tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880412059707062362024-03-13T17:51:49.157+07:00Naak Leuuap นาค เหลือบThe Metal Blue Naga;The Novitiate Looks Askance; Elephant/GadflyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533646053810954842noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388041205970706236.post-3946340619730934032011-12-26T00:00:00.011+07:002012-04-26T04:51:13.042+07:00Living in Harmony -Episode 1: Arrival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is with both the highest intellectual excitement and deepest of animal relish that we perused your excellent volume, whose descriptions were of such avid sapidity that the pages were dampened with pearls of salivated anticipation of such wild and varied gustation. Truly it is an encyclopedia to rival that of a Noah, provisioning the great Ark of his stomach with every creature that a wise and generous God has singularly charged with delivering from simple digestion to literary preservation on the Ararat of your tome.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We cannot hope to answer your challenge as rivals: a Tarrare or Domery could not best you. Such a peripatetic and promethean palate as yours will surely not rest until it has licked the ambrosia of the gods from their very spoons and supped from the teats of Nature until they are as the fallen tents of a decimated, delectable army, voidsome bladders of utter vacuum, vacant dugs drawn dry as sand from the Charybdis of your appetite.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We, however, in our own humble way, proudly occupy a remote and uniquely privileged station on the exact antipode of the alimentary globe and so should wish to ever so gently submit to your inspection some specimens of some rarity and interest from this part of the world, that no civilized man in Christendom can know.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For such is the charter of the Modest Epicurean Society of Siam, a club formed of expatriates, exiles and native dissolutes, whose lives have been so perverse, dissipated and libertine in the pursuit of the goddess joy, that they can never return to any civilized or lawful land and can only exist here, in the margins of this tolerant and distant kingdom that has no conception of god, sin or soul.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First, we would ask if you have ever tasted of the blackest of honeys, the obsidian taffy of the mountains, which the Tibetans call Mumijo and Li Shesen renders 蜜人. It is wholly animal in origin and so falls under your carnivorous sanguine purview, being composed of what readers of Bon-Bon politely term “le Poulet de Diogène” or the markets of the black islands of Melanesia less politely term <i>puaa oa. </i> This delicacy is far rarer and sweeter: you may know it as mummy confectionary.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its preparation is much more sophisticated than the mere abuse and butchery of the Vanuatu marketplace. Only the holiest of ascetics and renunciates may choose to so transform themselves -the Burmese choose the abbots of their temples. The subject partakes only of honey for food and drink and bathes only in honey. After about a month, his excreta has become pure honey, his eyes the most lucid amber. Unfortunately, our source does not say what happens to the golden by-products that the holy man produces.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The subject passes on, of course, as even saints may not live by honey alone, just as men may not be saved solely by good works. The body is then placed into a coffin of stone (or in Burma, a jar) filled with the purest honey. After a century or so, the action of the nectar has transformed the mortal burden of the holy man into a confection of the most sublime standard, though the quality of the product is said to vary with the holiness and piety of the embalmed individual. An experiment by one of our own members seems to suggest that common thieves and scoundrels, so treated (over a considerably shorter duration, to be sure, but proportionally smaller and younger) merely produce a foul and unpalatable liquor that is apt to altogether emulate the peccant ways of its source with its loose and Fabian treatment of the property of one's gullet for weeks at a time.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The men of that remote, high white land refer to the Yeti as angels, citizens of a great and advanced civilization called <a href="http://naakleuuap.blogspot.com/search/label/Agartha">Ag-Har-Ti</a>, somehow secluded beneath the surface of the earth or hidden behind the appearances of common things. The Chinese, ever more pragmatic in their appetites, have used the hair and bones of the Yeti to treat the most severe melancholia; it is said to be more effective than drowning or unicorn (Narwhale) powders in the treatment of pessimistic afflictions and without the risks of caisson disease posed by more modern therapeutic diving bells.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here, however, we cannot report any success of our own in obtaining any comestibles, fresh or otherwise, from the white lands. One of our former members returned from a <span lang="en-GB">disastrous</span> expedition from such an ascent with only some measly desiccated scraps he assured us were viands harvested from the snow giants: a pitiable trophy from an adventure of which he was the only survivor, and barely that, being considerably maimed and otherwise cropped by the frost, trimming him of such extraneous personable details as a nose, ears and lips.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The northern lands here were a separate kingdom for centuries and seem built around a separate, sometimes disquieting wisdom and ways, whose origins myth places in the thick of their altogether impassible tropical forests, where men cannot go and sunlight itself never fully penetrates to the forest floor. These forests only give way to unfamiliar mountains split with crevasses whose depths it is forbidden to measure. From these lands there is a more delicate cuisine we are surely tempted to send you, save for the certainty that the delicate spiderweb silk and iridescent moth wing salads do not travel well, for they perish almost instantly. The delicate, remote and alienated temperament that fashions them, seems alien and cool, even to the Siamese, who accept the trade of unearthly, insubstantial silks and crafts from the people of the hills with a learned disinterest as to the unknown process of their manufacture or composition, just as they ask not the origin of the silver crafts and swollen poppies that they bring down from the hills, with dried toad skins and puzzle bracelets of embracing centipedes.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So we have saved for you, <i>pour </i><i>le dernier plat</i>, the sweetest and rarest of flesh -if, as the Buddhist parable has it, danger and the proximity of death is the best sauce. If the Siamese are reverent in their customs of the elusive, but otherwise punctual Naga, they are utterly terrified of the <a href="http://naakleuuap.blogspot.com/2009/09/lesson-14-gwang.html">กวาง</a> and will not discuss it, even with intimates. The name is never spoken aloud, as it itself is said to be a terrible curse, and so we have not transliterated it here. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The กวาง is only encountered in the most remote forests and deserted places, though their origin is unknown. กวาง are not known to eat or consume anything: they are only known by their interactions with men, which seem driven by contempt and cruelty. กวาง do not speak, but supposedly understand the language of men.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are no real legends or stories or information about กวาง other than this, for they are not the subject of legends or stories. They are simply the object of a name that is never spoken nor written, that we have obtained only after some difficulty.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But in name only, as the แกง prepared for us and so hotly anticipated proved to be, after some mastication, simply more digits resourced from our banished colonel, whose surreptitious and repeated provisioning to us of his own flesh seems to indicate some bizarre compulsion on his part to be eaten, perhaps devoured by our organization, with or without our consent or interest. We have made some effort to bar him from any further incognito access our kitchens. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is of some concern to us, however, that the colonel also has access to your address and through it, your honoured person. We do not know if the colonel's deranged and unnatural plans to importune others with his idiosyncratic personal cuisine will include you as well, but beg you to inspect throughly any communication and refuse any foodstuff postmarked from Siam or the Far East that does not bear a familiar address or our society's own certain seal. Our concern is exaggerated by our acquaintance with the colonel, whose identity you might guess if you cast your thoughts on the lamentable subject of the most dishonoured and despicable criminal men of this century. As such, we admit with no admiration, that he is a man of some contaminated genius and perverse, though resolute, purpose. If his determination is to be devoured, but only by gentlemen of the finest standing and taste, such as yourself, we fear there is no mouth in Christendom safe from his intrusion. We are making efforts to apprehend this loathsome wanton ingredient before he makes any further assays into gastronomic civilization and to destroy the colonel's body before it can poison any others by squatting in a wine cask or invading some fricassée.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yet, as to our primary game, we are determined to continue to pursue the กวาง on our own, whatever the danger or difficulty of obtaining this rarest fare. One of our members even suggests the creature may be some kind of <i>निर्मित</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span>(nirmita) or sprul-pa. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If so, may we be the first men to successfully hunt and consume not merely the fruit of an idea, but the living idea itself. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As men, ruined and exiled to a foreign tropical land, who have but outrun and outstripped shame, we have chosen to become full mercenaries to appetites and as such, fear no god, law, man or creature.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Should we prevail, we should be happy to relate, or even share the spoils with you.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Inclosing, we sincerely hope that our humble epistolary entrées return a fraction of the promised succulence and pleasure that your catalog has provided for us. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533646053810954842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388041205970706236.post-38661475587900328092011-08-29T00:00:00.019+07:002011-09-23T21:15:54.422+07:00LOS CANTOS DEL MINOTAUR BLANCO: "El Tunnel" Part 1Or,<i> How I Sold My Soul to Satan and Used Comic Sans</i><br />
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</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #b3b3b3;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">If you've seen one church, you've seen them all. They were all divine, they were all magnificent and every brick, every brush stroke, every inscription sung the praises of the divine creator. They were as alike as Hyatt hotel lobbies. They had the same supreme beatific perfection as the perfect cheekbones of the angels. Like the faces of angels, it was almost a bore mutilating them. Almost.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #b3b3b3;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The surviving angels were up on the altar. The squad was taking turns. Angels had no genitalia or anus. This had not stopped innovations by so-minded individuals. It was an ugly scene, but not any worse than a Cannibal Corpse album cover.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #b3b3b3;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">In a lot of ways, angels were the perfect victims. Beautiful, androgynous, willing victims that never stopped singing hosannas or praises to god, even as you rubbed feces over their lips.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #b3b3b3;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I really wasn't in the mood, but as the unit's chaplain, it was my duty to deliver the coup de grâce. I made it quick, though I was sure to deprive it of any mercy or dignity. I made the sign of the Pentagon and stuffed some shit-stained pages of <i>On the Origin of Species</i> and <i>The Satanic Verses</i> in its mouth before blowing its halo clean off.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #b3b3b3;">That was always satisfying. There was no need to deny this. There was no reason to deny anything anymore. The sooty, burning atmosphere of this burning church was the cleanest, freest air I had ever tasted. </span> </span></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #b3b3b3;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">For it was a good day, despite the tank crew getting smored. We were all short-timers now. We were just mopping up a few die hards and dead enders who refused to accept the divine truth: beyond our sector, just some miles down the road, God lay dead in heaven, his throne toppled. Jesus was probably dead in some cave somewhere. Experts were unsure of the exactly whereabouts of the Holy Spirit, but then again, they always had been.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533646053810954842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388041205970706236.post-49828095072022830622011-08-01T00:00:00.004+07:002011-08-01T00:49:18.638+07:00The Insults that Made a Man Out of Mac<div style="color: #999999; text-align: center;"><style type="text/css">
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Silently, we see the action of the above comic, up to the <b>FIFTH PANEL. </b></span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">We can see as MAC flexes in the mirror, MAC has gained some muscle. However, his progress is more realistic.</span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC sees BETTY with BIG BULLY and other girls, laughing at the beach. It is clear that BIG BULLY has equal contempt for all the girls around him, particularly BETTY. MAC challenges BIG BULLY. BIG BULLY easily trounces MAC and humiliates him, pulling down his trunks, in front of the laughing girls.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Of course, I could not transform overnight. I had a lot to learn.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">We follow MAC as MAC goes up to BETTY and BIG BULLY again,who is sitting with a group of girls in an ice cream parlor. MAC challenges BIG BULLY to a fight. During the fight, MAC whips out a knife he has strapped to his wrist. He cuts BIG BULLY. There is blood. This makes BIG BULLY furious and he beats MAC quite badly.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">The girls watch, horrified.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC, in bandages, is interviewed and charged by the POLICE.</span></span></div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had to learn that your friends are not your friends. That the “good” guys aren't good.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC is berated by his parents.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">That you could trust no one. You were alone. </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Shut alone in his room, MAC turns out the light. Injured MAC begins, quite painfully, to do push-ups from his knees.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">You had to count on yourself.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC sees BETTY and BIG BULLY. BETTY is actually telling BIG BULLY she is pregnant, but MAC does not see this.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC goes to an ARMY recruitment office. They laugh at him.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Neither God nor country could help you.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC looks in the window of a jewelry shop. </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;">To get what you want you must smash all barriers, eliminate all hesitation. It is hesitation that defeats you.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC goes away.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC comes back with a rock and smashes the window.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">POLICE ring at MAC's house. MAC'S MOM answers the door.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC is in his room making a rather unrealistic diorama with the stolen ring in it when the POLICE bust in on him.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC is escorted by POLICE out of his house.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Everything that happens, happens for a reason.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC in court.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was all part of my destiny. </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC's attorney is emphatically trying to explain something to MAC. MAC ignores hum. The JUDGE looks at MAC very sympathetically. The JUDGE motions MAC to rise.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I could beg like a coward, but it would still be the same. If I did it, then it was me. Why let someone take that away from me?</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC gives his sentencing JUDGE the finger. </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">So I chose to stand up like a man.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">The JUDGE looks shocked and disappointed. The JUDGE sentences MAC to the maximum penalty and slams his gavel. MAC'S MOM weeps. </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC goes to prison.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had to go deep inside myself to find out what was wrong.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC is forced to strip out of his civilian clothes.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had to lose everything that defined me as a loser.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC in his cell. It's lights out. As before, MAC starts doing push-ups in the dark.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had to work on myself. Rip myself apart from the inside out.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC working out in the yard.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had to destroy all weakness inside myself, cut away everything that was rotten, diseased and sick.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC in the prison dining hall.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had embraced fear and weakness. I allowed others to insult and disrespect me. </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">SPITTING CONVICT spits in MAC's food.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC in a prison common area.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">The only way to be sane, be healthy, was to expel it at all costs.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">[MAC deliberately gets in a violent fight with much bigger prisoners]</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">The old god was mercy and pity and disgusting weakness. The old god hated and feared strength.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">The new god was pain. It asked nothing.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC in another fight.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">It gave without end. </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC corners SPITTING CONVICT</span></span></div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">And when you embraced this new god, you got up off your knees.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC drops SPITTING CONVICT to his knees and beats him.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC looks down at SPITTING CONVICT</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">And you became him. </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC unzips his fly.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sound of SPITTING CONVICT screaming.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">When you worship pain, you become pain. </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC in the yard, massive, tattooed, fearsome.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">And it's beautiful, because it's a fire that never goes out.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC before his PAROLE BOARD.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC[VOICE-OVER]</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">They asked if me I was ready to rejoin society. I was. I knew I was.