I remember reading once that Carol Burnett said that it was the accents that made the sketches funny. She said that once at a table read they did the scene on their regular voices and that no one laughed at all. She said that they all realized it was really and truly sad.
They also played it straight. They puff up the antics besides the accents for the humor effect. God they're all so immensely talented. And Dick and Jenna's writing was spot on. Two actors turned writers I believe. Dick played Carl in the flashback episode of how Ed and Eunice came to marry. He was great.
@@judethaddeus9856 Eunice has a strange appreciation for a better life that Mama and Ed can't ( 11:06 - they absolutely refuse "to recognise any nice thing in life"), a bit like Willa Cather's short story "Paul's Case". She attains to something more - the American Dream, if you will - but at the same time she can't help but holler and yell and ruin everything, hence the wistful, regretful look as she leaves.
The Family sketches were exceptionally dark in contrast to the rest of the program. I have no doubt that is resonated with many dysfunctional families that could relate to the characters on many different levels. This was probably why it was so popular and ran for so many seasons.
The ending is sad. Eunice turns around before leaving looking back. She just wanted to experience something different in a upscale restaurant. Yes it’s a comedy sketch but a lot of people can relate to dysfunctional families. That’s what makes The Family sketches relatable. It’s so funny yet not far from reality.
i grew up in an extremely dysfunctional family and many of these Family sketches hit very close to home. to grow up in a home that is constantly filled with tension between the family members is horrible. i know that all to well. Eunice wanted to do something nice for her momma but that was a big mistake bringing her along. the family was completely out of their element in that fancy restaurant. i am not a fancy person and i dont at all like going to places where i have to dress up, which is not who i am, and where i have to pretend to be someone who i am not. ed said that $15 was expensive for a meal. in the 1970s yes. today, sad to say, that is actually very reasonable. i dont picture a fancy restaurant as having booths, but instead, only tables
So relatable when it comes to some typical family interaction. Carol lays it down like a pro, giving us a more than authentic rendition of a tortured soul trying to save face while in the midst of a social affair she is not completely comfortable in. Her eyes when the head waiter asks her to leave is painful it is so true to life. Her frustration is heartbreaking when she is asked to leave in shame. All her attempts to blend in were shot down at every turn.
I'm such a fan of carol Burnett,and her show!! But Eunice and this dysfunctional group is to much! So very real,I've enjoyed all of Eunice's characters episodes,but this one is a little sad. Eunice is always so frustrated and angry,but the end is sad,when she looks back as they leave,I truly believe she wanted the classy dinner at least once in her dismal life! It also shows her hidden amenities thats rarely seen in her normal character,these are great characters!!
I agree that one tends to feel sorry for Eunice by the ends of the sketches, but Eunice never realizes that she is part of the problem. She wants to blame everybody else for her frustrations and failures and never looks to herself for the reason for her lot in life. Everything that these characters saty about each other is true. Eunice is selfish and delusional; Ed is belligerent and insensitive; Mama is bitter and belittling.
Yes. Each sketch has a 'seven!!' moment and it kills me everytime. Carol says Eunice going off is one of the ways that she would release tensions because she's not like that in her own life. Charo's cootchie, cootchie dance too.
There will never ever be anything like these shows again! Nothing is really good like this stuff anymore. Bless all of their hearts and souls! Always will be great!
I watched this show when I was a young kid back in brooklyn nyc with my mom and dad and did my dad lol so hard he had tears ! The greatest lol of my life ,I got my funny from Carol and the greatest Lucy
Eunice finally got a chance to be with the high-end crowd and again, it all blows up in her face. The Family sketches can be funny but also just heartbreaking.
To say Carol Burnett was a genius of comedy is an understatement. Just wonderful. Since I was a boy watching these when they were on, I've constantly gotten belly laughs from them.
You've just got to feel for Eunice.. particularly in this scene. All she wanted was to experience a nice dinner. Her mother and her husband ruined that for her by acting completely brand new..
