The Kids in the Hall - Compensation

[@FatalKitsune]

"The only thing worse than having a job is looking for one." God, but that's a true statement right there.

[@ricktherrien8235]

My dad made 32 dollars an hour and work from 6:00am until 8:30 or so and he still was struggling to eat and pay bills. It’s because at that tax bracket they deduct more from you there if your making 16 dollars an hour. He did landscaping and worked hard and I work with him for less then a month and all I did was work and come home at 8:30 pm drink for a couple hours then pass out and do it again and I worked of Saturdays and was suppose to work Sundays but I said no way. My girlfriend at the time almost left me because we never seen each other and I was unhappy what little time I was home. Then I worked at furniture restoration but just mainly sanding, stripping with chemical stripper, using steal wool to prep the wood and I split wood, made rock retaining walls, did the lugging and labour work, cut grass and helped with the restoration. I was sanding so much wood and after about a year I was sanding in the early spring and we got in old planks that where Mouldy and I sanded them all and I developed a viral infection from the mouldy wood dust that I was breathing in as well as all the other dust from sanding and from landscaping from cement mix. Both times I was never told not to inhale that shit until I started having respiratory problems. The second time with the wood dust left me with a bad viral infection that gets worse in the fall time. The first year carrying my wood from the bush I was not able to breath and was having to stop every couple of mins because I could not breath and was sweating so very much. I started coughing up green and yellow stuff and when I would just clear my lungs normally and spit it would be completely black in contrast to the white snow. That was about 14 years ago and my lungs are just starting to heal and I don’t get the infection as bad anymore. The doctors said there’s not much they can do about it because they can’t keep me on antibiotics constantly and it is a consistent viral infection that is present in the summer, spring gets worse in the fall and subsides in the winter. I also have smoked like a chimney both pot and cigarettes and would keep a loaded bong by me bed so when I woke up the first thing I did was reach down pick up the bong and take a hoot. And before I got the viral infection I had the worst morning cough anyone around me ever heard from the cement dust so the sanding did not bloody well help.

[@explicitcontent9235]

Just be sure to pay your taxes politician's need your money mansions and yachts helicopters limousines drugs and whores are very expensive so pay up sucker's or else you will be severely punished by the IRS atf FBI and soon to be the gook squad. Just keep on sipping hot dick soup through a crazy straw while watching crap from the 80s on communist tube. Syphilis joe for the morgue.

[@Janohiomom22]

I say it all the time. I hate my job. 😂

[@conscientiamngo]

This is so truth, that it is my life now 🤣👍😭✊

[@technoman9000]

​Ok

[@sstaners1234]

He’s got the look of a guy who is daydreaming about a disabling but non crippling injury

[@Girtharmstrong69]

I see you also watched the video like everyone else

[@SnewpTD]

Yes we all watched the video.

[@420jamamaw]

Aren't we all

[@stormtempterf8058]

I mean, we've all legit had that look before

[@lucyfyrearchoftwilight9282]

I'm in construction and have used this skit at work many many times lol. "Praying to the goddess of disabling but non crippling injuries". Always got a good laugh outta the boys with that one.

[@professorkaos2781]

I just started using it myself.

[@c-bass413]

He was back the next day working the machine with the OTHER HAND! lol One of my favs

[@Platypi007]

KACHUNKKACHUNK! KACHUNKCACHUNK! KACHUNKKACHUNK!

[@RustinChole]

“Cmon, you’re a laborer. Use your imagination.” Collllld blooooded🤣

[@mrfivegold]

Cold blooded? How?

[@RustinChole]

@@mrfivegold the implication is that laborers have sub par imaginations. You ..... really didn’t catch that huh. Well now you know!

[@mrfivegold]

@@RustinChole I thought the foreman meant laborers relied on their imagination. There was no sarcasm in his tone.

[@RustinChole]

@@mrfivegold apparently you’re beyond understanding. He’s IN CHARACTER the joke is that he believes that’s the case Jesus Christ. (Ps yes I worked for years as a laborer. I also toured in a punk band. I also worked at a hospital. Guess which job required the LEAST imagination? Jesus I have the flu why are you so invested in this thread?)

