The Liam Smith Show
Episode 3.10 - "The Nutty Professor"
Written by Jason Donner

               INT. ARTURO'S APARTMENT

               The ARTURO is busy picking up garbage, milkbones, chew toys,
               and copies of Feisty Bitch magazine off the floor, grumbling
               to himself as he does so.  The door opens and TRIUMPH THE
               INSULT COMIC DOG appears.

                                   TRIUMPH
                         Good news, tator tot!  We are
                         having another party!

                                   ARTURO
                         WHAT!?

                                   TRIUMPH
                         I've invited some of the bitches
                         from the office down tonight.  We
                         talk, we laugh, we drink, we make
                         puddles on the floor... Good times
                         will be had by all!

                                   ARTURO
                             (enraged)
                         Except for me, you two-bit comic
                         dog!  I'll be stuck cleaning after
                         the mob of mongrels that come
                         padding through here!

                                   TRIUMPH
                         Oh, don't be such a poop, Flab-io,
                         I have been thinking about your
                         feelings!  In fact, I was telling a
                         rather fetching Saint Bernard about
                         you and she was all a twitter!   I
                         even pre-humped her for you and
                         she's great!

                                   ARTURO
                         Unlike young Miss VaVoom, I prefer
                         to date within my own species.

                                   TRIUMPH
                         HA!  You know what you are?  You're
                         just a speciesist!

                                   ARTURO
                         A what?

                                   TRIUMPH
                         I should go and make you a white
                         robe and hood right now!

                                   ARTURO
                         Oh, well that's a problem since all
                         of my white sheets have been
                         STAINED WITH YOUR URINE!!!

                                   TRIUMPH
                         Then that makes them MY SHEETS! 
                         Hand them over, Tubbo!

                                   ARTURO
                         YOU DAMN DOG!

                                   TRIUMPH
                         FAT F*CK!

                                   ARTURO
                         CURSED CUR!

                                   TRIUMPH
                         PORTLY PROFF!

                                   ARTURO
                         PUTRID PUPPY!

                                   TRIUMPH
                         FATTY FAT FAT FAT!

                                   ARTURO
                         THAT'S IT!  YOU'RE GOING TO DIE!

               Arturo picks up a fireplace shovel and goes after Triumph.

                                   TRIUMPH
                         Yikes!

               Triumph ducks and runs.  Arturo slips on a piece of dog doo
               and goes crashing through the wall.  For a long time, there
               is silence as Triumph carefully peers into the gaping hole.

                                   TRIUMPH
                         Wow!  That must have HURT!

                                   ARTURO
                             (weakly)
                         You... Blistering... Idiot...

               INT. UPDA CREEK LOBBY - LATER

               Arturo walks to his desk obviously in a great deal of pain. 
               He carefully sits down as LIAM enters.

                                   LIAM
                         Hey professor.  What's up?

                                   ARTURO
                         Oh, nothing... I just
                             (he sits)
                         OW!

                                   LIAM
                         Are you hurt?

                                   ARTURO
                         That blasted roommate of mine.

                                   LIAM
                         Finally decided to kill him, huh?

                                   ARTURO
                         Unfortunately, he was a little too
                         fast for me to capture and wring.

                                   LIAM
                         Probably because you're so fa...

               Arturo gives Liam a look that says "I DARE you to finish that
               sentence".

                                   LIAM
                         Fastidious?  Fantastic?  Fabulous? 
                         Faboo?

               The phone rings.  Arturo looks around for it.

                                   ARTURO
                         Where the hell is the cordless?

                                   LIAM
                         I don't know.

                                   ARTURO
                         Bloody hell.  I guess I'll just
                         answer the phone in the next room.

               Arturo gets up in a great amount of pain.

                                   LIAM
                         Professor, do you want me to get
                         it?

                                   ARTURO
                         No, Liam!  I just hurt myself and I
                         have no intention of allowing
                         anyone to coddle me.

