SFX:	THEME & GAVEL 

MONTE:	Never once been in that motel.

ARIEL:	And this Mr. Minister?

MONTE:	Nope.

ARIEL:	Don't you want to look at it first?

MONTE:	It's .. it's a toothbrush, I can see it from here, it's a snoopy 
	toothbrush.

ARIEL:	This?

MONTE:	Soiled undergarment.  Big deal.

ARIEL:	This?

MONTE:	Pub ... Public ... Tendering Act.  with ... names of ... of liberal 
	cronies scribbled in the margins.

SFX:	Chair overturned, racing to door, finding it locked.

ARIEL:	You should know Minister that ...

SFX:	WHIP CRACK

ARIEL:	.... the door to show trial is locked ... from the outside.

ANNOUN:	This week on Show Trial. Minister of Public Works Monte 
	Hodder pleads for his political future....

MONTE:	I'll get you anything ... Chairman of the Harbour's Board.

ARIEL:	Chair MAN?

MONTE:	Chairperson ... I'm sorry ... please forgive me ... the bench 
	then, Judge Flint ..

ARIEL:	On Show Trial Minister, out of your range.