"One Leg Too Few"

Back by popular demand:

Years ago, Dudley Moore and Peter Cooke presented a comedy sketch involving a very unusual movie audition. An excerpt:

Peter
Yes...if you'd like to remain motionless for a moment, Mr. Spiggott. Please be stood. Now, Mr. Spiggott you are, I believe, auditioning for the part of Tarzan?

Dudley
Right.

Peter
Now, Mr. Spiggott, I couldn't help noticing almost at once that you are a one-legged person.

Dudley
You noticed that?

Peter
I noticed that, Mr. Spiggott. When you have been in the business as long as I have you come to notice these things almost instinctively. Now, Mr. Spiggott, you, a one-legged man, are applying for the role of Tarzan - a role which, traditionally, involves the use of a two-legged actor.

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