How To Gatecrash A First Date

14 Oct 2014 · 2 min

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Steve Whiteley's sketch shows two people on a first date at a restaurant, where one keeps interrupting the other's story about a year in Guatemala with questions about the menu. Their awkward, overlapping dialogue and mispronunciations of dishes like filet mignon turn the date into a comedy of nerves and bad timing.

So tell me about your year out orienteering in Guatemala.
Oh, it was amazing. Have you ever been?
Orienteering? No.
Oh, it was absolutely incredible.
Excuse me, guys, is this seat taken? No, no, go ahead.
And it was just like the most—
Sorry, are you— what to have, what to have? Ooh, what to have?
Hey guys, you ready to order?
Yes!
Yeah, sorry, this guy has just, um— Thanks.
We'll go for the steak filet mignon. Filet or fillette?
Filet. Filet. Medium rare.
And the salad niçoise for the lovely lady. And I will go for the pappardelle with lamb ragu. Thanks. Oh, fillet, fillet. Sounds so weird, doesn't it? Fillet, fillet, fillet. You can say it over and over, isn't it? Is that seat taken? Yes, no problem. Am I right?