SHORE FOR RENT
WRITTEN BY STEFAN BERRILL
INT. CARL'S LIVING ROOM - moRNING
We open to a cheese commercial for the popular brand name BARBARA MOON CHEESE playing on a TV set.  It looks as though it was made in the late 70's.  The story is of a little boy, about the age of 6 opening presents at Christmas.  
He is dressed in Pajamas and tearing through present after present.  As he does this he gets things like a cap gun, a remote control car, video games etc. (all the things every boy his age would want.)  However, he seems disappointed with all of the presents.  
We see his parents look nervous between each present, all they wanted to do was please their son this Christmas.  Finally the boy comes to a smaller packet, he tears this one open and it's a block of cheese!  The boy is overcome with excitement, rips the package open, breaks off a piece and enjoys.  We see the parents very pleased with this.  
Then across the screen it says "FOR THE TOUGHEST TO PLEASE, IT'S GOTTA BE BARBARA MOON CHEESE".  Switch Shots to see CARL SHORE watching with great pleasure.
INT. DONOVAN'S BEDROOM - MORNING
We see a man in his late thirty's eating cereal on his bed and scribbling things down in a note book.  His room is messy and he is wearing loose white briefs.  This man's name is DONAVON RENT.  
DONOVAN scribbles things down and pauses to think at random.  After a bit of this, he picks up the telephone to chat with his brother LEONARD RENT.  LEONARD is asleep on his desk at work.
LEONARD
Hello?
DONOVAN
Hey Len…
LEONARD
Don?
DONOVAN
Ya, What do you think of this, for a visa or maybe master card commercial, I guess American express might work too.  Ya that's alright too, anyway there's this guy buying a valentines day present or whatever, it could be a commercial during the valentines craze, or maybe Christmas-…  Ya sorry.  So there's this guy who's buying this present and it's for a girl right, maybe some nice napkins or something…
LEONARD
Napkins?
DONOVAN
Yeah, Napkin's, I don't know, maybe some sheets, anyways he's going through the-
LEONARD
Don, nobody buys napkins or sheets for their girl friends, it's a little-
DONOVAN
Sure they do, all girls like sheets and napkins and stuff like that, for cooking and making babies and what not.  So he's got it all picked out-
LEONARD
No they don't Donovan, they like flowers and chocolates, but even chocolates sometimes are a little risky because-
DONOVAN
Fine Len, it doesn't matter, this is the best part.  So the guy's got the napkins in his hand right, he walks to the till, grabs his wallet and it's empty.  Maybe a butterfly could come out or something, that's pretty funny.  Haha, yeah Butt-er-fully.  Good, so he's got no money, or at least no cash, see I think that's where people might not know where I'm going this, but he'll reach in his jacket pocket and pull out his visa!  Aahh haha! Isn't that great?  And then it'll say "Visa, who needs cash this valentines?" or "Who needs cash this holiday season" or what if, what if it said, "Visa, she'll never be disappointed again"… Yeah I like that one, So what do you think?
LEONARD
It's good Donovan, you know what time it is though?
DONOVAN
You really think so? - Yeah, I just thought of it.  I was just sitting here and-
LEONARD
It's good Don, good, but about these morning calls I don't think-
DONOVAN
What are you doing at work?
LEONARD
Working Don, working, This is too early to call people though, It's great you're excited about this, but you've gotta remember, there are people around you that don't appreciate being called this early.  Ok?  You've gotta say to yourself: Hey, what time is it?  Is this maybe to early to call someone?  And could this wait until about nine o'clock?
DONOVAN
I just wanted to tell about my commercial idea.
LEONARD
I know, I know, but sometimes these things are nine o'clock and later things, maybe this is one of them.  You have lots of time to tell me about these commercial ideas Donovan.
DONOVAN
What's that suppose to mean Len?
LEONARD
Nothing, it's just that-
DONOVAN
You think that now that I'm not working like you, you think that maybe someone who doesn't own their own appliance store or doesn't work for Barbara Moon Cheese anymore should just fold to meet the wants of people that are higher in financial status.  And then you wanna talk about early?  What are you doing at work?
LEONARD
Don't you tell me about financial status Don, you're crossing the line now, I didn't mean that at all.
DONOVAN
Well there are people out there that can realize I have good things Len, good ideas.
LEONARD
I know you have good things!
DONOVAN
Just not things that are good enough for before nine right?
LEONARD
You're not the only one with financial-
DONOVAN
I don't want to talk to you right now Leonard, I'm calling mom.
LEONORD sits there for a moment, rubbing his eyes and waking up.  He looks down to see a mess of fast food wrappers, the odd fry and a pop.  He eats a few of these fries, downs the last of his pop, mmm, it's coke, not Pepsi.  
After this he throws the wrappers, cups, and what not at the garbage across room.  He misses and it falls on the floor.
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TITLE SEQUENCE
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INT. CARL'S LIVING ROOM - THAT MOMENT
CARL SHORE is still sitting on his couch staring straight ahead at the TV set with a very pleased look on his face letting out the odd chuckle. As he sits in a robe and messy wet hair he raises the remote and rewinds a bit of the commercial taped in his VCR.  
We see him laugh some more and tears begin to welt in either eye, he wipes them away and keeps laughing.  Then suddenly the phone beside him rings.  He answers in a chipper voice.
CARL
Good morning, this is Carl.
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INT. LEONARD'S OFFICE - THAT MOMENT
LEONARD
Hi Carl, this is Leonard.
We split the screen, CARL on the left and LEONARD on the right.
INT. CARL'S LIVING ROOM/INT. LEONARD'S OFFICE
CARL
Oh Hi Mr. Rent.
