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Guru Bohemian Rhapsody

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The setup

A blissed-out guru solemnly translates an "ancient Sanskrit" recitation for his Western followers, and it sounds awfully familiar.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

At his first symposium on the higher consciousness, the Guru Maharishi Yogi greets a small circle of earnest Western seekers, happily confirms their belief that Indians are more spiritually in tune than everyone else, and explains that gurus pass on their wisdom through ancient Sanskrit chants, rather like Christian hymns but catchier. He then performs the story of the demon and the mongoose, the moral dilemma of a young man confessing a terrible crime to his mother, pausing between verses to translate and to speculate with great seriousness about what kind of pistol was used, until his reverent translation reveals the sacred text to be Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.

The funny people

Meet the cast. 1

Say it with us

Highly quotable.

Tonight's lecture will be delivered by his most serene calmness, the Guru Maharishi Yogi, which is me.

Well, we are. So well done all those people who said that.

But I would interpret that it is a small gun, possibly a .22 or a Saturday night special.

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

  • Sharat Sardana

    Sharat Sardana

    Writer

    Credited writer of Series 1 Episode 1 (British Comedy Guide); no sketch-level writer is published.

  • Richard Pinto

    Richard Pinto

    Writer

    Credited writer of Series 1 Episode 1 (British Comedy Guide); no sketch-level writer is published.

  • Sanjeev Bhaskar

    Sanjeev Bhaskar

    Writer

    Credited writer of Series 1 Episode 1 (British Comedy Guide); no sketch-level writer is published.

  • Anil Gupta

    Anil Gupta

    Writer

    Additional material for Series 1 Episode 1 (British Comedy Guide); no sketch-level writer is published.

  • Sanjeev Kohli

    Sanjeev Kohli

    Writer

    Additional material for Series 1 Episode 1 (British Comedy Guide); no sketch-level writer is published.

  • Nick Wood

    Nick Wood

    Director

    One of two credited directors of Series 1 Episode 1 (British Comedy Guide); the segment's director is not specified.

  • Gareth Carrivick

    Gareth Carrivick

    Director

    One of two credited directors of Series 1 Episode 1 (British Comedy Guide); the segment's director is not specified.

  • Anil Gupta

    Anil Gupta

    Producer

    Producer (British Comedy Guide).

  • Jon Plowman

    Jon Plowman

    Producer

    Executive producer (British Comedy Guide).

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