There is a brilliant moment in an episode of the old-time radio series VIC AND SADE: Vic (the father) is trying to work at home because he thinks there will be more privacy; unfortunately due to some streets being blocked-off, the neighbors (and eventually, random strangers!) are taking a short-cut through the house. Vic is increasingly impatient, but maintains a polite veneer throughout the proceedings. At one point, Mrs Keller strikes up a conversation with a man on his way to the pool hall:
Keller: How've you been?
Man: Oh, I'm fine!
Keller: I understand you've had the shape of your head changed.
Man: That's right! Doctor did it with a hammer and two flat rocks.
Keller: Didn't it hurt?
Man: Oh, it hurt awful! You could hear me yellin' a block away! Doctor thought it was great; he screamed too.
Keller: Looks good though.
Man: Sure does! Course I can't wear a hat...
(All of this is transcribed from memory, so I may have a couple of words wrong, but you get the idea. V&S is hard to describe; in format, it was a daily soap opera, but instead of being melodramatic, it was a good-natured, slightly absurd slice-of-life. The conversation here is more overtly bizarre than the typical V&S script, but the whole series showed a uniquely skewed vision of suburban life in the 30's and 40's. I've always wanted to BE Vic, but I'd have to get a wife & kid from somewhere...)
"The Physiognomizer"
Keller: How've you been?
Man: Oh, I'm fine!
Keller: I understand you've had the shape of your head changed.
Man: That's right! Doctor did it with a hammer and two flat rocks.
Keller: Didn't it hurt?
Man: Oh, it hurt awful! You could hear me yellin' a block away! Doctor thought it was great; he screamed too.
Keller: Looks good though.
Man: Sure does! Course I can't wear a hat...
(All of this is transcribed from memory, so I may have a couple of words wrong, but you get the idea. V&S is hard to describe; in format, it was a daily soap opera, but instead of being melodramatic, it was a good-natured, slightly absurd slice-of-life. The conversation here is more overtly bizarre than the typical V&S script, but the whole series showed a uniquely skewed vision of suburban life in the 30's and 40's. I've always wanted to BE Vic, but I'd have to get a wife & kid from somewhere...)