BAT FIGHT with Will Ferrell

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Will Ferrell

Actor

Craig Robinson

Director

Jake

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The video opens with a montage sequence of images from a parking lot. Craig Robinson pops up from the inside of dumpster wearing a headband. Will Ferrell steps out from behind a car. Will Ferrell is dressed in business attire and sporting a bleach blonde wig. Craig Robinson climbs out of the dumpster. Will Ferrell and Craig Robinson are both carrying wooden baseball bats. Will Ferrell and Craig Robinson approach one another and square off in the parking lot for some time. Throughout the duration of most of the video, the shots of Craig Robinson and Will Ferrell are interspersed with solo images of Will Ferrell, in business attire costume, singing. Will Ferrell’s song can be heard through most of the video.

Will Ferrell (singing): Hot, dusty day, nothing’s going down. Want to get out of this sleepy old town. Something’s in the air, feeling uptight. It’s the right mood for a bat fight.

Will Ferrell and backup singers: Bat fight, it’s anyone’s game. Bat fight, a test of wills. Bat fight, who’s gonna win. Bat fight, you never know who.

Will Ferrell (singing): Looking for a sign of weakness. Totally even, anyone could win. Athletic prowess, let’s begin.

Will Ferrell and backup singers: Bat fight, a gentleman’s game. Bat fight, you know the name. Bat fight, tensions are high. Bat fight, eye for an eye. Bat fight, feeling so good. Bat fight, two men connecting with the wood.

Will Ferrell and Craig Robinson move closer and shake hands. Will Ferrell and Craig Robinson then begin to circle one another.

Will Ferrell and backup singers: Circling and circling and circling and circling. Circle and you circle, then you circle some more. You circle, keep on circling and circling and circling. Circling and circling, you check out your opponent.

Will Ferrell and Craig Robinson continue to circle one another.

Will Ferrell and backup singers: Bat fight, taking a chance.

Will Ferrell’s head is superimposed on the upper left of the screen

Will Ferrell and backup singers: Bat fight, a game of skill.

Will Ferrell’s head is superimposed on the upper right of the screen.

Will Ferrell and backup singers: Bat fight, it’s easy to do.

Will Ferrell’s head is superimposed on the upper left of the screen

Bat fight, it’s done around the world.

Will Ferrell’s head is superimposed on the upper right of the screen.

Will Ferrell (singing): Generally good natured, you’ll have a good time. Only rare occasions does it get out of hand. Bat fight, game of honor and diplomacy. It’s a bat fight, come on down and see.

Will Ferrell and Craig Robinson stop circling and stare at one another.

Will Ferrell and backup singers: Bat fight, all the children in the world. Holding hands and…

Craig Robinson hits Will Ferrell in the head with the bat. Will Ferrell stops singing and falls down. Craig Robison then hits Will Ferrell with bat about thirty times. He stops for a moment and Will Ferrell lies on the ground, twitching. Craig Robinson hits Will Ferrell one last time, throws the bat on the ground, and walks away. Will Ferrell lies motionless on the ground.