Two Short Jokes

I'm short. I don't mind. And I think short jokes can be very funny.

Example One

The podium in Spin City. It is raised to give the tall mayor the illusion of being less tall--and therefore, supposedly less intimidating. When Michael J. Fox's character, Mike Flaherty (Alex Keaton, all grown up) walks behind it, he disappears. Flaherty, of course, takes the event in stride. (Click on the image to see the clip.)

Example Two

Doris Sherman (Katherine Helmond) comes to persuade Hayden to become her coach. She walks into a room where everyone, including Shelley Fabares, is taller than her. Katherine Helmond is 5'2", my height. 

She comments that she had to drive so far into the woods to find Hayden's cabin, she thought she would encounter Big Foot. 

She turns and sees Dauber. 

"Hello," she says in an oh-there-you-are tone. 

Bill Faberbakke is 6'6"--the perfect height for a football coach!