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The Smothers Brothers
Gnus

[Note: gnu was pronounced "g-nu" with a hard, not silent G]

Dick: Tommy?
Tom: What?
Dick: I wanna know, have you ever thought about going into any other business?
Tom: Yes.
Dick: I mean, as an escape route.
Tom: Yes.
Dick: What do you wanna do?
Tom: I'm gonna-- I wanna be a game hunter!
Dick: Game hunter?
Tom: Yeah, I wanna, I wanna go to the, the wilds of Australia over in the east and be a big game hunter where I'm gonna hunt the most vicious animals in the world.
Dick: Like what? What have you wanted to hunt?
Tom: I wanna...
Dick: Like I've always wanted to hunt--if I was a hunter--maybe elephants or tigers.
Tom: Elephants and tigers?
Dick: Maybe even a lion.
Tom: They're vicious!
Dick: And maybe even a puma.
Tom: There's no cravases over there.

Dick: What do you want to hunt?
Tom: One of the most vicious animals in Australia.
Dick: What kind of animals?
Tom: Gnus.

Dick: A g-- a gnu?!
Tom: They're indigenous to Australia, the wilds of Australia, the vicious gnus, they-- they attack people.
Dick: They do?
Tom: Snarling, vicious gnus.
Dick: How do they-- what do they do?
Tom: They could-- they just eat up pumas.

Tom: Gnus are tough!
Dick: They're very tough, huh?
Tom: Yeah, they--
Dick: How do they hurt ya?
Tom: Well, if you-- if you come on, uh, a band of gnus, a group of gnus, you'd better, well, walk softly stranger. If you come on a, a group of gnus...
Dick: Yeah?
Tom: ...in Australia, you-- you gotta be very careful because if you, if you get--
Dick: Antagonize them?
Tom: If you get belligerent with the gnu they'll-- they'll attack you and knock you to ger, your gnees. Better have a gnife with you!

Dick: That's, uh, they seem awfully vicious.
Tom: Yeah they're, they're vicious.
Dick: Uh huh. Well why do you want to hunt them then?
Tom: I don't, I don't know. Nobody ever sees gnus. Very few people ever see gnus.

Dick: I don't know what a gnu is and I don't think there even is such a thing. I'm not gonna prolong this foolishness. There's no gnu. It's a product of your imagination.
Tom: Oh. Good thing I didn't go over there!