@James there are a lot of reasons. It's used to minimize victims of abuse and hide abuse. It's a big motivator behind most of the world's prejudice. It's probably caused most of the world's violent deaths if I had to guess. Religious institutions are prime stomping grounds for predators and people use the word "god" to make people do abhorrent things-- one might say "well that's not religion, that's abuse" and my follow-up is "well they sleep in the same bed. I'm keeping my family and loved ones out of that bed altogether. I'm pretty sure my family are mentally capable of dealing with their imminent mortality and still being good people"
@James if you're ever afraid of "god" for not "believing in the right thing" just know god has been so pulverized and manipulated by man in Christianity alone that there are 45,000 denominations of Christianity globally. Anyone who tells you to be afraid is only afraid, and gravely confused, themselves
@James yes, atheists can be criminals too. That's because psychology. That's what creates all criminals. Not "evil" and whatever other Boogeyman pitched by religion. See, even talking about criminals it's much more practical to talk from an atheists perspective
The real comedic genius to this sketch, as anyone who was worked in a restaurant for any amount of time will tell you, is how civilly the kitchen and wait staff communicated with each other 🤣
Old n jaded server concurs!! Only......why all male servers in the fine dining establishedment? And I love how he just drops the plates and the DIPPING AREAS go splat!!!
@James Where I'm from is a whole 'nother story you'll have to look up online -- it's a famous tale. I'm not getting into it. If you think that guy is meant to be straight, I have to think you're gay and have blind spots.
I've been working on this problem since the 1990s and I still haven't found a solution. The problem is the lack of financial support. Please petition your congressman for increased funding for research into dipping areas.
This isn't just a Canadian problem, but a Worldwide problem. We need to start contacting our local governments and civil leaders and get the word out if want to have any hope of possibly cracking this enigma. Let's all meet tomorrow morning and go over some ideas. Goodnight, and god bless.
I have contacted my elected congress person and told them to ignore you "dipping areas" extremists and instead use the money to build more nuclear weapons. You damn pinko!
@@maniacmonsoon2831 ~ Indeed. But in this case, this is pretty clearly fake. At least to me it does. Though I concede I could be wrong. Doesn't take away from the hilarity of the sketch, though.
@@gnussyflarkin I think you're right because the camera angles are limited when it's a set in front of a studio audience. This looks like a full set in both the kitchen and dining area.
I love it too, but a few others for your consideration: John Candy in Roy's Food Repair (Shop) Mr. Show - I Climbed Mt. Everest I'm also a big fan of the KITH sketch where the "Crushing Your Head" guy gets his fingers broken and has to go into rehab (w/ a SEXY rehab therapist/nurse).
There are three troupes I put kind of in the same league as one another, Kids in the Hall, the Monty Python gang and one that's a bit smaller but equally hysterical, "Mr. Show"...they're kind of the sketch comedy holy trinity for me...and let it be noted, being mentioned in the same breath as Monty Python's Flying Circus, possibly the most lauded avante-comedy show of all time is no small feat, it's like a guitarist being compared or equalled with Jimi Hendrix... SCTV was pretty good too at it's best, they had sketches though that were a bit weaker and KITH and Mr. Show and such never really had that, every sketch was just genius...at it's absolute best though SCTV was up there too...oddly, in general I hate sketch comedy too, it takes something truly unique in that genre to pique my interest like these guys
Thank you for enlightening me! Another comedy troupe my sister put me on to is "The State". This was a show on MTV in the 90's. I was born in 89 but never heard of them until recently.
I had a roommate twenty years ago that LOVED this sketch. And honestly at the time this was definitely not one my faves...but over the year's it's grown on me considerably.
I love this sketch. It really has no right being funny, but you get to the end with a smile on your face and wonder to yourself, "what the hell did I just laugh at?"
@@KeithsReviews Jesus, I smoke cigarettes too but I'm not a rude dick about it. If you're next to someone blow the smoke up or down, it's just etiquette.