               Arturo slowly walks to the next room.  Great pain with every
               step.  The phone stops ringing.

                                   ARTURO
                         Son of a...  OW!

               Arturo turns around and starts back in great pain.

                                   LIAM
                         Professor, are you sure you don't
                         need help?

                                   ARTURO
                         Poppycock!  We British are a stout
                         lot, and...  AUGH!

               Arturo falls to the floor howling in pain.

                                   ARTURO
                         OH SWEET JESUS IT HURTS!  OH GOD,
                         THE PAIN!  THE PAIN OF IT ALL! 
                         MOMMY!

               Arturo lies on the floor whimpering and crying.

                                   LIAM
                             (a pause, shrugs)
                         Well, if you're SURE you don't need
                         any help, I'll just be on my...

                                   ARTURO
                         CALL 9-1-1, YOU STUPID GIT!!!

                                                       FADE OUT:


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Type up the address or click on your bookmark.
And let the fits of laughs begin!

As long as we've got too much free time...
We'll still be writing this really lame sit com!
At no time... does this song rhyme!
Boy this was easy. Writing this short cheesy song!

OLE!


THE LIAM SMITH SHOW

Starring

Dian Bachar
as
"Liam Smith"

Seann William Scott
as
"Thad Coffey"

Robert Floyd
as
"Bippo the Clown"

and
John Rhys-Davies
as
Professor Arturo

Also Starring

Cameron Diaz
as
"Stacy VaVoom"

Jason Lee
as
"Jesse Glaspey"

Jack Black
as
"Jonathan Kruger"

Gary Dourdan
as
"Tempus"

Betty White
as
"Doris Winchester"

RuPaul
as
"Chocolate Treat"

Neal Patrick Harris
as
"Gary the Fanboy"

Siegfried and Roy

and
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

Guest Starring

Phil Moyer
as
"Dr. Lomyr H. Pie"

and
Dustin Kaster
as
"Dr. Knit U. Dasster"

Introducing

Shannon Elizabeth
as
"Nurse Goodbody"

The Liam Smith Show is written in front of a live studio audience.

               INT. OUR LADY OF THE HMO HOSPITAL

               Arturo is rushed in on a gurney by several doctors and nurses
               as Liam, BIPPO, STACY, GARY, THAD, TEMPUS, CHOCOLATE TREAT,
               DORIS, JOHNATHAN, and JESSE.  As Arturo is wheeled down the
               hall, the others fall behind.

                                   STACY
                         Oh, I don't like this!  I don't
                         like this one bit!

                                   BIPPO
                         What's there not to like?  All this
                         death and blood and death and blood
                         and DEATH AND BLOOD AND DEATH AND
                         BLOOD AND...

               Thad slaps him.

                                   STACY
                         Guys, I'm serious.  I mean, the
                         professor wasn't in the best shape,
                         you know.

                                   TEMPUS
                         Mathematically, the most perfect
                         shape IS round.

                                   STACY
                         You're not helping.  What if it's
                         his heart?

                                   LIAM
                         Stacy, don't talk that way.

                                   THAD
                         Yeah, haven't we already burned
                         through our quota of building
                         personnel this year?  Oh crap... I
                         just realized that I work for the
                         apartments now... I'M DOOMED!!!

               Thad collapses crying in Jesse's arms.

                                   JESSE
                             (patting Thad on the head)
                         There, there, there...

                                   DORIS
                         You guys are making a big deal out
                         of nothing.  I mean, so what if the
                         professor's in the hospital crying
                         and screaming and hollering like a
                         man on death's door?  It means
                         nothing.

                                   JOHNATHAN
                         I'm bored.  Hey, Jesse!  Let's go
                         look for treasure!

                                   JESSE
                         Oo!  Excellent idea!

               Jesse drops Thad on the floor and skips away with Johnathan.

                                   DORIS
                         Besides, if those two can survive
                         as long as they have without a
                         brain, I don't think the professor
                         has anything to worry about.

