ABBOT AND COSTELLO: THAT'S THE POINT

A: You don't get it -- that's the point.

C: I don't get it?

A: That's the point.

C: What's the point?

A: You don't get it.

C [puzzled]: I don't get it.

A: That's the point.

C: What's the point?

A: You don't get it.

C: What don't I get?

A: The point.

C: But what's the point?

BOTH: You don't get it.

C: Listen -- I don't get the point at all. Hold it! [as A starts] I mean I really don't get the point. Can you understand that? So what - is - the - point?

A: You don't get it.

C [screaming]: I know I don't get it! What don't I get?

A: The point.

C: But what's the point?

BOTH: You don't get it!

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