LEONARD
Please, it's Leonard.
CARL
Ok.
LEONARD
What time do you plan on coming in this morning Carl?
CARL
My shift starts at nine, but I can be there right away if you want, say twenty? 
           (pause) 
minutes, that's twenty minutes.
LEONARD
No Carl that's alright, if you could just… you know what, I'll see you at nine, have a nice morning.
CARL
Great, I'll see you then Boss.
LEONARD hangs up the phone, but keeps his hand on it.  CARL smiles at the call and hangs up the phone, he goes back to his commercial for a few seconds.  Then we see LEONARD decides to pick up the phone again, he dials and CARL'S phone rings, he picks it up.
CARL (CONT'D)
Good Morning, this is Carl.
LEONARD
Actually you know what Carl, it'd be nice if you were here a little sooner.
CARL
Sure thing Boss!
LEONARD
Carl?
CARL
Yeah?
LEONARD
It's just Leonard, you a coffee drinkin' man Carl?
CARL
Yeah, I've been known to enjoy a cup of beans.
LEONARD
Where do you buy your coffee?
CARL
Well usually I go to the Cup of Love on the corner.
LEONARD
Oh, you ever try Gilman's?
CARL
No, it's a little out of the way, don't want to be late right?
LEONARD
Right, well you wanna try it this morning?
CARL
Sure, if you want me to.
LEONARD
Yeah, I'd really like that, and if not too much trouble would you mind pickin me up one of those triple expresso's they've got?
CARL
Not at all sir, I mean Leonard
LEONARD
They've got these nice lemon Danish’s too, boy that'd be a treat, thanks Carl
LEONARD hangs up the phone and the split screen leaves and we're back to CARL, he races to his room, rips off his robe, leaving him in tighty whities, the essence of every person such as CARL.  
Hanging on all the walls of his house are various BARBARA MOON CHEESE advertisements.  From here he looks into his closet, and reaches in.  We do some quick cuts.
-belt buckling
-tie tying
-button upping
-fly zipping
-shoelace tying
-tie tightening
And we're back to CARL in front of the mirror looking his best and proudly bearing the name CARL across his left breast.  He raises his eye brows in approval and winks at himself.
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INT. DONOVAN'S BEDROOM - MORNING
DONOVAN sits on the foot of his bed with blank and clearly miserable on the verge of tears expression.  He soon picks up the phone and dials his mother
MARTHA
Hello?
DONOVAN
Hi Mom.
MARTHA
How are you sweet heart?
DONOVAN
I'm ok.
MARTHA
You get any new ideas?
DONOVAN
A few, I told them to Len this morning, but he didn't like them, so I don't want to do those anymore.
MARTHA
Oh, don't say that, I'm sure he didn't mean it.  Did you call him early?  You know how he likes his rest.
DONOVAN
Well I had been up for an hour by the time I called.
MARTHA
What time was that?
DONOVAN
About seven thirty.
MARTHA
Now Donovan, he's been over this with you.
DONOVAN
Well, he just doesn't seem to want to see what the early bird gets.  Once he sees the worm, he'll realize where I'm coming from.
MARTHA
Yes well, Leonard is set in his ways.
DONOVAN
Yeah, well maybe I'm just a little upset with the way life's been moving lately.
MARTHA
I think he feels the same way, the best thing you can do, is give him a little time and space to sort things out.
DONOVAN
Ok, yeah, you're right, so what did you end up doing yesterday.
MARTHA
Well, I managed to get through the weeds in my flower bed and then I went to the market and found a lovely blue table cloth.
DONOVAN
Yeah?
MARTHA
It's very cute, and I practically stole it.  It was marked down to five dollars!
DONOVAN
Wow, great deal, I just wish Leonard could listen to me for once.
MARTHA
He listens.
DONOVAN
Does he though?  Sure he knows what I'm saying but he doesn't put any effort into trying to relate with me and he never calls me I always have to call him.
MARTHA
Well, like I said, maybe he just needs a little space right now.
DONOVAN
Ok, well hopefully he'll come around.
MARTHA
Oh dear, that's Brenda at the door, we have our walk this morning, Love you Donovan, have a nice day.
DONOVAN
Oh, ok, well enjoy you're walk and say hi to Brenda.
MARTHA
Ok dear.
DONOVAN
By mom, Love you.
They both hang up the phone.
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INT. LEONARD'S OFFICE - MORNING
LEONARD RENT, the proud owner of Leonard's Kitchen, Bed, Bath, and Basement half sits, half leans against his desk with his arms folded and holding a phone wedged between his shoulder and his ear.  He waits a moment and then comes to life at the sound of a voice on the other end.  Sometime throughout this conversation, MARTHA will walk by with a man friend, not BRENDA holding a sheet in its package.
LEONARD
Hi this is Leonard Rent… Yeah… I'm calling about my last bill here, yeah I just wanted to double check a few things…  Uh huh…  Yeah…  Yeah here on the bill it says the shipment of mattresses was…  the Sealy ones…  Yeah…  Did they really come to that?...  oh…  Alright, cause I thought there was a discount, that's the only reason I ordered them…  Otherwise I wouldn't…  no, I know…  Yeah it's just that I think this is a mistake…  No, I know…  but this definitely a mistake, you gotta put yourself in my shoes here alright, I know that you might not be in a position to do anything about this but the least you could do is…  No…  The least you could do is…  Look…  Norbert? With an "N"?...  Ok Norbert, the thing is I don't have this money to spend on these mattresses and if you could just…  No, I know, I know just listen…  Ok…  I'm looking at this flyer in front of me and it says right here as plain as day 30-40 percent off all stock…  yes…  yes…  no…  how old? March 11, three months…
LEONARD flips back to page to see that it clearly says THIS MONTH ONLY.  At the sight of this he pauses with frustration, embarrassment and regret.
