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​CHARACTER INTRODUCTIONS
 
GRANDPA (sitcom)ABC STUDIOS SCRIPT BOUGHT BY FOX
 
Jimmy’s chef, KEN (44, soulpatch, always up for a party but never invited to one), walks up with a plate of pasta.
 
 
GRANDPA: CLOSE UP on JIMMY’s handsome face, with the eyes and the hair and the sexy everything.
 
His assistant manager ANNELISE (35, Asian, lesbian, hard-living smartass... or maybe she’s just mean) walks past.
 
They look up and the weird guy is standing in front of them!
He’s wearing a blue hoodie and a backpack - think Clark Duke or Michael Cera channeling Nate Silver or Mark Zuckerberg.
 
Close on Jimmy so we don’t see where we are. He speaks neurotically, revealing a surprising level of self-analysis.
 
UNTITLED TOMMY JONHAGIN PROJECT
 
HIS WIFE MICHELLE (31, ATTRACTIVE, IN CONSTANT MOTION, BUBBLY, FINDS TOMMY AMUSING EVEN WHEN SHE’S UPSET WITH HIM) LIES IN BED.
 
 
JACK (TOMMY’S DAD, 55, BLUE COLLAR BILL CLINTON, CHARMING RASCAL, FLIRTS WITH EVERY WOMAN, ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES BUT HANDSOME, SAYS EVERYTHING WITH A SMILE) LEANS ON AN EMPTY NEWSPAPER DISPENSER.
 
STACY (21, TOMMY’S SISTER, GREAT MOM BY DAY, PARTY GIRL BY NIGHT) ENTERS CARRYING HER SON KENNETH (2). SHE WEARS A BACHELORETTE SASH AND A TIARA. JACK CALLS OVER.
 
LINDA (TOMMY’S MOM, 55, PUT TOGETHER, RELIGIOUS, STILL TREATS HER ADULT CHILDREN LIKE BABIES) THE OWNER OF THE DINER, WALKS OUT FROM BEHIND THE COUNTER HOLDING A NEWSPAPER.
 
PARIAH
 
A moment later a STUNNING MAN in coveralls emerges from the garage wiping grease off his hands with a rag.
 
TOUGH COOKIE
 
Behind the step and repeat, Lilla steadies a YOUNG MALE NERDY CLIENT (19) (ala Mark Zuckerberg before Facebook went public).
 
DETOUR
 
Behind the handlebars, and enjoying the picturesque scenery of the storied TATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, is MICHAEL STURGES, 32, charming, funny, creative, persistent, and perpetually optimistic.
 
Inside, we see the face of PROFESSOR AUGUST ZARING, Tate’s most respected and feared instructor.
 
Suddenly, a girl bounds down the hall, ANNIKA, Asian, 19, a sunny but driven ball of energy and seemingly the most self- realized SOPHOMORE in the history of the University.
 
This time, quickly joined by ANOTHER HAND. Michael comes to the window. Looks down and sees WALTER, sweet natured, brilliant, and not bad looking for a genius, hanging from the frame.
 
Suddenly, a tough and slightly intense girl, LILLY, appears from behind a pillar.
 
CUCKOO
 
Ken gives Rachel a big hug. His little girl is finally back! Then he catches sight of someone just over Rachel’s shoulder.
 
A YOUNG MAN, grinning. He looks totally positive, totally part of the group. This is CUCKOO, a thirty year-old traveler - attractive, intense, almost inspiring, but ultimately absurd. He wears a poncho, fisherman’s pants, sandals, a giant backpack.
 
STEVE, CONNIE and TOBY wait. Steve is a black fortysomething businessman. Connie is Lori’s 37 year old little sister. She is wheeling Toby, Lori and Connie’s elderly father.
 
* Great way to introduce the group. X, Y and Z wait. Then describe a bit about X, Y and Z each individually.
 
 
ALL STARS
 
GARY (30’s, cerebral, YOUNG ALBERT BROOKS) stands next to a large rock wall with his son AUGUST, aka GUS (7, alpha male).
 
UNCLE BUCK
 
MILES (9, PRECOCIOUS, CLEVER) AND MAIZY (5, QUIRKY, DREAMER), STILL IN THEIR DEMON CLOTHES, COME DOWN THE STAIRS.
 
TIA WALKS OUT. THEY ALL GO TO A WINDOW TO TAKE A PEEK. THEY SEE TIA TALKING TO JORDAN (17, GOOD LOOKING, ENTITLED).
 
 
46 PERCENTERS
 
JUDY (EARLY 40’S, BIG PERSONALITY, LOUD, HONEST, HAPPY. THINK MELISSA MCARTHY) SITS IN A BRA AT HER VANITY TABLE, ATTEMPTING TO PUT ON FALSE EYELASHES. HER THREE ROUND CHILDREN: GRIFF (12), COLE (7) AND BEAU (5) TEAR IN AND OUT OF THE ROOM, JUMPING ON THE BED, THROWING PILLOWS, ETC. IN THE BACKGROUND WE HEAR A PHONE RINGING INTERMITTENTLY AND THE OCCASIONAL DOG BARK.
 
