Funniest Joke I Ever Heard 1984 Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon tells his favorite joke in which an actor keeps a diary about being an unknown actor. In the first entry, he writes about not complaining about being an unknown actor as he will be the opening act in a theatre. In the second entry, he drank the ink.
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[@ducky6424]

the way he delivers a joke is brilliant love him

[@wallyspook9435]

You gotta remember “The Great Race!” Lemmon -best funny villain EVER. Plus a beautiful Natalie Woods& Tony Curtis.

[@AllOfOurCats]

The other actor on the stage drank the ink instead of writing everything down like he was supposed to and got more attention than the man writing the diary entries so he didn't make a break through after all and continued to write in his diary as he was still not famous.

[@karolinaandri6974]

I dont think he drank the ink to get more attencion I think that he drank the ink because the person on the stage was so boring I mean he did say it was “a joke about actors” 😂

[@30-06]

I still don’t get it…what was funny?

[@MrZZooh]

Thanks for explaining it to my dull mind.

[@scottmiller6495]

Jack Lemmon was a very talented actor and comedian and loved by millions Period!!!!!

[@michaellenhardt3889]

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[@michaellenhardt3889]

😅

[@rogerwilliams5382]

A True actor. Brilliant in every thing he did. Will always be a favorite of mine.

[@tanseygreen]

F.Y.T

[@Philacav]

Jack Lemmon couldn't even tell a joke without being a good actor...he is sorely missed.

[@pamnamisniak3158]

Philacav definitely missed. He was adorable in the movie the odd couple

[@aqualady0]

I really dont.get it

[@mubislevent4215]

@@aqualady0. The diary keeper was such a bad actor and so boring in his delivery of the long soliloquy that the other actor on stage committed suicide by drinking the ink.

[@angeloiodice9304]

Jack Lemmon played along Kevin Spacey, Bethel Leslie and Peter Gallagher in Eugene O'Neill's famous play, Long Day's Journey Into Night, and he was absolutely SUPERB, as well as the other three who were also SUPERB. AMAZING chemistry in play, amongst and between the four of them, played out in a single living parlor. An incredible dialogue. One of Jack's finest performances. Made in 1987.

[@i3642]

too bad kevin spacey is a worthless, evil bastard

[@angeloiodice9304]

@@i3642 Well, he had some hideous behavior. However, parsing that out, he is still a brilliant actor. Loved him also in “The Big Kahuna.”

[@chrisperry5244]

Glengary Glenn Ross was tue movie?

[@angeloiodice9304]

Yeah, I agree, BIG KAHUNA was great, despite Kevin’s, putting it respectful and lightly, troublesome tendencies towards others.

[@johnmusser8925]

Spacey is a wierdo pedophile rapist who got kicked off epstiens island

[@JayAyers]

I have never heard of this series. I landed on a gold mine! So good.

[@rrinquen]

It's funnier to an actor, because it's so true to life. Best laid acting plans so easily go awry, are undone by simple, unexpected things. All this unsung actor's elaborate plans, high and low moments in a major role throughout this long play -- his emergence into fame -- all upstaged by the simple action of a silent extra at the end of the show. No, folks, the old man didn't die. He simply drank the ink, no doubt resulting in audience gasps, endless guffaws, and the old man's stealing the headline in the next days' reviews. And the joke gets an extra kick by the extreme brevity of the second diary entry. No doubt an actor hearing this joke knows what's coming, and has been trying, unsuccessfuly, to predict how the diarywriter's expectations will come to nought. That's the joke -- the long story's tension is surprisingly released by the short, abrupt punch line, with no explanation required: "He drank the ink." There are other acting jokes like this. One classic is the young spearcarrier who finally gets a speaking role. One line, but it's all his. The line is: "Methinks I hear a cannon." For weeks, he rehearses it. Trying it out in every possible way. Subtle changes of inflection. Changes in tempo and timing. On the subway, on the street, between taking orders at his restaurant day job, you'd hear him muttering, "Methinks I hear a CANnon!" "Me THINKs I hear .. a cannon?" "Methinks I hear..." and so on. Finally, the big night. The scene unfolds, and his moment is near. There's a loud boom offstage, and he says.... "What the hell was that?" End of joke. For the young actor's sake, let's hope the star of the show was drinking ink.

