You Can't Do That on Television

     

You Can't Do That on Television1979

Genre: Comedy
You Can't Do That on Television is a Canadian sketch comedy television series that first aired locally in 1979 before airing in the United States in 1981. It featured preteen and teenage actors in a sketch comedy format similar to that of American s… more »


El Capitano:
Hey, what's going on here? How come you wearing those clothes?

Doug Ptolemy:
[in a red suit and white wig] I'm Santa Claus, ho-ho-ho.

El Capitano:
Santa Claus? I thought he was fat.

Doug Ptolemy:
Santa's been doing some dieting, bit of jogging, some tennis, ho-ho-ho.

El Capitano:
Well, you do look good.

Doug Ptolemy:
Thanks.

El Capitano:
Wait a minute. Santa has a long white beard.

Doug Ptolemy:
Santa's been shaving.

El Capitano:
Oh. Oh. Ah, but Santa Claus is very old.

Doug Ptolemy:
I don't take a very good picture. In the flesh I look a lot younger, ho-ho-ho.

El Capitano:
That's it. I believe you. You... are... Santa Claus. And, you know, seeing as you left me just a pair of socks last Christmas... Amigos! Ready! Aim!...

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