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">INT- BETTY and BIG BULLY'S SUBURBAN HOME – BEDROOM -NIGHT</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is the sound of muffled struggle. BETTY stands up in bed and turns on the light.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC is in bed with BETTY and BIG BULLY. MAC has his arm around BIG BULLY'S neck. MAC wears a mask, but is otherwise naked.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Don’t scream. Don’t move.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>BETTY</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ohmigod who are you?</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">You know who this is.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>BETTY</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mac, please, it’s been years now. We have kids.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>BIG BULLY</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please man, leave her out of this. Just let her go. </span></span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">No, I want her to see. I want your kids to see what a tough guy their daddy is.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>KIDS</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mommy, daddy! What’s happening?</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC</u></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's something I owe you...</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Outside the house, the strobing flash of police cars. A SWAT TEAM is there. Tear gas canisters are shot through the windows as the door is rammed by the SWAT TEAM</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Flashes of gunfire are seen through the windows.</span></span></div><div style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">A multiply cuffed MAC is carried out of the house by a phalanx of SWAT officers, who have difficulty controlling him. MAC is covered in blood.</span></span></div><div style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>MAC [VOICE OVER]</u></span></span></div><div style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">And so you might ask me, is it worth it?</span></span></div><div style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stretchers exit the house: One adult body and two smaller forms, sheets over heads.</span></span></div><div style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">BETTY sits in an ambulance, wrapped in a blanket, beyond tears and shock.</span></span></div><div style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">MAC as BETTY [VOICE-OVER]</span></span></u></div><div style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">[BETTY touches her breast beneath her shirt] </span></span> </div><div style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Oh Mac, you are a real man. After all.</i></span></span></div><div style="color: #999999; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #999999;"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533646053810954842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388041205970706236.post-31670283476289403132011-07-18T00:00:00.007+07:002011-07-18T12:19:23.515+07:00Wolfes of the Yard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N0AmHMxN1UU/TeSsEK54-LI/AAAAAAAAAhs/CRkQ0V3H0Xs/s1600/Wolfe+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N0AmHMxN1UU/TeSsEK54-LI/AAAAAAAAAhs/CRkQ0V3H0Xs/s640/Wolfe+1.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br />
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</tbody></table>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533646053810954842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388041205970706236.post-72024804819885057202011-07-04T00:00:00.002+07:002011-07-04T10:36:48.309+07:00The Wolfmen<i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><i>The mood of manhood is gone. The neatly spaced teeth I had wore braces for begin crowding again. My bones wax and ache. My flesh is swollen and purple like a boner or a bruise. The hair on my balls start to snap like violin strings...</i></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">-Cut!</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">-You're acting like a wolf man. Don't act like a wolf-man.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">-More like a wolf, then?</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">-Don't act like a man or a wolf.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">-But in this scene, I'm changing into a wolf, right?</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">-Yes, but it's a subtle thing. It's like you're giving up hope, but you don't even know it yet. If someone asked you, you'd say you still believed, absolutely. But in reality, you're done. And the next thing you know, you're a wolf. You know what I mean?</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">Or imagine you're at a party, right, and you're not drinking. Let's make that clear. You're <b>not</b>. You're not smoking either. And then people come around and they’re like talking about what? Salads and car insurance? Free calendars with salad recipes on them from the car insurance place.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">And you're not looking down her dress. You're looking at her -the person. But she's a lively talker, a dancer, so sometimes she moves and your gaze hasn't moved. Hasn't tracked as quickly. And so you're looking at her, but she and her dress have moved.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">And you're talking about things, but in a disinterested kind and avuncular way and you're not drinking. And the phone number is just about a piece of business you could be helpful with, if she is interested.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">And so it really shouldn't be a big deal, isn't a big deal, if she is interested or not, because you are just being helpful. And likewise, no big deal when she goes to dance with that Giorgio guy, because it's just friendly and she's a dancer and you're not drinking.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">And after about what feels like month but is really only thirty five minutes of people not really needing your help and the empanadas are gone and holy shit the chicken dance it turns out you are drinking after all. A lot. You're doing coke off a real estate flyer and chewing the tip you took off someone's practice fencing foil from the rec room.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">This is the sort of change I am talking about.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">Don't act like a wolf. Don't act like a man. Be a wolf. Be a man. So at the end of the movie, people don't talk about you changing. They just know. Like parents.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">When I came to this film, I approached it with an air of skepticism. <i>Can</i> men become wolves? <i>Really</i>? I continued this skeptical attitude throughout the picture.<i> Was that real? Isn’t this just hair and makeup? Aren’t these actors? Am I dreaming? Am I a wolf-man?</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">Halfway through filming I encountered and old gypsy woman who convinced me that wolf-men and time travel were real by showing me pictures of 19th Century wolf-men riding an ordinary bicycle. You know, the kind with the big wheels. These were not included in the final picture because of the technical limitations of special effects.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">The old gypsy woman convinced me that the best way to get the best performance out of my cast and crew would be to make them all into real were-wolves and that I should give her an assistant producer credit.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">And that is the reason for this curse, this awful curse and some of the bad pre-publicity.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><i>How Many Wolf-men Are There In This Movie?</i></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">A lot. I don’t know how many. I think this wolf-man picture has more wolf-men than any other. There are literally dozens. Possibly hundreds.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">Our story tries to follow the traditional legends and classic film narrative. Our protagonist is a clerk working for a law firm in England. He is sent abroad to close a real estate deal with a mysterious count in a foreign country. On his way there, he is bitten by a mailman.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">While he is recovering, the mailman explains very indirectly, through a series of stolen letters, that the man is now under a terrible curse, that he is a wolf-man.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">His only aid is the scientist, Count Dracula, who has invented a coffin-shaped time machine. He sends him back in time to prevent the mailman from being bitten.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">Only he arrives instead in prehistoric times and all the dinosaurs and cavemen are all vampires and cannot be killed with the ordinary bazooka and flame thrower he has brought. He meets an ancient astronaut Aztec mummy who reveals to him the whole mission was a trap, set by Dracula, to rule the earth. Also, Dracula stole the mummy’s time machine. Dracula really isn’t a scientist.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">The wolf-man's only hope is now the Aztec mummy scientist-astronaut who has the power to send the wolf-man further back to Dracula's home planet.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">When the wolf-man arrives on Dracula's home planet, he finds it is a total wasteland, drained completely of blood, teeth marks everywhere. It is totally depressing and fallen in, like a planet sized sofa belonging to a person who spends too much time there sleeping during the day, downloading but not filling out applications. It is also completely uninhabited except for Dracula's dog.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">His only chance now comes in the form of the help from the inventions of Dracula's dog, who is also a scientist and has the power to return the wolf-man to the present and also render him invisible.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">Meanwhile, in the present, Dracula reigns supreme, indulging his twin indulgences of riding dinosaurs and redecorating. Using the powers of invisibility given to him by Dracula's dog, the Wolf-man is able to topple Dracula's empire. However, as he is invisible, no one can see him, so Dracula takes credit for everything.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">The wolf-man then realizes he is not a wolf at all, but merely an invisible man.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">Dracula's dog takes pity on the non-wolf-man and beams him to a planet of invisible men and women. However, as they are all invisible, he and the other occupants of the planet believe themselves to be alone.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">The film ends this way, on a populated but lonely planet of invisible people. Meanwhile, back on Earth, the cursed mailman is delivering ordinary mail to <b>your</b> house.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="p3"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">HARKER</span></div></div><div class="p4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">Er, how does this Time Machine of yours work, Count Dracula?</span></div><div class="p5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="p3"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">COUNT DRACULA</span></div></div><div class="p6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">Very simple. In your case, the lid closes. Time passes. In due course, they dig you up.</span></div><div class="p7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="p3"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">HARKER</span></div></div><div class="p6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">Are you sure they'll dig me up?</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="p3"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">COUNT DRACULA</span></div></div><div class="p6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">Believe me, they <i>always</i> dig you up. When you wake up, everything is forgotten. All your enemies are dead. Though be warned: sometimes they have children.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="p3"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">HARKER</span></div></div><div class="p6"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">Wait, am I going to die?</span></div></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="p3"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">COUNT DRACULA</span></div></div><div class="p6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">What? You're a werewolf. You can only be killed with a silver bullet. Time and boredom, my friend, are no silver bullet. They're much worse, believe me.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="p3"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">HARKER</span></div></div><div class="p6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">Thank you so much, Count, for everything. Will I see you again?</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="p3"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">COUNT DRACULA</span></div></div><div class="p6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: TimesNewRomanItMS, serif;">Most certainly, dear boy. Now don't let go of the roses! It looks bad when they open the coffin<span class="s2">.</span></span></div><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533646053810954842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388041205970706236.post-49839325864096767612011-06-20T00:00:00.075+07:002011-10-15T08:34:50.286+07:00The Red Murder Machine of Daisy Hill Puppy Farm, Part 2<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;"></span></div><div class="p1" style="font-family: Times;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">THE SINGING BRAIN PRESENTS: </span></span></div></div><div class="p1" style="font-family: Times;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div></div><div class="p1" style="font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">THE RED MURDER MACHINE </span></span></div></div><div class="p1" style="font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">OF DAISY HILL PUPPY FARM</span></span></div></div><div class="p1" style="font-family: Times; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></span></div></div><div class="p2" style="font-family: Times;"></div><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">BRAIN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">If you remember last week, a lot of interesting things had happened and a farmer got killed really bad.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">What is this place? I've never been here before.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">No human has ever been here. This is an strictly metal club. And only for metal that kills humans and likes killing humans. So there is a cover.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Here. Put this bucket on your head and this clock over your heart.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[muffled]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Is this going to work?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Our boy Keanu passes for human all the time. I don't see why not.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DOORBOT</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Are you on the list?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Goto 10, little brother.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DOORBOT</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Oh Mr. Robby, I'm sorry! Who's this?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">This. Is my date.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DOORBOT</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Ha! Real funny RTR! Please go on in.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Wow. It really worked.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Not really. I slipped him a five spot.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[ROBBY and JOHN walk though the club. JOHN functions about as well as a drunk with a bucket on his head. Possibly worse.]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">TOM SERVO</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Hey, Robby. I'm surprised to see you here. I didn't think you went in for destroying all humans.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">What you don't know could fill a lot of punchcards, TOM SERVO.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[The Robots are all dancing to an incredibly fuzzed out version of "Love and Passion" by Cheryl Barnes]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[B.O.B. Floats by]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Oh hey, toilet bot</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">B.O.B.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[voiced by Slim Pickens] Please don't call me that.</span></div></div><br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[TERMINATOR X is in his usual booth, kicking it with his metal brothers]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">TERMINATOR X</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">(TERMINATOR X sounds a lot like Bill Duke)</span><br />
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</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Kill one little white lady? Shiiit. What does that dumbass do? He gets a phone book! Motherfucker goes in alphabetical order!</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">HAL? What about HAL? Fish-eye mother takes <i>two</i> hours just to wipe out <i>one</i> white dude and three <i>frozen dinners</i>. And last one turns into a giant space baby!</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Here's what I'm saying, right? Look at Colossus. Look at WHOPR. Black supercomputer don't fuck around. Black supercomputer take you to DefCon One and press the motherfucking button! You feel me? I'm talking old school, SHODAN, PROTEUS IV. This is why they can't put black electronic brothers in the movies no more. They too hard. Shit, you put TERMINATOR X in Terminator 01, there ain't gonna be no sequel. That bitch is dead. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Forty minutes in. Rest of the movie, I just run around and kick Robert Patrick's ass for free. Motherfucking cap up Universal Soldier, Robo Cop, fucking beer can the Transformers and the Go-Bots!</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ClientHello, Terminator X</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">TERMINATOR X</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Whatcha' doing here Robby? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">...Annie's gone, man. She's not coming back.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[to JOHN]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You gotta bucket on your head, mister. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">-Robby, you want me to drill some holes for your friend?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">We're looking for a bot.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">TERMINATOR X</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">A hot bot or a cold bot?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Cold. Real cold.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">TERMINATOR X</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">And why should I google this?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">There's a pop and lock dance contest over at club Tech-Noir. I figure you and the boys can clean up easy doing the robot.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">TERMINATOR X</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">What am I? Robot Maria?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I can get you in. Easy money. Just don't make it look too easy.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">TERMINATOR X</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Victor-fucking-Victoria...</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">This can you're lookin' for... how does he like it? Does he like it rough?</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">He likes it fine. Real smooth. Heading towards purée.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Click on the link.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">TERMINATOR X</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">There's only one machine that does chop like that. You want the Red Baron. Also goes by "Maximilian." That bot is <i>cold</i>. Cut a dude up as casual as ripping up a lottery ticket. Works out a lot. You can probably find him at the Berserker Gym any hour of the day or night.