[@tonysuffolk]

rrinquen You write a great joke. It's nice to see something so well written.

[@Trusteft]

For me it is about life, regardless of profession. You make all these plans, ready to do your best, then fail spectacularly, with a whimper. btw, I liked the one you typed. Funny too.

[@bearheart2009]

Thanks for explaining (i didn't get it). Your joke was easier to understand 😁

[@patandjoanott7]

2006 Hyundai Sonata headlight replacement

[@donald01ish]

rrinquen w2

[@cuzuvmcvoy]

I love this "GRUMPY OLD MAN!" 😉 Great ACTOR, Jack Lemmon. He made us laugh. He made us cry.

[@jackrenglish]

JUST THE BEST GUY..I WORKED WITH JACK ON "THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER", TV SPECIAL..JACK HALEY, JR PRODUCTION..5/12/2020..JE

[@snoookie456]

I once went to a play where two people were playing a dog owner and a dog and I believe it's kind of like this joke, because no matter how witty the monologues of the owner were, the other actor would just bark, or "woof", or kick dirt in him with incredible on-stage attitude.

[@isotopefeeney]

Gotta love the fact that Jack Lemmon's has in his office a loving photograph of . . . JACK LEMMON !

[@ltcolumbo9708]

So?

[@HJ-vj3uv]

He's holding an award in the photograph.

[@richarddarlington1139]

There are four stages to an actor's career... 1) "Who's Jack Lemmon?" 2) "Get me Jack Lemon." 3) "Get me a young Jack Lemon." 4) "Who's Jack Lemon?" Fortunately for us, Jack Lemon will never have to endure number four.

[@jonnychingas5757]

Sad but true

[@stuntmusicgameshow311]

This made me laugh more than the joke ;)

[@crookedtool]

Mary Astor

[@gevse]

Incredible performance by Jack Lemmon!

[@johnprovince5304]

I believe that Jack Lemmon was the most versatile motion picture film star of the 20th century.

[@kimweaver3323]

If we include performances on TV, I would nominate Ernest Borgnine.... McHale's Navy vs Marty. Jackie Gleason....... The Honeymooners vs Gigot. Tom Hanks...... Bosom Buddies and Big vs Philadelphia and Saving Private Ryan. Henry Fonda.....Mr. Roberts vs Twelve Angry Men and Grapes of Wrath. For sheer volume of incredibly different roles, I'm going with Tom Hanks. By a hair.

[@kennethhorton3772]

Installing water pressure reducing valve

[@johnjarou2357]

john province jack lemmon my favorite actor ever.

[@TheMightsparrow]

Did he DIE?

[@waynerazzi7308]

Cary Grant.

[@needabreak]

The Apartment! Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclain, Fred McMurray. Three greats in one place. My favorite Jack Lemmon movie, but Cowboy is a close second, with Glen Ford.

[@armadillotoe]

Wine & Roses was incredibly powerful.

[@KeithCooper-Albuquerque]

Shirley, this is one of my wife's and my favorites as well. We really love all of the acting in this movie!

[@KeithCooper-Albuquerque]

@@armadillotoe It is, and it shows Lemmon's deep, serious side.

[@overallgreatidea660]

I have to choose Mr.Roberts

[@jimgag2]

Let’s not forget “The Out Of Towners” with Sandy Dennis.

[@maxximilian90]

forever in my top 5 actors of all time

[@dalebuckley8593]

Ah, a chance encounter with Heather Thomas. My day is made!

[@samuelluria4744]

I feel you on that one, Brother! Was NOT expecting to see HER today!!! 🤤🤤🤤

[@markweinreb2807]

I met him in NYC at the Russian Tea Room in the early 90s. Very cordial.