[@winstonmarlowe5254]

@@RustinChole well you certainly are dramatic lol

[@raynemichelle2996]

As someone who was injured on the job and got 3 years of treatment (and pay) for said injury, I was one of the lucky ones, but I almost died. I'm glad we have worker's compensation.

[@joyceanderson14]

Glad you made it through

[@MWorsa]

It’s a river of goodness

[@Lee-yz2lo]

Me too brother it is kind of funny though 😁

[@PoeLemic]

Glad you are okay. People laugh at stuff like this, but it's because it's comedy. Work-related injuries are no job. Wife had two six-month job separations, and very hard on her.

[@IvyCrack]

Scott Thompson has such a hilarious range.

[@lisvender]

He's certainly great at playing idiots :)

[@nebulousisgod]

He’s the funniest actor on the show

[@RobJazzful]

I was lucky enough to meet Scott in the Nineties, when I was in radio. Truly nice man. He loved the Buddy Cole line I asked him to use in his autograph: “He saw through my onionskin charade.”

[@crashburn3292]

Working idiot, to Buddy Cole, to a fat cat businessman, to Queen Elizabeth...

[@RustinChole]

McKinny too. Bird lady. The CEO. The cop. Dave and Scott were my favs at the time but McKinny’s characters really stick with me.

[@royjonzejr]

I loved the parable of the pipe cutter

[@jhopkins213]

Mark McKinney is a great storyteller.

[@Hopekuma]

"Oops the wind" Always slays me

[@thanksfernuthin]

Unlike other skit shows, they had many that were almost perfect comedy pieces. This is one of them.

[@tcdirks]

I agree. Mr show, python, key and Peele, Chappelle, ucb, and here's an obscure one, snuffbox. These shows also contained at least one absolutely perfect bit of comedy.

[@tcdirks]

@@Albino_Scout so funny. A young jack black. A great wig on David. Alyssa milano sitting in the audience. Mr show was so good

[@DeathToMayo]

@@Albino_Scout I personally love the one where America blows up the moon but I usually hear people refrence the Prerecorded Call-in Show as the best Mr. Show sketch.

[@danaparfitt2491]

@@tcdirks thanks for the tip

[@danaparfitt2491]

@@DeathToMayo ooh juicy lead

[@918Mitchell]

I showed this to my manager and some coworkers, it became a running inside joke for months. Anytime it was a tough or stressful day. "Let me tell you about compensation" or "Oops, the wind" lol

[@Joemantler]

I've been using the line "opps, the wind" since 1988 thanks to this skit!

[@e.lurkerer6818]

I had trouble getting dressed🤣

[@devodavis6747]

I'll tell 'em I was reeaaallly thirsty!

[@Jessability]

The only thing worse than having a job is looking for one. HA!

[@CourtneyLachiver]

Truer words haven't been spoken! I just got laid off last month from my job and looking for one has been the worst!

[@Thrifty032781]

That's what I always tell myself when I am dissatisfied with my job.

[@jeffsims8270]

I concur!

[@elmobolan4274]

So true!!!

[@louistournas120]

@@CourtneyLachiver That was 3 y ago. Are you enjoying your new job?

[@emilymesch7537]

Oh wow, Scott is just perfect this entire sketch. Shows how much a supporting character can do to lift a performance.

[@bracksampson1]

He really does have a large range in comedy and acting

[@danaparfitt2491]

Everyone on KITH is a comedic genius alright.

[@MintyFreshTurds]

"NOT THE HOOK END YOU MORON!" "UHHHHHHH!"

[@bobcratchet3736]

So happy to find this. I watched this on tv when I was a teenager back in the ‘80’s and have been quoting it ever since. Thank you for uploading it.

[@norcodaev]

I used to work in a cement factory. I lasted almost 14 years. Such a boring and monotonous job, but paid fairly well, hence why I stayed so long. I can’t tell you the number of times I dreamed about a disabling but non crippling injury. Literally every single day. Unlike the ‘lifers’ I worked with, I’m so glad I got out and when on to bigger and better things. I absolutely love my current job. It is a pleasure to get up and go to work now!

[@SpaceStormy]

I love when scott plays the "no lights on" guy

[@devodavis6747]

I think Scott enjoys it too.

[@johnrussellpelt9091]

"Not the hook end, you moron" was the highlight of his part, with the extra-long groan while touching his head a close second.

[@2ndcousin100]

I'm in a rut deep enough to hang up posters.

