1947SOUND COMEDY SHORTS
FEBRUARY 10, 1947. EDGAR KENNEDY. HAL YATES. FLORENCE LAKE. DOT FARLEY. JACK RICE. DICK WESSEL. CY RING. BRYANT WASHBURN. JASON ROBARDS. THE FAMILY IS WORRIED ABOUT ED LOSING HIS JOB BECAUSE HE'S GETTING TOO OLD & FAT. PEOPLE WALKING INTO FACTORY. HAPPY. TELLS MAN. CIGAR. SHAKES HANDS, WIFE VACUUMS BROTHER READING PAPER. WORRIED, DIPPY WIFE. WIFE FEELS HIS HEAD. WIPES FACE. YELLS. PUTS OUT CIGAR. LOOKS AT HIMSELF. TRIES TO HIT BROTHER. TWEEKED MAN'S NOSE. GUY YELLS. FAMILY CONFERS. WHISPER. PLANNING SOMETHING. WIFE LOOKS WORRIED. MOTHER SEWING. MEN CREEPING AROUND OUTSIDE. LOOK IN WINDOW AT EDGAR READING & SMOKING PIPE. MAN PUTS HANDKERCHIEF ON HIS FACE. RINGS DOORBELL. BURGLAR. PUTS HANDS IN THE AIR. STICK UP. CHECKS ED'S POCKETS. SCARED. SURPRISED LOOK. LIFTS UP WIFE. ANGRY. JEALOUS. PATS HIM ON HIS BACK. WANTS TO HIT MOTHER-IN-LAW. FLIPS ED OVER HIS BACK. ONTO FLOOR. HITS HIM IN GUT. MAN BENDS. IRON ROD. ED TRIES TO UNBEND IT. MAN LAUGHS. MAN STRAIGHTENS ROD. BENDS IT AROUND ED'S NECK. ED EXERCISING ON ROWING MACHINE. BOXING DUMMY. JUMP ROPE. SWEATING. TREADMILL. SLEEPING IN BED. BODY CRACKING. BACK HURTS TOO MUCH EXERCISE. BROTHER SLAPS HIM ON THE BACK PAINFULLY. BENDS OVER. CAN'T STRAIGHTEN UP. PUTS NEWSPAPER ON THE BED. PUTS OIL ON BED'S BACK. WIFE COOKING. HE KISSES HER. SITS DOWN TO BREAKFAST. GETS PILLS. FILLS GLASS WITH WATER FROM TAP. TAKES PILLS. RUNS AFTER BROTHER. BUG-KILL PELLETS PUT INTO BUG SPRAYER. THINKS HE TOOK INSECTICIDE PILLS. PANICS. FILLS GLASS WITH SALT. GIVES TO ED. MAKES HORRIBLE FACE. YELLING. LYING ON COUCH. SPITS WATER EVERYWHERE. YELLS. ANSWERS PHONE. BOSS ON PHONE. PAGES OF BOOK BLOW. PUTS ED IN BATHTUB. PUTS BUCKET OF ICE CUBES INTO TUB. IN BATH WITH CLOTHES ON. DOCTOR AT THE DOOR. PUTS BROTHER'S HEAD IN THE WATER TRYING TO DROWN HIM.
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"DO OR DIET"
STARRING EDGAR KENNEDY DIRECTED BY HAL YATES |
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GENERIC OUTSIDE OF FACTORY SHOT
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SIGN ON DOOR: J.E. ELLIOTT, GENERAL MANAGER, PRIVATE EDGAR OUTSIDE DOOR. EDGAR TALKS TO SECRETARY AT DESK
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GENERIC FAMILY/LIVING ROOM SHOT. FLORENCE VACUUMS WHILE BROTHER SITS IN LAZY CHAIR. MOTHER CLEANS
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MS OF BROTHER READING NEWSPAPER ALOUD WHILE MOM LOOKS OVER HIS SHOULDER. MS OF FLORENCE LISTENING
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EDGAR ENTERING HOUSE, SMILING, CIGAR IN MOUTH. HE JOINS FAMILY IN LIVING ROOM. MS OF MOM & BROTHER SCOWLING. FLORENCE MAKES EDGAR PUT OUT HIS CIGAR.
