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Sgt. Bagheera and the Hippies
By Bagheera
20 March 2006
Am I supposed to post this two different places??Embarassed

Warning: in "Preview" this looks as if the formatting is all over the place .....

Feelin’ Groovy
 

It is early morning in the Village
[SFX: mist trails. Music in bgd “Morning” from “Peer Gynt Suite”]
Sgt. Bagheera walks along country land heading away from Village, swinging his favourite truncheon rhythmically and whistling out-of-tune.

He approaches a tent in a field at the side of the road.

 

BAG:               ’Allo, ’allo, ’allo!

 

Voice               You don’t need to wake us up one at a time!

 

BAG:               What’s that?

 

Voice               It’s not important: give us a moment, officer .....

                                    a few seconds elapse, then three scruffy figures appear, yawning
 

BAG:               I just thought I’d look by and, erm .... make sure you had a good night’s                                    sleep?

 

V 1                  And no doubt find out our names and where we’re from, I suppose.

 

BAG                Well, since you mention it .... we like to know who’s in our village ...

 

V1                   Get it over and done with, Officer: you’re not the first copper to ask                              someone going to a folk concert annoying, intrusive invasion-of-privacy                                questions!

 

BAG:               I didn’t mean ........... !

 

V1                   No, I’m sure you didn’t. Okay, My name’s Noddy: Noddy Holder

 

BAG                You’re a bit younger than I remember .....

 

NODDY          Not the original, man! But me mam was a Slade fan, y’see !!

                                    second & third campers shuffle forward.
                        One is carrying a cricket bat, the other a cricket ball
 

BAG                Okay, I understand that .....
 

NODDY          The batsman’s Holding: the bowler’s Willie
SFX: “boom-boom” clash of cymbals & drums
 

NODDY          We’ve just warmed up some nice soup for our breakfast: would you care                                  to join us?
offers Bagheera a steaming mug
 

BAG                Thanks ..... mmmm! Just what’s needed to take the chill off the morning.
 

HOLDING      “Chill”? Did he just say “chill”?
 

WILLIE           Rock on, man! Could be he’s a groover!
 

Bagheera begins to stagger. As yet he is unaware of the effect the soup is having on him.
We (the audience) realise that the “home-made soup” has been made with freshly plucked ‘magic’ mushrooms
 

BAG                M’gooood frien’s! slings his arms around shoulders of H,W
                             .....  m’ ver’ goo-ood frien’s ..........  gissa song, then ...
                        How’s it go ..... off key ... “I am sailing .... I am saiiii ........”
drops mug, starts slow ‘helicopter-style’ spinning.
After a few turns, falls flat on face.
            Loud snores start
 

WILLIE           Gawdelpus, Noddy! That musta been one o’ your best soups yet!
 

HOLDING      D’yer think we should go into the Village and look for the local GP?
                        He’s a bit of a funny colour, innee?
 

NODDY          Nah, I reckon all coppers get that way when they work out here in the                           sticks: it’s sediment, or silage, or something in the air, I think! Still, it’s
                        probably a good idea to get the quack out, make sure he hasn’t overdone                                  it, I suppose ... wanna toss for it?
H, W give N disgusted looks
 

NODDY          (angrily) With a coin, y’know? Heads or Tails? Oh, forget it! I’ll go                              myself (storms off)
 

WILLIE           Gives me an idea for a new song, don’cha know?
                                    picks up guitar, starts strumming.
H starts tapping out a rhythm on face of bat.
In the corner we see a large spider starting to spin a web across Bagheera’s chin and cheeks. Soon it grows to resemble an Eastern European caricature of a beard
 

H, W exeunt SL.
SFX: music from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
NODDY returns from Village with Dr. Harold
Dr. Harold is well-oiled, and threatening to use his stethoscope
as a Weapon of Mass Destruction, if given the chance
 

Dr. H               Issat the p... (hic) ... atient?
 

NODDY          Uh .... yeah ... but he didn’t look like that when I left ........
 

