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Funny TV skit I once saw
I posted this in another thread, but it's kind of buried away there, so I thought I'd make it a thread of its own:
I did a session years ago in Sydney for a producer who had a home studio. He was running behind, so he said "watch this Kirk, you'll enjoy this" and put a video in the VCR. It was a skitby one of those very funny two-man comedy shows out of England :
Starts with a guy in his living room struggling over a guitar part he's reading out of a 'Ralph McTells 100 easy Songs' song book. (Ralph is a very famous folk singing guitarist who wrote The Streets of London).
His friend comes in and says 'That sounds horrible' and the other guys says 'yeah, they're supposed to be easy, but there are no little ...you know, pictures ... of the chords'.
His friend says 'well that's false advertising, you should take this Ralph McTell to court'.
Dissolve to a court room scene ... the Judge is hammering down the gavel, Ralph himself is in the dock. The lawyer says the songs are supposed to be easy but they're not. So Ralph plays a beautiful version, saying they're not all that hard. The lawyer asks 'where are the little pictures of the chords? They're missing' and wheels out a huge A chord diagram on an easel to show the courtroom.
'Could we call in expert number One, a mister Eric Clapton' ... Eric himself appears, walks into the courtroom, Strat strapped on, playing like a demon. 'Could you please play this song, Mr Clapton?' asks the lawyer, showing him the Ralph song book. Eric stops playing like a demon, looks at the song book ... squints ... looks at his fretboard ... plays a horrible little noise ... looks up and asks 'Where are the little pictures ... the little ... you know ... pictures? ... like that' pointing to the huge A chord.
'Next expert ... a mister Knopfler, Marc Knopfler' ... Marc himself walks into the courtroom, playing like a demon ... same thing. He stumbles through a few lines, furrowed brow .... 'There are no little ... pictures' he says, looking up in dismay.
Next expert please, a mister Richie Blackmore ... Richie himself enters the courtroom, playing like a demon. Same thing ... no little pictures.
Dissolve back to the guy who is now waking up from the dream on the couch in his living room.
I laughed and laughed ...
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