Cashing a check

Cashing a Check is a One Minute Drama from the Red Skelton Hour episode, Love Is an Itch You Can’t Scratch. It has a very simple premise -- a man walks into a (strange) bank to cash a check.
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Cashing a Check is a One Minute Drama from the Red Skelton Hour episode, Love Is an Itch You Can’t Scratch. It has a very simple premise — a man walks into a (strange) bank to cash a check.

Props:

  • Handheld mirror
  • Fake check
  • Table or counter, supposed to be the bank teller’s window

Cast:

Two “everyman” clowns

The Skit

One person walks into a bank, where a teller is already behind his counter. All he wants to do is cash a check.

“Certainly, sir. Can you identify yourself?”

The first clown pulls a small mirror out of this pocket, looks at himself, and says, “Yes, that’s me!”

Cashing a check skit - Yes, that's me!

Undeterred, the teller asks if he has an account with the bank? No, he does not. Well, the teller replies, you can’t cash a check at a strange bank! You need to have an account here.

“Can I use this check to open an account?”

Teller: Certainly, sir! (does paperwork — hopefully with paper flying! It’s a clown skit, after all. If you have a “rubber” check or bill, stretch it for the audience — “Seems to be okay …”). There you go, sir. Here’s your account book.

Clown: Close it and give me my money!

[Teller turns to the audience & does a take]

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