THE LIAM SMITH SHOW
Episode 1.13: "The Vegas Witch Project"
Written by Jason Donner
FADE IN
LIAM'S APARTMENT - DAY
The room is empty for a moment as the camera zooms in on a BUZZ LIGHTYEAR
doll and a WOODY doll sitting on a shelf. The camera holds on them for a few
more moments waiting... waiting... waiting...
WOODY
What are YOU looking at!? Think we're going to come
to life and prance around or something?
BUZZ
Yeah, Beat it! This is Real Life! Stuff like that
just doesn't happen!
The camera pans away from them and to a GREEN LANTERN Bean Bag doll.
GREEN LANTERN
Oh, no! Don't look at me either!
The camera pans past Green Lantern and finds the door. LIAM SMITH busts in
holding a BLOCKBUSTER BAG.
LIAM
I got it! I got it! I.... GOT IT!!!
Liam takes a VIDEO TAPE out of the bag and shoves it into his VCR. He grabs
a bag of POPCORN and a SODA and leaps onto the couch.
LIAM
I've been waiting months for Kari Wuhrer's new direct
to video movie to get here and now it's here! At long
last... it's here!
SHOW TV
KARI WUHRER appears on the television.
KARI
Thank you for renting Kari Wuhrer's Catholic High
School Group Shower, Mudbath, and Orgy Part VII. I'm
the star, Kari Wuhrer formerly of television's Sliders.
INSERT SHOT
Liam freezes as Kari appears.
THE TV
KARI
I'd like to dedicate this movie to the one man in my
life. One man... who I haven't seen in a couple of
years... The one man... MY one man.
Kari begins to massage her chest and breathe into the camera.
KARI
Oh, baby... I wish you was here with me now, oh...
What I wouldn't do to my little Las Vegas man!
Kari begins to hyperventilate and lick her lips passionately.
KARI
Oh, I'm getting so... HOT! OH! OH! OH! GOD,
YES! YES!!! YES!!!
Kari begins to orgasm.
CUT TO
Liam is leaning over the coffee table wide-eyed at what he is seeing. Woody,
Buzz, and the Green Lantern doll are sitting on the back of the couch equally
amazed.
BUZZ
Wow, what a slut!
LIAM
[shocked]
WHA...!?
Liam quickly turns around but, as he does, the soda flies out of his hand and
lands on top of the VCR causing it to smoke and spit out sparks and flames.
Kari Wuhrer's image distorts and fades and the audio turns into a loud
farting noise.
LIAM
Kari! Nooooooooooooooooo!!!
WOODY
Oh, hell... I just know he's going to blame us for
this!
FADE OUT
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Theme Song (sung to the theme of "You Got a Friend in Me")
It's time for Liam Smith.
It's time for Liam Smith.
I thought this show should have petered out,
but a lot of our fans are quite devote.
They want to know what we're all about,
Oh, it's time of Liam Smith.
It's time for Liam Smith.
It's time for Liam Smith.
OLÉ!
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THE LIAM SMITH SHOW
STARRING
Dian Bachar
as
"Liam Smith"
Ed Asner
as
"Mister Hilter"
GUEST STARRING
The Stick
as
"Harry the Handyman"
and
Jason Donner
as
"Mayor Thaddeus Donner"
SPECIAL APPEARANCES BY
Tim Allen
as
the voice of
"Buzz Lightyear"
Tom Hanks
as
the voice of
"Woody"
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
as
"Thacery"
and
"Jason Biggs"
as
"Jebidiah"
AND SPECIAL GUEST STAR
Kari Wuhrer
and
Charlie O'Connell
as
"Colin"
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FADE IN
HARRY THE HANDYMAN is hard at work fixing Liam's VCR as Liam watches in the
background clutching a pillow and rocking back and forth, muttering to
himself.
HARRY
Relax, guy. I don't normally do this, but I'll have
your VCR working in no time.
LIAM
Must see... Catholic High School Group Shower, Mudbath,
and Orgy Part VII!
HARRY
Ah, the new Kari Wuhrer direct to video movie. You
know, there's been something I've been meaning to ask
you... You know, ever since I first met you, you seem
to have this strange attachment to Kari Wuhrer almost
as if you've actually met her. Care to fill me in on
that, good buddy?
LIAM
It was so... long... ago, Harry and it's such a long
story. It all began back in...
Harry puts the cover back on the VCR.
HARRY
No time to listen, I'm done.
LIAM
Oh... Well, that didn't take long.
