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Going Up

Saturday Night Live 1984 Season 10 Episode 7

SKETCH-O-VISION

A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

An architect's proposal to give an elevator operator a stool turns a routine planning meeting into a furious argument.

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The funny people

Meet the cast. 5

Highly quotable.

It's not even a stool, for God's sake. Look at this. It's more like a Murphy bed.

Am I being transferred?

Did I say something wrong?

The premise

Here’s the bit.

Architect Norman Hammill's skyscraper design wins praise until property owner Sydney spots a stool built into the elevator and wants it removed. Norman's partner is ready to give in and head to lunch, but Norman refuses, arguing that operators deserve a seat while they wait in the lobby. The dispute over the fold-away seat gets so heated that Norman and Sydney end up grappling on the office floor. They summon the building's elevator operator to settle it, and when his cautious answer backs Norman, Sydney dismisses it as one man's opinion. Norman storms out with his partner and plans, leaving the operator to wonder what he said wrong.

Behind the scenes