It came from a cartoon sketch that was also on the Electric Company. I bet it's up here on KZread somewhere, but it has a plumber knocking on the door and repeatedly being answered by a parrot who says "Who is it?", to which he always replies "It's the plumber! I've come to fix the sink!"

This sketch was featured over the Friday closing credits during the 76-77 season.

@sha11235

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they wanted to show wacky things then. This was one of them.

@MrJamieMurph4141969

2 жыл бұрын

And the Fargo North segment “Your desk is on fire,” the one Corsican twins segment where they keep inflicting pain on each other (Skip and Jim are seen simultaneously falling on their backs), and the segment where Crank gets a pie in the face while teaching the two sounds of ie(timed perfectly, at that-the pie comes in out of nowhere hitting him in the face right on the final note), to name a few others seen during the final season’s Friday end credits.

The super is having his supper.. classic

@MrJamieMurph4141969

2 жыл бұрын

And one of the clever entertaining ways they used to demonstrate how one consonant letter in the middle of a word makes the preceding vowel long,(as in super)while twin consonant letters shorten the preceding vowel(as in counterpart supper). Just as the silent e at the end of a word lengthens the preceding vowel(as in kite), while the i in counterpart kit is short. Trivia: The other day I came across an early EC episode from season 2(I think), also teaching this same concept on twin consonant letters vs a single consonant in the middle of a word-this one has a brief segment with Rita Moreno and the Short Circus kids, spelling the word cuter(Rita is the u and four of the short circus kids hold the c, t, e, and r), then the missing SC kid shows up carrying the other t and Luis Avalos in voiceover tells Rita, “You(U)changed! U changed to UH!(short u of course). By the same token, there’s a brief segment of her with the short circus kids in episode 232, spelling “diner”(she’s the i, Kathy holds the d, Zachary the n, Buddy the e and Allison the r, then Julie shows up carrying the other n, and Rita exclaims,”Hey! I(pun on the letter and first person singular of course)changed, from long to short!(as the word is now dinner.) Clever puns on both I and U there.

Love how Jim Boyd leaves just as the ceiling breaks. I think he wants to avoid the super's wrath.

@andrebeck1444

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. Loved how Jim could play a serious but calm guy in a desperate situation without using his J. Arthur Crank or Wall angry tone of voice. Just as the ceiling is about to cave in and scaring him out the door had me me in stitches.😄😂🤣

@jim6820

3 жыл бұрын

May he RIP. Passed away on 21/2/2013 at age 79. Great underrated character actor.

🤣Don't forget the ceiling. A flood over The Super & he doesn't stop eating. He was crazy hungry...& even thirsty🤣 to not skip a beat.

This is my favorite Morgan Freeman/Luis Avalos skit!!

It was always typical for Electric Company to reuse "catch phrases" such as "It's the plumber--I've come to fix the sink." Others that come to mind are "That's not the note" and "Who's the dummy writing this show." This is such a clever way to illustrate the double-letter rule where the vowel sound before the doubled letter changes.

@swarlock

7 жыл бұрын

Especially if they are in joke references to other skits and cartoons in the show.

@nowthatsjustducky

3 жыл бұрын

I'm rather surprised Mel Brooks never popped off with "Who's the dummy writing this show?" in Spaceballs, as either President Scroob or Yogurt.

Morgan Freeman doing Joe Clark at the beginning.

@andrebeck1444

4 жыл бұрын

When I first heard Morgan scream as Joe Clark, his EC era always came to mind. Loved Morgan's angry screaming and yelling.

@andrebeck1444

4 жыл бұрын

Morgan's characters have had shouting matches with Hattie's characters like the "Too Much/Too Little Pepper" segment. However, I would have died to have seen a heated shouting match between one of Morgan's characters and Jim's J. Arthur Crank. 🤫🍿🥤😃😄😂🤣

I always loved this skit..Because my dad was a Superintendent in NYC.

Wrong apt., plumber!!!!!!

Luis Avalos sounds like Jimmy Durante when he says his line...lol

There's an outtake I saw years ago of this skit and right after Luis as The Plumber showed up. Everyone burst into laughter except for Morgan who was still in character.

I bet Morgan looked at the script and said "okay cool. I can do that"

If I was that tenant, I would threaten to speak to a lawyer. Tenants have rights, and supers have responsibilities.

@andrebeck1444

4 жыл бұрын

Supers have responsibilities and big appetites.

Oh my goodness, I clicked on this out of curiosity..................I remember this!!!!

Well, at least he doesn't have to shower tonight.

@valorik

7 жыл бұрын

Or wash his clothes

@meyerj75

2 жыл бұрын

I love You Can't Do That On Television. It's water and GREEN SLIME!

Awww. So he did survive his heart attack after all. Despite all of us being fooled by his death that obviously was just a sudden pass-out, we're all glad "the plumber that came to fix the sink" is alive and well.

I love how Hattie didn't even try to hide the fact she was laughing!🤣

At the end, the plumber is definitely Stavi from the film, The Ringer.

The plumber that previously came to fix the sink. will now have to fix a huge hole in the middle of the ceiling!😂🤣😂

The final few minutes of this skit was also featured in the 1975 documentary with Luis Avalos, Hattie Winston and Morgan Freeman busting up after they did the skit.

@swarlock

7 жыл бұрын

Yes. I just related that.

@stevenscottoddballz

3 жыл бұрын

Aw! I want to see that!

@TerryT1976

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevenscottoddballz It's on the Vol. 2 of the best of TEC.

@stevenscottoddballz

3 жыл бұрын

@@TerryT1976 Which I HAVE!!! Which disc please?!?

@TerryT1976

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevenscottoddballz Disc 2

If it was me, I would think it was pretty serious, and I'd go up right away. I wouldn't care if I was in the middle of my supper.

Jim Boyd: "...so I thought maybe the super could FIX it." He was trying to remain calm but grew frustrated with the super's wife(Hattie Winston). Hilarious.

@kennethoats2322

2 жыл бұрын

Jim Boyd as Crank would have made a great complaining tennant 😂

Some decadent dish

I have had ceiling leaks in my apartment from a toilet or sink flooding in the bathroom above mine. I am in a rental apartment in a highrise building in downtown Chicago, and I have always had maintenance come right away to take care of the leak.

What's Morgan eating? Looks like pastrami.

Plumbing fail

@SeeSamSit Yeah, I think that was a little in-joke for the plumber to say.

@swarlock

7 жыл бұрын

It was.

@Zoloft77 The plumber is Louis Avalos.

water splash all over Morgan Freeman

Did Hattie say, "Hi, Dennis!"?????

What about Skip Hinnant as Superman?

THE BEST

They quoted that plumber line on MST3K -- is it from something else before this?

What the hell is Morgan eating??

Classic

If you want laughs and giggles, this is the PERFECT video. Morgan Freeman''s screaming and supper eating, Jim Boyd's calmness during desperation until he got agitated with the super's wife, played by Hattie Winston, the ceiling caving in with Morgan and his supper drenched with water and Luis Àvalos's plumber character with the "I'm late, who cares" attitude is why The Electric Company as a TV classic. A great alternate to Saturday Night Live. 😃😄😂🤣