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Back Seat

The Whitest Kids U'KnowWKUK
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

Two unruly back-row passengers turn lunch-sharing into a political discussion that their bus driver cannot tolerate.

Community rating

– / 10

The premise

Here’s the bit.

Two friends are delighted to claim the back seat of a school bus, where they set off a firecracker and scatter food outside. When one offers to share his remaining lunch, their conversation takes an unexpectedly thoughtful turn toward socialism, capitalism and moral responsibility. The driver grows increasingly angry at their discussion and threatens consequences, but a passing distraction soon restores their original enthusiasm for the journey.

The funny people

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Say it with us

Highly quotable.

You sound like a communist.

More like socialism.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

TV Guide lists this sketch as “Back of the Bus.”

The rabbit hole continues

One more couldn’t hurt.

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