EDGAR TRIES TO HIT BROTHER. EDGAR TWEAKS BROTHER'S NOSE. HE STARTS TO CRY, DRAWING SYMPATHY FROM MOM & FLORENCE. EDGAR LEAVES. FAMILY TALKS. BROTHER LEAVES. MOM/DAUGHTER SHOT. BLACK OUT. |
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EDGAR RELAXES IN CHAIR, READING PAPER. MOM & FLORENCE ON COUCH. BROTHER & JOE SNEAK UP TO HOUSE, PEEK IN WINDOW
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VIEW FROM WINDOW. EDGAR IN CHAIR, READING. BROTHER & JOE LISTEN AT DOOR. MOM & FLORENCE ON COUCH
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CU EDGAR IN CHAIR, PIPE IN ONE HAND, BOOK IN THE OTHER. "FATHER KNOWS BEST" SHOT. JOE TIES A HANDKERCHIEF AROUND HIS MOUTH & NOSE LIKE A BURGLAR JOE RINGS BELL. EDGAR GETS UP TO ANSWER IT
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JOE COMES IN AS A BURGLAR. EDGAR RAISES HIS ARMS.
CU OF JOE, PULLS DOWN DISGUISE & SMILES AT MOM & FLORENCE. CU OF MOM & FLORENCE SMILING BACK. JOE PUTS DISGUISE IN PLACE & USHERS THEM ALL THRU THE LIVING ROOM |
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EDGAR'S BACK IS TO JOE, WHO PICKS EDGAR'S POCKET.
MOM & FLORENCE GIGGLE. JOE POKES HIS FINGER AGAINST EDGAR'S BUTT, SCARING HIM. JOE PULLS HIS DISGUISE OFF. |
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CU EDGAR TURNS AROUND, BABBLING. EYES WIDE IN SHOCK AS HE RECOGNIZES JOE. JOE SHAKES EDGAR'S HAND. EDGAR WINCES IN PAIN. JOE PICKS UP FLORENCE & SPINS HER AROUND. HE TALKS WITH MOM & FLORENCE
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CU OF EDGAR, ANNOYED.
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EDGAR GRABS JOE'S ARM, JOE FLIPS HIM OVER ONTO HIS BACK. EDGAR LIES ON THE GROUND, ANNOYED. FLORENCE KNEELS BESIDE HIM TO COMFORT HIM. EDGAR GETS TO HIS FEET. JOE SMACKS HIM IN THE STOMACH. JOE GRABS A POKER FROM THE FIREPLACE & BENDS IT
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CU OF MOM & FLORENCE, SMILING WITH AWE. EDGAR STARES, STUNNED AT JOE'S STRENGTH. HE HANDS THE BENT POKER TO EDGAR. EDGAR STRAINS TO UNBEND THE POKER IN FRUSTRATION. CU MOM & FLORENCE EMBARRASSED. JOE TAKES THE POKER BACK, UNBENDS IT. THEN WRAPS IT AROUND EDGAR'S NECK. ZOOM IN ON EDGAR'S FRUSTRATION AS HE TRIES TO FREE HIMSELF. BLACK OUT.
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CU OF EDGAR ON A RUNNING MACHINE, HE'S OUT OF BREATH BROTHER IS BESIDE HIM EATING A SANDWICH. CUT TO EDGAR HITTING A PUNCHING BAG, WHILE BROTHER EATS A BANANA. CU OF PUNCHING BAG WITH NAME CASSIDY ON IT.
EDGAR SWINGS, SWEEPING THE PUNCHING BAG BEHIND HIM, HITTING BROTHER IN THE FACE. EDGAR LAUGHS |
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CU EDGAR JUMPING ROPE. BROTHER SWINGS JUMP ROPE.
