Keywords: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, And… The Rest
Peter and Leslie heard this (or a version of it) on the BBC in France a few years ago.
I googled a few key terms that they remembered but all I found was this transcription from an English girl’s blog on Bebo. It’s the right bit, but no attribution or credit…
Does anyone know who originally recorded and/or wrote it?
Welcome to Hufflepuff
You’ll just have heard the Sorting Hat mention, in his curiously insensitive song, how Gryffindor is for the Brave, Slytherin for the Cunning, Ravenclaw for the Wise, and Hufflepuff for… The Rest. And I realise that to hear that, and then almost immediately to find yourself sorted into Hufflepuff, well, it’s not quite the ego boost one hopes for on one’s first day at school.
You are one of “The Rest”. The Sorting hat has looked deep into your very soul, and what it saw there evidently didn’t impress. Oh, I’m aware that the hat has, in the past, occasionally described you as “kind”. Yes, and I’m sure that you also have lovely hair.
Some of you may be wondering about the thinking behind the school’s decision to put all the appalling duffers into one house, call it “Hufflepuff”, and give it the symbol of a Badger. A little harsh, you may feel. You may even, who knows, be questioning the wisdom of trusting the school’s entire admissions procedure to a Hat.
These are not, alas, questions I can answer. All I can do is urge you to look on the bright side. At least you’re not in Slytherin! (Another curious decision from the school there. To dedicate an entire house to the children in its care who are Evil. Surely a recipe for trouble.)
Anyway, being in Hufflepuff isn’t all bad. We have our moments of excitement and achievement. Last year, one of us was killed! That was exciting! And it’s something we can all aspire towards.
May 13th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
This appears to be the source!
The album of a radio comedy show done by an English comedy team called Mitchell and Webb!
http://www.tunetribe.com/Album?album_id=551600
May 14th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Hey, you found it! How did it turn up?
May 14th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
I was searching for different key phrases from the Bebo transcription and the whole thing turned up in a forum of a Harry Potter site called Leaky Lounge, and the poster mentioned previously referring to a Mitchell and Webb sketch, so I started googling Mitchell and Webb along with Hufflepuff, which led me to youtube (but not the sketch itself) and then to the link. I have no audio where I surf so I don’t know if the sketch is actually on youtube.