'THE ATTILA THE HUN SHOW'/ ATTILA THE NUN
Stock film of fast
moving Huns thundering around on horseback.
First Voice Over:
(J.C.) In the fifth century, as the once-mighty Roman Empire crumbled, the soft
underbelly of Western Europe lay invitingly exposed to the barbarian hordes to
the East. Alaric the Visigoth, Gaiseric the Vandal and Theodoric the Ostrogoth
in turn swept westward in a reign of terror. But none surpassed in power and
cruelty the mighty Attila the Hun.
Second Voice Over:
(M.P.) Ladies and gentlemen, it's
the 'The Attila the Hun Show'.
Cut to film. Music
plays: 'The Debbie Reynolds Show' theme - 'With a little love, just a little
love'. We see Attila the Hun running towards Mrs Attila the Hun in slow motion,
laughing and smiling.
Caption: 'THE
ATTILA THE HUN SHOW'
Attila and his wife
frolic and fall over in slow motion for a bit (copying the Debbie Reynolds
credits as closely as possible).
Captions: 'STARRING
ATTILA THE HUN'
'AND KAY SLUDGE AS
MRS ATTILA THE HUN'
'WITH TY GUDRUN AND
NIK CON AS JENNY AND ROBIN ATTILA THE HUN'
'MUSIC BY THE
HUNLETS'
Cut to stock film
of fast-moving Huns on horseback.
First Voice Over:
In the second quarter of the fifth century, the Huns became a byword for
merciless savagery. Their Khan was the mighty warrior Attila. With his
devastating armies he swept across Central Europe.
Cut to
American-living-room-type set. Doorbell rings. Attila the Hun enters the door.
Attila: (J.C.) Oh
darling, I'm home.
Mrs. Attila: (C.C.)
Hello darling. Had a busy day at the office?
Attila: Not at all
bad. (playing to camera) Another merciless sweep across Central Europe.
Canned laughter.
Mrs. Attila: I won't
say I'm glad to see you, but boy, am I glad to see you.
Enormous canned
laughter and applause. Enter two kids.
Jenny: (G.C.) Hi,
daddy.
Robin: (M.P.) Hi,
daddy.
Attila: Hi, Jenny,
hi, Robby. (brief canned applause) Hey, I've got a present for you two kids in
that bag. (they pull out a severed head) I want you kids to get a-head.
Enormous shriek of
canned laughter and applause. Enter one of us blacked up like Rochester, holding
a tray of drinks.
Uncle Tom: (E.I.)
Hear you are, Mr Hun!
Masses of dubbed
applause
Attila: Hi, Uncle
Tom.
Uncle Tom: There's
a whole horde of them marauding Visigoths to see y'all.
Cut to more stock
film of these Huns rushing about on their horses. Superimposed image of
announcer at his desk.
Announcer: (J.C.)
And now for something completely different.
It's Man: (M.P.)
It's ...
Massive canned
applause.
Animated credit
titles.
At the end of these
titles cut to a country road. After three seconds a motorbike appears in the
distance and speeds towards the camera. We see that a wild-looking nun is riding
it.
First Voice Over:
Yes, it's Attila the Nun.
Attila the Nun
flashes past the camera, There is a loud sound of the bike crashing off camera.
Second Voice Over: A simple country girl who took a vow of eternal brutality.
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