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Put a Bird On It!

Portlandia2011Season 1Episode 2
Portlandia
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A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

Bryce and Lisa give a boutique an avian makeover, but their enthusiasm for bird decorations collapses when a real pigeon flies in.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Bryce Shivers and Lisa Eversman offer a simple cure for a boutique’s uninspiring merchandise: add bird designs to everything. They decorate a teapot, tote bag, card, toast and pillow while congratulating themselves on the transformation. Their cheerful demonstration frays as a needle prick and paint dust provoke bickering, but they keep applying birds, even to a bird figurine.

The shop owner admires their work until a real pigeon enters. The decorators recoil, claim an allergy and swat wildly at the bird, breaking the goods they have just embellished. The owner is left to confront the damage.

The funny people

Meet the cast. 3

Say it with us

Highly quotable.

We put birds on things.

I'm painting a bird on a bird.

What the hell is that?

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

ScriptEnglish · 37 turns

Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.

  1. 00:00

    Bryce Shivers

    Hi, I'm Bryce Shivers.

  2. 00:01

    Lisa Eversman

    Hi, I'm Lisa Eversman.

  3. 00:02

    And we put birds on things.

  4. 00:04

    Bryce Shivers

    Today we're going to go to a store on Mississippi Avenue. Nothing has birds on it. But you know what we're going to do?

  5. 00:08

    We're going to put birds on things. Spruce it up.

  6. 00:11

    Lisa Eversman

    Make it pretty.

  7. 00:12

    Thank you. Put a bird on it.

  8. 00:14

    Bryce Shivers

    I'm putting a bird on this teapot. It's a bird.

  9. 00:16

    Lisa Eversman

    I bet you it's flying all over the beach.

  10. 00:18

    Lisa Eversman

    What a sad little tote bag.

  11. 00:20

    Bryce Shivers

    I know.

  12. 00:21

    Lisa Eversman

    I'll put a bird on it.

  13. 00:22

    Lisa Eversman

    Did you see this bag before?

  14. 00:23

    Bryce Shivers

    I didn't.

  15. 00:23

    Lisa Eversman

    Now there's a bird. It's flying. It's free.

  16. 00:27

    Bryce Shivers

    I'm gonna put this bird right on this card.

  17. 00:28

    Lisa Eversman

    It's so pretty.

  18. 00:29

    Bryce Shivers

    You like that, ma'am?

  19. 00:30

    Store Owner

    Fantastic.

  20. 00:34

    Putting a bird on toast. Put a bird on it! Look at this.

  21. 00:38

    Bryce Shivers

    I just sewed this bird right onto the pillow.

  22. 00:40

    Lisa Eversman

    Oh, you missed this part.

  23. 00:40

    Bryce Shivers

    Ow! What are you doing?

  24. 00:42

    Lisa Eversman

    Watch your fingernails.

  25. 00:43

    Lisa Eversman

    What about the bird?

  26. 00:44

    Bryce Shivers

    Am I bleeding? Ma'am, am I bleeding?

  27. 00:46

    Store Owner

    No, you're fine.

  28. 00:47

    Lisa Eversman

    Stop looking at her. She's fine.

  29. 00:49

    Bryce Shivers

    I know she's fine. I'm not.

  30. 00:50

    Put a bird on it.

  31. 00:53

    Lisa Eversman

    I'm painting a bird on a bird.

  32. 00:57

    Bryce Shivers

    My eyes! Straight up got dust right in my eyes.

  33. 01:00

    Store Owner

    Guys, just paint the bird or whatever it is you need to do and then don't blow on things.

  34. 01:05

    Put a bird on it.

  35. 01:07

    Lisa Eversman

    There's birds everywhere and now you can open for business.

  36. 01:11

    What the hell is that? Please go away. I'm allergic, I'm allergic. Get out, you're not wanted.

  37. 01:31

    Lisa Eversman

    Ugh, gross.

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