Pleasantville Page #5

DAVID:

(breathless)

Oh my God ...

(sinking to his knees/

scooping up the remains)

Oh my God ...

JENNIFER:

David, stop stressing, you can like--

turn it on normally ...

DAVID:

No you can't, Jen! It's a new TV. It

doesn't work without a remote.

David cradles the pieces like a fallen comrade, when the

DOORBELL RINGS behind him.

JENNIFER:

Oh my God! He's here!

Jennifer sweeps some of the pieces frantically under the sofa

and tries to adjust her outfit on the way to the door. David

just stares in shock at the shattered plastic. Jennifer

reaches the front door and wets her lips. She fluffs her hair

quickly, sticks out her chest then swings it open.

DIFFERENT ANGLE. FRONT DOOR.

Jennifer steps forward with her sexiest smile, but it isn't

Mark Davis on the other side. DICK VAN DYKE STANDS ACROSS THE

THRESHOLD IN A TV REPAIRMAN'S OUTFIT. Jennifer looks at him

puzzled. He steps forward, flashing her a chipper grin,

toolbox in hand.

DICK VAN DYKE:

TV repair.

JENNIFER:

(beat)

TV repair?

DICK VAN DYKE:

Yeah. TV busted?

JENNIFER:

(pause ...)

Yeah ...

DICK VAN DYKE:

(smiling wider)

Well here I am.

REVERSE ANGLE. DAVID'S POV.

He glances out the front door toward a weird VAN parked at

the curb. It says TV REPAIR on the side but looks like

something from a medicine show. The antenna on top resembles

a weather vane and the mural beneath it depicts a happy

family from the 1950s, gathered around their TV set. Everyone

wears a smile, including the dog. The hand-painted motto

reads "Rob's TV Repair--WE'LL FIX YOU FOR GOOD."

INT. LIVING ROOM.

David looks back at Dick Van Dyke who smiles at him, then

crosses to the living room STEPPING NIMBLY AROUND THE

OTTOMAN. He heads toward the TV.

DICK VAN DYKE:

(seeing the smashed remote)

Holy cow. Look at that. Had a little

disaster didn't ya fella.

DAVID:

Yeah ... Sort of ...

DICK VAN DYKE:

(setting down the toolbox)

We'll get you fixed up in no time.

He pops the top of the tool box while Jennifer and David just

stare. It's a strange looking box with the same happy family

painted on the side. Dick Van Dyke pulls out another remote.

DICK VAN DYKE (CONT)

I know how I'd feel if mine went out.

Almost like losing a friend.

DAVID:

(tentatively)

You know, we didn't call any TV repair.

DICK VAN DYKE:

Well that makes it a lucky day for both

of us, hunh?

Jennifer shuts the door and crosses down toward the living

room.

JENNIFER:

You think you could do this like soon?

It's almost six thirty.

DICK VAN DYKE:

What's the rush?

DAVID:

(cutting her off)

The Pleasantville Marathon starts at six

thirty.

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