Well, I had this great plan for a video segment to include with an application for ABC's The Mole. But, since it has since been rejected by my friend's bosses over at TPIR, I feel it's now safe to reveal my idea to the world. Here's the script I wrote last week:
INT - DARKNESS
We can't tell where we are just yet, it's dark, and the camera seems to be lying on the ground, pointed at a wall. cables run along the linoleum tiled floor. the wall is cinderblock.
Suddenly, rough hands grab the camera and spin it around. We see LARS. The hands are his. He sets the camera on a box so we can see his face, framed in the lens. Behind him we see a brightly lit stage. Lars holds up a stack of CUE CARDS and starts holding them, one after another, in front of the cameras. EACH SENTENCE APPEARS ON ITS OWN CARD. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY HE WILL SPEAK THROUGHOUT THIS VIDEO:
LARS (VIA CUE CARD)
Hi, my name is Lars Theriot. In order to show how I would make a good candidate
for ABC's The Mole, I've decided to sneak backstage to a taping of The Price is Right.
Lars leans to one side and points over his own shoulder. Now we can see that BOB BARKER is standing on the stage shouting COME ON DOWN!!! The familiar PRICE IS RIGHT MUSIC plays as a prospective contestant goes ape-shit.
LARS (VIA CUE CARD)
Now, some statistics on how I got here. Number of lies told 17; Number of misdemeanors
committed: 14; Number of felonies committed: 2; Number of twinkies stolen from CBS
commissary: 2
Lars holds up a packet of Twinkies.
LARS (VIA CUE CARD)
And I did it all for you, the good people at ABC.
Lars runs out of cue cards and dons a huge shit-eating grin.
A HAND moves into frame and hands Lars another CUE CARD. Lars holds it up to camera, his smile disappearing.
LARS (VIA NEW CUE CARD)
Security is coming.
Lars pulls another, smaller card from his pocket which reads:
LARS (VIA LAST CUE CARD)
I must flee. Avenge me!!!
He runs off camera. Seconds later, six uniformed pairs of legs run past the camera. In the background, BOB BARKER looks over his shoulder, distracted by strange sounds off-stage.
THE END