Sago sketch - Mercorabilia

Today you're (hopefully) in a for a treat as I proudly present my first ever sketch from my Mercorabilia collection - a selection of sketches inspired by a certain Souvenir Programme but written by yours truly.

A: How do you start a pudding race?

B: I don’t know.

A: Sago.
<audience laughs (hopefully)>

B: What?

A: Sago.

B: What’s that got to do with pudding?

A: Sago.

B: Yes?
A: It’s a pudding.

B: <snorts> No it’s not.
A: Yes it is!

B: What sa-go as in ‘say go’?

A: Yes!
B: You’re making it up.

A: No I’m not – I’m really not

B: All right then – what is it?
A: What?
B: What is it?

A:  <pauses> It’s a pudding.

B: Yes – what kind of pudding?

A: A…sago pudding.

B: You don’t know, do you?

A: <pauses> Look – what does it matter? It’s a pudding! Sago is a pudding. A pudding! How do you start a pudding race? Sago.

B: Sago?

A: Sago.

B: <pause> It’s not a very good joke, is it?

A: <pause> No – not really.