Dr. H.              Woddya m’n??
                        (sprays a dose of something into mouth from hypodermic needle)
 

NODDY          Wee – eeell: to start with, he was clean shaven!
 

Dr. H.              Hmmmm! Looks like a very rare case of galloping growbagitaliosis
          roots in doctor bag, tossing out a variety of plumbing tools etc.
Eventually selects a rusty-looking hobby knife
 

NODDY          What’ja gonna do with that?
 

Dr. H.              (sings)Mamamama we’re all cra-zeeeeeeee now-ah!
 

NODDY          No, you can’t do that ....... !
struggles back & forth across stage with Doctor
 

Bagheera is woken by the noise. He sees his reflection in a mirror dropped from Doctor’s bag and is terrified. He gets up and runs off, pursued by NODDY and Dr. H.
 

 

 

 

 

           
 

Reviews

Written by Bottleblondesurfer (3590 comments posted) 20th March 2006
Good lord! a post on the comedy board that isn't about child abuse,serial killing or illegal sexual practices. Just innocent stuff about hippies poisoning policemen with psycotropic drugs, now that I can relate to. I know it's your private sit-com thing but it stood out well on its own.As well as some good jokes you managed to fit in some visual images that made me smile. And I havent done that since my husbnd broke his Coldplay CD!
Thumbs Up
Written by givitsum (651 comments posted) 20th March 2006
Well done Sir, as usual, though it's more at home here than the Village, which has died a death.  
 
Sgt Bagheera is achieving similar iconic status to Tanya of late. I had a brilliant idea last night for a story when I was laid in bed pissed. But I can't remember it.
come on!
Written by brook_rivers (486 comments posted) 20th March 2006
there has been two new posts today for the village lets give it a kick and revive it from the coma! :grin
contimuing .........
Written by Bagheera (685 comments posted) 20th March 2006
........ in a scene which is being written now  
"Now, even now, an old black ram is tuppimg your white ewe ........" [W. Shakespeare, "Othello"] ............ 
Sgt. Bagheera will meet (in his current hirsute state) some semi-naked "traditional hippies". 
They have just indulged themselves in a surfeit of hallucinogenic funghi and are convinced that he is a "transcendental being" come to instruct them in "The Way"
The Truth....
Written by gerardconnolly (1186 comments posted) 21st March 2006
I like Bags. 
 
He's one of life's Nice Guys. I know when he says he supports Everton he's just jossin'! An' he's just wantin' t' distance hiself f' th' Orange Bastards! But I know he's just being kind to poor people and he's really one of God's Elect. Old Trafford! Every other Saturday. With the People of God.... GLORY GLORY MAN UNITED.... THE CLUB O' TH' CELTS.... 
 
Slainte!
hmmmmmmmm
Written by brook_rivers (486 comments posted) 21st March 2006
'semi-naked "traditional hippies". ......are convinced that he is a "transcendental being" come to instruct them in "The Way" 
 
have you by any chance been to see We Will Rock You in London? This idea sounds suspiciously like a scene near to the end of this muscial! The lead hippy who of course is played by none other than Nigel planner (neil) from the young ones!!! 
 
Mind you iv been to see We Will Rock You 7 times now (I seriously recommend it, its a great night out!) & this is one of my fav scenes, so bringing a little bit of that to the Village is a great idea!! :grin
A fun read
Written by BrianRobertNeal (1195 comments posted) 22nd April 2006
I keep hearing, 
 
"Botham's at third slip, head down, legs apart, waiting for a tickle" 
 
Was it John Arlott? 
 
By the way thanks for your reviews. 
 
Brian.
Or possibly Aggers .....
Written by Bagheera (685 comments posted) 22nd April 2006
Try again!
Written by Bagheera (685 comments posted) 22nd April 2006
:upset Hit wrong button!!! :upset  
 
.......... as already quoted (see: "Last Man Out" in Scripts) 
 
for another wonderful Aggers-ism!! 
 
"The batsman's Holding: the bowler's Willie" 
 
:grin Think about it!! :grin

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