NORBERT
Hello, Mr. Rent?  You there?
LEONARD
Yeah ok sorry, sorry I uh, there's another one I wanted to look at here it's the toilet order…  No second from the top, there's got to be some kind of mistake here-
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INT. LEONARD'S KITCHEN, BATH, BED, AND BASEMENT - THAT MOMENT
The camera pans and dollies out of his office, down the hall, and to the front door, we see CARL, dressed smartly in his uniform, fumbling with keys, coffee, a paper bag, his backpack and himself.  He finally gets his key in the already unlock door to find it swings open.  
After this adventure he stumbles over the lip on the frame sending his keys flying off in the confusion out of sight.  CARL collects himself now and glances around for his keys.  He can't see them so, we see he decides LEONARD'S coffee is more important.  He carries on down the hall, LEONARD'S voice fades in.
LEONARD
So that's six toilets right?...  eight? Now I know that is a mistake…  your computer says eight?...  Really…  Oh no, yeah right here, eight, sorry I was looking at the plunger order which by the way- Hold on a minute Norbert.
We dolly behind him as he passes by the office to the room next to it.  As he passes the open doorway revealing LEONARD on the phone, LEONARD calls after him.
LEONARD (CONT'D)
Carl!
He pokes his head in for a moment.
CARL
I'm just gonna put this stuff in my cubby.
LEONARD
Don't put that expresso in there.
CARL
Right.
He ducks out of the room and then LEONARD calls him back.
LEONARD
And the Danish, don't put that in their either.
CARL gives him a nod then leaves, LEONARD'S voice fades out.
LEONARD(cont.)
These toilets though, their getting pricy these days, it seems like just yesterday when I guy could get a good toilet for-
We continue the dolly behind CARL to the cubby room.  He throws the pack in locker catching his eye in the mirror, he then straightens to it, touches up his hair, raises his eyebrows and winks at himself.  
He takes a sip out of the cup in his right hand continues on to the office, with only the two coffees and the paper bag containing the Danish, half way there however he subtly takes a sip out of the one in his left hand without noticing the change.  LEONARD'S voice fades in.
LEONARD
So this is right then… You sure?  Cause it's one of those things where you gotta make sure, it seemed right you know but sometimes a person has to ask himself:  Hey, do I trust these people making my money decisions for me, or should I double check, I like to double check.
CARL enters during this rambling and gives him the cup out of his right hand.
LEONARD (CONT'D)
(aside) thanks Carl, that's great. (to NORBERT) Yeah, but it's a scary world out there these days when it comes to your money, everybody wants a piece and I'm startin' to figure out, in big hurry, that there isn't enough of it to go around.  You get what I'm sayin, huh Nort, huh, would you hold on a sec?  Carl!
CARL pokes his head back around the corner.  LEONARD gives him The Wolf's "this is good coffee, some serious gourmet shit" nod and cup raise.  LEONARD goes back to talking and his voice fades out.
LENOARD
And as much as I hate to say it Norbert, money is a big part of all our lives, big, big part, actually I was talking to my brother this morning and he
CARL continues back to the entrance to find his key, takes a few glances, and then puts his coffee on a dishwasher.  From here he goes to the door and turns the Open/Close sign, then gets on his hands and knees to check for the key.
MONTAGE - THROUGHOUT THE DAY
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INT. DONOVAN'S BEDROOM - MORNING
DONOVAN gets dressed and leaves the house.
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INT. LEONARD'S KITCHEN, BED, BATH AND BASEMENT - MORNING
CARL greets customers.
CARL
Welcome to Leonard's Low Maintenance Kitchen, bed, bath and basement, I'm Carl, and if you need anything, just give me a shout, I'll be right here.  Oh if I can give you a little tip, check out isle three, we got these new plungers in and they go great with any color.
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INT. LEONARD'S OFFICE - EVENING
LEONARD sits at his desk doing his bills, we do a few shots of his pen writing, his money not being enough, him punching numbers into the calculator and then him staring in pseudo depression.  Behind his on the wall a clock passes time more quickly than it seems, when we cut it reads about 12:00. DONOVAN passes to the grocery store in the background.
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INT. DONOVAN'S BEDROOM - AFTERNOON
Donovan walks through an isle of the grocery store, looking at different products.  He stops to think especially hard a pack of pudding.  He also checks out some microwave fettuccini.
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INT. LEONARD'S KITCHEN, BED, BATH AND BASEMENT - EVENING
CARL continues with pride.
CARL
This is one of Len's favourites, and if you know Len you know this is a good choice.
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INT. LEONARD'S OFFICE - EVENING
Leonard stares while time passes quickly to leave the clock reading about 5:00.  DONOVAN passes with a bag of groceries.
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INT. DONOVAN'S BEDROOM - EVENING
DONOVAN is back in his briefs and lying on his bed, scribbling things down with the TV on.
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INT. LEONARD'S KITCHEN, BED, BATH AND BASEMENT - MORNING
CARL continues.
CARL
You know I have this very unit in my home.
CUSTOMER
Really?
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INT. LEONARD'S OFFICE - EVENING
Leonard speaks while time seems to pass at its regular rate.
LEONARD
Here's your chance Don.
