...on being witty

          A Rutland Weekend Pictosketch

"TALK ABOUT"

Well, so much for Biggles.  And now,
here's Omar Shariff and "Cinema".

Hello, and welcome to

"Talk About."

And tonight, on the program, we have Keith Trapp, who has the reputation of being one of the wittiest men in England, ...

..indeed, in the entire world.  Keith, welcome.

Good Evening.

Keith, you have the reputation of being something of a wit.


Yes.


People say that as a natural talker you are remarkably witty, and extremely funny.


Yes.

Do you find being witty easy?

Oh, yes.


You, you don't find it a constant strain to be expected to keep up this elegant banter?



No.

No? You don't find it tiring, people expecting you to be witty and full of elan and aphorisms the whole time?



No.

I see. Have you
always been witty?


Yes.

And this, uh ... celebrated wit,
when do you exercise it?

What?

When do you let the words
tumble free in a bumbling cascade
of elegant chitchat?



What?

When are you witty?

Oh, all the time!

Please, go on

What?.


Be witty.

Oh!

Well, from wit...



Wit is this...

Yes?

What?

Please, go on.


With what?

You were going to be witty.

No, no, actually, I was going to ask you where the lavatory was.


OH HAHAHAhahahahaa...

hahahahaa...

hahahaha....

  .....

...you're serious.

Yes.
It, it wasn't a...
witty remark.

No.

No.

It's just outside the studio
on the right.

Thank you.

Well, from wit, we turn to origami,
the ancient art of Japanese folding...






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