What makes you laugh?
Have you ever seen the “two soups” sketch on the “Victoria Wood as seen on TV” sketch show?
It stars Julia Walters as an elderly waitress.
Two diners are seated at the front of the set, chatting and choosing from a menu. The waitress comes out of swing doors at the back of the set, apparently the kitchen. She is white haired and elderly, she slowly stumbles towards the diners. She takes their order and licks a pencil and proceeds to write it down. I can’t remember all the dialogue but it is funny. The decision is they will have “two soups”.
A bit more conversation happens while the waitress totters off to the kitchen, she is very wobbly with age.
After a wait she comes out of the kitchen carrying two bowls of soup, one in each hand. They are held loosely and because they are sloping the soup is gradually pouring out of them. She approaches the table and the bowls are clearly empty. She plonks the dishes down on the table. “two soups! ” she proudly announces.
It’s hards to explain but it’s so funny!
Mallaband-Brown 