Their version involved the dame running through the sequence first. ‘You go over here, you shout ‘next’ (a plate comes down), you go over here, you pick up a bag, you put it in the bag, give it a little twist and put it in here (the collection container).
This was then repeated by Tom copying her actions and movements etc. Tom would then say, ‘if you think I’m going to pack all these plates, you’ve got to think again but I know someone who’s daft enough to do it. Bob would enter and Tom would demonstrate again to him.
To help Bob out, Tom would then shout ‘next’ as Bob collected items. I think I recall that on the first time, Tom would shout next repeatedly and a variety of items would come down the chute, like a teapot etc, which Bob would have to catch. Just when he’d caught all of them, Tom would crash into him, smashing all the crockery. The sketch then involved the plates sliding down the opposite chute to the one Bob was stood next to.
C&B put their own slant on this sketch including their own ending.
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