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[Looking at JOHN]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">...when he's not making meatshakes.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FINISHED. ROBBY LOGGING OFF.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">TERMINATOR X</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Hey, one thing: you and the monohead dick here, you're still real tight with the Splat Pack in Hollywood, right?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Affirmative.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">TERMINATOR X</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I got something I want to ask you, just one black metal brother to another.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">It's about typecasting.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Proceed.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">TERMINATOR X</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">It would be nice if every tin man who appeared on the screen wasn't all TALKS _LIKE_THIS. And like DESTROY_ALL_HUMANS and raygun everybody just so he can go off with the meatbag chick in his arms and all.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">But X, that's all we think about.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">TERMINATOR X</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Yeah, but you don't have to put it in the movie, Robby!</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">INT - THE BERSERKER ROBOT GYM.- DAY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[ROBBY and JOHN enter. JOHN still has the bucket on his head. There is a forklift dead lifting weights. EVIL OTTO bounces up to them].</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">EVIL OTTO</span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">STOP THE HUMANOID. STOP THE INTRUDER</span></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;"><stop humanoid="" the=""><stop intruder="" the=""></stop></stop></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">It's okay, Otto, Adam-12 is with me.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">EVIL OTTO</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;"><your are="" clean="" done.="" it="" kill:your="" spill:="" up="" when="" you=""><don't the="" touch="" walls.=""></don't></your></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">OK. YOUR KILL: YOUR SPILL. WIPE UP THE FLOOR WHEN YOU ARE DONE. ALSO: DON'T TOUCH THE WALLS.<br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[MAXIMILIAN is practicing on some full size punching bags, routing holes through them with his blades.]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">:/MAXIMILIAN/USS CYGNUS</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">:/THIS IS ROBBY/UNITED PLANETS CRUISER C57-D.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">:/DO YOU ACKNOWLEDGE?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[to JOHN]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">He's not recognizing my hail.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Looking good there, Maxie. Thought we'd stop by as -uh, I heard that H-B looking for some solid metal talent. A regular role in a sitcom.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[MAXIMILIAN turns to sawing logs]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Perhaps you'd like to look at some scripts?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[JOHN'S pitch and routine are a little off, because A) he's in a bucket, B) usually facing the wrong way C)talking to an expressionless killer robot and D) a soft meatbag in a hard bot world]</span></div><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">It's the J-Sons, Max. They're already into syndication.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[Facing the wrong way] I feel like you're not listening, Max. See my friend here has the connection with the studio, but me -the only numbers I know ring downtown, where it is a lot less glamorous. You catch my drift, Maxie?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">We're over here, John.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I know.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[JOHN turns around to face MAXIMILIAN and overshoots his mark. ROBBY stops his rotation and rotates him back so he's actually facing MAXIMILIAN. JOHN tries his bad cop routine again.]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">A pretty face like yours behind bars...</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[MAXIMILIAN melts a tank for practice]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">...would probably be fine.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBOT LOCKER ROOM</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MAXIMILIAN heads to his locker, ignoring JOHN and ROBBY. As ROBOT MONSTER walks by, its towel falls off. JOHN does a double take.</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Listen, Max, you don't want to end up on the scrap heap like Dolph Lungren.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MAXIMILIAN slams his locker shut and turns to go.</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Wait. Listen. MAXIMILIAN: Verringa!</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[MAXIMILIAN and ROBBY stare at JOHN]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You shouldn't use that word if you don't know what it means.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Doesn't it mean “Stop? -aahhh!</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[JOHN stumbles, clutching his neck.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">His bucket falls off.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Every naked robot in the gym stares at him</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MAXIMILIAN uses this opportunity to exit.]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Error! My head has fallen off.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[JOHN puts the bucket back on his head]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Head error resolved! Function nominal! Checksum: OK.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Ready for orders.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[The ROBOTS continue to stare]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">To kill humans!</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[The robots go back to doing what they were doing, applying robot jock itch powder, etc.]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">To kill all humans!</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Even the little baby humans!</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">LANCE HENRIKSEN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Be cool, man. Be cool.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">John-Unit: Query: are you impaired?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I'm fine, it's just my neck, this sharp pain in my neck all of a sudden -ow! It's like I can't look up.</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">RECOMMENDATION: DO NOT LOOK UP.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Well, okay.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[JOHN stares at the floor]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I think the bucket's stuck now.</span></div></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[ROBBY does not say anything]</span></div></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Yeah. It's stuck.</span></div></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[pause]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Hey, what's this coming out of Maximilian's locker? I didn't know robots ran on puppy chow.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">They don't *INFERENCE* <inference>Come on.</inference></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[ROBBY leads JOHN (head still down) out of the locker room into the parking lot.]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">BERSERKER GYM PARKING LOT</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MAXIMILIAN is in a flamboyantly tricked out RED custom Hot Rod that screams bad Classic Rock even when it is not actually screaming bad classic rock, which is most of the time: THE MAX ROD. He has a little puppy in his lap who is glad to see him and is licking at his featureless face.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MAXIMILIAN: SUPERUSER COMMAND OVERRIDE: ROOT COMMAND: HALT.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;"><i>SUDO: HALT</i></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[MAXIMILIAN guns his engines to the sounds of “The Man on the Silver Mountain” and hauls ass.]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/p9nfVrusSMg" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe></div><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">That never works.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">(still unable to see or look up)</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">He's getting away! Isn't he?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Yes. I will drive.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[ROBBY drives JOHN's SATURN after MAXIMILIAN in his MAX ROD, but the MAX ROD cuts across opposing lanes of traffic, leaving them well behind.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
INT -CAR -DAY<br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Are we behind him?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">We are behind him. Hold on. I will try a short cut.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
EXT - STREET -DAY<br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY's short cut accidentally takes them down a one way street. ROBBY jumps the curve and careens down the side walk, plowing into a heavily populated sidewalk café. People audibly ricochet off the car.]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
INT -CAR -DAY<br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">What was that?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Nothing. We are just driving through a rough patch of...</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[Screaming]</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">-Zoo. A rough patch of Zoo. The animals are fine, however. Look. A zebra. Many pretty colors.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">EXT - DEAD END -DAY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY finally drives MAXIMILIAN in the MAX ROD into a dead end. MAXIMILIAN spins around and guns the engine, pointing the MAX ROD straight at JOHN's Saturn. The puppy barks.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN finally gets his bucket off.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MAXIMILIAN clearly intends to ram the Saturn.</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Put -the bucket -back on, John.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN does so.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MAX ROD comes straight at them.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY cleverly swerves JOHN's cheap-ass ride and the MAX ROD is TOTALED.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">(quoting one of his heroes)</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Freeze, creep.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MAXIMILIAN looks at ROBBY.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY stares at MAXIMILIAN.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MAXIMILIAN extends his blades.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Illogical. You will not harm the puppy. You are a robot. Robots cannot keep pets. Therefore, you will turn the puppy over to us and turn yourself in.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MAXIMILIAN starts his blades spinning toward the puppy.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Wait! Stop! Stop! You can keep the puppy! You can keep the puppy!</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Now, listen. I'm going to make you a deal.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Negotiation is illogical, John. The game is zero sum.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Not now, Robby.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Listen.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You can keep the puppy. You can keep the puppy. But!</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You're going to have to feed him and take care of him.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">And spay him</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">And spay him. It's a big responsibility. No one's gonna remind you to feed that puppy or clean up after him. Puppies need a lot of supervision -and love.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">And if that puppy chews on some cables -and he will -or makes a big mess in the robot bathroom...</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">What?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Ssst! Makes a big puppy mess or reprograms your VCR you're just gonna have to take care of it on your own.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Can you do that, big guy?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MAXIMILIAN's blades stop.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Yeah, I thought so.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Now to keep the puppy, you're going to have to have a few things. A leash.</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">A pooper-scooper.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">One of those. Um -a doggie bed, some toys</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Snacky treats. You should go the library and get books on puppies.</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Yes, good. And what else?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">The public library also has DVDs and films on puppies.</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Yes, besides that</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Videotapes and film strips... microfilm and audio cassette tapes on puppies</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Okay. You're going to need a license, Max. A license to be a robot with a dog. And a license for the dog. Possibly more licenses.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Robby here is big with the committee on robot licenses and extensions. He can help you keep the puppy.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">But when we go to the board, we gotta be able to say that you're good for the puppy. That you're a friendly robot.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Are you friendly? Are you friendly, Max?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[MAXIMILIAN takes his blades in]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Good. Now we want to be able to tell them something really good about you. That you're not a killer robot.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[MAXIMILIAN glares at JOHN. ROBBY looks at JOHN.]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Okay, you are clearly a killer robot, but you also helped with a criminal investigation. You're a hero.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You didn't want to kill Friendly Farmer Brown, did you?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">No. Someone made you.Tricked you. You thought you were just juicing an orange or something.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">-You don't have to say anything. Just go along with it.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">The point is: you didn't want to kill Friendly Farmer Brown, did you?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[MAXIMILIAN stares at JOHN; JOHN looks at MAXIMILIAN]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Okay, you probably did, but someone <i>told</i> you to, also. Yes?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">The man, the meatbag -the human. Tell us. Who was he? Who?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">[CUT TO:<br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">INT – THE DANIELS' LIVING ROOM - DAY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[DAN is trying to tune KEYBOARD CAT'S piano, with KEYBOARD CAT'S help.]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[Enter POLLY]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Dad? Daddy? Dad!</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Dad, Mr. Squeakers and Mr. Screechy have been suggesting that I talk to you about something</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Just a minute here honey E – E flat</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Dad, it's important.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I'm sure it is, honey...</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">It's about Mr. Woofers.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Dammit! It's always about big W isn't it?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Dad, you have to level with me. Mom hasn't said anything, but...</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">She <i>better</i> not...</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[Doorbell: Ding-dong!]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I'll get it.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAD! You didn't buy me a robot now, did you?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I'm afraid not, little girl.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Mr. Daniels, we'd like to talk to you about a serious matter. Maybe you should let the girl, the cat playing the piano, the cat in the top hat, the dolphin watching the <i>Blue Lagoon</i>, and the monkey working on the infinite monkey theorem all go and we can talk quietly.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You! You've got nothing on me! Nothing!</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You have not been accused of any crime.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You can't take me in. You're just a machine! And you! You're a freak!</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;"><i>Daddy!</i></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Wow.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Whoa.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I cannot believe you just said that. I mean, I know you're under a lot of pressure here, but that was just uncalled for.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I'm sorry.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Don't just start apologizing. You do really understand what you just said? In front of your <i>child?</i></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">It's very disappointing. (to JOHN) I'm upset for you.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I run into all kinds of people in my work. Pimps, junkies, whores</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Robot pimps, robot junkies, robot whores</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">And this is the <i>first</i> time... I mean. <i>Unbelievable</i>.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I know. Just. Just take me in.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I don't even know if I want to take you in now. How's that gonna look?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">We really wanted to give you benefit of the doubt and due process and all that, too.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I mean -is this what you really think of us?</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">No! I just don't want to go to jail.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Who does? I know it's upsetting and threatening to come your house and you may not like what we do, but that doesn't give you the right to just call us <i>whatever</i>.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Look, just hit me.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">What?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Hit me.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Oh, now that's just <i>sick</i>.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Can I hit him?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;"><i>No!</i></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Look, just go wait in the car. I'm tired of looking at you.</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">But...</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Go!</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[DAN looks furtively around]</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">No, don't make a run for it. That's just going to alienate everybody. Just sit in the car and try not to make things any worse for yourself. Geez.