THE LIAM SMITH SHOW
Episode 1.05: "Bullets Ain't Cheap"
Written by Jason Donner
FADE IN
FADE IN
UPDA CREEK APARTMENTS
Mister Hitler is showing a new tenant, STACY VAVOOM, around the place.
HILTER
So far we've got twenty different people
living in "Upda Creek" apartments...
they're nice folk, but I'd stay away from
Bippo the Clown if I were you.
STACY
Why is that, Mister Hitler?
HILTER
Hilter, darling. Bippo's a little... oh,
what's the politically correct way to put
it? He's... off his rocker. A few fries
short of a happy meal. He's looney tunes.
He's nonus in sanus! He's...
STACY
I get the idea.
HILTER
Chocolate Treat's a nice... uh... lady...
I think. Then we have Thad Coffey in 1-A.
He works at Circus, Circus. Harry the
Handyman lives in 2-A... that Elvis
Impersonator that runs that wedding chapel
lives in 3-A... let's see... Am I forgetting
anyone?
LIAM SMITH enters looking quite happy.
LIAM
Hi, Mister Hilter!
HILTER
Oh, yes. Stacy VaVoom, this is Liam Smith.
1-B.
LIAM
Stacy VaVoom? Well, as Cisero once said to
Tolstoy, "Universal ambiguity is the only
constant to which the Homo Sapian species
can be adequately judges by the clientele of
a deity. I for one, agree with him in this
case.
Stacy giggles.
HILTER
Did you actually understand that?
STACY
No, but his fly's down.
Hilter and Stacy bust up laughing as Liam zips himself up.
LIAM
I'll give you my number later.
FADE OUT
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THEME SONG (Sung to the theme of "The Dukes of Hazzard")
Just a good ol' boy.
With a very small brain.
Well, he always stay and works in Las Vegas
where living's a pain.
Tryin' to surviiiiiiiiiiiive
everyday day that goes by.
And you do know that a celebrity
is gonna die.
Yes you know that a celebrity or two
are gonna die.
OLÉ!
YEEEEEEEEHAW!
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THE LIAM SMITH SHOW
Starring
Dian Bachar as "Liam Smith"
and
Ed Asner as "Mister Hilter"
Guest Starring
Rupaul
as
"Chocolate Treat"
Michael Nelson
as
"Thad Coffey"
Cameron Diaz
as
"Stacy VaVoom"
Special Appearances by
Pierce Brosnan
as
"James Bond, 007"
Judi Dench
as
"M"
Mr. T
as
"Mr. T"
John DeLancie
as
"Q"
and
Micheal York
as
"Doctor Yes"
special guest stars
Kenneth Star
as
"Evil Independent Council Ken Star"
and
The Artist Formerly Known as Prince
as
"The Artist Formerly Known as Prince"
INT. CIRCUS CIRCUS CASINO
Camera fades in on a man's hand. He taps the table twice.
MAN
Dealer... a game of Blackjack if you will.
Camera pans up the mans arm and dramatically reveals that he is JAMES
BOND, 007.
JAMES BOND
I'm rather surprised you agreed to this game,
Doctor Yes.
James Bond leans back revealing a man in a white suit lovingly petting a
small Chihuahua. This is the villian, DOCTOR YES
DOCTOR YES
I agreed to this game, Mister Bond, because I
am a master of backjack and there is no
possibility that you can win.
BOND
We shall see, Doctor Yutz.
YES
Oh... resorting to immature name-calling?
How foolishly mundane.
[a pause, then whispering]
...you ass-faced horse raper.
BOND
DEALER! We would like to play a game of
blackjack!
Camera pans to reveal LAIM SMITH at the dealer position playing a
gameboy.
GAMEBOY
Pickachu!
LIAM
Oh yes! I am the Pokémon king!
Doctor Yes snatches the Gameboy away from Liam who reacts as if this is
the first time he has seen the two men waiting to play.
LIAM
No! No! Pichaku needs me! Wait a minute...
who are you guys?
YES
You may call me Doctor Yes... or, as soon as
this game is finished, you may call me MASTER
OF THE WORLD!
LIAM
Why is that, Doctor yes?
BOND
Doctor Yes and I made an agreement when he
had me straped down on a table targeted by a...
LIAM
Whoa, hold that thought... Look, I have no
problem with alternative sexual preferences,
but I don't care to hear about...
BOND
It's not like that.
LIAM
Look... I'm not condemning you. I think what
you have is a beautiful thing.
BOND
Could you please shut up and pay attention?
LIAM
Sure.
BOND
The Reader's Digest version is that this game
will determine whether I live or die.
YES
...and if he dies, the last barrier to my
total domination of the world will be removed.
LIAM
Facinating.
BOND
Drop the Gameboy.
Liam drops it.
LIAM
Frak.
