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Monty Python ScriptsStonehenge / Mr. Attila the HunThe cast:
The sketch:(Cut to police dancing round Stonehenge a burglar is bound to a stone altar. Mix to picture of same thing in newspaper which is bring read by a chief constable in his office.) Chief Constable: Now this is the kind of thing that gives the police a bad name, sergeant. Pull out further to reveal police sergeant in long shimmering slim-fitting ladies evening gown, diamante handbag and helmet. Sergeant: I know, sir. (Intercom buzzer goes on desk.) Chief Constable: (depressing knob) Yes, Beryl? Beryl: (male voice) Attila the Hun to see you, sir. Chief Constable: Who? Beryl: Attila the Hun, sir. Chief Constable: Oh botherkins! Er, constable, go and see to him will you? Sergeant: What! In this dress? Chief Constable: Oh all fight, I'll go. Sergeant: Oh, I have got a little green pinny I could wear... Chief Constable: No, no, no, I'll go. You stay here. Sergeant: Oh goody! I can get on with the ironing. (The chief constable walks through the door into the reception area of the police station. There is a policeman behind the counter and a little insignificant man is standing waiting.) Chief Constable: (to policeman) Right where is he? Beryl: Over there, sir. Chief Constable: Right, er, all fight sergeant leave this to me. Er, now then sir, you are Attila the Hun. Attila the Hun: That's right, yes. A. T. Hun. My parents were Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hun, but they had a little joke when I was born. Chief Constable: Yes well, Mr. Hun ... Attila: Oh! Call me 'The', for heaven's sake! Chief Constable: Oh well, The... what do you want to see us about? Attila: I've come to give myself up. Chief Constable: What for? Attila: Looting, pillaging and sacking a major city. Chief Constable: I beg your pardon? Attila: Looting, pillaging, sacking a major city, and I'd like nine thousand other charges to be taken into consideration, please. Chief Constable: I say, excuse me, Mr. Hun. (he takes his hat off, removes his moustache, puts it in the hat and puts the hat back on) Have you any objection to taking a breath test? Attila: Oh, no. No, no, no, no. Chief Constable: Right, er, sergeant will you bring the Hunalyser, please? (The constable produces a breathalyzer.) Beryl: Here we are, sir. (Hands it to the chief constable.) Chief Constable: Er, how's it work? Beryl: Well he breathes into it, sir, and the white crystals turn lime green. Then he is Attila the Hun, sir. Chief Constable: I see. Right. Would you mind breathing into this Mr Hun? Attila: Right. (blows into bag) Chief Constable: What if nothing happens, sergeant? Beryl: He's Alexander the Great! Chief Constable: Ha, ha! Caught you, Mr A. T. Great! Attila: (who is now Alexander the Great) Oh curses! Curses! I thought I was safe, disguised as Attila the Hun. Chief Constable: Oh perhaps so, but you made one fatal mistake... you see, this wasn't a Hunalyser... it was an Alexander the Greatalyser Take him away, Beryl! (Cut to letter) First Voice Over: Dear Sir, I object very strongly to that last scene, and to the next letter. (Cut to second letter.) Second Voice Over: Dear Sir, I object to being objected to by the last letter, before my drift has become apparent. I spent many years in India during the last war and am now a part-time notice board in a prominent public school. Yours etc., Brigadier Zoe La Rue (deceased). PS Aghhh! (Cut to third letter.) Third Voice Over: Dear Sir, When I was at. school, I was beaten regularly every thirty minutes, and it never did me any harm -except for psychological maladjusunent and blurred vision. Yours truly, Flight Lieutenant Ken Frankenstein (Mrs).
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Monty Python Scripts
