City Gents Vox Pops
(Cut to vox pops.)
Man With Enormous Ears
(John): It wasn't true to life.
Man With Enormous Teeth
(Terry J): Yes it was.
Man With Enormous Nose
(Eric): No it wasn't.
Madly Dressed Man (Graham):
I thought it was totally bizarre.
First City Gent (Michael):
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 (Graham):
Well I've been in the city for twenty years and I must admit - I'm lost.
An Old Gramophone with John’s
Voice: 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 (Eric): 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 (Terry Jones): 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 (John):
Well l'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 (Terry
Jones): 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 (John’s voice): (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 (Eric): I think it must
be a naturalist outing.
Woman (Carol Cleveland): I
think it must be one of them crackpot religions.