HARRY
I didn't have a recording head handy, so I used this.
Harry holds up a glowing green rock.
HARRY
It fell to Earth from outer space last year and the
strange glowing ooze I found inside seemed to make
the perfect VHS recording head, however, I must warn
you that it's unknown properties make it dangerous to...
Liam starts pushing Harry out the door.
LIAM
Yeah, yeah, yeah... Less talking more bouncing. Must
watch Kari Wuhrer sex movie! Okay, bye-bye now!
Liam slams the door and jumps back onto the couch. He tries to use his
remote but it doesn't work.
LIAM
DAMMIT! Well, guess I'll have to do this the old
fashioned way.
Liam gets up and hits the play button.
INSERT:
THE TV
The end credits are rolling.
LIAM
What the...!? Huh, I guess the movie was still
playing while Harry was working on the VCR. No
problem, I'll just rewind the movie!
Liam presses the rewind button. Suddenly, the VCR begins to hum in a bright
green glow.
LIAM
...the hell!?
Liam grabs the VCR just as it is engulfed in a spectacular Quantum
Leap type special effect. When the effect subsides, Liam and the VCR are
gone.
RIPPLE DISSOLVE TO
A 17th century village. Villagers are roaming around in signature black and
white clothing.
SUBTITLE
Las Vegas, 1692
Two villagers approach each other. They are JEBIDIAH and THACERY
JEBIDIAH
What ho, Thacery?
THACERY
Jebidiah, tis a good morrow.
JEBIDAH
Indeed. Did thou catchith thine latest Vicoria's
Secret catalogue? The new fashions show the whole ankle!
THACERY
Surly ye jest! Thine would be obscene!
JEBIDAH
Indeed... But very fetching.
THACERY
Ah, good friend. Methinks nothing should disrupt our
humble and happy lifestyle.
JEBIDIAH
Tis a fine wish.
Suddenly, Liam holding a VCR appears in the Quantum Leap type effect.
Jebidiah and Thacery jump back.
THACERY
What in God's name?
LIAM
Where the hell am I?
JEBIDIAH
Tis a witch! Thou usith Satan's name!
THACERY
Run! Run like the wind!
Jebidiah and Thacery run like hell.
LIAM
Hey wait! I just... nevermind. Where am I? Is this
some kind of new dark ages casino?
TOWN HALL
Jebidiah and Thacery run into the hall and meet MAYOR THADDEUS DONNER (played
by Jason Donner who also plays DONNER)
JEBIDIAH
Mayor Donner! Thacery and I sawith a witch in the
square, thereily!
THACERY
Tis the truth he speaks! We must kill the cursed
creature... Thereliy!
THADDEUS DONNER
Jebidah! Thacery! This is 1692! We can't just
runith around killing people left and right just
because we assumeith thou art witches! We must put
thine person on trial and tryith him in a fair and
impartial way...
[a beat]
...and THEN we shall killith him... Thereily!
Thaddeus Donner goes to a glass case containing an unlit torch and the words
"In case of Witch, break glass". He breaks the glass and takes the torch and
lights it.
THADDEUS DONNER
Let's smackith this witch up!
MUSIC STING
FADE OUT
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- M&Ms: They Melt in Your Mouth and Not in Your Hands.
- Lays: You Can't Eat Just One.
- Dyanetics by L. Ron Hubbard.
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FADE IN
THE COURT HOUSE
Liam is tied up and stands before the angry townsfolk who keep chanting,
"Burnith the witch! Burnith the witch!". At the prosecution side stands
Jebidiah and Thacery ready to convict Liam of witchery. Mayor Thaddeus
Donner sits on the judge's stand wearing one of those powdered wig thingies.
At the defense sits COLIN MALLORY, Liam's only hope for a fair trial.
THADDEUS DONNER
Thacery, Jebidiah... State your case.
JEBIDIAH
Thank you, your honor. Ladies and gentlemen of thy
jury. Thy man that sitith in front of thou is a witch.
We ask that we be allowed to burnith he... thereily!
We restith our case.
Jebidiah sits and the crowd goes wild.
CROWD
BURNITH THE WITCH!!! BURNITH THE WITCH!!!
THADDEUS DONNER
Good job, men. Now - as if there is really any point -
Colin Mallory shall make his case for the defense.
Thaddeus Donner takes out a paper and starts to read. The headline reads
"PRESIDENTIAL SEX SCANDAL: HE LOOKED AT HER KNEES!" Colin stands.