Something I love about KITH is that I see this at various times in my life and find some new level of it to be funny. For instance, once you've worked in a restaurant or food service of any kind, this takes on satirical overtones you might not have felt before. But the brilliant thing is that it works perfectly well without it being a satire, too. It's unpretentious, accessible from many angles. Smarter and edgier than SNL, esoteric only at times. It's a nice balance.
It’s not really nothing. I worked in over a dozen restaurants/ kitchens and this collaborative behavior is the utter opposite of the chaos in most kitchens. To me that’s the hilarious part
There are so many funny elements in close proximity, that it would be difficult for the Kids not to be able to pull the humor out. Kevin McDonald's make-up alone could carry the sketch, but then add the protogé, Bruce's hairstyle, the flowery vests, "I'm new here"... critical mass.
Called a tray boys…good lord. I was a server in the 80’s and kinda used one to place plates on a table. Never smudged a plate with one of your hoove prints. Loved these shows…truly hilarious. “Idiot boy” still cracks me up.
I revisit this at least once a year to analyze the data, and make yet another attempt at cracking this problem. It's been nearly 30 years of failure for me, fortunately, I gave up my apron, many years ago... So my inability to solve it ceased to be a professional hazzard.
Imagine getting really stoned with a bunch of guys you love creating and working with. That’s how skits like this become a growing idea that develops into a really funny and well detailed joke. Comedy like this doesn’t happen anymore.
Having watched this during it's original run back in the day, I sporadically get it in my recommendations. I watch it every time. I just love this skit.
This is moden life. Stuff that most people don't give a crap about that is taken way too seriously. Should we have more dipping areas? I find that this happens on Thursdays more than anyday of the week. Blah blah. That's the meaning I get out of it. It's not necessarily the intent of the skit but it seems existential and applicable to many work settings. Especially the 'new' guy's solution to the plate handling. It's funny to me because it is innovative thinking put to work in a small context.
I don't remember this skit at all, but this is weirdly hilarious and I don't know why. Kids in the Hall still stands out as one of the best sketch comedy teams in the history of the genre, imo.
I like to think this sketch happened because they went to a restaurant and had to wait an unusually long time for their dessert, so while they waited, they came up with a scenario as for what could possibly be causing the delay. It's much funnier than the, "They're chasing the cow/chicken right now" joke I grew up hearing every time our chicken nuggets or burgers were late.
Had to come back to this after seeing the follow-up in the new season. Even if this wasn't funny otherwise, the whole thing would be worth it just for the shot of Kevin's face reveal at 2:22.
Shouldn't the dipping areas be on the inside of the plate rather than on the edge? I know that putting them on the edge makes for better presentation. However, putting them on the edge means less room for dipping areas and the omnipresent risk of spillage and a hurried waiter putting their thumb in the dipping area.
Im sorey, I know I'm just a dish washer, but I must say that while cleaning the dishes, adding more surface area to the plate through expanded dipping areas along the rim adds nearly 30% more time to our cleansing of the dishware.
Kevin gave a good idea. Keeping four dipping areas, but making them larger! This sketch as all of fellows Ontarians is hilarious! Pity that all this in the past.
That’s my favorite part of the sketch: that the staff sweats for minutes over the problem, but the solution is instantly and instinctually obvious to Kevin’s character.
This show was really great , I remember when it was on TV. Fridays , Saturday night live, SCTV and this show the kids in the hall. I remember these show and they were more edgy than SNL. These shows were great and the writers were very good. Then came Seinfeld and curb your enthusiasm , but now looking back at the kids in the hall it seems they were really ahead of they're time.
I don't know why, but I still constantly think of this one all the time. I mean, maybe it's because I often make my own dipping areas (no one ever knows what I'm referencing when I call them that) and am always trying to figure out how to properly space them. But yeah, this is probably the one I think about the most frequently.
I worked in a fancy restaurant for nearly 20 years so I can't resist... I have 6 solutions: 1. Same portions, use a bigger plate. 2. If needing to carry 2 plates, use a tray. 3. Sprinkle the chocolate dusting INSIDE the plate only, and not on the rims. 4. Lose the dipping areas on the plate altogether (a crime, I'm sure) and instead include a little side of them in a small bowl or something, basically turning the dipping areas into a dipping side bowl. If you need to serve 2 orders of the dessert (two plates and two side dipping bowls), again, use a tray. 5. Worst case scenario, but it IS a solution... The reverse of Solution #1: Smaller portions of everything. Not ideal for the customer, but would save the wait staff on labor and the restaurant on money. 6. Burn the restaurant down. Love this sketch, one of my favorites!