               INT. A HOSPITAL ROOM

               Arturo is lying on the bed when DR. KNIT U. DASSTER and DR.
               LOMYR H. PIE enter.

                                   DR. DASSTER
                             (to Dr. Pie)
                         ...and then I realized he wasn't
                         there for a prostate exam after
                         all!  Just to paint the walls! 
                         Boy, was MY face red!

                                   ARTURO
                         Oh, GOD!  Not you two again!

                                   DR. PIE
                         Oh, hey look Doctor Dasster!  It's
                         Professor Arturo!  Do you remember
                         him?

                                   DR. DASSTER
                         Ah yes, Doctor Pie, it was during
                         that whole Liam Smith with the
                         werewolf blood and Thad Coffey with
                         the looser blood thing a while
                         back.  Boy, THAT was a disaster...
                         How DID we fix that mess?

                                   DR. PIE
                         It took me a while, but I finally
                         figured it out!  You see...

               Suddenly, in the hall behind them, there is a stampede of
               wildebeests that drown out his words.  After a few moments,
               the stampede ends.

                                   DR. PIE
                         ...and THAT'S how the colliding
                         chainsaws fixed the problem!

                                   DR. DASSTER & ARTURO
                         Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

                                   DR. PIE
                         Well, let's get down to it!  What
                         seems to be the problem, professor?

                                   ARTURO
                         Oh NO you DON'T!  I'm not letting
                         you two quacks anywhere near me
                         until I see some sort of
                         accreditation that you are INDEED
                         doctors!

               Doctor Dasster and Pie show him a couple of diplomas.

                                   ARTURO
                             (reading)
                         Ron's Discount School of Medicine
                         and Auto Repair? 

                                   DR. PIE
                         We took a course for vets.

                                   ARTURO
                         Vets?

                                   DR. DASSTER
                             (elbows Pie)
                         Veterans.

                                   DR. PIE
                         Veterans  But what about all the
                         animals we...?

               Dr. Dasster elbows him again.

                                   DR. PIE
                         OUCH!  WHY ARE YOU ELBOWING ME!?

                                   DR. DASSTER
                         We really are doctors, professor! 
                         Look at this!  It's charts from the
                         surgery we did on a cadaver.

                                   DR. PIE
                         Well, he wasn't a cadaver when we
                         started...

               Arturo tries to get up and leave, but collapses to the floor
               in pain.

                                   ARTURO
                         AUGH!

                                   DR. DASSTER
                         Wow, you sound like you're in pain!
                             (to intercom)
                         Nurse Goodbody, come in here
                         please.

               Dr. Dasster drops a pen on the floor as NURSE GOODBODY
               enters.

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         Can I help you doctor?

                                   DR. DASSTER
                         Yes, I seem to have dropped my pen. 
                         Could you retrieve it?

               Nurse Goodbody bends down to get the pen.  Dasster and Pie
               stare at her ass.  Nurse Goodbody gives the pen back to
               Dasster.

                                   DR. DASSTER
                         Thank you, nurse.  That will be
                         all.

                                   ARTURO
                         Ow.  Ow.  Ow.

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         Uhm, Doctor... There's a man lying
                         on the floor.

                                   DR. DASSTER
                         What?  Oh, him?

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         Don't you think you should help
                         him?

                                   DR. PIE
                         I have a better idea!  Why don't
                         YOU bend down and help 

               Nurse Goodbody sighs and then bends over to help Arturo up. 
               As she does so, Dr. Pie takes a Polaroid.

                                   ARTURO
                         OW! OW!  AUGH!!!

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         Oh, you poor man!  Where does it
                         hurt?

                                   ARTURO
                         It... Hurts around my abdomen. 
                         Sort of like my appendix... but I
                         had that taken out when I was a
                         boy!

                                   DR. DASSTER
                         Perhaps it grew back?

                                   DR. PIE
                         You dumbass!  Appendixes don't grow
                         back!

