# Looking for old comedy skit **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-comedy-skit/633942 "2012-09-07T01:50:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Courk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Courk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Courk)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-comedy-skit/633942/1 "2012-09-07T01:50:51Z")
I’m looking for an old comedy routine. I saw it once, I think it was linked in a [cracked.com](http://cracked.com) article sometime in the last few months. It’s in black and white and is shown on a split screen. The basic premise is an adult man calls his mother, and she starts saying things like “it’s about time you called” or “you never call” and that she could have been sick or injured, iirc. Even just the name of the comedy team would be appreciated. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-comedy-skit/633942/2 "2012-09-07T01:57:13Z")
Stiller and Meara did phone call routines. I don’t recall that one in particular. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-comedy-skit/633942/3 "2012-09-07T02:25:56Z")
It sounds like [Elaine May and Mike Nichols](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5pXggZIr6I&feature=related). This particular sketch amuses me because of the references to the [Vanguard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_(rocket)) program. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-comedy-skit/633942/4 "2012-09-07T02:32:01Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > It sounds like [Elaine May and Mike Nichols](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5pXggZIr6I&feature=related). This particular sketch amuses me because of the references to the [Vanguard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_(rocket)) program. That was the other couple I was trying to remember. The two couples did a lot of similar skits. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-comedy-skit/633942/5 "2012-09-07T02:35:13Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > It sounds like [Elaine May and Mike Nichols](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5pXggZIr6I&feature=related). This particular sketch amuses me because of the references to the [Vanguard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_(rocket)) program. It’s kind of funny that Nichols keeps forgetting that she’s supposed to be his mother. “Honey”, “darling”… ---
**Author:** ![Courk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Courk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Courk)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-comedy-skit/633942/6 "2012-09-07T02:36:39Z")
Nichols & May! That’s it! Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-comedy-skit/633942/7 "2012-09-07T03:05:12Z")
Please! The term used in the industry is _sketches_! “Skits” are what you do biweekly in high school German class to show you’ve learned the material correctly. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-comedy-skit/633942/8 "2012-09-07T03:16:46Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > It’s kind of funny that Nichols keeps forgetting that she’s supposed to be his mother. “Honey”, “darling”… He isn’t forgetting. It’s an element of the subject of the sketch: the excessive attachment between them and overcompensating for the guilt she’s laying on him for not calling her.