INT. LEONARD'S KITCHEN, BED, BATH AND BASEMENT - EVENING
We see LEONARD walking through the store towards the front door.  He's wearing a jacket and is obviously prepared to shut the store down for the night.  He gets his keys ready for locking the door behind him.  As he approaches the door he sees CARL on his hands and knees crawling around in desperate search of the lost key.
LEONARD
What are you doing on the floor Carl?
CARL
I can't find my key
LEONARD
Hmmm.
CARL
You see it?
LEONARD
No, so what do you got goin' on tonight?
CARL
I've got my acting class tonight.
LEONARD
Oh, I didn't know you were an actor?
CARL
Well, just a little, I did a commercial when I was five, no big deal.
LEONARD
Very impressive, I've always liked Travolta, who's one of you're favourites?
CARL
Well, I've always been influenced by Stallone's work, but Travolta is a great choice, it's just something about Sly that gets me.
LEONARD
I loved Grease, g'night Carl
CARL
You too Leonard.
With this LEONARD continues on his way out the door, obviously trusting Carl with the store.  He's heading to his car.  We stay on CARL searching for a few moments then switch to:
INT. DONOVAN'S BEDROOM - THAT MOMENT
DONOVAN stands on a scale with only loose briefs on and watching his TV while scooping out a bowl of ice cream. Soon he looks down at the scale and his ugly feet, it reads 210 lbs. he then looks up at the bowl of ice cream with an evil stare.  
He gives in and scoops out another spoonful.  We do a close up on DONOVAN'S mouth taking a bite of the oozing cream.
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INT. DONOVAN'S APARTMENT HALLWAY - THAT MOMENT
LEONARD walks to the door, straightens himself up and takes a deep breath, he pauses, and knocks.
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INT. DONOVAN'S BEDROOM - THAT MOMENT
DONOVAN is still standing on the scale finishing the bowl of ice cream and watching TV, he spills a little on his bare chest and wipes it off with this finger to lick it off.  He hears the knock at the door and gets off the scale.  Heading towards the door he makes no attempt to tidy himself or the apartment.  Through the eye hole we see LEONARD, DONOVAN takes a deep breath and opens the door.
LEONARD
Hey
DONOVAN
Hi, what's up
LEONARD
You want to get some dinner
DONOVAN
No, I just had ice cream
LEONARD
Oh - You come up with any new ideas?
DONOVAN
A couple, today's been pretty productive
LEONARD
What did mom think?
DONOVAN
She said she wants some napkins for her new table cloth
LEONARD
Yeah, she told me about that, she got it on sale you know
DONOVAN
Yeah.
LEONARD
How much was it?
DONOVAN
Five dollars.
LEONARD
She's really good at finding deals
DONOVAN
Grandma used to do it all the time too.
LEONARD
Aah, So you want to get some dinner?
DONOVAN
Well I kinda just wanted to stay at home, today's been pretty hectic, I was thinking I could just watch some TV or something
LEONARD
I was thinking about going to Raymond's
DONOVAN
Who's Raymond?
LEONARD
The is the guy who own Raymond's I suppose.
DONOVAN
Nice guy?
LEONARD
Probably
DONOVAN
Is the food good?
LEONARD
Great.
DONOVAN
You think they have fettuccini?
LEONARD
I think so.
DONOVAN
Ok, lemme put some pants on.
DONOVAN turns and walks out of the room.  LEONARD is left there with nothing to do, he looks around.  There's a painting on the wall of a beach house with a "for rent" sign in front of it.
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INT. LEONARD'S KITCHEN, BED, BATH AND BASEMENT - THAT MOMENT
CARL stands and puts his hands on his hips in frustration.  He has decided to give up due to the time and get his things from his cubby.
INT. RAYMOND'S - THAT MOMENT
DONOVAN and LEONARD have been seated and are sitting across from each other.  They have water in front of them and are looking through menus.
LEONARD
Got any new ideas?
DONOVAN
Well I was looking at some job openings at the grocery store today, but I don't know about them yet.  I've been thinkin' I could just be an independent contractor, but these openings at the store were really something.  There was one for this company called Herbert's Pudding.  They do ice cream too, and they call that Herbert's ice cream, and they do Sherbet too so it says Herbert's Sherbet's, Now they have this new pudding cup-
LEONARD
Hold the phone Don, openings at the Grocery store?
DONOVAN
Yup, the grocery store, anyways, this new cup has three-
LEONARD
Since when has the grocery store had openings that you'd be interested in, don't give up on your dreams Don,  You're a Rent, you are a Rent! And Rent's don't take their eye off the prize, they don't give up on their dreams, that's what Dad always said right?  Don't you think for one second I'm going to let you settle for bagging groceries the rest-
DONOVAN
No, no, real advertisement openings, I just go through the isles and find interesting products, then I think of neat ideas for a commercials.
LEONARD
Oh. 
            (pause) 
Well, how do you know there's a job opening?
DONOVAN
Aaah, good question, you see, there are always openings for these companies because, they're always looking for new ideas to sell their products, who isn't right?  But not just sell that project Len, but expand their target, get that product out there and in the homes of every consumer.  I want to give them the idea Len, I want to be the man behind the ideas.  I want them to remember that Donovan Rent can do more than just one Barbara Moon Cheese Commercial.
LEONARD
Wow, pretty exciting stuff, pretty ambitious, but Its pretty exciting.
DONOVAN
You're telling me, I got ideas coming to me left, right, upways, sideways, backwards, I can hardly get them all down I got so many great ones for this new pudding Len, now this new cup comes with vanilla, milk chocolate, and dark chocolate, now I haven't had one myself, have you?
LEONARD
No, sounds good though.
