Donner's Big Boner

The Liam Smith Show
Episode 3.23 - "Donner's Big Boner"
Written by Jason Donner

                INT. A PSYCHATRIST'S OFFICE

               DONNER is lying on a couch in the middle of a session while
               an attractive female psychiatrist, DOCTOR MONA L. WATUR.

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                         Well, from what I've been reading
                         in US News, it's been quite a week
                         for you, Mister Donner.

                                   DONNER
                         That's putting it lightly.

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                         Do you want to talk about it?

                                   DONNER
                         No, I just thought I'd let your
                         hundred dollar an hour fee go to us
                         chatting about the Nicks.

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                         Aggressive.   But that's
                         understandable.

                                   DONNER
                         It's because I was toilet trained
                         too early, isn't it?  DAMN YOU,
                         MOTHER!

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                         Actually, I'm not a Fruedian.  I
                         believe that our personal demons
                         come from the inside.  You've just
                         been through an ordeal and I
                         thought maybe you'd like to discuss
                         your feelings.

                                   DONNER
                         My feelings?  Well, as you know, my
                         company, DonCo, wasn't doing too
                         well since Capeman up and left. 
                         There were bad investments, lousy
                         deals, a four picture deal with
                         Freddy Prince, jr.  It seemed like
                         a good idea at the time but let me
                         tell you, the kid's like box office
                         poison!  Did you see Summer Catch? 
                         Yeeeeech!  And to make matters
                         worse, this Chinese spy stole a top
                         secret helicopter I'd been
                         developing for the government.

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                         I see.

                                   DONNER
                         But I woke up a couple of weeks
                         after that and came up with an
                         idea... Something that would make
                         me a contender again and show
                         Capehead than I didn't need him to
                         succeed...

                                                       RIPPLE DISSOLVE
                                                       TO:

               INT. DONCO INDUSTRIES - DAYS EARLIER

               Donner enters the large factory which is producing copies of
               Kari Wuhrer's Sex Trek: Big Erection and various other
               questionable commodities such as children's toys named
               "Johnny Switchblade" and "Flammable Freddy" and "Uncle
               Grabby's Bag O' Glass".  There is "Rooster of the Sea Tuna:
               Now with 5 percent less Dolphin!" and "Pink Bunny's Scissors
               for Toddlers".  Donner walks up to a man in a white coat and
               we see that it's DOCTOR FRANK N. STIEN from "The Big Ones:
               Part Two".

                                   DONNER
                         Doctor Stien!  What's going on in
                         my little corporate empire today? 
                         Whatcha got for me?

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         Well, Mister Donner, sir... I've
                         almost gotten project "F*ck
                         Capeman" up to specs.

                                   DONNER
                         Indeedy?

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         Yes, the only problem is, it's got
                         an eighty percent mortality rate.

                                   DONNER
                         Is that good or bad?

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         It depends on how you feel about
                         your body getting turned inside out
                         and cooked like an overdone potato.

                                   DONNER
                         So, we'll let's chalk that up to
                         the "bad" category, shall we?

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         Yes sir, I'll bring that mortality
                         rate down through months of
                         rigorous research and testing
                         and...

                                   DONNER
                         Aw, forget Operation: F*ck Capeman,
                         Frankie... I've got a better idea
                         cooked up in my cranium.  What do
                         you know about male impotence?

               Doctor Stien slumps.

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         Just that it is a dark, dark blot
                         on the tapestry of your life and
                         makes you worthless as a man.  It
                         takes you and wrings all of the
                         pride out of you, making you a
                         bland unfeeling wretched creature
                         that longs for...

                                   DONNER
                             (impatient)
                         Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever.  Look,
                         Frankie... What would you say if
                         I've... Ahem... "Acquired" the
                         formula for an ancient South
                         American herbal impotence cure that
                         has a 99.9999 percent success rate.

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         It would be a long-needed silver
                         lining to the dark cloud of my... I
                         mean, a man's life.  It would be
                         salvation, a life-altering
                         medicine... Or at least I think it
                         would for impotent men.

                                   DONNER
                         Well, I've got it.  Sure, I had to
                         lay off cutting down that little
                         stretch of rainforest in the
                         Amazon, but the rewards from this
                         little formula will be well worth
                         it.

               Donner holds up a vile of green glowing fluid.

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         What is it?

                                   DONNER
                         The natives called it
                         Uwannahumpylottatyme... I Never
                         caught what the translation is, but
                         this stuff is the most amazing
                         impotence remedy in the world. 
                         Made from the bark of the Tallest
                         PeiPei Wood Tree, the skin
                         secrection of the staff frog, and
                         the fungus that grows on the stem
                         of the purple-headed toadstool...
                         This concoction could firm up a
                         ninety year old.

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         Is it safe?

                                   DONNER
                         Of course it's safe.  It's all
                         natural.  I say we put it in gel
                         caps and sell it to the impotent
                         clods of the world.  People won't
                         even remember what the hell Viagra
                         is when I'm done spicing up their
                         bedroom life!

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         What are we going to call it?

                                   DONNER
                         Hmmm... Good question.  It has to
                         be medical sounding... Something
                         professional...
                             (he thinks)
                         How about "Doctor Donner's Amazing
                         Pecker Potion"?

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         Needs work.

