John Higgins
Himself (skydiver)
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Please Don't Destroy - Skydiving
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
Martin and John set off on a tandem skydive as a birthday treat, but trouble mounts once they are airborne: John's instructor Ben admits he woke up feeling unlucky, Martin's instructor Dirk takes a phone call revealing he has just lost custody of his kids, and the pilot is wearing earbuds. As the jump nears, a selfie appears to capture a long-dead grandfather, Martin confesses he has always been in love with John, and Ben offers a lofty pep talk about leaping into the unknown, while a cutaway shows the pilot following a how-to-fly video on his phone. When Ben and John finally jump, their parachute slams into the plane's tail.
The funny people
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Say it with us
Highly quotable.
My lawyer. I just lost the kids.
I've always been in love with you. Your smile, I just think you're absolutely gorgeous.
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
Ben Marshall
Writer
Credited among the episode writers; the short is billed on screen as a Please Don't Destroy video.
John Higgins
Writer
Credited among the episode writers; the short is billed on screen as a Please Don't Destroy video.
Martin Herlihy
Writer
Credited among the episode writers; the short is billed on screen as a Please Don't Destroy video.
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
This was the first Please Don't Destroy short of Saturday Night Live's 50th season.
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