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Scarecrow

That Mitchell and Webb Look2008Season 2Episode 6
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The setup

A nervous man's carefully staged dinner date falls apart when the other guest turns out to be a suave, poetry-reciting enchanted scarecrow.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Liam has asked his friends Steve and Tara to host a dinner party so he can impress Jill, and they assure him the other guests have been chosen to make him look good. The final guest is Scarecrow, an old friend of Tara's from back home, who comes down in full straw and soon wins Jill over with talk of art and travel. Liam drags Steve into the kitchen to complain and is told to stop sulking and compete, but his boasts about his marketing salary fall flat against the scarecrow's lyrical account of watching over the valley at night. Jill begs Scarecrow to perform an enchanted scarecrow's trick of calling down the moonlight and to read from his slim volume of verse, then leaves with him for a night-time drive to see the valley. On his way out, Scarecrow thanks the hosts for arranging the evening for him and for picking such a hopeless rival, and says goodbye to Dave, the crash-test dummy who has sat silently at the table all night.

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Highly quotable.

Liam, if you can't do better than a man with a family of rats living in his torso, then there's no hope for you with any woman.

So, Scarecrow, tell me, how much does scaring crows pay?

There are two types of scarecrow. There are the ordinary scarecrows, and then there's the enchanted kind.

Behind the scenes

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ScriptEnglish · 66 turns

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

  1. 00:00

    Liam

    Thanks for doing this, guys. I'm really crazy about Jill.

  2. 00:04

    Tara ?

    No problem, Liam. We enjoy playing matchmaker.

  3. 00:06

    Steve ?

    Yeah, don't you worry about a thing. This whole evening has been set up to make you look good. You're going to shine in comparison to the other guests.

  4. 00:12

    Liam ?

    So who else is coming?

  5. 00:14

    Steve ?

    Well, there's Dave.

  6. 00:17

    Liam ?

    Great. No problems there.

  7. 00:19

    Tara ?

    Well, that'll be Jill.

  8. 00:20

    Liam

    Do I look OK?

  9. 00:21

    Tara ?

    Yeah, that shirt really suits you.

  10. 00:24

    Tara ?

    Everyone, this is Jill.

  11. 00:25

    Hi. Hi. Oh, hello. Hi. Hi. Hi.

  12. 00:29

    Tara ?

    Well, let's sit down.

  13. 00:31

    Jill ?

    Is there anyone else joining us?

  14. 00:35

    Steve ?

    Oh, just Scarecrow. He's an old friend of Tara's from back home. He's just upstairs. He'll be down in a second.

  15. 00:40

    Tara ?

    Come Come on, Scarecrow. We're going to start without you.

  16. 00:52

    Scarecrow

    Sorry. I was just admiring your Kandinsky prints upstairs.

  17. 00:56

    Jill ?

    Oh, I love his work.

  18. 00:58

    Scarecrow

    I was lucky enough to catch a retrospective in Barcelona. It was stunning.

  19. 01:03

    Jill

    Really? Oh, I'm Jill, by the way.

  20. 01:06

    Scarecrow

    Hi. I'm Scarecrow.

  21. 01:09

    Jill ?

    What a fascinating name.

  22. 01:11

    Liam

    Steve, can I have a word with you in the kitchen?

  23. 01:13

    Steve ?

    Oh, yeah. What is it?

  24. 01:21

    Liam

    Who the hell is he?

  25. 01:22

    Steve ?

    He's Scarecrow. Tara knows him.

  26. 01:24

    Liam

    Why do you have to invite him? He's charming the pants off her.

  27. 01:26

    Steve ?

    Well, get in there and compete. He's just a scarecrow.

  28. 01:29

    Liam

    Yeah, but he's really smooth. I think she likes him.

  29. 01:32

    Steve

    Liam, if you can't do better than a man with a family of rats living in his torso, then there's no hope for you with any woman.

  30. 01:38

    Liam ?

    Yeah, all right. You're right. OK.

  31. 01:43

    Scarecrow ?

    Oh, there's something stuck in my jacket.

  32. 01:46

    Scarecrow ?

    more more wine Jill

  33. 01:52

    Jill ?

    yeah thanks oh yeah thanks um you know I used to be really scared of birds

  34. 01:57

    Scarecrow ?

    oh don't worry I'll look after you

  35. 01:59

    Liam

    so we're scarecrow tell me how much does scaring crows pay I only ask cuz I'm a senior marketing executive and I'm on about 70 K I just wondered how scarecrowing compares

  36. 02:13

    Scarecrow

    how can you put a price on the view of the valley from the soft morning breezes and watching the gentle rains sweeping across the landscape as the tender corn heads brush sensuously at your side. And the nights when of countless stars, and your soul just... ascends.

  37. 02:39

    Jill

    Oh, Oh, God, that's the most beautiful thing I've ever heard.

  38. 02:43

    I'm

  39. 02:46

    Liam ?

    What were you thinking. I'm getting whipped out there.

  40. 02:49

    Steve ?

    Well, stop wasting time and get in the game. Look, Jill likes skiing, so when you get the chance, use that as an opening.

  41. 02:55

    Liam ?

    All right.

  42. 02:58

    Scarecrow

    well there are two types of scarecrow there are the ordinary scarecrows and then there's the enchanted kind

  43. 03:05

    I think

  44. 03:08

    Jill ?

    That's fascinating. so what's the difference

  45. 03:12

    Scarecrow ?

    well an enchanted scarecrow can walk and talk

  46. 03:15

    Jill ?

    oh and you can do that thing with the moon in the poetry

  47. 03:17

    Scarecrow ?

    oh come on don't make me do that

  48. 03:20

    Jill ?

    what thing

  49. 03:20

    Scarecrow ?

    it's nothing just get it all Jill

  50. 03:23

    Jill ?

    no thanks I'm fine what's this thing you do I've got one do do it scarecrow

  51. 03:28

    Scarecrow ?

    oh all right this is from my book the night watchman

  52. 03:34

    Jill ?

    you're a published poet

  53. 03:37

    Scarecrow ?

    it's only a slim volume

  54. 03:39

    Jill ?

    and do the moon thing too

  55. 03:40

    Scarecrow ?

    okay okay sister moon shine down your gentle benevolence upon us

  56. 03:48

    Jill ?

    oh Oh, that's amazing how did you do that

  57. 03:55

    enchanted well all i can say is me too that's

  58. 04:04

    Scarecrow

    And as the sun rose on a clean new day, none knew the night watchman had passed this way.

  59. 04:11

    Jill ?

    That's way that's just beautiful. I wish I could see the valley at night.

  60. 04:19

    Scarecrow

    Well, it's only half an hour away. We could all go now. I've got my BMW outside.

  61. 04:25

    Liam ?

    No, thanks. I think I might just get an early night.

  62. 04:29

    Jill ?

    I'll grab my bag. Thank you so

  63. 04:36

    Scarecrow

    Thanks so much for setting this up, guys. I fancied her for ages.

  64. 04:40

    Tara ?

    no problem scarecrow

  65. 04:41

    Scarecrow

    and great choice with the other guy what a tosser go on don't get the lady waiting thanks again Cheers Dave

  66. 04:50

    Steve ?

    all right see you later scarecrow

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