This surreal comedy short is a Newcastle and District Amateur Cinematographers’ Association (ACA) production. A strange psychiatrist practices on an accident-prone patient but self-help proves the solution to the man’s problems. A man pauses at the door of “Doctor Glockenspiel N.B.G. Psychiatrist”. A sign announces “Come right in”. He pushes open the door, looks startled, and immediately trips over the door sill, falling flat on his face. Wearing comically large round glass frames, Dr...

This surreal comedy short is a Newcastle and District Amateur Cinematographers’ Association (ACA) production. A strange psychiatrist practices on an accident-prone patient but self-help proves the solution to the man’s problems. A man pauses at the door of “Doctor Glockenspiel N.B.G. Psychiatrist”. A sign announces “Come right in”. He pushes open the door, looks startled, and immediately trips over the door sill, falling flat on his face. Wearing comically large round glass frames, Dr Glockenspiel is having a cup of tea at a table. He jumps up and knocks his milk bottle on the floor, hastily attempting to scoop it back into the bottle. The psychiatrist rushes over to see that his visitor is alright, brushing him down and attempting to straighten the man’s tie. The new patient pulls out a card from his top pocket and hands it to the doctor, smiling. The card contains some scribbled notes on “Patient 0001”. In an exaggerated fashion, the psychiatrist gestures him to come on through. The two sit down at the small tea table, which the doctor clears by throwing everything on the floor. He places a Gladstone bag on the table and blows off the dust. A small saw is poking out of the bag. He takes out his implements; a saw, mallet, and a magnifying glass, which he proceeds to examine the patient’s nose with. He takes off his stethoscope and gestures the patient to follow him. Shapes are chalked on the wooden floor; a couple of triangles, and a dissected oval and rectangle. The patient and psychiatrist crouch down beside the shapes and the doctor explains to the patient what he would like him to do. The patient nods. The doctor then demonstrates, hopping from one shape to another, like a game of hopscotch. The doctor explains again, and the patient has a go. He jumps so high from the first shape that he hits his head against the ceiling and falls down. The doctor picks up his patient and takes him back to the table to sit down. He leaves the room and the patient begins to look at the saw, suddenly getting an idea. Meanwhile, the psychiatrist is consulting a manual entitled “How to Do It”. Back in the other room, the patient is busy sawing through the rectangle shape on the floor. The psychiatrist looks at his pocket watch, replaces the manual on the book shelf (one of only two books), and returns to his patient to offer an alternative way of jumping from shape to shape. As he demonstrates, he hops onto the rectangle and falls right through, landing on a heap of old rubbish on the floor below. The patient (missing one front tooth) looks down gleefully, and exits the office. As he leaves, he turns over the sign on the psychiatrist’s door, which now reads “Gone Out”.