COLIN
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury... Lookith around
you... Lookith at what you're doing! Thou art using
circumstantial evidence to condemn a man to death!
You all claim to be God's servants, but you violate
God's law by killing! Is this was God wants for thou
to do? For goodness sake, people, it's 1692! The days
of rampant witch burning should be left behind us!
Let us takeith our civilization into the 18th century!
Ladies and gentlemen, I implore thou! Say nay to
burning... say yay to progress! Thine children will
thankith thee!
The courtroom is silent for a moment until an old woman jumps up in the back.
OLD WOMAN
COLIN MALLORY'S A WITCH! BURNITH HIM!
CROWD
BURNITH HIM!!! BURNITH HIM!!!
A throng of people grab Colin and drag him outdoors. The roar of a fire can
be heard as the crowd re-enters.
THADDEUS DONNER
Riiiiiiight. Well, now that THAT'S it out of the way.
Liam Smith, how douth thous plead to the charge of
witchcraft?
LIAM
How do I plead? How do I plead? How about... DON'T
BURN ME AT THE STAKE!? How's that for pleading?
THADDEUS DONNER
Not bad, but I could have used more tears. You know,
more feeling.
COLIN
[from outside]
OH, GOD! IT BURNS, IT BURNS!
THADDEUS DONNER
Sort of like that.
LIAM
I see.
THADDEUS DONNER
Liam Smith, I hearby findith thou guilty of witchcraft!
JEBIDIAH
Thereily!
THADDEUS DONNER
Yes, thereily! Thereily I find thee guilty and thereily
I shall condemn thee to be burned at yonder stake until
thee art dead! Thereily!
LIAM
But I'm not a witch!
THADDEUS DONNER
Tis what they all sayith!
LIAM
Maybe that's what they all say because they're all
innocent!
THADDEUS DONNER
A likely story. Takeith him to thy stake!
THACERY
Uhhh, Mayor Donner... We only haveith one stake and
thy stake is currently in use... thereily.
COLIN
OH, GOD! PLEASE! JUST LET ME DIE! LET ME DIE!
THADDEUS DONNER
Thou art right, of course. We shall have to waitith
until Colin Mallory burnith out like yon candle wick!
It should not takith TOO long.
JEBIDIAH
Thereily.
THADDEUS DONNER
Yes, thereily.
CUT TO
A 17th century jail cell. The flames from Colin's burning are visible
through the window.
SUBTITLE
TWO DAYS LATER
COLIN
JESUS H. CHIRST, ALLMIGHTY! PLEASE, SOMEONE SHOOTITH
ME IN THY HEAD! I WANT TO DIE!!! I WANT TO DIE!!!
LIAM
Wow, he must have ate a lot of oily food.
MISTER HILTER suddenly appears out of a doorway made of light. He steps
through and the door shuts.
LIAM
Mister Hilter! What are you doing here in 1692?
HILTER
Actually, I'm still in the year 2000. Harry made a
holographic imager that's transmitting my image to you
kind of like that show, Quantum...
LIAM
Jeapers! Mister Hilter! I'm stuck in 1692! How am I
going to get home!?
HILTER
We're working on that, Liam. As far as we can figure
you have do do something to change history for the better
before you are sent home.
LIAM
What am I supposed to do?
HILTER
Well, according to Ziggy, you...
LIAM
Ziggy?
HILTER
The funny looking quantum physisist from next door.
LIAM
Oh.
HILTER
Acording to Ziggy, there's a 78% chance you're here
to put an end to the witch trials before a Mister
Colin Mallory is burned at the stake.
Liam bites his lip and looks outside.
COLIN
IT BURNS!!! IT BURNS!!!
HILTER
[looks outside]
Oh. Well... Okay.
LIAM
Maybe I'm just supposed to put an end to the witch
trials period.
HILTER
I doubt that. Just do as I tell you!
Liam walks over to the toliet and starts taking a leak.
LIAM
You know, you think you're so smart but honestly...
How much time travel have YOU done in your lifetime!
HILTER
More than you think, Liam. Just do as I say and you'll
be all right!
Jebidiah walks in and, of course, he doesn't see Mister Hilter. Only Liam
taking a wizz. Liam doesn't notice him.
LIAM
You know, this is always how it goes, isn't it? Whenever
I find myself in a pickle, you just pop up and start
telling me what to do! I don't know why I ever listen
to you and that funny-looking bald head of yours! You
just keep quiet and I'll figure out a way out of this
myself! Now, now... don't get all down because I yelled
at you. Perk up!