                                   DR. DASSTER
                         And you know this how?

                                   DR. PIE
                         I ripped one out of an encyclopedia
                         once and it never did!

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         Professor Arturo, I'm going to ask
                         you a delicate question and I need
                         you to be completely honest with
                         me.  Are your...?

               She stops and then whispers the question in his ear.

                                   ARTURO
                         Er... Well, now that you mention
                         it...

               He whispers a response into her ear.

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         The size of a grapefruit, huh?

                                   ARTURO
                             (embarrassed)
                         Yes.

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         I see.  Well, it looks like we have
                         a case of a distressed vas
                         deference vein and possibly a
                         pinched scroticular nerve.

                                   DR. PIE
                         A what?

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                             (sighs)
                         He's got a twisted nut.

               There is a long pause.

                                   DR. DASSTER
                         YOU LIE!

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         Actually, the injury is somewhat
                         common and occurs after a fall or
                         something like that.

                                   ARTURO
                         Like when I tried to kill... Er, I
                         mean... Catch Triumph and fell
                         through the wall!

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         The testicle is twisted inside the
                         scrotum cutting off blood flow and
                         pinching nerves leading to swelling
                         and pain in walking, sitting, and
                         everything.  It's quite painful
                         and, if not caught quickly, could
                         lead to the testicular area being
                         irreparably damaged.  

                                   DR. PIE
                         Well, I see only one recourse.

                                   ARTURO
                         What?

                                   DR. PIE
                         Amputation.

               He takes out a pair of scissors.

                                   DR. PIE
                         You want just the one snipped or
                         both so they'll be a bit of
                         symmetry?

                                   ARTURO
                         GAH!

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         Actually, the procedure to return
                         blood flow is quite simple and
                         doesn't even require surgery!

                                   ARTURO
                         Oh, thank you God.

                                   DR. DASSTER
                         Oh come on, Nurse!  Cures without
                         surgery?  Next thing you know,
                         you'll be telling us that man's
                         walked on the moon!

                                   DR. PIE
                         Besides, you're just a nurse and
                         we're fully accredited vets!

                                   DR. DASSTER
                         Doctors.

                                   DR. PIE
                         Right, doctors!  You'll do what we
                         say and we say it's time to perform
                         the nutcracker!

               The nurse looks at them for a second, picks up a telephone,
               and hands it to Dasster.

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         It's for you.

               Dasster takes the phone.  We can hear the dial tone.

                                   DR. DASSTER
                         Hello?  Hello?
                             (a beat)
                         HELLO?
                             (a beat)
                         I can hear you, you know!  I can
                         heard you making that weird dial
                         tone sound!
                             (a beat)
                         STOP THAT!  YOU'RE SCARING ME!

               The nurse wheels Arturo out the door as Dasster and Pie are
               still trying to solve the phone dilemma.

                                   DR. PIE
                             (takes phone)
                         Let me talk to him.
                             (to phone)
                         Who is this?  WHO is THIS!?

               The phone starts making that beeping sound.

                                   DR. PIE
                         Who is THIS!?

               Doctor Pie throws the phone down.

                                   DR. DASSTER
                         I'm scared!  Hold me!

                                   DR. PIE
                         Only if you hold me.

               Dasster and Pie hold each other in terror.

               INT. AN EXAMINATION ROOM

               Arturo is resting on a bed as the Nurse tends to him.

                                   ARTURO
                         So, what exactly does this...
                         Procedure entail?

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         Oh, it's simple, professor.  All we
                         do is a minor... Readjustment.

                                   ARTURO
                         Readjustment?

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         We... Untwist your testicle.

                                   ARTURO
                         How?

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         By hand.

               Arturo checks out the nurse's bod.

                                   ARTURO
                         Well, this won't be so bad after
                         all.

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                             (a beat)
                         Wha...?  Oh, no! No! No!  I'm not
                         going to do it.  I'm needed
                         elsewhere and, frankly, we caught
                         your condition before it got too
                         serious.  No, you're going to be
                         helped by a couple of volunteers.

