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 »



Fair Maiden:
[tied to railroad tracks by a villain all in black] Help me! Oh, help... Oh!

Mountie:
[entering] What seems to be the problem here?

Fair Maiden:
Isn't it just a little bit obvious?

Mountie:
Ah, yeah!

Mountie:
[to villain] YOU don't know how to tie a reef knot.

Villain:
Oh.

Mountie:
Here let me show you how.

Villain:
Well, thank you very much. It's nice to know that the mounties are there when you need them.

Fair Maiden:
Oh...

Mountie:
Okay, you see, it's left over right and under, and then right...

Fair Maiden:
Oh...

Villain:
Wait a minute. You're too fast for me. RIght over left...?

Mountie:
And under.

[whistle of an approaching train sounds off]

Villain:
And under.

Mountie:
And then left over right, and under.

Villain:
No-no, I believe it's left under, right over. Isn't that right?

Fair Maiden:
It's right over left...

Villain:
Oh.

Fair Maiden:
...and then you go through the hole with that again and that's it.

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