[00:00.49]People will do anything to see a free show -- even if it is a bad one.
[00:06.33]When the news got round that a comedy show would be presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company,
[00:15.80]we all rushed to see it.
[00:18.26]We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began.
[00:27.26]Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest we have ever seen.
[00:32.42]Those who failed to get in need not have felt disappointed, as many of the artistes who should have appeared did not come.
[00:42.07]The only funny things we heard that evening came from the advertiser at the beginning of the programme.
[00:49.15]He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood awkwardly before the microphone.
[00:56.75]As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone burst out laughing.
[01:01.97]We all know what the poor man should have said, but what he actually said was:
[01:08.81]'This is the Poo and Ee Seed Bird Company. Good ladies, evening and gentlemen!"