[@GrasshopperRDG]

That from Jack was... pure G⭐LD! 😊💚*🙏🏼

[@andymassingham]

A guy walks into a talent agent's office and proclaims, "I have the greatest family act of all time!!" ...maybe later...

[@One21Jiggawatts]

I listened to this three times. It gets funnier on repeat listening.

[@Zabs_Mcgee]

+Wayne Pollock yes yes yes YES YES YESYESYESY IT DOES HEHEHREHEHHEHEHEHEHEHHEHEHEHHEHEHEHHEH

[@michaelross8252]

no, it's not....

[@One21Jiggawatts]

+Michael Ross well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

[@BostonRedSoxForever]

Did you at least get the joke?

[@AvatarAMVStyles]

At the beginning. LEGS!

[@Olm9]

Who is she?

[@HILBILEE]

@@JohnVJay She was the hotter of the two. From Fall Guy right?

[@robertthomas6127]

They were the only reason to click on the video.

[@ad8554]

@@HILBILEE than Heather Locklear no way!

[@cl759]

Who is he?

[@Mozart1220]

A chicken and an egg are sitting in bed. The egg is leaning back smoking a cigarette, and the chicken says "WELL! I guess we know the answer to THAT question!"

[@tomlewis4748]

I'm stealing this joke for my novel. (yours, not his)

[@SousChef77]

Too Funny...and only Jack Lemmon could have made it so....Priceless!!

[@davidoverholt251]

What craft Jack had to entertain us back in the day!

[@cjb8010]

I appreciate the minds words. I am one of those who didn’t get it.

[@user-tr7yg7zo3j]

He went to my high school: Newton, Mass. (before my time). Adored him and miss him. Simply the best. Reminds me to go find his work and do A Jack Lennon film festival. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@HrSamstag]

I visited his grave in LA. The gravestone says: JACK LEMMON in

[@busterbiloxi3833]

"in". Fucking AWESOME!

[@podpod]

But why did they spell his name wrong?

[@HrSamstag]

podpod Thx, i fixed it. :)

[@rogerkincaid931]

It took me two minutes to realize "F. U." stands for Felix Unger. Took me two years to get this joke.

[@MrMarkdevir]

Always loved that line.

[@darkfeather6857]

Can you explain it? I still don't get it.

[@MrMarkdevir]

@@darkfeather6857 It's his initials. Felix Unger was the character's name. When Walter Matheau used to read the notes on his bed, he thought Felix was saying 'F@#$ you' but he was simply signing his initials

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

Phmeh. Phmeeeehhhh. PhmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhHhhhhh!!!!!!!

[@peters7479]

What a film!!!

[@michaelgillard3499]

"Just love Jack lemon!" Xx👍😎🎵🎶❤🌷

[@mchtcherbakov]

the character upstage was using ink, and he UPSTAGED him by drinking it, its about someone else stealing your limelight

[@robertthomas6127]

I love jokes that are so great that I forget to laugh.

[@tanseygreen]

Probably because its shit

[@jeprice08]

When I first heard the line, "He drank the ink," I took it seriously and thought, "He WHAT!? He did WHAT!? Why would he do a dumb thing like that? He did WHAT, Jack!?" And I laughed, I really laughed.

[@translucentimp]

People who don't get this joke after a while haven't suffered much loss. Good for them!

[@johnjarou2357]

my favorite actor of all time: jack lemmon

[@gothamdel9539]

Aaron orange

[@Itsmevern12]

Doris Day never had much luck with men but always had a huge crush on Jack..

[@needabreak]

It happened to Jane. I have that one.

[@AA-sn9lz]

Because Jack was a Lemon!

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

"he drank the ink"? jack's right. i didn't get that joke at all. but drinking ink is ALWAYS funny! (don't try that at home kids.)

[@pyro_the_guinea_pig]

It seems to me that the performance as so boring that the guy couldn't stand having to keep writing, so he killed himself by drinking the ink. That's why the actor felt sad. He realized he was not good at acting. He was a "ham."

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

@@pyro_the_guinea_pig ... i think you're right. thanks for the explanation.