                                   ARTURO
                         Are they qualified?

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         Oh yes.  Like I said.  It's a
                         simple procedure.

                                   ARTURO
                             (cocks an eyebrow)
                         What do they look like?

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         Oh, one has beautiful flowing blond
                         hair and the other is a shapely
                         brunette.

               There is a knock at the door.

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         Oh, that must be them.  Have a good
                         day, professor.

               Nurse Goodbody leaves as SIEGFRIED AND ROY enter.

                                   SIEGFRIED
                         Oh, LOOK Roy!  Ve have ourselves a
                         patient!

                                   ROY
                         Dah!  Oh, dee poor dear looks like
                         he's in so much pain!

                                   ARTURO
                         What the HELL!?

                                   SIEGFRIED
                         So, Heir Arturo, what can ve do for
                         chew?

                                   ARTURO
                         W-Well...

                                   ROY
                         Oh, don't be afraid, professor!  Ve
                         are professionals!

                                   ARTURO
                         All right...  But ONLY because this
                         pain is killing me!

                                   SIEGFRIED
                         Vhat pain?

                                   ARTURO
                         I have... a distressed vas
                         deference vein and possibly a
                         pinched scroticular nerve.

               Siegfried and Roy stare blankly.

                                   ARTURO
                             (mumbled)
                         I have a twisted nut.

                                   SIEGFRIED
                         No, vhat is REALLY wrong vit chew?

                                   ARTURO
                         I have a twisted nut.

               Roy reads the chart.

                                   ROY
                         Vell, vhat do chew know!  He DOES
                         have a twisted little ballsy!

                                   SIEGFRIED
                         Vell, dis is a first for me!

                                   ROY
                         Well, shall ve get down to it?

                                   SIEGFRIED
                             (puts on rubber gloves)
                         Oh, lets!

                                   ARTURO
                         Oh god...

               INT. A HOSPITAL ROOM

               The room is empty as Jesse and Johnathan enter.

                                   JESSE
                         We've been looking for treasure for
                         hours and all we've found so far
                         has been these silver booster
                         chairs!

               He holds up a couple of bedpans.

                                   JOHNATHAN
                         Yeah, but aren't they cool?

               Nurse Goodbody enters.

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         What are you two doing in here?

                                   JESSE
                         We're looking for treasure.

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         What do you mean?  Do you mean some
                         sort of existential metaphysical
                         journey for knowledge and
                         enlightenment that could never
                         truly be fulfilled?

                                   JOHNATHAN
                             (beat, blankly)
                         We're... Looking for treasure.

                                   JESSE
                         Or this guy, Professor Arturo.  You
                         seen him?

                                   NURSE GOODBODY
                         Oh, you're friends of the
                         professor... The poor guy.  Well,
                         this is his room... You can wait
                         for him until he gets back.

               She leaves.  Jesse looks over at the table and sees the
               charts from the cadaver that Dasster and Pie brought in.

                                   JESSE
                             (picks up charts)
                         Hey, look at this!

                                   JESSE
                         Treasure?

                                   JESSE
                         No, better!

                                   JOHNATHAN
                             (looks)
                         Cool!  The professor's medical
                         charts!  What do they say!?  What
                         do they say?

                                   JESSE
                         Uh-oh.  This looks bad.

               INT. THE HOSPITAL WAITING ROOM

               The entire gang is sitting in the waiting room for some word
               on the professor when Jesse and Johnathan enter.

                                   JESSE
                         Guys!  Guys!  Look at this!

                                   LIAM
                         What is it?

                                   JESSE
                         We swiped the professor's medical
                         charts.

                                   STACY
                         What?  You can't go through
                         someone's personal medical
                         information!  Don't you two have
                         any self-respect?

               Jesse and Johnathan stare at her blankly.

                                   STACY
                         Right.  Sorry.  I forgot who I was
                         talking to.