DONOVAN
Exactly, exactly sounds good, now my idea here is, like I said earlier, to get these three flavours into the minds of every go gettum, every Joe Johnson, every Reeda Keeshner, everyone, everybody's gotta here about the new Herbert's cup consisting of Three Layers of Diversity.  I was thinking about that for a campaign, three layers of diversity, right cause I'm goin for everyone, business men, school kids.  And the essence behind the human nature is diversity, isn't it?
LEONARD
Makes sense.  I'm real happy for you, you know?  You're just gonna want to remember, just say "hey" sometimes, what's what and who's who.
A waiter walks up at this moment.
WAITER
And what will it be this evening gentlemen.
DONOVAN
I'm gonna go with the fettuccini.
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INT. LEONARD'S KITCHEN, BED, BATH AND BASEMENT - THAT MOMENT
CARL gets in his car and drives away.
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INT. RAYMOND'S - THAT MOMENT
The two of them sit in the same position they now have their food in front of them.  Sometime during this conversation CARL will drive by on his way to acting lessons.
DONOVAN
So?
LEONARD
So what?
DONOVAN
How come you asked me to go out for dinner?
LEONARD
Can't a guy take his brother out for dinner?
DONOVAN
Nope, not if he's you, not unless he's got a point, so what's your point?
LEONARD
Ok, well it's not really a point, well I do have a point to taking you out for dinner but it's more a question.
DONOVAN
Uh huh
LEONARD
Ok, well the last few months have been pretty rough at work with shipments and things.  I just had this order of toilets that were twice as much as I'd hoped and I can't send them back and I don't know what to do with these mattresses that have been backing up.  You know the overhead is huge and I'm not even chippin' away at it.  Look Don, Leonard's Kitchen, Bed, Bath and Basement is started to get a little to heavy for it's foundation to put it gently, and I need something to keep me going, you know, a push in the right direction.
DONOVAN
Len, I'd love to help, but you know how my financial situation is-
LEONARD
No, it's not a money thing, well it is a money thing, but I don't want your money, I want their money.  But just listen to me hear, the other day I realized what I had to do, I sat down and had a good think. I thought about everything, starting with when we were kids and we used to play in the backyard together.
DONOVAN
Yeah and we had that little fort down the street in Mrs. Turner's bushes.
LEONARD
Yeah, I thought about that and the day we switched to a new school and we only knew one another, and I thought about when Dad died and how Mom was and how we were.  Then I thought about how mom lives alone now and how you were doing so well with Barbara Moon Cheese and how when I opened Len's Triple B and K things were so great for everyone.  Remember Mom started playing golf and she loved it.  But when I looked back at all that stuff and wished things could be that way again, it just made me sad and I realized I'd be sad for a while.  Don, I don't want be sad anymore.  What I want is us to be happy again.
DONOVAN
We're ok and Mom's happy, she's still playing golf.
LEONARD
No, we're not ok, Don and that's what I realized when I was thinking about everything, and sure maybe Mom is happy with the way her life is going but we are her sons, and you know that she is never really happy unless we're happy.  But, the question I asked myself wasn't "am I going to make it?", it was "how was I going to make it, how were we going to make it?" and the answer was simple Don, the best way we can get out of this pot hole is if we do it together.  And I found the perfect way.
DONOVAN
Ok but Leonard, I really think I'm on to something with that pudding though and I don't want to be a salesman like you if that's what you're thinking. Not that that's-
LEONARD
No Don, you don't have to be an appliance salesman, I'll be the salesman and you be you.  What I need, and what you need, and what Len's triple B and K needs Don, is a commercial.
(pause)
DONOVAN
You're right.  You're absolutely right!
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INT. SAFOYMOIC STUDIOS - THAT MOMENT
After parking, CARL looks at his reflection in the rear view mirror and winks at himself then rushes in through the doors of an acting studio to find MRS. ERYN SHARDBOPP'S class in session.  They are standing in a circle, the drama teacher wears a loose shirt, tight pants, and a headband, her name is ERYN.  They are doing voice warm-up.  CARL jumps right in.
ERYN
Hi Carl, nice of you to join us
CARL
I lost my keys at wor-
ERYN
No excuses, just focus, that's what I need from all of you tonight, complete focus.  Ok?  It's ok to go wild, it's ok to go big, I want you to go big, this is Drama, yes you can go big, but go there with focus, ok, Red leather yellow leather!
CLASS
Red leather yellow leather!
ERYN
Again!  Red leather yellow leather!
Cut TO:
INT. RAYMOND'S - THAT MOMENT
LEONARD and DONOVAN now have their food and speak through mouthfuls.
DONOVAN
Well, I can make a mean commercial as you already know, so consider yourself in safe hands.
LEONARD
Oh I do.
DONOVAN
You wanna be in it?
LEONARD
No, no
DONOVAN
You sure?  lots of owners show up in their own commercials, puts the company on a more personal level with the viewer,
LEONARD
Oh?
DONOVAN
Ya, but that's just technical stuff, learnt that in advertisement school, there's probably a lot I'm gonna have to teach you
We can tell that LEONARD is annoyed by this comment and his brother in general.
LEONARD
Fettuccini good?
DONOVAN
The fettuccini is awesome, so you got any concepts for the consumer hit commercial we're gonna put out.
LEONARD
That's your department.
Cut TO:
INT. SAFOYMOIC STUDIOS - THAT MOMENT
Carl rehearses lines with a partner as his character CHET TIRPER in front of the acting group, the acting is, however, terrible.
CARL
You have to understand, I'm a physicist!
ACTRESS
I don't know if I understand you at all anymore, you should be a husband, and a father!
CARL
Hell, there not even my children!