[@user-wp4zh6po3k]

Saying nothing worth writing

[@winstonpaul3398]

The sound effects ... laughs !

[@EndingSummerwithRalph]

Lemmon was a good actor. Loved the film Save The Tiger and many others he was in. He didn't tell that joke all that well though.

[@metaspherz]

Under The Yum Yum Tree was my favorite!

[@MarulanChristianDior]

John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 - June 27, 2001)

[@senorkaboom]

Yep!! Jack Lemmon is dead! Dead as a doornail. Dead, cold and buried.

[@ohaRega]

From a scale of 1 to 10, how dead would you say is Jack Lemmon?

[@senorkaboom]

+ohaRega Very.

[@theflyingelephant7332]

It's one of those jokes where even if the joke itself isn't a world beater, the delivery absolutely seals it and makes it hilarious

[@mayorb3366]

Tons of respect for Jack, but.... Even Robin Williams couldn't sell that joke.

[@tanseygreen]

About as funny as cancer

[@gnosticmom2805]

Wow. Just telling a joke Jack Lemmon gives an Oscar worthy performance. Actors today should take notes.

[@Ulbre]

I remember seeing him in this really great movie with Walter Matthau.....I can't remember the name of that movie but I remember that they were a really odd couple :)

[@sammomin8115]

Grumpy Old Men, the name of the movie.

[@julieaversaiannuzzo5929]

Don't forget The odd couple original movie

[@dizasadorableanimals6554]

@@sammomin8115 The comment is referring to the movie called 'The Odd Couple'. They did most certainly team up for 'Grumpy Old Men' and 'Grumpier Old Men'' which were both worth watching too.

[@sammomin8115]

@@dizasadorableanimals6554 Thanks a lot!

[@bamboo59.52]

His performance in Glengary Glen Ross was outstanding.

[@yowzephyr]

He did a lot of outstanding performances. I miss him and Walter Matthau very much. It's sad how we're all snowmen, bound to melt away before too long.

[@samuelluria4744]

@@yowzephyr - Oh. Yeah. Hilarious. 😐😐😐 ⛄😜⛄😜

[@vardellsfolly5200]

Do you know what inscription jack chose to put on his gravestone? ''Jack Lemmon In'' JACK LEMMON IN....HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA..!!! GET IT?!

[@hollypotthoff8965]

+Λαυρέντιος Ψαροκάηκας I totally get it! Jack Lemmon was just the best!

[@truckn]

Save the Tiger. Awesome movie.

[@bbmcrae]

That's a GREAT joke! You're hilarious!

[@eriklindhurst5793]

That was a great joke, and it takes a Jack Lemmon to tell it right. :)

[@RIXRADvidz]

can't write this shit down if there's no ink........... OR I'd rather die than go through this again.......... OR

[@drexeldoberman1027]

It's Gil from the simpsons!!

[@louisprince2017]

Yes! I was just about to write that.

[@TheBoundBowman]

Which is based on Shelly from Glengarry Glen Ross, played by...

[@AnyoneCanSee]

Yes, Gil from the Simpsons is based on a charted he played. It's ironic that this actor was so famous that one of his characters was satirised in the Simpsons but to some, the character based on him is better known. It's actually like his joke about being upstaged.

[@isabellamarshall7347]

Dude I love this guy so much he stole the show in some like it hot

[@sclogse1]

Billy Wilder comes up with the maracas.

[@vizigotul]

is about hamlet. moment of poison drink.

[@jonsmith4669]

Sorry, whats Hamlet, a small piece of Ham soaked in ink? how odd .

[@moondawg3693]

@@jonsmith4669 3 eggs mixed, add ham.....

[@billgatesleavingyamomshous8177]

Dang she’s beautiful

[@vanthdreadstar8039]

That's strange, because she is a pig, Muppet. Whatever floats your boat, though. ;D

[@baronbattles4681]

That joke reminds me of Yule Brenner being upstaged (and irritated) by Steve McQueen in “Magnificent Seven” (who without saying a word stepped on all his best scenes). (Drank the ink)

[@cellinimedusa4679]

When he threatened to take off his hat?

