ɪnðə wˈɛdɪŋ pˈɑːɹɾi, hiː wʌz ˈɔːlmoʊst nˈɑːkt ʌŋkˈɑːnʃəs ˈæftɚ bˌiːɪŋ hˈɪt ˌoʊvɚ ðə hˈɛd wɪð ɐ fɹˈaɪɪŋ pˈæn ˈæftɚ dʒˈɑːn klˈiːs ˌæksɪdˈɛntəli pˈɪkt ˌʌp ɐ ɹˈiːəl fɹˈaɪɪŋ pˈæn ɪnstˈɛd əvɚ ɹˈʌbɚpˈædᵻd pɹˈɑːp ænd ɪnðə dʒˈɜːmənz, hiː sˈʌfɚd sˈɛkənd dᵻɡɹˈiː bˈɜːnz fɹʌm ɐ fˈaɪɚ.
In The Wedding Party, he was almost knocked unconscious after being hit over the head with a frying pan (after John Cleese accidentally picked up a real frying pan instead of a rubber-padded prop) and in The Germans, he suffered second degree burns from a fire.