                                   CHOCOLATE TREAT
                         So, what do they say?  How much
                         does he REALLY weigh?

               Stacy snatches the charts away from them.

                                   STACY
                         No one is looking through anyone's
                         confidential files and that's
                         final!  You damn voyeurs!

               She glances down at them and something catches her eye.

                                   STACY
                             (reading)
                         Oh my God!

                                   JOHNATHAN
                         Excuse me, pot... The kettle's
                         calling!

                                   LIAM
                         Well?  What do they say?

                                   STACY
                         They say... That the professor's
                         going to die!

                                   DORIS
                             (she grabs the charts)
                         Let me see that!
                             (reading)
                         You're right, dearie... This isn't
                         good.

               Tempus takes the charts.

                                   TEMPUS
                         Excuse me, ladies, but I was
                         trained in the 31st century on all
                         forms of human anatomy and
                         medicine.  I think I'm just a
                         smidge more qualified to read these
                         charts.
                             (he looks)
                         What language is this printed in?

                                   DORIS
                         You're holding them upside down,
                         future boy.

               Tempus flips them over.

                                   TEMPUS
                         Everything's on a computer screen
                         where I come from, okay?  We live
                         in a paperless world.

                                   BIPPO
                         That must take the fun out of
                         bathroom time.

                                   TEMPUS
                             (reads)
                         According to this, the professor
                         has the body of a twenty year old.

                                   LIAM
                         That's a relief.

                                   TEMPUS
                         A dead twenty year old.

               Everyone gasps.

                                   TEMPUS
                         In fact, I have no idea why he
                         hasn't died already.  The
                         professor's a walking corpse,
                         basically.

                                   THAD
                         Well, it's good to know that at
                         least THIS landlord's death won't
                         be on my hands.

                                   LIAM
                         Well, t-t-this is terrible!  It's
                         awful!  What are we going to do?

                                   GARY
                         Well, the professor's going to be
                         in denial for a while.

                                   LIAM
                         How do you know that?

                                   GARY
                         Well, after Kari and I were
                         married, she was in denial with the
                         pool man, her masseuse, her
                         personal trainer, the next door
                         neighbor, the paper boy, Hugh
                         Grant...

                                   STACY
                         So, you and Kari Wuhrer didn't have
                         the ideal marriage like the two of
                         you let on?

                                   GARY
                         No... The problems started on our
                         honeymoon...

                                                       RIPPLE DISSOLVE
                                                       TO:

               EXT. A HAWAIIAN BEACH

               Gary and KARI WUHRER are sunbathing when a group of natives
               stand over them.

                                   NATIVE
                         We are sorry, Gary, but to appease
                         the Volcano God, we must sacrifice
                         a virgin!

                                   GARY
                             (to Kari)
                         Did you HAVE to tell everyone?

               The natives grab Gary and drag him away as we...

                                                       RIPPLE DISSOLVE
                                                       TO:

               THE HOSPITAL WAITING ROOM

               As before.

                                   GARY
                             (remembering)
                         That was a magical night.

                                   CHOCOLATE TREAT
                         Look, honey, it's probably best if
                         we don't pressure the professor
                         about his impending demise, you
                         know?

                                   LIAM
                         That's right.  I mean, he's
                         probably going to be a mess when he
                         gets out of here!

               Arturo enters.

                                   ARTURO
                         I've had enough of this bloody
                         place.  Let's get the hell out of
                         here!

                                   LIAM
                         Uh, professor?  How did it go in
                         there?

                                   ARTURO
                         I don't want to talk about it.

                                   LIAM
                         But I...

                                   ARTURO
                         I said I DON'T want to speak of
                         this incident ever again!

               Arturo storms off.

                                   CHOCOLATE TREAT
                         See what I mean?

                                   LIAM
                         Oh God... The professor's going to
                         DIE!

               Liam and the gang sadly walk after the professor as the
               camera finds a woman sitting in a chair.  Doctor Dasster and
               Pie go up to her.

