GE 1996-7 Season 3 Episode 5: Wearing the Wire
Note: this is not a transcript, but a working draft of the script, so there may be differences in the aired version.
WEARING THE WIRE -- ECONOMOLOGY PROMO
MUSIC: RACHMANINOFF, ISLE OF THE DEAD
JEROME: Economology: is it really just a fiscal self-help movement?
This week on “Wearing the Wire”, join me, Jerome Granger for a special
investigative report: On The Dark Side of Economology.
SFX: A large hollow chamber, rain beating down on skylight, perhaps some
thunder; 5 or 6 men around an operating table. Surgery room respirator and
heart monitor. SOUNDS OF SLURPY BRAIN MATTER BEING SLICED,
ETC.
DR. 2: You can’t play God.
DR. 1: We’ll know that in a moment. Money supply?
DR. 2: Good.
DR. 1: Budget?
DR. 2: There’s a problem, it’s too high.
DR. 1: Quick man, cut back! cut back! Reduce the cbc!
DR. 2: Reducing.
SFX: SLICING.
DR. 1: The transplant is stabilised.
DR. 2: Some extra billing ...
SFX: cash register rings
DR. 2: Adrenaline injection ... and shock adjustment.
SFX: Electrical jolt a la Frankenstein.
MONSTER: (rushing up from the dead sounds)
COLLECTIVE GASPS
DR. 2: Gentlemen, I give you ...
MONSTER: (Beastly howl)
DR. 2: ... the new and improved Barbara Frum (maniacal
laughter)
JEROME: That’s the Dark Side of Economology, this Thursday at 9:00 on
Wearing the Wire
DR. 2: They thought you were a liberal, but they were wrong!
Wrong I say!
BARB: Thanks for this.