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Island Boys
The setup
The premise
Here’s the bit.
Two brothers argue in a beach hut about stolen money, unfinished work and the duties of island life. One defends the community’s rites of manhood; the other has spent decades failing them and proposes a test better suited to his movie knowledge. As his brother prepares to fish for sharks, the reluctant candidate makes a case for living like a tourist instead.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 2
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:10
Traditional brother
brother why are you always sleeping
- 00:30
Reluctant brother
i was tired i get tired and i sleep can you follow that
- 00:37
Traditional brother
did you finish building the fence
- 00:43
Reluctant brother
do you see a fence
- 00:45
Traditional brother
no where'd you get this beer
- 00:51
Reluctant brother
what beer
- 00:52
Traditional brother ?
what beer i don't know this beer
- 00:54
Reluctant brother
well that beer i i bought it
- 00:56
Traditional brother
sure how'd you buy it
- 00:59
Reluctant brother
i i borrowed money from a friend
- 01:01
Traditional brother
what friend
- 01:02
Reluctant brother ?
what we're not friends anymore
- 01:04
Traditional brother ?
more you've stolen my money
- 01:09
Reluctant brother
oh come on stop that no i didn't steal it i i borrowed it besides i'm keeping a strict account a very accurate account that will pay you back to the last penny
- 01:17
Traditional brother
how will you do that
- 01:18
Reluctant brother
actually i've been thinking about that
- 01:19
Traditional brother
oh you've been thinking
- 01:20
Reluctant brother
very simple i'll just carve more of these coconut boats tourists always buy those things from us kids
- 01:27
Traditional brother
this is a boat
- 01:28
Reluctant brother
yep build it with my own hands
- 01:30
Traditional brother
what tourist would take pity on you enough to buy this pathetic the car, General.
- 01:34
Reluctant brother ?
Huh? Hey, that's my boat!
- 01:36
Traditional brother
Besides, you are a hideous, chain-smoking child.
- 01:40
Reluctant brother
Will you clam it? Will you just shut up? Will you just shut up about that? Do I have to hear this every day of my life, huh? I know that technically I'm still a boy.
- 01:48
Traditional brother
Yes, technically you're still a boy, because technically you've failed the rights of manhood every year for the last 37 years.
- 01:56
Reluctant brother
Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep. Just shut up. Don't worry, it's in the bag this year, I promise you. I understand the competition is very weak.
- 02:04
Traditional brother
The competition is 12 on average, and you 53 years old.
- 02:08
Reluctant brother
I'm 52 years young.
- 02:11
Traditional brother
You will fail.
- 02:13
Reluctant brother
Oh, sure. I may be less agile at the tree climbing. I may not be so hot at the mountain running portion of the contest. But I will do great at the public speaking, and I will sweep the trivia quiz.
- 02:27
Traditional brother
There's no trivia quiz.
- 02:29
Reluctant brother
Now that's exactly my point.
- 02:30
Traditional brother
What's your point?
- 02:31
Reluctant brother
can't we have a trivia quiz for manhood
- 02:33
Traditional brother ?
what
- 02:34
Reluctant brother
sure that'd be fun uh candidate for manhood um name the best actor in 1982 well a wise one it was ben kingsley for gandhi winner of seven oscars in total yes yes hell i'd be chief but no on this island we have to go hunting for the great white Shark!
- 02:57
We have to go searching for the great white shark! I am gonna!
- 03:02
Traditional brother ?
Shut up, you pathetic fish head.
- 03:05
Reluctant brother
You know, sometimes I look at you and I have to wonder just what the hell are our priorities in this island?
- 03:10
Traditional brother
I'll tell you what the priorities are.
- 03:11
Reluctant brother ?
What? What? What?
- 03:11
Traditional brother
I'll tell you. They're to hunt and to fish and to procreate with women, which is something you will never know.
- 03:17
Reluctant brother
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. They're our second brother. other. Now, I might be a boy, but when it comes to women, sometimes I'm a bad boy.
- 03:28
Traditional brother
That is forbidden, you.
- 03:29
Reluctant brother
Oh, it's forbidden, huh?
- 03:30
Traditional brother
Yes, it's forbidden.
- 03:32
Reluctant brother
So spank me. Come on, spank me.
- 03:35
Traditional brother ?
I'd like to spank you.
- 03:36
Reluctant brother ?
Get the elders. Give them a spank this ass. I'd like to see you spank this ass. You haven't got the guts.
- 03:44
Traditional brother ?
How do you know?
- 03:45
Reluctant brother
I bet you're still a virgin, too. I knew it. Case closed. Now, where's my suntan lotion? Ah, there it is.
- 03:59
Traditional brother
Wait a second. What do you need with suntan lotion? You're a native.
- 04:02
Reluctant brother
Yes, but psychologically, I'm a tourist.
- 04:09
Traditional brother
You're useless.
- 04:10
Reluctant brother
Yeah, yeah. I'm Dennis the Menace, right? And you're like a stack record. And speaking of monotony, are you and the boys going out fishing today?
- 04:18
Traditional brother
The men of this village fish every day.
- 04:21
Reluctant brother
I know. I just thought this is Pagu got eaten by the shark.
- 04:24
Traditional brother ?
What?
- 04:25
Reluctant brother
Oh, you didn't hear? Oh, yeah. Pagu got eaten by a great white this morning.
- 04:28
Traditional brother
It's not Pagu the brave.
- 04:29
Reluctant brother
Oh, yeah, they brought back Mr. Brave in a little paper bag, I'll tell you that. In fact, isn't that his hand mounted on his widow's hut?
- 04:37
Traditional brother ?
Oh, what?
- 04:37
Reluctant brother
Personally, I think it's tacky, but if she likes it...
- 04:43
Traditional brother
We are still masters of the shark, don't you worry.
- 04:45
Reluctant brother
Oh, yeah, I can see that. Anyway, old master, be careful on the boats today.
- 04:50
Traditional brother
Don't you worry.
- 04:51
Reluctant brother
Because you never know. Doo-doo. Doo-doo. Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo. Don't you get it?
- 04:59
Traditional brother ?
What?
- 04:59
Reluctant brother
Jaws.
- 05:00
Traditional brother ?
What?
- 05:01
Reluctant brother
1975, Oscar-winning for best original, ah, forget it! I'm off to the beach!
- 05:06
Traditional brother
Yeah, go to the beach and help the women with their washing, boy.
- 05:10
Reluctant brother ?
Yeah, I think I will. I wish they all could be California. Hey, Mona, how's it hanging, baby? Mona, it's me, Sabu, Sabu Daborski, I live in the second hand.
The rabbit hole continues
One more couldn’t hurt.
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