Drake was knocked out cold on live television. He had a bookcase built to fall apart during a slapstick sketch in which he was pulled through it. However, an over-enthusiastic workman "mended" the bookcase before the broadcast. The actors working with him, unaware of what had happened, proceeded with the rest of the sketch which required that they pick him up and throw him through an open window. Drake fractured his skull and was unconscious for three days.