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The premise
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While planning a party in their kitchen, two housemates work through a guest list that includes the Mystery Gang. Freddie, Daphne and Velma seem easy enough to accommodate, but inviting Shaggy raises a growing list of objections. His strange behaviour, oversized appetite and attachment to his dog turn a routine invitation into an awkward negotiation. Even an agreement to include him leaves the housemates worrying about who else might come along.
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People don't bring their dogs to parties.
He treats that dog like it's a person. It's creepy.
Script
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- 00:00
Robert Webb
Oh, well, if we′re having Freddy, we′ve got to invite Daphne and Velma as well.
- 00:04
David Mitchell
Oh, yeah. Those three are absolutely priceless. Especially when Velma does her losing her glasses routine.
- 00:11
Robert Webb
Yeah, that kills me. Why didn′t you get contacts?
- 00:14
David Mitchell
Oh, I think it′s a lesbian thing.
- 00:17
Robert Webb
Oh, I′ve just had a thought.
- 00:19
David Mitchell
What?
- 00:20
Robert Webb
Well, if we invite Freddy, Daphne and Velma, there′s a chance they′ll bring that other one.
- 00:27
David Mitchell
Oh, God, the scrawny one, the one that doesn′t wash. What′s his name?
- 00:31
Robert Webb
Well, we don′t know. I mean, he calls himself Shaggy, but I certainly don′t believe that′s his name. I think it′s some kind of holosexual boast.
- 00:39
David Mitchell
I think it definitely is. He′s desperately trying to present himself as some sort of stud, despite being quite ugly and incredibly cowardly. The last time I saw him, he was literally shaking and he spent most of the evening scampering up and down a very long corridor that happened to be there.
- 00:56
Robert Webb
Well, that′s certainly no way to make people have sex with you. But maybe we′re being harsh on him. I mean, he′s so thin and he′s always shaking. He′s probably in the throes of some gritty smack battle. Let′s ask him along.
- 01:08
David Mitchell
Yeah. I mean, how much harm can he do? Although...
- 01:12
Robert Webb
What?
- 01:13
David Mitchell
Well, there′s a chance, just a small one, that he might bring his dog.
- 01:18
Robert Webb
Oh, not his bloody dog. He won′t bring his dog. People don′t bring their dogs to parties.
- 01:24
David Mitchell
Shaggy does. If anyone is going to bring a dog to anything, he is going to bring his dog to this.
- 01:31
Robert Webb
He treats that dog like it′s a person. It′s creepy. You know, I think that dog must have been mistreated in the past. It′s incredibly nervous. You remember that Halloween party that Shaggy was at?
- 01:41
Robert Webb
Every time a new person came in, dressed as a ghost or whatever, the dog would have an absolute fit, make the most unnatural noises and jump into Shaggy′s arms. I was convinced it was going to shit everywhere.
- 01:55
David Mitchell
Yeah, well, I tell you, that′s not the worst of it. Remember at Jodie′s do? You remember Jodie, her dad owns that disused fairground.
- 02:04
David Mitchell
I was just popping to the kitchen for some more ice, and who should I find but Shaggy and his dog assembling the two tallest sandwiches I have ever seen.
- 02:15
Robert Webb
I know. They made one the last time they were here, but they had a freak out before they could eat it.
- 02:23
David Mitchell
I think it's cruel to make a dog eat that.
- 02:26
Robert Webb
I tell you what, I think Shaggy must be very bitter, because he's obviously invested a lot of time in teaching that dog to talk, and it just can't. I mean, maybe he thought he was going to get on That's Life or something, but it's just not happened.
- 02:38
David Mitchell
Yes, which is a pity really, because of course the dog's nephew, also a dog, a little puppy, actually talks very well.
- 02:45
Robert Webb
Well, that’s right. I’ve met that little dog and it actually speaks very good English. It’s also quite a lot braver if a little impetuous.
- 02:55
David Mitchell
It is a bit impetuous, yes, but I think you’ve got to forgive that of a talking dog.
- 02:59
Robert Webb
Yes, I think you do. I think you do.
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