BOND
Deal please.
LIAM
Right.
Liam deals.
BOND
[Looks at his card.]
Wha...!? JOKER! You were supposed to remove
these from the deck!
LIAM
Oh, sorry... here's another.
YES
Hit me.
Liam deals him a card.
YES
Ah! Twenty! Beat that, Mister Bond!
BOND
I beleive I will. As you can see, Doctor Yes,
I have been dealt an ace. I believe I will stay.
LIAM
But... you haven't even looked at your bottom card!
BOND
I like to live... dangerously.
YES
Very well... Show your card, Mister Bond.
James Bond turns his card over and - without looking at it - smiles
confidently. Doctor Yes looks.
YES
Rules for poker and canasta?
BOND
WHAT!?
[looks at card]
But... But... But...
YES
What a pi-ty, Mister Bond.
Doctor Yes snaps his finger and several henchmen appear and pick James
Bond up out of his chair.
BOND
No! It's was Liam Smith's fault! Not mine!
The henchmen carry James Bond out the door. Doctor Yes rises and
follows.
BOND
Well, at least tell me your secret plan
for World Domination!
YES
Oh! Ho, ho, ho... I'm not falling for THAT
one again!
Bond, Yes, and the henchmen exit.
LIAM
[watches them leave]
Ah, yong lovers...
There is a gunshot and the sound of a body hitting the floor.
P.A.
Clean up in section four-A, first floor.
Repeat: Dead Brittish Spy in section four-A,
first floor.
FADE OUT
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- Yeah! Drop the Chalupa!
- Please watch First Wave... No one else is!
- Play the State Lottery! It's the only way you'll retire... ever!
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FADE IN
LIAM'S APARTMENT
Liam is sitting on his couch asleep. Ripple dissolve to:
A MEADOW:
Liam wanders into the scene and looks around. It's a bright summer day
and romantic music plays in the backgrond. Liam turns to see a blonde
woman in the distance. He can tell she is very attractive even thought
she is so far away, we cannot see her face. Liam recognizes her.
LIAM
My God... it's her! She's come back to me.
WOMAN'S VOICE
Liam... come to me, Liam...
LIAM
I'm coming, Kari! I'm coming!
Liam runs towards the woman. Halfway there, he trips and fall face down
in the mud. A hand juts out of the ground and grabs Liam's throat.
Liam reacts in horror as a decomposing JAMES BOND climbs out of the
muck.
BOND
You KILLED me, Liam! You KILLED me!
CUT TO:
LIAM'S APARTMENT
Liam wakes up screaming. The camera pulls back and we see he is
surrounded by several BRITTISH AGENTS and M from the 007 movies.
LIAM
Am I still dreaming?
M
Oh, that you were my boy.
LIAM
I don't understand.
M
Well, neither do I. Are you Liam Smith?
LIAM
That depends... are you from Hollywood Video?
M
No.
LIAM
Then I am Liam Smith.
[softly]
Damned Hollywood Video's been trying to get
me to return Sliver for months now...
but it's MINE! MINE I TELL YOU! MINE!!!
M
That's very... oh, what's the word I'm
looking for?
AGENT
Pathetic?
M
Bingo.
LIAM
Wait a minute... I just figured something out.
Who are you guys? What are you doing in my
apartment? You can't just wander in here anytime
you damn well please...
CHOCOLATE TREAT enters.
CHOCOLATE TREAT
Liam, honey... I'm going to borrow some sugar.
Cholate Treat walks into the kitchen and returns with a cup of sugar, a
bag of chips, a 2 liter bottle of Coke, and a box of Danish Wedding
Cookies.
CHOCOLATE TREAT
Thanks, honey.
Chocolate Treat exits.
LIAM
...and violate my personal property and privacy!
How dare you!?
M
Mister Smith, I am M.
LIAM
M?
M
M.
LIAM
You're named after a letter of the Alphabet?
How stupid!
MISTER T breaks down the door.
MISTER T
I pity the po' fool who makes fun of my name!
Q from Star Trek appears.
Q
Is someone making fun of people with letters
for names?
THE ARTIST FORMERY KNOWN AS PRINCE enters.
THE ARTIST FORMERY KNOWN AS PRINCE
Hey! Us people named after letters have feelings to!
LIAM
Yeah, but you're name is an unpronouncable
androgynous symbol.
THE ARTIST FORMERY KNOWN AS PRINCE
That's because I am so bizzare and unique and...
Q
GET OVER YOURSELF!!!
Q snaps his fingers and the Artist Formerly Known as Prince gets turned
inside out and dies a gagging mess of mourge meat on Liam's floor.
EVERYONE IN ROOM
Thank you, Q.
Q
Anytime.
Q vanishes. Chocolate Treat enters.
CHOCOLATE TREAT
Oh, Liam... I also wanted to borrow...
