The death of Socrates

One of his best.

Update on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 12:01PM by Wryter

In honor of this being practically the most comments ever on this blog, here's another gem. (Lady Baker: I tried to find the diving contest, here's another gem!)

Comments

[Leezer]

Wryter:
I remember this. Was it from SNL? "Plato, how do you DO that?"

I sort of wish Steve Martin was still doing his old stuff. I like Shopgirl and stuff, but I really really prefer stuff like this.

[SDB]

This was from "Comedy is not Pretty," a primetime special. Had another good piece on how, if you're dining alone, to pretend you're a food critic! Also a good one on drunk-steamroller driving.

BTW: Guest star in this piece... Werner "Colonel Klink" Klemperer as Plato!

[Wryter]

Right you are! The steamroller one is on YouTube. I'll find it. Another special guest star in that one, too.

[Lady Baker]

How about the skit in that special where Martin was a professional diver...the gems I remember (I'm sure not verbatim, forgive the misquotes) are:

"...I've never seen ANYONE eating a tuna sandwhich before a major dive."
"here is the 'screaming like a maniac' dive"
"...the 'accidental, tripping' dive"