The things they come up with these days. I once had tea and domething wrapped like a fancy chocolate piece with glittery wrapper and all. I wanted to sweeten my cup of tea but didn't see sugar anywhere on the table. I was told then the piece Was the sugar. 🤦🏻♀️ embarrassed enough I found trouble unwrapping the fancy piece of sugar, elegently like ladies do. It was wrapped in a weird way. I ended up drinking tea like chinese do. 😂 It was good. 😄👌🏻 Speaking of unwrapping fancy pieces of candies with a big sticky sticker.. I mean what's up with that? Why? I always find trouble unwrapping a piece. I usually take them home and aggressively unwrap'em all there. 😂
In San Francisco we had a "sourdough bread" warning. In just about every restaurant they al2ays brought a bread basket with real butter.We always were told by my father not to fill up on bread before the meal but he was always the biggest offender.
I’m pretty sure Harvey ad-libbed “L’Chaim!” 7:10 Carol and Vicki looked momentarily surprised because Ed would never have known that phrase. Great sketch, but ultimately so sad, like all the other Family episodes.
Dave Glow - Yes, I'll admit its sad, this sketch isn't long enough and I wish it had at least 10 more minutes of yelling (then it would be more complete )!
Made me happy for Jewish Harvey who had to play bible belt Ed. Go Harvey go! I'm Catholic btw. Hollywood only recognizing Christian as if no other religion or atheism exists bothers me.
Ed walked out with the napkin under chin , Mama with a purse full of condiments and toilet paper and eunice a few sips of the pink lady .it wasn't a total loss
The end scene when Eunice realizes she is not ever going to be like...them: heartbreaking. In just one glance she portrays that awareness of knowing her caste, and that she can never rise above it. The push and pull of her desire and the force of family members that keep her down.
@@manofmanyinterests Yes: the uncut sketch would be great to see here. My partner saw this skit recently one night on cable, on MeTV, and said they edited it for time so poorly that characters were beginning sentences and they got chopped abruptly. Lines he remembered from reruns were absent. Such a shame. I won't watch this unless it's complete. I can't go through all my cringing/crankiness when a bit that I love is suddenly MIA. Of course they're not posting this one on Carol's official YT page; too much to hope for, lol.
@@manofmanyinterests There's one in particular I'd like to see again after a long time, entitled "Overnight Guest" (Mama drops in on a newly divorced Eunice, unannounced). It came between "Visit from Dan" and "Password"; I checked on the Wikipedia page about The Family to get the title. And I notice that over time a few uncut sketches have been removed from this site, like "Visit to Phillip" which is set in California; its edited/butchered version is 9 minutes while the uncut one is around 14. Mind you, I am grateful that there are a bunch of the 31 Family skits available on RU-vid to enjoy. Eunice and the gang are one of my absolute favorite things ever created from television.
This is one of my fav..episodes but the ending always made me sad i remember fist watching this in the early 80s and i know the show aired in the 70s and now it still holds up in 2021...wow they do not make them like they use too.. I miss the 70s & 80s...
Eunice is a sad character even though we laugh about the situations she falls into because it's Carol. The competition between Eunice and her favored sister is real life. I love watching The Family but the expressions on Carol's face at times makes me cheer her on. The look as she's escorted out of the restaurant is like if only. Harvey's attitude as Ed is priceless. I sure miss the old comedy shows and Carol's is one of them.
I remember one thanksgiving when my Aunt and Uncle were eating with us my uncle asked my mom where to put the salad and my aunt said your mouth and the fight was on so I can relate to this but it was funny , it was never a dull moment when my aunt and uncle came over. My mom and aunt and uncle have passed and I miss them dearly but I have many dysfunctional happy memories
The horrible thing is that I've actually seen people behave this abominably in upscale restaurants twice -- and on both occasions it was supposedly "upper class" people doing it, not working class people like Ed, Eunice and Mama. (On the second occasion, when the maitre d told them to leave, everyone in the dining room applauded.) Shakespeare commented at length in "The Merchant of Venice" that the bearers of noble and honorable names can often have thoroughly vile natures. Right as usual.
When I worked in restaurants way back when, Yuppies would undertip or not tip at all. The dudes who worked in construction were the most generous. (Thank Dog those days are over. The service biz was tough even before COVID.)
@@AmyLSacks I used to work in a restaurant too, to earn my spending money for college. (Nothing fancy; a diner which saw a lot of truckers come in. Fascinating guys, with some of the best stories imaginable). I've also known some wealthy upper-class people in my life who were thoroughly decent; but when one-percenters ARE jerks, they go all the way. The most common feature of bad restaurant behavior I've observed is the way some of them talk to waiters and waitresses as if they were a lower order of being. I heard a line in a sitcom once, where a guy was sitting with a rich couple who treated their server this way, and was disgusted by them, that I've always wanted to drum up the courage to use: "How about we play a game? It's called 'Treat The Waiter Like A Human Being'. The prize is, YOU GET TO NOT GO TO HELL !"
