really saving me here.
Youre welcome. I love this whole Choose Happiness thing.
Yeah. Its based on the classic philosophical concept...
that happiness is a choice, not a condition.
Maybe theyre getting it on a subliminal level.
Its Joe, isnt it? Joe... Scheffer.
- Yeah. - Meg Harper.
You did that great video for my department last summer.
I know--
[ Laughs ] It actually, um-- It made me cry.
Why?
ACTION?
.
NOT LIKELY
WHERES THAT JOGGER?
IS HE THE GUY
I WANT TO TALK TO?
OVER THERE.
HI. MALCOLM ANDERSON,
JOURNAL.
HOW ARE YOU?
YOU RUN BY HERE
EVERY DAY?
COUPLE TIMES A WEEK.
UH-HUH.
YOU MUST,
MUST REALLY HAVE
SHARP EYES, CAUSE--
NO, NO. I WAS RUNNING
ALONG THE BEACH,
AND I JUST WALKED UP
THROUGH HERE,
.
AND I ALMOST
STEPPED ON HER
IF SOME KID FOUND THIS,
IT REALLY COULD HAVE MESSED
HIM UP FOR
real, a living being, although filled with glowing light, as
if it had an inner core of electricity.
The following is a SERIES OF QUICK CUTS in MONTAGE STYLE as the
OPENING TITLES ROLL. The montage takes place in two worlds, the
ELECTRONIC WORLD and the REAL WORLD.
??
The Electronic World is a mirror of our own, consisting of the
electronic information in our computers, television sets and
teleco
real big mouth, convict.
BRADY
Its okay, chief. Hes just
joking...
BILLY
How about the water...
GANZ
Firewater, Tonto? Is that what
you...
Billy whirls, swings at Ganz. Both men roll to the ground.
BRADY
Hey! Jesus Christ!
THE OTHER GUARDS
Seeing the commotion, they run toward it.
GANZ AND BILLY
As they struggle, Billy slips a pistol into Ganz hand.
BRADY
Thats a state prisoner,
asshole...! Back
real
close to the board, you can see all the way down to her flowers.
JOSH
Woah!
BILLY
Yeah. Give me your gum.
JOSH
Need it. Got it. Got it. Need it...
BILLY
Hey. Hey. Hey! Oh my God, its Cynthia! How did a geek like Freddy
Benson get a sister like that?
JOSH
Beats me.
CYNTHIA
Hi Josh.
BILLY
Hi!...He says hi!...Unbelievable! God! She likes you! I know she
likes you! Ill find out, okay!
SCENE 4
action stops abruptly, but the goofy CARTOON
MUSIC PLAYS ON. We begin a slow PULL BACK TO REVEAL that
this cartoon is being filmed LIVE ON A SOUND STAGE. The
title card sits on an easle. The female legs are paper
mache props manipulated by two HUMAN CREW MEMBERS. Wearily,
they lean the legs up against the stage wall. A human
DIRECTOR, wearing a tweed jacket and baggy pleated pants,
steps onto the
real nice, healthy place
where theyre living.
It snows in winter there.
Danny...
where are they?
At the school
where I saw them...
Astoria Elementary School.
Thats...
Its in Astoria, Oregon.
All right.
Did you tell
anyone else this?
No.
No way.
Hey, Im not stupid,
Mr. Crisp.
Youre not?
Danny.
Danny! No!
Danny!
Danny!
Get up!
Dont you die on me!
I didnt kill him.
I didnt kill him.
Was it Crisp?
I
actions,
and Meinheimer is the recognised
expert in this field.
Mr President...
If I may say so,
I do hope that Dr Meinheimer
wont be influen...influenced
by the so-called environmentalists.
Were well aware of his reputation.
I think HE should
explain his research.
Doctor?
This happens every fucking time
I go shopping!
- Jane?
- Oh, Dr Meinheimer!
- Youre back early.
- And youre here late.
Surely
action heroes are from last year, dummy!
So I hear Dads dead. Is that eggnog?
Yeah. Have yourself a glass. I gotta check on the bird.
I thought wed have yams this year.
I got a Butterball. Last years was so dry.
Theyre the best--
Gotta go. Come on, kids, in the car.
Sorry, Mom, we gotta go. Hey, you got that gift for my mom?
Oh, yeah. Merry Christmas, Mother Hurdicure.
- Thanks. I wonder what tha
real goblins
hanging around.
Like dirty old men who try to give
pretty little girls some candy.
Tell your father youe got company.
You better shut the door.
Youll let all the heat out of the house.
Ive seen you around,
but wee never met, have we?
- You came over from England, right?
- Right.
And they don celebrate
Halloween in England?
No.
It a big day here...
...when all the kids get dressed up