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Jheri's Kids
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
Twenty-one hours into a Las Vegas telethon, a frazzled Jerry Lewis-style host fights fatigue while appealing for donations against jheri curl syndrome. He brings out Rodney Washington, a drippy-haired sufferer who craves curl activator, to describe how the greasy hairstyle drove away his girlfriend and made his fast-food job a fire risk before he called a deactivation center. After Rodney tearfully pledges to get a flat-top, the host laments that his usual closing anthem was unavailable and performs a song of his own.
The funny people
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Say it with us
Highly quotable.
I was like a walking fire hazard.
Help us fight this Jheri curl syndrome.
Unfortunately, this year we could not get clearance on "Never Walk Alone." I was devastated.
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
The sketch spoofs Jerry Lewis's MDA Labor Day Telethon, which Lewis traditionally closed by singing "You'll Never Walk Alone."
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