Posted on February 2, 2021
Behind The Looking Glass Script, The Speech
David} Craig .
Craig} Yes ?.
David} Can I tell you something ?.
Craig} Yeah, of course you can .
David} Ok, I saw some weird thing in the street, yesterday .
Craig} Right, what did you see ?.
David} I saw some person , jumping on a recycling bin .
Craig} A what ?.
David} A recycling bin .
Craig} Right ?.
David} And he was jumping up and down, , yeah ?, and the bin broke, and he fell right through it .
Craig} Who the hell jumps on dustbins ?, they are for rubbish, they are not a trampoline , what’s wrong with people ?.
David} Yeah, I took a picture of it , here look{ hands Craig the phone}
Craig} Geez, people at their finest .
David} you know what I mean .
Collin} Hey .
David} Hey .
Craig} Hello .
Collin} What are you guys doing, exactly ?.
David} Oh, I’m showing Craig a picture .
Collin} What’s the picture of ?.
David} A man jumping on a dustbin , care to have a look ?.
Collin} No way, man, don’t wanna see that .
Craig} Ok, what do you want from us ?.
Collin} I need you to hold a speech .
Craig} A speech ?.
David} Woah, speech , why are we doing a speech ?.
Collin} Well, the authorities want to know more about our industry .
David} Ok .
Collin} Ok, so I need you to write a speech, if you need me, I’ll be in my office .
{ Collin leaves the room}
David} Woah, a speech .
Craig} Now we’re talking .
David} Ok, so how shall we start off the speech , any ideas ?.
Craig} I don’t know , do you have any ideas ?.
David} Yes, pass me the pen and paper .
{Craig passes him the pen and paper}
{David giggles while writing }
{A few minutes later , at the press conference}
David} Are you sure, this is fine ?.
Craig} Yes .
Person} Hello sir, if you can start, that’ll be great .
Collin} Ok, so we have a little detecting business , and we have it because, detecting is very important , and it’s very good, and um, um, yeah so, um , err.
David} Oh, this is shit, let me handle this .
{ David walks in and takes over from Collin}
Person} Oh, and who’s this young man ?.
David} it’s David , that’s my name .
Collin} David, it’s not your time yet .
David} Yes it is my time, and it’s my time to shine .
Craig} Yes, go on, David , show them what you got .
David} Hello ladies and gentlemen, this is David and that is Craig, we are both employees at this detecting indistury .
Person} I see, and what do you do ?.
David} Didn’t you hear me, I said, we detect stuff , Jesus Christ, give me a break , I mean, geez .
{Craig giving him the signal to turn on the screen }
David} Oh, I have a small video to show you, just bare with me for a sec .
{ The tv turns on}
{ The video of the man jumping on the dustbin comes on}
Collin} What the hell ?.
{Person faints}
David} Yeah damn right, you know nothing about detecting , why be a journalist if you can’t question people, correctly .
{ Meanwhile, Collin is talking to David}
Collin} What the actual heck, David ?.
David} That was epic .
Collin} No it wasn’t , you are supposed to read the speech, not insult everybody .
David} Well, if you are dealing with David, that’s what you have to work with .
Collin} What was up with that video ?, omg, that’s got nothing to do with anything .
David} Yes it has, you can detect on why the person’s jumping on the dustbin .
Collin} No , no no no no no , No !!!! , they are gonna hate me now, they are gonna think that I’m not a professional .
David} Yeah ok, calm down, there’s still some time to save this thing .
Collin} Oh no, we are not saving anything, it’s done now .
David} I’m gonna go and do it .
Collin} No, come back here .
{ David goes back to do the speech}
David} Sorry guys, we had some technical difficulties , but we are back , so thank god for that .
{ Everybody sits down in silence}
David} Ok so, { Says gibberish}
David} So um, gfffguhlkjjsssdtfyg .
Person} Is that person having a stroke ?.
other person} Nah, he’s talking Spanish .
David} Oh crap, ha ha, a few minutes in and I’m already mucking it up .
Craig whispering }
Craig} David, get the thing , say the line .
David} What the heck, what are you saying ?, oh, I get it, Craig wants to say he’s fine .
Craig} No, I didn’t say that .
David} Oh ok, Now , he’s gonna come, introducing my good friend, Collin .
{Collin walks in with a frown on his face}
David} Are you gonna say anything to the journalists ?.
Collin} Yes, conference over, have a good night .
David} What the hell, Collin, what about the Conference ?.
Collin} No, you are alone on that one, see ya tomorrow .
David} This is the best day ever { Starts laughing}
End of script