THE LIAM SMITH SHOW
Episode 1.14: "Capeman and Decoy"
Written by Jason Donner

For my friend, Charlie Webb.

EXT: LAS VEGAS NATIONAL BANK - DAY
The bank is surrounded by police cars and helicopters.

INT. LAS VEGAS NATIONAL BANK
The bank patrons and staff are sitting up against the wall as a supervillian
in a black and white striped skunk costume paces back and forth.  He is
SKUNKMAN.  As he walks by, we see LIAM SMITH and MISTER HILTER seated on the
floor.

		HILTER
	Great idea, Liam.  "Let's go to the bank, Mister Hitler.  
	I'm SURE that we'll have NO PROBLEM getting you a loan 
	to fix up the apartments!"  You call THIS no problem!?

		LIAM
	Hey, how is this my fault?

		HILTER
	I have no idea, but I'm sure it is... somehow.

Skunkman storms over to them.

		SKUNKMAN
	Quiet, you, or you shall face the wrath of SKUNKMAN!

		LIAM
	Believe me, Mister Skunkman sir, I don't want to face 
	that!

		SKUNKMAN
	Be quiet or I'll take that smugness and shove it 
	RIGHT UP YOUR...

The phone rings.  

		SKUNKMAN
	'Cuse me for a second.

		LIAM
	Darn it, he's going to keep me in suspense!  Where was 
	he going to shove it!?

Skunkman answers the phone.

		SKUNKMAN
	Hello?

		PIGGY
		(on phone)
	This is Police Chief Piggy.

		SKUNKMAN
	Forget the formalities, Chief Piggy!  Have you got my 
	fifty million dollars?

		PIGGY
	We do not negotiate with terrorists, Skunkman!

		SKUNKMAN
	And apparently, you don't save the lives of hostages 
	as well!

Skunkman picks up his tail and points it at a hostage.

		HOSTAGE
	No!  No!  Noooooooo!!!

Skunkman shoots the hostage with his tail.  The hostage is engulfed by a
green gas and begins to choke.  He falls to the floor and melts in a puddle
of reddish-pinkish goo.

		SKUNKMAN
	The bank president just died.  You have five minutes to 
	get me my money or I kill another hostage.

Skunkman hangs up.  The hostages cry and whimper.

		LIAM
	WHERE, DAMMIT, WHERE!?

EXT. LAS VEGAS NATIONAL BANK
CHIEF PIGGY hangs up his phone.

		PIGGY
	Diabolical, homicidal, sick, egg-sucking...

Another POLICEMAN approaches him.

		POLICEMAN
	What do we do now, Chief Piggy?

		PIGGY
	Don't interrupt.

		POLICEMAN
	My Bad.

		PIGGY
	Where was I?

		POLICEMAN
	Uh... sick, egg-sucking...

		PIGGY
	Thank you.  SICK, egg-sucking, sadistic, son of a 
	motherless goat-grabbing, BASTARD!!!

		POLICEMAN
	You done?

		PIGGY
	Done.

		POLICEMAN
	So, what do we do now?

		PIGGY
	There's only one thing we can do.  Only one man we 
	can call.  Prepare the Cape-signal and get my checkbook... 
	this looks like a job for CAPEMAN!!!

MUSIC STING
FADE OUT

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Theme Song (sung to the theme of "The Brady Bunch")

Here’s the story...
of an internet sit-com...
made to get revenge on Liam Smith.

But now vengance has turned into a crusade...
worthy of song and myth.

Here’s the story...
of a guy named Jason...
Who has taken revenge too far.

It is now, much more than a friendly grudge match.
Now it is a full blown war!

It’s Liam Smith...
The Liam Smith...
It’s Time for the Liam Smith Show...

Dah Dah Dah Dah DAH DAH dah DAH!