ACTRESS
Oh how dare you Chet, that is it!  Choose!  Me? or your test tubes?
ERYN
I'm sorry to stop you, this is a fantastic moment, but Carl, I need, I just need more you know?  You're great, you're wonderful, it just seems like there is something missing, on you're off lines maybe, you're deliveries are great, maybe just a little more intensity, focus, but go big.  Don't be afraid to just go for it!  That's the safoymoic, say it, say it Carl.
CARL
Safoymoic
ERYN
Ok, Great job Tonight, really well done, you're all doing great things, loved the energy tonight, I'd really appreciate it if you could just take a look at the material this weekend - no, you know what, enjoy your weekend, enjoy it, I take up enough time in you're life.  Oh, but I'd really like it if you would-
CuT TO:
INT. HALLWAY (DON'S APARTMENT) - THAT MOMENT
DONOVAN and LEONARD walk down the hallway towards DONOVAN'S apartment.
LEONARD
So, I'll give you ring tomorrow alright
DONOVAN
Well if I think of an idea, I'll call you, so whoever calls first
LEONARD
I'll just call you.
DONOVAN
You gonna be at work?
LEONARD
Ya at 10:00, that's where I'll call you from.
DONOVAN
But you were there at 7:00; I'll get you up at like 8:30 then
LEONARD
No, I'll be sleeping at 8:30
DONOVAN
Sleeping at 8:30?  Wow!  Early bird, you know what he gets…  He gets the worm, 9:00 that phone will be ringing.
LEONARD
I'll call you from work, it's concerning work, so I'll deal with it at work.
DONOVAN
You wanted to collaborate with me didn't you, so I'm gonna hold you to that, you know what I've been classified as Len (pause) You know what it I've been classified as?
Leonard turns and begins to walk away.
LEONARD
Good night Don, you're welcome for dinner
DONOVAN
(calling after)
An "A" type personality, that's what, I'll talk to you in the morning! (pause) Oh ya, thanks for dinner, didn't get to meet
Raymond though.
As he says this a woman passes LEONARD in hallway coming towards DONOVAN, she carries something intriguing.  DONOVAN nervously attempts to unlock his door and drops the key.  When she gets closer he speaks in his smoothest tone.
DONOVAN (CONT'D)
Hi Reeda.
MONTAGE - NIGHT/MORNING
CUT TO:
INT. CARL'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
CARL closes his script and lies in bed with his eyes open
CUT TO:
INT. DONOVAN'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
DONOVAN close his notebook and lies in bed with his eyes open
CUT TO:
INT. LEONARD'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
LEONARD unplugs his phone and lies in bed with his eyes open.
CUT TO:
INT. DONOVAN'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
We transition to morning, DONOVAN gets up with haste and we go through his morning.
-Puts on Coffee
-Does Jumping Jacks
-Tries phoning Len
-Weighs himself
-Showers
-Brushes Teeth
-Tries phoning Len
-Drinks Coffee (indiv. Packets), watches morning talk show
-Gets Dressed
-Tries phoning Len
-Out the door
CUT TO:
INT. CARL'S BEDROOM - MORNING
We transition to morning, CARL slowly opens his eyes and sits up in bed.  We go through his morning.
-Gets a glass of orange juice
-Watches Barbara Moon Cheese commercial
-Showers
-Gets dressed
-Out the door
CUT TO:
INT. LEONARD'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
We transition to morning, LEONARD gets up slowly, he sits up in bed and plugs in his phone.  He calls his mother.
MARTHA
Good Morning
LEONARD
Hi Mom
MARTHA
Oh hi sweetie, how are you?
LEONARD
I'm ok, you?
MARTHA
Great, great, I just woke up in my new sheets I bought to match the trim yesterday.  I got them on sale at the market.
LEONARD
Great, you really know how to find the deals.
MARTHA
Yes, well it's something you're Grandmother always had.  So how are things at work?
LEONARD
Well, hopefully things are going to pick up here.  I offered Don a job last night to help me with-
MARTHA
Oh no, not as a clerk I hope.
LEONARD
No, no, we're going to make commercial together, for Len's K triple B's.
MARTHA
Oh.
LEONARD
I just hope everything works out, you know how we work together.
MARTHA
I know, I know, you have to try to be nice to him though.
LEONARD
I am, I'm trying.
MARTHA
What that man needs is a love in his life.
LEONARD
He needs to get his life together first is what he needs.
Look love, I'd really love to chat, but Brenda just pulled up, we're heading for womans day at the golf course.
LEONARD (CONT'D)
Oh, ok, of course, Thursday morning, have fun then, love you.
MARTHA
Oh me and the girls always have a blast, love you too.
LEONARD
Bubye.
LEONARD hangs up and unplugs the phone again.
-Showers
-Brushes Teeth
-Reads Paper
-Gets dressed
During this process DONOVAN and CARL walk by in the background.
Cut TO:
EXT. LEONARD'S KITCHEN, BED, BATH AND BASEMENT - MORNING
DONOVAN sits by the door waiting for his brother.  We watch him sit, LEONARD doesn't come, but CARL does.  MARTHA drives by with her man friend in a convertible.
CARL
Good Morning.
DONOVAN
Hey, you opening the place up?
CARL
Aaah, eager customers, Len will be glad to hear it
DONOVAN
No, I'm his brother, I'm givin' help with some official Len's K triple B business.
CARL
Oh, neat, I'm Carl.
DONOVAN
Nice to meet you Carl, I'm Donovan, but Don's ok, people call me Don all the time.
CARL
Oh ok.
Carl unlocks the door and the two of them enter.
