The Bulls Win!

Bulls Win!

Andrew Thorp

August 28, 2009( Version 2)

CAST

Frank – 20's

Tony – 20's

Samantha 20's

Nurse - 20'50's

(Lights up on Fred pacing around the veterinarian lobby. He is on the cell.)

Frank

(talking on cell.)

Well, Rainbow wouldn’t be at the Vet if you would have kept him instead of making me, Mom; I can hardly take care of myself. He didn’t seem good. I don’t know.

(Tony enters with Samantha)

Frank

Mom, Tony just got here so we will call you later.

Tony

Where do they have Rainbow?

Samantha

Is he okay?

Frank

He wasn’t looking so good. He just kept shaking and making this weird sound.

Tony

What sound?

Frank

(Tony makes a sad cat sound for a somewhat long period of time)

Tony

Were you feeding him beer again?

Frank

Of course not; he’s eighteen years old. He's ten months sober.

Samantha

You got your cat drunk?

Tony

He liked it. Broke up his day.

Frank

Well, it's not that.

Samantha

Maybe he’s having a seizure or something.

Frank

It didn’t look good. That’s all I’m saying.

Nurse

Mr Higgins?

Tony/Frank

Yes?

Frank

Sorry, we’re brothers.

Nurse

Rainbow didn’t make it.

Tony

He what?

Frank

He’s not?

Nurse

I’m sorry. We did everything we could. He was an old cat. Would you like us to take care of the disposal or-

Frank

-No, we will take him from here. Thanks

Nurse

I will get everything ready.

Samantha

Why not let them do it?

Frank

It costs extra. Shit.

Tony

How about that Bulls game, huh?

Frank

What?

Tony

The game; they fired it in at the buzzer.

Frank

Sorry, Tony, but the cat we grew up with just died. Didn’t you hear her?

Tony

(acting out moves)

Gordon takes the pass from Deng , fakes it and dumps a three.

Samantha

Come on, Tony, don’t. He gets like this when things get too hard to handle. Bulls are his crutch.

Tony

(acting out basketball player)

You need to get out my face fool, I’ll break your ankles.

Samantha

Tony, leave him alone.

Tony

Come on, Hon, you have to admit that the Bulls have a chance at a championship this year; they just need to work the boards.

Frank

Tony, Rainbow is dead. Will you stop trying to box me out?

Tony

As dead as your game, white boy. To the zone!

(Tony jukes around Frank and stops in front of the entering Nurse.)

Nurse

(holding towel wrapped cat.)

Would you like us to bring him to your car, or?

Tony

(shocked)

No. We can just, uh-

Frank

I will take him. Thanks.

Tony

(playing defense on Frank as Frank holds rainbow)

Derrick Rose, four-seventy-three at the line; two-fifty-nine at the point-

Samantha

Tony?

Tony

Nine hundred and twenty seven on the year with two thousand fourteen minutes played.

Frank

Tony, he’s dead. It’s okay.

Tony

(starts humming count down.)

Duh na na na Duh na na na Duh na-

Samantha

He usually gets to the third quarter and comes back to his senses.

Tony

(continuing)

Na na Duh na duh na na na

Frank

This is ridiculous. Tony!

(Tony takes the cat from Frank and breaks a move to the hoop. He does a slow motion dunk, Jordan style, and dunks the cat in to the trash can.)

Tony

Bulls win! Bulls win! Bulls win!

(Tony looks for a high-five and slowly comes back to his senses lights fade.)