OMELET DREAM
Script: Carol Koob, Idea: Joshua Logan
This draft: 1-22-08 (JK)
Writing note: In alternates, write more jokes that play out
visually, without accompanying lines.
INT. TODAY NOW! SET - MAIN AREA
TRACY
Thanks for spending your morning
with us. Later on in the hour
we'll talk to a mother who let her
baby die of Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome. But right now, Jim is
over in the kitchen area, which
means he must be getting ready to
watch somebody cook.
CUT TO:
INT. KITCHEN DEMO AREA
MWS on Jim and Bradley
Jim is joined in the kitchen area by BRADLEY LEWIS, a man in
his 40's. He's very chipper and high energy. They are
standing in front of a mobile stovetop with counter space on
the sides and shelves underneath.
JIM
That's right, I'm here with
renowned chef and cookbook author,
Bradley Lewis. Welcome Bradley.
ALTERNATE:
JIM (CONT'D)
Hello there. Later on in the hour
we'll talk to a mother who let her
baby die of Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome. But right now, say hello
to chef Bradley Lewis. Welcome,
Bradley.
BRADLEY
Nice to see you again, Jim.
MWS IN TO MS
JIM
Now, there's nothing quite like a
hot breakfast and I understand
you're going to show us just how
easy it can be to start your day
out right.
BRADLEY
That's right. You are going to love
this. I call it the "perfect
omelet."
JIM
The perfect omelet. Oooo.
BRADLEY
Yes. It's very special because the
recipe for this omelet came to me
in a dream.
JIM
Let's do it.
On the counter we see a bowl of eggs and smaller bowls
containing things like pats of butter, salt and pepper, and
various other ingredients. BRADLEY uses a metal shoehorn to
put some butter in a hot pan and rotates the pan around to
make sure the butter has fully covered the surface.
BRADLEY
Okay, grab your shoe horn --
CLOSE INSERT ON ACTION:
BRADLEY (CONT'D)
and put a tablespoon of butter in a
non-stick skillet. Our heat is on
medium.
JIM
Now, that's a metal shoe horn.
RETURN TO MS ON BRADLEY AND Jim:
BRADLEY
Yes. I suppose you could use a
plastic shoe horn, or even a
spatula, but then I can't guarantee
the omelet will taste as good as it
did in the dream.
JIM
Okay, our butter seems to be
melting nicely. What next?
BRADLEY
Grab four eggs for me.
Jim reaches for the bowl of eggs.
JIM
There's something written on them.
CLOSE ON EGGS
BRADLEY
Yes, they all say "WW2."
Jim holds one of the eggs up to the camera.
BRADLEY (CONT'D)
The night I had the dream I was
watching a documentary on World War
2, so all the eggs already said
WW2.
RETURN TO MEDIUM SHOT
BRADLEY (CONT'D)
But you can do it at home with a
simple felt tip pen.
Jim hands BRADLEY the eggs.
BRADLEY (CONT'D)
(indicating the eggs)
We get to cheat a little because
we're short on time. So crack your
eggs in a bowl.
BRADLEY quickly cracks four eggs into a bowl. Throughout the
whole segment he's a blur of cooking activity as he talks.
CLOSE ON BOWL
JIM
Look at you go!
BRADLEY
Yes. We have to hurry because my
fifth grade principal Mr. Piven
just called to yell at me for being
late for school -- I couldn't find
my homework, in part because I
couldn't make my legs move.
RETURN TO MEDIUM SHOW
JIM
Okay! Let's get going then.
BRADLEY
Alright, just whisk that for me,
Jim.
Jim takes a whisk from the table and begins whisking the
eggs. As he does this, BRADLEY rotates the pan around to
make sure the butter does not burn.
BRADLEY (CONT'D)
A little tip: Don't use a fork,
because if you try to use a fork
Robin Williams will walk in and
offer to loan you a whisk and the
two of you will have to go up to
your grandmother's attic to get it
and there will be a million doors
up there and it will take you
forever. So really, it's a real
time-saver to just use a whisk
right off. Now, throw in some salt
and fresh pepper.