[@shawniscoolerthanyou]

In a few years, when unions don't exist and all laborers are hired as "contractors through task rabbit, people won't get the joke.

[@CruceEntertainment]

He could always go back to working at the b-b-b-b-bank!

[@jonbon7219]

Screw the bank!!!!

[@ceeqanguel]

Kids in the hall taught me english. Man did I love them!

[@seankehoe8658]

This is a really well built set! Lighting, wardrobe, h&m camera even got on the jib for this one. The writing is spot on, informed and deliberate, the direction is confident and precise - performance is dialed in this is the standard for Kith live!!!!

[@DaDaDo661]

With he price of lumber today that scene would cost too much to reproduce lol

[@sibbyeskie]

Foley said in an interview how much of a waste sketch comedy is. Building a set all week. Wardrobe. All for a few minutes. Good thing the show is so loved or it would be a lot of work for nothing.

[@desktorp]

@@sibbyeskie Ironic that he's never done anything remotely as good as Kids In The Hall + when they made Brain Candy, he was too uptight to help write it. Foley is funny as hell but always seemed like he was the least appreciative of the group.

[@monsterbotscombatrobotics7488]

@@desktorp To me Newsradio was Dave Foleys peak.

[@christophercoyne9924]

Scary thing is, as a laborer I've actually taken part in a conversation much like this one. We didn't actually go through with it though.

[@spaceracer23]

Hammer guys hitting thanks for me!

[@billmcginley]

My sister has been a social worker in the LA area for over 30 years now. Many women have taken positions in this field just so that they can get pregnant and receive 7 months of maternity leave. They come back to work and are back on leave 6 months later. The budget doesn't permit that position to be filled by somebody else so guess who pays- the remaining employees and the disabled clients that do not get the resources that are so desperately needed

[@johannamost4387]

@@billmcginley Bullshit, thats not what happens

[@iuhsdihdslifuvholuidfh]

@@billmcginley Trashy bottom feeding skanks who will keep putting out kids regardless of situation.Hopefully one of their baby's daddy's takes them out in a meth rage!

[@barnold23]

As someone who’s responsible for managing compensation claims for a large construction company - unfortunately, I ’m not surprised.

[@lucyfyrearchoftwilight9282]

"He sent more than one blue-collar brother down soap opera lane" hahahahahahahahahaha

[@mikemurray4788]

That line was gold

[@good2btheking]

Truest words EVER spoken "The worst thing than having a job, Is having to look for one".

[@Dan__W]

Put salt in your eyes, ka-chunk ka-chunk... 😆

[@indiatastic]

YES! ALWAYS PUT SALT IN YOUR EYES! 🤣🤣

[@Bolgernow]

Mark (looks at Scott): "How old are you kid, 17, 18?!?" Bruce (confidently): "29" Mark (looks back at Scott with surprise) Perfection!

[@waylonbedlam792]

Mark, not Kevin. Kevin is the Goddess of Compensation at the end.

[@Bolgernow]

@@waylonbedlam792 Great catch. My bad, I'll change it. Cheers!

[@mikebell2750]

This has always been my favourite Kids in the Hall skit...😄

[@jamiee1519]

one of the best skits, on one of the best shows ever thank you Paul

[@Ronium22]

You’re welcome

[@jdstarek]

Watching this while on medical leave from work.

[@r8chlletters]

God I love these guys 😂

[@shaneb.3982]

I miss this show so much. My generation was so care free and full of dry humor.

[@rcarmisin3465]

Dire Straits - Money for Nothing, they talk about some dude who owns a jet airplane and is a millionaire. There's no way that song is making top 10 today.

[@benjones7634]

"I had trouble getting dressed." wth wasn't expecting that.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

Maybe that hammer injury won't make too much difference.

[@amosonyoutube]

So relatable as a labourer. Awesome skitz

[@sunnybeach4837]

This should have a billion views. That was hilarious 😂

[@mikespark72]

one of the kids' best skits!

[@NGMonocrom]

The Kids In The Hall.... Spittin' some truth that still applies to this day.

[@spaceracer23]

NOT THE CLAW END!!😱 UHHH!!! 🤪

[@tbost11]

Scot Thompson a comedy Jedi

[@paganwolf5951]

One of THE BEST shows ever!!😃🤘😂🤸🍻

[@jeffsims8270]

0:40 - "The only thing worse than having a job, is looking for one." I've always agreed with this quote/statement.

