Bucky and the Squirrels Page #6

Synopsis: Back in 1968, a one-hit wonder rock band from Appleton, Wisconsin vanished in a plane crash somewhere in the Swiss Alps. Now, 50 years later, the aircraft has just been discovered with the Squirrels still inside - frozen alive. After they're returned home, thawed, and are struggling to return to their former selves, the IRS arrests them for owing a half century of back taxes. To stay out of prison, the Squirrels have to prove they can pay the money back by convincing the government they're capable of performing once again. Unfortunately, they're not.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Allan Katz
Production: Dauntless Studios
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.8
PG
Year:
2018
82 min
Website
57 Views


Wow!

Wow!

(imitating gunfire)

Aaaaah!

Adams:
Everybody,

let's go this way.

(horn blaring)

Bucky, no! Out of the road.

Out of the road.

Wow.

Wow!

Wow!

Wow!

Wow, wow, wow!

Wow, wow, wow, wow!

Adams:
Squirrels!

No, no, no, Squirrels!

Wow! Wow! Whoa!

Whoa!

Adams:

You can't run in here.

(Squirrels shrieking)

Boys!

It's okay!

It's okay, wait for me.

(Squirrels screeching)

Adams:
Okay, come on!

Calm down.

Everybody calm down.

Come this way!

Okay, wait.

This way, this way.

Everybody!

Come on, this way!

Let's go back

Come on!

No, Bucky!

(Bucky screaming)

Bucky!

Dammit, Bucky!

Bucky!

Aaaah!

Come on,

let's go.

Bucky, I really like that shirt

on you.

Thanks.

I really like it

on me, too.

That's why

I put it on me.

Guys, I figured out

why they call underpants

underpants.

'Cause they go under

your pants.

Oh. Wow.

Wow!

Then why don't they call

the pants you wear

over your underpants

overpants?

Hmm.

That's a good question.

No, it's not.

- It's not?

- No.

It's a great question.

Randy is very good

at asking questions.

Do you know why I'm so good

at asking questions?

No, why?

I don't know,

I was asking you.

- I got a question.

- Uh-oh.

Let's hear it.

If you were stuck

on a desert island

and you could only bring

41 things,

what would you bring?

- Underpants.

- Toothpaste.

- Maps.

- Toothpaste.

- Cold ice cubes.

- Maps.

Cold ice cubes.

Clothes.

Maps.

- A book.

- A safe.

A book.

How many

is that?

If... if...

Who do you think would win

in a fight,

a grizzly bear

or a grizzly bear

with a mustache?

Is the...

Is the mustache

real?

Do you guys ever think

maybe we never made it

out of the ice?

Adams, cheerily:

Hey, Squirrels!

How are you doin'?

All:
Hi!

You guys look

so handsome.

- Thank you, you too.

- You look so handsome.

- That's a lovely suit.

- So handsome, Dr. Adams.

The three buttons,

good number.

You're wearing

a man's clothes.

Adams:
Well,

we talked about that.

Women can wear suits.

Bucky:
No, they can't.

You guys remember

where we're going today?

All:
Squirrel Mania!

[cheering]

All right, let me just

finish my drink.

- Adams:
Okay.

- Randy:
Put it on this.

Adams:
Okay, careful,

don't dribble.

Doug:
Let's take this

with us.

Adams:
No, let's leave that.

I don't think we need that.

Doug:
We can surf it.

Whoaaa!

Let's go surfin'.

(burps)

Come on, Buck,

we've got ya.

It's pretty big.

(burp)

Guys... okay.

Whoaaaa!

In case

I get cold.

His teeth were red.

Adams:
We might have to bring

an extra diaper.

I'll get 'em.

We're all out!

- Randy, come on!

- We used 'em.

- We're leaving, Squirrel Mania.

- Oh, yell at the helpful one.

( "Do the Squirrel" playing)

Adams:
This is crazy,

the line goes all the way

around the block.

How did everybody know

we were here?

Social media.

Facebook, Twitter.

Don't look at me,

I don't have one of those

Internet machine things.

Yeah, you do,

it's a computer.

Oh, I do, I have one.

You know, we are more popular,

now that we're alive again

than we were when we were alive

before we were dead.

I think your brain needs

to defrost a little bit.

Yeah.

Oh, hi.

I survived

a plane crash.

And who should I make

this out to?

IRS.

Iris. Well, that's

a pretty name.

Here you go.

You're under arrest.

Steve Schmidt, ANC News,

here at IRS headquarters

in Appleton, Wisconsin,

where Bucky

and the Squirrels

are being charged

with tax evasion

for not filing

their taxes in 1968,

the year they disappeared.

If they'd paid

their taxes that year,

they would have owed

a mere $300 each.

But, after over half a century

of interest and penalties,

each of the squirrels

now owes $649,000.