As a former server, these are the questions that kept me up at night. The only unrealistic aspect of this sketch was that the chef treated the servers with respect as equals. That is unheard of.
They were SO nuanced in every single way! Nothing has ever been like them and never will be again. Even their own recent stuff hasn't come close to this period (not knocking it though, still heads and tails better than anything else.)
The genius of the sketch is that there aren’t any jokes per se or oneliners, it’s all tonality, mannerisms, and subtle absurdity. I love it!
"we're working on it" is the punchline
@@religionisapoison2413 Good point, good point.
@James there are a lot of reasons. It's used to minimize victims of abuse and hide abuse. It's a big motivator behind most of the world's prejudice. It's probably caused most of the world's violent deaths if I had to guess. Religious institutions are prime stomping grounds for predators and people use the word "god" to make people do abhorrent things-- one might say "well that's not religion, that's abuse" and my follow-up is "well they sleep in the same bed. I'm keeping my family and loved ones out of that bed altogether. I'm pretty sure my family are mentally capable of dealing with their imminent mortality and still being good people"
@James if you're ever afraid of "god" for not "believing in the right thing" just know god has been so pulverized and manipulated by man in Christianity alone that there are 45,000 denominations of Christianity globally.
Anyone who tells you to be afraid is only afraid, and gravely confused, themselves
@James yes, atheists can be criminals too. That's because psychology. That's what creates all criminals. Not "evil" and whatever other Boogeyman pitched by religion. See, even talking about criminals it's much more practical to talk from an atheists perspective
“A herd of loose blueberries”. Love it!!
The real comedic genius to this sketch, as anyone who was worked in a restaurant for any amount of time will tell you, is how civilly the kitchen and wait staff communicated with each other 🤣
Old n jaded server concurs!! Only......why all male servers in the fine dining establishedment? And I love how he just drops the plates and the DIPPING AREAS go splat!!!
its a sketch why does it matter? @@ferfoxakeladdy
Same. Chefs absolutely love it when the wait staff chimes in on these kinds of things. Very diplomatic bunch those chefs.
I can relate so much too this sketch nowadays after working in a kitchen for so long.
@nothingbutaname........ That was my philosophy.
Wow. It took almost 3 decades, and a life horribly lived; but I think this is actually my favorite sketch of all time
No it's not.
I needed a pandemic to find this
Congrats on your personal horror!
I love it and Dave Chappelle.
There is no wrong way to live a life...
I can't believe how much the waiter helped, him being so new there and all.
it was a toughie
Yeah, aye.
I'm a server and my pastry chef at work and I constantly talk about the dipping areas because of this sketch lol
That's hilarious! Lol
Any updates??
I wish we were that highbrow. I would always just yell "CAN I DIP MY BALLS IN IT" from the stupid MTV show "The State"
That dessert legit looks tasty do you make it?
@James ouch that edge
I love when the guy screams when the plate drops, gets me everytime!:)
That actor had a helluva day, huh? Great role.
We were allowed to laugh at Screaming Queens back then.
@James No, not at all. You're missing all of the subtext.
@James Where I'm from is a whole 'nother story you'll have to look up online -- it's a famous tale. I'm not getting into it. If you think that guy is meant to be straight, I have to think you're gay and have blind spots.
@James So you're completely blind? Sad. Whoever explains the action on the shows you listen to is lying to you when they tell you the guy is straight.
A restaurant sketch where Scott DOESN'T play a waiter?! Impossible!
And irresponsible
And i think hes straight in this skit. Weeeiird.
"I'm not really a WAITER ..."
"My, protege and I..." haha! Bruce's hair alone cracks me up. One of my all time favorite KITH shorts
Bruce's hair is the cherry on this one.
More than anything I love how sweet and encouraging they all are with each other.
