Narrator In this land of plenty, there are men and women of outstanding merit. Whose deeds and skills and knowledge far outstrip the wealth that fate has granted them. They are the greatest minds, the strongest souls, and the most generous of hearts… Our story begins with two men who are… nothing like that. Bear Oi! JP Bear; let’s face it. He’s right. Bear True. But oi all the same. Narrator Our tale begins in the small town of Duluth, Minnesota, where two 34-year-old- Bear Hey! Narrator Two 30-year-old- JP Younger… Keep going. Narrator 28? Bear Getting warmer… Warmer. Narrator 24. JP That’s the one! Narrator Our tale begins in the small town of Duluth, Minnesota, where two 24-year-old comic book store employees work away their pitiful, meaningless lives in a third rate comic-slash-adult bookstore, until one day a certified letter appeared at their doorstep. JP Bear! Something arrived in a plain brown envelope. Bear It happens. JP It’s stamped “first-class.” Who do we know who can afford first class mail? Bear Ragaboo McGee. JP Who in the name of the Great Googely Moogely is Ragaboo McGee? Bear The name on the return address. Narrator They open the envelope and learn that their eccentric but fabulously rich Gramma Oleson had tragically passed away, leaving them everything. Thus began the Mystery of Worshtishire Castle! After a several day binge, the boys awaken to find themselves being poked in the tushe by a crotchety, bitter old man. Grampa Sven Wake up boys, and put some pants on for the love of God! (general hangover groans and sounds of pain from JP and Bear) JP and Bear Grampa Sven! Bear How’s it going? Grampa Sven Well, the wind fell out of the old flagpole and gramma left you everything. So I’m a bitter crotchety old man with nothing left to live for but my Playboy collection. JP But didn’t you say the wind had fallen out of the flagpole? Grampa Sven Oh for cry-eye Jeezum plutz one-time! (Grampa Sven runs from the room) Bear Nice going… Ow… How much did we have to drink last night? JP I don’t know, but it feels like a swallowed a sweat sock. (cue cat hacking up a hairball sound) Oh, there it is. Narrator And then the doorbell rings. (cue doorbell ring) JP Thank you Captain Obvious! Lawyer Hello, I’m Ragaboo McGee, your grandmother’s estate lawyer; I’m here to provide you with the appropriate documents for your inheritance. Bear Ragaboo McGee, huh? JP Your dad didn’t pull out in time, did he? Lawyer Quite so. Now if you could sign here. And here. And here. And initial here. And here… (continues in the background) JP Bear, you sign, I forgot how to spell my name. Bear Like it’s that hard, acronym-boy… Fine. (cue sound of signing) Lawyer And here. And here. And I’ll leave the rest of these here to sign at your leisure. (sound of heavy stack of papers dropping) Lawyer Now that your hand is numb, I will proceed to describe everything your inheritance entails. Bear Entrails? JP ENTAILS you fat hippopotamus! Lawyer (clearing voice) Right. Along with the Worshtishire castle estate- Bear Excuse me, hold on… Where exactly did we come to? Lawyer Beg your pardon? Bear You know… Where did we wake up? Lawyer (sigh) Worshtishire Castle in Adaboi, New Jersey, the United States of America, the Western Hemis- JP There are castles in New Jersey? I thought they just had gardens and anti-Existence protesters! Lawyer There’s just the one castle… Your grandmother had it imported from Wyoming. Along with the castle, you have also inherited the entire staff. Boys, meet Jeeves, your butler, who was tragically born without a personality. Jeeves The pleasure is mine. Bear Boy he’s stiff. Jeeves You have no idea. Lawyer And your maid, Mrs. Maria Doonesbury. Mrs. Doonesbury I’ve brought you some… (cue crashes, sobbing, and running away) Jeeves (grumbles about cleaning up the mess) JP She always like that? Jeeves You have no idea. Lawyer And this is Loic Jean-Paul Robspierre, your chef. JP I will call