Mr. Peanut
German #1: Gary
German B: Gard
Mr. Peanut: Tim
Announcer: Scott
Admiring Woman #1: Laurel
Jane: Sarah or Sus [can't tell from the tape!]
(Two people are having a vehement argument in German about which of them is more flammable. This goes on for as long as necessary, something along the lines of:)
GERMAN #1: Nein, nein, Hans, you are such an idiot. Why do you think you are more flammable than I?
GERMAN B: We will see who is the idiot, Friedrich. It is much easier for me to burn indefinitely than you.
GERMAN #1: It is not the length of the burning, Hans; it’s how easy it is to get started.
GERMAN B: You are a deluded fool.
GERMAN #1: And you are a pigdog. I will prove to you that I am more flammable than you. On the count of drei, light yourself with that match, and I will light myself with this one.
GERMAN B: Ein...
GERMAN # 1: Zwei...
( . . . it is more or less at this point that they are interrupted by our hero)
Mr PEANUT: Behold, German-speaking persons! For it is I, Mr. Peanut!
GERMAN #1: Wer?
Mr PEANUT: What?
GERMAN B: (in English) Who?
Mr PEANUT: Mr. Peanut! I am here to fight evil in whatever form it may lurk.
GERMAN B: Zere vas some evil lurking over zere.
Mr P: Thank you, citizens! Dut da dut da! (a sort of fanfare)
GERMAN #1: “Ach, wie anders, wie schön / Lebt der Himmel, lebt die Erde.”
GERMAN B: What?
GERMAN #1: (no accent) Oh, never mind.
GERMAN B: I’m still more flammable than you are.
ANNOUNCER: Meanwhile, in Brisbane...wait. (clears throat) Moments later, at the Hall of Justice...er, back at the ranch...I mean, later that same day in a garden near Horatio’s house...
Mr P: (interrupting him) Behold, evildoer! For it is I, Mr. Peanut!
ANNOUNCER: No, I’m the announcer. The evildoer is lurking behind the next bush.
Mr P: Then why are you lurking here?
ANNOUNCER: I’m supporting the International Disused Verbs Society. No one ever says “lurk” in a positive way anymore. No one ever says, “Honey, I’m going out lurking with the boys, be back at ten, mwa.” So I am doing my part.
Mr P: (skeptically) Uh huh.
ANNOUNCER: Later on I’m going to abide in a field for a bit. Then I might go menacing. The evening is yet young. But who are you?
Mr P: Ah ha! If you were really the announcer, you’d know that, wouldn’t you?
ANNOUNCER: Curses. No one can get by you, Mr. Peanut.
ADMIRING WOMAN #1: Oh, look, Jane! Mr Peanut has caught another announcer!
JANE: He’s so very.
BOTH WOMEN: Sigh.
Mr P: When I was a teenager, my parents were delayed in line at the supermarket by a tax evader. From that moment, I swore I’d devote my free evenings to fighting evil. I said to myself, “Self, criminals are a cowardly, superstitious lot. I must adopt a form that will strike fear into their hearts. So I became...a peanut! So fear not, ladies. The city is safe...nay, it is more than safe in my capable, yet unsalted hands.
BOTH WOMEN: Swoon.
ANNOUNCER: Tune in next time for more adventures of that leguminous lawgiver, Mr Peanut!
Mr P: Shut up, you! You’re under arrest.
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