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Mother and Son Reunion

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The setup

A long-awaited reunion with a birth mother takes a turn the agency seems oddly happy about.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Martin arrives at a reunion agency eager to meet his birth mother, having waited until after his adoptive parents died. The coordinator asks Julie to bring in Diane, and the anticipated tender encounter becomes increasingly unsettling. Martin tries to welcome her, but her strange noises and invasive affection overwhelm his enthusiasm. As he recoils from her impossibly long tongue, the staff regard the meeting as another satisfying success.

The funny people

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Say it with us

Highly quotable.

So it's the big day, Martin.

It makes it all worthwhile.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

BBC Studios published the sketch as “Mother & Son shock reunion”; the upload continues with a BBC promotional card after the scene.

The rabbit hole continues

One more couldn’t hurt.

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