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Numberwang Board Game

That Mitchell and Webb Look 2008 Season 2 Episode 2

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The setup

A bored family is told they can't play Numberwang at home, until the show's host turns up in their kitchen to sell them the official board game.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Two sulking children beg to play Numberwang, but their parents explain at length that the game belongs to television and that playing it at home is a serious crime. The real Numberwang host then appears in the kitchen with a pitch for the official home edition, an absurdly elaborate box that comes with a board, numbers, enormous dice, a pile of rulebook volumes and a board that rotates. The family goes from gloom to delight, and the advert closes on a ridiculous price and the catchphrase.

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It's Numberwang in a box.

I might even stop my affair!

ScriptEnglish · 21 turns

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

00:00
Daughter
I'm bored.
00:01
Timmy
I'm bored as well.
00:03
Mum
Come on, kids, it can't be that bad. There must be something you want to do.
00:06
Daughter
I want to play Numberwang.
00:07
Timmy
Me too.
00:09
Mum
But kids, you know we can't do that. Numberwang is for the television only. Playing Numberwang at home would infringe copyright law, thus depriving people of legitimate royalties and jeopardising future game show production, and could result in a prison sentence of up to 20 years under the Game Show Criminality Act of 1998.
00:26
Timmy
How about playing Cucumberwang?
00:29
Speaker 1
No, Timmy, because that would be shit.
00:33
Host
Hey, kids and Mum and Dad. I'm the actual real host of Numberwang, and I've got a question for you. Do you sometimes wish you could play Numberwang at home but without the risk of going to jail? Well, now, with the release of the official Numberwang play Numberwang at home Numberwang board game, you can play Numberwang at home on a board. Look.
00:51
Mum
Our days of misery and boredom are over. It's Numberwang in a box.
00:56
Timmy
Hooray, Wang!
00:57
Speaker 1
I might even stop my affair!
01:01
Host
It's got everything you'll find in the program you love. It's got a board. It's got numbers. It's got two 400-sided dice.
01:14
Host
It's got special hosting accessories so you can be just like the real thing.
01:20
Host
And there are all 37 volumes of the rules. So you can say, that's number Wang, with confidence.
01:27
Daughter
Free! Who's that, Number Wang?
01:29
Host
Well, let's see! And and it it even comes with a real rotating board! Let's rotate the board! What's on the other side, kids?
01:54
Daughter
It's an apple!
01:58
Host
The actual official Number Wang board game, for everyone from ages 8 to 88!
02:04
Speaker 1
Sorry, Nan.
02:06
Host
and and at a price of just £238.91, now every day can be a Numberwang day. That's Numberwang!