Sit-Coms and their Non-Fiction CounterpartsHere's one I wrote just recently. I may add a few more, but I particularly enjoy the last one.(We are in a board room setting, there are architectural plans strewn about) Mike: Well, ladies and gentlemen, I thank you for allowing me to showcase my work for all of you today. (Mike pulls out a poster tube and removes the poster. It is a picture of Huckleberry Hound.) Mike: Oh. Well, it would seem my daughter and I switched posters... You see, we were at the state fair with Cousin Oliver, and it would seem... Owner: Mr. Brady. You know I will not tolerate attempts at humor in my company! We are a serious organization! Clean out your desk. You're fired. (We see a "For Sale" sign outside the Brady house.) (the living room) Lucy: Ricky, can I please sing at the club tonight? Ricky: No. Lucy: Please? Ricky: No, Lucy Now be quiet. I'm reading the paper. (There is an awkward silence) Lucy: I want a divorce. Alice: Ralph, you can't go to the bowling tournament! My mother is staying over next week. Ralph: No way! NO way! That old bat hates me! She'll tear me limb from limb if I don't get her first! Alice: Ralph, please don't speak about my mother that way. Ralph: Alice, I have spoken. Your mother is not coming over! My foot is down! (We see an old woman on the phone, sitting in a poorly lit apartment.) Alice: (From the phone) I'm sorry. We have to go to Seattle for Ralph's cousin's wedding.
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