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The Meaning of Life Script

Introduction

The sketch:

[gurgling]

FISH #1: Morning.

FISH #2: Morning.

FISH #3: Morning.

FISH #2: Morning.

FISH #1: Morning.

FISH #3: Morning.

FISH #2: Morning.

FISH #4: Morning.

FISH #1: Morning.

FISH #3: What's new?

FISH #1: Not much.

FISH #6: Morning.

FISH #5: Morning.

FISH #4: Hello.

FISH #2: Morning.

FISH #1: Morning.

FISH #3: Morning.

FISH #5: Morning.

FISH #3: Morning.

FISH #4: Morning.

FISH #2: Morning.

FISH #1: Frank was just asking 'what's new?'.

FISH #6: Was he?

FISH #1: Yeah,... mhmm.

FISH #3: Hey, look. Howard's being eaten.

FISH #2: Is he? Makes you think, doesn't it?

FISH #6: Mmm.

FISH #3: I mean, what's it all about?

FISH #6: Beats me.

Cartoon
[music]

SINGER: [singing]

Why are we here? What's life all about?
Is God really real, or is there some doubt?
Well, tonight, we're going to sort it all out,
For, tonight, it's 'The Meaning of Life'.

What's the point of all this hoax?
Is it the chicken and the egg time? Are we just yolks?
Or, perhaps, we're just one of God's little jokes.
Well, ça c'est le 'Meaning of Life'.

Is life just a game where we make up the rules
While we're searching for something to say,
Or are we just simply spiralling coils
Of self-replicating DNA. Nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay.

In this 'life', what is our fate?
Is there Heaven and Hell? Do we reincarnate?
Is mankind evolving, or is it too late?
Well, tonight, here's 'The Meaning of Life'.

For millions, this 'life' is a sad vale of tears,
Sitting 'round with rien nothing to say
While the scientists say we're just simply spiralling coils
Of self-replicating DNA. Nay, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay.

So, just why-- why are we here,
And just what-- what-- what-- what do we fear?
Well, ce soir, for a change, it will all be made clear,
For this is 'The Meaning of Life'. C'est le sens de la vie.
This is 'The Meaning of Life'.

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