“Up Late, Late at Night: Episode Two, Act One” by Thomas Typewriter and Ophidia Typewriter-Operahouse – a new script

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Up Late, Late At Night

an abstract on treasure versus trash in modern film

Episode 002

Act I

By Thomas Typewriter & Ophidia Typewriter-Operahouse

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FADE IN TO BLACK

FADE IN

EXT. THE TRASHIPELIGO ISLANDS, EVENING

LS OF A MODEL OF THE ISLAND.

Looking upon the garbage covered isles we hear the sounds of slumber and someone murmuring in his sleep.

CUT TO…

INT. THE TRASH HOLE. NIGHT
A large cavern in the base of the Trashipeligo Island’s dormant volcano, Mount Trashuvius finds T-RASH THE TRASH GOD sleeping. His large abstract mask-like face floats over a smoking pool of sludge and magma. Surrounding him are piles of trash. T-RASH’S eyes are dimmed as he sleeps trapped in a nightmare.

T-RASH THE TRASH GOD
(murmuring to self) “No, no, no, what do you mean there is no more oil? What are we going to make plastic out of? What about the plastic? What about the plastic!”

T-Rash shakes awake.

T-RASH THE TRASH GOD
“Oh, man what a nightmare. A world without plastic, what a horror show. Thankfully that will never happen.

T-Rash looks around the room.

T-RASH THE TRASH GOD
“Well, since I am up, I might as well have a late night snack. A nice tall glass of trash juice should put me right back asleep. (Shouting out) B-MAX! D-VID! Get me a glass of trash juice!”

T-Rash waits and waits.

T-RASH THE TRASH GOD
“B-MAX! D-VID! Get in here! You’re god grows impatient!”

From the bottom of one of the trashpiles crawls out THE SORE MOUSE. An anthropomorphic computer mouse slicked with various oils, greases, and mystery juices, it looks over at T’rash.

THE SORE MOUSE
“Hey, keep it down. Some of us are trying to have a tea party.”

T-RASH THE TRASH GOD
“Sorry. Hey, have you seen my two assistants?”

THE SORE MOUSE
“No. Hold on. (Shouts back into the trash pile he crawled out of) Hey, Parched Hare! Muddy Hatter! You guys seen those two helpers to T-Rash.”

THE PARCHED HARE
(off-camera) “The interns?”

THE MUDDY HATTER
(off-camera) “Didn’t they get electrocuted? Hey, see if he has any wine.”

THE SORE MOUSE
(to T-Rash) “No. They got electrocuted. Do you have any wine?”

T-RASH THE TRASH GOD
“There is some toilet wine two mounds of trash over.”

The Sore mouse waves goodbye and wiggles back into the trash pile.

T-RASH THE TRASH GOD
“Electrocuted? I don’t recall them getting…”

INSERT MS OF THE TELEVISION

CUT BACK

T-RASH THE TRASH GOD
“Oh, yeah, they did didn’t they. Just like in that one John Ritter movie or that one Lou Jacobi movie or that one episode of Amazing Stories, or that other episode of Amazing Stories. (to self) What was going on in the Eighties. (out-loud) Oh, well. I wonder what they are up to right now.”

T-Rash picks up the remote for his TV and presses on.

CUT TO THE TELEVISION

MS OF THE TELEVISION

A large cathode ray television sits in the midst of piles of trashbags and clutter. An extra antenna has been ad-hoc added onto the back of the television. The Television flicks on with an audible POP and HUM. A bright dot appears in the center of the television’s screen.

PAN IN ON THE TELEVISION SCREEN

The dot grows to fill the whole screen. A faint image of a highway with an on and off ramp flickers across the screen.

new poem: “Trash Can” by Thomas Typewriter

poetry

Trash can, Trash can

Too full

Too ripe

Too much

I’ll see myself out

Up Late, Late at Night: Season One, Episode One, Act VI script

Puppet play, scripts, Up Late, Late at Night

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UP LATE, LATE AT NIGHT!

Season 01, Episode 01

Act VI

By Thomas Typewriter & Ophidia Operahouse-Typewriter

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FADE IN

EXT. VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE GLOBE, DAYTIME

LS OF THE CHASE

D-COP, B-COP, JEWELCASE, CASS-E, HANSEL, GRETEL, and V-HESS are running from the angry mob of LASER JUDGE, PADDLES, CLAMSHELL and the PARTY GUESTS. D-Cop’s group are stage-right in the frame while Laser Judge’s group are stage-left.

Have each group running in place as the background cycles through photos of famous landmarks across the world. A simple chase montage to give an impression that they are being chased very far.

CUT TO

EXT. COMMUNITY COLLEGE UNIVERSITY, DAYTIME

The background is a photo of the front of the COMMUNITY COLLEGE UNIVERSITY. This should be a generic university that we could use over and over. If need be, a model can be built and a photo taken of the model.

D-COP’S group (D-COP, B-COP, JEWELCASE, CASS-E, HANSEL, GRETEL, and V-HESS) enter stage-left and run across the screen exiting stage-right. LASER JUDGE’S group (LASER JUDGE, PADDLES, CLAMSHELL, and the PARTY GUESTS) soon follow. They enter stage-left, run across the screen and then exit stage-right.

ZOOM IN ON ONE OF THE BUILDINGS IN BACKGROUND OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE UNIVERSITY

FADE TO

INT. COMMUNITY COLLEGE UNIVERSITY CLASSROOM MPG-27.5

LS OF THE BACK HALF OF CLASSROOM

The back half of the classroom is divided into two rows, with the front row being lower than the back row. Each row is a series of desks arranged in one long line facing the front. In the center desk of the front row sits GIBLETS. He is unconscious.

PAN IN ON GIBLETS. GO FROM LS TO MS.

Giblets wakes with a start. He sits up and looks around.

GIBLETS
“Is class over? (looks around)Guess so.”

Giblets stands up. He reaches over and picks up his guitar and slings it over his back. He exits stage-right.

CUT TO

EXT. COMMUNITY COLLEGE UNIVERSITY, DAYTIME

LS OF COLLEGE FRONT

Giblets walks across the screen, stage-left to stage-right then exits.

CUT TO

EXT. COUNTRY ROAD, AFTERNOON

LS OF COUNTRY ROAD LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD AT A SLIGHT ANGLE AND ELEVATED. LOOKING DOWN.

The country road is two-lane, with a gravel edge and drainage ditch on either side. Telephone poles line one side of the road while trees or fencing line the other side.
GIBLETS enters the frame, back to camera, and walks away from the camera, into the distance. He walks slowly along the side of the road as SLOW MELANCHOLIC PIANO MUSIC plays

FADE TO BLACK

TRANSITION FROM TV SHOW TO THE TRASH HOLE

PAN OUT CAMERA SLIGHTLY TO SHOW THE BLACK SCREEN IS THE BLACK SCREEN ON A TV SET.

INT. THE TRASH HOLE. NIGHT

LS OF THE TV AREA

The broken TV which D-Vid and B-Max were working on, and ultimately zapped into, shows a screen of black. Soon end credits scroll across the screen. If needed, the name of the show that played is “U-turns Me” directed by “Alan Smitheelufagus”

CUT TO MS OF T-RASH THE TRASH GOD

T-RASH watches the end credits roll.

T-RASH THE TRASH GOD
“I liked that. Wonder what is on next.”

FADE OUT

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