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 »


[punk rocker Lisa stands before the firing squad]

El Capitano:
[laughing] Oh, amigos, have we got a strange one today! Doesn't even look like a human to me. Looks like a... sort of a strange animal, heh-heh-heh-heh! Okay. Enough of this fun. Let's get it over with. Ready! Aim!

Lisa Ruddy:
Hold it!

El Capitano:
What ees eet this time?

Lisa Ruddy:
Didn't you just call me a strange animal?

El Capitano:
Yes, I did.

Lisa Ruddy:
Well, then, I demand my freedom under the endangered species law.

El Capitano:
WHAT!

Lisa Ruddy:
Well, you see, I'm a strange animal, and all those rifles are endangering my life, so I must be an endangered species.

El Capitano:
Yeah, but...

Lisa Ruddy:
AND under the endangered species law, I can not be shot or harmed in any way or all of you will go to jail.

El Capitano:
Jail. Ooo. She may have a point there, amigos. Okay, go on. Beat it. Vamoose. That is one sneaky... whatever it is.

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