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Driver's Ed
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The premise
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A driver's ed teacher (Tim Robinson) shows his class an old video about distracted driving, warning them in advance not to make jokes and not to ask anything about the tables. In the video, Carrie (Patti Harrison) talks on her phone at the wheel, raging about the filthy folding tables a series of horror icons have returned to her. When the students keep asking what her job actually is, the teacher grows more and more unhinged, threatens that nobody will get a license, and plays two more videos with the same actress. The last finally reveals that she rents tables to fan conventions and ends with her screaming at another driver, George (David Atkinson), while the teacher scolds the class for laughing.
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Highly quotable.
I don't want any questions about the tables!
These tables are how I buy my house. They keep my house hot.
I can't know how to hear any more about tables!
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
NPR critic Glen Weldon singled out Driver's Ed as the season 2 sketch he had watched the most.
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:00
Driver's Ed Teacher
Now, everybody in here knows or has heard about the dangers of driving while inebriated. But some of the things people do every single day can be just as dangerous. Now, I'm going to show you a video of a woman who got so wrapped up with her problem at work that she puts herself and others in danger. Now, these videos are a little old.
- 00:27
Driver's Ed Teacher
They look a little dated. I don't want to hear any jokes about him and don't let the style distract you And I don't want any questions about the tables
- 00:39
Yeah,
- 00:47
Carrie
Yep, honey, I'll be home from work soon. I'm just picking up my last table.
- 00:51
Carrie
Hey, What the hell did Eddie do to my table? It's filthy. Oh my god.
- 01:08
Carrie
What the heck? It's so dirty. These are my livelihood.
- 01:14
Carrie
Hey man I just got my table back and I don't know what the hell Eddie Munster did to my table It looks like he stepped on them or I know it's not this it looked like he threw them in a mud puddle These tables are how I buy my house. They keep my house hot.
- 01:34
Carrie
If I were a farmer and any monster came in and started kicking my corn you could understand how i could be a bit upset do you understand the tables are corn.
- 01:45
What?
- 01:49
Driver's Ed Teacher
Wow. pretty serious any questions
- 01:55
yeah what was her job
- 01:58
Driver's Ed Teacher
tables
- 02:01
Tables
- 02:02
Driver's Ed Teacher
what do you mean guys what i say
- 02:06
her job is so confusing
- 02:07
Driver's Ed Teacher
The job isn't important. It's just a generic job that the writers of this made up for this.
- 02:14
But what is the generic job? Just tables and dealing with Eddie Munster.
- 02:19
I don't think she should have yelled at Eddie.
- 02:20
Driver's Ed Teacher
She actually didn't yell at Eddie Munster. I've seen this a ton of times.
- 02:24
What does she do?
- 02:25
Driver's Ed Teacher
Tables!
- 02:25
But how is tables a job?
- 02:27
Driver's Ed Teacher
I can't know how to hear any more about tables. All right. I'm going to show you a whole new video, and I want you to tell me what the person in the video did right or wrong.
- 02:44
It's the same woman.
- 02:45
Driver's Ed Teacher
Shh!
- 02:46
Carrie
I just got screamed at by Freddy Krueger.
- 02:49
Carrie
All I said was, what'd you do to my table? It's filthy. You should be ashamed of yourself. You're a fucking pig.
- 02:59
Carrie
And that's when he snapped. I thought he was gonna kill me. I'm so mad about... Fuck! They're so dirty! Ow.
- 03:16
Driver's Ed Teacher
It's pretty crazy. What'd you do wrong?
- 03:18
What is her job?
- 03:20
Driver's Ed Teacher
Tables! Do you want me to turn the lights off? Everybody puts their heads down. Nobody gets their license. You gotta walk everywhere. You gotta walk to the food store. You gotta walk to the house. I'm gonna show you one more video.
- 03:32
Is it the same woman?
- 03:33
Driver's Ed Teacher
It's the same actress. I don't know if she's supposed to be the same person. Save your questions till the end.
- 03:38
I
- 03:38
Carrie
Ugh! What the hell happened to this? I'm so mad about that!
- 03:46
George
Hey! What's up, Carrie?
- 03:49
Carrie
Not now, George.
- 03:52
George
Yeah, I heard you had some problems with your tables.
- 03:54
Carrie
Go to hell, George, you fucking pig.
- 03:57
George
You don't know how to treat the customer. You don't know how to treat the crypt keeper.
- 04:01
Come on! Go!
- 04:02
George
If you're gonna keep renting tables to Comic-Cons and Horror-Cons, you better learn how to treat the talent.
- 04:08
Oh, my God, that's why.
- 04:09
Driver's Ed Teacher
Shut up!
- 04:11
This is the maddest I've ever been!
- 04:19
Driver's Ed Teacher
Any Any questions?
- 04:22
Why is there swearing?
- 04:23
Driver's Ed Teacher
They didn't. All they said was, shoot.
- 04:26
Driver's Ed Teacher
Go away! laugh!
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