Announcer: And now the moment you've all been
waiting for.
Heckler: The end of the show!
Announcer: Come back with us now to merrie England
in the middle ages, it
is early in the 14th Century.
Heckler: About half past seven in the morning.
Announcer: Look, do I have to go through this every
week. I'm sorry but somebody
else can do the serious bits, I'm getting fed up with it.
Heckler: Ah come on you're ever so good.
Announcer: You're just saying that.
Heckler: No honestly I think you're fabulous, say
some more, go on, say
some more.
Announcer: (coyly) No.
Heckler: Aw go on, I'll give you a kiss.
Announcer: (coyly) No.
Heckler: Go on.
Announcer: Alright, let us return to the depths of
Sherwood forest to meet
the greatest outlaw of them all.
Heckler: Yes lets.
MUSIC: Fanfare.
Announcer: (sings) In days of old when men were
bold, And spent their time
in doing good, There lived in Sherwood forest, A man called Robin Hood.
Heckler: (tearfully) I didn't know you could
sing.
Announcer: Over now to the outlaws hideout.
Maid Marian: Robin, Robin where are you? Robin.
Friar Tuck: Why Maid Marian, what are you doing
here?
Maid Marian: Oh! Friar Tuck, you caught me
unawares.
Friar Tuck: I never touched them madam, but this is
no place for a young lady,
let alone an old bag like you.
Maid Marian: Friar Tuck, I'm looking for Robin, do
you know where he is?
Friar Tuck: I think he's under the greenwood
tree.
Maid Marian: Oh good, I'll go and find him.
Friar Tuck: I should wait till he comes out.
Robin Hood: (sings) Heigh Ho for the Lincoln
Green......
Friar Tuck: Ah that's Robin now, yes here he
comes.
Robin Hood: Why if it isn't Maid Marian, come here
you lovely creature.
FX: Kiss.
Friar Tuck: Stop it Robin, she'll get jealous.
That's Maid Marian over there.
Robin Hood: Ah me, so it is. Let us sit down on this
mossy bank, I'm exhausted.
Maid Marian: Why so.
Robin Hood: I've been hunting bear all afternoon,
and I'm frozen.
Maid Marian: Robin, I've heard that there's to be an
archery competition at Nottingham
and a prize of 500 golden crowns for the winner.
Friar Tuck: Well we all know who's the best archer
around here don't we.
Alan a'Gabriel: (As Walter Gabriel from the archers)
Hello there Robin me old pal,
me old beauty.
Robin Hood: Alan a'Gabriel.
Alan a'Gabriel: Here, here, here, here, what's all
this I've a heard about an archery
competition.
Maid Marian: Tis true, there is an archery
competition and Robin is going to
win it.
Alan a'Gabriel: Ooooooh.
Robin Hood: The trouble is I'm wanted by the
Sheriff, cheeky thing. I shall
have to go in disguise otherwise I shall be thrown into prison.
Alan a'Gabriel: Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
Robin Hood: Alan a'Gabriel run along now, run along?
We have work to do.
Alan a'Gabriel: Alright Robin, I know when I ain't a
wanted, it ain't fair that
it ain't treating an old man like me, they ain't got no respect for my
grey hair oh, ooh, ooooh.
FX: Thud as Alan a'Gabriel falls over.
Robin Hood: Poor old soul we only keep him on out of
cruelty.
Maid Marian: Robin, do you think you can win this
archery competition?
Robin Hood: But of course my dear, but I shall need
a new bow.
Maid Marian: Why?
Robin Hood: Because my hairs such a mess.
FX: TWANG.
Maid Marian: What was that?
Robin Hood: I think I've bust my corset.
Friar Tuck: No no no look, its a message with an
arrow attached.
Robin Hood: What does it say?
Friar Tuck: Made in Japan.
Robin Hood: No no no the message.
Friar Tuck: It says "Here comes Will
Scarlet".
Will Scarlet: Robin, Robin.
Robin Hood: Odd socks it's Will Scarlet.
Will Scarlet: Robin there's a stranger in the
woods.
Robin Hood: What's he doing.
Will Scarlet: He's hunting deer.
Robin Hood: Is he really duckie, did you recognise
him?
Will Scarlet: Yes - it looked like Sir Angus of the
Prune.
Robin Hood: Sir Angus of the Prune, this is our
chance, we shall ambush him,
take his clothes, then I shall go to Nottingham disguised as Sir Angus
of the Prune and win the archery competition.