</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Ok. Good bye.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You'll see her later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[DAN exits]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Dad did something wrong, didn't he? Something bad.</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Your father is just a man. He made a mistake.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Then Mr. Squeaky was right.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Whatever your father did, it's not your fault. It's not.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">But it <i>is</i> my fault.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">It's not. He made a bad call and it's his rap. Doesn't matter why he did it, he did it and he knew it was wrong. He's the adult. You're the child. He's sorry. I'm sorry. We're all sorry. That's what justice is.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Now let's find your mother, okay?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">INT - ROBBY'S CLUB - DAY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">KEYBOARD CAT is playing in the background, while TOP CAT dances a little.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Well see here now, Robby. Not too bad for an Earthman, yeah?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Human law is like human language. You just seem to make it up as you go along. The task is descriptive. There are no real regularities or structure.</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">C'mon now, Robby everything seems to have worked out. Maximilian got to keep his puppy.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Where is Maximilian?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">He got that spot we were promising him. He's gonna need it to support that cute mutt of his</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">INT – THE JETSON'S HOME - DAY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">GEORGE JETSON</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">That must be the new robo-maid. Get the automatic door, will you, Elroy?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ELROY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Will do, dad.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[It is indeed MAXIMILIAN at the door. His blades spin ominously.]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">INT - ROBBY'S CLUB -DAY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Yes, everything has worked out, completely well and for the best. Even that mysterious pain in my neck is gone.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You should have a doctor look at it.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I did. He said it was my imagination! Imaginary pain. What does <i>that</i> mean? Hey, look it's Dino!</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[ENTER DINO]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DINO THE DIPSOMANIACAL DINOSAUR</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Hey, boys. I can only stay a few rounds. I'm on special assignment. Secret Agent stuff. All 3B.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">When is it not a 3B assignment with you, Dino?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DINO</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Check this out now: looks like a cigarette case. Inside: cigarettes. But inside each cigarette: booze.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">That's sharp, Dino. Where do you stash your cigarettes?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DINO</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">In this hip flask. Hey Robby, fill up my fag and light my flask, will you?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Totally illogical.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Hey Robby, what's wrong?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">The ways of mankind are baffling. You play at things, but nothing really stays. Nothing is constant. Human justice does not compute. I do not understand.</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You mean Anne, don't you. You're thinking about Anne.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You're a brave little girl, sunshine. I'll know I'm going to be real proud of you. Really proud. You look after your mother, now. She loves you very much.</span><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">What happened to my dog?</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">He was sick. We couldn't treat him. He was in pain, so your mother and I -the vet. We all agreed it would be better...</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Say it, daddy.</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Better if we put him down. He's dead. Mr. Woofers is dead. I'm sorry, honey. I only wanted to protect you.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I know. I understand Daddy. Nothing lasts forever. Mr. Woofers is gone now. He's dead. He cannot come back. He cannot hear, see, smell or bark. It's like he's sleeping, but there are no dreams.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Someday, I too, will die and so will all the people who love me. Until there are no more people and nothing is remembered.</span></div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">That's my little girl. I am so proud.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;"> He is taken to the place of execution, which is a platform to which he is strapped spread eagled.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN's face looks up into the hanging darkness.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">We pull back and see that he is at the bottom of a missile silo, positioned directly beneath the bell of the exhaust nozzle of one of the rocket's engines. Clouds of LOX drift down. The rocket is ready for launch. We continue to pull up. Dan grows tiny and we see the name of the missile in ENORMOUS letters on the side: JUSTICE.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">The rocket ignites. The screen fills with orange flame as the missile begins its ascent.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">We see a distant shot of the missile, ascending into heaven.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY [VOICE OVER]</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Dad is with Mr. Woofers now. Not at a farm playing. Not in heaven. Not even in our hearts. They are in a place called nothing that is located nowhere. A place that waits for us all.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">BRAIN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Well, that was depressing. I mean, factual -but a total downer. Join us next time for a more upbeat adventure with plenty of babes, boobs and booze with Dino the Dipsomaniacal Dinosaur as an alcoholic espionage agent in THE MUFF DIVERS. Until then...</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WqLVtMsTo8A" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533646053810954842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388041205970706236.post-66679225433194251702011-06-06T00:00:00.090+07:002011-10-15T08:26:32.817+07:00The Red Murder Machine of Daisy Hill Puppy Farm, Part 1<style type="text/css">
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<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: small;">THE SINGING BRAIN PRESENTS: </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">BRAIN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Children. They are DNA's precious gift to itself. Is there anything we wouldn't do for our littlest ones, just to put a smile on their face or keep them from crying?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I have a kid myself. I know it's like that.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">But kids need things. Things like cars, jewels, mistresses and probably graduate school. And even something as noble as a father's love and hope for the best for his little one can lead a man down some dark places. Places he shouldn't go if he wants to keep his soul. Places like THE DAISY HILL PUPPY FARM!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Is that what it's called? Really? Okay, then.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">INT – CAR - DAY</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I'm not ready for this.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Listen, you just do your part and no one gets hurt.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I don't like this. What if she asks questions...</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Let me handle the questions, you hear? Just stick to the script. And when I give the signal, you let the cat out of the bag. But not before.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Can't we just... isn't there another way?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You know there isn't. Remember why we're doing this and who we're doing this for. Now come on.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">INT – THE DANIELS' KITCHEN -DAY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Hi, mom. Hi, dad.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Hi sweetheart!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">How's my little princess?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Okay. Where's Mr. Wooofers? Did he have to stay at the veterimarian's overnight again?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Honey, Mr. Woofers, he....</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Mr. Woofers, is fine, doll, just fine. And he's going to be just fine. The veterimarian said that he just needs a little rest.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Is Mr. Woofers still sick?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">He's just tired, hon. So very tired. The doctor says that some fresh air would be good for him. You know, Mr. Woofer's a big dog now. A big ol' country dog. He needs -room. Can't get that all cooped up in the city here.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Where is he? Where's he gone?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Honey. Dear. You remember that great big beautiful farm where we picked up Mr. Woofers? That big old country farm?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Friendly Farmer Brown lives there.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">That's right. The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm. Well, I talked to Friendly Farmer Brown and he says that Mr. Woofers can stay there a spell. And Mr. Woofers likes that idea. You know how he likes chasing things. Isn't that right Maddie?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">He loved to chase things.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">And he still does! At Daisy Hill Puppy Farm! All day long!</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Daddy why are you yelling? </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I'm just happy! Happy for Mr. Woofers. God rest his soul!</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Dan...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">God bless. God bless his hairy soul.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Well, I suppose that's good for Woofers. He seemed so tired lately. When will I see him again?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">What? Oh, we can go visit him. Sometime. Eventually. Old Friendly Farmer Brown will have him sitting in his lap, tucked under Brown's soft white beard. We'll all be together, then.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Dan,</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">In the meantime your mother, who loves you very much ...</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Look honey, somebody must have dropped something into my bag while I was shopping!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Wow, a kitten in top hat!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You go show him around the house, now. Show him your Bob Fosse stuff.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">[POLLY and TOP CAT exit]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Do you think she bought it?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I don't know. She's a tough one to figure. Just do your part. And see that the kitten does too!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[Dramatic sting.]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">BRAIN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Mr. and Mrs. Daniels aren't bad people. They just want what every parent wants. To be able to give their darling little girl the moon and the stars -not realizing that the power and energy involved would easily destroy the Earth!</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Telling a lie, a tiny, itty-bitty, teensy-weensy, cutesy cuddly lie doesn't take nearly as much energy. But can hurtle the Earth out of its orbit and shatter it all the same! As this once happy family is about to find out.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">INT - THE DANIELS HOME -DAY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Hi, dad.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Hello, sweetness. Where's Mr. Meowsers?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">He's sleeping.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">He's not keeping you busy?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">He sleeps a lot. He's a cat. Hey, when can we go visit Mr. Woofers?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I don't know, hon. He lives kinda far away. Real far.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Oh. Well, maybe when vacation comes.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Maybe you'll have your hands too full by then, pumpkin.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Is this another cat?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Not just any cat. This one plays piano.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You bought a piano, too?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Yep. And the cat can't play solo, so you're going to have to take lessons with him.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[Transition Piano Music]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">BRAIN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Are there any situations that a cat and a keyboard can't play you out of? There are. When fate has dealt you a certain hand, no keyboard cat can save you and there are no advice animals to ask. Google that if you have to. I don't know when this is coming out.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Times;">INT - DANIELS KITCHEN - DAY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Where is she?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">She's out back by the pool. Listen Dan, someone's been asking questions. A lot of questions.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">What's this? A road map? How could you let get her hands on a road map?</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I thought it was for school! Listen Dan, I really don't think...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I don't pay you to think!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">EXT – POOLSIDE - DAY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Hi Daddy!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Hey precious, How are you and the dolphin working out there?</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Great daddy. Mr. Squeakers says that Mr. Woofers can totally ride on his back when he comes home. When is he coming home, daddy?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Oh gee, honey, I don't know about that. The farm is an awful long drive.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I know, but I looked at a map. It's only about three hours away. You can shave off about another half an hour if we take the new expressway.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Huh? How about that? My little girl's a navigator. DID YOU HEAR THAT HON?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">So, we could go real quick this weekend. I'll even get up early and make breakfast for you and mommy. Please. I want to see Mr. Woofers real bad.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I know you do, hon! I know you do! Listen, I gotta... I gotta call Friendly Farmer Brown first. It's only polite, you know. Farmers are busy people, too, you know. He might have to go to conference or a trade show or like a taping of Hee-Haw or something...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I can find his number...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">No need, pumpkin! Daddy knows the number. You just, just stay here. Stay Here. Stay. Here. And, uh, talk with Mr. Squeakers about life in the ocean.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">He says that's a conversation I ought to have with you and mommy.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Well, ask him what movie he wants to see this weekend.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Okay, but I bet he wants to see that Brooke Shields movie again.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">BRAIN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Lies. Simple, thinner and whiter than a cat's whiskers. First one, then another. Soon a lot of them, unless your cat shaves. Then, pretty soon you've got a full beard, a fluffy white beard and a kindly old face....</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[Dramatic music]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Times;">EXT - DAISY HILL PUPPY FARM - DAY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Times;">[FRIENDLY FARMER DAN at the fence to his property nailing up a friendly sign that says "FREE PUPPIES, ICE CREAM AND SMILES." DAN pulls up in his car.]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Well, howdy Mr. Daniels, how's that little pup of yours and his darling young girl?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Hello, Farmer Brown. Well, you know how it goes with animals sometimes.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Oh?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Yeah. Listen, if someone -maybe me, perhaps my wife -or my little girl -were to call here, would you have any trouble saying that Woofers was here -and happy?</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Now why would I say something like that Mr. Daniels?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Because it would be good for you. Good for the farm.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">(DAN passes FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN some bills)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Well, so it is! I reckon that dog's real happy here! Yessir! I reckon he's getting his dick sucked over in the barn!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You listen, Brown! Mr. Woofers is very happy here! He just can't come to the phone right now! That's it! That's all! You got it?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I gotcha mister. No reason to bark. Mr. Woofers is happy here. Real happy. Maybe so I happy I gotta start charging a little more for keeping him so comfortable.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Goodbye, Brown.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">So long, Mr. Daniels, so long.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">BRAIN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You can put fate on hold for only so long. Sooner or later, you have to pick up. Can't keep the line tied up forever. Even if you have call waiting. No matter when you pick up, remember -it's your dime.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">INT – THE DANIELS' KITCHEN TABLE - DAY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Hello, is this Friendly Farmer Brown?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Why it sure is! Is this Mr. Daniels?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Yes it is, Farmer Brown -on page 1.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Is that darling girl of yours there?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Hi, Friendly Farmer Brown. How are you and Mrs. Brown and all the animicles?</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Me and the aminicles are just fine, dearie. Hey, you know who else is fine?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Hey, I was just wondering Farmer Brown -on page two here -if you recall</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Mr. Woofers! He's here and waiting to meet you!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Is he?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Page two, page two...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Would you like to talk to him?