"I think I DO like the idea of more dipping areas~" is one of the top 3 lines of the whole series.
I've been working on this problem since the 1990s and I still haven't found a solution. The problem is the lack of financial support. Please petition your congressman for increased funding for research into dipping areas.
This is a Canadian sketch, we don't have congressman.
I hear google is applying their AI to the problem
This isn't just a Canadian problem, but a Worldwide problem. We need to start contacting our local governments and civil leaders and get the word out if want to have any hope of possibly cracking this enigma. Let's all meet tomorrow morning and go over some ideas. Goodnight, and god bless.
I have contacted my elected congress person and told them to ignore you "dipping areas" extremists and instead use the money to build more nuclear weapons. You damn pinko!
KEVIN solves it,"don't you think they ought to be bigger?"
Bruce with his lesbian haircut happens by, "More dipping areas...I sure hope not.'
Those vests are so perfect.
And Bruce's hair...every time I first see it I bust out laughing, turning my desk into one big dipping area.
Kevin's laugh at the end is hilarious.
I also like how her "protege" has only one line--shrieking like a woman in the imaginary sequence.
I love how some of the audience found the opening wine glass, "thank you" as being highly hilarious right off the bat.
They were excited and primed for good times
Man, everybody's hair looks spectacular.
This sketch just gets more relevant as time goes on. It works brilliantly as a parody of Top Chef.
Kevin is freaking scary and hilarious as a woman
Anyone is scary and hilarious as a woman with that type of makeup.
This was an especially intense look haha
not every man has Bruce's gifts
The Margaret Thatcher look. I guess, it didn't catch on.
Kevin's got a super emotive face.
One of my favorite parts of KITH is the audience laughing. Because it's real laughter.
Not here, though. That's a film segment; no studio audience.
@@gnussyflarkin They show the clip to the audience on tv screens and record the laughter. Most shows do that SNL, MADTV, ect
@@maniacmonsoon2831 ~ Indeed. But in this case, this is pretty clearly fake. At least to me it does. Though I concede I could be wrong. Doesn't take away from the hilarity of the sketch, though.
The new Amazon series suffered without an audience.
@@gnussyflarkin I think you're right because the camera angles are limited when it's a set in front of a studio audience. This looks like a full set in both the kitchen and dining area.
I honestly think this might be my favourite comedy sketch of all time.
Yeah! It is so going nowhere at first but then it takes us into the minds of those crazy kitchen crazies.Loved it too
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I love it too, but a few others for your consideration:
John Candy in Roy's Food Repair (Shop)
Mr. Show - I Climbed Mt. Everest
I'm also a big fan of the KITH sketch where the "Crushing Your Head" guy gets his fingers broken and has to go into rehab (w/ a SEXY rehab therapist/nurse).
@@louistournas120 - Is that a KITH sketch??
@@martinbramah2224 Yes.
It bothers me deeply that everytime I watch this skit, I genuinely try to figure out where to put the extra dipping areas!
Hey, it's a toughie!
I do too
I wish I could help... but I'm new here.
How about just widening the existing dipping areas? - more dip, but still space for thumbs (I know - I'm overthinking this).
Dammit people, a SEPERATE plate for just the dipping areas. I know, I'm brilliant.
Incredibly clever! I can never get enough of Kids in the Hall! I find no other comedy troupe was ever as hilarious and original as they!
Their will never be a troupe that is half as funny as the KITH imo. Also they were so ahead of their time, and also predicted a lot of stuff.
There are three troupes I put kind of in the same league as one another, Kids in the Hall, the Monty Python gang and one that's a bit smaller but equally hysterical, "Mr. Show"...they're kind of the sketch comedy holy trinity for me...and let it be noted, being mentioned in the same breath as Monty Python's Flying Circus, possibly the most lauded avante-comedy show of all time is no small feat, it's like a guitarist being compared or equalled with Jimi Hendrix...