                                   WOMAN
                         How's my husband?

                                   DR. DASSTER
                         Well, we're not going to sugar coat
                         it, ma'am.  You're husband was in a
                         terrible accident.

                                   DR. PIE
                         He lost both legs and has multiple
                         factures in his arms.

                                   DR. DASSTER
                         He has severe blunt head trauma and
                         significant brain damage.

                                   DR. PIE
                         He'll live, but he'll be a complete
                         vegetable for the rest of his life.

                                   DR. DASSTER
                         Hooked up to respirators...

                                   DR. PIE
                         Dependent on you for everything...

                                   DR. DASSTER
                         You'll have to clean up after
                         him...

                                   DR. PIE
                         Hand feed him...

                                   DR. DASSTER
                         Clean out his diapers...

                                   WOMAN
                             (weeping)
                         Oh GOD...

                                   DR. DASSTER
                             (laughing)
                         Aw, we're just kidding!

                                   DR. PIE
                             (laughing)
                         Yeah, he's dead.

               INT. UPDA CREEK LOBBY

               Arturo is going over some books as Liam enters.

                                   LIAM
                         Professor, are you all right?

                                   ARTURO
                         For God's sake, Liam... That's the
                         fifth time you've asked me in the
                         last hour!  I'm fine, I'm dandy,
                         and I feel a hundred percent
                         better, despite the fact that I
                         have been molested and may never
                         truly love again!

                                   LIAM
                         What?

                                   ARTURO
                             (caught)
                         Nothing!  I don't want to talk
                         about it!

                                   LIAM
                         Professor, something happened to
                         you in that hospital and you just
                         don't have the balls to admit it.

                                   ARTURO
                             (pause)
                         What... Did you... Say?

                                   LIAM
                         Professor, I know about what
                         happened.

                                   ARTURO
                             (shocked)
                         You do?

                                   LIAM
                         Yeah, Jesse and Jonathan told
                         everyone?

               Arturo buries his head in his hands.

                                   ARTURO
                         They did?

                                   LIAM
                         Yep, we know every detail.

                                   ARTURO
                             (sighs)
                         Well, my life is over.

                                   LIAM
                         Professor, your... Condition is
                         nothing to be ashamed of.

                                   ARTURO
                         Says you.

                                   LIAM
                         Professor, this happens to everyone
                         sooner or later.

                                   ARTURO
                         It does?

                                   LIAM
                         Yeah, it's just a part of life.

                                   ARTURO
                         What?

                                   LIAM
                         Take Mister Hilter for example... I
                         mean, when it happened to him, it
                         took EVERYONE by surprise.

                                   ARTURO
                         It happened to Mister Hilter?

                                   LIAM
                         Yeah.
                             (beat, sarcastic)
                         Duh!

                                   ARTURO
                         Well, maybe I shouldn't be as
                         embarrassed as I am!

                                   LIAM
                         That's the spirit!

                                   ARTURO
                             (proud)
                         I'm am Maximillion Arturo!

                                   LIAM
                         Yes you are!

                                   ARTURO
                         I don't CARE what happened to me!

                                   LIAM
                         No you don't!

                                   ARTURO
                         My life will go on!

               Liam prepares to respond, but then breaks down and cries.

                                   ARTURO
                         Liam?  What is it?

                                   LIAM
                         You're going to DIE!

                                   ARTURO
                         WHAT!?

                                   LIAM
                         We read your medical chart and saw
                         that your body was riddled with
                         tumors and blockages and...

                                   ARTURO
                         What the HELL are you talking
                         about?  I was given a physical and
                         I'm as healthy as a horse!

                                   LIAM
                         Huh?  But... But the medical chart
                         said...

                                   ARTURO
                         WHAT medical chart?

               Liam hands it to him.

                                   ARTURO
                         You... IDIOT!  Number one, the man
                         in this chart weighed five hundred
                         pounds!

