Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 1. 221. JACQUELINE - CEILIDH JACQUELINE MCCAFFERTY - BRIAN LIMOND TAMMY 221A INT. COMMUNITY CENTRE FOYER. NIGHT JACQUELINE MCCAFFERTY IS STANDING IN A QUEUE OF WOMEN AT A COMMUNITY CENTRE, LOOKING OVER AT A QUEUE OF MEN NEARBY. JACQUELINE (V.O.) My name’s Jacqueline McCafferty, and I used to be a junkie. I’ve not had a good man for as long as I can remember, and I remember fuck all. JACQUELINE LOOKS TO THE FRONT OF HER QUEUE, WHERE TAMMY, AN ASSISTANT, CHATTING TO A WOMAN AT THE FRONT AND TAKING HER PHOTO. JACQUELINE (V.O.) So I headed round to the community centre for the ceilidh speed dating. I thought “Try it, Jacqueline. You’ll just be dancing. You won’t have the chance to open your big, stupid mouth and make a fool of yourself.” JACQUELINE LOOKS AT THE MEN. JACQUELINE (V.O.) “You could find somebody special. God knows you deserve it, pal.” JACQUELINE IS AT THE FRONT OF THE QUEUE, AND TAMMY EXPLAINS. TAMMY Hi there, what’s your name? JACQUELINE Jacqueline. TAMMY WRITES “JACQUELINE” ON A STICKER. (CONTINUED) Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 221A CONTINUED: 28/09/10 2. TAMMY Okay, and I’m just going to take your picture and put it on the wall. If anyone’s interested in you, they’ll put their card in the pouch under your photo and vice versa, right? TAMMY PUTS JACQUELINE’S NAME STICKER ON HER AND POINTS OUT THE MEN AND WOMEN’S PHOTOS ALREADY UP ON THE BOARDS. JACQUELINE Right. TAMMY TAKES JACQUELINE’S PHOTO WHILE IN A STATE OF CONFUSION. 221B INT. DANCE HALL. NIGHT JACQUELINE WALKS INTO THE DANCE HALL AND STOPS TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND. MEN ARE AT TABLES ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROOM AND WOMEN ARE ON THE OTHER. MANY OF THEM ARE LOOKING AT JACQUELINE. JACQUELINE (V.O.) So I walks through the door and there’s everybody staring at us, like I’m on fucking Stars in their Eyes. But I didn’t mind, cos I was looking good and feeling good. Until I clocked that all the guys were wearing kilts, and all the women weren’t... bar me. THE CAMERA REVEALS THAT JACQUELINE IS WEARING A MAN’S KILT AND SPORRAN, WITH CHUNKY SOCKS AND KNEE HIGH BOOTS. JACQUELINE (V.O.) I don’t know what I was thinking. I didn’t know where to look. Tonight, Matthew, I’m going to be... an embarrassment to myself. THE INTRO TO MUSIC FOR THE GAY GORDONS BEGINS, AND MIXES WITH THE NEXT SCENE. CUT TO: Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 3. LATER. JACQUELINE IS DOING THE FIRST PART OF THE GAY GORDONS WITH JAMES. JACQUELINE I lost three year of my life to heroin and another five year to a methadone programme that was meant to get me off it. JAMES HAS A BEMUSED SMILE. CUT TO: LATER. JACQUELINE IS DOING THE SECOND PART OF THE GAY GORDONS WITH CHRIS. JACQUELINE It’s good I got my daughter back, but she needs a new faither. CHRIS HAS A BEMUSED SMILE. CUT TO: LATER JACQUELINE IS DOING THE THIRD PART OF THE GAY GORDONS WITH MICHAEL. JACQUELINE I feel like I’ve done my soles in with the jagging. MICHAEL HAS A BEMUSED SMILE, AND LAUGHS. JACQUELINE ISN’T HAPPY. 221C INT. COMMUNITY CENTRE FOYER. NIGHT JACQUELINE IS STANDING IN THE EMPTY FOYER, LOOKING AT THE PHOTO OF HERSELF ON THE WALL. SHE LOOKS SAD AND DISGUSTED. (CONTINUED) Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 221C CONTINUED: 28/09/10 4. JACQUELINE (V.O.) (Sadly) They all laughed at me. All night long, in every dance, they were delighted to see me: “Oh look who it is, it’s Jacqueline!”. JACQUELINE LOOKS DOWN TO THE POUCH BELOW HER PHOTO AND IS SURPRISED TO SEE IT BULGING. SHE REACHES INSIDE AND PULLS OUT A DOZEN CARDS. SHE IS GOBSMACKED AS SHE FLIPS THROUGH THEM. THEY ARE ALL ADDRESSED TO “JACQUELINE”. ONE SAYS “FROM: BEN - LET’S MEET UP, WE DIDN’T HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK”. ANOTHER SAYS “FROM: JAMES - YOU’RE HILARIOUS, CALL ME”. ANOTHER: “DES - JACQUELINE YA MADDY, GEEZA PHONE!”. JACQUELINE IS DELIGHTED AND LOOKS TO ALL THE PHOTOS OF THE MEN ON THE WALL. JACQUELINE (V.O.) I was in there, man. In there! JACQUELINE TAKES A BIG SNIFF OF THE CARDS. JACQUELINE (V.O.) But how? How? What is it they see in me anyway? What kind of guy would want to meet up with me? And I thought “Right enough”. JACQUELINE LOOKS SUSPICIOUSLY AT THE MEN. JACQUELINE (V.O.) Cos what was it that Groucho Marx once said? See anybody who would want somebody like me as a member of their club? JACQUELINE WALKS AWAY WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE. SHE CHUCKS THE CARDS IN THE BIN ON HER WAY OUT. JACQUELINE (V.O.) ... get them tae fuck. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 5. 