OLÉ!
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THE LIAM SMITH SHOW STARRING Dian Bachar as “Liam Smith” Ed Asner as “Mister Hilter” GUEST STARRING Jason Donner as “Donner” and David Peckinpah as “Satan” SPECIAL APPEARANCES BY Louis Anderson as “Police Chief Piggy” “Dana Carvey” as “Skunkman” Harvey Firestien as “The Blue Fairy” and Melissa Ethridge as “Angry Feminist” AND SPECIAL GUEST STARS Haley Joel Osmet as “Decoy: The Living Target I” Leonardo DiCaprio as “Decoy: The Living Target II” and Gary Coleman as “Decoy: The Living Target III”
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FADE IN EXT. THE BANK - A FEW MINUTES LATER CAPEMAN swoops down from the sky and lands in front of Police Chief Piggy and the policeman. PIGGY Capeman, thank God you are here. CAPEMAN Yeah... Yeah... Yeah... Listen, babe... a standard hostage rescue and supervillian defeat will run you about $5000.00 PIGGY $5000? Sounds a little steep? Think you can come down? CAPEMAN Well, I could just do a standard supervillian defeat for $2500, but I can't guarantee that all (if any) of the hostages will survive the ordeal. PIGGY Half price, huh? POLICEMAN Uh, sir... I think you should consider paying the five thousand. PIGGY Yeah, but... 5 G's? POLICEMAN Sir, the senseless killing of fifty hostages will be all over the news and we should be concerned with what is most important. PIGGY Your right... It IS an election year. All right, Capeman... here is your five thousand. Piggy writes a check. PIGGY Uh... who do I make this out to? CAPEMAN Well, my name is... Oh, no you don't! I'll not be betraying my secret identity today. You want to find out who I am, you'll have to wait for the series finale just like everyone else! PIGGY Fine, be that way. Capeman takes the check and stands there. PIGGY Well, don't you think you should be heroic and save the day? CAPEMAN I can't... Not yet... I have to wait for my trusty sidekick. POLICEMAN Since when do you have a trusty sidekick? CAPEMAN Since I learned that dependents are great tax write-offs. A costumed kid on a bicycle rides up. He is wearing a bright red costume with a bullseye painted on the front. CAPEMAN Ladies and gentlemen, I present... DECOY: THE LIVING TARGET! DECOY walks over to them. DECOY I got here as fast as I could, Capeman. I could have gotten here sooner, but I don't get paid enough to take a taxi. CAPEMAN Well, bitch.. bitch... bitch... Ready to save the day, Decoy? DECOY Jeepers, I sure am, Capeman! CAPEMAN Well, then... you... uh... you first. Decoy looks at Capeman, then at the bank, then back at Capeman, then at the bank again, swallows hard, and strides up to the bank door. INT. THE BANK As before, Liam and Mister Hilter, and the hostages are on the floor as Skunkman paces back and forth snarling at them. HILTER I can't believe this... I've survived two world wars, an attack by a hundred foot Spice Girl, an attack by Satan, a werewolf hunt, a Y2K disaster, and A ghostly gambler only to be snuffed out by a yahoo in a skunk suit. And I had SO much I hadn't done in my life. LIAM Me too. HILTER I haven't climbed Everest. LIAM Me neither. HILTER Never swam the English Channel. LIAM Uh... same here. HILTER Never wrote my novel. LIAM That's on my list, too. HILTER Never slept with Sandra Bernhart. LIAM I... [a beat] Sandra Bernhart? HILTER What's wrong with wanting to sleep with Sandra Bernhart? LIAM I could save time by telling you what's NOT wrong with it! HILTER AT LEAST I'VE HAD SEX!!! LIAM Man, that was cold. There is a KNOCK at the door. Skunkman looks confused and then goes to answer it. SKUNKMAN Who is it? DECOY It’s Capeman’s trusty sidekick... Skunkman picks up his tail and aims it at the door. DECOY ...Decoy: The living... EXT. THE BANK Capeman, Piggy, and the policeman are watching. There is a bright flash of light along with Decoy’s girly scream. The light fades and the three men react in disgust. POLICEMAN Ew... PIGGY That had to hurt. CAPEMAN Decoy? Decoy! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! [a beat] Crap. Capeman picks up a cellular phone and dials. INT. JASON DONNER’S LUXURY APARTMENT JASON DONNER is sitting in front of a TV watching the EXORCIST when the phone rings. DONNER Hello? INTERCUT BETWEEN DONNER and CAPEMAN CAPEMAN Is this Donner? DONNER No, it’s his evil twin brother. What do you want, Capeman? CAPEMAN I’m afraid Decoy’s had a little accident. DONNER Accident as in “hurt” or accident as in “dead”? CAPEMAN Well... accident as in “there will be no body to bury”. DONNER Yech! CAPEMAN I need your help! DONNER Yeah... Yeah... Yeah... Listen C.M., I’ll make a few calls and get you a new sidekick? CAPEMAN Masaltov! Thank you, friend! DONNER [hangs up] Costumed dope. If only Las Vegas knew the truth about Capeman as I do. If only they knew his shocking... The phone rings. DONNER Hello? [a pause] NO I’M NOT INTERESTED IN YOUR STUPID LONG DISTANCE SERVICE!!! [he hangs up] If only they knew. [he dials a number] Hello, Granny Goodness Orphanage? We need another kid. MUSIC STING EXT. THE BANK Capeman, Piggy, and the Policeman look on. CAPEMAN Hell’s bells. Looks like I’m just going to have to do this myself since Decoy got kill... uh, I mean... until Decoy gets back. Yeah, that’s the ticket. Capeman jumps into the air and flies toward the bank. INT. THE BANK Skunkman looks at his watch. SKUNKMAN They are out of time! Now, I shall kill another hostage! [points at Liam] YOU! You will die next! Skunkman points his tail at Liam who starts to hyperventilate. LIAM You... You d-d-don’t wanna kill me! SKUNKMAN Yes I do. LIAM Damn, outsmarted by a master at debate! Capeman CRASHES through the wall and grabs a FAT GUY. CAPEMAN Commit crime in MY city, will you Skunkman? Now you will DIE! Capeman VAPORIZES the fat guy with his heat vision. LIAM Uh, Capeman? CAPEMAN Yo? LIAM Skunkman’s over here. You just vaporized Frank the Fertilizer King. CAPEMAN Sorry... It was the bad smell. You know, I thought he was Skunkman. I put two and two together and... forget it. SKUNKMAN! YOU HAVE STANK YOUR LAST STINK!!! Skunkman grabs Liam. SKUNKMAN Not another move, Capeman, or Wee Willy Winky here gets it! LIAM Wee Willy Winky? Did those pictures get out? Listen, I was drunk and it was cold! VERY VERY COLD!!! SKUNKMAN Shut up! HILTER No, don’t kill Liam! Take me instead. I’m an old and virtuously useless member of society. LIAM Mister Hilter, you’re not useless! HILTER Yes I am. I’m afraid of new technology, I’m suspicious of everyone of a different ethnic background, and I’ve got arthritis so bad I can’t even kick a football anymore. LIAM Oh, you mean like this? Liam goes to kick a pretend football and accidentally kicks Skunkman in the crotch. SKUNKMAN Oooooooooooo... Right in the mommy daddy button! Skunkman falls to the floor. Policemen run in and take him into custody. Police chief Piggy enters. PIGGY Good work, Capeman. CAPEMAN It was nothing, my good man. Nothing at all! Capeman walks over to Liam and Hilter. CAPEMAN You... You’re that Liam Smith lad who tried to expose my secret identity a few months back. LIAM Yes, and I was there when you broke every bone in Janet Reno’s body too! CAPEMAN Right. Well, Liam... you and Mister Hitler... HILTER Hilter. CAPEMAN Whatever. ...have saved the day today. So, in accordance with my parole stipulations for tax evasion, I will make a personal appearance at your home free of charge. What do you say? LIAM Gee whiz, Capeman, that’d be swell! CAPEMAN For you, maybe. Well, see ya! Capeman flys off. CAPEMAN CAAAAAAAAAAAAAPEMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! LIAM WOW! Capeman! In my apartment! HILTER For the second time. LIAM Dude, do I dump on your trips? FADE OUT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMERCIAL BREAK - Just a sprinkle a day helps keep odors away. - ...now with wings! - Plant a treeeeeeee for your tomorrow.