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City Gents Vox Pops

The cast:

MAN WITH ENORMOUS EARS

John Cleese

MAN WITH ENORMOUS TEETH

Terry Jones

MAN WITH ENORMOUS NOSE

Eric Idle

MADLY DRESSED MAN

Graham Chapman

FIRST CITY GENT

Michael Palin

SECOND CITY GENT

Graham Chapman

AN OLD GRAMOPHONE

John Cleese

THIRD CITY GENT

Eric Idle

WOMAN

Terry Jones

FOURTH CITY GENT

John Cleese

FIFTH CITY GENT

Terry Jones

MAN

John Cleese

The sketch:

(Cut to vox pops.)

Man With Enormous Ears: It wasn't true to life.

Man With Enormous Teeth: Yes it was.

Man With Enormous Nose: No it wasn't.

Madly Dressed Man: I thought it was totally bizarre.

First City Gent: Well I've been in the city for over forty years and I think the importance of looking after poor people cannot be understressed.

Second City Gent: Well I've been in the city for twenty years and I must admit - I'm lost.

An Old Gramophone: Well, I've been in the city all my life and I'm as alert and active as I've ever been.

Third City Gent: Well I've been in the city since I was two and I certainly' wouldn't say that I was stuck in a rut... stuck in a rut ... stuck in a rut... stuck in a rut...

Woman: Oh dear, Mr. Bulstrode's stuck again.

(She runs over and gives him a shove.)

Third City Gent: I certainly wouldn't say that I was stuck in a rut.

Fourth City Gent: Well I've been in the city for thirty years and I've never once regretted being a nasty, greedy, cold hearted, avaricious, money-grubber ... Conservative.

Fifth City Gent: Well I've been in the city for twenty-seven years and I would like to see the reintroduction of flogging. Every Thursday, round at my place.

Man: (whose head only is visible above the level of the sea) Well I've been in the sea for thirty-three years and I've never regretted it.

(Camera pulls back to reveal other city gents also with only heads and bowlers visible who say 'quite agree'. Camera pulls back further to reveal an elderly couple sitting in deckchairs.)

Man: I think it must be a naturalist outing.

Woman: I think it must be one of them crackpot religions.

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