sketchtv.lol Search

You're tuned to the good stuff

Behind the Scenes: Myth Child

That Mitchell and Webb Look2008Season 2Episode 5
That Mitchell and Webb Look
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

Between takes on a laboratory set, David announces that his surname proves he is the Messiah and starts handing out blessings to his fellow actors.

Watch on YouTube
Watch onYouTube

Community rating

– / 10

The premise

Here’s the bit.

Sitting in hazmat suits during a break in filming, David explains that he has just realised what his name really means: a thin pun turns him into the Myth Child, a figure he compares with the Messiah. Robert is unconvinced and asks whether he has had another breakdown, but David presses on, bestowing pompous new names and blessings on the other actors, including a tree-themed epithet for James and a coal-themed one for Olivia, who is mostly interested in her phone. He ends by asking what they think of the idea as a way of life, and Robert's suggestion that he stay normal brings the conversation to a close.

The funny people

Meet the cast. 4

Say it with us

Highly quotable.

Mitchell or... Myth Child.

Bark-man, man who barks, bark of tree and bark of dog, trusty yet wooden.

I think I prefer you, sort of, normal.

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

ScriptEnglish · 24 turns

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

  1. 00:00

    David Mitchell

    I was just signing a letter and it struck me. I've never really thought much about my name before, but suddenly it was so obvious.

  2. 00:06

    Robert Webb

    What was?

  3. 00:08

    David Mitchell

    Surely you see it. David Mitchell.

  4. 00:11

    Robert Webb

    Mitchell.

  5. 00:13

    David Mitchell

    Mitchell, yes. Mitchell or... Myth Child.

  6. 00:20

    Robert Webb

    Myth Child?

  7. 00:21

    David Mitchell

    Yeah, Myth Child. David, the child of myth. Sort of like the Messiah.

  8. 00:29

    Robert Webb

    You think you're the Messiah?

  9. 00:30

    David Mitchell

    Well, you have to admit, the evidence is pretty compelling.

  10. 00:33

    Robert Webb

    Have you gone mental again?

  11. 00:35

    David Mitchell

    The myth child forgives you. Tell me, James, what do they call you?

  12. 00:40

    James Bachman

    James.

  13. 00:41

    David Mitchell

    And what is your surname, he who they call James?

  14. 00:45

    James Bachman

    You know what my surname is.

  15. 00:47

    David Mitchell

    Bark-man, man who barks, bark of tree and bark of dog, trusty yet wooden. You travel with the myth child with your gentle leaves and love of crisps. Woman, who are you?

  16. 01:01

    Olivia Colman

    Oh, fuck off.

  17. 01:03

    David Mitchell

    Myth Child forgives you, Olivia Colman. Coalman, man of coal, man who delivers coal. May your carbon footprint not trample on the Bark-man's delicate wood.

  18. 01:15

    Robert Webb

    That sounds rude.

  19. 01:17

    David Mitchell

    Entangle me not, Webb! The Myth Child fears the gluey fronds of the spider... Well, you get the general idea. What do you reckon?

  20. 01:25

    Robert Webb

    What, as a way of being, sort of, all the time?

  21. 01:29

    David Mitchell

    Yeah, the myth child. Any good?

  22. 01:32

    Robert Webb

    I think I prefer you, sort of, normal.

  23. 01:35

    David Mitchell

    Normal. Stay normal. Good plan. Yeah. That's what I thought, probably.

  24. 01:41

    James Bachman

    I really liked it.

The rabbit hole continues

One more couldn’t hurt.

More from across the archive.

Explore the show