SCTV was pretty good too at it's best, they had sketches though that were a bit weaker and KITH and Mr. Show and such never really had that, every sketch was just genius...at it's absolute best though SCTV was up there too...oddly, in general I hate sketch comedy too, it takes something truly unique in that genre to pique my interest like these guys
Thank you for enlightening me! Another comedy troupe my sister put me on to is "The State". This was a show on MTV in the 90's. I was born in 89 but never heard of them until recently.
ZarathustrasCrown.... Totally down with that Holy Trinity! I agree.
@@asapnickybars4693 State seemed much later. Like the next generation to the KITH.
Wow, Bruce's hair style! I remember guys in high scool actually getting their hair cut like this.
Because everyone wanted to look like Trunks from DBZ
Postmodern Recycler sad
Postmodern Recycler trunks? Yeah he was pretty gay.
Princess Trunks.
No it was those Lawrence brothers
That hairstyle is kind of coming back. Definitely mid-late 90s
This one definitely has a place among their best sketches.
I had a roommate twenty years ago that LOVED this sketch. And honestly at the time this was definitely not one my faves...but over the year's it's grown on me considerably.
I remember this skit originally. Now it seems like an actual cheesecake factory training video
Nothing quite as soul-sucking as the corporate training video. Which I suppose is the intention.
originally?
They're SO SERIOUS. Their earnest attitudes make this sketch hysterical.
I love how accurate this is. Reminds me of my days as a waiter having to use BS words like "island of mousse". It was a scoop, nothing more.
@James 10 years late. Get a life.
A "herd" of loose blueberries is one of the more evocative and yet still obnoxious food B.S.-eries I've encountered.
This sketch is fucking perfect
I love this sketch. It really has no right being funny, but you get to the end with a smile on your face and wonder to yourself, "what the hell did I just laugh at?"
Dat herd of loose blue berries tho.
Lol, how do they come up with that stuff
LOL, Mrs m
@@ivanyosifov2629 I think restaurants make that stuff up, to make it seem sophisticated , so they can justify the outrageous price.
Kevin bares a striking resemblance to Nancy Pelosi! Plays the same character in the Kitty skit as well.
To me he seems the doppelganger of Mrs. Howell. Those penciled eyebrows, hilarious.
I love that laugh when the old guy in the beginning cheers the camera.
The best comedy show ever! I love these guys!
A cigarette in a restaurant seems so ancient now
Brian Battles Progress? Sarcasm.
I miss smoking cigarettes in restaurants and blowing it in crybaby's faces. I SMOKES WITH CIGARETTES.
I miss the good ol' days where one could ask for a spittoon in a restaurant without getting dirty looks.
reading your comment from 3 years ago seems so ancient now. I mean I was in a relationship then. So long ago!
@@KeithsReviews Jesus, I smoke cigarettes too but I'm not a rude dick about it. If you're next to someone blow the smoke up or down, it's just etiquette.
Only the Kids could make a hilarious sketch where everyone is very polite and very devoted to their job.
2:37 "I'm sorry was that a stupid question...... KINDA!" lol.
Oh my god, I miss this one!
My mom and I quote this sketch whenever we come across a dipping area.
Something I love about KITH is that I see this at various times in my life and find some new level of it to be funny. For instance, once you've worked in a restaurant or food service of any kind, this takes on satirical overtones you might not have felt before. But the brilliant thing is that it works perfectly well without it being a satire, too. It's unpretentious, accessible from many angles. Smarter and edgier than SNL, esoteric only at times. It's a nice balance.
an accurate representation of the productivity process in our weekly team meetings at my job
Exactly, and then you notice after a few minutes what a waste of time it has been.
'How many dipping areas?' ...Man's eternal struggle!
Love the new version of these characters in the new Amazon Prime series. Funny as ever.
Probably the best skit ever! I still laugh so hard every time I see this
yet another iconic classic from the Kids in the Hall..
Were I forced to choose....this sketch makes my top 3. amazing!
As a kid, this was one of the sketches where I'd just be like, 'What the hell IS this!?' Now, after having watched Food Network, it all makes sense.
Amazingly prescient comedy writing...somehow these guys found out things that wouldn't really be mainstream satire material for another 20 years..
Anyone that's worked in a Kitchen at a decent restaurant has probably seen a situation similar to this. Love this sketch.