                                   DONNER
                         Well, don't worry about it,
                         Frankie... I'm sure we'll come up
                         with something before this pill
                         hits stores.
                             (a beat)
                         Next week.

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         WHAT!?

               EXT. A DRUG STORE

               A cardboard cut-out of Donner giving a thumbs up and holding
               a bottle of pills is put in the window along with a sign that
               says: "NOW IN STOCK!  DONCO'S AMAZING IMPOTENCE CURE,
               STIFFIEDIX!"  The camera pulls back to reveal Senestra
               Malevolous.

                                   SENESTRA
                         Well, at least this'll make people
                         forget about P.E.N.I.S. for a
                         while.

                                                       FADE OUT:

               --------------------
THEME SONG (Sung to the theme of "My Ding-a-ling")

There once was this guy,
who was very rich.
No one liked him,
he was a son of a bitch.

He had lots of dough,
he had lots of fame,
the only thing missing,
was a little bit of brain!

It's a DONNER EPISODE!
A DONNER EPISODE!
It's about damn time for a DONNER EPISODE!
A DONNER EPISODE!
A DONNER EPISODE!
I hope you enjoy this DONNER EPISODE!
Olé! 
               --------------------

THE LIAM SMITH SHOW

Starring

Dian Bachar
as
"Liam Smith"

John Rhys-Davies
as
"Professor Arturo"

Seann William Scott
as
"Thad Coffey"

and
Robert Floyd
as
"Bippo the Clown"

Also Starring

Jason Donner
as
"Donner"

and
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

Guest Starring

Famke Janssen
as
"Doctor Mona Watur"

Kenneth Braggah
as
"Doctor Frank N. Stein"

and
Bo Derek
as
"Melody"

Today's episode brought to you by a dirty mind and a day's exposure to paint fumes

 

               INT. UPDA CREEK LOBBY

               ARTURO enters concealing something under his arm.  He runs
               and hides behind a chair, then runs for cover under his desk. 
               Next, he rolls out and jumps behind a large potted plant. 
               BIPPO is standing there.

                                   BIPPO
                         Hi, professor!

                                   ARTURO
                         GAH!  What are you doing back here?

                                   BIPPO
                         Hey, when nature calls, you can't
                         put it on hold.  I've tried.

                                   ARTURO
                         I'll overlook this gross misuse of
                         the restroom facilities if you
                         promise to tell no one that I was
                         ever here.

                                   BIPPO
                         You got it, professor.

               Arturo sneaks off.

               INT. LIAM'S APARTMENT

               Thad and Liam are playing a board game.

                                   LIAM
                         You know, I would have expected the
                         home version of Survivor to be a
                         bit more exciting.

                                   THAD
                         I guess that's why they call it a
                         "bored game".  All right, let's try
                         it again and see who the tribe
                         voted to win the game.

               Liam takes a couple of slips of paper out of a jar.

                                   LIAM
                         That's one vote for you... And one
                         vote for me.  It's a tie again.

                                   THAD
                         DAMMIT!  We've been playing this
                         stupid game for three hours!  I
                         feel like we're doing nothing but
                         wasting time!

                                   LIAM
                         Re-vote?

                                   THAD
                         Re-vote.
                             (a beat)
                         I'm gonna beat you this time.

               Bippo enters.

                                   BIPPO
                         Guys, guess where the professor
                         wasn't today?

                                   THAD
                         Say what?

                                   BIPPO
                         The professor wasn't somewhere
                         today.  Where do you think he was,
                         or should I say, wasn't?

                                   LIAM
                         You're not making any sense.

                                   BIPPO
                         Well, let's just say that if the
                         professor happened to be sneaking
                         around somewhere today... Which he
                         wasn't, because he wasn't there,
                         don't you think that would be a bit
                         of juicy gossip?

                                   LIAM
                         Was the professor sneaking around?

                                   BIPPO
                         You said it, not me... But since
                         you asked... Yes.

                                   THAD
                         You don't think he's doing another
                         one of those experiments like he
                         did when he brought that evil Anti
                         You from another dimension, do you?

                                   LIAM
                         Who cares about that!?  I'm just
                         afraid that he's going to knock out
                         the power again, and with Kari
                         Wuhuer's movie, "Forrest Hump"
                         coming on tonight, that's a chance
                         I'm not going to take!

               Liam stands.

                                   LIAM
                         Come, Thad!  Let's go stop that mad
                         man!

                                   THAD
                         But the game!

                                   LIAM
                         Of course, the re-vote...

               Liam takes the votes out of the jar.

                                   LIAM
                         One vote for Bippo and another vote
                         for Bippo... Bippo wins.  But, how?

                                   BIPPO
                         Let's just say that you're more
                         likely to find the missing Florida
                         ballots than figure that out, now
                         come on!

               Thad and Liam slump and then shuffle out the door.

               INT. ARTURO'S APARTMENT

               Arturo silently enters through the door and looks around,
               still hiding something under his arm. He tip-toes to his
               bedroom door when TRIUMPH THE INSULT COMIC DOG enters.

                                   TRIUMPH
                         How's it hanging, professor?

                                   ARTURO
                         WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY...!?  Er, I
                         mean, it's fine Triumph.

                                   TRIUMPH
                         A little jumpy, eh?  Did you have a
                         hard day?

