I thought of a skit:
"Breaking news today: a slight rash of broken water heaters has caused a run on hot water! People are hoarding hot water by the tub full! Thousands of citizens are running their hot water day and night, filling up every gallon jug, two-liter bottle, cup, just every container they can full of hot water. People are even fighting eachother over the faucets in public bathrooms, even the ones with the little push buttons that only dispense a few seconds of hot water at a time. There have already been a few casualties, and there may be more. Let's go interview the man who has the most jugs of hot water in town, the self-proclaimed 'Hot Water King'."
"Hello sir,"
"'Your majesty'"
"Eh?"
"When referring to royalty, you'll call me 'YOUR MAJESTY' GAHDAMMIT!"
"Okay okay, Your Majesty."
"That's more like it. People thought I was a fool, well LOOK WHO'S THE FOOL NOW! When the hot water runs out, and the new HotWaterconomy begins, where every man, woman, and child who wants to take a hot shower has to bow down to ME, everyone will know that I'm the one true king. The Hot Water King."
The Hot Water King, formerly Bob Smitherson, sits down on his throne of milk jugs filled with hot water and brandishes his scepter, topped with a snowglobe that's been emptied out and refilled with hot water.
"But, your majesty."
"Yes, peasant?"
"Don't you think you've gone in over your head? The hot water won't last forever."
"NONSENSE! God has bequeathed the hot water to me, and my kingdom will last to the end of time!"
"May I ask where your first hot water jugs are?"
"Over there." He points to the corner of the room, where it all started.
"Have you felt those jugs recently?"
"Hmm? And why would I do that?"
"Would you humor me, and go feel them?"
The Hot Water King clambers over the waist deep pile of jugs that fill the room, and lays a hand on the first hot water jug, marked 'The Beginning of Greatness'.
"... It's cool, not hot, but cool?!"
"Yes, you finally see your majesty, the hot water was always going to eventually..."
The Hot Water King cocks a pistol "Which one of you MOTHER FUCKERS has been stealing my hot water and replacing it with cold water! You SONS OF BITCHES ARE GOING DOWN!"
The Camera Crew panic and rush out of the one bedroom apartment, as the Former Hot Water King starts shooting indiscriminately.