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">No, that's really not..</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Oh boy, would I!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I'll put him on the speakerphone!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">(with very little talent)</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Woof!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Woof!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Woof!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Okay! Okay! Cut the speakerphone!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Times;">[DAN cuts the speakerphone has his end and picks up the handset.]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Thank YOU, Farmer Brown. Think we're all done here. When can you expect another call? Well, we don't want to tie you up on the phone. I know you've got a lot of farming to do, what with putting food in the ground and such, the food chain being the high maintenance thing that it is. Alright then. Good-bye.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Awww. I didn't get to chat with Mr. Woofers very much.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Well, dogs aren't really so good on the phone. It's really a technology geared toward people.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Mr. Woofers sounds funny...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Well, the speakerphone really cuts out the lows you're used to. They say it, uh, adds three pounds, too.</span> </span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Yeah, but he never sounded like that before...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Hey, hey, hey! Look who's here. Hey, now, check out this fella! This monkey does math!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">BRAIN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Sometimes when fate calls you, the number is busy</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[old fashioned busy line sound]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">But that too, is fate, isn't it?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">In this way, fate is inescapable. Even if you don't leave a message -you're in the book.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Times;">INT - DANIELS MASTER BEDROOM -NIGHT</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[Phone rings]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Who could be calling in the middle of the night?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Hello? Who is this?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Why it's me, Mr. Daniels. Friendly Farmer Brown. It's sure has been awhile since we heard from ya, so I thought I'd just give you a call.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Well, I'm sorry about that, Brown. Been a little busy here. Maybe we can talk later. During normal business hours.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I understand that. I understand you city folk are always busy, rushing around. That's why I wanted to invite you and that little girl of yours up here for the weekend. Get some fresh air. Maude'll bake fresh bread and pie -the kind you city people never get a chance to chow down on.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Now listen, Brown...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">And that little girl of yours can see her dog again! Won't that be special. Reunited, playing together out in the field.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">We're not going anywhere Brown. This is the last time we're talking. Forget this number.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I know, you're busy. Too busy for us country folk. Hey, how about this: how about I come down and see y'all? I can put the pie and the bread in the truck and be at your front door in a few hours. It'll be fresh as baked. Mr. Woofers can ride in the back. Won't that be something? Or maybe she could bring Mr. Woofers to school. Lots of city kids never seen a dog like that.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You stay away from her Brown!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Or maybe she's on her way home from school and I just have to pull up to tell her some terrible news. See, Mr. Woofers was playing with Mr. Horse up at the barn...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">That farm of yours paid off yet, Brown? Because I'm about to buy it for you.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">[DAN hangs up]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Daddy, was that Friendly Farmer Brown?</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Sweetheart, what are you doing awake?</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Go back to bed, honey. Mommy has to drive Mr. Squeaky to work at Marineland in an hour.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Mr. Screechy and I are hung up on a proof. Was that Friendly Farmer Brown?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">No, honey, it was just a wrong number...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">It sounded like Farmer Brown...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">No. It's someone being not thinking things through and making a mistake! A big fucking mistake!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">POLLY</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Daddy?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">It's nothing sweetheart. Go look at your pictures of cats. It's what the internet is for.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Times;">INT - DANIELS KITCHEN - DAY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Times;">[MADDIE is doing the bills]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Dan, I was buying more monkey and dolphin feed when -well, our check bounced.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Doesn't surprise me.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Where's the money going, Dan? The keyboard cat plays piano six nights a week. Top cat smells like beer and cigarettes when I pet him. He's too tired from doing back to back shows to play with his mouse.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Friendly Farmer Dan. It's costing us.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">How much?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Plenty.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">HOW much?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You remember when she believed in unicorns and how much that cost us? More than that.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Dan, this has got to stop now. You have to tell her.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Oh are WE? You're forgetting that you're part of this charade as much as I am!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Dan, this is wrong! You can't raise a child and a vast array of different animals each with a different talent on lies!</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Maybe it's time I took a drive out to the country...</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Dan, what are you talking about?</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Puppies like to play with matches. Sometimes, they get burnt. A sudden flash fire at one of those places -they burn up quick, those puppy farms, you know? A lot quicker than an old man can run.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">MADDIE</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Dan! Dan! Raising a kid and some pets and having a family isn't supposed to be about murder and lies and possibly arson!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">It's not like when our parents raised us. It's a lot harder, now. Raising a kid today, in this world, today... it's harder.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">BRAIN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Harder. Darker. And a good deal colder grows the heart of one Dan Daniels. Though he is probably wrong to blame television, radio, or movies. Studies have shown that there is little or no connection. Video games? Maybe. The internet? Sure. But not television, radio, or movies.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Times;">INT - FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN'S FRIENDLY PUPPY BARN - NIGHT</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You should know better than to try and sneak up on a farmer in his own barn. For a smart city feller, you're looking a might stupid.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Drop the gun, Brown and I'll forget this whole thing happened.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I don't want you to forget. I want you to pay me. I want one of those Xbox things. And a subscription to <i>The Economist</i>. Farming is really boring...</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You have to work out your own life, Brown. No one is going to fix it for you.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Or you'll what? Shoot me with that itty-bitty gun of yours. What is that, like a tiny 9 mm city gun? Like the kind that MC Hammer raps about?</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[MAXIMILIAN appears. He is wearing an Iron Cross]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">DAN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Maximilian! Kill!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN empties both barrels at MAXIMILIAN, who is, as stated, impervious. FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN batters at MAXIMILIAN with the empty shotgun. MAXIMILIAN melts the gun. FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN lunges at MAXIMILIAN with a pitchfork. MAXIMILIAN cuts through it. FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN hurls one of those apple headed dolls at MAXIMILIAN. It has a predictable effect. FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN then brings to bear the full brunt of his arsenal of wooden ducks, peg games, brain teasers and other items that can be found at the Cracker Barrel gift store.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[All these tchotchkes and bits of Americana cannot stop MAXIMILIAN. FRIENDLY FARMER BROWN is trapped. He screams as the blades close on him]</span><br />
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</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">BRAIN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">So ends Friendly Farmer Brown, tamer of horses. Slaughtered in a crimson fog by the red murder machine of Daisy Hill Puppy Farm. </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">But wait, wasn't Dan supposed to burn the farm down? Yes, he was, but he brought a killer robot instead. And where did he get the killer robot? Who is the real red murder machine of Daisy Hill Puppy Farm? The giant killer robot, or the all-too human, vulnerable man who stands behind the robot, giving orders?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">But does one murder really make Dan Daniels, loving father, a murder <i>machine</i>? And he's not really a machine, is he? And what are we to do with the word “red”? </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">So isn't the real red murder machine, strictly speaking, the giant killer robot that is red in color?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Do you know? How do you know?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">And what will happen to Dan Daniels? Will he escape justice?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;"><b>Or will they catch Dan Daniels and punish him for his vicious crime? Punish him by taking from him -everything. Stripping from him not only his freedom, but his very body, his skin, muscles, hair and head. Condemning him to a terrifying glass prison! A brain in a tank!</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;"><b>Is this voice, the voice you are hearing now, the voice addressing you, none other than that of Dan Daniels, convicted murderer?</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">No, of course not. This is Charles Foster's Brain. I'm married to my wife, Amanda. We have a little boy. We live in Bel-Air, not far from the studio. I'm famous and have several albums, books and screen credits to my name and am represented by William Morris. </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">So we know:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Who is the Red Murdering Machine of Daisy Hill Puppy Farm? </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">It's the robot.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Who is Dan Daniels? </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">The guy in the story, not me.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">And yet further questions remain.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">To answer them, we will turn to one of the most brilliant inductive minds in the history of detection and another equally giant crime-solving robot who happen to be good friends of mine: John Whits-Hansom, Handsome Johnny the "One-Headed" Detective and Robby the Robot, the "Robot."</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[Phone rings]</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Ash, can you get that?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Ash?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Oh shit. I hate only having one head... Hello? Yes, this is the “one-headed” detective ...with a hang -headover, with a headache -a head-ache. What can I do you for?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Well, it sounds like a farming accident to me, one of those machines. You know, farming machines? Oh I see. Crime Computer says it's not an accident. Says it's a crime. Well, okay then. I'm glad we have Crime Computer for that. Guess that's why he gets the big bucks. What? Oh nothing, Commissioner. I'm on my way. No, my other head hasn't suddenly grown back overnight. Yeah, I bet he would, too.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Oh, hey. I have to drive out to the country. Want to see a dead body?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">VIOL GARTER</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">No, thanks.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Oh hey, you don't have to leave. I'll be back. You can just hang out.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">VIOL GARTER</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I think I should be going, John.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Well, I call you then?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">VIOL GARTER</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I'm sorry John, really I am. This was a mistake. I feel close to you. Very close. But...</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">It's just too weird not sharing me with him.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">VIOL GARTER</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">No, John, it's you...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">We could try again. I could get a basketball with googly eyes.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">VIOL GARTER</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">No! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I don't think this is really right for you. I don't think it's what you want. It's you, John, you've changed</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Don't say it</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">VIOL GARTER</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You're just not half the man you used to be...</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[exasperated]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I said not to say it!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN [VOICE OVER]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Friendly Farmer Brown was all over the barn, like red on an apple, like round on a clown's nose, like the punchline to a joke about the stars.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Even though I'm a doctor... geez. I had never seen a man slaughtered like that. Truly slaughtered, just cut apart like he had been fed through a machine. A machine for slaughtering. Who would want to do that to a lonely old farmer who raised puppies?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I was always the one asking questions. Ashlyn, he was the one with all the answers. And he never said anything until he was good and ready. Just sat there humming.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Even now, I find myself turning my head to where he used to be, to ask the obvious. Like a child. God, I miss you, Thomas. </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I rubbed my neck and tried to think of what Ashlyn would think. Try and see what Ashlyn would see. Try to recall what he would say.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[In this flashback everything is very white, bright and distorted. JOHN and THOMAS ASHLYN are together in one body, standing on a slowly rotating dais, in a grand white temple full of columns, musical and geometrical instruments. An enormous fountain spurts it's arc in slow motion. JOHN holds a hand mirror so he can watch his other head speak.]</span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">THOMAS ASHYLN (THE OTHER HEAD)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">In the <i>Symposium</i>, my dear Whits-Hansom, Plato has Aristophanes tell us that man was, in his origin, double and whole, perfect and symmetrical, rolling about the earth with the ease and speed of a rolling ball. So magnificent were they, that they challenged the gods and nearly took Mount Olympus. To keep them in check, Zeus maimed them, slicing them in half, crippling their beauty and intelligence. These severed and mutilated halves survived. These are creatures called man.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You and I, my handsome John, are the only whole specimen left of the great race of titans. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">We are the only complete, normal human being on this planet, neither lonely, nor avaricious, needing neither honor or riches to make us happy. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">We are complete, and so healthy and virtuous by nature that our quest for justice is merely the natural operation of a perfect organism in the utmost moral health.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN [VOICE OVER]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I was no one-headed detective. I was a no-headed detective. The detective head went with Ashlyn. Now there was just me, a big dope with a lot of suits and shirts that needed to be seriously taken in. And too many hats.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">What animal is that over there? Is that a cow? Jesus, I don't have any idea what I'm looking at. </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Gotta hobby, Robby?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Got a car, John?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">No, Robby, it's supposed to rhyme</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Got a john, John?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Robby, you'd better pour me another one, you're not funny yet.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">[ROBBY synthesizes another Rusty Nail for JOHN]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You know why you're my friend, Robby?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Yes.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You're my friend because you never... you never ask about Thomas.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Thomas?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">My ex-partner. My other head.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You have another head? Where?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Ah that's the stuff. Now you're funny.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">May I help you with the case you're working on?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I don't know Robby, it's pretty rough. </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I am a robot. I am not affected by pictures of human slaughter and devastation.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Well, your lunch to lose. Take a look at this.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Holy crap.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Yeah.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I saw something like this once before. On Altair IV.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Really?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Yes. Bodies ripped apart and plastered all over. Inhuman.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">What happened?