@@tadimaggio There was a troll pre-virus who became notorious on several internet sites for bragging in capslock about how she loved to burden servers with absurd, time-sucking demands. Then she'd refuse to tip, try to get them in trouble with Management, or score a free meal, etc. I kept hoping she was just doing bad online theater, but maybe not. A number of servers commented to her that she probably ended up ingesting a lot of their, uh... bodily emissions without knowing it. :P
Eunice has such a regretful look as they are leaving. She knows they were kicked out but does not understand exactly why! Genius comedy. Genius reflects both the comic and tragic we experience in life. And bittersweet regret.
This is still the edited version. The reason the woman is testy because Mama says "Oh my!" over her chocolate mousse is because on her way to the salad bar Mama had said "Oh my!" about the woman's meal and asked her what it was (filet of sole almondine). Eunice remarked "I'm surprised you didn't ask for a bite."
Hilarious and sad at the same time. Eunice so much wanting to be an upper class citizen but reality keeps having her stuck at her current state of life. =P
I don’t know why people continually refer to it as upper class when , in my opinion a bigger part of it is just acting fucking normal , for example Ed did everything talk about diarrhea to the lady at the salad bar , mama can’t act like an adult at the dining table either . It’s not that difficult but for many it is , that’s not “ upper class “ that’s education
@@ladyboywonder9139 Mama lectures everyone else about propriety but she's a loud, grasping, intrusive pest. She can never see that she taught her daughter to behave badly by setting a terrible example herself.
The attention to character detail and acting is just amazing! The back forth of the incisive dialogue,and the creation of believable events is so spot on. Eunice so often an antagonist and protagonist,while her family can be maddening,she can be her own worst enemy there's an often evocative emotionally wrenching quality to these Family sketches. They all deserve a hand,It's Truly brilliant!! 👏👍
I still never ever ever understand why people constantly throw Eunice under the bus she’s The victim of her families stupidity, how else are you supposed to act when you try to go to dinner with these two monsters ? I don’t get the logic , please don’t remind me that we are talking about characters in a comedy sketch we know that part
@@ladyboywonder9139 It's not about throwing Eunice under the bus it's acknowledging her own negativity and toxic behavior specifically towards her husband, beats up on him but never comes across as helpful or positive. That specific situation in the restaurant yes they were being difficult,but too often she's been the perpetrator. Ed wasn't perfect but she did to him what her mother did to her,endless criticism and harsh assessments. One of the last family sketches they did, Eunice went to therapy and gained insight.
@@jmnny85 well , I still don’t see it , I mean , look how they act no wonder she RE ACTS . Ed and the mother are perfect pains in the asses . She’s usually right in her criticisms . Like . How difficult is it . Why does she have to defend the expenses of the trip when he other wise doesn’t give a 💩 about his own expenses. Just one example .
@@ladyboywonder9139 Yeah, she has problems but so does Ed. He wasn't even smart enough to read the ticket before they got to the restaurant. And Mama made it her life's mission to provoke Eunice into fits of anger because belittling her daughter was apparently her only real pleasure in life.
@@ladyboywonder9139 Yes, it's true that Eunice is the sanest and most reasonable person in THIS particular sketch, and you truly feel sorry for her as she walks out of the restaurant totally humiliated. But this series was based on the dysfunctional behavior of ALL THREE of these characters. All three had their good points and their flaws - just like real people. That's why these sketches play so well. There are many episodes where Eunice is the "heavy" with many psychological problems that she usually takes out on her husband, Ed. As I recall, the only character who was never nasty (although dim-witted) was Micky - Ed's assistant in his hardware store.
