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Pudge & Solomon: Laid Off

Saturday Night Live 1982 Season 8 Episode 8

SKETCH-O-VISION

A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

Two old friends trade jokes at a bar until a layoff makes an offer of help unexpectedly difficult.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

At the piano in their usual bar, Pudge and Solomon swap wisecracks about newspaper stories on Reagan's missile plans and Ted Kennedy's political future. Solomon's joking manner hides the news that the plant has laid him off. Pudge offers the contents of his tip jar, but Solomon resists depending on a friend's charity. He finally seems to accept the cash, then quietly puts it back before leaving his friend at the piano.

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