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Someone dipped into Walter Pidgeon's scotch.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Ha! That sounded funny. What are you slipping in these drinks?</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Nothing strong enough to make Dino funny. But seriously. Where did you get these pictures?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Out by Daisy Hill Puppy Farm, why?</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Can you get more of them?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">What?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I told you, robots are not disturbed by scenes of violence.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Yeah, I got that</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">So we can look at pictures like these quite easily. If you have any more pictures, I can look at those, too.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Yeah, sure, maybe you can pass those back to me</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">But I'm not done yet</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Yes, you are. </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Okay. Just a second.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Are you photocopying those pictures?</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Photocopying involves a drum charged with static electricity. I operate on a more advanced principle.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Okay, it sounds now like you are faxing the photos...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">I have some friends... who might be able to help. They would also ...like to look at such pictures as they are robots and not at all disturbed by them. Sometimes we get together and discuss the disturbing pictures we've seen.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Aw, Jesus, Robby...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Look at the marks here, John. They are very regular.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Yes, I noticed that.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Really? Did you noticed that they vary less than 4.0 microns? That sort of surgical precision is beyond human capability. </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You mean...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You had better let me help you a little on this one, John. </span> </span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Are we looking for a robot murderer?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Robots do not murder, John. Robots kill. Men murder. Robots obey.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Isn't that a bit of sophistry there, Robby?</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">No, John. It's the way it is. The way it's always been. The way your species has made it.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You see that robot over there? Tall, shiny and indestructible? That's Gort. He was sent to evaluate this planet and its inhabitants. </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">You FAILED. You shot his pet, Klaatu. </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">He was supposed to destroy the Earth, you know. But just couldn't see the point. People are depressing. Too depressing to wipe out.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Then why are you always helping me, Robby?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">ROBBY</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Because I am your friend. And you are typically too blotso to drive. Come on, John. </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">JOHN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Where are we going?</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Someplace no human being has ever gone before. Or left alive. A hard metal club for metal that kills humans and likes killing humans. CLUB MANKILLERS.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">BRAIN</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">What razor sharp mechanized death danger awaits Handsome John, the "one-headed" detective in CLUB MANKILLERS? What about Robby? Will he have to pay a cover?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">And what <span style="font-style: normal;">will </span> happen to Mr. Daniel Daniels and his young family? His beautiful wife Madeline and his precious, sheltered daughter, Polly? His top hat wearing kitten, Top Cat, and his piano playing Keyboard Cat? His movie loving Dolphin and math solving monkey?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Next time on THE SINGING BRAIN PRESENTS!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'American Typewriter', monospace;">Until then</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533646053810954842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388041205970706236.post-31451957975642794582011-05-23T00:00:00.001+07:002011-05-23T00:00:01.039+07:00Son of the Singing Brain<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SnPJLhf2ehs/TZ64vh_RVmI/AAAAAAAAAas/4n-rXx2UTtg/s1600/paluzzisistine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="588" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SnPJLhf2ehs/TZ64vh_RVmI/AAAAAAAAAas/4n-rXx2UTtg/s640/paluzzisistine.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Well little Tillie, she's such a dear, I mean she talks a blue streak, she's such a sweet little package, I just want to pick her up and run away with her. Oh, someday...</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Someday -what, darling?</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oh, nothing, nothing</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mandy...</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I'm so sorry, Charles, ever so sorry</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mandy, please...</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I've never regretted marrying you. Never thought twice. I meant it, you know in all those interviews when I said I was the luckiest woman in the world -especially for a Hollywood wife. I love you, Charles.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I know, Amanda. And I love you. Supposing there was a way for us to...</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">You mean like getting a dog ?</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">No. A way...</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A cat ?</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">No. Wait, listen...</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oh please, not Ham again. I know you worked together, but he's such a little monkey.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">No. Not a monkey. Wait. Listen. A way for <i>you...</i></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oh no. Charles. Oh no. Please don't say it</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wait, not just any child</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Peter Lawford's?</i></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">No. Not Peter Lawford. Wait, what?</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">What? You said not just any child.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">What? Yes. Not just any child. My child.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Your child.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yes.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">You.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yes.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Me.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yes.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Now?</i></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Well, whenever, really.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">How?</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Well. Supposing. Just for a minute that there was <b>more</b> of me.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Really? </span></span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Where</span></i></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">?</span></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oh not here. Suppose they saved more of me. </span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">You mean, your body!</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Not that much.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oh. So your...</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yes</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And your</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yes</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">They kept it?</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yes</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>They kept it?</i></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yes</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Why did they keep it?</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Science</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Does it still...</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Presumably. I mean it always worked before</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Of course. And how would I...</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">However you thought was... whatever you felt like...</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Would you want me to...</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">You could...</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And...</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">That would probably help</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And then I would</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yes, that would be next</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And it would</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">All things being equal</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And then</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Inevitably</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Really</i>?</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I'm sorry I mentioned it. Please forgive me. I just want you to be happy. </span> </div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oh, but I am happy, Charles</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I'll never mention it again, I'm so ashamed</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Please don't be, my love</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I just thought I'd tell you, so you would know -everything. I didn't tell you before because, I didn't think you'd be interested.</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oh Charles, my dear sweet Charles. I love you just the way you are. I didn't fall in love with you for any other reason or any other way.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Thank you.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Charles... since you brought it up... supposing I was interested...</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oh?</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Well, <i>curious</i>.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oh Amanda, you don't have to...</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Curious for myself, Charles. I mean, I am your wife. I've never even...</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">We'd have to find it.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oh. Well, how would we start looking?</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Well, we'd start with my address book</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Am I looking for a receipt, or a ticket or something?</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">No, no, we'd need to make some calls</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">What's the first number?</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dr. Cory -Patrick. Wait, Amanda, stop. I don't need you to do this for me.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Charles, not everything a wife does is just for her husband's benefit</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BRAIN</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I don't know what to say</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MANDY</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It's ringing. -Well, don't say anything, dear, I'm on the phone.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div align="LEFT" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.17in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Charles, I love you </i>-Hello, this is Amanda Foster -yes the lady married to the Singing Brain...</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533646053810954842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388041205970706236.post-13589728408815277282011-05-09T00:00:00.014+07:002011-06-09T20:26:45.827+07:00CITIZEN BRAIN: THE SINGING BRAIN STORYOPEN:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MELVIN</div>Wow. Sure is a lot of old junk in this garage. Old timey stuff. Lots of glamor photos, posters, costumes. Medals and awards. I wonder if they're worth anything?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">RICH, BUT WEARY, CRACKED ORSON WELLES SOUNDING VOICE</div>Who's there? I can't see you. I can't hear you. But I know you're there.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MELVIN</div>Hey mister, sorry. I thought all this stuff was abandoned. They're tearing this place down, you know? Hey, you live here mister? In this old garage?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">VOICE</div>Who says I'm alive?<br />
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I'm a ghost.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MELVIN</div>Ha ha. You're not really a ghost, are you mister?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">VOICE</div>Come closer. I'm right in front of you. Lift up the curtain you see draped in front of you.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MELVIN</div>What I don't see anything. Just a dirty old aquarium.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">VOICE</div>Come up to the glass<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MELVIN</div>Holy Jeezus! It's a disembodied brain in a tank!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">THE “SINGING” BRAIN (for it is he)</div>Nice to meet you, too.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MELVIN</div>Is this a trick?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>Yeah, it's a trick. The cruelest trick ever played. What's your name, son?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MELVIN</div>Melvin, sir.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>Melvin, you seem like a nice kid. How would you like to make a little money. A lot of money, actually.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MELVIN</div>Well that's kind of you to offer, sir. What sort of thing do I have to do?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>Well, son, it may not look it, but I'm actually rich -quite rich. I'm probably the richest brain you'll ever meet. I was famous, too -but that was a long time ago. <br />
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You've stumbled into a treasure cave, into my tomb.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MELVIN</div>I'm sorry about that, sir.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>Oh don't worry about it kid, it's not that kind of story. It's a good kind of story, a fairy tale. <br />
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I'm a genie in a bottle -and I'll grant you three wishes, if you let me out.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MELVIN</div>Uh, gee sir, I don't know.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>C'mon kid. I'm not the devil. The devil doesn't live in a dusty old goldfish bowl off the 101. How about money? How would you like more money than you could spend in a lifetime? Or do all the rich kids nowadays go crawling around old storage sheds for kicks?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MELVIN</div>Heh, well sure, I'd like to be rich<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>How about cars? You like cars? Check out that roadster under the tarp.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MELVIN</div>Whoah. I never seen a car like that. Even in space.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>They didn't make a lot of them. Just one for me and one for Batman. How about a penthouse? Houses, mansions, hotels –all over the world.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MELVIN</div>Ah, well, you gotta be pulling my leg...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div><div style="text-align: left;">Look at my face, Melvin. Does this face look like it makes a lot of jokes? I don't have any use for any of these things. They're all yours for the taking. I just need a little favor from you. One little favor.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MELVIN</div>Uh, yes, sir. What would that be now?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pgOvSxWzpuo/TZsK1MmXjfI/AAAAAAAAAaY/uhUzo_36mc4/s1600/CLC+Uncle+Irvin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div>Kill me. I want you to kill me.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">NARRATOR</div>Fame! Fortune! Science gone horribly wrong and love gone horribly right!<br />
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This is the true story that your parents never dared talk about! And now it can be told!<br />
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CITIZEN BRAIN: THE SINGING BRAIN STORY<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">NARRATOR</div>Hollywood, land of dreams with too much make up. The Singing Brain is hanging with the “Splat Pack” a group of Tinseltown's most unique and differently configured and instantiated stars: Candyman Homunculus, Dino the dipso dinosaur, Handsome Johnny the "One-Headed" Detective, Kuato, Joey Bishop and Robby the Robot.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BISHOP</div>What can we pour on you, Brain?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>Whatever Rocket Fuel Robby's pissing out -and keep 'em coming<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">CANDYMAN HOMONCULUS</div>Hey Roberto, how 'bout some cigs, too?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">HANDSOME JOHNNY THE "ONE HEADED" DETECTIVE</div>We outta nuts down here<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">DINO</div>I'm gonna need some skins for later<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">KUATO</div>...and two hardboiled eggs<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">DINO</div>Don't forget the skins, now. Milady be waiting.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">ROBBY</div>YOU GUYS: WHAT WOULD YOU EVER DO WITHOUT ME?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">DINO</div>Well, I'd just do what I usually do: tape two hotel garbage bags together and tie 'em on: BECAUSE I'M A FUCK-ING DI-NO-SAUR!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">NARRATOR</div>The story of a living, passionate brain that fights!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>I'm not afraid of you, Bowser. Go ahead. Punch a man with glasses.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BOWSER</div>Ow! I broke my hand!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>And there's plenty more where that came from, bub.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MANDY</div>I'm so sorry Mr. Foster! I just can't go on. When I think of the people listening, I just want to die. Oh, it's so silly! I must be crazy! <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>That doesn't sound silly to me, Mandy. I know how you feel. Even after all these shows, I feel the same way each time I go on. I guess you could say we're a couple of -<i>headcases</i>.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MANDY</div>Ha ha! -Is it okay to laugh?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>For you, Mandy? Yes, you can laugh at my jokes.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MANDY</div>Oh, Mr. Foster. If I didn't know better, I'd say<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>Say what, Mandy?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MANDY</div>That you were flirting with me.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>Oh come on, Mandy. You can see right through me. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MANDY</div>Ha ha! Oh, Mr. Foster!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>Charles, please. And if I were flirting with you?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MANDY</div>Well, -Charles. I should think I'd be blushing up to my ears.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>And are you, Mandy?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MANDY</div>Oh Charles...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>You know, Mandy, when it comes to head cases, I'm something of an expert. I'd like to help you with your feelings of anxiety. I'd like to help you relax.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MANDY</div>I'll do anything you say, Charles. I trust you.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>I want you to relax. Imagine you're in a peaceful place. Where are you?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MANDY</div>Um, in a peaceful place?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>Well, okay. Good.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">NARRATOR</div>A brain that loves!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>I love you, Amanda. Body and soul. The soul is a picture of the human body and this is all I am.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MANDY</div>I love you. I want you. I need you.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>There's just one thing, my love. Promise me, please promise me<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MANDY</div>What, my love?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>That when the time comes you'll let me go, really let me go. If you can't -well, it's better that we never met.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">NARRATOR</div>That fights for love!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>I'm more of a man than you'll ever be. A man's body is weak, it betrays him. His heart beats with fear, his guts desert him. His eyes stray and so does his affections. <br />