I never understand why people usually blame her but she’s the only NORMAL one among them . I figured out why many ppl defend Ed and mama and go after Eunice , in real life they are the same idiots as those two
@@ericrivera8410 LOL Right! The Family skits are actually kinda sad to watch because Eunice's family is the real problem. Shes a problem because she keeps "reacting" to them. But they are the problem
I think Unice and Mama owned 4 dresses between the two of them! 99 % of the time Unice wore exactly the same dress and green sash with her 1940s hairdo 😂
Only other times were when she was in the gong show and her aunt's funeral...the dress was a salvation army find the designer bob Mackie wanted to make a replica but carol insisted and using it patching it up before each skit
Carol was absolutely and almost impossibly brilliant in this piece. Her capacity to convincingly change character is second to none. These 12 minutes were an absolute masterclass in what it is to be an actor/actress.
This has very funny lines, but it is mostly tragedy. Thelma, Eunice and Ed finally have a chance to mingle with the higher end of society, but like an improper Steak Tartar, they are ill prepared. Eunice's expression at the end when she realizes she blew their chance is heart-wrenching.
I agree. The end made me teary-eyed. As I get older I understand Eunice so well,...her frustration and dissapointment. The combination of comedy and tragedy in these skits are incomparable...the actors and writers are geniuses.
@@wilfordfraser6347 Absolutely. For decades, I only saw the edited version of the sketch when the family visits Mickey Hart in his apartment. The UNedited version, with Mickey explaining his childhood, is terribly sad.
Poor Eunice. 😕 She couldn't even enjoy a nice meal in a fancy restaurant bc of her pain in the ass mother & husband. Too bad that she didn't just go by herself or take a non relative with her, then maybe she would've had a much better time. (She should have lowered her voice, though).
In the 1970s I was being raised in an abusive, dysfunctional home (parents had split up, mother had custody of us kids. She was a mentally ill, abusive monster). As a result, I turned towards watching LOTS of tv as a way to provide myself with escape and comfort from my misery. The Carol Burnett show was one of many tv shows I watched regularly in daily syndicated reruns. More than just entertained me, it really helped me to preserve what few shreds of sanity I had as well as provided me with much needed happiness, laughter and joy in an otherwise joyless existence. The Carol Burnett show was the one and only tv show whose sketches had me and my sister literally rolling on the floor, clutching our sides with laughter (especially if the sketch had Tim Conway in it. He was the best). EXCEPT for these "The Family" sketches. When Eunice yelled and/or scrunched up her face in anger, she was the exact spitting image of our mother. It was just too painful. The part where Eunice screams at Mama over the peppermill is all too familiar to me. Countless times at the drop of a hat, Mother unjustifiably screamed at the top of her lungs at us kids over various inanimate objects in our place, practically on a daily basis. My sister and I would sit completely stone faced through these "Family" sketches. I don't recall them eliciting a single laugh from either one of us (not even the occasional presence of Tim Conway helped).
I'm sorry for your experience, and even sorrier that you didn't get to live with your father. I don't laugh at these sketches because they are an incredibly sad commentary but they do give voice to some of the dysfunctions happening in our lives or the people we know and often they are things you can laugh about later, so I do enjoy them. When it hits too close to home, I expect it's different.
Carol herself came from a totally dysfunctional family herself, both parents were alcoholics.Her Grandmother raised her most of the time and when they moved to Hollywood she and her Grandmother went to the movies as their form of escape.Carol said that a lot of her sketches had some of her own situations in life.There are no words that express my sorrow at your own childhood. How you became a full functioning adult is a miracle and you have my total admiration!
Having grown up with a dysfunctional abusive family I can relate most of the characters to members of my own family . as an adult watching this show I can laugh so hard at their antics because I can sit back and view it in a 3rd person perspective . when you get to a certain age you just have to let the past go and forgive .
Laurel and Hardy were once the epitome humor! So were Mutt and Jeff and The BoweryBoys! Humor changes over the decades, just like everything else. Thank God they now have videos of all types of TV and movies so you can see the type of humor you love when ever you like!MMB
Eunice is such a sympathetic character in a sense. Yes, she can be rude and obnoxious, but there's something about her that you can't help but pity... Also, Carol plays her so well. I don't see Carol playing a "character" for the show, I just see Eunice.
Exactly. I see Eunice. Two of the most jarring things for me: 1. Last show Eunice goes to the psychiatrist and Carol dressed as Eunice intro in her own voice before starting 2. Show Stoppers special she and Vicki sit at dressing tables and show how they morph into their characters putting on the wigs etc. They and Harvey are sheer brilliance in these sketches. And Harvey doesn't even change appearance but all I see is Ed. Fantastic!!
