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Lawyers' Fine Print on Adventure

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The setup

Two tomb raiders awaken an ancient Egyptian prince, only to find his dreadful curse has been whittled down by modern law, budget cuts and liability waivers.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Two adventurers in a fedora and a leather jacket slip into a tomb to claim the golden vessel of the Egyptian prince Ramses. When they reach for it, a booming voice promises a thousand plagues, but a whispering lawyer keeps interrupting with corrections: Egypt lacks the resources it once had, its laws have changed, human rights now apply, and even a verbal curse requires a signed waiver. Each threat shrinks: the thousand plagues become five hundred years, then two plagues put to a vote, and finally a stubbed toe every other day. Unimpressed, the pair leave with the vessel; one promptly stubs his toe, and the gloating prince loses a vase of his own.

The funny people

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Say it with us

Highly quotable.

I'm being told Egypt does not have the resources they once had.

Don't make me come out there and curse you! With words—

I hope it's worth the price you pay, which is a guarantee you will stub your toe every day!

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

Matt Meese is credited in the official cast list but is not seen on screen; the prince and his whispering lawyer are heard only as off-screen voices. Studio C posted the sketch on YouTube on August 24, 2018, before its October 1, 2018 broadcast in Season 9 Episode 4.

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