‘Candid Camera’ type show with Roy as the fall guy in a monastery (length 8 minutes)

The set-up involves Roy being sent to a monastery to meet a monk, Père Laval,  whom he might be playing in a future role. (We see from the credits that his agent, Hélène Mailloux, is in on the scam, and of course Père Laval is the con man.)

He arrives at the monastery and is given a monk’s habit to wear as he and his minder go in search of  Père Laval. Of course, it’s a silent order, so everyone is whispering  – hence the subtitles! 

They look for him in the library with little success – until one of the monks falls off a ladder. Roy (brought up a good Catholic boy) tries very hard to suppress a smile. Then it’s decided that, since it’s lunchtime, he might be in the refectory – so all the monks file out, with Roy bringing up the rear. As they proceed through the cloisters the lead monk stumbles, and they all fall over him like skittles. Again Roy looks as though he’s really trying to stifle his amusement.

They enter the refectory and sit down in silence at the long table. The monk at the head of the table gets up and writes on a flip-chart, ‘Who is Mr. Dupuis?’

Roy gets up and adds, ‘An actor.’

The monk – ‘Do you know him?’

Roy – ‘Yes’

The monk then draws an arrow up to the first question.

Roy writes, ‘It’s me.’

With a great show of dawning realisation, the monk hugs Roy and kisses him on both cheeks. He whispers, “Is it you who is going to play me, my son?”  Roy whispers back, “I don’t know yet.”

With that comes the signal for recess, and to Roy’s astonishment everybody starts talking at once. Now it seems he can get down to some serious discussion with Père Laval, who says he needs to hear Roy shout the phrase, “I don’t believe in God”. Roy earnestly tries to tell him how little he knows about the part and that he hasn’t read the script, but Père Laval insists, so he stands up with a big smile and shouts “I don’t believe in God”. A great silence falls over the company, then they all stand and begin to chant. The game’s up, Père Laval pulls back his cowl, and Roy stands with a big grin on his face, applauding the fake monks.