Space Baron Episode #40

SPACE BARON and the Space Baron Video

- By Karl

"Look what I found in the video shop!" Brian burst in the front door beaming. He stuck a video under Space Baron's nose. "It's our adventures on video!"

"I can see what it is," Space Baron said, "But you don't have to hit me in the face with it."

"Can we watch it, can we watch it pleeeeease?????" Brian had to beg Space Baron to let them watch anything because Space Baron had hidden the remote control (the only means of operating the video player) after Brian started watching crappy, stupid, annoying shows.

"After you've washed the dishes." Space Baron was firm as he handed Brian the teatowel and took the video off to the lounge room.

"Oh goody!" Brian washed the dishes as thoroughly as he had ever done before and raced off to the lounge to see the video. He put it in the player and pressed play on the remote.

"Gee papa smurf!" said a little blue guy, "Those mean people have ruined Christmas for those poor children, lalalalalalalalalalala etc. etc" The tape went on like this for 90 minutes. After he had finished watching it Brian turned to Space Baron and said, "I don't remember it being like that, do you?"

Space Baron was dumbfounded. "I taped over it you fool! Didn't you realise?"

"No..." Brian trailed off, "But why?'

"It was R rated, I didn't think it was appropriate for anyone to watch, so we will return it to the video shop like this." SB snapped.

"This episode is ending rather abruptly," pointed out Brian, "does Karl want to go home that badly?"

"Ooooh no you don't," SB motioned to strangle B. "Last time we let those people from the outside world into our story it destroyed the whole idea of Space Baron, let's not go there again. They lounged around in our apartment for ages, and then I had to take them home."

And with that they ended this particular episode of SB.