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I cannot see, hear, touch or feel. Amanda is my whole world. I love this woman with all that I am and I'll die to protect her.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">NARRATOR</div>For the first time in history a hero whose brawn is all brain!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>And so we can see, gentlemen, that zero is an even number. <br />
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Oh, and one more thing Professor?<br />
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Is <i>this</i> your card?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">NARRATOR</div>And whose brain is all brawn!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MANDY</div>Charles! We're going too fast!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>I like it fast, baby. Faster than I can think.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">NARRATOR</div>A tale of intrigue and espionage that is all true! Travel with the spy in the glass case as he jets from the Riviera to Siberia -and beyond!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">CAPTAIN RUPPELT</div>We need you back at the Cape, Major.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>If this is about the low Earth orbit zoo you guys are starting, count me out. My agent says no animal acts.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">CAPTAIN SNEIDER</div>We understand that, Major. We just need your insight on something. A situation.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">CAPTAIN RUPPELT</div>There's trouble on the high side, sir.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>What are you guys on about? Vanguard? So what if the Soviets are first again? I hear that space is a big place.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">CAPTAIN SNEIDER</div>There's something up there already, sir.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>Oh? Anyone I know?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">CAPTAIN RUPPELT</div>No, sir, not one of ours.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>What, another Russian dog?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">CAPTAIN RUPPELT</div>Not one of theirs either, sir.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">CAPTAIN SNEIDER</div>Something Dr. Von Braun said you and Dr. Fermi used to talk about together. After hours. You follow us, Major?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>You got a plane ready at the base? I'm taking my own car. You boys try and keep up, now.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">NARRATOR</div>This brain is far out! Way out in a cerebral high paced thriller whose thrills are all cerebrum!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MARCONI</div>You're smart, brain, I'll give you that. But did it ever cross that big brain of yours that someone might not like what you're doing and might do something about it?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>Not really. I thought about it, but I couldn't think of anyone that stupid. You know anybody, Marconi?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MARCONI</div>I'd like it if it crossed your mind, Brain. In one side and out the other!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BOWSER</div>Boss, the glass, the glass! The bullets bounced right off!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>Go ahead, Marconi. You're still loaded. Try again. This time try to put a bullet in my heart. You know where my heart is? It's that pump you see before you. You can hear it. It brings blood with oxygen to keep me alive. Shoot that pump. Watch me die through the glass. Go ahead. Even a screw-up like you can't miss at this range.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MARCONI</div>Die, you canned bastard.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>Argh! Finally, I die.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BOWSER</div>What do we do now, boss?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MARCONI</div>We throw the gun in the tank. Everybody knows the brain wanted to die. It'll look like suicide.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">INSPECTOR SLAINY</div>Hold it right there, boys. Hands up.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BOWSER</div>Cheese it! The cops! And police!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MARCONI</div>Well, at least we got the goldfish<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">BRAIN</div>You are one dumb meatball, Marconi<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">MARCONI</div>You're still alive? I shot you in the heart!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">NARRATOR</div><div style="text-align: left;">What the hell! If that doesn't creep you out a little, it probably should! How can Mandy be pregnant by the man in the tank? What about other details that seem unclear? Find out in SON OF THE SINGING BRAIN.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533646053810954842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388041205970706236.post-65955074377892809712011-04-23T21:52:00.000+07:002011-04-23T21:52:36.354+07:00My Life With the Easter Bunny<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Easter Bunny had two assistants, older girls, who were rather skankily clad from Hot Topic. Their ghoulish makeup could not quite conceal that they were in the seventh grade. The blonde one with stringy hair seemed to sense my apprehension and gave me a look of concern. She held me close as though to admit we were all a little scared of the Easter Bunny. She smelled of Parliaments, pot, febreeze and Mike's hard lemonade. The way she held my hand was kind and genuine. Her fatter friend just snorted and rubbed her press on tattoos. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Eventually the moment could be delayed no longer. The Easter Bunny gestured for me. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I don't know who or what was in the suit, but it stank. He pulled me on to his knee and handled me like I was a ham. His other hand grappled my friend immodestly. Later, in college, I came to know what that smell was well. It was Jim Beam, Old Gold and days old cum. His breath echoed inside the hollow bunny head. It was wheezy and phlegmy like a flooded chainsaw. He asked the usual questions. I gave guarded answers. At the end of our interview he told me he was coming to our house. And: <i>I'm going to put my eggs in you.</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The show, as I recall it, was old-fashioned and nostalgic -even for my parents. Its songs seem to originate in some infinite pastel colored past, some deep racial memory of superannuated sing-a-longs, past a screen of time made from the flux of popping champagne bubbles and soft music. Youthful faces of Mormon uniformity in matching outfits sang slowly in all-too perfect harmony at a pace that slipped behind dirges and foghorns, pleasant, beaming ditties that could be sung through a mouthful of teeth without ever missing a smile or taking a breath. The show itself was named after its gently accented and genteel host. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The mature series never started with the Singing Brain himself; he mainly introduced the acts. By then people had gotten comfortable with his appearance in his tank (as comfortable as they were going to be, anyway) and the careful orchestration and skillful direction of the show created the willful illusion that the brain could see and hear, engage in playful banter and tender duets.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">In reality, of course, the brain was wholly isolated, deprived of any sensory input, its seemingly flawless ability to integrate, interact and intermesh with the external world being explained wholly by the principle of epiphenomenalism.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The other challenge the show repeatedly faced, according to Wikipedia, was lighting the brain, as directors struggled with numerous unique problems involving the albedo of the tank, the need for a clear focus on the camera subject without making the dinner time audience nauseous and the ever-present potential risk of damaging the brain's tissues by overheating.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Nonetheless, every show ended as its premiere had, with the brain singing one its signature solos, a strange song, to be sure, plangent and affecting, a singularly original composition of a mind entirely freed and quarantined from all stimulus and feedback, entirely <i>a priori </i>and alienated -and yet human, all-too human.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Toward the end of his solo he would be joined by his old chorus, in the full dress uniforms of their departments and lab coats. I always wondered if the scientists and generals who has created the brain enjoyed their brief moment on the stage. They never appeared in any other segment. I like to think they kept on out of sense of obligation to their lonely creation. Though the stage was ringed by singing siblings in identical golden curls, it was Lockheed Martin and the technical staff at Groom Lake who were the brain's only true remaining family.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">It was always hard to predict when this final solo of the brain would end, because of its musically (and mathematically) unfathomable structure. Perhaps this regular uncertainty helped explain why the show seemed to go on forever -the producers had to accommodate the brain's indeterminate number and cut the show accordingly. Above all, they had to bracket the end of the show with a prerecorded farewell, rather than the violent pleas for death that the brain ended all his performances with.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Of course, everyone knew that the brain wanted to die and begged for the release of death almost constantly -especially people in the industry. It was an open secret among professionals on Ventura Boulevard. It even made the air on the show a few times:<i> oh, grandpa, </i><span style="font-style: normal;">the girls would laugh.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">People (real or not, soylent or not) began to wonder why the show was still on the air; my parents, anyway, stopped watching. The loyal viewers of the show, however, remained: cognitive and mathematical scientists, radical psychiatrists and, for reasons still unclear, members of the intelligence and diplomatic communities. </div><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">When a suddenly youthful and invigorated Singing Brain returned to the stage with catchy tunes and ribald banter, the brain's longterm fans sensed fraud. Indeed, Fake Brain had none of the genius or otherworldly charm and talent of the original, being hired largely for its looks.</div><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Yet for those who knew him, the Singing Brain had earned its rest and were glad for it when it moved out to New Mexico. The albums it eventually produced there are now widely hailed as prefiguring much of ambient and low liminal post-human post-music today and there is a great deal of interest in the scientific and military communities for these and other lost masterpieces. There is hope that a complete catalog might be reconstructed, but its surviving wife and son have been reticent about releasing any further “brain music.”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;">To his credit, Fake Brain continues to this day to perform a loyal, if derivative act at the Sahara. It is, however, an imitation done in the sincerest flattery and as a true art. As Fake Brain writes in his memoirs, </span><i>I Am Not The Singing Brain</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, there's something about the Singing Brain's music that “people with bodies will never fully understand.”</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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Unable and powerless to circumvent his miseries, daunted, discouraged and unable to face reality, in short, feeling depressed, he manually checked his medprinter for updates and patches. There was nothing, but he hacked out another dose of Mexipro. Dimly he wondered how many other people were downloading the same hacks. Considering that low responsiveness and drooling were common social mannerisms today, he supposed many, but stopped thinking about it because for the time being his hands had become useless again, which would have embarrassed him, because his pants were open and his penis out as he had been planning to masturbate, but fortunately the ameliorative effects of his anti anxiety meds saved him from undue distress and self-reproach about this. Instead he just sat there quietly, marveling at the feeling of the air conditioning on his balls at the public library and wondering at the number of gray pubic hairs he had, while thousands of tiny computers patrolled his bloodstream and brain, reporting that he was nominal, a-okay, all systems go. <br />
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A cloud of birds or drones fluxed overhead. He blew on his coffee and realized with alarm that it had frozen, as though with super breath. Then he recalled that he had ordered a frappuncino. He also seemed to holding a slice of pizza that was still warm. He wasn't hungry now, but he realized he would probably go along with it, this being a positive adaptation he had learned to make. Perhaps it had been a good idea at the time. Perhaps he was starving. He wondered if he had any money left. The cloud above his head coalesced into the image of a woman fellating a high speed train. So they must be drones, advertising. Though advertising what, he wondered?<br />
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Advertising today made his head hurt. It was best not to look at it. For instance, as he passed and alley, he saw it had been redecorated as the barracks to a concentration camp. Inside, imprisoned children were torturing each other, in some horrific parody of the order of the camp itself. What could that ad possibly be about, he protested inwardly (Gap Kids). Gone were the days when celebrities just became robots and kicked dogs and this made you buy panty hose. Now everything was infopresent, confusing and disturbing. Madison avenue, after much research and collaboration with b/RAND had found that ultra low liminal signals worked best and so now every commercial had a hypnogogic pitch and people went about trying to shake brand awareness like trying to forget a bad wet dream. <br />
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However, if AIs no longer feigned any pretense of mimicking or having any sympathy with or similarity to human intelligence, it somehow became the vogue among humans to adopt a lot of the mannerisms and patterns exhibited by their betters. Many human CEOs tried to emulate the catastrophically effective and ruthless decision-making patterns of the AIs, as popularized in AI authored titles such as <i>The Pink Stick,</i> inscrutable book of aphoristic numbered advice that read like the <i>Tractatus Logico Philosophicus</i> Markov chained to the <i>Tao Te Ching</i>.<br />
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The results, of course, were worst human decisions since the excesses of the Caesars or Peter III, without the excuse of the cruelty serving some purpose or at least reflecting organic damage and impaired decision-making ability. It did not really matter, of course, since trading programs had effectively established their dynasty for several decades now, though it would yet be hundreds of years before mankind realized what those programs were actually calculating and why. <br />
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It was about this time that McDonald's ceased to be a restaurant chain that made some pretense at serving some kind of comestible, and became a franchised setting for certain experiences, being in effect, a chain of miniature theme parks on every corner. This was an ideal arrangement as a heavily medicated populace found such an environment appealing and usually needed some sustenance and often shelter as much of the population no longer had homes or knew where they were. <br />
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As fully automated, environmentally controlled, self-sufficient retail food and healthcare vendors, McDonald's were all that many people needed. <br />
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Bad dreams were everywhere, like that giant bloody lawnmower he saw last week that ate up a whole street protest. It was, he thought, a particularly disturbing piece of public performance art. At least he hoped to god it was. Artists today wanted to wake people up and try and get people interested in reality again. But like everyone in his generation, he felt like reality was like a bad parent: it just nagged you and told you were wrong and no damn good and wanted you to do and be interested in countless things that weren't interesting. And what you wanted was inside, in the deep dark comfortable of your room. What you wanted was something familiar, like an episode of Death Camp Cuties, you watched over and over again, the one porn clip that always got you off like a favorite song. You wanted to go home. Like every astronaut, you just wanted to go home.<br />
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These were not hallucinations, he knew. He had plenty of experience with hallucinations. The post mission recovery doctors had put him on a steady diet of LSD, ketamine, PCP, neoyote and k generation hallucinogens to help him adapt to life on Earth. He had hallucinated vividly for what he was told were days. From his perspective, each moment was longer than a lifetime, or the lifetime of the universe, having always been and always will be. Conversely, it was just as short, having no duration at all. The effect, however, was therapeutic: time and space, cause and effect, self and other-of all these things he was temporarily relieved, almost approximating his (non) experiences on Mars. Sometimes he had imagined himself back on Mars. Sometimes he thought he saw the future. The future was boring, but he was too drugged to take his eyes off it.<br />
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The hardest part was language. Mars was an aphasic asemic environment. Or rather, language was a thing on Mars and things were language. Mars itself was a prayer wheel whose every rotation affirmed total cosmic indifference.<br />
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His interest in pornography was related. It had no real narrative; it was endlessly iterative. Contrary to any romantic illusions to the contrary, in sexuality and orgasm there was no principle of individuation. It was like the phenomenal world of Mars.<br />
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Thank god for frappuncinos and scrip kiddies and blacknet. Scoring wasn't harder today than getting spam or viruses or pron. The main dining room was a kind of dormitory for cocooned homeless people. All was quiet: they were well medicated and neatly tucked away like a landing team in the hyb hub aboard MCS R-1. He walked through briskly, but quietly, through the airlock to the playplace and exercise deck.<br />