                                   ARTURO
                         I DON'T... ER, I mean no.  It was a
                         fine day.

                                   TRIUMPH
                         Watcha got there, fat boy?

                                   ARTURO
                         Stifiedix.
                             (a beat)
                         I mean...  That is I... Oh, hell.

                                   TRIUMPH
                         You're taking Stifiedix?  The
                         greatest wang pill ever invented? 
                         For me to poop on?   Whatever for? 
                         Does a chili cheese dog not cause
                         the same burning in your loins?

                                   ARTURO
                         It's not that, you dastardly dog! 
                         I've... Met someone.

                                   TRIUMPH
                         YOU!

                                   ARTURO
                         Oh, her name is Melody and her name
                         is the song that angels sing.  Her
                         lips as red as the red red rose,
                         her skin as white as snow, her hair
                         as black as ebony and her whoo
                         whoos are the kind you just want to
                         stick your face in and go buluh
                         buluh-buluh!
                             (a beat)
                         Jesus, I've been hanging around
                         with the guys too long.

                                   TRIUMPH
                         Ah, and you're taking Stifiedix
                         because your... Ahem... Diploma
                         isn't as straight as it used to be.

                                   ARTURO
                         Don't you tell a soul, understand?

                                   TRIUMPH
                         Oh, you can count on me, professor,
                         but what about them?

               Triumph points with his paw.  Arturo turns around and sees
               Liam, Thad, and Bippo sitting on his couch listening.

                                   ARTURO
                         GAH!  How the HELL do you people DO
                         that?

                                   LIAM
                             (smirks)
                         Simple.  I'm really Capeman.

                                   BIPPO
                         So, the professor's in love?
                             (sings)
                         The professor and Melody sitting in
                         a tree... F-U-C...

                                   THAD
                         I especially liked the part about
                         the whoo-whoos.

                                   ARTURO
                         I'm so humiliated.

                                   LIAM
                         Oh, come on professor.  This isn't
                         nearly as humiliating as the time
                         your nut got twisted.

                                   THAD
                         You're really going to take
                         something that came out of Donner's
                         factory?  Doesn't that seem like a
                         little... Suicidal?

                                   ARTURO
                         Normally, I would agree... But
                         Stiffiedix is different.  It's all
                         natural.  Sure, Donner being the
                         bottom feeding profit monger he is,
                         put 60 percent sawdust filler in
                         the pills, but I could use the
                         fiber as well.

               Arturo takes out a Stiffiedix pill and holds it up.  It's
               about the size of a peach pit.

                                   TRIUMPH
                         That's a big pill!

                                   ARTURO
                         Certainly it is, but my dear sweet
                         Melody is worth it.

               Arturo puts the pill in his mouth and swallows. 

                                   ARTURO
                         Wonderful!  Now, if you'll excuse
                         me...  My dear Melody awaits!

               Arturo goes out the door.

                                   LIAM
                         I'll see what's in the fridge.

                                   TRIUMPH
                         I'll invite the bitches.

                                   THAD
                         I'll make some long distance calls.

                                   BIPPO
                         I'll go try on his clothes.

                                                       RIPPLE DISSOLVE
                                                       TO:

               INT. A PSYCHATRIST'S OFFICE

               Donner is lying on the couch as Doctor Mona looks on.

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                         Uh... What does this have to do
                         with anything?  We're here to talk
                         about you, not people you happen to
                         know.

                                   DONNER
                         Yes, I know and believe me, myself
                         is my favorite subject.  All of our
                         paths were about to cross as they
                         almost always unfortunately do.

                                                       RIPPLE DISSOLVE
                                                       TO:

               INT. DONCO INDUSTRIES

               Donner is sitting in his office looking at stock reports on
               his computer as Doctor Stien looks on.

                                   DONNER
                         DonCo stock is up 500 percent, a
                         lot like the manhoods of several
                         million men across this great
                         nation thanks to you, Doctor Stein.

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         It was nothing, I assure you.  Now,
                         about Project F*ck Capeman.

                                   DONNER
                         I told you, don't worry about
                         Project F*ck Capeman.  Stiffiedix
                         has made me a multibillionare
                         again!  No more getting snubbed by
                         the billionaire at the yacht club
                         just because I slipped to 999
                         million, oh no... Now, they will
                         rue the day.  Total rueage.

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         But I really think that Project
                         F*ck Capeman is worth pursuing.

                                   DONNER
                         Jeeze, what do I have to do? 
                         Staple a piece of paper with the
                         word "NO" on your forehead?

               There is a knock at the door.

                                   DONNER
                         Yo?

               Officers TOOTY and SUNDAY enter.  Sunday's head is angled at
               an obviously uncomfortable angle.

                                   DONNER
                         Guys, the dougnut shop is two
                         blocks down.

                                   TOOTY
                         We're aware of that.

                                   SUNDAY
                         But the eclairs across town are
                         better.

                                   TOOTY
                         We're here to question you about a
                         series of neck injuries across
                         town.

                                   SUNDAY
                         A lot like mine.

                                   TOOTY
                         Currently being experienced by
                         millions of people across the
                         United States.

                                   DONNER
                         What does this have to do with me?

                                   TOOTY
                         All of the victims has one thing in
                         common.  They were all impotent.