CLOSE ON PAN
Bradley hands Jim salt and pepper which is held in two half
walnut shells. Jim adds this salt and pepper to the bowl of
whisked eggs.
JIM
(as he's tossing them in)
Salt and pepper.
BRADLEY
Pour that into the pan like such.
Jim carefully pours the bowl of whisked eggs into the frying
pan.
BRADLEY (CONT'D)
Now, pull out a blue scarf like
your wear friend Neil has and put
it on.
RETURN TO MEDIUM SHOT
BRADLEY pulls out two scarves from below the counter and
hands one to Jim. They quickly put them on.
BRADLEY (CONT'D)
Go get three pieces of bacon from
out of your bathroom cabinet.
CUT TO MWS (DIFFERENT CAMERA) -- follows Jim
Wide shot reveals a bathroom cabinet off to one side of the
cooking area. Jim walks over to the cabinet and opens it. We
see a glass inside that contains three strips of cooked bacon
next to a tube of toothpaste.
JIM
Are we going to use the toothpaste?
BRADLEY
No, but you'll need that later when
your landlord comes over and needs
you to jumpstart his car.
Jim brings the bacon over to BRADLEY. BRADLEY crumbles the
bacon up by hand into the pan.
CUT TO CLOSE ON PAN
BRADLEY (CONT'D)
So we crumble the bacon into the
pan. Then dice two lemons.
RETURN TO MEDIUM SHOW
Jim picks up lemons.
BRADLEY (CONT'D)
The lemons should turn out to be
tomatoes when you cut into them.
Jim pauses for a second with the lemons. He slices into one.
There is a tomato inside.
JIM
Well, look at that!
BRADLEY
I went ahead and replaced the
inside of those lemons with
tomatoes beforehand.
CLOSE ON LEMON-TOMATOES
Jim continues slicing up the lemons with tomatoes inside.
BRADLEY (CONT'D)
But if you're pressed for time, you
can use a few plum tomatoes or
whatever you have on hand, because
I don't think lemon-tomatoes
actually exist in the real world.
Add those to the pan.
RETURN TO MS
Jim puts the chopped tomatoes into the pan.
JIM
Mmmm, it smells wonderful.
BRADLEY
Okay, keep the heat on medium and
when you hear your cell phone ring,
you'll know it's done.
JIM
So easy!
BRADLEY
We're a little short on time, so I
made one ahead of time. Serve it
with graham crackers and some car
keys. If your teeth haven't all
fallen out of your mouth, you're
really going to enjoy this.
BRADLEY pulls from under the counter an omelet plated with
the crackers and car keys.
JIM
Well, thanks so much, Bradley.
Check out our website for a copy of
the recipe...
A screen capture of the Today Now! website with the recipe on
it. The recipe is ridiculously long!!
JIM (CONT'D)
Or look for it in Bradley's book,
Dream Recipes.
GRAPHIC: The cover of Bradley's book. It has a photo of a
salad topped with dried fruit and screws.
JIM (CONT'D)
We'll be right back with tk....
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ALTNERATES
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BRADLEY
You are going to love this. I call
it my "dream omelet."
JIM
The dream omelet! It's that good?
BRADLEY
It's called that because the recipe
for this omelet came to me in a
dream.
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JIM
How did you come up with this
recipe?
BRADLEY
Well, this particular one came to
me in a dream. When I woke up, I
did everything just like I had in
the dream and it was every bit as
delicious!
JIM
What a great story!
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BRADLEY
I call this the Queen Mary 2
Omelet.
JIM
Do you make it on the Queen Mary 2.
BRADLEY
No no. See, I had a dream one night
that I had taken a job as chef of
the Queen Mary 2. And this is the
omelet I made-- just exactly like
we're going to make it today. So
put on your life jacket.
Bradley hands her a life jacket.
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