Excuse me, but about #6, had not that already been done by the Goon Show? On radio, sure, but still... And not only that - similiar absurdist non-sequitur comedy was done on Swedish radio as early as 1957, and I'd wager that show out-weirded the Goons by quite a distance. I've heard bits of it and it's far out even by tody's standards. Imagine a populist version of Beckett and/or Ionesco.
- But why is the mustard blue? - It's because I'm wearing shades.
Here it is - the infamous 1961 Swedish hot dog non-sequitur radio skech.
- May I have a hot dog, on bread? - Do you you want it with bread? - No thanks. - No mustard either? - Oh yes, on the bread. - Do you want mustard on the sausage? - No, I don't like that anyway. - Oh, but I do! - Please, not that much sausage! - Perhaps you don't like sausage? - I don't know. - Could you add some more mustard? - Not now, but please return in in an hour. - I wonder: why is the mustard blue? - Well, that's because I'm wearing shades. - Is the sausage warm? - Yes! It's sure not warm. - But it's like this: I don't like hot dogs. - Oh well... May I put the mustard in your hand?. - But tell me, why is the mustard black? - It turns that way in the fall. - But the bread is yellow as usual. - But you did not want any bread. - No, not for the sausage, but for the bread. - Do you want mustard for the mustard? - I don't know if I want to. - How much is the sausage? - I don't know. - But haven't you ever bought a hot dog before? - I don't know. - Why are you holding the sausage so tightly? - It might crack then. - But you are smearing yourself, ah then you can sell the sausage. - No, I'll bring it home. - I don't eat sausage at home. - Oh yes, thank you very much. - But wait! Don't you want your hot dog? - No thanks, I don't want any hot dog. - Is that with bread?? - Yes please, but no mustard. - You must have mustard! - But I like mustard. - Then I don't want any hot dog at all! - But you paid for it. - Never mind. I'll buy something else for the money. - OK, you do as you wish. - Thank you very much. - Thanks.
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Excuse me, but about #6, had not that already been done by the Goon Show? On radio, sure, but still... And not only that - similiar absurdist non-sequitur comedy was done on Swedish radio as early as 1957, and I'd wager that show out-weirded the Goons by quite a distance. I've heard bits of it and it's far out even by tody's standards. Imagine a populist version of Beckett and/or Ionesco.
- But why is the mustard blue?
- It's because I'm wearing shades.
Here it is - the infamous 1961 Swedish hot dog non-sequitur radio skech.
- May I have a hot dog, on bread?
- Do you you want it with bread?
- No thanks.
- No mustard either?
- Oh yes, on the bread.
- Do you want mustard on the sausage?
- No, I don't like that anyway.
- Oh, but I do!
- Please, not that much sausage!
- Perhaps you don't like sausage?
- I don't know.
- Could you add some more mustard?
- Not now, but please return in in an hour.
- I wonder: why is the mustard blue?
- Well, that's because I'm wearing shades.
- Is the sausage warm?
- Yes! It's sure not warm.
- But it's like this: I don't like hot dogs.
- Oh well... May I put the mustard in your hand?.
- But tell me, why is the mustard black?
- It turns that way in the fall.
- But the bread is yellow as usual.
- But you did not want any bread.
- No, not for the sausage, but for the bread.
- Do you want mustard for the mustard?
- I don't know if I want to.
- How much is the sausage?
- I don't know.
- But haven't you ever bought a hot dog before?
- I don't know.
- Why are you holding the sausage so tightly?
- It might crack then.
- But you are smearing yourself, ah then you can sell the sausage.
- No, I'll bring it home.
- I don't eat sausage at home.
- Oh yes, thank you very much.
- But wait! Don't you want your hot dog?
- No thanks, I don't want any hot dog.
- Is that with bread??
- Yes please, but no mustard.
- You must have mustard!
- But I like mustard.
- Then I don't want any hot dog at all!
- But you paid for it.
- Never mind. I'll buy something else for the money.
- OK, you do as you wish.
- Thank you very much.
- Thanks.
You have to imagine the above spoken slowly and totally deadpan.
Thanks. I'm imagining it. And smiling.
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