222. UNTENABLE LIMMY (VO) - BRIAN LIMOND 222 ANIMATION THE FOLLOWING IS ANIMATED WITH NUMBERS AND SYMBOLS. LIMMY SPEAKS IN A VOICEOVER LIKE TOMMY SHERIDAN. LIMMY (V.O.) The number nine is not ten. The number eleven is not ten. Although those two numbers are almost ten, they can never be ten. They are untenable. PAUSE. LIMMY (V.O.) You could add one to nine to make it ten, but then it would no longer be nine, it would be ten. While nine is nine and eleven is eleven, they are untenable. Their positions are untenable. They have to go. PAUSE. LIMMY (V.O.) Numbers should therefore be as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, etc. PAUSE. LIMMY (V.O.) No they shouldn’t. Because all of those numbers bar one is untenable. And that’s the number ten. The only number should be ten. No more, no less. A VIDEO OF TWO HANDS ARE SHOWN. LIMMY (V.O.) Let me give you a real world example. People are born with ten fingers. That is no coincidence. It is because we know, deep down (before we are even born), that ten should be the only number. Some are born with less than ten fingers. SOME FINGERS ON THE HANDS DISAPPEAR. (CONTINUED) Limmy's Show 2 222 Shooting Batch 10 CONTINUED: 28/09/10 6. LIMMY (V.O.) That is because those fingers were untenable. And they had to go. THE VIDEO VANISHES AND IS REPLACED WITH TEXT SAYING “THANK YOU”. LIMMY (V.O.) Thank you! Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 223. BAND AID - 1OF2 OMITTED 28/09/10 7. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 8. 224. BAND AID - 2OF2 LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND DONNIE DEBBIE LAURA 224A INT. DONNIE LIVING ROOM. DAY LIMMY IS IN DONNIE’S LIVING ROOM. THEY’RE LAUGHING. DONNIE The week from hell. So no doubt he’ll be drinking himself to oblivion tonight. LIMMY Here, should we not head round now? DONNIE Naw, we’ve still got another 20 minutes. D’you want a drink? Beer? Coke? Muffit of tea? LIMMY Aye, just get us a... a what? DONNIE A beer? Coke? LIMMY The other thing. DONNIE A tea? LIMMY Aye, but what did you say? A what of tea? DONNIE A muffit. A muffit of tea. LIMMY A muffit of tea? DONNIE Aye. LIMMY What’s a muffit of tea? DONNIE A muffit of tea, a cup of tea. (CONTINUED) Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 224A CONTINUED: 28/09/10 9. LIMMY What’s a muffit? DONNIE A cup. LIMMY What, is it a type of cup? DONNIE Naw, it’ s just a cup, it’s just another word for a cup. LIMMY Since when? DONNIE I don’t know. Look, d’you want one or not? LIMMY Aye, get us a tea. A cup of tea. DONNIE WALKS OUT, LIMMY IS BEWILDERED. LIMMY (CONT’D) (To himself) Muffit? 224B INT. SUPERMARKET. DAY LIMMY IS WITH DEBBIE, SHOPPING. DEBBIE What d’you want for dinner? LIMMY Eh, I don’t know, spaghetti bolognese. DEBBIE Right, well we need mince, and we’ve ran out of teabags as well. LIMMY Oh here, that reminds me, listen to this. See when I was up in Donnie’s last week, he offered me a drink before we headed out, and one of the drinks was... a muffit of tea. LIMMY LOOKS AT DEBBIE EXPECTANTLY, BUT DEBBIE DOESN’T SEEM BOTHERED. LIMMY (CONT’D) A muffit of tea. (CONTINUED) Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 224B CONTINUED: 28/09/10 10. DEBBIE Aye, that is a bit civilised. LIMMY Did you hear me? A muffit of tea. A muffit. DEBBIE I heard you. LIMMY Oh, no you anaw. DEBBIE No me anaw what? LIMMY What’s a muffit of tea? DEBBIE A cup of tea. LIMMY What?! DEBBIE Gonnae hurry up and get the teabags? And remember to get mince. DEBBIE WALKS OFF TO LOOK AT OTHER SHELVES, LEAVING LIMMY BEWILDERED. LIMMY (To himself) Has everybody lost their mind? 224C INT. CAFE. DAY LIMMY SITS IN AN EMPTY CAFE, LOOKING AT THE MENU. LAURA THE WAITRESS SERVES HIM. LAURA Hi, what can I get you. LIMMY Hi, can I have a coronation chicken focaccia please? LAURA Okay, and what d’you want to drink? (CONTINUED) Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 224C CONTINUED: 28/09/10 11. LIMMY LOOKS AT THE MENU. HE SEES “POT OF TEA” AND “MUFFIT OF TEA”. HE SHAKES HIS HEAD SLOWLY. LIMMY Em... can I have a tea please? LAURA Is that a pot of tea? LIMMY Naw, just a... LIMMY LOOKS AROUND THE EMPTY CAFE, THEN BACK TO THE MENU. HE SIGHS A DEFEATIST SIGH. LIMMY (CONT’D) (Mumbling to himself) Fuck it. PAUSE. LIMMY (CONT’D) A muffit of tea. LAURA BURSTS OUT LAUGHING AND POINTS AT LIMMY. LAURA Ahahaha, you said muffit! LIMMY IS SHOCKED. DEBBIE APPEARS FROM A DOORWAY, LAUGHING AND POINTING. DEBBIE Muffit? What’s a muffit? LIMMY LAUGHS, SURPRISED. DONNIE APPEARS FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. DONNIE “Can I have a muffit of tea?”, hahaha! mate. Aw, A DOZEN OR SO PEOPLE APPEAR FROM VARIOUS PLACES, POINTING AND LAUGHING. LIMMY GETS THE JOKE AND LAUGHS. (CONTINUED) Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 224C CONTINUED: (2) 28/09/10 12. LIMMY Aw god! How stupid of me! How stupid and weak minded of me to call something by another name just because everybody else is, haha! LIMMY SUDDENTLY TURNS TO FACE THE CAMERA QUICKLY, WITH A SERIOUS EXPRESSION. ONE SIDE OF THE SHOT IS OVERLAID WITH JULIA MCLEOD ON QUESTION TIME FROM THE BAND AID SKETCH. JULIA MCLEOD Band aid. Band aid. Band aid. THE OVERLAY VANISHES LIMMY I’ll never let it go. I cannae. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 13. 225. BLAME IT ON LORRAINE MILLI VANILLI - BRIAN LIMOND 225 ANIMATION AND VIDEO A PICTURE OF LORRAINE KELLY IS ON THE SCREEN, WITH THE NAME “LORRAINE” BELOW. THE SONG “BLAME IT ON THE RAIN” BY MILLI VANILLI PLAYS. MILLI VANILLI Blame it on Lorraine, yeah yeah. A HAND ENTERS THE SHOT AND POINTS AT LORRAINE, BEFORE LEAVING. MILLI VANILLI (CONT’D) Blame it on Lorraine, yeah yeah. A HAND ENTERS THE SHOT AND POINTS AT LORRAINE, BEFORE LEAVING. MILLI VANILLI (CONT’D) Blame it on Lorraine. You can blame it on Lorraine, blame it on Lorraine, blame it on Lorraine, baby. FOUR HANDS ENTER FROM EACH CORNER, ONE AFTER THE OTHER, POINTING AT LORRAINE. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 14. 226. NEW PRODUCT - 1 OF 3 - COMMUNE JERMAINE - BRIAN LIMOND JESSICA 226 INT. TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE. DAY JERMAINE AND JESSICA, AMERICAN SPEAKERS AT AN ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, TAKES THE STAGE. BEHIND THEM HIM ARE LARGE SCREENS SHOWING ABSTRACT MOVING GRAPHICS. THE AUDIENCE APPLAUD. JERMAINE Hey everybody, I’m Jermaine. This is our creative director Jessica. JESSICA Hey everyone. JERMAINE And today we’re gonna demonstrate to you a new communication device that we’re gonna be rolling out this fall. It’s called Commune, and it’s gonna change the way we communicate... forever. PAUSE. JERMAINE (CONT’D) But first, watch how two people communicate with each other in person. THEY ACT OUT A CONVERSATION. JESSICA IS HAPPY AND RUBS HER HANDS. JERMAINE (CONT’D) Hey Jessica, what are you so happy about? JESSICA I managed to score some tickets for the gig on Saturday. JERMAINE Hey, good going. JERMAINE LOOKS SAD AND SHRUGS HIS SHOULDERS. (CONTINUED) Limmy's Show 2 226 Shooting Batch 10 CONTINUED: 28/09/10 15. JESSICA I’ve got one spare if you want it. JERMAINE Really? Oh thank you! THEY HIGH FIVE, THEN TURN TO THE AUDIENCE. JERMAINE (CONT’D) Now you may have noticed that over 80% of our interaction there was done by body language. You try having that interaction using one of your communication devices, such as a computer or smartphone... it ain’t gonna happen. JERMAINE (CONT’D) But we’re gonna change all that... with Commune. A BEAN SHAPED PIECE OF METAL IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN BEHIND. JERMAINE (CONT’D) It allows you to communicate with any Commune user in the world, yet it is small enough to fit inside your ear, leaving your hands free to gesture in your own unique style. PAUSE. JERMAINE (CONT’D) But how can you gesture to your friend in Berlin if you’re in Seattle? Well the great thing about Commune is... you can’t. PAUSE. JERMAINE (CONT’D) Its in-built proximity technology ensures Commune only has a 5 metre range. And we feel this is gonna bring people together, you’re just gonna have to get your friend from Berlin over, friends should be together, right? THE CROWD WHOOP. JERMAINE (CONT’D) So, Jessica, if you’re ready, let’s give it a go. (CONTINUED) Limmy's Show 2 226 Shooting Batch 10 CONTINUED: (2) 28/09/10 16. JESSICA Ready as I’ll ever be. JERMAINE Alright. THEY PUT THEIR COMMUNES IN THEIR EARS. AND AFTER A PAUSE, THEY TALK TO EACH OTHER NORMALLY. JERMAINE (CONT’D) Hey Jessica, what are you so happy about? JESSICA I managed to score some tickets for the gig on Saturday. THE CROWD GO MENTAL. JERMAINE Hey, good going. JERMAINE LOOKS SAD AND SHRUGS HIS SHOULDERS. JESSICA I’ve got one spare if you want it. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 17. 