[@SpiritBear12]

The kid was aiming for compensation, missed and went straight into murder. Oopsie!

[@jlo96f3]

They built that whole set just for this one skit

[@shawniscoolerthanyou]

That was the first thing I thought haha. Dedicated.

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

It's the CBC sparing no expense with our money.

[@mojazu]

"Screw you taxpayer!"

[@catanarchist25]

This never gets old! (Actually, none of the KITH skits do!) #1 fan here!

[@canadaguy20081]

Ah man brings me back to simpler times I miss u 90s

[@NGMonocrom]

Simpler, and better times; by *FAR!!!*

[@mikecleary4988]

One of my favourite skits. 😂

[@NotSure109]

Only way to improve this is to have the final flight up to the goddess of compensation blur into revealing its a dream sequence, and then have it cut to a rainy funeral scene.

[@jerisol5960]

Thought this was a music video called "The kids in the hall" by a band called Compensation. Was watching the video waiting for the construction workers to start singing or something lol

[@colonelangus3157]

Your thinking about " YMCA" I think...Village People....lol.!

[@SeanFavel]

This is awesome . I watched this when i was younger .still funny!

[@nutbastard]

Everything you've watched was when you were younger.

[@PopMofo1997]

"C'mon! You're a labourer, use your imagination!"🤣

[@vanessamurphy4667]

The look on Scott's face is PRICELESS!

[@stannisthemannisbaratheon1039]

I think of getting compensation every day

[@paul_bellini]

CompenTHation?

[@ryanwagner6715]

Still trying to find his slice of happiness pie .......

[@bikebudha01]

One of their best of all time...

[@cdarw]

Scott’s mouth breather character is hilarious!!! 😂

[@gcprost]

I remember this sketch. I loved it. Thanks for posting it.

[@themaggattack]

Hey man, take a vacation *ka-chunk, ka-chunk* get on compensation *ka-chunk, ka-chunk*.

[@eyeexaggerate7687]

Picture it, Slave Lake, 1992 - we were out there putting up some buildings for a reserve. The young gun had had enough of the road and wanted to go home, we all knew it, we all wanted to go home too. We were putting down some TGIs when he screams from his side like he had just put a nail into the knuckle of his thumb. He had. He fell forward with the nailer in his hand, he said, and used that hand to stabilize himself. In the process, capow!, nailed himself to the top rail of the TGI. We grabbed a sawsall and.. cut him loose. He was white like a ghost on the ride to the hospital staring at this chunk of spruce attached to his thumb. Ah, the good old days, we shipped him back on a bus and fished from the roof of our job site for dinner like every other day.

[@markthebldr6834]

In almost 20 years of framing I've seen at least 5 people shoot themselves with a nail gun. 3 of them were right after I told them that if they continued to do what they were doing they would get shot. There could be more that I don't remember. I've only had one nail stick. Been lucky so far

[@eyeexaggerate7687]

@@markthebldr6834 one of the guys put a spike into his knee (in the meat of the vastus medialis), it was winter and so his insulated bibs kept the head of the nail visible. Yoinked it with his hammer and limped out the rest of the day. We might’ve been around 28 at the time, easier to recoup for sure. The odd time you’d get pelted with 2” nails if someone was sheathing and you were walking offsite. Not always the brightest cats.

[@mark6302]

We've all prayed at the Altar of Compensation

[@ZetaReticuli_]

There has been more than one instance in my life I have thought of this skit and its message.

[@itsmattehlers]

This sketch script should be in a museum.

[@lindabingham394]

or union halls or labor muesuemsvvc ha ha

[@aghoulinthewhould]

Sucks when you actually get injured, very badly, at work for a company you've been an asset to for 20+yrs and L&I works against you.

[@hiddenspotsbc9772]

Should have used the wind.

[@jennahell]

“Oops, the wind” Classic Bruce

[@zetaone7884]

4:45 "Not the hook end, you moron!" "AAAWWWHHH!" LMAO

[@rosario9496]

“Not the hook end; you moron”!! 😂😂

[@97VobraOwner]

This is comedy...good times... looking at things like Saturday night live there is no comparison, all the politicized bs... gosh I miss kids in the hall.