               Everyone looks at Sunday.

                                   SUNDAY
                         It's true.  I'm as soft as a jar of
                         cold bacon fat.

                                   TOOTY
                         They were also taking your drug,
                         Stiffiedix.

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         You think that there's a link
                         between neck injures and my... I
                         mean, our impotence drug?

                                   TOOTY
                         We can't prove it.

                                   SUNDAY
                         The ingredients are all natural.

                                   TOOTY
                         The sap of the Mourning Wood.

                                   SUNDAY
                         The blood of an Anaconda.

                                   TOOTY
                         And so on...

                                   SUNDAY
                         ...and so forth.

                                   TOOTY
                         We'll find the connection.

                                   SUNDAY
                         We assure you.

                                   TOOTY
                         Now, if you'll excuse us.

                                   SUNDAY
                         I have an appointment with a
                         chiropractor.

               They exit.  Donner and Doctor Stien look at each other.

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         Maybe we should issue a recall?

                                   DONNER
                         Tuh!  As if!  Come on, Frankie...
                         one or two or a thousand crooked
                         necks do not a recall call for.

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         Isn't that a tad disingenuous?

                                   DONNER
                         I see you haven't met my lawyer.

               A man in a suit enters.

                                   MAN
                         Hi.  I'm Tad Disingenuous: Attorney
                         at Law.

                                   DONNER
                         He's good.

               INT. A PSYCHATRIST'S OFFICE

               As before, Donner is lying down on the couch as Doctor Mona
               jots down notes.

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                         And what did you do when you found
                         out what they suspected about
                         Stiffiedix?

                                   DONNER
                         Well, I was about to burn down the
                         factory, stash all my assets into a
                         Swiss bank account, and change my
                         name, but something about the fact
                         that I invented something that hurt
                         people bothered me in a way I've
                         never been bothered before.

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                         You were guilty, it's perfectly
                         normal.

               Donner sits up and looks at her.

                                   DONNER
                         Have we just met?

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                         What did you do next?

               Donner lies back down.

                                   DONNER
                         I went to go seek the council of
                         the smartest person I knew.

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                         A mentor?

                                   DONNER
                         No.  He's more like a guy I learn
                         stuff from.

                                                       RIPPLE DISSOLVE
                                                       TO:

               INT. ARTURO'S APARTMENT

               Donner enters through a broken door.  The house is a huge
               mess as beer bottles are thrown all over the place and
               clothing hangs on all the furniture and fixtures.

                                   DONNER
                         Hello?  Professor Arturo?

               Arturo enters from the back wearing a robe.

                                   ARTURO
                         Ah, Mister Donner, such a pleasure
                         to see you!

                                   DONNER
                         Huh?

                                   ARTURO
                         To what do I owe the pleasure?

                                   DONNER
                         Who are you and what have you done
                         with Professor Arturo?

                                   ARTURO
                         Oh, what are you on about Don-Don? 
                         It's a beautiful morning, the sky
                         is clear, the sun is shining, and
                         the future is filled with promise.

                                   DONNER
                         What the hell is wrong with you? 
                         You're usually all gruff and mean
                         and "what the hell are you doing
                         here, you miscreant" when you see
                         me.  Now you're all, like, happy
                         and prancy and it looks like you've
                         let off a lot of steam and...

               An older, but beautiful woman comes out of Arturo's bedroom. 
               This is, of course, MELODY.  Donner looks at her then at the
               professor and grins.

                                   DONNER
                         Professor!  You dog, you!

                                   MELODY
                         I have to go now, Maxy-Poo, but
                         I... Oh, who's your friend?

                                   ARTURO
                         Melody, this is Donner.

                                   MELODY
                         Oh, the rich jackass you're always
                         talking about.

                                   ARTURO
                         That's the guy.

                                   MELODY
                             (to Donner)
                         Well, it's a pleasure to meet you. 
                         Max, I'll see you tonight.

               Melody exits.

                                   DONNER
                         Dizzam, professor  I never knew you
                         were a player!  A Jukebox, maybe,
                         but not a player.

                                   ARTURO
                         What do you want?

                                   DONNER
                         Okay, I need some advise.

                                   ARTURO
                         Shoot.

                                   DONNER
                         You know that drug, Stiffiedix?

                                   ARTURO
                             (a beat)
                         I'm aware of it.

                                   DONNER
                         Well, it's made by my company and I
                         just learned that there's some
                         strange... Let's just call them
                         side-effects involved.

                                   ARTURO
                             (goes white)
                         Side effects?  Nothing harmful, I
                         hope.

                                   DONNER
                         Oh, no... It's just some muscle
                         spasms in the neck.  Still, people
                         are getting hurt over something I
                         made and I don't want that... Or,
                         more importantly, the lawsuits.

               Arturo walks over and grabs Donner's shoulders.

                                   ARTURO
                         Listen to me very carefully, rich
                         boy.  Under no circumstances do you
                         take Stiffiedix off the market, do
                         you understand?

                                   DONNER
                         Uh, okay...  But what about the
                         people with the neck pain?

                                   ARTURO
                         F*CK THE PEOPLE WITH THE NECK PAIN!

                                   DONNER
                         Whoa!

               Melody re-enters.

                                   MELODY
                         I forgot my purse.

