As the radio begins to play "Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO, the scene turns to Dave Perry who announces to a neighbour that he has his first major gig at a "swish (posh) restaurant" in Camden Town.

He then finds out he's late for work and eats a spoonful of instant coffee and one of sugar, and takes a sip of cream and one of water, and finally shakes himself up before leaving his flat.

At work, Mr. Marshall has refused the whole office a pay increase in light of most workers chain-smoking (A co-worker then hides a cigarette on one of Robert's pockets).

However, what he expected to be his "big break" turned out to be a series of quips, with Box being the only one laughing at his jokes, with Lorraine being increasingly annoyed.

After Perry ended his routine unnoticed, Lorraine begins to tell Robert about her concern about diverse issues, such as the Third World and lemmings, among others.

Robert Box's "no coffee mug" routine later appeared in the 1992 series Funny Business, in which Atkinson played a silent comedy character called Kevin Bartholomew.