Maid Marian: But you don't look a bit like Sir
Angus.
Robin Hood: That's alright, he doesn't look like me.
Now then lets gather the
outlaws. (calls) Little John, Little John, Little John.
Little John: (very high pitched) Yes Robin?
Robin Hood: Ah there you are, we're going to ambush
Sir Angus of the Prune.
Little John: Goody goody gumdrops, I'll go and get
my quarter staff.
Robin Hood: Why haven't you got a whole one?
Little John: Well we're rather short staffed.
Robin Hood: That is no excuse, its not even a joke !
Oh well I'd better fetch
my arrows and quiver, on second thoughts I'll quiver first. Brrrr. Right
come Lads.
Announcer: (sings) So Robin and his merry men, Did
hasten through the greenwood,
And there they did prepare to trap, Sir Angus of the Prune.
Robin Hood: Well Friar Tuck is everything ready for
Sir Angus?
Friar Tuck: Yes it is Robin, we've rolled Little
John across the road to block
his path and Will Scarlet is hiding in the bushes.
Robin Hood: Don't tell me he's torn his trousers
again.
Friar Tuck: No Robin. We're all going to lie
concealed and then when Sir Angus
comes along we'll surprise him.
Robin Hood: How?
Friar Tuck: We'll all jump out wearing false noses
and sing happy days are here
again.
Robin Hood: Good work Tuck, Tuck good work and here
comes Sir Angus now.
Sir Angus: (sings) In Nottingham there lives a maid,
Sing fol de rol de ri do,
And she was mistress of her art, Wilikins walikins rhubarb tart.
Robin Hood: Hold hard there Sir Angus, get off that
horse.
Sir Angus: I'm not riding a horse.
Robin Hood: Oh I'm so sorry.
Sir Angus: It's a Water Buffalo.
Robin Hood: But why are you riding a Water
Buffalo?.
Sir Angus: It's quicker than walking
Robin Hood: Be that as it may, you're coming along
with us, tonight you shall
be our guest of honour at a banquet under the greenwood tree, you'll enjoy
it, we're having Water Buffalo.
Sir Angus: But aren't you going to rob me?
Robin Hood: Wait till you get the bill. But we want
more than your money, we
want your clothes.
Sir Angus: My clothes, but what will I wear?
Robin Hood: Don't worry, I'll lend you a suit of
homespun Lincoln green, which
we make ourselves.
Sir Angus: How do you make Lincoln green?
Robin Hood: Give him a dose of castor oil.
Sir Angus: You unprincipled rogue, the Sheriff of
Nottingham shall hear of
this. He listens every week. He and I are very close. In fact he's probably
even closer than I am.
Robin Hood: Yes the Sheriff is a greedy old miser.
Think of all the tax he gets
from the peasants.
Sir Angus: Well he needs something to keep his
carpets down. Anyway he's not
all that unfair to the peasants. He only takes fifty percent of their corn.
Robin Hood: So that's where he gets his
material.
Announcer: (sings) And so next morning Robin Hood,
Disguised as Angus of the
Prune, Together with Maid Marian, Set out for Notting-Hume.
Grimbling Sheriff, Sheriff it's me Grimbling your
faithful bailiff. Oh Sheriff
I bring you grave news sir grave news. I have ridden day and night for
the last half hour to bring you this news. Robin Hood is arrived in Nottingham
disguised as Sir Angus of the Prune for the archery contest.
Sheriff: Robin Hood here in Nottingham, you have
done well Grimbling. Here
take this tennis racket for your services.
Grimbling: Thank you very much sir.
Sheriff: Robin Hood at last within my clutches.
Grimbling: have him brought
to me dead or alive, and preferably both.
Grimbling: But sir he is to wiley.
Sheriff: He may have been to clever in the past but
this time Grimbling:,
you mark my words.
Grimbling: Ten out of ten Sir.
Sheriff: Thank you, but this Grimbling: time he will
not grasp so easily through
my slip. This time Grimbling: I have a plan.
Grimbling: A plan?
Sheriff: Yes a plan ! I shall set a trap for Master
Hood and he will walk
innocently and unsuspecting into it. Then when he's in my trap do you know
what I shall do?
Grimbling: Shut your trap.
Sheriff: Careful Grimbling:.
Announcer: (sings) And so they came from far and
wide, To Nottingham that afternoon,
To find out which among them was, The best shot with a Bow and Arrow, Egg and
Spoon.