[@CycolacFan]

Brilliant. They really went all out on that set too, that must have taken a few hours to build.

[@spunkyspaz]

The goddess of compensation has some hairy forearms

[@RustinChole]

😂🤦‍♂️

[@toonbat]

Such are the forearms of bitch goddesses.

[@bendaum6901]

Dude!!I had this exact conversation with other coworkers but more seriously

[@crs290]

I like to think that Sam swung a little too hard and punched the rookie's card.

[@danieldeelite]

"Come on, you're a laborer, use your imagination." Looks around at everything nice

[@roydykens7376]

He's trying to win the good ol' Cape Breton lottery.

[@tonyrodrigues9425]

Love this skit👍

[@jeffsims8270]

I never noticed this till now (fuckin 25 years later🤦🤦🤦) but Scott's miming is great! I think he only says one word - "sure".

[@christianreyes8780]

"how old are you kid? 17? 18?" ... "29" I died xD

[@stephanie8231]

Only thing is that compensation is actually shit here in Ontario...

[@johansmallberries9874]

Haha they're playing Americans in this one.

[@Hotpocketmountiandew]

The American dream

[@Kittyjingles28]

portrayed by canadians

[@SonOfMuta]

Kittyjingles28 Mark’s American

[@drmodestoesq]

@@SonOfMuta Wiki says he's from Ottawa.

[@bernrudolph2422]

@@SonOfMuta No, Mark was born in Ottawa.

[@draftday8078]

2021 anyone. Way ahead of there time

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

Compensation it comes from the Latin word for free money God I love these Canadians

[@chrissmith9135]

Thompson made the whole skit...

[@fgajtani]

Did they really buy all that 2x4, electric wiring, insulation and built the entire first floor of a house for a 5 minute skit?

[@markthebldr6834]

Or they just went to a set that wasn't finished

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

That's the CBC sparing no expense with Canadian taxpayers' dollars.

[@SoleaGalilei]

@@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry I only wish my tax dollars could go to something as awesome as this show.

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

@@SoleaGalilei Not knocking the show, and I wish CBC were still producing shows of this calibre, but that set was massive over-kill for a fairly short comedic scene. But the CBC being the CBC, they were probably approaching the end of their fiscal year and the iron law of bureaucratic budgeting, "use it or lose it", was no doubt blowing hot down their necks.

[@onlyangela5311]

Mother Compensation. Back then you actually got compensated.

[@cartwrightnation8702]

I quote this sketch at least once a day....

[@nenstielkl]

Yeah, I do this kind of work. If it was that easy, everyone would be on comp.

[@tommynorthwood]

Omg I LOVE SAM!!! "Where he worked Sam!"

[@jarrodanderson2124]

That's quite a set they designed for them.

[@bradjohnson6678]

This is STILL the best 😆😁😂

[@Mustard_Seed777]

I love the subtle implication that Sam is now the way he is because of his head injury being the worst thing he did to himself "Ugh, ugh, ugh... UGHhhhh"😂

[@RobertBreedon-c3b]

This one struck a nerve with me I lost one of my thumbs in work accident....in 1987 but none the less I laughed caused my employer at the time tried to tell WCB that I did it on purpose.

[@KairuHakubi]

I feel like it would have been a good final punchline if they were like "Oh wait, that's not the visible manifestation of the goddess of compensation.. that's a regular angel, i guess you killed him"

[@GrimmShadowsII]

To this day the funniest part is NOT the hook end

[@goldilox369]

Agree. I still think of this skit and yell that every time I use a hammer. 🔨

[@graveyardrumblers]

This skit is legend 😆

[@CourtneyLee62]

The golden age of television.

[@2199SPUDMAN]

NOT THE CLAW END!!!! 🤣😂😆

[@fistyann8434]

I'm clinically depressed, and watching this on my lunch break. ❤

[@paul_bellini]

hope it helps

[@johnschober1819]

The look on Scott's face. Ha Ha

[@long_strange_trip5959]

"Not the hook end you moron" hahahaha

[@justsomedudeyouknow8372]

I knew guys like this in the trailer park where i grew up. For real!

[@Jchot]

"well then let's get to it then, eh?" (holds hammer like a 5 year old)