EDGAR ON WALKING MACHINE. CU OF EDGAR'S FEET. BLACK OUT |
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EDGAR LIES IN BED, STRETCHES. HE MOVES IN PAIN.
BROTHER COMES IN & SLAPS HIM ON THE BACK. EDGAR BENDS OVER, AND IS STRUCK. BROTHER FLATTENS HIM ON THE FLOOR BY STEPPING ON HIS BACK |
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CU OF EDGAR, SPRAWLED ON THE FLOOR. BROTHER COMES IN WITH NEWSPAPER & BOTTLE. BROTHER SPREADS PAPERS ALL OVER BED. EDGAR LIES DOWN. BROTHER STARTS RUBBING OINTMENT ON HIM
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CU OF EDGAR LYING ATOP A NEWSPAPER WITH THE AD:
REDUCE. EDGAR SITS UP, STILL IN PAIN. BROTHER LEAVES |
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FLORENCE STANDS AT STOVE, SINGING. EDGAR ENTERS, FLORENCE TURNS INTO HIM IN SURPRISE. SHE GIVES HIM BREAKFAST. FLORENCE LEAVES. BROTHER ENTERS WITH PILLS FOR EDGAR
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EDGAR TAKES WATER FROM SINK, SWALLOWS PILL. EDGAR CHASES BROTHER FROM KITCHEN. FLORENCE ENTERS, TAKES A BOX FROM CABINET
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CU OF BOX LABEL "BUG-KILL SPRAY PELLETS." FLORENCE DROPS THE BOX TOP NEXT TO EDGAR'S OPEN BOX OF REDUCING PILLS. SHE FILLS SPRAY CAN AT SINK & PUTS THE REDUCTING PILL BOX TOP ON BOX OF BUG PELLETS & PUTS IT AWAY. SHE LEAVES KITCHEN
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EDGAR COMES BACK IN KITCHEN, TAKES HIS PILLS OFF THE COUNTER, NOTICING THE TOP OF THE BOX. HE LOOKS UP IN HORROR. EDGAR STARTS SCREAMING IN PANIC. THE FAMILY JOINS HIM, TRIES TO CALM HIM DOWN
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CU OF MOM PREPARING SALT WATER. FLORENCE BRINGS EDGAR TO LIVING ROOM COUCH, WHERE HE KNOCKS OVER A VASE & FLOWERS. BROTHER MAKES PHONE CALL AS MOTHER FORCES EDGAR TO DRINK THE WATER
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CU OF EDGAR'S HORRIFIED EXPRESSION, DRINKING THE SALT WATER. HE SCREAMS. BROTHER & MOTHER FORCE ANOTHER GLASS ON HIM. CU OF EDGAR, SPITTING OUT WATER, SCREAMING
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FLORENCE LOOKS OUT OF FRONT DOOR. THEN ANSWERS PHONE. CU OF FLORENCE TALKING. CU OF EDGAR'S BUTT? ON PHONE. FLORENCE HANGS UP. FAMILY SURROUNDS EDGAR.
GREAT COMIC SCENE |
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CU OF BOOK, PAGES TURNING FROM A BREEZE. FLORENCE LOOKS IN BOOK. MOM & FLORENCE DRAG EDGAR INTO BATHROOM. BROTHER RUNS IN & DUMPS A BUCKET FULL OF ICE INTO TUB. EDGAR CLIMBS IN
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CU OF EDGAR IN TUB, MOANING & SCREAMING AS MOM &
BROTHER RUB HIM DOWN. FLORENCE LEAVES. |
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FLORENCE ANSWERS DOOR. DOCTOR ENTERS, FOLLOWS FLORENCE INTO BATHROOM. EDGAR GETS OUT OF TUB.
FAMILY TALK |
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EDGAR DUNKS BROTHER'S HEAD IN TUB LAUGHING. THE END
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