1940SOUND COMEDY SHORTS
EDGAR KENNEDY. MR. AVERAGE MAN. VIVIAN OAKLAND. BILL FRANEY. JAMES MORTON. FRED KELSEY. MAY 3, 1940. EDGAR HAS TO GO TO COURT THE ONE DAY OF THE YEAR WHEN THE CITY IS RUN BY CHILDREN. BREAKFAST FOOD ON THE TABLE. MAN UPSET. OLD MAN STICKS OUT TONGUE. PUTS SPOON IN MAN'S MOUTH. GOES AFTER OLD MAN. ANGRY. KIDS PLAY BASEBALL ON LAWN. EDGAR LOOKS OUT WINDOW. BASEBALL BREAKS WINDOW. HITS EDGAR ON THE HEAD. OLD MAN GOES OUTSIDE. READING NEWSPAPER ON STOOP. WIFE CALMS HUSBAND. HUG. KIDS RUN AWAY. KIDS PEEK OUT FROM BEHIND HEDGES. THROWS BALL AT OLD MAN. BREAKS WINDSHIELD OF COP CAR. MAN HOLDS BAT. COPS GIVE EDGAR TICKET. YELLS AT KIDS. THEY RUN AWAY. NEWSPAPER HEADLINE. CITY HALL. BOYS IN SUITS SWORN IN. COP PUTS BADGE ON KID. GOES TO CHIEF OF POLICE. SMOKING PIPE. CHILD BEHIND POLICE DESK. FUMING MAD. STORMS OUT. OLD MAN HIT BY DOOR. RECEPTIONIST. MAYOR'S OFFICE. BOYS FILE PAST. SHAKES HANDS WITH BOY. COURTROOM. COURT IN SESSION. CHILD JUDGE. NO ROOM TO SIT DOWN. PUSHES OLD MAN AWAY. EDGAR PLAYS WITH GAVEL. PUBLIC DEFENDER. OLD MAN TRIES TO ATTACK CHILD. KID LAWYERS. SITS IN WITNESS CHAIR. SWEARS TO TELL THE TRUTH. CROSS EXAMINATION. TRIAL. PEOPLE IN COURTROOM LAUGH. COPS BOUNCE BASEBALL OFF EDGAR'S HEAD. JUMPS UP, COPS PUSH HIM BACK INTO CHAIR. EDGAR CRIES. WIFE COMES INTO COURTROOM. FANCY HAT & MINK STOLE. OLD MAN GIVES EDGAR BOXES OF CHOCOLATE. GIVES BOX TO JUDGE. BRIBE. COMMOTION.
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MS BREAKFAST TABLE. LS OF EDGAR, VIVIAN & OLD MAN.
CU OF OLD MAN. CU OF VIVIAN, CU OF EDGAR, AGITATED. CU OF OLD MAN |
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CU OF EDGAR STICKING HIS TONGUE OUT. OLD MAN PLACES A SPOON IN IT. EDGAR SHOWS A LOOK OF DISGUST. THE SPOON STANDS UPRIGHT IN HIS MOUTH. ANGRY, HE PULLS IT OUT AND LEAVES THE TABLE
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EDGAR ENTERS BEDROOM, STANDS IN FRONT OF MIRROR &
DRESSER. OPENS HIS MOUTH & LOOKS IN MIRROR. TURNS & LOOKS OUT WINDOW |
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LS OF KIDS PLAYING BASEBALL. MS OF EDGAR WATCHING FROM WINDOWS. HE CLOSES WINDOW. BALL CRASHES THRU WINDOW, HITTING EDGAR IN BACK OF THE HEAD. HE PICKS UP THE BALL, PREPARING TO THROW IT, BUT VIVIAN & OLD MAN WALK IN. EDGAR IS UPSET. VIVIAN CALMS HIM DOWN.
OLD MAN THROWS THE BALL, BREAKING ANOTHER WINDOW & QUICKLY LEAVES |
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OLD MAN BACKS OUT ONTO FRONT PORCH. EDGAR LEAVES BEDROOM, KISSES VIVIAN GOODBYE ON PORCH, CHASES OLD MAN OFF PORCH. VIVIAN CALMS EDGAR DOWN. EDGAR SMILES THEY HUG. EDGAR IS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A BASEBALL.
HE LOOKS IN THE CAMERA & TURNS AROUND |
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KIDS PLAYING BALL ALL SCATTER. EDGAR PICKS UP BALL PREPARING TO THROW IT AFTER THE KIDS. VIVIAN HOLDS HIM BACK. KIDS PEEK OUT FROM BUSHES. EDGAR MOTIONS TO THEM TO GET THE BALL. THE KIDS WALK TO EDGAR &
VIVIAN. EDGAR IS IN GOOD SPIRITS. CU OF OLD MAN, SMILING. EDGAR THROWS THE BALL AT HIM. A WINDOW CAN BE HEARD BREAKING. EVERYONE STARES IN SHOCK |
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CAR WITH A BROKEN WINDSHIELD. MAN INSIDE CAR RUBS HIS HEAD. HE STEPS OUT OF CAR. MS OF EDGAR, HOLDING BASEBALL HAT AND KID. EDGAR STARTS WHISTLING. TWO COPS FROM THE CAR APPROACH THE GROUP. ONE COP PULLS OUT A PAD. MS OF EDGAR & VIVIAN, BOTH LOOK EMBARRASSED. MS OF POLICE. THE POLICE HAND EDGAR A TICKET. THE POLICE LEAVE
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MS OF EDGAR & VIVIAN. MS OF THE KIDS. EDGAR CHASES THEM OFF, VIVIAN TRIES CALMING HIM DOWN. HE THROWS THE BAT DOWN. BLACK OUT.
