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The Bath Scene: Part II

That Mitchell and Webb Look 2008 Season 2 Episode 6

SKETCH-O-VISION

A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

On a film set, a director keeps rewriting his nervous actor's nude scene, swapping the bath for a torture wheel while a crowd of unexplained onlookers gathers.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Dan, an actor in a dressing gown, walks a cavernous studio with his director and nervously confirms that he is wearing nothing underneath, hoping the bath for his scene will not be cold. The director has news: the bath is out, and Dan will instead be tied naked to the Wheel of Doom and revolved, because it looks more visually interesting. Dan notices a gathering of strangers watching from the shadows and is assured they are just random people, then is hurried toward the wheel because the crew is short of time. Before stripping off he asks the cameraman to frame him only from the chest up and is cheerfully promised that he will, but a look at the monitor shows the shot is far wider.

The funny people

Meet the cast. 2

Robert Webb

Dan

David Mitchell

Director

Say it with us

Highly quotable.

Getting tied to the Wheel of Doom. Which is then revolved.

We just thought it was more visually interesting.

Just some random people.

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

David Kerr
Director
Gareth Edwards
Producer

ScriptEnglish · 17 turns

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

00:02
Director
Is it true you're not wearing any underpants, Dan?
00:05
Dan
Yes.
00:06
Director
Blimey.
00:07
Dan
So, how's the rest of the filming going?
00:09
Director
The rest of... Oh, fine, Dan. We're all pleased with all the rest of the filming.
00:14
Dan
I hope this bath isn't too cold.
00:16
Director
Well, that's what I meant to talk to you about, Dan.
00:25
Director
I thought that Rather than your character getting into a bath, what would be better is that if your character was still naked, but instead of getting into a bath, getting tied to the Wheel of Doom. Which is then revolved.
00:43
Dan
What, why the change?
00:44
Director
We just thought it was more visually interesting.
00:47
Dan
Yes. Yes, I suppose it is. Um, who are all these people?
00:54
Director
Just some random people.
00:57
Dan
Right.
00:58
Director
So we're a little bit pushed for time down, so if you could just slip out of your dressing gown and get yourself tied to the wheel of doom, we'll start filming.
01:08
Dan
Oh, OK. Okay. Um, Kevin, you are just filming me from here up, yeah?
01:24
Absolutely, Dan. Don't you worry.
01:29
Dan
Oh, okay.