Last Laugh

September 28, 2013

Written by:  Jill Donnellan

Directed by:  John Laing

With small bags of popcorn in their hands, the teens are enjoying their day out in the city and checking out all the vendors.  Jake:  "Look!"  Jake points and the rest follow, although Troy takes a moment to enjoy the breeze blowing through a wind sock.  Emma:  "Cool!"  Jake:  "Check it."  The teens head over to a sunglasses vendor.  Jake tries on a pair and goofs around.  Noah:  "Cool."  The sound of laughter makes Gia turn around.  Gia:  "What's so funny?"  On a small stage are two comics.  Gia:  "Hey, Noah.  Let's go check it out."  Gia, Emma, and Troy hurry over to the seats.  Jake puts the sunglasses back and notes Noah is lingering.  Jake:  "Come on!"  Noah is not happy.  "Street comics?!  Give me a break!"  Noah reluctantly follows his friends over as they sit in the audience.  Comic #1:  "What's brown and sticky?"  Comic #2:  "What?"  Comic #1:  "A stick!"  The audience laughs.  Comic #1:  "What did the duck say when she found some lipstick?"  Comic #2:  "What?"  Comic #1:  "Put it on my bill!"  The audience laughs.  Gia turns around to talk to Troy and Noah.  Gia:  "These guys are pretty funny."  She notices Noah isn't even smiling.  Gia:  "You're not laughing."  Noah:  "I don't think they're funny."  Emma turns around. "Where's your sense of humor?"  Troy:  "I don't think Noah has a sense of humor."  Jake leans back.  "Yeah, same as Robo Knight."  Emma:  "They're silly, but it's all about letting go and laughing.  Just listen."  Jake decides to help Noah out.  "See, that's the straight man.  And he feeds lines to the jokester."  Emma:  "Teamwork."  Noah:  "I understand the logic of teamwork in a comedy duo."  Gia:  "Don't analyze comedy.  Just go with it."   The comics continue with their performance.  Noah doesn't see the humor in the performance.  It's not funny.  The audience laughs as Jake tells Noah, it's okay.  Try and have fun.  Suddenly Gia vanishes.  The rest of the audience vanishes as well.  Only Jake, Emma, Troy, and Noah remain.  The four teens get up and look around.   The comics run off the stage as No Joke takes over the stage.  Jake asks, who are you?  I mean, what are you?  No Joke introduces himself.  I want to silence laughter because it annoys me.  So when people laugh, I trap them.  No Joke is holding a pod, and suddenly the teens can see Gia's image as she threatens to kick No Joke's butt. 

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