In this episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, Buddy Sorrell, one of the writers for the show-within-the-show (there's some Shakespeare right there, as a matter of fact), has arranged to be let go from The Alan Brady Show. Mel Cooley, who's in charge of the writing staff, is only too happy to let him go. Mel is sick of Buddy's (probably mostly good-natured) insults. But (because of a series of plot complications) Buddy wants—needs, really—his job back.
Rob and Sally, the remaining writers, decide that the only way to get Mel to re-hire Buddy is to attempt to hire a writer who is even more insulting to Mel than Buddy ever was.
Links: The Episode at IMDB.
Here's how that plays out:
The idea of someone claiming—seriously or not—that they've been engaged over the past two years in translating Shakespeare into Pig Latin is priceless. And the rest of the scene is likewise a comic masterpiece.
I'll keep you updated on any further Shakespeare that I find!
Links: The Episode at IMDB.
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