Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series)

Neck (1979)

Roald Dahl: Self - Introduced by

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Roald Dahl : If a bucket of paint falls on a man's head, that's funny. If the bucket fractures his skull at the same time and kills him, that's not funny. It's tragic. And yet if a man falls into a sausage machine, and is sold in the shops at so much a pound, that's funny. It is also tragic. So why is it funny? I don't know. But what I do know is that somewhere within this very difficult area lies the secret of all black comedy. The play you're going to see now is one of those blackish comedies. And thanks to the presence of two famous stars, it's come out a good deal funnier than I was ever able to make it on paper.