227. NEW PRODUCT - 2OF3 - BOL JERMAINE - BRIAN LIMOND JESSICA CROWD MEMBER 227 INT. TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE. DAY JERMAINE AND JESSICA ARE STILL ON STAGE. JERMAINE Okay everyone, we wanna now show you a prototype for a gaming system we’re gonna be dropping on you later this year, hopefully by early in fall. PAUSE. JERMAINE (CONT’D) When doing our research, we found out that you were getting tired with the endless buttons and thumbsticks on your controllers, and you were looking for something that was simpler, natural and intuitive. JERMAINE REACHES INTO A BOX ON A TABLE IN FRONT OF HIM. JERMAINE (CONT’D) So we created... the Bol. JERMAINE LIFTS OUT A BASKETBALL. GRAPHICS APPEAR ON THE SCREENS BEHIND WITH A LOGO FOR THE “BOL”. THE CROWD WHOOP. JERMAINE (CONT’D) It looks like a ball. It feels like a ball. And our GPS assisted MotionMath gyroscope technology ensures that it is, in every way conceivable way, a ball. JERMAINE TURNS TO JESSICA. JERMAINE (CONT’D) Jessica? (CONTINUED) Limmy's Show 2 227 Shooting Batch 10 CONTINUED: 28/09/10 JESSICA Yeah, Jermaine? JERMAINE Catch. JERMAINE TOSSES THE BALL GENTLY TOWARDS JESSICA AND SHE CATCHES IT. THE CROWD GO MENTAL. CROWD MEMBER I want one. Now! 18. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 19. 228. NEW PRODUCT - 3OF3 - MIXTURE JERMAINE - BRIAN LIMOND JESSICA CROWD MEMBER 228 INT. TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE. DAY JERMAINE AND JESSICA ARE ON STAGE. JERMAINE IS JUGGLING WITH THREE BALLS, JESSICA IS BOUNCING A BASKETBALL, AND THEY ARE KICKING A FOOTBALL BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THEM. THE CROWD ARE GOING WILD. JERMAINE Hey Jessica, what are you so happy about? JESSICA I managed to score some tickets for the gig on Saturday. JERMAINE Hey, good going. CROWD MEMBER Holy shit! Whooooooooo! Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 20. 229. PSYCHIC - MISSING RAYMOND DAY - BRIAN LIMOND JACK 229 INT. TV STUDIO. DAY A WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE FROM A STUDIO AUDIENCE WELCOMES PSYCHIC MEDIUM RAYMOND DAY TO THE FLOOR OF HIS TV SHOW PARASIDE. HE SPEAKS TO THE CAMERA. RAYMOND Hello, my name’s Raymond Day, and welcome to Paraside. RAYMOND WALKS TO TOWARDS THE AUDIENCE. RAYMOND (CONT’D) Okay, let’s see where the spirit takes me. HE TAKES A MOMENT. HE LOOKS SAD AND SIGHS A FEW TIMES. RAYMOND (CONT’D) Okay. Okay, sweetheart, I understand. PAUSE. RAYMOND (CONT’D) This is quite a sad one, but hopefully we’ll find a happy ending. I have here on spirit a lady who has the most amazing shoes. She’s the type of lady that would say “I have to have those shoes”. THE AUDIENCE LAUGH. JACK, A SAD LOOKING MIDDLE AGED MAN, REACTS. RAYMOND (CONT’D) You sir? JACK She might be my wife. RAYMOND Okay. And can you understand the shoes? (CONTINUED) Limmy's Show 2 229 Shooting Batch 10 CONTINUED: 28/09/10 21. JACK SMILES WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES. JACK She loved her shoes. THE AUDIENCE LAUGH A LITTLE. RAYMOND Okay, she’s come through for you. JACK LAUGHS AND RUBS HIS EYES. RAYMOND (CONT’D) She’s saying... I feel for you sweetheart, she’s saying that since she’s passed over, every day has been a struggle for you. She knows that you just haven’t been able to get over her passing. JACK NODS. RAYMOND (CONT’D) And she wants to let you know that you’ve been grieving for too long. Too long. JACK BOWS HIS HEAD, READY TO BREAK DOWN. RAYMOND (CONT’D) So she wants you with her. JACK LOOKS UP TO RAYMOND. RAYMOND (CONT’D) D’you understand this? JACK NODS. RAYMOND (CONT’D) It’s like where she is it’s just one big party, and everybody’s there, she’s in such a good place. JACK SMILES. RAYMOND (CONT’D) But without you there, and these are her words not mine, it’s a bit pish. (CONTINUED) Limmy's Show 2 229 Shooting Batch 10 CONTINUED: (2) 28/09/10 22. EVERYONE LAUGHS, INCLUDING JACK. RAYMOND SMILES. RAYMOND (CONT’D) And she’s saying you know what you have to do. JACK SMILES AND NODS. RAYMOND (CONT’D) I’ll leave her love with you. Oh, and she says “I can’t wait to show you the shoes”! RAYMOND AND JACK SMILE AND ROLL THEIR EYES. RAYMOND (CONT’D) Thank you. THE AUDIENCE APPLAUD. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 230. STATIC HEAD DANCE LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND 230 GREEN SCREEN LIMMY DANCES IN FRONT OF A POLKADOT BACKGROUND. ALTHOUGH HE APPEARS TO JUMP AROUND, HIS HEAD REMAINS FIRMLY IN THE ONE PLACE. 23. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 24. 231. BRILLIANT AT EVERYTHING LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND COMMENTATOR (VO)231A INT. DARTS TOURNAMENT. NIGHT LIMMY IS AT THE FINAL OF A DARTS TOURNAMENT. HE THROWS ONE DART: TREBLE 20. HE THROWS ANOTHER: TREBLE 20. HE TURNS TO THE CAMERA AND SMILES. LIMMY Welcome to Limmy’s Show. THE LIMMY’S SHOW TITLE PLAYS. LIMMY (CONT’D) Imagine you were brilliant at everything. LIMMY THROWS HIS LAST DART AT THE BOARD WHILST LOOKING AT THE CAMERA. TREBLE 20. COMMENTATOR One hundred and eiiighty! THE CROWD CHEER, LIMMY SMILES. 231B EXT. MARATHON FINISHING LINE. DAY THE CLOCK AT THE FINISHING LINE OF THE GLASGOW MARATHON SAYS “1:01:43”. LIMMY (V.O.) You were the fastest. LIMMY RACES THROUGH THE RIBBON LIKE IT’S A 100M SPRINT. COMMENTATOR (V.O.) A marathon in just over an hour, it’s unheard of. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 25. 231C INT. WEIGHTLIGHTING COMPETITION. DAY LIMMY IS HOLDING A BARBELL OVER HIS HEAD WITH RECORD BREAKING WEIGHTS ON EACH END. LIMMY (V.O.) The strongest. LIMMY REMOVES ONE HAND FROM THE BAR TO WAVE TO THE CROWD. COMMENTATOR (V.O.) Oh he’s just showing off now. 231D INT. CHESS TOURNAMENT. DAY LIMMY IS PLAYING A RUSSIAN GRANDMASTER AT THE WORLD CHESS TOURNAMENT FINAL. THE BOARD SHOWS THE GAME IS IN THE CLOSING STAGES. LIMMY (V.O.) The cleverest. LIMMY MAKES A MOVE, SMILES AND OFFERS THE GRANDMASTER A HANDSHAKE. THE GRANDMASTER HITS THE PIECES TO THE GROUND AND WALKS AWAY, ANGRY. LIMMY LOOKS HURT. COMMENTATOR (V.O.) Quite right, quite right. 231E ANIMATION THE FRONT PAGE OF A NEWSPAPER APPEARS. IT SHOWS A PHOTO OF LIMMY SMIILING, SURROUNDED BY CHEMISTRY EQUIPMENT. THE HEADLINE READS “SMART ARSE FINDS CURE FOR CANCER”. LIMMY (V.O.) You’re just brilliant at every single thing you put your mind to. (CONTINUED) Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 231E CONTINUED: 28/09/10 BELOW THE HEADLINE IT READS “WELL, WHAT IF WE DON’T WANT IT?” 231F EXT. FOOTBALL PITCH. DAY LIMMY IS A GOALIE, READY TO TAKE A GOAL KICK. LIMMY (V.O.) Imagine it. COMMENTATOR (V.O.) Is it going to be Scotland 10, Brazil 0? LIMMY KICKS THE BALL, IT FLIES THROUGH THE AIR, AND GOES INTO THE TOP CORNER OF THE BRAZIL GOAL. THE BRAZIL GOALIE LOOKS GUTTED. COMMENTATOR (V.O.) It is. THE CROWD BOO. LIMMY SPEAKS TO THE CAMERA. LIMMY Imagine you were absolutely brilliant at everything. LIMMY LOOKS TO THE CROWD, TO MEN AND WOMEN DRESSED IN SCOTLAND TOPS AND C U JIMMY HATS. THEY’RE THE ONES BOOING. LIMMY LOOKS TO THE CAMERA, AND FORCES A SMILE. LIMMY (V.O.) It would be brilliant, wouldn’t it? 26. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 27. 232. WASTING TIME LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND 232 GREEN SCREEN LIMMY’S FACE TURNS SLOWLY TOWARDS THE CAMERA. BEHIND HIM IS A JAZZY BACKGROUND. HE SMILES. LIMMY Ladies and gentlemen. A SADNESS COMES TO LIMMY’S FACE AND HE SIGHS. LIMMY (CONT’D) Welcome to Limmy’s Show. THE LIMMY’S SHOW TITLE PLAYS. IT VANISHES AND LIMMY RETURNS, LOOKING DOWN. LIMMY (CONT’D) D’you ever get the feeling you’re just wasting your time? Your brief moment of time you’ve got here in life, you’re just wasting it? PAUSE. LIMMY (CONT’D) Think about what it took for you to get here. Your maw and da had you, their maws and dads had them, and back it goes hundreds of thousands of millions of years. Just so you could sit there and watch the telly. Like this... (stupid face and laugh) ha ha ha haaaa. Does that not seem like a waste of time? PAUSE. LIMMY (CONT’D) I mean, surely we should be doing something. Reading something, learning something, doing something more productive with our time. LIMMY PONDERS. (CONTINUED) Limmy's Show 2 232 Shooting Batch 10 CONTINUED: 28/09/10 28. LIMMY (CONT’D) But then again, you’re going to die. So what’s the point? You spend your whole life learning about the world, and then you die? What was the point in that? Now that’s a waste of time! PAUSE. LIMMY (CONT’D) You’re gonnae die. We’re all gonnae die. The planet’s gonnae die. The sun’s gonnae die. It’s practically the end of the universe. It’s like the weekend, only there’s no work on Monday. It’s the weekend to end all weekends. Doing anything anything other than wasting time is a waste of time. PAUSE. LIMMY (CONT’D) So you may as well go daft, so you may as well go wild, so welcome! PAUSE. LIMMY (CONT’D) To Limmy’s Show. THE TITLES PLAY ONE MORE TIME, INTERSPERSED WITH LIMMY’S MAD FACE. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 233. DUMMY SEX LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND 233 INT. CLOTHES SHOP. DAY LIMMY FONDLES A FEMALE SHOP DUMMY. SHOPPERS LOOK ON, DISGUSTED, AS THEY WALK BY. LIMMY SPEAKS TO THE CAMERA ARROGANTLY. LIMMY What? What are you going to do about it? LIMMY FONDLES THE DUMMY SOME MORE. HE KISSES ITS NECK AND STROKES ITS WIG. LIMMY (CONT’D) It’s just a dummy. It’s not real. LIMMY FONDLES SOME MORE. LIMMY (CONT’D) Deal with it. A SECURITY GUARD LOOKS ON, WITH A FRUSTRATED EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE, BECAUSE HE IS ULTIMATELY POWERLESS. 29. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 234. END OF SERIES MEGAMIX OMITTED 28/09/10 30. