Hunting Film
(A large country mansion. A
number of sporting gentlemen dressed in hunting tweeds and carrying shotguns
come out, casually firing the guns at random. They climb into a land-rover and
drive off. Cut to hunting country. A line of beaters moves towards the camera;
as they do so several young couples leap up out of the undergrowth and run
away. Shots of hunters stalking their prey and shooting. One of them breaks his
gun into two pieces. Another fires into the air. An egg lands on his head. Cut
to two duellists (with pistols) and a referee standing between them. They fire;
the referee falls dead. A hunting gentleman fires into the air, falls over
backwards; a young couple get up from close behind him and run away. Another
hunting gentleman is arguing defensively with a pilot who has just landed by
parachute. A hunter fires into some bushes; a native american pops up and runs
away in alarm. They all return to the house, legs and arms variously in plaster
or bandaged. Two of them carry a pole between them from which is slung a very
small bird. The picture of the outside of the house freezes and we pull back to
reveal that it is a photo on a stand, by which stands the knight in armorr,
expectantly flexing his raw chicken. The floor manager comes up to him.)
Floor Manager: I'm sorry, we
don't need you this week.
(Knight looks dejected,
droops and slinks off, still holding chicken. He walks past a hen house from
wherein we hear a voice.)
Voice: And now for something completely different.