GE 1996-7 Season 3 Episode 22: Aerobics with Ariel
Note: this is not a transcript, but a working draft of the script, so there may be differences in the aired version.
SFX: GYMNASIUM
PAUL: Ahh the gym. The smell of perspiration soaked leather, the shouts,
grunts and exhortations slapping back and forth across this great box of pain.
And there, the assembled aerobists, swathed tightly in spandex and lycra, so
that no physical feature can escape the harsh scrutiny of "the instructor",
BCN's own Ariel Flint. Hey! Ariel!
ARIEL: Paul! Well, well. well. I didn't think you would show.
PAUL: Here I am.
ARIEL: And dressed for the occasion.
PAUL: Yeah, and I've got to say I find this a little snug. Alas it was the
largest size available.
ARIEL: You ready?
PAUL: Yes, if you could just help me with this microphone. I've got to switch
from my hand held to this clip-on jobby Jerome lent us.
ARIEL: Where should I ... ?
PAUL: Perhaps.
SFX: MICS SWITCHING
PAUL: (blows into mic) Test, test, test. That's seems all right.
ARIEL: Okay, maybe here?
PAUL: Sure.
SFX: SOME SHUFFLING AND GRUNTING, SOUND OF EXPANDING LYCRA
ARIEL: Oh.
PAUL: Jeez, sorry, ah, this a little embarrassing.
ARIEL: I'm flattered.
PAUL: Nothing personal, this singlet, where it's so tight across my, the ...
ARIEL: Come on now, Paul, settle down.
PAUL: I'll think about Mom.
ARIEL: Maybe you should get in the back row.
SFX: PAUL SHUFFLING OFF
ARIEL: (to group) We have a new member today. Everybody say hello to Paul.
ALL: Hello, Paul.
PAUL: Hello.
ARIEL: That being the case, perhaps a review of the rules is called for.
PAUL: (soto voce) Rules?
ARIEL: You will speak only when spoken to. You will answer my questions
with a simple, "Yes, Mistress." or "No, Mistress". Is that understood?
GROUP: Yes, Mistress.
ARIEL: Once the work-out begins no one is to leave. The doors to the Gym
are locked ... from the outside. When the work-out is complete, any
parts below the waist still jiggling will have a short interview with me,
and the Marquis de Spank.
SFX: WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH
PAUL: Ouch ... that's not cricket.
SFX: MUSIC STARTS UP
ARIEL: Okay, Lard Arses, let's move!