               Liam stares blankly.

                                   ARTURO
                         ...and I don't.

                                   LIAM
                         You... Don't?

                                   ARTURO
                         Secondly, the person in this chart
                         was over sixty years old!

               Liam stares blankly.

                                   ARTURO
                             (sighs)
                         ...and I'm not.

                                   LIAM
                         You're not?

                                   ARTURO
                         And thirdly, the person in THIS
                         medical file... IS A WOMAN!!!

                                   LIAM
                         It is?

               Liam looks.

                                   LIAM
                         She is!
                             (beat)
                         But... But Tempus said...

                                   ARTURO
                         Tempus!

               Arturo hands Liam a book off his desk.

                                   ARTURO
                         Read this.

                                   LIAM
                             (reading)
                         Wen... O-on that aprool noun...
                             (a beat)
                         What language is this?

               Arturo takes the book.

                                   ARTURO
                         It's English, Liam... Chaucer's
                         Canturbury Tales in the original
                         old English from about six hundred
                         years ago.  Obviously, the English
                         language evolves between now and
                         the 31st century and Tempus, in his
                         never ending and never successful
                         attempts to show how much more
                         intelligent he is than us, screwed
                         up our current English.

                                   LIAM
                         Wow.  So, you're not going to die?

                                   ARTURO
                         No, I'm not going to die.

                                   LIAM
                         Wonderful!  I guess we'd better
                         tell the others!

                                   ARTURO
                         Yes, I'm sure they'll all be
                         relieved.

                                   LIAM
                         Yeah... But that's not the reason
                         we should tell them.

               INT. THAD'S APARTMENT

               THAD and BIPPO are interviewing DOCTOR SMITH and the ROBOT
               from Lost in Space.

                                   THAD
                         So, tell me... What makes you think
                         you're qualified to take over the
                         duties of Superintendent of Upda
                         Creek Apartments.

                                   DOCTOR SMITH
                         Simple, my young luscious lad... My
                         large mental capacity leaves all
                         other candidates mere toadies
                         compared to me.   Furthermore, I...

               Arturo and Liam enter.

                                   ARTURO
                         What the HELL is this?

                                   BIPPO
                             (to Smith)
                         Uh, maybe you should come back
                         later.

                                   ARTURO
                         You idiots, I am NOT dying!

                                   BIPPO
                             (to Smith)
                         We'll be in touch.

                                   DOCTOR SMITH
                             (to Thad)
                         Perhaps later, you can come by my
                         apartment where I will show you my
                         etchings from many lands.

                                   ROBOT
                         DANGER!  DANGER, THAD COFFEY! 
                         DANGER!

                                   DOCTOR SMITH
                             (to robot)
                         You bitch.

               Smith and the Robot exit.

                                   BIPPO
                         This isn't what it looks like,
                         professor!  We're not replacing
                         you, we're just looking for someone
                         to do what you do after you die.

                                   ARTURO
                         I'M NOT DYING!!!

               Thad and Bippo are silent.

                                   THAD
                         Whew!  THAT's a relief.  I couldn't
                         decide between Doctor Smith or
                         Giles from Buffy the Vampire
                         Slayer!

                                   ARTURO
                         You are all... MORONS!!!

               Arturo stomps out, Liam follows.

                                   BIPPO
                         Yep... That man is going to outlive
                         you all... Because I'll kill him
                         last.

                                   THAD
                         Bippo, that's a stupid joke.

                                   BIPPO
                         Joke?

               INT. THE HALLWAY

               Liam walks after Arturo.

                                   LIAM
                         So, Professor... If you weren't
                         dying, what was wrong with you?

                                   ARTURO
                         I had a twisted nut.

                                   LIAM
                         No, really... What was wrong with
                         you?

                                   ARTURO
                         Twisted nut, Liam.

                                   LIAM
                         Look, if you don't want to tell me,
                         that's fine.

                                                       FADE OUT:

               THE END
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