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- INT. LIAM’S APARTMENT - THE NEXT DAY Liam and Mister Hilter and awaiting Capeman. LIAM This is so exciting. I mean, I know I’ve seen Capeman before, but I’ve never really got to know him. You know... to see what makes him tick. HILTER Good lord... you’re still trying to figure out his secret identity, aren’t you? LIAM [innocently] Don’t be silly. I wouldn’t dream of doing such a thing. I mean, it would be... OKAY! YES! I AM still trying to figure out who he is! Come on, it’s addictive! It’s like a game... I’m the cat and he’s the mouse and I’m going to pounce on him, RIP OFF HIS MASK... play with him for a while and then eat him. What do you think? HILTER I think you have unresolved issues. The doorbell rings. LIAM I bet that’s Chocolate Treat wanting to borrow something else! Liam answers the door and standing there is DECOY obviously being played by a totally different actor than the one we saw at the beginning of the show. LIAM ...the hell are you? DECOY II I’m Decoy: The Living Target. Capeman sends his regrets, but I’m afraid he got hung up battling evil toady, so he sent me in his place. LIAM You’re Decoy? DECOY II I am. HILTER The same Decoy who tried to foil the bank robbery yesterday? DECOY II Er... the same! LIAM Funny... you look a little different. Older... taller... a little more girly in stature. DECOY II Look, Capeman says I’m the same guy, all right!? HILTER Capeman says? DECOY II Er... I mean, I am the same guy! Yeah! [a beat] Where’s the little boys room? LIAM Down the hall. HILTER Look for the massive tower of porno magazines. Decoy II walks down the hall. LIAM You know, I could SWEAR there’s something different about him! HILTER Liam, don’t you see what is happening? LIAM Other than the fact that we’ve just exposed a prepubescent crimefighter to the world of pornography? HILTER That is OBVIOUSLY a different child! LIAM Well, what does that mean? HILTER It means that the Decoy we saw yesterday was probably killed and Capeman, being the greedy materialistic bastard that he is, replaced him with another kid and is passing him off as the same old Decoy! Good lord... who knows how long this has been going on! LIAM Hold up there! You mean to tell me that everytime Decoy gets killed, Capeman just replaces him? HILTER Yes! LIAM That is SICK!!! HILTER Yes, Liam, and now it’s up to us to break the chain of depravity! LIAM Don’t you think we should do something about this Decoy situation first? HILTER IF we can talk the current Decoy into revealing Capeman’s secret... why, I’m sure he would HAVE to stop using little kids as Decoy! LIAM Good idea. There is a toilet flush and Decoy walks smiling like an idiot holding the June issue of “MOUNT EVER-BREASTS” magazine. DECOY II Wow! I had no idea that people could bend that way! Hilter takes the magazine from him. HILTER The jig is up, whoever-you-are! Liam and I... actually, only I have figured out the depraved way Capeman is using you. DECOY II I have no idea what you’re talking about! HILTER It’s obvious that you’re not the same youth that tried to stop the robbery yesterday. He’s dead and you’re here to take his place! Admit it! DECOY II No... No, I can’t! LIAM What would your mother and father say if they knew you were caught up in this? DECOY II I don’t have a mother or a father! I’m an orphan, okay? Hilter and Liam are shocked. HILTER I... We didn’t know. Decoy II sits down on the couch. DECOY II I’ve lived in the orphanage ever since I was born. My father was a high wire trapeze artist lion-taming snake charmer who was killed... [a beat] ...he choked on a bagel. My mother died after I was born. I’ve lived in that orphanage ever since.... alone... unloved... Until one day Capeman came to the orphanage and adopted me. He told me that I would become his sidekick and that the job would be very dangerous. He explained to me that many a Decoy had been killed in the line of duty, but I didn’t care. At last, I had a place to belong... at last I had a home and someone who loved me even if it was for all the wrong reasons. Liam sits next to him. LIAM You know, I’m an orphan too. DECOY II You are? LIAM Yep. At least you know who your parents are. Me, I haven’t got a clue in the world! I was raised in orphanages until I got to be eighteen then I got a job