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Devil Needs a Fiddle
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The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
The Devil challenges a confident Georgia fiddler to a contest, only to snap a string before his performance gets going. He leaves his opponent waiting at the crossroads and visits a music store, where the clerk offers a succession of alternatives. Accordions, bongos, guitars and stranger options do little for his intimidating image or his confidence. Other customers demonstrate their talents, and one gives him an earnest pep talk. He finally returns with a French horn, but his opponent is more interested in ending the racket than continuing their legendary duel.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 6
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
Do I look intimidating?
It's not your fiddle that makes you special. It's you.
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
Jeremy Warner
Director
Garet Allen
Writer
Jake Van Wagoner
Producer
Micah Merrill
Producer
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
The fiddle contest alludes to The Charlie Daniels Band's song The Devil Went Down to Georgia.
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:02
Fiddler
So let me get this straight if I beat you in a fiddle contest then I get your golden fiddle
- 00:09
The Devil
Yes, but if I win I get your soul
- 00:15
Fiddler
Yeah, I'll take that bet. I'm the best fiddle player in Georgia.
- 00:19
The Devil
Yeah, we'll see about that You have an extra string do you? Don't move. I'll be right back.
- 00:37
Music Store Clerk
Hey, how may I help you?
- 00:49
The Devil
Yes I'm looking for a string from my fiddle
- 00:52
Music Store Clerk
Oh, sorry, dude. We don't carry any fiddle stuff.
- 00:55
The Devil
For real?
- 00:56
Music Store Clerk
Yeah.
- 00:57
The Devil
What am I gonna do? You see, I'm sort of in this competition. High stakes.
- 01:02
Music Store Clerk
Oh, we do have other instruments.
- 01:05
The Devil
Tell me more. Do I look intimidating? Bungos for your soul? Oh, no, I don't like that. This is doing a big number on my confidence.
- 01:20
Music Store Clerk ?
Oh, what about?
- 01:22
The Devil
No. No. Look at my face. No.
- 01:29
Music Store Clerk
How do you feel about the tambourines?
- 01:31
The Devil ?
Oh.
- 01:31
Music Store Clerk
Nose flute? Underwater drums?
- 01:33
Music Store Clerk ?
Can you play Stairway to Heaven?
- 01:35
The Devil
Absolutely not.
- 01:36
Guitarist
I can.
- 01:38
The Devil ?
Come along, children. Dinner's ready. Sell your soul.
- 01:43
Fiddler ?
Two, three, four.
- 01:50
The Devil ?
This is the day from where I'm from.
- 01:55
Music Store Clerk
How about something you don't even have to touch?
- 02:00
The Devil ?
Too scary.
- 02:01
The Devil ?
Deva went down to Georgia, he
- 02:03
Music Store Clerk ?
right now, next.
- 02:08
The Devil
I'm a natural. One of these, please.
- 02:16
The Devil
I'll never be the best at any of these instruments.
- 02:19
Encouraging Customer
Hey, don't say that. It's not your fiddle that makes you special. It's you. You can do anything you set your mind to. I believe in you, Mr. The Devil.
- 02:31
The Devil
Believe? Not normally my thing, but yeah.
- 02:49
Fiddler
Please, Mr. Devil. Enough.
- 02:53
Fiddler
I don't like it.
- 02:57
Fiddler
Just take it.
- 03:04
Fiddler
Oh, and by the way, get thee, Hans.
- 03:09
The Devil
Mean.
The rabbit hole continues
One more couldn’t hurt.
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