Lightbulb

Genre: Sci-Fi, Short
Director(s): Gerry Bruno
Year:
2009
13 min
36 Views


~ Ingenious (2009) ~

"Lightbulb" (original title)

Yes, now, you

pick out the collar.

You tell me which

one you want.

Which one? Which one?

Yes.

I don't know if there's anything

here I could possibly use.

Mr. Webber?

Yeah.

Matt Reeder,

International Gifts.

Oh, right, right.

Yeah, how are you doing?

Good.

He's not

talking today.

Yeah.

You know, why don't you...

why don't you wait back in the stockroom.

Thank you.

Anything with fur?

- Ooh.

- That's gonna' hurt.

Mulligan?

Is he a member?

Sh*t.

Oops.

I have a question for you.

Being an employee here, do you

get to play a lot of golf?

Yeah, that's

why I work here.

Yeah?

What's your handicap?

Six.

Me, too!

No, really?

Yeah.

Well, six-pack.

I'm a really good drinker.

That's corny.

I know, that's terrible.

What do you say we...

we hit some balls sometime?

I'll drive the cart around.

I can watch your stroke.

Cinda.

Uhh, Preston.

Hi.

How are you, buddy?

You've got a great smile, man.

You must have a

good dental planner.

Sam Schooler.

How are you?

So, what do you got?

Now, the unique feature

of The Dreaming Dog Watch,

Mr. Webber, is the animation.

As the seconds tick by,

you can actually see what the dog

is dreaming about.

Huh!

I'll be darned!

It's clever.

Yeah.

And if you look, you'll notice

the... all the animation.

We call it

The Frustrated Golfer's Watch.

And you can see all the

curse symbols after you get

a little back slice.

Slut!

You know what I mean?

We've all been there.

I know I have.

It's priced right.

What rates you got?

n is just the

one for the moment.

But we are..

Oh, no, you see, Matt,

my customers would buy this

watch like crazy, okay?

Provided you had

their dog on it.

Oh, hold on.

Call me crazy,

maybe it's just me,

but aren't all your

members golfers?

Uhh, yeah.

And they all wear

watches, don't they?

Yeah, just

not novelty watches.

Ahh, gotcha'.

More of a Rolex crowd.

A lady with a Yorkie

is not going to buy a watch,

as cute as it is,

with a Lab on it.

Well, I know

what you mean...

You gotta' get

all the breeds, all right?

Yeah, see, I like to follow

give

the customer what they want.

You know what I'm saying?

Yeah, I gotta' go.

Careful now.

He jumps.

You're going to tell

me that this isn't quality?

That's exactly what I'm saying.

And I'm also saying that you,

you need to pick up

a book on salesmanship.

Yeah, well,

I wrote that book, buddy!

Hi.

Walter,

I see you're still at it.

First time I ever

double-crossed the governor.

What can I do for you?

You mind if I sat down?

There's been a lamp burning

in the window for you honey,

go ahead.

Oh, I jumped out that window

a long time ago...

You can hit your

head against the wall,

try every angle,

rack your brain,

and then one day, out of

the blue, you get an idea.

The big idea.

The one you've

been waiting for.

A chance to win.

I'm going to go to bed, honey.

I've got a six o'clock flight.

Being with Gina made me

want to do anything to win.

- Well, I can appreciate that, sir...

- I'm not here!

...but our accountant

has been super busy.

Mr. Bederman.

Uh-huh.

No, he's in a meeting.

Yes, sir.

All right.

Matt.

It's here!

Brenda, you get a raise.

Sammy!

Huh?

Ooh, is that it?

Yeah, Okay.

Where's Brenda?

Brenda?

Where's she at?

Hold my calls!

Okay.

Now...

I always wanted to sell a million

of something. Let's see this!

I babied this one.

Calling Hong Kong all night,

faxing diagrams...

- ...back and forth.

- Come on, cut the sh*t!

Let's do this!

Let me see it!

And now, The

Lucky Lottery Watch.

Wow!

Lottery Watch?

That's beautiful!

Six winning numbers.

Wait, is it

different every time?

Totally random.

Wow, It's amazing, man

Imagine how many places we're

going to sell that bad boy!

First of all, everyone

who sells a lottery ticket.

Chain stores,

department stores.

- Vegas!

- Vegas!

Vegas!

We're going to Vegas!

Excuse me, guys,

but product development is

essentially defining

a need, right?

Exactly.

Does someone

playing the lottery

really a watch

to pick their numbers?

Bean! Bean!

This is not a watch.

Nope.

We, you and I,

are selling a dream!

That's right, baby.

Hold this, take it.

Sixty million people

play the lottery.

This is a product

that cannot miss.

We have a storeroom full of

products that can't miss.

We got the

remote control beer mug.

There's thousands of those.

We've got that handbag.

Bad ideal.

And the Fish Stories Clock?

Guys!

Whoa, whoa, hey,

Professor Positive.

You didn't even invent that.

Yeah, I like it.

Amazing!

It's good, man.

Let's make a million, huh?

You push this button on

the side of the case

and 6 numbers pop up.

6 numbers.

Different numbers every time.

How's he come up

with all these ideas?

Well,

believe it or not,

he used to claim it was the

hops, you know, in beer.

Now it's the universal mind.

The universal mind.

Their bookkeepers

theory is all ideas come from

some kind of collective

consciousness,

one universal mind.

OK.

I know.

But to Matt, you know,

it made perfect sense that

all ideas are floating around

in space like some kind of

old radio and TV broadcast,

and his mind is a receiving station.

A receiving station.

I know he's a little off.

Yes, but that's

why you liked him.

I know.

That's what I've

always liked about him.

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David R. Koon (born March 18, 1947) is a former American Democratic politician who represented District 135 in the New York State Assembly, which includes the towns and villages of East Rochester, Penfield and Webster, and Fairport, neighboring communities located in upstate New York in the eastern suburbs of Rochester from 1996 to 2010. more…

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