JEBIDIAH
Ye god! Thou art more sick than we thoughith! Thou cur
speakith to thine pee pee!
Jebidiah runs off.
LIAM
What's his problem? Hasn't he ever had to pee before?
Don't they do that in 1692?
CUT TO
TOWN SQUARE
Colin's fire is still burning.
COLIN
What's that smell? What's that burning pork smell?
Oh, yeah... THAT'S ME!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
CUT TO
THE JAIL CELL
SUBTITLE
TWO MORE DAYS LATER
LIAM
Wow, must be all of that greese on his face. Very
flamable.
Thaddeus Donner, Jebidiah, and Thacery enter.
THADDEUS DONNER
All right, Liam Smith. We have been waiting longith
enough!
THACERY
Thereily!
LIAM
I am not a witch! I'm just from the future! From the
year 2000!
JEBIDIAH
Tis a ruse! Just like the Mcfly witch or that guy in
the police box we burned!
THADDEUS DONNER
Tis the truth! Thou art a witch, Liam Smith!
LIAM
But I am innocent!
THADDEUS DONNER
If you're so innocent, why won't thou admit that you are not?
LIAM
Because I'm not!
THADDEUS DONNER
Innocent?
LIAM
A witch.
THADDEUS DONNER
No matter! Since we don't have a stake to burnith you on, we
are just going to let you go!
LIAM
That's good!
THADDEUS DONNER
...if you can passith our test!
LIAM
Passith what test?
THADDEUS DONNER
The test we have called, "The Test You Must Passith If you
Art Not a Witch!"
LIAM
I see. What's involved in this test? Can I study for it?
THADDEUS DONNER
We shall dunkith thee in thy river. If thou survivith,
thou art a witch and we shall burnith thee! If thou
drownith, thou art innocent and thou shall be set free!
JEBIDIAH
Thereily!
LIAM
Wait a minute, if I drown then I'll still be...
THADDEUS DONNER
Thy trial shall beginith tomorrow morning!
Donner, Jebidiah, and Thacery leaves.
LIAM
Why me? Why am I always tortured like this?
COLIN
AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
LIAM
Oh, shut up!
MUSIC STING
FADE OUT
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Is it Live or Memorex?
Duracel: The Coppertop.
Pringles: One you stop, you can't stop!
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FADE IN
THE RIVER - THE NEXT DAY
Liam has been tied to a large rock and is sitting next to the river. The
townsfolk are gathered around ready to watch the execution. Mister Hilter is
there also in holographic form.
LIAM
This looks bad, Mister Hilter.
HILTER
Very bad, kid. In fact, I don't see a humanly way
possible for you to get out of this with your life.
This is the end of the road for you, Liam. But don't
worry... I'll be here for you.
LIAM
Thanks, Mister Hilter.
HILTER
But the second you hit that water, I'm outta here. I
tried to sit through Faces of Death once and I
just couldn't. I'm too squeamish. I can't stand the
fact that water will be filling your lungs...
LIAM
Mister Hilter?
HILTER
...causing microscopic blood vessels to pop...
LIAM
Uh, Mister Hilter?
HILTER
...filling your weakened lungs with blood, water, and
puss until they burst...
LIAM
MISTER HILTER!?
HILTER
Hmm? Oh, like I was saying, Liam, my boy. I'll be
here for as long as you know.
LIAM
Believe it or not, that's the second nicest thing
anyone's ever said to me.
Thaddeus Donner walks up with Jebidiah and Thacery.
THADDEUS DONNER
Doth thou haveith any last words, oh condemned one.
THACERY
Thereily?
LIAM
Yes, I do.
The crowd moans in disgust.
LIAM
I know you fear me. To you, I'm sure that my
futuristic way of conversation and dress may seem
scary and, yes, a little sacrilegious. But that's
the way things are in the 21st century. That's what
the morals of this country are founded on... Freedom!
The freedom to be yourself and not fear persecution!
The freedom to dress, talk, and act the way you want
without worrying about the masses. Oh, people... the
future is such a great place. Sure, we've got out
problems and individual strifes, but we have our freedom
too and we've fought wars and stuff to keep it and we
wouldn't trade it for...
SPLASH! Liam and the big rack as pushed into the river.
THADDEUS DONNER
There! Methinks thou would'st hath never shut up!
LIAM
Oh, this is JUST GREAT!
Everyone looks out onto the water and sees that Liam and the rock are only
submerged about a foot.
JEBIDIAH
Dear me, I could have sworn the river was deeper than
that!