you Frenchie! Bear And he shall be our Frenchie. Frenchie American pigs! JP Sounds delicious, Frenchie, give it to us with pineapple. (cue walking feet) Frenchie (muttering) I’ll give it to you with pineapple… Lawyer And also, Miranda your gardener. (slobbering, unintelligible passes) Bear All those curves and me with no brakes… Miranda (in an indeterminable foreign accent) I can recommend a good mechanic. Anyhow, I’m new to the estate… (not quite suggestively) I’m certain I will enjoy working under both of you. JP and Bear Horo? Lawyer And of course, you know Grampa Sven. Bear Who is he related to anyway? JP I don’t know, but keep your voice down or you’ll blow it. Lawyer For your accounting and surveillance purposes, the castle is also equipped with it’s own closet nerd, Norman Finkle. SkywalkerLuvMachine12 (aka Norman Finkle) (as through an intercom) Greetings! Bear Where’d that come from? Jeeves You have no idea. JP It stopped being funny! Lawyer Well, that just about wraps everything up… So… (cue ruffling papers) I’ll be off. (cue door opening) Oh, there’s one last thing…The house is haunted, bye! (cue door slamming) Bear Wait, what was that? JP Excuse me? Bear I think he said the house was haunted. JP Oh, okay. (cue ghost-wailing noise) Bear Bless you. JP Thanks… Wait, that wasn’t me. Ghost I am the ghost of the underwear drawer! Bear Get out of there you pervert! JP Nice panties! Bear Shaddup! COMMERCIAL ONE Narrator As the afternoon draws nigh, we find our heroes talking to their new spectral friends. Cory And dat’s the meaning o’ life. I hope you were paying attention, ‘cuz I’m not gonna’ say it again! Bear So basically what you’re saying is that life essentially equates to- (cue Random Nelson noise) JP What in the name of Sweet Pickles was that? Cory You get used to it after a while. Jeeves I’ll get her sir. (cue power tool sounds and Random Nelson’s screams of agony) Bear So you guys are Union, huh? Cory Well yeah. You gotta’ problem wit’ dat? Bear No, no, we’re big supporters of the union! Cory What, so we need support now, we can’t stand on our own? Bear No, I’m sure you’d do fine on your own! Cory So yer gonna’ leave us all alone in the middle of the ocean, is that it? Bear No, we like having you around! Cory So we’re like Kleenex, we’re here to wipe your nose when you need it? Bear No, I can wipe my own nose! Cory So we can’t wipe yer nose? Our hands are unclean! Bear But you’re ghosts! (long pause) Cory You win this round… But I’ll be back next time. (cue ghostly departure) JP I think he has anger management issues. Bear He is a ghost… JP True. Let’s take a look around the house. (cue footsteps) Is this the door to the backyard? (cue door opening) Bear Look, there’s Mirand- (can’t get the word out, drooling too much) Miranda Hello boys. Anything I can do for you? JP Marry me. Bear He doesn’t really mean that. Marry me! Miranda You’re so sweet. Bear See, she thinks I’m sweet. JP So? Rotten meat is sweet! Arsenic is sweet! Miranda I have to go sow some wild oats, boys, so if you’ll excuse me… (cue departing footsteps) JP Did she just… Bear Yeah… That’s pretty dirty, and yet… Not. Kinda’ like mukluk, y’know? JP Or kumquat. Gus the Garbageman Or pussy…. Willow. (pause) JP Who are you? Gus the Garbageman I am Gus, your neighborhood garbageman. I have come to collect your monthly payment. Bear Oh okay… (sounds of rummaging) You have change for 25? Gus the Garbageman No. JP Ah well, you can keep the whole quarter. Gus the Garbageman A whole quarter! Now my wife can have another baby! (cue departing footsteps) Bear It’s entirely too green out here. Let’s go inside. JP Indeed. Narrator The boys go back inside where they smell the gourmet stylings of Loic John… Jean… Ah hell, the gourmet stylings of Frenchie. JP Hey Frenchie, what’s for dinner? Frenchie Vegetables wrapped around meat. Bear Is that some sort of French delicacy? Frenchie No. Microwave on medium for fifteen