[she sees Mister T]
...row. ...row. ...row.
MISTER T
I pity the po' fool who...
Chocolate Treat grabs Mister T and kisses him.
MISTER T
Wow! I'll see you guys later!
Mister T and Chocolate Treat skip away.
M
What an odd thing.
LIAM
Odd?
M
Yes... all of the...
[a beat]
Nevermind. Liam, the man you delt
blackjack to today.
LIAM
James Bond or Doctor Yes?
M
Bond.
LIAM
Ah.
M
He's missing.
LIAM
Missing!? Oh, I bet Doctor Yes is worried
sick!
M
Actually, we think that Doctor Yes is behind
his dissapearence.
LIAM
Nooooo... Doctor Yes and James Bond were
so happy together. I mean, I don't think
I'm gay or anything, but a homosexual
relationship CAN be a beautiful thing.
M and the agents stare at him.
M
Can you take us to where you last saw Mister
Bond?
LIAM
Sure.
Mister T's bloodcurlding screams filter through the walls.
CUT TO:
An Alley behind Circus, Circus Casino
Liam, M, the agents, and THAD COFFEY are walking towards a dumpster.
THAD
Ah, here we are. Dumpster #13.
Liam jumps inside the dumpster and starts digging.
M
What's so special about dumpster #13?
Liam throws a dead body out.
LIAM
Nope, that's not him.
M
Good God!
THAD
This is where we throw out all of the
bodies we find in the casino.
Liam throws out two more bodies.
LIAM
No... No... No...
M
This is outrageous! Don't you people have
any respect for the dead!?
Liam's head pops up.
LIAM
Hey! This guy still has his wallet!
THAD
Dibs on the money!
LIAM
Nuh-uh. Split it with you?
THAD
Fine.
M
You're all crazy!
LIAM
Found him!
Liam throws James Bond's body out of the dumpster.
M
Bond! Then it's true... he is dead.
THAD
Yep, he's dead all right.
LIAM
Deader than a doornail.
THAD
Deader than Mark Hamil's career.
LIAM
Deader than...
M
Will you two shut up!?
AGENT
So, M, what do we do now?
The camera zooms in on M's face. A wild expression washes over it as
the sound of a stick breaking is heard. (SNAP!)
M
Mister Smith?
LIAM
Yo?
M
You will take Mister Bond's place as
secret agent 007.
AGENTS
GASP!
LIAM
I will?
M
Yes... The world is screwed now anyway so
for grins and giggles, why don't you try to
save it. Hell, it's not like you can make
things worse!
AGENT
M! Are you nuts!?
M
Yes.
M screams and runs down the street pulling her hair out as she runs.
She bumps into a pedestrian who stumbles into the street. A bus swerves
to miss him and careens onto the sidewalk. Pedestrians see it coming
and, screaming, they run into a nearby theater for shelter. After a
brief pause, the camera pans up to the theater marquee which displays
the words "BRUCE WILLIS IS HAMLET". There is another scream from the
pedestrians who run back out of the theater and are run down by the bus.
Bruce Willis runs out after them.
BRUCE WILLIS
Aw, COME ON!!!
The marquee collapses and crushes him.
CUT TO:
THE ALLEY
Liam and Thad are splitting the take from the dead man's wallet.
THAD
I guess this means the fate of the free
world is in your hands, Liam.
LIAM
Yep.
Thad starts to walk off
LIAM
Hey. Where're you going?
THAD
Canada.
FADE OUT
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- Just do it.
- Just say no.
- Just in case of wetting accidents, use Depends.
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EXT. A DESSERT ROAD
A silver souped-up BMW zooms by.
INT. THE CAR
Liam sits in the driver's seat wearing sunglasses and looking very
secret agent-ish.
LIAM
This car is awesome! Rocket boosters,
unpuncturable tires, bullet-proof skin,
anti-aircraft missiles, and a CD player!
Wait a minute... what is this button?
Liam presses the button which activates an ejection seat and rockets him
into the air. The driverless car continues down the road.
LIAM
[up in the air]
Well... That sucked.
Gravity takes hold and Liam begins to fall. Suddenly, a parachute opens
and his decent is slowed.
LIAM
All right! A parachute! Now I have nothing
to worry about!
MATCH CUT TO:
Liam in the ejection seat floating in the sky on a television screen in
some crosshairs. The camera zooms out revealing DOCTOR YES and a
HENCHMAN watching the TV.
HENCHMAN
He just entered weapons range, Doctor Yes.
YES
Excellent. Use the grabber missile.
HENCHMEN
Ja vo, Doctor!
Yes opens his mouth to speak, closes it, looks at the henchman, shakes
his head, and shakes his head.
YES
Just... fire. Okay?
CUT TO:
Liam in the sky.