               Arturo turns his head quickly.

                                   ARTURO
                         What?
                             (CRUNCH!)
                         GAH!

               Arturo grabs his neck in pain.

                                   MELODY
                         Maxy?

                                   ARTURO
                         OH MY GOD!  IT HURTS!

                                   DONNER
                         What hurts?

                                   ARTURO
                         My neck, I've done something to my
                         neck!

                                   DONNER
                         Wait a minute... Pretty girl,
                         relaxed professor, hurt neck...
                         This is all starting to come
                         together.

               Liam, Thad, and Bippo enter.

                                   LIAM
                         What's all that racket?

                                   DONNER
                         The professor hurt his neck.

               Arturo gets up.  His neck is now stuck at a weird angle.

                                   ARTURO
                         Sweet Jesus, boy!  What have you
                         done to me!?

                                   DONNER
                         I didn't force that pill down your
                         throat, fat boy!  Besides, all the
                         ingredients are natural and safe! 
                         Test them yourself if you want!

                                   MELODY
                         I think I'll do just that!

                                   DONNER
                         Fine, you can use the labs at
                         DonCo, but I'm telling you... It's
                         not the pills that are doing this!

                                   MELODY
                         Let's go, Maxy!

                                   BIPPO
                         All right, Road trip!

               INT. DONCO INDUSTRIES

               Donner, Melody, Arturo, and Liam enters the empty factory.

                                   DONNER
                         I've got a bad feeling about this.

                                   LIAM
                         Your drug?

                                   DONNER
                         No, letting Thad and Bippo park my
                         Lexus.

                                   LIAM
                         Well, it did save us having to walk
                         across the parking lot.

               They go to a table where several ingredients are in different
               beakers.

                                   DONNER
                         Here's where we mix the all natural
                         ingredients for Stiffiedix.  Check
                         them yourself if you want but
                         you'll find that it's all
                         copacetic.  Professor, I'll explain
                         everything to your friend and you
                         can take notes.

                                   ARTURO
                         What do I look like, you secretary?

                                   DONNER
                         The only thing you have in common
                         with MY secretary is enormous
                         breasts.

               Arturo is about to respond when Thad and Bippo enter.

                                   DONNER
                         Tell me you two didn't destroy my
                         car.

                                   THAD
                         Not in the least.  We even topped
                         off the gas tank, sent it through a
                         car wash, and had the it waxed. 
                         All as an apology for blowing up
                         and mangling all your other cars.

                                   DONNER
                             (shocked)
                         W-Well, thank you.

                                   BIPPO
                         I even put the top down to air her
                         out.  Yep, she's a beaut.

               Bippo tosses him the keys as he and Thad walk off to another
               part of the factory.

                                   DONNER
                             (to Liam)
                         I'll be damned.  I guess they're
                         not as brain-dead as I thought they
                         were.

                                   LIAM
                         They're nice guys, Donner.  You
                         just have to get used to them.

                                   DONNER
                         I guess so.
                             (a beat)
                         Wait a minute... Put my top down? 
                         I don't HAVE a convertible!

               Donner runs to the window.

                                   DONNER
                             (looks out window)
                         Son of a BITCH!

               Arturo and Melody have been going over the data from the
               ingredients.

                                   ARTURO
                         Well, as amazing as it sounds,
                         Mister Donner was telling the
                         truth.  There's nothing in here
                         that would cause a neck spasm.

                                   MELODY
                         Then what's causing it?

                                   ARTURO
                         I don't have the foggiest, but it
                         MUST be related to Stiffiedix!

               Liam is listening when he knocks over a bottle of Stiffiedix
               spilling the contents over the desk.

                                   DONNER
                         Liam, you klutz!

                                   LIAM
                         Sorry.

               Melody picks up a pill.

                                   MELODY
                         Is THIS a Stiffiedix pill?

                                   DONNER
                         Yep, that's the 30 dollar a pill
                         miracle right there.  Liam just
                         spilled about 2 grand worth of
                         boner medicine there.  Expect the
                         bill soon.

                                   MELODY
                         It's a little big, isn't it?

                                   DONNER
                         Like you wouldn't believe... Oh,
                         you mean the pill?  Well, this is
                         America, sweetheart, and bigger is
                         better.  That's why I put the pill
                         on the market in the first place!

                                   MELODY
                         Max, did you have trouble
                         swallowing this pill?

                                   ARTURO
                         A little.

                                   MELODY
                         Well, that's the problem.

                                   LIAM
                         What's the problem?

                                   MELODY
                         This pill is very hard to swallow,
                         it gets stuck in the esophagus and,
                         therefore, since it is a male
                         impotence cure, it results in a
                         stiff neck.

               A long pause.

                                   LIAM
                         A stiff neck?

                                   MELODY
                         A stiff neck.

                                   LIAM
                         Well, that would explain things.

               There is an explosion from the next room.

                                   DONNER
                         What the HELL!?

               Everyone runs to the source of the explosion.

               INT. DONCO INDUSTRIES - ANOTHER ROOM

               There is a bright light coming from an open doorway as Liam,
               Donner, Melody, and the professor round the corner.  Thad and
               Bippo fly out of the room and land against the other side of
               the wall.  Thad and Bippo run for it and join the others who
               have flattened themselves up against the wall.

