, once the vote has been taken.
REG: Well, obviously once the vote's been taken. You can't act
another resolution till you've voted on it...
JUDITH: Reg, for God's sake, let's go now!
REG: Yeah. Yeah.
JUDITH: Please!
REG: Right. Right.
FRANCIS: Fine.
REG: In the-- in the light of fresh information from, ahh,
sibling Judith--
LORETTA: Ah, not so fast, Reg.
JUDITH: Reg, for God's sake, it's perfectly simple. All you've
got to do is to go out of that door now, and try to stop the Romans'
nailing him up! It's happening, Reg! Something's actually happening,
Reg! Can't you understand?! Ohhh!
slam
REG: Hm. Hm.
FRANCIS: Oh, dear.
REG: Hello. Another little ego trip for the feminists.
LORETTA: What?
FRANCIS: whistling
REG: Oh, sorry, Loretta. Ahh, oh, read that back, would you?
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