ROBERT, HER HUSBAND (EARLY 40’S, A CHARLIE DAY, BEN FALCONE TYPE. SUPER AFFABLE, BUT CAN GO FROM 0 TO 60 VERY QUICKLY), ENTERS FROM THE CLOSET.
 
IT IS DECORATED TO THE NINES FOR THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY. THERE ARE LARGE DINNER TABLES SET ELEGANTLY, MUSIC PLAYS IN THE BACKGROUND, WAITERS SERVE DRINKS, ETC. ROBERT AND JUDY STAND BY A TABLE, A COUPLE HURRIEDLY APPROACH THEM. THEY ARE JAY (LATE 30’S, BRIGHT, VERY CUTE WITH A BOYISH CHARM, THINK JASON BATEMAN) AND MARNI (LATE 30’S, PRETTY, DRIVEN, NEUROTIC BUT NOT NUTTY. A JENNIFER GARNER TYPE). THEY AD LIB HELLO’S AND HUGS.
 
HARI (EARLY 40’S, A SMALLISH MAN OF INDIAN DESCENT, CALM, CENTERED AND WISE) AND KIRI (EARLY 40’S, BEAUTIFUL, WELL- SPOKEN, REGAL, THINK PADMA LAKSHMI) WALK HAND IN HAND GREETING THEIR GUESTS.
 
COOPER BARRETT
 
BARRY (22, chunky, impulsive, kind-hearted) pokes his head between the door and the door frame.
 
A 21-year-old Cooper and NEAL KANG (Asian-American, intelligent, responsible, neurotic and incredibly awkward with women), stand in the hallway, holding large moving boxes. Cooper’s box is open and filled with books on marketing, business and psychology. He struggles to turn the key in the lock as Neal BANGS on the door with his free hand.
 
The guys exit the front of the building to find JOSH BARRETT (35, Cooper’s brother, attorney, married too young, desperate for adventure) in a shirt
 
SITCOM CHARACTER INTRODUCTIONS
 
TOGETHERNESS
 
Slivers of light creak through crummy venetian blinds as ALEX PAPPAS (37), a balding chubby Greek-American snores heavily. Above his bed are posters of Tom Hanks in BIG and Marlon Brando in THE GODFATHER.
 
A woman’s sleep t-shirt is hiked up her back ever so slightly, revealing an inkling of “side boob.” This is the side boob of michelle pierson (36), A SWEET-NATURED HARDWORKING FULL-TIME MOM WHO IS SOUND ASLEEP.
 
The person staring creepily at this side boob is her husband BRETT PIERSON (37), who’s tall, skinny and picky. Brett is wide awake, trying to figure out what to do about this side boob.
 
TINA MORRIS (39), an energetic hotty with a Texas accent, finishes putting on her high heels in Craig Weets’ immaculately clean and sparse bedroom. She’s wearing hoochie clothes most definitely rom the night before.
 
CRAIG WEETS (45) is getting dressed, revealing his perfectly ripped torso. He dons a polo shirt, court casual type shorts and a nifty cap, all branded with the “Scarab” logo.
 
“Oh Fuck, It’s You”
 
NICK MILLER (EARLY 30S, GOOD LOOKING IN AN
EASY-GOING KIND OF WAY), SHIRTLESS, IS IN BED READING
SOMETHING ON HIS PHONE.
 
WENDY COOKE, (EARLY 30S, AN ADORABLE BUNDLE OF ENERGY) IN AN OVERSIZED BEARS SHIRT, IS ALSO IN BED, PHONE TO HER EAR. HER APARTMENT IS MESSY AND CLUTTERED BUT IN A COOL WAY, ROMANCE NOVELS ON THE NIGHT STAND, FLOWERS, PHOTOS, ETC.
 
WARREN CULP (LATE 30'S, WENDY'S KIND, UNASSUMING FIANCE) ROLLS OVER AND HIS FACE ENDS UP NEAR WENDY'S CHEST.
 
HANNAH (21, CUTE AS HELL
AND SPEAKS IN AN AFFECTED WAY: A COMBO OF HIPSTER MEETS BAKED
PERSON)
 
 
Alex and Amy
 
ALEX PROTKO and AMY MOYNIHAN are having the BEST DATE EVER. Amy is an adorably sloppy tomboy in a Chicago Bears T-shirt and grimy Chuck Taylors. Alex looks like a J. Crew model, only cleaner. Despite their stylistic differences, they’re clearly infatuated with each other. They walk down the street, arms draped around each other, laughing at some private joke. We FREEZE on their joy.
 
Alex’s best friend PRIS is sulking on the couch as they watch a
movie. She’s in her early 20s-- a brilliant, moody girl with
a chip on her shoulder.
 
 
Pris is drinking a pre-party glass of wine in the kitchen with Alex’s other best friend CORY. Cory is in his early 20s-- a fussy, twee little who looks (and acts) like he’s seen to many Wes Anderson movies. Pris is dressed very nicely in a dress that happens to have cap sleeves.
 
Nice subtle indication of the passage of time… Alex and Amy, still in their work clothes, are playing X-Box in the living room.
 
Nice, easy and breezy action writing: Amy enters the office, carrying a large Frappucino and wearing her best attempt at professional garb. It’s all a little too short, tight and disheveled.