                                   DONNER
                         What the HELL did you two do!?

                                   THAD
                         It wasn't us!  It was this creepy
                         doctor guy!

                                   BIPPO
                         Yeah, he fired up this machine and
                         all hell broke loose.  I'm not
                         sure, but I think he's nucking
                         frazy!

                                   DONNER
                         Blast!  Doctor Stien!  He's trying
                         to use Operation F*ck Capeman for
                         himself!

                                   ARTURO
                         Operation F*ck Capeman?

                                   DONNER
                         A contingency plan, professor. 
                         Since I didn't have a superhero to
                         manage anymore, I was going to see
                         if I could create one... You know,
                         like that big green idiot who got
                         caught in the gamma rays or that
                         really fast guy in the red pajamas
                         who got all those chemicals spilled
                         on him!  I told Doctor Stien to
                         kill this project because it had a
                         good chance to kill whoever it was
                         used on!

                                   LIAM
                         Did you say Doctor Stien?

                                   DONNER
                         Yeah, so?

                                   LIAM
                         Doctor Frank N. Stien?

                                   DONNER
                         Oh, you know him?

                                   LIAM
                         Yeah, he works for Senestra
                         Malevolous.

                                   EVERYONE
                         WHAT!?

               INT. OPERATION F*CK CAPEMAN CONTROL

               A large canon-like devise is in the middle of the room and a
               large shaft of light is being beamed to a platform.  Doctor
               Stien is standing nearby and so is SENESTRA MALEVOLOUS and
               her minions, ROCK and TANK!!!

                                   SENESTRA
                         I must say, Frankie, you've outdone
                         yourself this time.  You're saying
                         that this devise can give someone
                         superpowers?

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         Indeed, my dear.  Any idiot who
                         gets in that beam of light will be
                         more powerful than even that
                         spandexed fool, Capeman!  Shall we
                         send one of your morons through as
                         a test, Senestra?

                                   SENESTRA
                         No, good morons... Especially the
                         huge ones, are hard to find.
                             (to Rock and Tank)
                         Boys, throw the good doctor in.

               They grab Doctor Stien and drag him to the beam.

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         NO!  WE HAD A DEAL!

                                   SENESTRA
                         Yes.  Ten million dollars if your
                         machine works.  IF your machine
                         works.  If it doesn't, well...
                         C'est la vie.

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         I DON'T SPEAK FREEEEEEEENCH!

               Rock and Tank throw him into the beam.

               EXT. OPERATION F*CK CAPEMAN CONTROL

               Liam and the others are still up against the wall.

                                   THAD
                         What do we do?

                                   DONNER
                         Well, first I plan to pee myself
                         and then I'm going to regroup and
                         come up with a new plan.

                                   LIAM
                         Guys, let's just go in there and do
                         what we usually do.

                                   BIPPO
                         Go in swinging with no plan and
                         hope that everything works out in
                         the end?

                                   LIAM
                         That's the one!  I'm sure
                         everything will be all...  Uh,
                         professor, your finger is sticking
                         into my back.

                                   BIPPO
                             (looks)
                         Uh, Liam... That's not his finger.

                                   ARTURO
                         Not only is Stiffiedix all natural,
                         but it's long lasting.

               Everyone pauses.

                                   EVERYONE
                         EWWWWW!!!

               INT. OPERATION F*CK CAPEMAN CONTROL

               Senestra is looking in the beam.

                                   SENESTRA
                         Is he dead?  I can't tell?

                                   ROCK
                         Dur... I dunno.

                                   TANK
                         D'ah, yeah... It's all bright and
                         stuff!

                                   SENESTRA
                         All right, but if he's not out of
                         there in five minutes, I'm leaving. 
                         I want to go see The Lord of the
                         Rings tonight and it'd BETTER live
                         up to the hype or I will personally
                         kick that little man-boy, Elijah
                         Wood's ass.

                                   TANK
                         Actually, you can't really blame
                         one actor if a motion picture
                         doesn't live up to the hype that an
                         expectant audience puts on it. 
                         Why, just look at what happened
                         with...

               Senestra throws a shoe at him.  It bonks him on the head.

                                   TANK
                         G'ur... Sorry.

               Liam and the others enter.

                                   LIAM
                         Not so fast, Miss Malevolous ma'am! 
                         We're here to stop you.

                                   SENESTRA
                         Tuh!  Stop me from what?  This
                         superhero making machine is a dud! 
                         I'm going home.  Come idiots.

               Rock and Tank follow Senestra out.  Thad almost follows them
               out before Liam grabs him.

                                   LIAM
                             (whispers)
                         Not you.

                                   THAD
                         Oh.

                                   DONNER
                         Well, this is just great. 
                         Stiffiedix is causing muscle
                         spasms, my lab was just invaded by
                         an evil villainess, and the
                         professor has a raging hard on. 
                         What the hell ELSE could go wrong?

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         Muh ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaa!

                                   DONNER
                         Professor, please tell me that was
                         you.

                                   ARTURO
                         I'm afraid not.

                                   LIAM
                         Oh, monkey bits!

               Doctor Stien explodes out of the beam of light.  He's twice
               as big as he was and is literally exploding with power.  He
               also looks about as crazy as a outhouse rooster.

                                   BIPPO
                         What's an outhouse rooster?

