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Thousand Dollars

The Kids in the Hall
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The setup

Two flamboyant cowboys strut into a crowded bar and turn a mysterious cash giveaway into a relentless chant before the mood takes a sudden turn.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Two cowboys in an embroidered jacket, a long leather coat, furry chaps and loud orange trousers stride into a crowded pub and announce to the room that one of them is about to hand out a thousand dollars. Waving a thick wad of bills, they strut between the tables, chanting the promise over and over and teasing each startled drinker that the prize could be theirs. The money finally lands with a young patron in a hoodie, who happily counts it as the pair congratulate him and the bar breaks into applause. Without missing a beat, the cowboys switch to a new chant promising that somebody is about to get punched in the head, and the blond-wigged cowboy squares up to a man across the room.

The funny people

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Say it with us

Highly quotable.

He's going to give away $1,000.

Could be you, or it could be you.

Someone's gonna get a punch in the head.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

KITHfan.org's guide to show #217 lists this sketch as "He's Gonna Give Away $1000" and sums it up as a song in which someone gets $1000 and someone gets punched.

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