minutes. Very tasty. The plastic wrap will be removed at seven, best to take your seats. (cue footsteps, chairs moving, sitting down) Mrs. Doonesbury Would you like some coffee before dinner? (cue spilling coffee, sizzling, JP screaming, Mrs. Doonesbury running away, crying) Bear She really sucks at this. JP Jeeves! Ice! Jeeves Here’s your ice, sir. I spit in it for you. JP Thank you. (cue sizzling noise) Oh that’s good… COMMERCIAL TWO Narrator We return to find our heroes going through the private diary of Gramma Oleson. JP Wow… Gramma had this house built in 1910. Bear I wonder how old Gramma was. (cue murmuring math noses) Bear …carry the two… JP …cross multiply and divide… Bear I get 570. JP 240… Either way, that seems a little off. We’d better find somebody to check our math. Jeeves There’s a nerd in the closet, sirs. Bear He’s gay? Jeeves He’s not the only one. (pause) JP and Bear Hey! Jeeves Second door on your right. (cue door noise, then goat and man having sex) Jeeves Your other right, sir. Bear Oh right… (cue door slam, running feet, door open, nerd scream) Bear Are you Norman Finkle, the resident nerd? SkywalkerLuvMachine12 (aka Norman Finkle) Affirmative, but I prefer the LEET username Skywalker- Love-Machine 12, LoL. JP At least it isn’t SkywalkerLuvMachine69. SkywalkerLuvMachine12 (aka Norman Finkle) That was already taken. Alas, my mad haxxor skillz failed me. (pause) JP and Bear Okay… Bear We just wanted to know how old Gramma is. JP She’s dead, you idiot. How do you think we got this Radio Sh… I mean castle. Bear Okay, how old was Gramma, SkywalkerLuv…Um… Nerd? SkywalkerLuvMachine12 (aka Norman Finkle) Well, if you take the square of years lived here multiplied by vagina and factored in the average lifespan of the human, I estimate she was about 114 years old. Bear Did you say vagina? SkywalkerLuvMachine12 (aka Norman Finkle) LMAO! LEET HAXXOR SKILLZ! OWNED! LoL exclamation point one one exclamation point, exclamation poi- (cue car sound) Bear Do you hear a 1954 Corvette? JP and Bear Oh no! It’s… the Ex!!! (cue sounds of general terror, running feat, nerd whimpering) JP You stay here, Nerd. And whatever you do, don’t do anything! (cue door slam) Wow… That was really satisfying… You wanna’ try? Bear Sure. (cue door opening, then slamming shut) SkywalkerLuvMachine12 (aka Norman Finkle) Ow! Bear Hey, you’re right! (cue doorbell) Jeeves There’s someone at the door for you, sirs. JP Here we go again, into the breach my friend. Bear You always get so dramatic when Pamela shows up. JP She likes it. (approaching footsteps) What are you doing here? Pamela Well boys, I’m here to collect the alimony from our divorce. JP What alimony? We didn’t have any kids. Bear Unless you count that fiancee of yours… Besides, we don’t have any money. (cue wheelbarrow noise) Jeeves Where would you like this wheelbarrow full of money? JP You couldn’t have picked a worse time, Jeeves, really… Just… Put it over there. Jeeves As you wish. Also, your golden showers are ready, as you requested. Bear It’s not what you think, honestly, they’re real showers- JP It’s not worth it, Bear… Really. (pause) Um… Pamela? I realize it’s really none of my business anymore, but weren’t your boobs smaller the last time I saw you? (cue smacking sound and JP’s groan) Bear I know we’re not married anymore, but he’s right, they do seem bigger- (cue smacking sound and Bear’s groan, followed by departing footsteps and door slam) COMMERCIAL THREE Bear So how should we wrap up, JP? JP I don’t know, it’s been such an informative day… I don’t know how we’ll end this episode. God Well I have a suggestion. Bear Is that you, God? God Yes. We could try this ending. (cue Peanuts theme) JP No, no, no! (cut music) Not a good idea, Charles Schultz’s ghost will come back to haunt us. Cory Don’t worry ‘bout it… He’s not union. We don’t want no stinking scabs! Bear Well, in that case. (pick up music again, and fade) The End Or is it?