[@Mega_Mikey]

If Kevin Spacey and Bryan Cranston were brothers, Jack Lemmon would be their dad.

[@mordernmozart]

For sure!

[@michaelelliott1212]

But then their names would be Kevin and Bryan Lemon and nobody would have ever heard of them.

[@BB-iw4tp]

I loved Jack Lemmon..... this better be funny mate.

[@BB-iw4tp]

wtf did he say?

[@AllOfOurCats]

***** The other actor on the stage drank the ink instead of writing everything down like he was supposed to and got more attention than the man writing the diary entries so he didn't make a break through after all and continued to write in his diary as he was still not famous.

[@ahbalone]

Jack: 1, Joke: 0

[@Kram6298]

Actors are very egotistical and thus very jealous of moments in a play when the audience's attention is supposed to be riveted on them. Another actor who draws that attention away is not appreciated. So in this case the bit player stole the scene by drinking the ink. It is a joke that primarily actors would understand and empathize with.

[@tom500k]

I concur and applaud the 2nd part of your comment, Kram6298! But, my perception of actors differs from yours. For me, the stereotype of "very egotistical and jealous" was shattered by two classes at Montgomery College in Maryland. Though almost old enough to be many of my fellow young actors' grandparent, I found these young actors to be delightfully welcoming and generous and helpful. Thanks, Montgomery College for opening me to the cognitive and affective joys of acting and theatre. And thanks to by 2 brilliant and creative teachers, E. & K. And for the rest of you: Get ye into an acting class at a community college!

[@susaninmaine]

I guess I don't understand why the character actor is sitting on the side of the stage writing down everything the actor is saying....I still don't really get this joke.

[@timstatza9190]

It is because the actor was so bad that the old man drank the ink. It is funny because after 20 years of writing in his diary all he needed to sum up his acting was " he drank the ink". Jack always told jokes that made you think a little.

[@garyv2498]

Jack Lemmon put three people on hold to tell that joke

[@stebstebanesier6205]

Pure class.

[@MrCupidd]

The fact that you remember him from the Simpsons shows what an amazing career this man had. We always give the nod to the more current star. It's human nature and Tom hanks is great. But from Mr Roberts to Grumpy Old Men this actor was the best.

[@parksyist]

He played Larry burns

[@olliephelan]

He drank the ink ? Im honestly missing it. The writer wasted out of ink, or tried to poison himself ? He did Burns in the Simpsons ??

[@joemiranda1404]

@@parksyist Rodney Dangerfield played Larry Burns...

[@__Obscure__]

@@olliephelan The joke was about an unknown actor who had been trying to become famous for a long time. He thought he would have his chance on the evening of November 1, because he was about to act a fantastic part in a new play. This part was supposed to climax with him delivering an 8-minute monologue. Everyone's eyes were supposed to be fixed on him, watching his beautiful performance. Instead, the old man who sat on the stage writing everything down stole the audience's attention. Instead of using the ink to wet his quill and write things down like he was supposed to, he DRANK it. I imagine the audience must have cracked up with laughter, reacting to that silly old man DRINKING INK on stage. No one would have been paying attention to the main character anymore. The scene was ruined.

She was so beautifull

[@BostonRedSoxForever]

And "was" is the keyword here.

[@JEANSDEMARCO]

One of my favs is when George Burns reached a 100 yrs old, he said "If I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself" !!

[@seanpatrickharrington9282]

I love jack lemon.

[@theomanification]

I thought for the joke to work, emphasis on an ongoing struggle for the limelight between the old actor and the younger one was needed

[@Ididnotwanttojoin]

That's why he said that if you're an actor, you'll get it. Those are the people who won't need that to be set up for them.

[@theomanification]

@@Ididnotwanttojoin ah, I don't remember writing this, or the video cos it was a year ago :(

[@hatchetjack1031]

I've been unknown so long, I'm known for it!

