Father of the Bride Page #3

NINA:

What does Brian do?

GEORGE:

Who's Brian?

NINA:

Oh!

GEORGE:

I forgot his name!

ANNIE:

He's an independent communications consultant.

GEORGE:

Independent?

ANNIE:

Yes.

GEORGE:

That's code for unemployed! This is perfect! You meet an unemployed,

amazingly brilliant non-ape that I'm going to have to support! I

suppose I'm going to have to hire him and fire some hard working guy

with three kids because my son-in-law, the "independent communications

consultant," can't get a job anywhere else! No wonder he'll move

anywhere you get a job! You're not getting married and that's it and

that's final! And I don't like you calling me George! I mean, when

did this start?

ANNIE:

Daddy, what is wrong with you?

GEORGE:

What? Are you telling me you're happy about this?

NINA:

George, please. Would you stop acting like a lunatic father and go out

and talk to her before she runs out that door, marries this kid and we

never see her again!

GEORGE:

All right. Kid? How do you know he's a kid? He could be forty-five

years old.

SCENE 6

ANNIE:

An independent communications consultant does mean he's an unemployable

non-ape. Brian happens to be a computer genius. Companies send him

all over the world hooking up these complex systems. Major banks and

corporations send him to Tokyo and Brazil and Geneva. He's a genius.

GEORGE:

You mentioned that. How old is this genius?

ANNIE:

Twenty-six, not forty-five. You guys still think I can't hear you when

you're one room away.

GEORGE:

If you love him so much, I know I'll love him, too. Brian?

ANNIE:

MacKenzie.

GEORGE:

Brian MacKenzie.

ANNIE:

Yeah.

GEORGE:

Can't wait to meet him.

ANNIE:

Good, 'cause he'll be here in an hour to meet you.

GEORGE:

I suppose you're not in the mood for a little one-on-one?

ANNIE:

Daddy, I'm wearing heals.

GEORGE:

Come to the right place.

*Annie and George play basketball.

GEORGE:

You're not really getting married, are you?

ANNIE:

Dad, stop it!

SCENE 7

NINA:

So can you see him? What does he look like?

GEORGE:

He just drove up?

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