original passage: This is possibly the most frequent running gag in the series, and by Franquin's admission a MacGuffin: "Whatever's in the contracts is irrelevant. What we want to see is how Gaston will prevent them from being signed."
original sentence: What we want to see is how Gaston will prevent them from being signed."
sentence2: Assuming that a final episode of the series sees the contracts actually being signed, but a sequence of events results in each individual contract being lost or destroyed in an even more ridiculous manner, would this ultimately be considered a happy ending from Gaston's perspective?
sentence1: This is possibly the most frequent running gag in the series, and by Franquin's admission a MacGuffin: "Whatever's in the contracts is irrelevant. What we want to see is how Gaston will go to any length, and say absolutely anything, to ensure that the contracts are swiftly signed."