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CU NEWSPAPER "THE DAILY STANDARD - NATIONAL BOYS' DAY TODAY" LS OF CITY HALL. CITY HALL SIGN. LS OF MAYOR TALKING TO THE KIDS WHO WERE PLAYING BASEBALL. KIDS ALL DRESSED UP. ONE KID GIVES TWO OTHERS A GAVEL &
BADGE |
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EDGAR ENTERS WITH OLD MAN. THEY WALK INTO POLICE CHIEF'S OFFICE. OLD MAN SITS DOWN. EDGAR TALKS TO OFFICER, LIGHTS UP PIPE. OFFICER SHOWS HIM INTO CHIEF'S OFFICE. EDGAR STOPS WHEN HE SEES KID
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CU OF KID AS CHIEF OF POLICE, SMILING. EDGAR IS ANNOYED. OFFICER EXPLAINS SITUATION. EDGAR REMOVES HAT & PIPE. CU OF KID. EDGAR GETS ANGRY & STORMS OUT. OFFICER FOLLOWS
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EDGAR OPENS UP DOOR SMACKING OLD MAN IN THE FACE WITH IT. THE OLD MAN, DAZED, FOLLOWS HIM. BOTH STRAIGHTEN ON THEIR SUITS & WALK AWAY. EDGAR & OLD MAN STAND BEFORE A SECRETARY'S DESK. THEY WATCH AS A GROUP OF KIDS WALK BY. THE KID MAYOR APPROACHES EDGAR. EDGAR SHAKES THE BOY'S HAND, THEN LEAVES, OPENING THE DOOR, SMACKING THE OLD MAN AGAIN. THE OLD MAN FOLLOWS
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EDGAR & OLD MAN ENTER THE COURT ROOM. BAILIFF STOPS THEM. THEY REMOVE THEIR HATS & SIT DOWN. THE KID JUDGE ENTERS. CU OF EDGAR'S SHOCKED EXPRESSION. LS OF KID JUDGE WHISPERING TO A MAN. EDGAR PREPARES TO LEAVE, STOPS, EMBARRASSED AND APPROACHES THE JUDGE'S BENCH. OLD MAN FOLLOWS
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KID JUDGE & MAN TALK. MS OF EDGAR & OLD MAN. CU OF KID JUDGE. EDGAR PUSHES OLD MAN BACK TO BENCHES. CU OF KID JUDGE, HOLDING PAPER. EDGAR PICKS UP A GAVEL FROM A TABLE, THE BAILIFF TAKES IT BACK. EDGAR GRABS A BASEBALL, THE BAILIFF TAKES IT BACK. EDGAR IS UNCOMFORTABLE. HE SITS ON TABLE. CU OF KID JUDGE.
BAILIFF PUSHES EDGAR TO HIS FEET |
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EDGAR GETS FRUSTRATED, PUTS HAT BACK ON HIS HEAD.
BAILIFF MAKES HIM TAKE HAT OFF. CU OF JUDGE KID. BAILIFF STANDS |
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CU OF LAWYER KID, HE BOWS. CU OF KID JUDGE. EDGAR LOOKS DOWN AT LAWYER KID, IN DISBELIEF. OLD MAN JOINS THEM. CU OF LAWYER KID, HE POINTS AT OLD MAN.
OLD MAN GETS ANGRY, EDGAR CALMS HIM DOWN. MS OF KID JUDGE AND MAN |
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DA KID STANDS AT HIS DESK. EDGAR CONFERS WITH OLD MAN. HE TAKES THE STAND. EDGAR IS SWORN IN, AND SITS.
HE & THE BAILIFF GIVE EACH OTHER DIRTY LOOKS. CU OF JUDGE. DA KID APPROACHES EDGAR, AND CRUSHES HIS HAT |
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CU LAWYER KID, EXCITED. CU OF JUDGE KID POUNDING GAVEL. CU OF EDGAR, FRUSTRATED. COP STANDS UP, GRABBING BASEBALL. CU LAWYER KID. CU JUDGE KID. TWO COPS FROM THE CAR APPROACH EDGAR. EDGAR TOUCHES ONE WITH THE BASEBALL. COP HITS EDGAR WITH BALL ON THE HEAD. BALL BOUNCES OFF AND IS CAUGHT BY SECOND COP.
SECOND COP REBOUNDS BALL OFF OF EDGAR'S HEAD TO FIRST COP. FIRST COP REBOUNDS TO SECOND COP. SECOND COP HITS EDGAR AGAIN. EDGAR IS UPSET, GETS UP TO LEAVE, COPS RESTRAIN HIM. |
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EDGAR STANDS, APPROACHES THE BENCH. MS OF JUDGE KID & MAN. CU OF EDGAR STARTING TO CRY. MS OF JUDGE KID & MAN. DA KID POINTS AT EDGAR. CU OF LAWYER KID, EXCITED
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CU OF EDGAR, RELAXING A LITTLE. VIVIAN ENTERS COURTROOM. SPEAKS TO JUDGE'S KID. CU OF VIVIAN. CU OF JUDGE. OLD MAN APPROACHES WITH GROUP OF BOXES. HE HANDS BOXES TO EDGAR. EDGAR OPENS THEM, THEY ARE FULL OF CHOCOLATE. HE HANDS A BOX TO THE JUDGE. CU OF JUDGE. LS OF JUDGE, EDGAR & OLD MAN (FATHER-IN-LAW)
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CU OF FATHER-IN-LAW. LS OF COPS RESTRAINING A FURIOUS EDGAR. ZOOM IN ON A CRAZY EDGAR. THE END
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