And as a group...

or, as they call it in the animal

kingdom, a drey of squirrels...

that means they owe $2,596,000,

and are facing at least

five years in prison.

I don't want to go

to prison.

Who does?

Not me.

Not me.

Not me.

Not me.

Not me.

Mort, n-none...

None of us wants

to go to prison.

Hmm-mm.

Who would?

I don't know.

Maybe someone who has

friends there?

Or maybe someone

who likes the food.

I bet that some people

even like

the prison outfits.

I bet some people don't.

So those people probably wouldn't

want to go to prison, right?

Unless they liked the food

more than they didn't like

the outfits.

When somebody has

a birthday in prison,

does everybody

get birthday cake

or just that guy

whose birthday it is?

Because, with all

those prisoners,

that's like six

or seven or eight

or nine or ten

birthdays a day.

Whoa! That's

a lot of cake.

What if somebody got

allergic to the cake?

If I was allergic to cake,

and I was in prison,

and they tried to make me

eat that cake

that I was allergic to,

I wouldn't eat it.

Me either.

What could

they do to you?

Oh, they could do

some stuff.

They could lock you

up in timeout.

They could rough

you up a little bit.

Maybe give you

the hose!

Or... or...

they could take away

your birthday cake.

I never thought

of that.

I don't... I don't want

to go to prison.

Who does?

Not me.

Not me.

Not me.

Not me.

Not me.

Who would?

M-maybe...

maybe someone who

has friends there?

Or maybe someone

who likes the food?

I bet

that some people

even like

the prison outfits.

I bet some people

don't.

So those people probably wouldn't

want to go to prison, right?

Unless they liked the food

more than they didn't like

the outfits.

All right, come on.

Squirrels:
Mort... Mort...

Mort... Mort.

Adams:
Mort!

Bucky:
Hi, Mort.

Mort!

Hey, what are you

doing to him?

Come on!

Randy:
I wanted Mort

to stay.

Stay.

Sit down, you're just

gonna make things worse.

Doug:
I knew that they

didn't want Mort here.

Mort! Sneaking's

not gonna help. Mort!

Cheese and rice

almighty.

(Squirrels chattering)

Stay out!

Careful, he's...

old.

- I don't wanna go to prison.

- Who does?

Adams:

Just sit, okay?

Behave yourself.

Mort!

Man:
Hey, we told you

to stay outside.

Bucky:
You're back!

(indistinct chatter)

- (sighs)

- Bucky:
You can have my chair.

Phil:
Why are you taking...

He has to stay.

Bucky:
Bye, Mort.

Sit!

Randy:
Who does?

Sit!

Stay!

Doug:
Can Mort come back in?

Randy:
Can you... can we get

our questions answered?

(indistinct chatter)

(sighs)

Mort!

- Bucky:
Hi, Mort.

- Man:
Not again.

Bucky, guys?

Are you okay?

Are you all right?

Uh, Mr. Fishbeck. What happened?

What's going on?

The Squirrels are doing

a concert.

Ohh!

(blows)

As many of you know,

last week the IRS filed a case

against the Squirrels

for 50 years of unpaid taxes,

amounting to over $2.5 million.

In an effort to settle the case

and keep the Squirrels

out of prison,

Manager Mort Fishbeck

has represented that the band

is capable of performing

and of earning enough money

to settle their debt

with the IRS.

To that end,

Manager Mort Fishbeck

has scheduled

a test-case performance

right here

in the school's alma mater,

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Allan Katz

Allan Katz (born in Chicago, Illinois) is an American writer, producer, actor, and director. He began his writing career as an advertising copywriter. In 1970 he created the original award-winning campaign for the popcorn snack Screaming Yellow Zonkers which was the first major product to be packaged in a predominantly black box. Every panel of the box was covered by absurd copy and illustrations. Katz wrote the copy on the first several boxes, and wrote and produced the TV and radio campaign. Katz was hired to be one of the youngest writers on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In and moved to Los Angeles. While working on Laugh-In, he also wrote episodes of Sanford and Son, All in the Family, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.He went on to both write and produce other series including M*A*S*H (TV series), The Cher Show, Rhoda, and Roseanne. In 1989 Katz wrote and starred in the film Big Man on Campus (Originally titled, The Hunchback of UCLA , released in the UK as The Hunchback Hairball of L.A.). Katz wrote the libretto for the musical Zapata (music by Harry Nilsson) the multiple award-winning Off-Broadway musical, Song of Singapore, and the comedy, Partners starring Alan Rosenberg.Katz is also an essayist who has been published in 'The New York Times' and the Los Angeles Times and has taught writing at UCLA Extension Writers' Program and at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI, where recently, in conjunction with their film studies program, he completed directing his feature "Bucky and the Squirrels" which had a limited theatrical release in February 2018. more…

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