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the whole fish hut story gets confirmed,

we'll bring it straight to you,

right away, okay?

And it's yours,

even if it's not legitimate...

you can do your whole...

"take no prisoner" thing, okay?

And you'll find it funny this time?

I'll find it as funny as I did

the last time, I'll betcha'!

I was talking to Constable Roseland...

he's totally serious!

I mean, he has completely freaked!

Something happened

this morning on the ice...

and it's put them on to a state...

and now, he wants us to drop the story.

Drop it?

Now, it's probably nothing.

- And probably just a hoax,

- Probably.

Anyway, so, we've got the

'Laurence of Arabia' cast coming in,

so we're gonna brighten up

the day with that.

Laurel Ann here.

Okay, okay.

It's Ken Loney.

Hey, Ken!

Oh, Ken, slow down...

Yeah.

Ken, where are you?

Okay.

Ken, slow down.

Slow down, and...

and how many?

Okay, Ken,

just a second.

Okay, wrap up

'Pontypool Corner', Grant.

We have a big story breaking.

Listen to me...

Keep it hard, okay?

Ken, just a second.

Just a second,

we're going live.

We do double bill

this weekend...

so, I'll check it out

and make sure it's right,

that the're both

at the same time,

but that's what it looks like.

We have breaking news

out of our region this morning.

It appears, it seems that a large

group of people have gathered...

outside the officies of Dr. John Mendez.

It appears to be a protest of some kind,

and officials are describing

the crowd as 'unruly'.

Now, Dr. John Mendez, you may recall,

He was the... he was under investigation

for writing unnecessary prescriptions.

We have an exclusive live report,

from Ken Loney in the...

in the 'Sunshine Chopper'.

What can you see there, Ken?

Grant, I am...

I'm watching hundreds,

literally hundreds of people

packed in and around this building.

and it... it looks pretty odd

from up here.

They seem to be, uh... trying to

cram themselves inside...

Oh!

Ohh!

What's happening, Ken?

The side of the office... this building

has just burst open, it's spilling people...

It... it...

it just kind of exploded!

Oh! Ooh...

Jesus! It's an explosion of... of...

of people! Oh, my God!

People are... are...

they're getting trampled.

These people are getting killed

down there! Oh!

Oh!

Ken, do you see any police?

Is anybody trying to restore order,

um... down there?

No! No... I don't see...

Wait... wait... wait... wait...

There's a... convoy of trucks...

military vehicles...

Where did they come from?

What the hell...

Helicopters...

Uh...

There's a...

helicopter at my 2 o'clock

and one at, uh...

Holy sh*t, I gotta...

I gotta back up outta here.

Okay, Ken...

Ken... Get safe!

Now you just...

just try to get outta there.

The road is blocked.

There's definitely fatalities here, uh...

down there. People have just died, Grant.

I... I don't know what the hell

has just happened.

Well, we're, uh... we're gonna

have to see if we can, uh...

- Grant...

- Ken, what?

Ken?

Are you there, Ken?

- We got nothing on this, Grant.

- We gotta get some information...

on what's clearly happening.

- Christ, this is 5 km from here.

- Not more than 3...

uh... 5 km,

from the station itself.

Don't say a lot, Grant

We need to get this confirmed somehow.

Something has happened

at a doctor's office, here in Pontypool,

involving a possible riot.

- I can't get through to the OPP.

- Clearly, something has happened,

here in Pontypool.

Okay, we've lost Ken.

Go to break,

- go to recap, Grant!

- You heard Ken Loney describe...

what he saw, or at least

what he thinks he saw.

You know, the french philosopher

Roland Barthes...

once described trauma

as a news photo without a caption.

And that, folks, is what I think

we have here now.

Is Ken back?

We're trying.

We're trying in getting Ken back,

we're trying to reach the police.

Grant, we still have nothing

on the wire on this entire story.

Laurel Ann and I are gonna work the phones.

We're gonna work our sources.

We gonna try and find out something

solid we can put on the air.

Okay, and what do you want

me to do?

Well, um... "Lawrence and The Arabians"

have, uh... have come all this way. Yes, hi.

You gotta be f***ing kidding me.

Grant, I don't need you

to be a problem right now.

But Sydney, Sydney, we got the hook,

and you can't just cut the line like that!

I just need you to do your job.

These 5 people, you're gonna interview them

and then they're gonna sing a song...

Sydney, do you really think...

that this is what our audience

is expecting to hear from us right now?

So Laurel Ann and I

will dig up a story on this,

that we can put on the air.

Thank you.

Okay. Okay, fine...

let's do it!

Let's find out how the f*** rehersals

are going in f***ing Arabia!

Come on, gang!

Come on!

Listen to this, Rick.

This is Lawrence of Arabia.

Something's definitely happening,

we can't just leave this.

We can't go back on the air

without something solid.

Laurel Ann, find me somebody

I can put on the air.

Well, I've got Aline Freethy

on line two.

She's hysterical, but she seems to be

in the middle of things.

Okay, see if you can calm her down,

see what she's got.

Why isn't there anything,

anywhere, on this?

These are prior...

Bedouin girls.

Grant, we're trying for eye witness...

we'll have somebody for you

when your singers are done.

This is Osama bin Laden.

F*** you, Rick.

Okay, now that was... Tony Burgess,

Maureen Hinkle, Nancy Freethy,

Jay Pullman and Colin Pullman

singing "The Nefud Desert"

I can't remember how it ends,

I can't remember how it ends...

How what ends, Faraj?

It just keeps starting over and over...

and over and over...

and it is not called 'The Lawrence and...

the table' is it? No, not anymore...

Okay, folks.

I guess that's it.

Ok, I've got Steve Van Denzen.

He's at the Mendez' office,

and he's talking about a mob, or parade,

or something. He's very excited.

- Have you any word from Ken?

- Nothing.

Sh*t! I'm gonna keep trying

Roseland.

see if you can get any straight talk

from Van Denzen.

Sydney, there's something very weird

going on with our... girl Faraj there.

Ok, you were great, Grant!

You did your job and...

Didn't you hear?

Yeah, I know you really wanted to stay

with the story.

I needed you to buy us some time,

and I appreciate it. I really do.

So... I have something now,

and I'm tossing it all back at you.

- Okay, great! What do you got?

- There's still nothing...

anywhere on the wire

regarding this mob scene,

I've got ten

eye witnesses in town.

We're going live,

with Steve Van Denzen.

That's great!

- F*** the wire if we've got eyes!

- Okay, keep it hot, Grant!

Girl, you got it! Hit me!

Any word from Ken?

Nothing.

Welcome back, folks...

to our developing story...

where it appears that hundreds

of people have been involved in a riot,

in and around the offices

of Dr. John Mendez.

You heard our own Ken Loney

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