In the play Was He Anyone? 1972) by N F Simpson, an organisation which does NOT RESCUE people in distress, but merely renders them sufficient aid to stop them from getting bored while waiting for the help that will actually rescue them to arrive, gives a guy who has fallen overboard from a cruise ship a grand piano to help him pass the time. Of course, he can't actually play, so they have to give him lessons, and then it starts to get absurd...


Well, N F Simpson was from the Theatre of the Absurd, a style of comedy similar to The Goons and Monty Python...