INT. LEONARD'S KITCHEN, BED, BATH AND BASEMENT - conTINUOUS
DONOVAN
I feel like I've seen you before?
CARL
I don't know, maybe, I live around here so, it's possible
DONOVAN
Hmm, I don't know, it's like we've met, it's something about-
CARL
Well, people sometimes recognize me from a commercial I was in when I was five.  No big deal.
DONOVAN
Really, a commercial!?  That's what I'm here about.
CARL
Me?
DONOVAN
This is on the hush hush, but that's what I'm helping Len with a commercial for the store.
CARL
No way, Get out of town!
DONOVAN
Well what are brother's for right?
CARL
Umm…
DONOVAN
But this commercial you were in, when was this?
CARL
I was five, Christmas of 1980, it was really great, there was me right and it was-
DONOVAN
What kind of commercial was it?
CARL
Oh, it was, get this, a cheese commercial, it's so funny cause-
DONOVAN
Shore!  Carl Shore, the poster boy for my Cheesy Christmas campaign!
CARL
Your campaign?
DONOVAN
Ya, like I said, I do commercials, that was my 3 minutes and a half minutes.
CARL
Two minutes and 47 seconds!
They both have a good laugh.
CARL
Get right out of town!  That is too funny!
DONOVAN
Hey, I'm not goin anywhere, I gotta cash in with Leonard over here first.  Morning! (to approaching LEONARD)
CARL
Aaahh.
DONOVAN
(to CARL)Hush Hush remember.
CARL
Right.  Morning Leonard.
LEONARD
What are you doing here Don?
DONOVAN
No "hi", no "good morning my faithful and reliable brother", just "what are you doing here".  You unplugged your phone, Remember what I said about the early bird?
LEONARD
Carl, you wanna get everything goin?
CARL
Ya, I'll go and get everything goin, you get your coffee yet Leonard?
LEONARD
(to CARL)Yeah.  (to DONOVAN)I said I'd call you in the morning.
DONOVAN
I know, but I didn't want to stay home again, it's depressing, especially if you're gonna start unpluggin your phone.
LEONARD
You want some coffee?
DONOVAN
You buying?
LEONARD rolls his eyes.
LEONARD
You got any ideas?
DONOVAN
Ideas I've got, money for coffee, you got-
LEONARD
Alright, alright, let's go to Gilman's.  Carl, We're going to get some coffee, be back in a bit, take care of any calls!
CARL
Ok, you goin to Gilman's!?
LEONARD
Yeah!
CARL
I went there again this morning, you were right, those Danish's were a treat! (pause)
DONOVAN
You know Carl was the kid in my Barbara Moon commercial?
LEONARD
This Carl?
DONOVAN
Yeah!
CARL waits for a response from LEONARD, but nothing comes.
INT. LEONARD'S KITCHEN, BED, BATH AND BASEMENT - conTINUOUS
We watch as CARL puts a CD in one of the players and cranks it, he rocks out for a bit, then stops by "his" dishwasher and gets down on his knees to look for his key.  He doesn't find it, so he stands up and turns the OPEN/CLOSE sign on the door.  
Right now is when the phone rings.  CARL leaves his search, turns down the music and answers the phone.  It's MEL ROFFTAT, LEN'S financial advisor.  During this conversation MARTHA goes by in the convertible again.
CARL
Good Morning, Len's Triple B and K
MEL
Hi, Leonard, this is Mel Rofftat calling, I got a message from the bank the other day, *eeuuh* they told me that your last four loan payments haven't been received, is this a misunderstanding of some sort?  Cause I-
CARL
Sorry, I'm not Leonard.  I'm Carl an employee here.
MEL
Oh, sorry Cal, didn't mean to bore you with all that, I got two things going on at once here, *Owe*, if you could just pass on the message that, *hey*, I called, and if he could get back to me that'd be great.
CARL
Sure thing, was it Mel? *CLICK* Mel?
Cut TO:
EXT. GILMAN'S COFFEE - THAT MOMENT
LEONARD and DONOVAN sit across from each other at a small table.
DONOVAN
I don't want to make an appliance commercial like all the ones you see on T.V. where you pan across all the mattresses and then the brand name pops up and there's a narrator saying what great deals you can get, and maybe a lucky customer could get a free T.V. with every thousand dollars spent.  I hate that, what I want to do is create a story for our commercial, relate to the consumers and suck 'em in.
LEONARD
Ok, if that's what's effective that's what I want.
DONOVAN
Of course it's effective, it's relating, it's all relative.
LEONARD
Ya sure, but do you have an idea for this story?
DONOVAN
Ya, I thought I'd do it just the way I was explaining to you last night, you know how I want to reach all the go gettums, every Reeda Keeshner-
LEONARD
Who is this Reeda Keeshner?
DONOVAN
Well you - Aah, she's no one.
LEONARD
Common.
DONOVAN
She's no one.
LEONARD
Okay, well this idea.
DONOVAN
Ya, the commercial that's streaming through my head consists of all these different types of humans, kids, mothers, taxi drivers, whatever and they're all pretty content with life.  You know why?
LEONARD
First let's not forget what I'm selling here Don, they're mattresses, I want something to bring in the clams, we don't need to reach hearts.
DONOVAN
I know we're selling mattresses, but everybody's gotta be content with there mattress.  Right?  You gotta know that better than anyone!
LEONARD
Just keep goin with the idea.
DONOVAN is giving a thumbs up to a limousine driving by.
DONOVAN
Here, give him one Len.
LEONARD
What?
DONOVAN
The guy in the Limo, I'm givin' him a thumbs up.