OntarioStorms been there
Totally.
I love that they turned absolutely nothing into a funny skit.
That is their genius! Kids In The Hall were especially skilled at that.
Like Seinfeld
It’s not really nothing. I worked in over a dozen restaurants/ kitchens and this collaborative behavior is the utter opposite of the chaos in most kitchens. To me that’s the hilarious part
There are so many funny elements in close proximity, that it would be difficult for the Kids not to be able to pull the humor out. Kevin McDonald's make-up alone could carry the sketch, but then add the protogé, Bruce's hairstyle, the flowery vests, "I'm new here"... critical mass.
"funny"
Called a tray boys…good lord. I was a server in the 80’s and kinda used one to place plates on a table. Never smudged a plate with one of your hoove prints. Loved these shows…truly hilarious. “Idiot boy” still cracks me up.
the kids in the hall are the absolute best.
I revisit this at least once a year to analyze the data, and make yet another attempt at cracking this problem. It's been nearly 30 years of failure for me, fortunately, I gave up my apron, many years ago... So my inability to solve it ceased to be a professional hazzard.
We're working on it..... Pure genius
I think he was trying to branch out from his usual role as Gay Waiter.
Gay Chef.
I remember watching this when I came home from school just howling with laughter.
This looks like it was filmed today, not 20+ years ago. I loved this show so very much!
Except for those vests! SO 80's.
That’s the beauty of film.
Put this video on after a difficult day and it lulls and soothes you into a calming state:)
Imagine getting really stoned with a bunch of guys you love creating and working with. That’s how skits like this become a growing idea that develops into a really funny and well detailed joke. Comedy like this doesn’t happen anymore.
Having watched this during it's original run back in the day, I sporadically get it in my recommendations. I watch it every time. I just love this skit.
my god, those fuckin' vests KILL me
you'd buy them at Structure or Chess King in the mall
this is such a 90's skit
If you've ever worked in a restaurant, this skit hits home!
This sketch, for some reason, is insanely hilarious. I love it so much.
This is moden life. Stuff that most people don't give a crap about that is taken way too seriously. Should we have more dipping areas? I find that this happens on Thursdays more than anyday of the week. Blah blah. That's the meaning I get out of it. It's not necessarily the intent of the skit but it seems existential and applicable to many work settings. Especially the 'new' guy's solution to the plate handling. It's funny to me because it is innovative thinking put to work in a small context.
I agree entirely. KITH was/is a very brilliant comedy sketch troupe for those willing to think a little.
I think the meaning was to be funny, not to be existential ya fuckin' bore.
Yeah, pretty much the ludicrousness of wasting a lot of energy/time on banalities.
I don't remember this skit at all, but this is weirdly hilarious and I don't know why. Kids in the Hall still stands out as one of the best sketch comedy teams in the history of the genre, imo.
I like to think this sketch happened because they went to a restaurant and had to wait an unusually long time for their dessert, so while they waited, they came up with a scenario as for what could possibly be causing the delay. It's much funnier than the, "They're chasing the cow/chicken right now" joke I grew up hearing every time our chicken nuggets or burgers were late.
I must admit,they surprised me with that sketch.I am used to their ''to the point'' humor and now THIS.Loved it best of their sketch
Had to come back to this after seeing the follow-up in the new season. Even if this wasn't funny otherwise, the whole thing would be worth it just for the shot of Kevin's face reveal at 2:22.
Shouldn't the dipping areas be on the inside of the plate rather than on the edge? I know that putting them on the edge makes for better presentation. However, putting them on the edge means less room for dipping areas and the omnipresent risk of spillage and a hurried waiter putting their thumb in the dipping area.
it's a toughie...
If the dipping areas were inside the plate, the sorbet would melt into them and the blueberries would roll into them.
Im sorey, I know I'm just a dish washer, but I must say that while cleaning the dishes, adding more surface area to the plate through expanded dipping areas along the rim adds nearly 30% more time to our cleansing of the dishware.
always swipe the dipping areas from outside to inside to prevent spillage
We are working on it. Haha. haha. Haha.
