NUDGE, NUDGE, KNOW WHAT I MEAN SKETCH
Episode 3 of series 1
from "Monty Python Live at City Center"
Sketch written by Eric Idle
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Tschel: 'Evening, Squire!
Thrawn (stiffly) Good evening.
Tschel: (pause) Is, uh,... Is Pellaeon a goer, ay? Know whatahmean,
know whatahmean, nudge nudge, know whatahmean, say no more?
Thrawn I, uh, I beg your pardon?
Tschel: Your, uh, the Captain, does he go, ay, does he go, ay?
Thrawn (flustered) Well, he sometimes *goes*, yes.
Tschel: Aaaaaaaay bet he does, I bet he does, say no more, say no more,
knowwhatahmean, nudge nudge?
(Tschel elbows Thrawn)
Thrawn (confused) I'm afraid I don't quite follow you.
Tschel: Follow me. Follow me. That's good, that's good! A nod's as good
as a wink to a blind bat!
Thrawn Are you, uh,...are you selling something?
Tschel: SELLING! Very good, very good! Ay? Ay? Ay? (pause) Oooh! Ya wicked
Ay! Wicked Ay! Oooh hooh! Say No MORE!
Thrawn Well, I, uh....
Tschel: Is, your uh, is your wife a sport, ay?
Thrawn Um, he likes sport, yes!
Tschel: I bet he does, I bet he does!
Thrawn As a matter of fact he's very fond of cricket.
Tschel: 'Oo isn't? Likes games, eh? Knew he would. Likes games, eh? He's
been around a bit, been around?
Thrawn He has traveled, yes. He's from Scarsdale.
(pause)
Tschel: SAY NO MORE!! (pause) Scarsdale, saynomore, saynomore, saynomore,
Squire!
Thrawn I wasn't going to!
Tschel: Oh! Well, never mind. Dib dib? Is your uh, is Captain Pellaeon interested
in....photography, ay? "Photographs, ay", he asked him knowlingly?
Thrawn Photography?
Tschel: Snap snap, grin grin, wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more?
Thrawn Holiday snaps, eh?
Tschel: They *could* be, they could be taken on holiday. Candid, you know,
CANDID photography?
Thrawn No, no I'm afraid we don't have a camera.
Tschel: Oh. (leeringly) Still, mooooooh, ay? Mwoohohohohoo, ay?
Hohohohohoho, ay?
Thrawn Look... are you insinuating something?
Tschel: Oh, no, no, no...yes.
Thrawn Well?
Tschel: Well, you're a man of the world, Admiral...
Thrawn Yes...
Tschel: I mean, you've been around a bit, you know, like, you've, uh....
You've "done it"...
Thrawn What do you mean?
Tschel: Well, I mean like... you've SLEPT, with a lady...
Thrawn Well, yes...
Tschel: What's it like?
The End
Episode 3 of series 1
from "Monty Python Live at City Center"
Sketch written by Eric Idle
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tschel: 'Evening, Squire!
Thrawn (stiffly) Good evening.
Tschel: (pause) Is, uh,... Is Pellaeon a goer, ay? Know whatahmean,
know whatahmean, nudge nudge, know whatahmean, say no more?
Thrawn I, uh, I beg your pardon?
Tschel: Your, uh, the Captain, does he go, ay, does he go, ay?
Thrawn (flustered) Well, he sometimes *goes*, yes.
Tschel: Aaaaaaaay bet he does, I bet he does, say no more, say no more,
knowwhatahmean, nudge nudge?
(Tschel elbows Thrawn)
Thrawn (confused) I'm afraid I don't quite follow you.
Tschel: Follow me. Follow me. That's good, that's good! A nod's as good
as a wink to a blind bat!
Thrawn Are you, uh,...are you selling something?
Tschel: SELLING! Very good, very good! Ay? Ay? Ay? (pause) Oooh! Ya wicked
Ay! Wicked Ay! Oooh hooh! Say No MORE!
Thrawn Well, I, uh....
Tschel: Is, your uh, is your wife a sport, ay?
Thrawn Um, he likes sport, yes!
Tschel: I bet he does, I bet he does!
Thrawn As a matter of fact he's very fond of cricket.
Tschel: 'Oo isn't? Likes games, eh? Knew he would. Likes games, eh? He's
been around a bit, been around?
Thrawn He has traveled, yes. He's from Scarsdale.
(pause)
Tschel: SAY NO MORE!! (pause) Scarsdale, saynomore, saynomore, saynomore,
Squire!
Thrawn I wasn't going to!
Tschel: Oh! Well, never mind. Dib dib? Is your uh, is Captain Pellaeon interested
in....photography, ay? "Photographs, ay", he asked him knowlingly?
Thrawn Photography?
Tschel: Snap snap, grin grin, wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more?
Thrawn Holiday snaps, eh?
Tschel: They *could* be, they could be taken on holiday. Candid, you know,
CANDID photography?
Thrawn No, no I'm afraid we don't have a camera.
Tschel: Oh. (leeringly) Still, mooooooh, ay? Mwoohohohohoo, ay?
Hohohohohoho, ay?
Thrawn Look... are you insinuating something?
Tschel: Oh, no, no, no...yes.
Thrawn Well?
Tschel: Well, you're a man of the world, Admiral...
Thrawn Yes...
Tschel: I mean, you've been around a bit, you know, like, you've, uh....
You've "done it"...
Thrawn What do you mean?
Tschel: Well, I mean like... you've SLEPT, with a lady...
Thrawn Well, yes...
Tschel: What's it like?
The End
