Dahl introduced all of his own stories himself, giving short monologues explaining what inspired him to write them.

Each show opened with Revell performing a short monologue, which then merged into the sitcom action.

It wasn't technically a speech: perhaps a better description would be "short, panicky monologue."

He would do a short monologue, then the traditional sitcom story would begin.

He always opens the show with a short monologue, poking fun at news headlines from the past week.

After Graham's short monologue, he always introduced two guests.

Bay let out air loudly, as if exhausted by his short monologue.

The game begins with a short monologue in which the character Rolf recalls a strange recurring nightmare he has been having.

At last, satisfied, he nodded and began a short monologue.

Grant starts off with a pun on Anderson's name and performs a similar, but shorter monologue.