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Water

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

This skit was was well received at one of our shows, but unfortunately the video quality isn’t even up to our low standards. So here’s the script. Enjoy!

Water
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INFOMERCIAL: ACTORS (2): Spokesperson in lab coat (F or M), and factory work (M)

[SPOKESPERSON IN LAB COAT ENTERS STAGE, BOTTLE OF WATER IN HAND..]

Spokesperson

Water. What our bodies need most. Our bodies are 65% water, so shouldn’t you drink the best water for your body?

I want to tell you about a revolutionary new bottled water, made for active people like you: GO. The freshest, cleanest, most natural water you can buy. You won’t find it at your grocer, but now it’s available for delivery to your home.

What makes GO the best? Other brands purify their water with ultraviolet light, heat, carbon filtration, and other filtration methods that put water in contact with unnatural substances, leaving it less pure than you think.

GO’s revolutionary filtration process avoids contact with all metals, plastics, minerals, and chemicals, leaving only the cleanest, freshest water you can drink.

GO is 100% purified by the most natural filter on earth: the human kidney.

Hundreds of fasting employees at our plant overseas, on a diet of only tap water while on shift, stand to bring you most natural filtered water on the market.

[MALE FACTORY WORKER ENTER STAGE, TAKES A BOTTLE, TURNS HIS BACK TO THE AUDIENCE AND MOTIONS TO URINATE INTO IT.]

Spokesperson

No one can make a filter better than nature. The result is the cleanest, freshest water you’ll ever put to your lips, making GO number one.

[FACTORY WORKER HANDS BOTTLE TO SPOKESPERSON. SPOKESPERSON DRINKS.]

Spokesperson

Call the number on your screen right now to start your home delivery.

[SCENE ENDS.]

Going for coffee

Monday, January 10th, 2005

Here’s a teaser from our next show (TBD).

Going for Coffee
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ACTORS: 2 guys - Steve and Brian

SCENE: Street (bus stop)

[BRIAN IS ON STAGE, WATING FOR A BUS. STEVE ENTERS STAGE, NOTICES BRIAN AND WANTS TO AVOID HIM. BUT BRIAN SEES HIM.]

Brian
Steve! Hey, long time no see.

Steve
Brian! How’ve you been?

Brian
Doctor found a lump on one of my testicles.

Steve
Oh, I’m sorry. Have you started treatmen….

Brian
Wanna feel it?

Steve
No.

Brian
We should get together for coffee some time.

Steve
Yeah, for sure.

Brian
When’s good for you? How about this week?

Steve
Ah, no, this week’s not good.

Brian
Next week?

Steve
No, next week’s not good either.

Brian
How about in a couple of weeks then?

Steve
Wrapping up a big project at work around that time. Can’t.

Brian
I had a weird dream last night.

Steve
Really.

Brian
I dreamt that I was asleep.

Steve
And…?

Brian
Nothing. I just selpt.

Steve
Ok: did you dream, in your dream?

Brian
No.

Steve
Look, I gotta head…

Brian
Maybe we could meet for coffee over the summer?

Steve
We’re out of town all summer on the coast.

Brian
September….

Steve
I’ll be in school. I got accepted at Med school.

Brian
I got a new laugh.

Steve
Huh?

Brian
I wanted a more distinctive laugh. So I got a coach. Tell me a joke.

Steve
I don’t know any.

Brian
Come on. Anything.

Steve
Ok… What’s telepathy between blondes?

Brian
Dunno.

Steve
Air mail.

BRIAN DOESN’T LAUGH.

Steve
It was the only one I could think….

BRIAN LAUGHS A LUDICROUS LAUGH.

Brian
You like it?

Steve
It’s awesome…

Brian
You like the pause at the start and at the end?

Steve
Keep that. I gotta run…

Brian
What are you planning to do after Med school?

Steve
Open a family practice. Takes about 8 years of long hours to become established. After that it’s smooth sailing.

Brian
2020. Sounds good.

Steve
What sounds good?

Brian
We could meet for coffee after you’ve got your medical practice established.

Steve
[INCREDULOUS] You want to meet for coffee in 2020?

Brian
Ok. What day’s good for you?

Steve
You pick.

Brian
Wednesday October 23rd.

Steve
You got it. October 23rd, 2020.

Brian
What time?

Steve
10.

Brian
10’s booked. How about 11?

Steve
Done.

Brian
How will I recognize you, in case you’ve aged phenomenally?

Steve
Um, you can do your laugh, and I’ll recognize you.

Brian
What if it becomes popular and everyone’s doing it?

Steve
Let’s gamble on that not happening.

Brian
Cool. See you then.

Steve
Yeah. Bye.

STEVE EXITS STAGE.

Brian
[TO AUDIENCE, IN A MORE NORMAL SOUNDING DELIVERY] Man, what I have to do to
dodge people….

[SCENE ENDS]