ðə skˈɛtʃ wʌz ɪnspˈaɪɚd baɪ ðə fˈeɪməs wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi fˈoːɹ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ kɹˈɪmɪnəl lˈɔː kˈeɪs ʌv ˈɑːɹ vˈiː dˈʌdli ænd stˈiːvənz wˌɪtʃ ɪnvˈɑːlvd sɚvˈaɪvəl kˈænɪbəlˌɪzəm ɐmˌʌŋ kˈæstəwˌeɪz ˈæftɚɹ ɐ ʃˈɪpɹɛk.
The sketch was inspired by the famous 1884 English criminal law case of R v Dudley and Stephens which involved survival cannibalism among castaways after a shipwreck.