TL;DR - OK written badly but I'll put it back :
So I remembered this old joke I used to keep in my repertoire of two jokes decades ago but could never tell properly.
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Cecil B. DeMille.
THE famous film maker of his time - spanning the silent and talkie era's, and founding father of modern cinema. The most commercially successful “producer / director“ in film history.
(closing Wiki now)
Big movies - epic scale, cinematic showmanship - but olde worlde technology.
Day of a BIG shoot. The most ambitious scene ever.
Town frame built in the desert, 40 wagons, 150 horses, 600 extras, cowboys and indians, a raid, fires, guns, explosions, collapses, crashes, jumps, falls, dust, sand ... shooting, hand to hand fighting, stuntmen versus stuntmen on horseback .....
Still with me...?
NO full rehearsal, just run throughs with the cast.
ONE TAKE ONLY!
Finally everything and everyone is ready.
"Action!"
30 minutes later, the dust and sand settles. 20 minutes of footage to be edited in the cutting room.
Several broken bones, injured horses to be mended, most wagons and infrastructure destroyed. Major clean up tomorrow.
However, from his vantage point, in the back of his open Dusenberg with his assistant, everything went brilliantly to the eye of the director.
"Let's go and speak to the cameramen and take this action back to the studio." "Yes Sir!"
As they drove to Camera A close above the center of the action on a purpose built platform, they sensed there was a problem.
'Sorry CB, with the vibrations, the camera jammed early on. I got nearly nothing. "
" Never mind John, that's why we had contingencies. Take a rest. See you tomorrow!" shouted Mr DeMille.
“Let's go, driver."
Camera B, had the highest viewpoint. “Erm! Really, I mean, Sheez, I... I never took the lens cover off. Oh Man, so sorry."
Disappointed in his selection of cameraman but not discouraged, on to Camera C at the end of the town.
" There was so much dust when the wind came up all a sudden like, I don't think there's much in here Mr C", said the new British import.
"What are you going to do now, Mr DeMille? Shoot it all another day?", asked Stanley, the young assistant director.
"Oh No. The studio wouldn't stand for it. There's nothing left here. No, we"ll expand with Camera D as much as possible and maybe shoot some new close up scenes to splice in between. Let's go to Paddy, and then call it a day“.
Camera D was 90 feet up on a natural rock formation. It took the car 10 minutes to get to the bottom.
On the way.... "What made you choose this Irishman, he hasn't had that much experience?", asked Stanley.
"No", said Mr DeMille, " but he has life experience, he doesn't get flustered, he spoke well, he is enthusiastic and friendly. Yes, I saw enough to like him."
As they got to the bottom of the outcrop... "Look", Mr DeMille pointed, “There's Paddy with his feet up, the camera covered, a newspaper and a pint in his hand. .Relaxing after a job well done!"
" Paddy! Paddy!" Mr DeMille shouted up loudly.
Eventually Paddy stirred and came to look down.
" Ah! How's it going, Sir?"
"Great Paddy. Everything OK?"
" What? Aw sure, couldn't be sweeter"
"Great Paddy, we'll see you later. Let's go back driver", and he waves back as the car swings away.
"What?' Yells Paddy, "Oh, Aye, Sure.. Sure" he screams, and smiles down with a thumbs up.
Mr DeMille smiles and waves as they both look back to Paddy a final time.
Paddy, tbumb in the air, shouts in conclusion :
"Absolutely! Aha!
READY WHEN YOU ARE, CECIL!! Aye. Aha!"