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Flamingo World

That Mitchell and Webb Look 2008 Season 2 Episode 4

SKETCH-O-VISION

A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

A family day out at a flamingo park turns sinister when a dad ignores the warning tape and wanders off to the lakeshore, where a pink-suited host has cocktails waiting.

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The funny people

Meet the cast. 2

David Mitchell

Flamingo World ticket seller

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Highly quotable.

The flamingos are very unpredictable.

The premise

Here’s the bit.

At the ticket booth of Flamingo World, a hat-wearing attendant sells a father, his pregnant wife and their son a family pass and sends them off to see the birds. The viewing area is roped off with a pink sign, and the attendant sternly advises the visitors not to cross the line because the flamingos are unpredictable. The father, who can barely see anything from the cordon, grumbles and slips under it anyway, leaving his family waiting on the hay bales. Down by the lake he is greeted by a pink-suited host in a top hat who hands him a cocktail and chats about music. By the time the camera returns, the father is standing at the water in a pink jacket, drink in hand, smiling like a convert, while the other visitors keep queuing behind the tape.