A Large Check
by Timothy Meinke
Based on an idea by Adam Nobello.
The "Not-So-Bright Men" were introduced in "The Lumberyard" sketch.
The screenwriter is an employee of a major national bank.
Cast
Not-So-Bright Man #1.……………………………...
Not-So-Bright Man #2.……………………………...
Bank Teller……………………………….................
Female Bank Patron………………………………....
BANK LOBBY. THE TWO NOT-SO-BRIGHT MEN ARE WAITING IN LINE.
TELLER
Next, please!
MAN #1 APPROACHES THE COUNTER.
MAN #1
Hey dere‘. I need to some bankin’- at a bank here.
TELLER
You’re from around here, aren’t you?
MAN #1
Yah! How did you know dat? Yah, well uh, listen here. I need to cash a very large check.
TELLER
A very large check. Okay, is it a local check?
MAN #1
(CONFUSED.) A local ch-? Uh, I ah- wait dere’ one minute.
MAN #1 GOES BACK TO THE LINE WHERE MAN #2 IS WAITING. THEY MIME TALKING AND GESTICULATE WILDLY. MAN #1 RETURNS TO THE COUNTER.
MAN #1
Hey, dere.’ Yah, the check is right here in dis’ lobby so dat’ means dat’ it’s a local check. Yah.
TELLER
Do you have an account here?
MAN #1
(CONFUSED.) AN ACCOU-? Uh, I ah- wait dere’ anutter’ minute.
MAN #1 RE-APPROACHES MAN #2. THEY MIME TALKING AND GESTICULATE WILDLY. MAN #1 RETURNS THE COUNTER.
MAN #1
Yah! I have a count here. It’s one. One check is what I haf’ to cash here, yah. One very large check.
TELLER
Sir, do you have proof of identity?
MAN #1
(CONFUSED.) Proof of identa-? Uh, I ah-
MAN #1 HOLDS UP A "WAIT-ONE-MINUTE" FINGER AND RE-APPROACHES MAN #2. THEY MIME TALKING AND GESTICULATE WILDLY. MAN #2 TURNS TO THE WOMAN IN LINE BEHIND HIM. THEY MIME TALKING. SHE REACHES INTO HER PURSE AND HANDS HIM A COMPACT MIRROR. MAN #2 HOLDS THE COMPACT SO MAN #1 CAN SEE HIS OWN REFLECTION. MAN #2 GIVES THE COMPACT TO MAN #1. MAN #1 HOLDS THE MIRROR WITH THE REFLECTION TOWARDS MAN #2. MAN #2 STRONGLY SHAKES HIS HEAD "NO" AND TURNS THE REFLECTION TOWARDS MAN #1. MAN #1 REACTS AS HE UNDERSTANDS. WITH AUTHORITY, MAN #2 POINTS TOWARDS THE TELLER. MAN #1 RE-APPROACHES THE COUNTER. HE HOLDS THE COMPACT MIRROR SO THEY BOTH CAN SEE HIS REFLECTION.
MAN #1
Hey dere,’ agin.’ (POINTS TO REFLECTION.) Yah, dis’ is me right dere.’
TELLER
Sir, just exactly how large is this check?
MAN #1
Oh! Dat’ I have right here!
MAN #1 PRODUCES AN ENORMOUSLY SIZED CHECK MADE OUT FOR SEVENTY-NINE CENTS.
MAN #1
Kin’ I get dis’ seventy-nine cents all in paper money?
TELLER IS SPEECHLESS.
The End
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