[@JohnW1711stock]

Heather Thomas! WOW!!

[@williamwoolcock]

Great man "99% of success is simply showing up."

[@rodoneilsantiago5104]

Fish caught by its mouth hahahaha what a joke.

[@davidanthonystone5165]

what an actor

[@charlesdahmital8095]

Equivalent examples would be Katy Perrys 'Left Shark' or the Jamie Lee Curtis Fiji 'Water Girl' event.

[@MrMdblues]

Hey, it's Jake Spoon doing the intro.

[@jclaxa1962]

Huh? Huh? Yeah, that proves im not an actor :) Love ya mr lemmon

[@yowzephyr]

Okay, after several minutes thinking about it I think I finally get it. The old character actor drank the ink just to upstage him.

[@cl759]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nikiTricoteuse]

I must admit I'm not sure l get the joke either. I think your idea is probably correct though.

[@yowzephyr]

@@nikiTricoteuse Rich Little at the end of this video (doing a Jack Lemmon impersonation) explains the joke. Everyone in the audience looked at the guy drinking the ink. It was so distracting that they could no longer focus properly on what the lead actor was saying.

[@yowzephyr]

@@nikiTricoteuse That actor drinking the ink must have decided that he's quitting acting, and so he decided to go out with a bang. The actor Alec Baldwin just did the same thing, going out with a bang.

[@nikiTricoteuse]

@@yowzephyr Ah. Thank you. 😁

[@wisetour4ever]

My favorite comedian

[@roberthaworth8991]

The Russians capture three Western spies: an Englishman, a Frenchman, and an Italian. They torture the Englishman for 20 minutes before he cracks and provides them with all the information he has about his secret mission. They torture the Frenchman for 20 minutes also, before he cracks. They torture the Italian for a full 3 hours without result; he seems distressed, but doesn't say a word. When he's returned to his cell, the other spies ask him how he managed to hold firm under the Russians' hair-raising brutality. "Well, I wanted to tell-a them all-a my information right away," the Italian replies, "but those bastards had my hands tied-a behind my back!"

[@anthonychristy4074]

Guy was brilliant

[@martinbaxter4783]

RIP Messrs Lemmon and Urich. 💔

[@patrickmurphy5842]

i met Jack once in 1991. Lufthansa office, Picccadilly , London

[@DanXJ19]

Lady had great hair.

[@cathyc7052]

I hate when I don't get the joke, but I don't hate Jack Lemmon. I loved him - another great. I loved him with Walter Matthau. They were great together.

[@tf2whackyengineer]

Once the old actor drank the ink, nobody was paying attention to the guy giving the soliloquy.

[@mcqueen390]

+Cathy C the point is that he wanted to get attention for doing something great and that is not always what gets attention. i dope who drinks ink gets the attention making the purpose of getting attention absurd.

[@LostintheTwilightZone]

Only actors will get this joke!!! It was GREAT!!!!

[@samuelluria4744]

We are All [but] players...

[@stellaormes1844]

Best actor telling a joke was David Nevin on the chat show Parkinson telling the joke about a crab dating a prawn or the one Kenneth Williams told about the dancer Robert Helpmann.

[@nikiTricoteuse]

Came here via the David Niven prawn joke and am now off to find the Kenneth Williams joke. 😁

[@sclogse1]

My best is Dustin Hoffman telling the Omar Sharif joke on Cavett. It's on youtube.

[@sclogse1]

Here's an odd thing. Jack does The Days of Wine And Roses with Lee Remick. Famous song, score by Henry Mancini, of which you could always buy his soundtracks from Breakfast at Tiffanys to Charade, to The Pink Panther, Arabesque, to Peter Gunn, Hatari, Experiment In Terror, etc. Even Touch Of Evil. But they never released one for The Days Of Wine And Roses.

[@GillesBoutenfeu]

"That was a really sad and long story professor."

[@cuzuvmcvoy]

This was so FUNNY!