                                   DONNER
                         Oh hell!  It looks like the
                         Gammatron worked.

                                   LIAM
                         You mean to tell me that guy's as
                         powerful as Capeman?

                                   DONNER
                         More powerful, actually.  We didn't
                         call it Operation F*ck Capeman for
                         nothing.

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         THE POWER!  THE RAW UNSURGING
                         POWER!  BOW TO ME, MORTALS!  FEEL
                         MY WRATH!

                                   LIAM
                         GAH!  Only a miracle can save all
                         of us now!

               BLAM!  A power beam comes out of Doctor Stien's eyes and
               blasts Melody.  She falls to the floor with a gaping hole in
               her stomach.

                                   LIAM
                             (a beat)
                         Uh... Only a miracle can save most
                         of us now!

                                   MELODY
                         Okay, NOW I'm pissed.

                                   THAD
                         What the hell?

               Melody gets up and is now a demon like creature with leathery
               wings and sharp teeth.  She leaps into the air and begins
               beating the crap out of Doctor Stien.

                                   BIPPO
                         Why, professor, you were dating a
                         Succubus!

                                   DONNER
                         Way to go professor!  Wait, are we
                         thinking about the same kind of
                         Succubus?

                                   ARTURO
                         A succubus is a demon who takes on
                         the appearance of a beautiful
                         female to suck the souls out of
                         their prey.
                             (a beat)
                         I guess that WOULD explain the
                         straw sticking out of my ear this
                         morning.

               Melody the succubus is battling Doctor Stien.  The Doctor
               grabs her and throws her against the wall.  Melody falls to
               the ground.  Arturo runs to her.

                                   ARTURO
                         You're a succubus?

                                   MELODY
                         Didn't I mention it?

                                   ARTURO
                         No.

                                   MELODY
                         Not once?

                                   ARTURO
                         Never!

                                   MELODY
                         Oh, sorry.

               She coughs up a cup full of blood.

                                   MELODY
                         I'm dying Maxy-poo.

               She coughs with a sickening gurgling sound.

                                   MELODY
                         Kiss me!

                                   ARTURO
                         Uh... No.

               Melody dies.  Doctor Stien laughs.

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         Now you will all fall to my fury! 
                         Ha ha ha ha haaaaaa!

               Doctor Stien's arm falls off.

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         What the...?  No matter!  It can be
                         easily fixed!

               His other arm falls off.

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         Uh... Nothing serious!

                                   DONNER
                         You've got no arms, you silly
                         bastard!

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         Yes I do!

               Both of Doctor Stien's legs fall off leaving a torso on the
               ground.

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         This is just a temporary setback!

                                   LIAM
                         Yeah, like the Black Plague.

                                   ARTURO
                         It looks like exposure to the
                         Gammatron IS fatal.

                                   DONNER
                         That's putting it lightly.

               Doctor Stien begins to melt in a puddle of blood, gore, goo,
               and other nasty stuff.

                                   DOCTOR STIEN
                         Gah!  Curse you all!  I'm melting,
                         melting!  Oh, what a world!  What a
                         world!

               He completely melts.  Donner runs up to the puddle.

                                   DONNER
                         You're fired, buddy!

               A little bubble comes up in the puddle and pops with a
               farting noise.  Donner screams and runs away.

               EXT. DONCO INDUSTRIES

               Donner, Liam, Arturo, Bippo, and Thad exit.  The sun is
               rising in the background and police cars are arriving.

                                   LIAM
                         I'm sorry about your girlfriend,
                         professor.

                                   ARTURO
                         It's better to have loved and lost
                         than never to have loved at all.

                                   BIPPO
                         And I bet the sex was a bonus.

                                   ARTURO
                         You'd better believe it.

               Tooty and Sunday approach.

                                   SUNDAY
                         What in the hell was going on here?

                                   DONNER
                         A superhero ray that melts people,
                         a puddle of protoplasm on the
                         floor, and a dead succubus... I
                         think everything pretty much
                         explains itself, officer.  Either
                         way, I have deniability... It was
                         Senestra Malevolous who started it. 
                         Go arrest her.

                                   TOOTY
                         Malevolous?  It couldn't be!  She's
                         being held by the LAPD for severely
                         beating Elijah Wood!

                                   BIPPO
                         Aw, she beat me to it!

                                   TOOTY
                         Relax, there's still that Urkel
                         kid.

               A man in a suit approaches them.

                                   THE SUIT
                         Is there a Jason Donner here?

                                   DONNER
                         Depends... Are you here with a
                         paternity test?  If so, my name is
                         Jessie Glaspey... Actually, that
                         might actually make it worse... 
                         Call me Liam Smith.

                                   LIAM
                         Hey!

                                   THE SUIT
                         No, I represent the law firm of
                         Suewem, Screwem, and Howe and this,
                         my dear sir, is a lawsuit.

               Donner takes the paper and reads.

                                   DONNER
                         Wait a minute... why are the
                         Chiropractors of the country suing
                         me for?

                                   THE SUIT
                         Because of your drug, they've been
                         overrun by men with stiff necks.

                                   DONNER
                         So?

                                   THE SUIT
                         Now they all have carpel tunnel
                         syndrome.

                                   DONNER
                         Aw, crap.

