Comedy sketch query
Gerald O'Brien
falling off a scaffold on a construction site and how he goes up and down
numerous times because of a pulley system that his leg becomes entangled in?
Thanks..
Homicidle Homosexual
"Gerald O'Brien" <gob...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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No but I remember a "Jam" sketch in which a man wanted to throw himself off
a 40 story building but was afraid he'd change his mind half way down, so he
jumped off the 1st floor 40 times instead.
David Freeman
There's a humourous letter to an insurance company (reproduced below) that
does the rounds of the email jokes every now & then. Could be what you were
thinking of. I'm pretty sure a version of it has been used in a TV stand-up
routine, but I can't remember who used it.
Dave
Dear Sir/Madam:
I am writing in response to your request for additional information.
In block number 3 of the accident report form, I put "poor planning" as the
cause of my accident. You said in your letter that I should explain more
fully, and I trust that the following details will be sufficient.
I am a bricklayer by trade. On the date of the accident I was working alone
on the roof of a new 6-story building. When I completed my work, I
discovered that I had about 500 pounds of brick left over. Rather than
carry the bricks down by hand, I decided to lower them in a barrel by using
a pulley, which fortunately was attached to the side of the building, at the
sixth floor.
Securing the rope at ground level, I went up to the roof, swung the barrel
out, and loaded the brick into it. Then I went back to the ground and
untied the rope, holding it tightly to insure a slow descent of the 500
pounds of brick. You will note in block number 11 of the accident report
that I weigh 135 pounds.
Due to my surprise at being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost my
presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. Needless to say, I
proceeded at a rather rapid rate up the side of the building.
In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming down. This
explains the fractured skull and broken collarbone. Slowed only slightly, I
continued my rapid ascent not stopping until the fingers of my right hand
were two knuckles deep into the pulley.
Fortunately, by this time I had regained my presence of mind and was able to
hold tightly to the rope in spite of my pain.
At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the
ground -- and the bottom fell out of the barrel. Devoid of the weight of
the bricks, the barrel now weighed approximately 50 pounds.
I refer you again to my weight in block number 11. As you might imagine, I
began a rapid descent down the side of the building.
In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming up. This
accounts for the two fractured ankles and the lacerations of my legs and
lower body. The encounter with the barrel slowed me enough to lessen my
injuries when I fell onto the pile of bricks, and, fortunately, only 3
vertebrae were cracked.
I'm sorry to report, however, that as I lay there on the bricks, in pain,
unable to stand, and watching the empty barrel 6 stories above me -- I again
lost my presence of mind, and I let go of the rope. The empty barrel
weighed more than the rope as it came back down on me and broke both my
legs.
I hope I have furnished the information you require as to how the accident
occurred.
Ian Hughes
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> Gerald O'Brien <gob...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> > Does anybody know the title of a british comedy sketch involving a man
> > falling off a scaffold on a construction site and how he goes up and down
> > numerous times because of a pulley system that his leg becomes entangled
> in?
> > Thanks..
For some reason this reminds me of "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em".
Ian
Tim Guy
"Gerald O'Brien" <gob...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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Iggy35
Does sound a bit Michael Crawfordish!!!
Wasn't it the one where he keeps interupting the writer next door!
IGGY
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John Dexter
rec.arts.tv.uk.comedy at 11:15:48 on Fri, 15 Dec 2000, David Freeman
<dfre...@REMOVE.TO.REPLY.woodhill.co.uk> wrote
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>Gerald O'Brien <gob...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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>> Does anybody know the title of a british comedy sketch involving a man
>> falling off a scaffold on a construction site and how he goes up and down
>> numerous times because of a pulley system that his leg becomes entangled
>in?
>> Thanks..
>>
>
>There's a humourous letter to an insurance company (reproduced below) that
>does the rounds of the email jokes every now & then. Could be what you were
>thinking of. I'm pretty sure a version of it has been used in a TV stand-up
>routine, but I can't remember who used it.
>
That sounds like Gerard Hoffnung's "The Bricklayer"
But I don't ever remember it being on TV - it was more of a stage/radio
thing.
Gerard, of course, pre-dates email (and many TV shows) having sadly died
in 1959, aged 34.
A few recordings of interviews and monologues survive, and have in the
past been released by the BBC ...
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John Dexter
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Simon
something and it's too big to fit through the door so they lower it out of a
window?
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roger.middleton
about the bricklayer. " I was now heavier than the barrel etc"
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