Sometimes Comedy = Pain
by Steve West on September 16, 2007
Once upon a time, the entire clip of this sketch was available on-line. It's been removed from YouTube but I found it here in a shortened version. It's too bad because the full explanation of what they're doing and why they're doing it makes it that much more enjoyable. A "Whose Line Is It, Anyway?" type improvisational sketch done with a stage covered in mousetraps and a few rat traps. As Steve Martin said, "Comedy is not pretty."
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