                                   THE SUIT
                         They want 6 billion dollars!

                                   DONNER
                         But I'm only worth 6 billion
                         dollars!  What am I supposed to do? 
                         Give them my company?

               EXT. DONCO INDUSTRIES - LATER

               A workman hangs a sign on the front gate that says "OUT OF
               BUSINESS".

                                                       RIPPLE DISSOLVE
                                                       TO:

               INT. A PSYCHATRIST'S OFFICE

               As before.  Donner is on the couch while Doctor Mona is
               taking notes.

                                   DONNER
                         ...and that's my story.  I've got
                         less than a hundred thousand left
                         and I'm going to have to move into
                         that miserable toilet that Liam and
                         his friends live in.

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                         I guess that makes you feel very...
                         Oh, what's the word I'm looking
                         for?  A nine letter word for not
                         knowing ending in an "n"?

                                   DONNER
                         Uncertain?

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                             (writes it down)
                         That's it.

                                   DONNER
                         Wait a minute... Are you doing a
                         crossword puzzle.

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                         Uh, yeah... I'm sorry.  How does
                         that make you feel?

                                   DONNER
                         Well, outraged!

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                             (writes that down)
                         Out... Raged... Ha, it fits!

                                   DONNER
                         WHAT!?

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                         Nothing.  Look, Donner.  I know
                         you've lost your fortune but you
                         still have your health and well
                         being and that's what's important.

                                   DONNER
                         Yeah, try writing THAT on a deposit
                         slip.

               A pause.

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                         I tell you what, why don't you go
                         ahead and come in next week.  If
                         anyone needs therapy, you're it.

                                   DONNER
                         But I can't afford this anymore.

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                         Oh, what the hell?  I'll let you
                         come in anyway.

                                   DONNER
                         That's very kind of you, Doctor
                         Watur.

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                         Doctor Mona, Donner.

               Donner shakes her hand and exits.

                                   DOCTOR MONA
                         Besides, you already paid a year in
                         advance.

               INT. UPDA CREEK APARTMENTS

               An empty apartment.  Donner, Liam, and Professor Arturo
               enters.

                                   ARTURO
                         Well, this is it.  You like?

                                   DONNER
                         It sucks.

                                   LIAM
                         Oh, don't be so down on yourself,
                         Donner!  So what if all of your
                         money is gone!?  I know you'll
                         bounce right back.

                                   ARTURO
                         You are rather resourceful.

               Donner doesn't say anything.

                                   ARTURO
                         Donner, it wasn't your money that
                         made you a worthwhile person.

                                   DONNER
                         You're right, professor... It
                         wasn't.  I've been going downhill
                         since Capeman left.

                                   ARTURO
                         Surely you're not blaming him.

                                   DONNER
                             (sighs)
                         No, believe it or not... I'm not
                         blaming him.  The fact he left was
                         my fault anyway.  You know, besides
                         the money and the fame and the
                         women, do you know what I secretly
                         liked most about working with
                         Capeman?

                                   LIAM
                         Free stuff from the endorsements?

                                   DONNER
                         Besides that.  I liked the fact
                         that, deep down, I was doing some
                         good through him.  Even though I
                         was basically fleecing people, it
                         felt good to know that I was
                         helping to do some good in the
                         world.
                             (a beat)
                         When it comes down to it, Capeman
                         was the only thing that made me a
                         worthwhile human being.

                                   LIAM
                         Oh, get off it.  What about the
                         time that you floated me a loan to
                         get to Las Vegas?  What about the
                         time you took the blame for the dog
                         kennel I set up in my apartment?

                                   DONNER
                         Liam, that was piddly crap.

               A beat.

                                   LIAM
                         What about the time you stayed with
                         me all night when I found out my
                         father died?

                                   DONNER
                         You made me eat those disgusting
                         cheese balls.

                                   LIAM
                         Well, regardless, you may think
                         you're a worthless person and so
                         might a lot of other people here,
                         but this is the perfect opportunity
                         for you to change your life around
                         and become a new person.  The
                         professor said it best, "There's
                         always room for redemption."

                                   ARTURO
                         It was quite eloquent, wasn't it?

                                   LIAM
                         Oh, you have no idea.  It still
                         gives me chills.
                             (to Donner)
                         Besides, Upda Creek isn't as crazy
                         as you think it is.

               Thad and Bippo throw open the door.

                                   THAD
                         LIAM!  There's a radioactive poo
                         monster coming out of the basement
                         pipes!  It wants all our
                         peppermint!

                                   BIPPO
                         Jesse and Jonathan are holding it
                         off, but their cans of Lysol aren't
                         going to hold out forever!

                                   LIAM
                         Then we have no time to waste. 
                         Professor, get the rubber gloves.

                                   ARTURO
                         Check.

               Arturo runs off.

                                   LIAM
                         I'll get the scotch tape.

               Liam runs off.

                                   BIPPO
                         And I'LL get the flame thrower.

               Bippo and Thad leave.  Donner stands there in the center of
               the room staring at the open door in disbelief.

                                   DONNER
                         What the hell have I gotten myself
                         into?

               A beat.  He stands there for a second.

                                   DONNER
                         Oh, what the hell... GUYS WAIT UP!

               Donner runs out the door.

                                                       FADE OUT:

               THE END