LIAM
[singing]
Daisy... Daisy... Give me your answer to...
[he notices something]
...the hell?
CUT TO:
A gigantic missile is rocketing towards Liam. Instead of a warhead,
though, the missile is equipped with a large metal hand.
The missile grabs Liam, turns around, and heads for Doctor Yes's secret
headquarters.
CUT TO:
Doctor Yes's Secret Headquarters.
Yes and four dozen henchmen watch as Liam comes down a large slide and
lands in the middle of the floor.
LIAM
Whoa.
YES
Greetings, Liam Smith, I am Doctor Yes.
LIAM
Oh yeah... the gay guy.
YES
Whu...!?
LIAM
Look, I understand getting miffed at your
life partner, but was killing him really
the answer?
YES
I am not gay, you idiot! I am an evil
genius bent on world domination! James
Bond was in my way so I KILLED him as I
plan on killing you, the new Agent 007!
LIAM
Oh. That does make more sense.
Well I...
[a pause]
Wait a sec... How'd you know I was the new
double-oh seven? I only found out a few hours
ago.
M enters staggers in quite drunk holding a foot-long strawberry daiquiri
in one hand and a large beer in the other.
M
Oh, hello dubba-dubba-dubba-double oh seven!
LIAM
M!!!
YES
Yes. Agent M showed up a few hours ago
and surrendered Britain to me. Before
she got plastered, she told me all about
her mental breakdown and her appointing
you the new 007.
LIAM
But M! You just violated international
security!
M
Security? Bah! With you as the new 007
we're screwed! We're all screwed! WE
ARE SO SCREWED!
[she grabs a henchman]
Speaking of which...
M drags the henchman into a room.
HENCHMAN
No! No! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
The sound of ripping clothing can be heard as the door slams shut. Liam
and Doctor Yes shutter at the thought of M getting some rumpy-pumpy.
YES
Now, Liam Smith, I will put you in an
elaborate and easily escapable deathtrap.
LIAM
Oh... okay.
CUT TO:
Liam is tied to a tree and blindfolded. Doctor Yes is pointing a gun at
him.
LIAM
Excuse me.
YES
What now?
Liam shakes the blindfold off.
LIAM
This doesn't seem either elaborate or easily
escapable.
YES
Look, I'm in a bit of a rush here. You know,
deliver the nuclear warhead to Washington...
detonate it... so on and so on... rule the
world with an iron fist... yada, yada, and
yada... pick up clothes at dry cleaners...
that sort of thing.
[Doctor Yes aims gun]
Any last words?
LIAM
Uh... Look behind you.
YES
Oh come now, 007, you don't really expect me
to fall for that, do you?
LIAM
Really, Doctor Yes, look behind you!
YES
Your foolish attempt to distract me will not
succeed.
LIAM
Please look behind you.
YES
No.
LIAM
Pretty please?
YES
Nuh-uh.
LIAM
C'mon.
YES
I'm not gonna.
LIAM
You're funeral.
YES
What do you mean, 'my--
Liam's souped-up, abandoned, and until now, forgotten BMW runs Doctor
Yes down and turns him into a red stain. M enters.
M
Well, Liam, it looks like I underestimated
you. You truly are secret agent material.
Would you like to become the new 007 on a
more permanent basis.
LIAM
Thanks, but I've all ready got a life, job,
and supervillians who want me dead.
M
Well, it's a shame to loose you. I guess
we'll just have to cast a new actor in James
Bond's role. I wonder if that English guy
from My Best Friend's Wedding is
available.
M walks off leaving Liam tied to the tree.
LIAM
Well, I guess what really matters is that
Democracy is safe and that the nuclear warhead
was stopped before it went to Washington.
Off in the distance, Liam sees a UPS truck pick up a warhead-shaped
package with the words "TO WASHINGTON D.C. FRAGILE. DO NOT X-RAY"
written on the side. The truck drives away.
LIAM
Aw, crap. How could this day get any worse?
A rabid squirrel jumps on Liam's head and starts gnawing on his ear.
LIAM
OW! Well, ask a... OW! Ask a stupid... OW!
Question! OW! OW! OW! OW!
CUT TO:
EXT - THE WHITE HOUSE
The nuclear warhead package arrives on the front porch. KEN STARR
greets the delivery man.
DELIVERY MAN
Delivery for President Clinton.
KEN STARR
I'll take that!
DELIVERY MAN
But you're not President Clinton!
KEN STARR
True, but this package might be something I
can use in my ploy... uh, I mean case
to destroy the duly elected president of
the United States!!
DELIVERY MAN
But... But...
Ken Starr grabs the package, laughs maniacally, and runs over the
horizon where, after a second, there is a bright flash and a large
mushroom cloud.
DELIVERY MAN
What, no tip? Cheap bastard.
FADE OUT
THE END
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