This is from Stan Kegel. The author is unknown.

The budding director was sitting alongside the veteran as he was auditioning promising young performers for an upcoming variety show. The young learner was amazed at how many different ways this old timer could terminate a performance! There was the chop across the throat, the upraised face and hands, and many, many more! When the young man commented on it after the auditions, his mentor said, “Well, son, when you get to my age you learn that … there is more than one way to can a skit”.