and started supporting myself. A few years later, I moved here to Las Vegas and met all my friends... Thad, Chocolate Treat, Stacy, Mister Hilter, Bippo, and yes... even Donner to a certain degree. I may never find out who my parents are or even if they’re still alive but... I’ve already got a family... right here. And you know what? They all love me for all the right reasons! HILTER I think the word “love” is a little strong, but Liam’s mostly right in his simple and naive way. You shouldn’t settle for whatever comes your way. Family is more than blood or legal relations. Family are those who care about you. DECOY II Really? HILTER & LIAM Yes, really. DECOY II So what can I do? LIAM Well, for one you stop risking your life as Capeman’s sidekick and for two, you expose this kiddie conveyor belt of death he’s set up! DECOY II By gum, you’re right! I will! I will! As soon as Capeman gets here, I’ll look him in the eye and tell him I quit! HILTER Good for you! LIAM But where the hell is Capeman anyway? INT. A BAR Capeman is having drinks with a man in blue tights holding a wand. This is THE BLUE FAIRY. CAPEMAN I tell you, no one respects me. That’s the bottom line. NO RESPECT! BLUE FAIRY Not me, Capeman, in San Francisco everyone loves me, The Blue Fairy. CAPEMAN Yeah, but in Vegas everyone just sees me as another tourist attraction. [imitates a tourist] Oh, let’s get our picture with Capeman! Oooo, over here Capeman! Hey, YOU’RE not Superman! Hey! Get your hand off my wife’s ass! Capeman, help! My baby was just kidnapped by Gypsies! [normal voice] It’s just one thing after another, Blue Fairy! Capeman’s watch beeps BLUE FAIRY What’s that? CAPEMAN What’s what? BLUE FAIRY Your watch. That’s the fourth time it’s beeped since you came in. CAPEMAN Holy fried dog meat in a taco! I completely forget about that Liam kid! I gotta go, Blue Fairy! Capeman zooms out the door. Blue Fairy watches him go. BLUE FAIRY I loooooooove that man! INT. LIAM’S APARTMENT As before. DECOY II appears a little more worked up than before as he is pacing back and forth muttering to himself. DECOY II ...and when that no good so and so gets here, I’m just going to let him have it. Oh yes... Capeman, you’re just a low-down no good-nick! Yeah, that’s what I’m going to say to him as soon as that tight-wearing creep gets here! CAPEMAN [off camera] What are you going to say to the tight-wearing creep? DECOY II Aw, hell... The camera angles and we see Capeman standing in front of an open window. CAPEMAN Well? DECOY II I... That is... We... No, I... I jus- I just.... It’s just that... It’s just... I... I... LIAM Tell him, Decoy! HILTER We’re here for ya, kid! Decoy is bolstered by Liam and Hilter’s support. DECOY II Capeman, it’s time for your deception to stop. You can’t just keep using little kids the way you have as disposable sidekicks. I quit, Capeman! I quit as your sidekick and I’m going to the media to expose you! CAPEMAN You expose me, little Decoy, and you’re going back to Granny Goodness Orphanage! DECOY II I don’t care because, you see, I’ve learned today that it doesn’t matter where you are or what you do, you family is made up of the people who love and care about you and you shouldn’t settle for second best. CAPEMAN Second best? DECOY II Second best... people like you! Capeman’s jaw drops in disbelief. DECOY II Good-bye, Capeman. Decoy goes for the door. CAPEMAN Wait, Decoy. DECOY II Don’t call me that! I’m not Decoy anymore! CAPEMAN What if I give you a raise? DECOY II You think you can BUY me now? Capeman takes out a piece of paper and a pen and writes. CAPEMAN I’m going to write an amount on this piece of paper... DECOY II Forget it! CAPEMAN ...and we’ll see if we can’t negotiate. Capeman hands Decoy the paper. DECOY II You can’t put a price on my integrity! [looks at paper] Or maybe you can! LIAM Decoy! DECOY II No! No, Capeman! This has to stop! CAPEMAN How about I give you a twenty percent share of the profits? DECOY II You can’t bribe... twenty percent? That’s gotta be almost two hundred mill-- NO! No, you can’t buy me! CAPEMAN