Another classic Bob Newhart monologue.
When I was in Junior High School, there was a talent show and I somehow wound up as one of the audition judges. Students who wished to perform — and there were a lot of them — would come in to a small classroom and perform for a panel of five or so judges and we'd pick the ones who would get to be in the show in the big auditorium. One guy came in, announced he was going to do a comedy routine he'd written and then proceeded to do this one, just about verbatim.
Little did he know that one of the judges (i.e., me) not only had a copy of Bob Newhart's 1960 debut album, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, but had played it often enough to know every cut of it by heart. That included the "Driving Instructor" routine.
The student did a nice-enough job of it given that he was maybe 14 years old but after he finished, when it became time for the judges to compliment him and thank him for coming by, I blew the whistle on him…and regretted it. I should have just said thanks and let him go off and then, when the judges discussed who to put in the show, mentioned that his bit was not original and likely to be recognized by many in the audience, especially parents.
The plagiarizing student never forgave me and scowled at me all through the rest of junior high and then through our mutual three years of high school. And I almost didn't blame him for stealing it. As you'll see, it's a pretty funny bit…