A police investigation took an unexpected and hilarious turn in a Carol Burnett Show skit. The authorities knew something was a little off about the suspect’s story, but they couldn’t quite put their finger on it. Watch the short but hysterical clip to see what transpired during this intense but laugh-out-loud police interrogation.

There seems to be an endless lineup of movies and television shows featuring and/or centered on police and the men and women who work in law enforcement. Likely, if asked, anyone could easily rattle off a handful of television programs and films about the police. Or to make things even easier, name any movie or TV show featuring Bruce Willis. It would seem that nearly every one of his roles was him playing a cop.

Needless to say, Americans are more than familiar with the inner workings and steps involved in a police investigation. This strong familiarity provides ample room for comedy, with writers and actors using our expectations against us and taking things in a completely unexpected direction. That is precisely what happened in a classic skit from The Carol Burnett Show featuring Harvey Korman and Vicki Lawrence.

In the clip posted on YouTube, Vicki is a suspect in a murder, while Harvey and another gentleman play a couple of hard-boiled police detectives. Harvey and his partner have had just about all they can take of Vicki. They have been interrogating her for hours and she keeps giving them the same story, recounting the same details in every retelling.

Maybe Vicki is telling the truth after all? However, Harvey is not buying her story, believing it to be a mishmash of lies and untruths. But, for whatever reason, he cannot understand why he does not believe. It’s almost like he’s heard her story somewhere before.

When she starts telling her story yet again, it becomes hilariously clear why the officers find her retelling of events so familiar.

Job 8:21 “The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.”