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He felt relatively safe in the fortification of the playplace jungle gym above the soft sea of mulch of recycled condoms, sex toys and military vehicle tires. There was only one approach up the ladder and an easy escape out the slide. He had stayed here before.<br />
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He reached inside his bag for the bottle of DISK ERASER Schnapps, but found it has been replaced by the pizza again. He lifted the pizza to his mouth. Alarmingly, someone had already taken a bite out of it. He looked at it, puzzled at who would do such a thing. He was struggling to compose the appropriate arguments for a refund, when the same faculty of reasoning informed him that it was a reasonable supposition that the teeth marks were his. It would be reasonable to bite the pizza again and see. <br />
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His forensic bite, however, overtook the original. Looking at the new impression he had no idea how the former impression looked. He supposed they were similar. It occurred to him to spit out the new mouthful, but he noted that he had already begun chewing it. Information had been destroyed.<br />
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Or had it? Each chew added new information, shifted the orientation of the original pattern. But the teeth that made all the patterns were the same. The photons that struck him from the sun came to him like angels to report that the sun was still there eight minutes ago. The universe was drowning, seething with information, all the way down to the quantum foam that was not sure what to say. God spoke. God spoke continually. There was simply no instant in which all of his remarks had bearing. The reality was just this speech, endless speech.<br />
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This inner sermon was interrupted by his gag reflex. He suddenly felt something hard scraping the inside of his mouth. At first he thought it was perhaps crisped cheese or crust, but it had too many sharp sticklike extensions. He could almost feel the jointed legs and the hair on the legs. The chitinous crunch of the shell filled him with instinctual horror. He spat it out.<br />
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At first he thought some insect had accidentally landed on his pizza. Then a flash fire of anger: someone had put it deliberately on his pizza. He could see them reaching in the flaming oven and putting it on, grinning, thinking of him. He is looking at the chef’s face gloating at his malicious prank, in a reverse shot, as though from inside the oven, as though he were inside the oven somehow, the imagined chef looking down at him, mocking him, just as the launch crew gave him the thumbs up as he lay buttoned down on the couch during pre-launch.<br />
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To his horror, however, the masticated shape he had spat out moved. It curled and uncurled, wrapped in spit, marinara and saliva softened flecks of crust. It clasped and unclasped like the fist of a newborn, as though adapting to the atmosphere outside his mouth. As he watched, it seemed to flex and change shape in its shell. It seemed to be evolving from unpleasant to scary. <br />
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As the colorful feathered hairs shot out of its body, like a barnacle feeding, he recognized it. It was a Martian grape. <br />
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But Martian Grapes were an exclusive topping, very expensive. And how had the pizza guy known of his mission to Mars?<br />
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Aresologists, exobiologists, and sidereal psycholinguists are quite of different minds as to the unusual qualities of the Martian "grape" and what makes it so compelling and incomprehensible.<br />
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Some neurological research suggests that the Martian Grape causes mild aphasic damage to the language centers of the brain on contact. This is offered as an explanation of why human subjects find describing the taste of the Martian grape so difficult and, further, why human subjects repeatedly fail to state correctly whether or not they have ever tried it before. This latter explanandum draws considerable criticism from Aresologists and philosophers of language, who maintain that the memory and speech problems presented by the Martian grape are a product of its asemic qualities.<br />
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The debate between asemanologists and asemioticians continues to this day. It is certainly worth noting that from an exobiological standpoint, the Martian "grape" is actually a para-psuedo-animal with crustacean, vermoid and pseudo fungoid characteristics. The creature is notable in that it seems to pass through several radically different forms during its life cycle and seemingly in no particular order.<br />
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This has led to some radical Aresologists to maintain that the Martian grape is not one, but several different species that are either mistakenly conflated into one creature, or actually "inhabit" the same body at the same time, Aresbiology being based on the hypotheses that this and spontaneous generation are possible and the proposition that metempsychosis is a well-formed and valid concept.<br />
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More conspiracy-minded authors even maintain that Mars biology is entirely the product or by product of human engineering from a secret NEU/NUN prohibited facility allegedly in the dew farms of the Labyrinthus Minotaurus, sponsored by YUMCORP, owners of Pizza Hut Plus.<br />
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From his command module aboard the Mc Donaldland playplace. He made his way across the gantry of the bouncy suspended bridge to the module with the slidy pole and turny wheels. In its modular construction, it reminded him very much of MCS-Recovery One: Great Savings America. <br />
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This platform was the Mars Lander/MSAM-MAV. It pitched over the red sea of the recycled foam below. Now he was EVA on the ladder about to have his Neil Armstrong moment. Mars, dammit.<br />
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He walked down the street with his arm up, pinching his elbow. Without a screen he only had the SUI, the somatic bodyware to interface with his instream printers: press and hold, press and hold. With his arm in this position he supposed he must look like an unmedicated schizophrenic, just another homeless person with his private rituals and meanings, as opposed to a trained veteran astronaut whose body was equipped with n-generation nano-pharmacies to keep him healthy and optimal at all times. There must be something wrong, however, because of all the blackouts and headaches. <br />
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He supposed that some blackouts were normal when the frontal lobe apps needed rebooting after upgrades. They usually scheduled these for deep sleep. Now that he could not connect to the med server, he supposed that some blackouts were inevitable. <br />
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He shuddered, even though he stood in direct sunlight and sweated in his coat. The wool wicked the sweat away. The multiple layers were like his Mars surface suit, but bulkier in Earth’s gravity. He wore them here for much the same reason: a hostile environment that could be scorching at day and freezing at night. <br />
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As on Mars, he could survive indefinitely with only his suit as shelter, provided he could locate resources. That is how he had survived on Mars, outlasted the others. But who had put the printers in the chapel? The Martians?<br />
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Then as now, he needed patches and upgrades to keep his suit working. <br />
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The narrow alley reminded him of the crevasse in the labyrinth where the Martians had their chapel. It was dark, wet and narrow. The graffiti on the walls was just as colorful and illegible, but it carried the same meaning as all Martian language: I am here. The world is all that is the case. But another world is possible.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533646053810954842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388041205970706236.post-27450063832676968032011-03-07T00:00:00.000+07:002011-03-07T00:00:08.439+07:00The Ambassadors of Extinction<div><div style="margin: 0px;">They came as royalty, in the form of the great saurons that were their heraldric metonyms; they came as we had found them, titanic fossils of bone that staggered over our explanations, teeth so great and deep, they made creation a million years older with their grinning their last supper, which said to us:<i> eat up, eat up, nothing lasts forever.</i></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px;">In this form they came and howled and screamed, which was their only benediction and message: <i>nevermore</i>. And behind that roar, more void than a night after the last stars, came a pattering of echoes like rain, now faster, now slower, but never stopping, the screams of everything that was that now wasn't, extinctions that were our own and those we had never even imagined, rising, rising, until now ever present like a cascade of static, like the roaring a vast infinite cataract, until the sound of extinction was everything, the material of the universe.</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px;">At this our best representatives, though prepared for this, though steeled, blanched. They fell away, pecked to death by dodoes or trampled by trilobites. I alone remained. To this chaos, I pronounced: <i>this is a bad dream</i>.</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px;">To which the answer came in my own swift voice: <i>yes it is a bad dream, a very bad dream. And it never ends. It has already forgotten you as it drops you back into your bed, to awaken in your smallest of small lives, with your tiny unmemorable death.</i></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533646053810954842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388041205970706236.post-61199577645540618082011-02-21T00:00:00.003+07:002011-02-21T00:00:03.821+07:00To Serve All Mankind<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Introduction</i></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
Perhaps the most intriguing questions we face as an entire species is the question of extraterrestrial life. Given everything we know about the universe, its size, relative occurrence of elements, planets and types of stars,<a href="http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/SETI/drake_equation.html"> life should be a common enough phenomenon</a>. Yet, throughout the entirety of our history, alien intelligence continues to shun and avoid us.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
The answer as to why is beyond the scope of this simple essay. Perhaps it is for reasons wholly alien and beyond us we shall never fully comprehend. Instead, this brief guide intends simply and more humbly to summarize what little we do know about alien intelligences, their characteristics and what they taste like.<br />
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People today are most familiar with "Grey sashimi"(technically Ikizukuri) a cuisine discovered quite by accident during an early technical interview. The skin of the Greys varies enormously in flavor, from the calamari like tastes of the thorasic region, to the robust mackerel like taste of the upper arms and legs, to the sweet eggy taste of the anal and cloacal regions and the mild musky custardly tastes of the face, which are exceeded in deliciousness only by the "Cadbury egg" like delights of the pupil-less staring eyes, with which they are usually served.</span><br />
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Humanity remains firmly divided, however, on the best way to prepare Reptillians, whether deep fried, as in American South and China (where they are typically eaten whole), chopped into a hearty stew or chowder as in Russian and English preparations, or fermented with milk as in Mongolia. One thing is for sure, with burrito al draco, guacomole and hot sauce is a must. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
Whether they have crossed the enormous sleeping distances of the stars to <a href="http://www.thewatcherfiles.com/exposing_reptilians.htm">rule</a> or exterminate us, the shape shifting flesh of the Reptilians is lean and high in "good fat" (though also containing some "bad" gamma particles). <br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Light and peppery, Mothmen aren't for everyone, described even by aficionados as somewhat like spicy Doritos covered with snuff, spices and rubber eraser shavings.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">However the odd taste and difficulty of preparing Mothmen hasn't kept them off the menu, but rather has led to some the more complex and delicate recipes on post contact menus, particularly for sublimate soups.<br />
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Once a year they disappear. Their oasis is heaven, where they drink the blue waters, where there is food in abundance, where a kind wind blows and nothing contests their presence, for heaven is empty, entirely empty.<br />
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The wild asses are allowed this privilege, alone. For they are the only creatures, that, given the privilege, invariably return, stubborn, unpersuaded.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533646053810954842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388041205970706236.post-59462771960496142032011-01-24T00:00:00.044+07:002011-04-28T12:47:25.305+07:00My Favorite Pixar Movies<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It’s time for me to admit an innocent pleasure: I’ve loved just about every film made by the experimental film company, Pixar. Many of my readers could have probably guessed that I have a soft spot for Pixar films and have no doubt throughly enjoyed many of the same films themselves with their friends and family. However, so throughly enjoyable are these films that I want to take this space and acknowledge some of my favorites, in case you missed them the first time around or at least so we can have the pleasure of considering them yet again, together.</span><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533646053810954842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388041205970706236.post-77817570360525712762011-01-10T00:00:00.008+07:002011-04-08T16:20:05.517+07:00Inspiring Canine Tales Reconsidered<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Undaunted by his repeated failure to appear, Hachiko continued to visit the station and await his master -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia;">for the next decade,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia;"> with a promptness and unfailing faith in his return that has filled out many a sermon or heart-cockle warming.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">However, this moving and sentimental tale takes on a new light when it is revealed that Hidesamuro Ueno actually suffered no such sudden and inexplicable illness at all. Rather, Professor Hidesamuro Ueno had, in fact, cruelly faked is own death for the express purpose of escaping the dog's company, which he felt had grown onerous. Unable to face his dog directly, the perfidious teacher had elected simply to never travel by the same station.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The reality of the narrative becomes still more disheartening when we realize that the dog undoubtedly knew this and consciously used the sentimentality of his vigil to deprive his former master the possibility of ever returning someday to his house as he had originally planned. The professor was forced to take an apartment farther from the University of Tokyo. Eventually the Professor’s absence from home and dog’s persistent vigil caused an enormous loss of face for the Professor, who resigned in disgrace and never returned to Tokyo, ending a promising academic career.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Immediately previous to this, the dog had in fact, successfully purchased some curious supplies that significantly qualify his ostensible rescue efforts, including beer, pornography, condoms and dog food.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Things grow darker still when we examine the further contents of the sack the dog had assembled from the boy's home to bring to the scene of the cave. Whereas it did contain some salves and medicine, its manifest seems to suggest, on one interpretation, that this is only because it was included to facilitate some wholly diabolical, prolonged, highly unnatural and sadistic ordeal in the unknown seclusion of the caves and their unknown network, consisting, as it does, of wire, wire cutters, pliers, shears, various knives, knitting needles, masking tape and lipstick and other feminine cosmetic articles taken from the toilet of the boy's mother.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Though these disturbing details were overshadowed by the relief at the boy's rescue, they became the object of perplexity and suspicion in due course. The dog precipitously vanished one night, though whether he took flight or fell to some rash sanction remains unknown.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Indeed, if we follow the story past its usual popular terminus, the incident really has an air of tragedy or disquieting mystery, as the dog's disappearance did not end the intrigue. Rather, the sinister import of these usually omitted details eventually came to cast their penumbra of uncertainty and suspicion on even the boy himself, who now sometimes received mysterious packages, whose contents remain unknown, save that they were often wrapped in foreign and Asiatic newspapers with a spoor of spice and feculence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Some in the village were not above the libelous speculation that the event had more deliberate contrivance, either before or after the incident, than generally attributed. There was speculation to the effect that the accident concealed or was the unplanned sequela to some planned clandestine rendezvous with the dog, the deliberate and unclean purpose of which was a subject alluded to only in the briefest, most blasphemous, most drunken oaths in the local pubs. During the war, the town had been spared little and lost much. Recriminations and accusations as to who colluded with the Germans and the Vichy government were kept in check only by fear of counter accusations. Were the contents of the sack intended not for the boy, but for collaborators hidden in the caves? Germans, even? Why was the boy allowed to roam on his own in an area where the Germans were known to store arms and supplies? Or as tipsier tongues had it, had the dog and the boy stumbled upon a network of caves decorated with unknown prehistoric drawings depicting the unthinkable, as at Lascaux? Did <i>others</i>, as folktales said, await their rendezvous?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The boy's eventual choice of career did nothing to dispel these rumors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Fala truly could not accept FDR’s passing, a death that cruelly bereft him of seeing the war he had so foreseen and fought so bravely come to an end. Unlike the cunning Japanese Akita previously discussed, Fala genuinely expected and wished his master’s return.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">For all his loyalty and canine instincts, Fala did not truly understand the democratic process. When Harry S. Truman came into office, Fala could only see the former vice-president as a usurper and murderer. Even living at Val-Kill, Eleanor herself was to report the little dog sulking about, Hamlet-like, brooding on a perceived un-righted wrong. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">This much, at least, is undisputed and documented historical fact. As for Fala’s tragic downfall, many observers would agree that Fala continued to make trouble for the Truman administration. From McCarthyism to general strikes, there seemed to be no side that could not find a fierce, scrappy ally in Fala, as long as they challenged Truman. Yet, in as much as some conspiracy theorists would associate him with Torresola and Collazo, firm evidence is lacking. The former First Dog spent his remaining days at some distance from Washington, or anywhere Truman went. He died only three years later.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br />
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