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The Teenagers' Nativity Play
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
Backstage among the hay bales and cardboard stars of the Hounslow youth centre's nativity, the two self-styled cool teenagers grumble that they are always stuck playing the Wise Men. One of them argues the role is a matter of heritage: turbans, an eastern journey and useless gifts all point to visitors from the Punjab, and the gifts vanishing from the Bible story proves the trio went home and opened the first cash-and-carry. Fired up, his friend sets his sights on playing Joseph opposite the girl cast as Mary, until the play's director reads out the cast list and hands the pair a single, very unglamorous part.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 3
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
Three strange geezers turn up at a kiddies' party with no invitation.
Which is the first example of legendary Asian business acumen and international fraud, innit?
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
British Comedy Guide lists this segment as "The Bhangramuffins - Punjabi Nativity" in the 1998 Christmas Special.
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