This episode is highly edited. In the original Mama asks the lady in the next booth (on the way to the salad bar) what she has which is why on the way back from the salad bar she simply replies to Mama when Mama says Oh My. There are several cuts made to this version. I wish you could purchase a DVD set of all the unedited Mama, Ed and Eunice Family episodes on a single DVD.
a shame, really, that Carol won't just release the whole series on a complete DVD set. But her business method has been genius. By holding onto it, she and the others became very rich and never had to work again. When the show ended, everyone had done very well, but the true wealth came as a result of Carol's careful VHS and DVD releases over the years; always sure never to include it all. She kinda mimics Disney in that way, how they make available copies of their movies.
I've got to side with Eunice on this one. Ed and Mama's behavior was awful. Eunice just wanted to experience something different and something with class.
Thank you for posting this skit. I was about 7 or 8 when the show was on and I always loved it. Watching these brings back such warm feelings and it feels so good to laugh. I never get tired of these skits and the timesless humor of CB. Thanks again!
I think the line, "at least at Fat Jacks they got pictures of the stuff on the menu" is omitted. Yes, this is cut, because Mama asked the "chocolate mousse" snobby lady something before, which explains her cut snobby reaction.
@@gusbeau1 Not censorship. Reruns were trimmed to pack in more commercials. Even today on MeTV and Antenna TV if you see Carol's skits, chances are they have been trimmed here and there to create room to sell more Charmin and Doritos; that goes for all classic sitcoms on those channels too. The trimming isn't even done carefully-- sometimes a character will open their mouth to speak and you'll notice a cut. Sad.
Poor Eunice is a textbook definition of what I would call codependence. She knows her mother is toxic and her marriage a disappointment but she can't break free from them. All Eunice's siblings succeeded in part because they moved FAR away. None of her brothers appears to be married with children, either. There was no one to carp and criticize every new thing they wanted to try.
I'm laughing but feel sad at the end when Unice look back at the restaurant before leaving. She just want to experience how it feels to dine in a fine restaurant, but due to family circumstances it didn't go well... 😔😔😔💔💔💔
Salad bars were probably much more novel back then than they would be later on. There's that trend in food (and fashion, architecture, etc.) where new and novel things are for the rich, but then they become less scarce and even average people or places can afford them. With the feel of exclusivity gone, rich people don't prize them as much as they once did.
@@AmyLSacks ... Perfectly said. What you said is true. Salad bars were a novelty then! It's kind of like when a patent on a particular product runs out, and then 3,000 manufacturers are suddenly making them, and more cheaply.
Depends on what you’re used to. When I was a kid we never went out to eat. Then one evening my dad took us to Beefsteak Charlie’s and I thought I was suddenly a millionaire lol
A poignant satire of a certain kind of people. The kind of people who insist upon bringing all of their low-class baggage with them on a new adventure in life. On the other hand, why is the Royal Arms Restaurant giving away free passes on the shopping mall? And a salad bar? The other patrons are respectable and well behaved, so Raytown can't be as declasse as Eunice, Ed and Mama.
The ending to this skit was different from the others - not quite serious but not quite comical either. Perhaps deliberately ambiguous. The look on Eunice's face at 11:39 seems to convey that she suddenly realizes there is something very wrong with her life.
Are there really fine dining places that have DIY salad bars? It's strange you would have to do anything yourself in an expensive place. But, the salad bar scene was hilarious!
From what I've been told, by people who were there at the time, is that a salad bar was a popular novelty at the time. They were invented in the 50s and rose in popularity in the late 60s and early 70s. Many upscale restaurants that wouldn't have a salad bar today would've been more likely to have one then.
@@skatef0rl1fe It's just odd that at a place where they do everything for you, you're expected to serve yourself at the salad bar. I can't afford fine dining so I won't be experienced there.
I’m pretty sure Harvey ad-libbed “L’Chaim!” Carol and Vicki looked momentarily surprised because Ed would never have known that phrase. Great sketch, but ultimately so sad, like all the other Family episodes.
