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Wells for Boys
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
A Fisher-Price commercial introduces a toy well for Spencer, a sensitive boy who prefers quiet reflection to ordinary playsets. His mother understands his need for privacy, while his father struggles to grasp the toy’s appeal. The product line expands to include a balcony and a shattered mirror, and his mother defends his well when another boy dismisses it.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 4
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
A secret.
Everything is for you! And this one thing is for him!
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
Julio Torres
Writer
Jeremy Beiler
Writer
Dave McCary
Director
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
Julio Torres has described the sketch as drawn from his own experience of sensitive boyhood, with its comedy siding with the outsider rather than mocking him.
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:01
Speaker 1
With Fisher-Price play sets some kids can be four-star chefs. Some kids can win the race, but some just long to be understood. Introducing Wells for Sensitive Little Boys from Fisher-Price. Wells for sensitive boys to wish upon, confide in, and reflect by. Some boys live unexamined lives, but this one's heart is
- 00:26
Mom
just hear how much he loves the well
- 00:28
Mom
you don't want to do the commercial anymore okay do you want to go watch you two moment on yet
- 00:35
Spencer
yeah
- 00:36
Mom
okay he wants to go back to the well
- 00:38
Speaker 1
he'll enjoy running his little fingers around the edge of the well on days when he's had too much he'll lean on it and contemplate his reflection some kids like to play others just sort of wait for adulthood
- 00:51
so
- 00:57
Dad
what What is he putting in there?
- 00:58
Mom
A secret.
- 01:00
Speaker 1
He'll grow up to have a wildly passionate and successful creative life, but not just yet.
- 01:07
Dad
Hey, Spencer! Spencer! Spencer!
- 01:12
Mom
Spencer?
- 01:14
Spencer
Yes, ma'am.
- 01:16
Speaker 1
Also, check out other cool new toys for our sensitive boy line, like balconies for when they're ready to announce something, or a shattered mirror to examine the complex contradictions of their being.
- 01:27
Kid
That thing's weird. I don't get it.
- 01:30
Mom
That's because it's not for you. Because you have everything. Everything is for you. And this one thing is for him.
- 01:39
Speaker 1
Will's for Boys by Fisher-Price. Don't just give him a Barbie. I mean, it is like that, but that's just part of it.
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