Comedy routine about an imaginary argumen

[Len Weisberg]

I hope that someone can help me to find some information about
a comedy routine that I think about from time to time.
Several times a year I wish I could use this routine to illustrate
a very common problem with relationships.

The routine, as I remember it, had a man telling his friend about a
terrible fight he had just had with his wife, telling both sides of
the
"dialog". It starts off with an innocent remark, which leads to one
misunderstanding after another, in hilarious fashion, escalating to a
fever pitch of anger. But the best part is that his wife had never
actually said anything. All of her participation in the "dialog" was
what the husband had imagined she *would* have said.

I like to promote the notion that interpersonal problems should be
"nipped in the bud", or they can fester and escalate in a person's
mind. I have the hunch that this comedy routine would make my point
very clearly, if I somehow could refer to it.

I don't know for sure that this has anything to do with Vaudeville,
and I very likely have a lot of the details wrong, but if anyone has
any information, I would very much appreciate it.

Thanks,
-Len