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Merryville Brothers: Trolley Ride
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
A couple boards the Merryville trolley, where three animatronic brothers perform a relentlessly cheerful musical routine. When the track breaks, their car stops in front of the robots. The boyfriend notices increasingly unsettling changes: the performers wink, move toward him and produce weapons, while his girlfriend dismisses his alarm. Herb, the ride operator, attempts repairs and then arranges an evacuation one passenger at a time. He escorts the girlfriend away, leaving the boyfriend alone with the robots. Their routine turns into an attack and ends with the frightened rider recognizing a mannequin version of himself.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 6
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
I think he's coming for me.
Don't just leave me here!
Hey, that's me!
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:09
Girlfriend
Yeah, your sister told me it was your favorite.
- 00:12
Girlfriend
Oh, look, here come the Maryville Brothers.
- 00:16
Animatronic
If you join with a friend in a friendly song You'll have friendship all day long So come along and sing all day Cause that's the Maryville Brother way
- 00:27
Boyfriend
Oh, no, they actually creep me out a little bit.
- 00:40
Girlfriend
Oh, they're not creepy. They're cute.
- 00:43
Boyfriend
What was that?
- 00:44
Girlfriend
Oh, I don't know.
- 00:46
Ride Operator
Hey, sorry, folks. A little issue with the track. We should be up and running in no time.
- 00:51
Boyfriend
This better be quick.
- 00:52
Animatronic
If you join with a friend in a friendly song then you'll have friendship all day long. So come along and sing all day cause that's the Merryville Brother way.
- 01:06
Boyfriend
Why aren't they going away?
- 01:15
Boyfriend
Did you see him wink at me?
- 01:19
Girlfriend
That's so cute.
- 01:20
Boyfriend
At least we're moving.
- 01:22
Animatronic
If you join with a friend in a friendly song then you'll have friendship all day long. So come along and sing all day long.
- 01:36
Boyfriend
Well, why'd they stop?
- 01:37
Girlfriend
Oh, it's nothing.
- 01:40
Boyfriend
I think he's coming for me.
- 01:42
Animatronic
The Maryville Brother way.
- 01:49
Ride Operator
Hey, sorry, folks. This is a real mess. You know, everyone's going to get a full refund. The bad news is we have to evacuate the ride, but I could take one of you at a time, so, miss, would you come with me?
- 02:08
Girlfriend
Okay, all right, well, I'll see you outside, honey.
- 02:10
Boyfriend
Wait! Wait, that's me!
- 02:14
Boyfriend
Don't just leave me here!
- 02:22
Speaker 1
That's how much I did it!
- 02:25
Boyfriend
No! No! Get out!
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