CONTINUED:

Suddenly, FRED PARKER, the station's arrogant newscaster, comes storming across the room and angrily approaches Pamela.

Pamela returns to her typing.

She finishes, rips the paper out of the typewriter carriage, and hands it to Fred.

He abruptly exits.

21 INT. U62 STUDIO

As George and Bob enter the studio, Fred Parker is taking his seat behind the news anchor desk. Fred throws a dirty look to the cameraman, a pot-bellied, middle-aged, bored-looking black man named BERT. Fred moves his hands around, showing the cameraman exactly how he wants the shot to be framed.

Fred fixes his tie and clears his throat. A nearby clock on the wall shows five seconds until air. Bert adjusts his headset as Fred takes a sip of coffee.

As Fred does a major spit-take, Bert flips a switch and the red light goes on.

Bert loudly pops open a beer can. Fred hesitates slightly.

We hear the o.s. sound of a BAG OF POTATO CHIPS being RIPPED OPEN and of CHIPS being EATEN. Fred is trying to keep his composure.

Bert takes a swig of beer and lets out a huge belch.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

Fred stands up, pushes the desk over, and stomps across the room.

He pushes his way past George and leaves the studio.

22 INT. RECEPTION AREA - DAY

Fred storms past Pam's desk, toward the front door.

We hear the door SLAM as George approaches Pam.

CLOSE ANGLE - TV SCREEN

VISUAL                       CRAZY ERNIE
A guy in a cowboy hat is    That's right, friends, 
waving his hands            this is Crazy Ernie from
wildly, shouting            "Crazy Ernie's Used Car
rapid-fire into             Emporium!"  It's a giant
camera.                     supermarket of cars! I got
                            so many cars, people 
                            come up to me and say, 
                            "Hey, Crazy Ernie! Where'd
                            you get all those cars?!"
                            Lookee here.

                              CRAZY ERNIE (V.O.)
We see a dizzying pan       We got red cars, we got    
of the car lot.             green cars, we got enough
                            cars to choke a camel!

                              CRAZY ERNIE
Crazy Ernie is standing     Tell you what, friends. If
next to a baby seal         nobody comes down and buys
which is perched on         a car from me in the next
the hood of a car.          hour, I'm gonna club this
                            baby seal. That's right,
                            I'll club a seal to make a
                            better deal. And I'll do   
                            it, too... 'cause I'm 
                            crazy!

23 INT. MAIN ROOM - DAY

George is sitting behind a huge pile of papers, under which there appears to be a desk. Bob is at an adjacent desk, wading through piles of old bills and invoices. Amongst the assorted papers, Bob finds a child's crayon drawing of some kind of animal and holds it up.

Bob continues sorting through his paperwork.

RAUL, a wild-eyed Mexican delivery man, enters holding a package and a clipboard.

Raul hands George the clipboard.

George gives Raul a look, then signs the slip and returns the clipboard. Raul exists and George looks at the package.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

Pam walks by and George stops her.

She takes the package from George and examines it.

24 EXT. CHANNEL 6 - DAY

A big, shiny, corporate-looking building on a busy street.

25 INT. FLETCHER'S OFFICE

R.J. FLETCHER is the obnoxious, self-centered, back-stabbing, middle-aged station manager of Channel 6. Two of his cronies, his sone RICHARD (a chip off the old block), and his head thug FRANKIE have gathered in his office. R.J. is waving a pencil in Richard's face.

The door opens and the janitor, STANLEY SPADOWSKI, enters carrying a mop. Stanley is a lovable space cadet in his forties who approaches life with a childlike innocence.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

He's a gentle soul who's proud of his work, and is happy as long as he has his mop and a hallway to clean. Stanley's perception of reality is permanently rooted somewhere out in left field, and there is no filter between his brain and his mouth.

Stanley concentrates for a second, then points to a stapler on the desk.

Fletcher and his group do a quick puzzled take to each other.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: (2)

A beaten man, Stanley sadly exits Fletcher's office.

As he sits back down, he notices something on his chair.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: (3)

26 INT. CHANNEL 6 - OUTSIDE FLETCHER'S OFFICE

Fletcher's crew is laughing heartily as they exit the office and disperse in different directions. Fletcher approaches the nearby reception room where George is sitting, holding a package.

George suddenly realizes this is the man he came to see. He jumps up and follows Fletcher into the newsroom.

The entire newsroomcomes to a dead stop. Everyone's eyes are on George. Fletcher slowly turns around and stares at George.

Fletcher recognizes his name on the package George is holding and grabs it.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

Fletcher smugly looks at his wristwatch.

George starts to move toward the front door.

George exits quickly.

27 INT. HALLWAY - CHANNEL 6 - DAY

George is walking down the hall when he hears an o.s. COMMOTION. He turns the corner and finds Richard trying to take Stanley's mop away from him.

Richard shoves Stanley against the wall and yanks the mop from his hands. Stanley crumples to the floor as Richard walks away, mop in hand. George rushes over and helps Stanley up.

(CONTINUED)