A penthouse high atop the MGM Grand with a Jacuzzi and a big screen TV? DECOY II Nuh-uh! You cannot tempt me! CAPEMAN Okay, how about I get you... A DECOYMOBILE! DECOY II My own DECOYMOBILE? CAPEMAN All yours. DECOY II I... I... Don’t... CAPEMAN Okay, my final offer. All of what I have offered PLUS you and I will be full partners. No more of this Decoy goes first nonsense! What do you say? Capeman holds out his hand. LIAM Decoy, remember what we said about family! DECOY Sucks to family! I’m RICH!!! Decoy and Capeman shake hands sealing the deal. FADE OUT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMERCIAL BREAK - Hastings: Your Entertainment Superstore - AOL/TIME WARNER: RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!!! - That’s a spicy meatball-ah! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FADE IN THE LAS VEGAS STRIP - DAY Fire rains from the sky and most of the strip is obscured by smoke. LIAM and MISTER HILTER walk up to the crowded police barricade where they meet police chief Piggy. LIAM What’s going on here? PIGGY Capeman and Decoy just stopped the Angry Feminist from destroying the Excalabur Hotel. The Angry Feminist is taken to a police car. ANGRY FEMINIST You Non-Females cannot stop the revolution! The revolution cannot me stopped! I am Womyn! Hear me roar! LIAM Wow. HILTER And you Capeman AND Decoy stopped this? PIGGY Yep. Seeing those two together... the teamwork and the camaraderie... does my heart good. Piggy walks off. HILTER Gee, maybe things worked out well after all. Maybe Young Decoy has found his place in the world after all. LIAM Yep, it just goes to show that sometimes family can be found in the places you least expect. BYSTANDER Look! Here comes Capeman! Capeman swoops out of the sky. The crowd applauds. CAPEMAN Thank you, citizens! All is well thanks to me, Capeman, and my trusty sidekick whom I love as though he is my son, DECOY! The super-cool DECOYMOBILE pulls up and Decoy gets out. It is painfully obvious that this is a brand new Decoy because he is now black. DECOY III Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! Capeman walks over to Hilter and Liam CAPEMAN Before you say anything, Decoy II got toasted in our fight with Disgruntled Mailman about a week ago. HILTER ...and now you’re pulling the same scam you were before? That is SICK! CAPEMAN No, now I’m offering every Decoy the same benefits I offered Decoy II. I will honor my agreement with Decoy II, I swear it. DECOY III Hey, Capeman, who are these guys? LIAM We’re... nobody. Liam turns and sadly walks away. Hilter goes after him. HILTER You all right, Liam? LIAM I thought we reached him, Mister Hilter. I thought we made a difference. HILTER Decoy II was blinded by greed, Liam, just like Capeman is. It’s self-defeating and, in the end, I don’t think Decoy II wanted to be helped. LIAM I still feel down. HILTER [an idea] Hey, Liam... wanna go ride the Star Trek Experience at the Hilton and make fun of the waiters dressed as Feringi? LIAM [suddenly excited] DO I? Liam grabs Mister Hilter by the arm and drags him down the strip. FADE TO: LAS VEGAS CEMETERY - NIGHT We see a lone gravestone with the words “HERE LIES AN UNKNOWN SUPERHERO WHO DIED HORRIBLY AND PAINFULLY”. Suddenly, SATAN appears and walks up to the marker. SATAN Decoy II, rise! We have work to do! DECOY II pulls himself out of the ground. DECOY II What...? What am I doing here? I’m alive! SATAN No, you are dead and I, Satan, hold you in my power! Join me and we will damn Liam Smith for all eternity! DECOY II No, Satan! Liam Smith tried to save me and I let my greed take me to where I am now. SATAN So be it! Satan points at Decoy II who drops dead again. SATAN Damn! Another refuses to join our army. FLUFFY THE HAMSTER appears on Satan’s shoulder. FLUFFY No matter... Our army is more than sufficient and soon, Liam Smith shall know the meaning of the word REVENGE! Satan and Fluffy laugh evilly as the camera pulls away and lightning flashes in the background. FADE OUT THE END
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