I couldn't help but feel a heartfelt empathy for Eunice. With a cheap crass-mannered husband (who would order a hamburger fries and a beer in an eatery like this?) and a crabby mother who condescends and complains constantly, these two couldn't behave themselves in having a lovely time in an exclusive restaurant without resorting to loud and obnoxious unpleasantries. I sympathize with her, having to put up with them daily, purposely making her life more and more miserable. I almost shed a tear for Eunice as she looks back and leaves the room after being thrown out and treated as a low-class outcast. Poor, poor insufferable Eunice. She didn't even have the chance to finish her Pink Lady. Although these hilarious Family sketches are wonderfully hilarious, this episode is somehow the first time it concludes with a sad ending.
@@LBF522 I understand, Samuel, but I wouldn't blame Eunice for assailing her penny-pitching husband and whining bellyaching mother for their loud asinine conduct in a palatial restaurant. Goodness. You'd think those two can put aside their objectionable demeanor JUST ONCE and have a quiet enjoying dinner without the drama. Can't you blame Eunice for going psycho with those two? And who would order a hamburger, beer, and fries in a pricey dining establishment? Poor Eunice. Her sad and humiliating expression says it all the moment she leaves the dining area. Ed and Mama are the culprits who ruin her once-in-a-lifetime lavished dinner. She's better off having dinner "alone" without tagging along with these nutcases.
Not really. Everything is a matter of choice. Eunice knew what she was getting into when she decided to bring those two along. And she also engaged with their B.S. instead of keeping her head above the clouds. I'm not saying Eunice's reaction is not understandable. But she is still responsible for her own reaction irrespective of what other people do and do not do. Believe it or not, there was nothing wrong with her husband wanting to order a hamburger and fries. Her embarrassment is hers to own. Part of having class is not looking down on "lower" classes. She behaved towards her husband with the same disdain as she feels victimized that the "upper" class is looking down on her. If you're here to have a good time, then have a good time. Don't spend the whole time you're there having a good time blaming other people for you being unable to have a good time. If you don't trust yourself having a good time without other people behaving a certain way, then don't show up. Also, I think you confuse empathy and sympathy. "You poor thing" is not an empathetic response. It's an enabling response. If Eunice thinks of herself as a victim, she will be one. She got her own karma handed out to her when she was asked to leave the restaurant. She was humiliated because she kept berating her husband and mother over how petty they were only to be called out as petty herself. She got owned. Don't get me wrong: no one deserves to be humiliated. But that is not to say that people do not attract into their lives the very situation they lament. I do not excuse Eunice's behavior. What she could have done: - Leave her husband free of his choices and focus on her own enjoyment. - Not try to educate her husband on what constitutes common courtesy and it is not her role nor her prerogative - Calmly explain to her mother how to use the pepper grinder knowing that her mother is who she is and will not change - Allow her mother enough rope to hang herself, and let her mother be the subject of negative attention instead of herself (hoarding on sugar and paper towel) and accept it is not her responsibility to control her mother nor overrule her choices - Not pretend the money her husband is not spending on his own meal is money he is refusing to spend on her - If for whatever reason she felt pushed to the edge and felt like she had no alternative to snap, she could have excused herself, gone outside or to the bathroom to get a moment to regroup, and recompose herself. What I'm trying to say is people don't often recognize how they bring onto their lives the very thing they despise, only to blame it on others. It is no wonder then that she is stuck and the only way she is able to make sense of it is that she is cursed with a husband and a mother that feel no alternative but to cause her embarrassment.
Saw the full version of this sketch on Pluto tv and there's quite a bit cut. Thelma asks the woman not only about her chocolate mousse, but on the way to the bar asks about her fish dinner for example.
I love Eunice, Momma, Ed, and the guest family members. Very realistic, in that they are showcasing dysfunctional behavior. The Problem with Dysfunctional people, is they don’t think anything is wrong with their behavior. To them,” Hell, everyone acts like this!”
I REMEMBER WHEN THIS FIRST AIRED. I NEVER MISS ONE EPISODE OF THE FAMILY. AND MY MOM I COULD RELATE TO THIS CAUSE MY DAD WAS LOT LIKE EDD. I REMEMBER THI S AT 11 YEARS OLD
I don't know if grandmas still do it but back then this sort of thing was not unusual. In the 1970's & 1980's my Nana would swipe Sweet 'N Low packets or whatever was available, every time we went out for a restaurant meal. I suspected she wasn't the only grandmother who had sticky fingers.
I remember my grandmother did the same thing. And she offered NO apologies for it either. She would tell us, "Believe me... you paid for this 10 times over in that padded bill."