I keep coming back to this sketch! Being a cook, this always makes me happy ❤
I just randomly thought of this after, i guess, over a decade. Didn't disappont. They simply had the goods. So random and very creative
I go through this every time I order McNuggets.
Kevin gave a good idea. Keeping four dipping areas, but making them larger! This sketch as all of fellows Ontarians is hilarious! Pity that all this in the past.
I bet you're glad they're back with new episodes! I know I am!!
That’s my favorite part of the sketch: that the staff sweats for minutes over the problem, but the solution is instantly and instinctually obvious to Kevin’s character.
This show was really great , I remember when it was on TV.
Fridays , Saturday night live, SCTV and this show the kids in the hall. I remember these show and they were more edgy than SNL. These shows were great and the writers were very good. Then came Seinfeld and curb your enthusiasm , but now looking back at the kids in the hall it seems they were really ahead of they're time.
2:23 is the best part of the whole thing
Mind-bogglingly great. Mesmerizing. I saw it when it was new, and have never forgotten it.
I don't know why, but I still constantly think of this one all the time. I mean, maybe it's because I often make my own dipping areas (no one ever knows what I'm referencing when I call them that) and am always trying to figure out how to properly space them. But yeah, this is probably the one I think about the most frequently.
I love that they are doing this during an active kitchen
I worked in a fancy restaurant for nearly 20 years so I can't resist... I have 6 solutions:
1. Same portions, use a bigger plate.
2. If needing to carry 2 plates, use a tray.
3. Sprinkle the chocolate dusting INSIDE the plate only, and not on the rims.
4. Lose the dipping areas on the plate altogether (a crime, I'm sure) and instead include a little side of them in a small bowl or something, basically turning the dipping areas into a dipping side bowl. If you need to serve 2 orders of the dessert (two plates and two side dipping bowls), again, use a tray.
5. Worst case scenario, but it IS a solution... The reverse of Solution #1: Smaller portions of everything. Not ideal for the customer, but would save the wait staff on labor and the restaurant on money.
6. Burn the restaurant down.
Love this sketch, one of my favorites!
As a former server, these are the questions that kept me up at night. The only unrealistic aspect of this sketch was that the chef treated the servers with respect as equals. That is unheard of.
That thursday night comment really hits if you've ever worked in a restaurant
Back in the 90's watching this show on acid, scarred for life
if I'm elected president I promise lower taxes, less health care...but more dipping areas for everyone!
This is a perfect parody of how so many people complicate simple matters in order to sound intelligent.
I remember seeing this 25 years ago when it first came out, have never respected waiters ever since.
From watching a comedy sketch? Might want to get out more, just saying.
I love that they built up the tension with an unnecessary delay and then released it with an absurd restaurant-wide happy chuckle. 💖❤💖❤💖❤ Hearts!
When out dining I always know they are talking about the dipping areas when I have to wait for my food.
Lmao @ "It's a Tuffy"
I adore this sketch-so bizarre and yet it really happens.
KITH: experimental comedy, by comedians who KNOW what they're doing. 😁😅
I love the looks of disgust when Dave mentions removing the chocolate dusting.
I think of this sketch every time I see fancy restaurant plating in anything.
"Sprinkled with a herd of loose blueberries"
"Dipping mousse" 🤣🤣🤣
This was always one of the kith sketches that eluded me. Then I became a line cook.
'Hey, it's a toughy' HAHAHAHA GENIUS KITH
hahaha the guy freakin' out gets me every time.
This bit is hysterical especially having been a pastry chef for many years. Bruce's portrayal of the server is awesome.
They were SO nuanced in every single way!
Nothing has ever been like them and never will be again.
Even their own recent stuff hasn't come close to this period (not knocking it though, still heads and tails better than anything else.)
I love kevin laughing at the end, its so strangely great
I love that 0:04 was so hilarious to some people.
I think they were amused by the elderly extra hamming it up for the camera by toasting the waiter.
I think it was a funny realization that the camera was the unexpected perspective of the waiter.
I love seeing something this absurd being portrayed so seriously.
I will never understand why at 2:23 i nearly die from laughter every time I see this sketch for well over 20 years niw.