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The Anomalous Man

Saturday Night Live2023Season 49Episode 18
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The setup

In 1897 London, a theatregoer insists on meeting the reclusive, disfigured playwright behind a triumphant play, only to find his tender soul is not quite what it seems.

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The premise

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After a triumphant night at the theatre in 1897 London, the admiring Ms. Everly begs Mr. Beckwith to introduce her to the play's mysterious author, known only as the Anomalous Man. Warned not to flinch at his appearance, she meets Peter, a timid and heavily disfigured recluse who expects her to recoil, and instead tells him he is wonderful and asks him to dinner. Unbothered by his ravenous table manners, she takes him into her home, where he packs up his meagre belongings and tells her she has brought light into his life of darkness. One night in bed, though, she catches him hiding a second phone and discovers a stream of lewd messages and photos he has been exchanging with other women on dating apps. When she throws him out he simply notes that they never agreed to be exclusive, and he promptly charms another lady with the very line he once used on her.

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Highly quotable.

I've never known the pleasure of a woman's touch before.

You know, we never really said we were exclusive, but OK.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

Shot in black and white in a boxy 4:3 frame, the film borrows its premise from The Elephant Man.

ScriptEnglish · 57 turns

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

  1. 00:05

    Ms. Everly

    Bravo! Bravo!

  2. 00:14

    Ms. Everly

    Mr Mr. Beckwith, the play tonight was extraordinary. A real triumph.

  3. 00:20

    Mr. Beckwith

    Thank you, Miss Emily.

  4. 00:21

    Ms. Everly

    I must meet the playwright.

  5. 00:24

    Mr. Beckwith

    I'm afraid he's rather private.

  6. 00:27

    Ms. Everly

    Please. I feel like our souls are one, and yet I only know him as the anomalous man.

  7. 00:35

    Mr. Beckwith

    If you insist. I must warn you. Even if you are shocked by his appearance, you mustn't show it. it would destroy him

  8. 00:48

    Mr. Beckwith

    Peter Peter you have a guest

  9. 00:58

    Peter

    a guest for me are you ever so sure

  10. 01:02

    Ms. Everly

    hello Peter I'm miss Everly

  11. 01:08

    Peter

    Miss, please don't you're a hideous m-m-monster.

  12. 01:17

    Ms. Everly

    You're not a monster I happen to think you're the most wonderful man I've ever seen

  13. 01:24

    Peter

    well that's very kind

  14. 01:27

    Ms. Everly

    would you like to have dinner with me peter

  15. 01:30

    Peter

    well i'd like that very much

  16. 01:34

    Peter

    pulse I repulse you do i not i repulse everyone

  17. 01:45

    Ms. Everly

    no no it's okay i like to watch you hawk down food it reminds me of back home on the farm

  18. 01:53

    Ms. Everly

    what's Oh, what's wrong peter

  19. 02:06

    Peter

    well i've never known the pleasure of a woman's touch before

  20. 02:10

    Ms. Everly

    oh Oh my can it see

  21. 02:18

    Peter

    yes and you've never looked more beautiful

  22. 02:23

    Ms. Everly

    ready Ready?

  23. 02:29

    Peter

    yes let me just pack my meager belongings

  24. 02:32

    Peter

    goodbye Ready? Goodbye, old room goodbye old life and hello

  25. 02:41

    Ms. Everly

    are Are you you happy Peter

  26. 02:51

    Peter

    I am one of the sorrowful ones and yet you have brought light into a heart that is only known darkness.

  27. 03:00

    Ms. Everly

    Good night my prince.

  28. 03:02

    Ms. Everly

    Are Are you texting someone?

  29. 03:25

    Peter

    No.

  30. 03:26

    Ms. Everly

    What did you just hide?

  31. 03:27

    Peter

    Nothing.

  32. 03:27

    Ms. Everly

    Oh my god you have a second phone.

  33. 03:31

    Peter

    Just for work and such.

  34. 03:33

    Ms. Everly

    She's asleep. Wash that ass and get to the Holiday Inn. I'm trying to show you what this snout do.

  35. 03:40

    Peter

    Pretty sure that's work related.

  36. 03:42

    Ms. Everly

    P.S. feeling horny as a mofo.

  37. 03:44

    Peter

    I think maybe that was a typo.

  38. 03:47

    Ms. Everly

    And she responded I'm gonna ride your face till it looks normal you sent her this picture with the caption POV you're about to get railed by a weirdo

  39. 03:58

    Peter

    I can help but write poetry

  40. 04:00

    Ms. Everly

    poetry like this your butt my face prayer hands emoji

  41. 04:05

    Peter

    I think I'll just be doing now

  42. 04:07

    Ms. Everly

    how many more phones do you have

  43. 04:11

    Peter

    who's to say really

  44. 04:12

    Ms. Everly

    I want you out of here

  45. 04:13

    Peter

    just I'm just packing my meager things. Have you seen my pile of dust?

  46. 04:19

    Ms. Everly

    Get out, you ugly freak!

  47. 04:22

    Peter

    You know, we never really said we were exclusive, but OK.

  48. 04:26

    Peter

    Would Would you you like that?

  49. 04:30

    Lady

    Yes, I would.

  50. 04:32

    Peter

    Would a lady like you like some of that?

  51. 04:35

    Lady

    Yes, I certainly would.

  52. 04:36

    Ms. Everly

    What? Are you serious?

  53. 04:39

    Lady

    He said I brought light to a heart that had only known darkness.

  54. 04:42

    Ms. Everly

    That's what he says to everyone!

  55. 04:44

    Lady

    What?! Get out of here, you pig!

  56. 04:46

    Peter

    going going

  57. 04:47

    he is a great writer I mean yeah he's a genius

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