On the phone with his wife when the plane he was on stopped after hitting a deer.

Engvall: When we landed on the runway, we hit a deer with our airplane. You can't make this up. And it killed the deer, it wrecked the engine. We had to evacuate the plane. But the plane was so small it didn't have slides. The flight attendant said "Just step out." So they put us in a van and they're busing us back to the terminal and I'm laughing at this point because this is the dumbest thing I've ever seen in my life. And I got back to the terminal, I called my wife. I said "Baby, you're not gonna believe this. We just hit a deer with our airplane". There was a pause on the other end of the line, followed by...

Gail: Oh my God! Were you on the ground? | Engvall: Nope, Santa was making one last run! Here's your sign. | Here's Your Sign: Live! (2004)