LEONARD
Why?
DONOVAN
Well, I figure if he's in a limo he must be doing something right, he probably deserves the thumbs up, and one day when I'm riding in a limo, I'll be on the same respect level as all the guys that are riding high now.
LEONARD
Let's get something straight right now Don.
DONOVAN
It's just something I do.
LEONARD
I need this to survive right now, we've gotta work fast, efficiently and most importantly effectively, now you've gotta ask yourself, are you ready to do this one hundred percent?
DONOVAN
Yes I'm ready, I need this too!
There is a silence between them.  DONOVAN takes all the sugar packets from the table and puts them in his pocket.
LEONARD
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
DONOVAN
Ya.
LEONARD
I don't know if you're allowed to take the sugar like that.
DONOVAN
Stop it!  You're always nay saying!  If you want to work together, we are going to actually have to do that, not you running the show and putting me down all the time.  I have good things Len!  You'll see when we're done!
LEONARD
I know you have good things.
DONOVAN
Well try to show it for once.
LEONARD
I do try!
DONOVAN
Not hard enough, cause I don't feel any better.
LEONARD
I'm trying ok, I'm trying!
Silence.
DONOVAN
I don't like trying to scoop out of the bag.
LEONARD
What?
DONOVAN
The sugar, I don't like to do that, and if I try to poor it, it spills everywhere.  I like to just use these and it's easy; flick, rip, poor.
LEONARD
I use a sugar bowl at home.
DONOVAN
You ready to make a commercial then?
LEONARD
Alright, let's do it.
They shake hands.
Cut TO:
INT. LEONARD'S KITCHEN, BED, BATH AND BASEMENT - MORNING
CARL is busy with a customer, the customer is REEDA.
CARL
You see, the great thing about this one is that it's affordable and reliable like everything else in the store.  It comes with a complete full wash, full satisfaction guarantee.  And look at this, easy to use knobs with buttons here on the side…  Still not sure huh?
REEDA
Ya, that's really nice, those buttons seem pretty handy, but I'll tell you what, I'd just like to think about it, I was looking at some of those plungers too, I'm just not sure if they'll go with the color of my bathroom, but maybe I'll come back a little later.
CARL
Oh, ok, smart not to rush into anything, have a great day ma'am.
DONOVAN and LEONARD come in laughing as REEDA leaves.  DONOVAN sees her and stops laughing.  He feels compelled to be smooth.
DONOVAN
Hi Reeda.
REEDA
Oh hi Donovan, how are you.
DONOVAN
Good.
(silence)
REEDA
Good
(silence)
REEDA(cont.)
Well, I'll see ya later.
DONOVAN
Ok, bye.
REEDA leaves.
LEONARD
Was that?-
CARL
Leonard, you got a call from a Mel Rofftat.
LEONARD
Oh, what did he say?
CARL
Said you should call him, pronto
LEONARD
Ok, I better go do that, make any sales?
CARL
This close.  (holds up fingers)
LEONARD
Aah.
LEONARD heads to his office.
DONOVAN
So, what did she want to buy?
CARL
She was lookin' at this mean machine right here.
DONOVAN
Oh, is that one good?
CARL
It's ok, pretty meak compared to that guy in the corner though.  It was the price that scared her away from that one.
DONOVAN
Ya, she's a little behind on her rent so maybe she's hard up for cash, umm, I'm not a real washer man, take mine to the coin laundry, it's always be Len taking car of the washing and me - well I didn't do laundry much.
CARL
Oh.
DONOVAN
So you doing any commercial work now adays?
CARL
I wish!  I'm taking acting lessons right now.
DONOVAN
Oh ya?  The stage is fun too.
CARL
Ya, I'm having a great time.
DONOVAN
So would you like to work in commercials again?
CARL
Oh I'd love to.
DONOVAN
Well maybe we can squeeze you into Len's.
CARL'S eyes light up.
FadE OUT.
TITLE CARD:
TWO AND A HALF MONTH'S LATER
FADE IN:
THE COMMERCIAL
We see the commercial.  We start over a little town, then lower down to one of the yards and in through a window.  We see a woman washing dishes she looks up at the camera and says.
WOMAN
Thanks Len.
From here we continue on into the living room where a little boy sits and watches TV, he says.
BOY
Thanks Len.
From here we turn and travel down some stairs to someone walking past the camera, holding a full hamper and saying.
WOMAN
Thanks Len.
We go from this woman to the dryer spinning with more clothes, we transition from here to another house, to see a man vacuuming his carpet, he looks up at the camera and says.
MAN
Thanks Len.
We continue past him and up a flight of stairs, here we enter a washroom where CARL takes a very bubbly bath.  He looks at the camera after a splash and says.
CARL
Thanks Len.
From here we pan 180 to see a fat man on a toilet, he says.
FAT MAN
Thanks Len.
Then from here we turn and go into a bedroom where a couple is turning their lights of and going to bed, they look very comfortable as they close their eyes, we move to the man's side of the bed to find DONOVAN laying there, he says.
DONOVAN
Thanks Len.
From here we cut to a title card of Len's sign and a narration saying.
NARRARATOR
Len's Kitchen, Bed, Bath, and Basement, the place you'll find items with guaranteed quality and low low prices leaving you with the urge to thank Len.  Remember, you need low maintenance?  Just Call Len.  (319)420-1720).
INT. EDITING STUDIO - conTINUOUS
DONOVAN, LEONARD, and CARL sit in front of a monitor.
DONOVAN
This is the best work I've ever done.
CARL
Yeah.
LEONARD
This is what I want them to remember us by.
Fade to BLACK:
THE END.