Sheriff: Ah well Grimbling: there seems to be a good
crowd here for the tournament,
I say what's that going on over there?
Grimbling: That's Morris dancing.
Sheriff: Yes, I've been a little worried about
Morris lately.
Grimbling: Yes sire, wait a minute, look sire, over
there, that's him.
Sheriff: That's who?
Grimbling: Robin.
Sheriff: Robin who.
Grimbling: Robin the rich.
Sheriff: Why?
Grimbling: To give to the poor.
Sheriff: But how do you know?
Grimbling: I recognise his legs sir, I know those
legs anywhere, those are his
legs alright.
Sheriff: Don't bandy legs with me Grimbling:. Now
come along, if all goes
well with my plan Robin Hood will ride no more, He'll have to walk.
Grimbling: Nasty.
Maid Marian: Robin, Robin.
Robin Hood: Here I am Marian.
Maid Marian: Oh I didn't recognise you, that black
patch over your left eye was
a brilliant idea.
Robin Hood: Yes, but I'm not so happy about the
black patch over my right eye.
Maid Marian: Oh Robin, are you sure we'll be
alright? I don't feel safe.
Robin Hood: Don't worry my dear, you're with me.
Maid Marian: That's why I don't feel safe.
Robin Hood: The contest is beginning.
Herald:: My lords, ladies and gentlemen. Pray
silence. Here is the result
of the first competition of the afternoon. Sir Otto of Wensleydale who
consumed his arrow with butter and jam in 30 seconds exactly is named the
winner of this years Eaten and Arrow match. Be that as it may, the archery
tournament is about to commence, so kindly take your seats and put them
on the chairs provided. Each contestant will fire one arrow, only, individually
at the target, one at a time and no more. Any contestant firing more than
one arrow is a dirty cheat. The target shall be at one hundred paces, not
more than fifty of which shall be backwards, and the winner shall receive
fifty pieces of gold. Very tiny pieces of gold. The first contestant is
Sir Richard of Tewkesley.
FX: TWANG.
Robin Hood: What a terrible shot.
Maid Marian: Yes, darling hold still and I'll pull
it out.
Herald:: The next contestant Lord Ulrich of...
FX: TWANG.
Robin Hood: Where did that one go
Maid Marian: Straight through Friar Tuck's hat.
Robin Hood: But Friar Tuck isn't wearing a hat.
Maid Marian: Oh dear.
Herald:: And the next contestant is Sir Angus of the
Prune.
Maid Marian: It's your turn Robin, good luck.
Robin Hood: Thank you, what are we aiming at?
Maid Marian: That big target there in front of the
castle.
Robin Hood: What castle? Oh well here goes.
FX: TWANG....MOOOO.
Maid Marian: Right in the bull's eye, you won Robin,
Oh Robin I could Kiss you.
Robin Hood: I say, steady on. I'd better go and
collect the prize money from
the Sheriff. Excuse me are you the Sheriff.
Cowboy:No I'm a deputy Sheriff. Ye haw. If you want
the Sheriff
he's over there.
Robin Hood: Sheriff, I have come to claim the prize
money.
Sheriff: Not so fast Sir Angus.
Robin Hood: Oh alright (very slowly) Sheriff, I have
come to claim...
Sheriff: Sir Angus, before I give you the money I
must ask you to look at
what I have in this casket.
Robin Hood: But it's ticking, what is it?
Sheriff: Open it and see.
Robin Hood: What shall I do?
OMNES: Take the money...Open the box.
Sheriff: So you hesitate, guards arrest this man,
seize him.
Robin Hood: But why?
Sheriff: Because I know that you are Robin Hood.
Robin Hood: Wrong, I am really Angus of the Prune
disguised as Robin Hood disguised
as Angus of the Prune.
Sheriff: I don't believe it.
Robin Hood: Tis true, tis true, the man who called
himself Sir Angus you will
find tied under a tree disguised as Robin Hood.
Sheriff: I won't even ask you why a tree should be
disguised as Robin Hood.
Robin Hood: Just as well.
Sheriff: But in that case where is the real Robin
Hood.
Robin Hood: Robin Hood, he doesn't exist, Robin
Hood's just a legendary figure.
Sheriff: Really?
Robin Hood: What's more the Sheriff of Nottingham
doesn't exist either.
Sheriff: Don't I?
Robin Hood: Of course not, so just drop that silly
voice and be yourself.
Sheriff: (as pirate) Aaah ha Jim lad.
MUSIC: Play out.