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 235. FACE CHANGE LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND CREW MEMBER (OS) 235 GREEN SCREEN A CLOSEUP OF LIMMY SHOWS HIM LOOKING BLANKLY AT THE CAMERA. A HAND IS RAISED PAST HIS FACE, REVEALING A SMILING FACE WHEN IT PASSES. THE HAND FALLS DOWN, REVEALING ANOTHER FACIAL EXPRESSION. THIS KEEPS UP FOR A WHILE, INCREASING IN SPEED. ONE OF THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS IS MISERY. IT POPS UP ONCE, THEN ONCE AGAIN LATER, THEN IT’S THE ONLY FACIAL EXPRESSION LIMMY HAS. AN OFF-CAMERA CREWMEMBER SPEAKS SYMPATHETICALLY. CREWMEMBER (O.S.) It’s... it’s alright. Just leave him. A HAND COMES OUT AND GUIDES THE MOVING HAND AWAY. LIMMY IS LEFT IN HIS MISERY. 31. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 236. GIVE WAY STANDOFF - 1OF3 LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND DRIVER 236 EXT. EMPTY RESIDENTIAL STREET. AFTERNOON LIMMY IS ABOUT TO CROSS THE ROAD AS A CAR SLOWS DOWN AT THE GIVE WAY LINE. LIMMY STOPS, BUT THE DRIVER WAVES FOR LIMMY TO WALK. THE IT. BUT AND WAVE HAS A VERY PATRONISING WAY TO LIMMY SMILES AND BEGINS WALKING, ALMOST INSTANTLY LOOKS PISSED OFF STOPS DEAD TO LOOK AT THE DRIVER. LIMMY TAKES A STEP BACK TO THE PAVEMENT AND WAVES TO THE DRIVER TO DRIVE, IN A SIMILARLY PATRONISING MANNER. THE DRIVER WAVES MORE AGGRESSIVELY, AND LIMMY MIMICS HIM. THEY BOTH LOOK AT EACH OTHER. THE DRIVER SITS BACK IN HIS SEAT, AS IF TO SAY HE’S NOT MOVING ANYWHERE, AND HE WON’T BACK DOWN. LIMMY RELAXES AND TRIES TO LOOK FINE WITH IT. THEY MAKE EYE CONTACT A FEW TIMES, AS THEY PRETEND TO BE IN FOR THE LONG HAUL. LIMMY SITS DOWN ON THE PAVEMENT, AND GLANCES AT THE DRIVER. THE DRIVER SHOOGLES BACK INTO HIS SEAT, GETS COMFY AND TURNS OFF HIS ENGINE. THEY BOTH CLOSE THEIR EYES, AS IF THEY’RE GOING TO GO FOR A NAP. THEY TAKE ONE LAST PEEK AT EACH OTHER, THEN CLOSE THEIR EYES AGAIN. 32. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 237. GIVE WAY STANDOFF - 2OF3 LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND DRIVER 237 EXT. EMPTY RESIDENTIAL STREET. SUNSET LIMMY HAS HIS EYES CLOSED, SITTING ON THE GROUND. HE TAKES A PEEK AT THE DRIVER, BUT THE DRIVER DOESN’T PEEK BACK. LIMMY GLANCES TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE BEGINS TO PUSH HIMSELF UP, BUT THE DRIVER OPENS HIS EYES TO LOOK AT HIM. LIMMY PRETENDS THAT HE WAS SIMPLY GETTING COMFIER. THE DRIVER SMILES. LIMMY SMILES BACK SARCASTICALLY, JUST AS THE DRIVER CLOSES HIS EYES AGAIN. LIMMY PRETENDS TO HIMSELF THAT HE IS HAPPY, BUT THE MASK IS SLIPPING. HE CLOSES HIS EYES. 33. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 34. 238. GIVE WAY STANDOFF - 3OF3 LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND DRIVER 238 EXT. EMPTY RESIDENTIAL STREET. DUSK LIMMY IS LYING ON THE GROUND, ASLEEP. HE OPENS HIS EYES AND LOOKS AROUND. THE CAR HAS GONE. LIMMY JUMPS UP, RAGING. LIMMY Naw. Naw! HE TRIES TO CONSOLE HIMSELF WITH SOME FAKE LAUGHING. HE SHOUTS ALL AROUND. LIMMY (CONT’D) Ah! Ahahaha! I made you go! I told you to go and you went! I’m in control! LIMMY’S PHONE RINGS, AND HE ANSWERS IT. IT’S HIS GIRLFRIEND PATRICIA. PATRICA (O.S.) Where they hell are you? We’re supposed to be going to the... LIMMY SMASHES THE PHONE AGAINST THE GROUND, AND STANDS THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 35. 239. HIGH NOTE TERRY MERCY VOICEOVER GARY - BRIAN LIMOND CREW MEMBER 239A INT. THEATRE. DAY BLACK AND WHITE ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS VOICE OF THE 60S TERRY MERCY BELTING OUT THE LAST FOUR WORDS OF HIS BIGGEST HIT, HIS VOICE RISING IN PITCH EACH TIME. TERRY For aaaaaaaaall... PAUSE. TERRY (CONT’D) Myyyyyyyyy... A SNARE DRUM GOES RATATAT FOR THE FINAL NOTE. TERRY (CONT’D) Liiiiiiiiiiiiife! THE AUDIENCE APPLAUD AT THIS BIG, BIG NOTE. 239B INT. THEATRE BACKSTAGE CORRIDOR. NIGHT GARY STANDS WITH A NERVOUS LOOKING 70 YEAR-OLD TERRY MERCY. THEY ARE NEXT TO A CORRIDOR, ON WHICH IS A SIGN POINTING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE STAGE. VOICEOVER (V.O.) Terry Mercy, voice of the 60s, the man they dubbed High Note. And here he is now, as he prepares to take the stage at the Royal Variety Performance. GARY SPEAKS TO TERRY. (CONTINUED) Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 239B CONTINUED: 28/09/10 36. GARY How you feeling? Don’t be nervous. You’ll blast it. TERRY LOOKS DEEP IN THOUGHT, CONTROLLING HIS NERVES. GARY TALKS TO AN OFF-CAMERA INTERVIEWER. GARY (CONT’D) I’m so glad my father’s doing this. I’ve been trying to convince him for years to get back on the saddle, that he’s still got it, that he still has an audience. AN OFF-CAMERA CREWMEMBER GIVES TERRY A REMINDER. CREWMEMBER (O.S.) Five minutes. TERRY NODS, QUIETLY TERRIFIED. GARY The Royal Variety asked him on for his 70th, and he tried to say no, he said “I can’t hit the high note anymore, please don’t make