The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

MR. AND MRS. HILL WERE DRIVING ALONG IN THEIR CAR,
DURING A RAINSTORM. SUDDENLY IN A FLASH OF LIGHTNING,
MRS. HILL SAW A SPOOKY CASTLE ON A HILLTOP. "LOOK,
DEAR," SHE SAID. AND TOO BAD HE DID, BECAUSE THE
CAR RAN OFF THE ROAD INTO A DITCH AND MR. AND MRS. HILL
WERE KILLED INSTANTLY.
BUT UP IN THAT CASTLE ON THE HILL WAS DR. FRANKENSTEIN
WHO HAD BEEN WORKING ALL OF HIS LIFE ON AN INVENTION
TO MAKE DEAD BODIES COME BACK TO LIFE. FRANKENSTEIN
SENT HIS ASSISTANT, IGOR, DOWN TO GET THE BODIES OF MR.
AND MRS. HILL. WHEN IGOR RETURNED, THE APPARATUS WAS
SET UP. THEY LAID THE BODIES DOWN. "GIVE THEM 5000
VOLTS, IGOR." ZAAP. BUT THEY WERE STILL DEAD. SO
FRANKENSTEIN DECIDED TO GIVE THEM FULL POWER--"GIVE
THEM 25000 VOLTS, IGOR!!" ZAAAP. BUT NO, STILL THEY
WERE DEAD. SO, FRANKENSTEIN, FACED WITH DEFEAT AFTER
A LIFETIME OF HARD WORK, STARTED PLAYING HIS FLUTE TO
RELAX HIS NERVES. LOOK--MRS. HILL'S HAND IS QUIVERING.
MR. HILL IS SITTING UP. THEY'RE TALKING TOGTHER!! "LOOK
IGOR" SAID DR. FRANKENSTEIN--"THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH
THE SOUND OF MUSIC!"

Submitter comment: THIS JOKE IS A VERY CONTEMPORARY JOKE CONSIDERING
THE SONG FROM THE PRODUCTION "THE SOUND OF MUSIC."
FOR ANYONE LOOKING IN THE ARCHIVES AFTER 1980.

Where learned: HOME

Date learned: 02-22-1971