'Last Laugh' Promo Released

By Christian
April 20, 2003 - 9:55 PM

See Also: 'Last Laugh' Episode Guide

'Last Laugh' - copyright CBS CBS recently premiered the trailer for next week's new CSI episode, "Last Laugh".

In the episode, the Grissom and Catherine investigate the case of a comedian who collapses in the middle of his act. More detailed spoilers on the episode's plot can be found in our recent spoiler news item on the episode.

The 30-second "Last Laugh" promo is available for download from the official CBS site. For those of you with slower connections, here's a transcript:

: [Close up of Grissom.]
CBS THURSDAY: [Text: THURSDAY]; [Grissom shines a torch at the camera.]
THE MAIN EVENTS ARE ON 'CSI': [Text: THE MAIN EVENTS]; [Graphic: 'CSI' logo over a shot of the CSI lab]
A SITCOM STAR DIES ON STAGE... LITERALLY: [A logo 'TV's Most Watched Show' is superimposed over the following scenes.]; [A comedian performs on stage at 'The Comedy Hole,' the crowd is cheering]; [A man approaches the comedian on stage.]; [Close-up of a hand holding a mike.]; [Seen from behind, the comedian begins to collapse.]; [The spotlight follows the comedian as he falls on the stage floor.]; [Several audience members strain to see what happened.]; [Nick and Grissom look at the body lying on stage in the now-empty comedy club.]; Catherine: "What are you looking for?"; Grissom: "A punch line."
THESE ARE NOT YOUR USUAL SUSPECTS: [The camera pans around one of the comedians.]; [Snapshot of this comedian.]; [Another comedian, wearing a baseball cap, turns his head.]; [Snapshot of the baseball cap comedian.]; [Holding a torch, Catherine examines something.]; Grissom: "We're going to need a sample of everyone's DNA.]; [Catherine presents a swab to the first comedian.]; Catherine: "Ready?"; Comedian: "I need a lot of foreplay."; [Catherine looks a bit bemused at this.]
GILBERT GOTTFRIED AND BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT GUEST STAR: [As Catherine takes the DNA sample, a text 'Gilbert Gottfried' appears.]; [The baseball cap comedian stands on stage as a text 'Bobcat Goldthwait' appears.]; [The two comedians embrace each other on stage.]
AND: TO THE MISTAKES AND CLUES TO THE GRAVE: [A short graphic of a finger print.]; [Inside what looks like a store, Warrick and the store-owner look at something.]; [Sara shows Nick a photograph.]; [The photograph shows a wound on the back of a victim's head.]; [Black-and-white shot of Grissom looking at a piece of evidence.]; Dr. Robbins: "It makes this office look inept."; Brass: "You can do nothing, or you can go to work and find new evidence."; [A grave is opened.]; [A casket is lifted out of the grave.]; [Shot from inside what is probably the casket, the CSIs are shown looking in.]; Nick: "We are looking at murder."
ALL NEW CSI: [Graphic: CSI: New Episode Thursday 9/8 c]
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