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Spoons

Big Train
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

A new manager asks his staff to accommodate a very particular phobia.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

A new manager makes a friendly first impression at an office meeting before passing around a note identifying the one thing he cannot tolerate. His colleagues try to take the request seriously, but a late arrival with a cup of tea sends the introduction to a disastrous conclusion.

The funny people

Meet the cast. 5

Say it with us

Highly quotable.

It's my problem, so I'm not ashamed of it.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

A British Comedy Guide retrospective reports that Graham Linehan named the spoon-phobia sketch as his favourite in his autobiography.

The rabbit hole continues

One more couldn’t hurt.

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