Monty Python ScriptsQueen Victoria HandicapThe cast:
The sketch:A view of the starting stalls, shot so we cannot see inside. CAPTION: 3.15 Queen Victoria Handicap Voice Over: Well they're under starter's orders for this very valuable Queen Victoria Handicap. And they're off, (the starting stall doors fly open; out come eight identically dressed Queen Victorias who go bustling off up the field) and Queen Victoria got a clean jump off, followed by Queen Victoria, Queen Victoria and Queen Victoria. It's Queen Victoria from Queen Victoria and Queen Victoria. It's Queen Victoria making the early running on the inside. And at the back Queen Victoria already a couple of lengths behind the leaders. Queen Victoria has now moved up to challenge Queen Victoria with Queen Victoria losing ground. Queen Victoria tucked in neatly on the stand side with a clear view. Queen Victoria still the back marker as they approach the halfway mark, but making ground now, suddenly past Queen Victoria with Queen Victoria, Queen Victoria and Queen Victoria still well placed as they approach the first fence. (a low angle shot as the Queen Victorias appear over the fence and thunder towards the camera) And at the first fence it's Queen Victoria just ahead of Queen Victoria and Queen Victoria falling away in third place. And Queen Victoria in the lead as they ... Cut back to the presenter in the studio; he is completely dressed as Queen Victoria, apart from his face. Presenter: Well a very exciting race there at Epsom. And now over to the European Cup at Barcelona where the latest news is that Miguel Otana, the burly Real Madrid striker, was sent off for breaking wind in the forty-third minute. He'd already been cautioned for pursing his lips earlier on in the game and now he's off! So let's see a playback of that ... Brian. Cut to Brian, dressed the same way. Brian: Yes ... er ... well as you can see ... there's Otana now (brief stock shot of football match) ... he gets the ... er ... through ball from Gomez (cut back to Brian) and er ... he makes no attempt to play the ball. He quite deliberately lets off! And to my mind he was within the box and the referee had no option whatsoever but to send him off. Cut to the presenter. Presenter: Jimmy? We cut to the real Jimmy Hill dressed as Queen Victoria, veil, crown and all. Jimmy Hill: Good evening. Presenter: What do you make of that? Jimmy Hill: Well the referees really are clamping down these days. Only last week the Belgian captain was sent off for having a Sony radio cassette player. And Gonerelli, the huge Italian defender, was sent off in Turin for having his sitting and dining room knocked through to form an open living area. Cut to the presenter. Presenter: Hamlet? Cut to Hamlet. Hamlet: Good evening. Cut quickly back to the presenter. Presenter: Well you've got the girl on the bed and her legs up on the mantelpiece ... The nurse enters. Nurse: Out, out, come on, come on, out ... (she hustles the presenter out of studio) Animated sketch. CAPTION: Act Five - A Ham In The Castle Mix to the theatre set we saw before. All the cast are dressed as Queen Victorias, except for Hamlet and Ophelia. First Queen Victoria: Let four captains bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage. For he was likely had he been put on to have proved most royally ... CAPTION: The End They come on and take bows. Superimposed Python credits in Shakespearean style and graphics. CAPTION: Monty Python Fade out. Fade up on a moor. An explosion has just take place. Out of the smoke a ragged man walks towards the camera. Man: And then...
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