"Whaaaaaaat doooooooes a yel-low light meeeeeeeeeean?" has GOT to be the BEST
sitcom joke of all time. I still laugh when I think about it. I occasionally break into my Reverend-Jim-taking-the-driving-test impersonation when someone I know (or myself!) is being particularly "slow". Either they get it or they don't. . .
I know it's not considered professional, but I always loved it when actors try not to break up laughing. The cast during this skit look like they're going to laugh and that makes it even funnier.
Also, nobody could have pulled that joke off like Christopher Lloyd. His delivery was priceless.
The other funny thing is when Reverend Jim is writing something and asks Bobby how to spell his name. Bobby tells him and Jim looks at what he wrote and says, after a slight pause, "Sorry, 'Booby'!"
Very funny and only because CL is a great enough actor to take something so simple and potientially not-that-funny and making it hilarious.
BTW, I hated Latka (so shoot me) and thought Alex was repulsive!
I know, I'm such a heathen!
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