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Thread #1335   Message #3048522
Posted By: Jim Dixon
07-Dec-10 - 11:06 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: that's good, no that's bad
Subject: Lyr Add: THAT'S GOOD! THAT'S BAD! (Campbell/Clark)
That wasn't me who posted that last message. But, yes, it is good to have that information.

Here's my transcription of the dialogue between Archie Campbell and Roy Clark (in italics) in that Hee-Haw episode on YouTube—see the link provided by Arkie above:

I guess you heard about my terrible misfortune.
Oh?
Yeah, my great-uncle died.
Oh, that's bad.
No, that's good.
How come?
Well, when he died, he left me fifty thousand dollars.
Oh, that's good.
No, that's bad.
How come?
Well, when the Internal Revenue got through with it, all I had left was twenty-five thousand dollars.
Oh, that's bad.
No, that's good.
How come?
Well, I bought me an airplane and learned to fly.
Oh, that's good.
No, that's bad.
How come?
Well, I's flyin' upside down the other day an' I fell out o' the dern thing.
Oh, that's bad.
No, that's good.
How come?
Well, I looked down under me, and there's a great big ol' haystack.
That's good.
No, that's bad.
How come?
Well, I got a little closer; I saw a pitchfork aimed right at me.
Oh, that's bad.
No, that's good.
How come?
I missed the pitchfork.
Oh, that's good.
No, that's bad.
How come?
I missed the haystack too.
Oh, that's bad.
No, that's good.
How come?
Well, I bounced around a few minutes; an ambulance came and took me to the hospital.
Oh, that's good.
No, that's bad.
How come?
Well, I's in the hospital there for a while, an' I took a turn for the nurse.
That's bad.
No, that's good.
How come?
Well, my wife came in one day an' caught me kissin' this nurse.
Oh, that's bad.
No, that's good.
How come?
She said if that was the way I was gonna act, I could have this pretty nurse; she's gonna pack her clothes and go back home to mama.
That's good.
You're dern right that's good!