[@jackjohnhameld6401]

Jack Lemmon's screen journey was sensational ... Mister Roberts, It Should Happen To You, Some Like It Hot, Days of Wine and Roses, How To Murder Your Wife, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger, Missing, The China Syndrome ... A complete original.

[@Sunsets-nr6lv]

the apartment?

[@miguelmaldonado4433]

Rich Little doing impersonation of Jack Lemmon is Tom Hanks LOL

[@stevelewis7263]

At 2:10 I like the impressionist doing his impersonation of PEE-WEE HERMAN

[@robertocaesar]

First, the logic of the joke is that nothing else that was memorable happened. But the puchline is really effective because the fact and the statement "He drank the ink" is really funny by itself.

[@philippeaillot3074]

Probably the Best every. John Cleese could have told this one

[@DarkShroom]

john cleese preferred good jokes

[@AbiNomac]

I never found Cleese funny

[@womba68]

@@AbiNomac he's massively overrated

[@AbiNomac]

womba68 - Completely agree with you. I’m still trying to figure out what’s funny about “Faulty Towers” other than it being a joke in itself.

[@TheLobstersoup]

@@AbiNomac It's "Fawlty Towers", but you made me realize it's "faulty", for the first time! There are several jokes that need a decent understanding of language and could be regarded as snobby. For example, when Basil tells Immanuel he speaks Pidgin, not Pigeon like the bird. To get the entire bit you first have to know what Pidgin is, or you won't get the rest of the skit. Then their timing is immaculate. The way the ensemble plays together sometimes makes you forget you are essentially watching a play. Basil is always trying to appear calm and gentleman-like, while in reality he is quite the opposite and has a meltdown at least once an episode. He's a mirror image of the self-important Brit, who is proud of the Empire and considers himself a great member and upper class citizen, when he is really just an idiot imposter trying to resemble what he thinks a gentleman is. Underneath it is just a giddy old, horny man. I never really thought about why Fawlty Towers is fun before, but those things popped into my mind first. I guess it is somewhat a child of the 80's, but I think the series is still incredibly funny today, because the comedy is so well crafted and on the point. The guy knew his fellow Englishmen and mocked them by putting a mirror in front of them.

[@bobbylee2853]

The moral of the story is to know your audience.

[@lindsaycooper9400]

Robert Urich surprise! Gorgeous man

[@Yotrek]

He expertly added “upstage” to the story.

[@BabyFaceBren]

My understanding is, by drinking the ink, the old actor upstaged the actor with the “great” part. I imagine all eyes would be on the ink-drinker?

[@missatrebor]

Indeed, it is one of the best jokes I ever heard, though it helps that Jack Lemmon tells it. I heard/saw it a few nights ago and I kept repeating the clue to myself whereupon I burst into peals of laughter. Thanks for the upload, and you should have stopped immediately after Jack finishes (with that typical Jack Lemmon look)

[@steverenom.299]

WTF??!!

[@POBulkhead]

What a guy.

[@serfer1983]

2:09 I love how Jack Lemmon is trying to explain the joke but refuses after a while....

[@111oooo]

Rich Little

[@jackcallison9219]

Can you record from a tape cassette on to a cd disc on a lap top

[@serfer1983]

@@jackcallison9219 Use your cassette player and plug it into your laptop using mini-jack cable. (Headphones output of your tape deck -> microphone input in your laptop). Then get Audacity (it's free). Press play on your cassette player and hit record button on Audacity. Save your audio files and then burn them on your CD.

[@samuelluria4744]

Jack Lemmon?!?!? Dude! That's Bill Murray!!

[@misteriodomonasterio3306]

Um ator sem sucesso um dia teve sua chance de ficar quase sozinho no palco de um grande teatro e faria um lindo discurso enquanto outro ator secundário sentando em uma mesa com uma pena e tinta anotaria o discurso no papel. Era a sua grande chance. No dia seguinte esse ator sem sucesso escreve em seu diário. "Querido diário, o outro ator bebeu a tinta durante a cena". Explicando a piada: O outro ator encontrou um meio de roubar a cena.