My favorite is a two-parter:
Part one:
Quasimodo, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, was getting old and needed toretire from bell-ringing. So he put an ad in the Paris newspaper: Wanted-Apprentice bell ringer.
Weeks went by. No response.
Months went by. Nothing.
Finally, one day a very small man shows up and says he wants to apply for the job.
Quasimodo says "I don't know, kid. Can you even reach the rope?" He goes over and stretches up for it, but can't reach the rope. Quasimodo says "I'm sorry. we can't use you."
The little guy says "It's almost three o'clock. If I can ring the bell three times, will you give me the job?" Quasimodo says " That sounds fair enough."
Three o'clock comes and Quasimodo says "Okay, kid. Do your stuff."
The little guy backs up a step, runs forward, jumps AND HITS HIS FACE ON THE BELL!!!
*BONG*
Quasimodo says "Interesting technique. But you've got to do it two more times."
He pushes his face back into shape, backs up farther, runs. jumps, and hits his face on the bell again!
*BONG*
Quasimodo says "One more and the job's yours."
He backs up all the way to the wall. He runs. He jumps. He misses. He falls.
"Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah"*splat*
Quasimodo rings the bell and then runs down the steps to the bottom of the tower, where he finds the Cardinal standing over the body of the deceased job applicant.
The Cardinal says "Quasimodo, do you know who this small dead man is?"
Quasimodo says "No, Cardinal. But his face sure rings a bell."
Part two:
The next day all the same stuff happens again. The ad is still in the paper. And a guy shows up who looks JUST EXACTLY like the previous guy.
He can't reach the rope, either.
He runs, jumps, and hits the bell with his face, too.
*BONG*
He backs up a little more, runs jumps and hits the bell with face again.
*BONG*
Quasimodo says "You only have to ring it one more time."
He backs up all the way to the wall He runs. He jumps. He misses. He falls.
"Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah"*splat*
Quasimodo rings the bell and then runs down the steps to the bottom of the tower, where he finds the Cardinal standing over the body of yet another deceased job applicant.
The Cardinal says "Quasimodo, do you know who this small dead man is?"
Quasimodo says "No, Cardinal. But he's a dead ringer for the guy who was here yesterday."
Ba-da-bump-shhhhhh