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This Ol' Box
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The setup
The premise
Here’s the bit.
Presented by the "Pavement Broadcast System," Anton Jackson welcomes viewers to his cardboard box, which doubles as his house, bathroom, kitchen, backyard and library, for a home improvement program in the style of This Old House. After jolting himself while tapping into a convenient power source, he shows off a makeshift tool kit and sets about adding a guest wing: marking and cutting a new doorway, sticking panels together with his own homemade adhesive and installing a jar as the guest bathroom. He signs off by promising to turn a garbage can into a jacuzzi next week.
The funny people
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Say it with us
Highly quotable.
This is my house slash bathroom slash kitchen slash backyard slash library.
Remember, safety last when you ain't got no money.
Join me next week when I'll be showing you how to make a jacuzzi out of a garbage can.
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
The title spoofs the PBS home renovation series This Old House. The sketch aired in the season 1 episode "Endangered Species" (June 3, 1990).
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:09
the pbs the pavement broadcast system proudly presents a new do-it-yourself at home home improvement show
- 00:30
Anton Jackson
my name is anton and this is my house slash bathroom slash kitchen slash backyard slash library
- 00:42
Anton Jackson
Oh, I forgot we're on TV, let me fix my makeup. Now...
- 00:56
Anton Jackson
Now, let's, we're gonna need a little bit of work light, so let's go to a convenient power source,
- 01:04
Anton Jackson
when remember safety last when you ain't got no money.
- 01:28
Anton Jackson
Now, today we're gonna add on a new room, but I have to make sure that I got the proper tools.
- 01:36
Anton Jackson
This is the drill, print my hammer, my measuring tape, extension
- 01:58
Anton Jackson
Oh, that's the extension cord, use Let's just the rope for now.
- 02:05
Anton Jackson
I And last but not least I need my screwdriver.
- 02:24
Anton Jackson
I need another one of that.
- 02:32
Anton Jackson
Now let's get started, shall we?
- 02:38
Anton Jackson
Now, in order to add on this new room, We're gonna have to make a new doorway.
- 02:45
Anton Jackson
So what do we do? We mark it.
- 02:49
Anton Jackson
And then And then we cut the hole.
- 02:57
Anton Jackson
We're pick up our pants and now let's add on a new room
- 03:21
Anton Jackson
now in order to bond this we're gonna have to use an all-natural adhesive.
- 03:29
Anton Jackson
We Your children don't try this at home
- 03:45
Anton Jackson
We just put that there And when this dries It'll be crazy like crazy
- 03:52
Anton Jackson
Now our new guest wing is almost complete.
- 04:00
Anton Jackson
But not yet. We need to install the plumber.
- 04:05
Anton Jackson
I'm I'm gonna get the bathroom company
- 04:19
Anton Jackson
So we'll just set that there right there with one little toilet paper in there, so now when and come over.
- 04:34
Anton Jackson
They don't have to steal your bathroom
- 04:37
Anton Jackson
Well, that's the show for today
- 04:40
Anton Jackson
Join me next week when I'll be showing you how to make a jacuzzi out of a garbage can
- 04:48
Anton Jackson
This is their time for this old box and I still have something over here.
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