me do it”, and I told him you can, and you will. Because you need to. If you hit that high note, you’ll be back, you’ll be touring, you’ll lay to the rest all the demons that have plagued you, the drugs, the breakdown, it’ll be in the past. CREWMEMBER (O.S.) You’re on. GARY GIVES TERRY A CUDDLE. GARY That’s you. This is it, dad. This is it. TERRY WALKS DOWN THE CORRIDOR BY HIMSELF, LIKE A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER. JUMP CUT TO: Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 37. LATER. GARY IS LISTENING TO THE SOUND OF TERRY SINGING THE LAST FOUR WORDS, AS IT TRAVELS FROM THE DISTANCE. TERRY For aaaaaaaaaall... GARY IS HOPEFUL. TERRY (CONT’D) Myyyyyyyyyyy... TERRY’S VOICE IS OKAY, BUT NOT GREAT. TERRY (CONT’D) (Out of tune, stuttery, horrible) Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiife! GARY IS VERY DISAPPOINTED. TERRY (CONT’D) I’m sorry, I can’t do this. THE BUMPEDY BUMP OF THE MIC DROPPING TO THE GROUND IS HEARD. JUMP CUT TO: LATER. TERRY WALKS DOWN THE CORRIDOR, DEFLATED. HE GOES TO GIVE GARY A CUDDLE. GARY MOVES AWAY. HE SPEAKS QUIETLY. GARY You’re finished. TERRY WALKS AWAY WITH HIS HEAD BOWED. GARY LOOKS ON, ALMOST DISGUSTED. GARY (CONT’D) It’s over. It’s all over. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 240. LIBRARY LAPTOP - 1OF2 LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND 240 INT. LIBRARY CAFE. DAY LIMMY IS SITTING IN A BUSY CAFE WITH HIS LAPTOP. HE HAS HIS BACK TO THE WALL AND HAS HIS EARPHONES IN. LOOKS OVER BOTH SHOULDERS SUSPICIOUSLY. AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS OF PEACE, LIMMY REACHES FOR HIS TEA AND ACCIDENTALLY YANKS OUT THE EARPHONE SOCKET. THE SOUND OF A DONKEY BRAYING FILLS THE CAFE. LIMMY SCRAMBLES FOR THE EARPHONES, RATTLES BUTTONS, PUNCHES THE KEYBOARD, PUNCHES THE SCREEN, CHUCKS TEA OVER THE LAPTOP AND ONLY MANAGES TO TURN THE SOUND OFF WHEN HE SMASHES THE LAPTOP ON THE GROUND. THE CAFE STARE AT HIM. HE SITS BACK AND PRETENDS TO NOT NOTICE. 38. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 241. LIBRARY LAPTOP - 2OF2 LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND 241 ANIMATION THE PREVIOUS SKETCH SLIDES OFF TO THE SIDE TO THE SOUND OF A SLIDE PROJECTOR, AND IN SLIDES A PICTURE OF A DONKEY. LIMMY (V.O.) Oh, how did that get in there? THE PICTURES SLIDES OFF AND IN SLIDES THE NEXT SKETCH. 39. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 40. 242. LIVING ON MY OWN FREDDIE - BRIAN LIMOND 242 GREEN SCREEN THE SONG “LIVING ON MY OWN” BY FREDDIE MERCURY PLAYS, DURING THE BREAKDOWN BIT WHERE FREDDIE SINGS SOMETHING INCOMPREHENSIBLE. THE FOLLOWING MADE UP LYRICS APPEAR ON THE SCREEN, ALONG WITH ANIMATION AND DANCING. FREDDIE Deid auld lady, rumpy pumpy... A PHOTO POPS UP OF AN OLD LADY WITH HER EYES CROSSED OUT. LIMMY THEN DOES A COUPLE OF PELVIC THRUSTS TOWARDS HER IN TIME WITH THE MUSIC. FREDDIE (CONT’D) Deid auld lady, rumpy pumpy... SAME AGAIN WITH ANOTHER OLD LADY AT THE OTHER SIDE. FREDDIE (CONT’D) Deid auld lady, rumpy pumpy, rumpy pumpy... LIMMY SPINS AROUND TO PUMP BOTH OF THEM. FREDDIE (CONT’D) (French) Pardon! LIMMY POPS UP IN THE FOREGROUND, WEARING STEREOTYPICAL FRENCH GEAR, TO MIME “PARDON!”. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 243. MYAAA LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND 243 GREEN SCREEN LIMMY’S FACE IS CLOSE TO THE CAMERA, HE LOOKS VERY DROWSY AND BREATHES HEAVILY FOR A WHILE. IN ONE MOVEMENT, HE LEANS BACK, SWINGS HIS ARMS IN THE AIR AND SHOUTS A DEFIANT, MEANINGLESS EXPRESSION. LIMMY Fuckin mmm-yaaaaaaaaa! THE VIDEO FREEZES AND THE LIMMY’S SHOW STING APPEARS. 41. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 42. 244. NOT A CLUE LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND 244 GREEN SCREEN LIMMY’S STANDS IN FRONT OF A WHITE BACKGROUND. LIMMY D’you ever get the sense that you don’t really know what you’re doing? In general. PAUSE. LIMMY (CONT’D) D’you ever get people saying to you “What d’you do that for? And you’re like that “I don’t know”. PAUSE. LIMMY (CONT’D) Have you ever worn something that you thought looked good and everybody thought looked crap? PAUSE. LIMMY (CONT’D) Have you ever said aye to something, to which you should have said naw? Something you really didn’t want to do? You were asked the question, you thought “Naw, no way”, but out came “Aye, awright, aye, why not?”. PAUSE. LIMMY (CONT’D) Here, d’you ever get the feeling that from the day you’re born from the day you die, you haven’t got a fucking clue what you’re doing? Do you? LIMMY SMILES. LIMMY (CONT’D) Aye, well here... (CONTINUED) Limmy's Show 2 244 Shooting Batch 10 CONTINUED: 28/09/10 THE CAMERA ZOOMS OUT TO SHOW THE CAST AND A NUMBER OF THEIR CLONES DRESSED AS UMPTEEN PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE, INCLUDING A DOCTOR, ETC. EVERYONE Join the club! EVERYONE CHEERS. LIMMY PULLS A PARTY POPPER AND BLOWS OUT A PARTY BLOWOUT THING. 43. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 245. PISH TEST - 1OF2 LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND 245 INT. LIMMY’S KITCHEN. DAY LIMMY FETCHES HIMSELF A CARTON OF CRANBERRY JUICE FROM THE FRIDGE. HE POURS IT INTO A GLASS, BUT WHAT EMERGES IS A YELLOWISH LIQUID. LIMMY IS CONFUSED AND LOOKS AT THE GLASS. LIMMY That’s funny. It looks like pish. LIMMY HAS A SNIFF. LIMMY (CONT’D) It smells like pish. LIMMY GIVES IN TO HIS CURIOSITY AND TAKE A SIP. HE PROMPTLY SPITS IT OUT. THE VIDEO FREEZES IN MID SPRAY AND A FLOWCHART APPEARS OVER THE VIDEO. A BOX READS “LOOKS LIKE PISH?” WITH A YES/NO BELOW. LIMMY (V.O.) So, if it looks like pish... THE FLOWCHARTS FOLLOWS THE “YES” LINE DOWN TO A BOX READING “SMELLS LIKE PISH?” LIMMY (V.O.) And it smells like pish... THE FLOWCHART FOLLOWS THE “YES” LINE DOWN TO A BOX READING “PISH”. LIMMY (V.O.) It is pish. 44. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 45. 246. PISH TEST - 2OF2 LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND 246 INT. LIMMY’S KITCHEN. DAY AN ELECTRONIC BEAT PLAYS. FOOTAGE OF LIMMY SPITTING OUT THE LIQUID PLAYS FORWARD AND BACK IN TIME. LIMMY DOES A RAP OVER THE MUSIC. LIMMY Urination! The taste sensation! Sweeping the nation, nation, nation! THE LYRICS APPEAR OVER THE VIDEO, IN TIME WITH LIMMY RAPPING AGAIN. LIMMY (CONT’D) Urination! The taste sensation! Sweeping the nation, nation, nation! Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 46. 247. THREE TIME LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND 247 GREEN SCREEN LIMMY’S HAND FILLS THE SCREEN. HE CLICKS HIS FINGERS ONCE A SECOND. SOME PERFORMANCE ART FOLLOWS, WITH VARIOUS LIMMYS MAKING SOUNDS IN TIME WITH THE RHYTHM. HE HOLDS UP THREE FINGERS. LIMMY Three time! LIMMY PUNCHES THE AIR THREE TIMES. LIMMY (CONT’D) Pow, pow, pow! HE HOLDS UP THREE FINGERS. LIMMY (CONT’D) Three time! HE PUNCHES THE AIR. LIMMY (CONT’D) Pow, pow, pow. HE CONTINUES THIS PROCESS IN VARIOUS WAYS. LIMMY (CONT’D) Four time! Pow, pow, pow, pow! One time! Pow! One time! Pow! Two time! Pow, pow! Nine time! Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow! LIMMY LOOKS TRIUMPHANT. LIMMY (CONT’D) Shuh! Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 47. 248. DIRTY WEE SECRET - 3OF4 - CREDITS LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND GROUP OF PEOPLE 248 GREEN SCREEN LIMMY AND A GROUP OF PEOPLE POP UP OVER THE “LIMMY’S SHOW” LOGO. HE IS MUMBLING TO THEM PRIVATELY. LIMMY I know it was a few years ago, but still. THE GROUP SHAKE THEIR HEAD IN DISGUST. LIMMY (CONT’D) I mean, imagine... LIMMY SEES THE CAMERA. LIMMY (CONT’D) Shhhh, shhhh. LIMMY NODS TO THE CAMERA AND THEY ALL TRY TO ACT INNOCENTLY, BUT THEY ARE MOTIONLESS AND SILENT. LIMMY (CONT’D) What was I saying? Oh I can’t remember. Just roll the credits then. THE END CREDITS ROLL UP. DURING WHICH, CLOSE UPS SHOW THE CREW MEMBERS PRETEND TO NOT SEE THE CAMERA. WHEN THE CREDITS FINISH, LIMMY PRETENDS TO HAVE NOTICED THE CAMERA AND SMILES. LIMMY (CONT’D) Oh look who it is, hiya, ye awright? Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 48. 249. DO NOT WATCH LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND 249 GREEN SCREEN LIMMY APPEARS OVER THE LIMMY’S SHOW LOGO, LOOKING CONCERNED. LIMMY Do not watch Green Honey. That Green Honey video that’s getting sent about just now, do not watch it. Please, get onto your Twitters, you Facebooks, and tell them. Green Honey. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. LIMMY’S EYES DRIFT OFF AS HE THINKS OF THE HORRORS. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 250. FANNY WIRE LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND 250 EXT. RESIDENTIAL STREET. DAY LIMMY IS LOOKING AROUND WITH A SUSPICIOUS LOOK ON HIS FACE, AS HE STROKES CHICKEN WIRE. 49. Limmy's Show 2 Shooting Batch 10 28/09/10 251. WOLF WHISTLE LIMMY - BRIAN LIMOND FEMALE WHISTLER (OS) 251 EXT. RESIDENTIAL STREET. DAY LIMMY IS SITTING ON A WALL, DRINKING A CAN OF GINGER. HE HEARS SOMEONE WOLF WHISTLING BEHIND HIM, BUT IGNORES IT. HE HEARS IT AGAIN AND ALMOST TURNS AROUND, BUT DOESN’T. HE HEARS IT AGAIN. A FEMALE WOLF WHISTLER SHOUTS. WOLF WHISTLER (O.S.) Here! Sexy! LIMMY TURNS AROUND. HE HEARS LAUGHING. WOLF WHISTLER (O.S.) (CONT’D) No you! Ahahaha! LIMMY FACES FORWARD AGAIN, EMBARRASSED. HE MUMBLES TO HIMSELF. LIMMY Fuck off. 50.
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