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Mitchell & Webb thehorrorthehorror.com

From That Mitchell and Webb Sound, Series 5, Episode 2

(The upbeat, familiar jazz outro music—"Stranger on the Shore"—begins playing as it normally does to close out the episode)

Robert Webb: Don't you sometimes feel weighed down with all the little worries of life?

David Mitchell: Work, money, relationship status?

Robert: Exactly. All those endless superficial anxieties that fill up the days.

David: Trapped in a shallow, consumer-driven nightmare?

Robert: Yes. Do you ever just want to sweep all that away and look at what's really there? The deep, foundational truth behind our pathetic, transient little lives?

David: Oh, absolutely.

Robert: Well, don't. Because it's awful.

(The cheerful jazz music abruptly cuts and glitches into a low, terrifying, mechanical rumble)

David: If you would like to know more about the dark, gaping void that underpins all human endeavor, or if you simply wish to witness the unvarnished nightmare of reality, visit thehorrorthehorror.com.

Robert: Warning: if you cannot cope with the harsh, existential truth at the heart of the universe, do not log on. Your sanity may be permanently at risk.

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