THADDEUS DONNER
Well, this is just peachy! Fishith him out of there
and we shall try again further downstream!
COLIN
No!
THADDEUS DONNER
Wha...!?
Everyone turns around and sees COLIN MALLORY stagger towards the crowd,
determination beaming from his blackened face. He's still smoking and he's
got a little flame flickering on his shoulder.
THADDEUS DONNER
Colin Mallory! How did'st thou...!?
COLIN
Survivith thy flames? I was innocent and so is Liam
Smith! There be no such thing as witches! Thou art
all mad! I begith you, stop this now!
THADDEUS DONNER
Well... you DID surviveith the trial by fire and thou
ART entitled to one wish.
COLIN
Then I wishith for thou to stop the killings! Stop
the witch trials!
THADDEUS DONNER
Then thy shall be done! Let Liam Smith go!
Jebidiah and Thacery cut Liam loose from the big rock as the villagers boo
and hiss.
LIAM
Wow, thanks for your help, Colin.
COLIN
Notith a problem.
THADDEUS DONNER
Now, all we have to do is burnith Colin and everything
shall be right as rain!
The townsfolk grab Colin and start back to the square with him.
COLIN
But! But! You said no more witch trails!
THADDEUS DONNER
And there shant be. But your trial is already over
and you've been sentenced to die by burning at thy stake!
COLIN
But I wished...
THADDEUS DONNER
You wished for Liam Smith to be freed and he is. A
rather stupid thing to do in my opinion.
COLIN
Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!
Everyone but Thaddeus Donner and Liam leaves.
THADDEUS DONNER
Now, my young friend, is there anything I can doith for
thou?
LIAM
I guess I need my VCR back. It's how I traveled back in
time to here in the first place.
THADDEUS DONNER
Consider it done. Thereily! Tellith me, what is the
year 2000 like?
LIAM
Oh, it's not so bad. We've got the internet, digital
satellite TV, DVD, 24 hour porno channels, and a
fascinating little device called telephone dating.
You know, now that I think of it... I'm best friends
with your great, great, great, great, great, great,
great, great, great, great, great, great,
greatgreatgreatgreatgreat grandson, Jason Donner.
THADDEUS DONNER
That is fascinating. Come, before thou returnith to
thy wonderful future, we shall have a celebration! There
shall be apple-bobbing, square dancing, and fiddles. We
shall party as if it is 1699!
LIAM
Wow, just like the Bob Dole campaign rally!
THADDEUS DONNER
Oh, thou knows young Bob Dole?
FADE TO:
TOWNS SQUARE - THE NEXT DAY
Colin Mallory is still screaming and burning at the stake. Witches are
flying on broomsticks all over the town kidnapping children and terrorizing
the populous.
CITY HALL
Thaddeus Donner is shooting at the sky with his musket.
THADDEUS DONNER
[mocking Colin]
There's no such thing as witches. Nyaa nyaa nyaa nyaa
nyaa nyaa nyaa!
Thaddeus fires into the sky and a witch falls on the ground. He takes a
pencil and makes another mark on the window lattice.
TOWN SQUARE
Liam and the holographic Hilter are putting the finishing touches on the VCR.
LIAM
There! Are you sure this is going to...
Liam ducks to avoid a low-flying witch.
LIAM
...to bring me back to the future?
HILTER
Either that or it will turn your body inside out in
a big heaping pile of sinew and nasty bloody stuff.
LIAM
A simple yes or no will do.
Liam sits the VCR aside and watches the witch-induced chaos.
LIAM
You know, all this time I thought that people of this
era were crazy to have allowed witch trials and stuff.
Who would have thought that they were really exterminating
witches all along? Do you think we've irreparably destroyed
the future by what we've done here today?
HILTER
I don't think so. I mean, after all, I'm still here in
2000 and everything looks pretty much normal. It looks
like all of your speeches about freedom and the future
amounted to dick because things still turn out the way
they always did. Funny.
LIAM
Yeah. Well, I guess it's time for me to come home.
Liam picks up the VCR.
LIAM
So long, 1692.
TOWNSFOLK and WITCHES
So long, Liam Smith.
OLD WOMAN
You twit!
COLIN
Auuuuuuuuuugh!!!
Liam presses the "fast foreword" button and disappears in a Quantum Leap type
effect.
RIPPLE DISSOLVE TO:
LAS VEGAS - As before.
SUBTITLE
LAS VEGAS... 3212 AD
Liam Smith appears in the middle of a casino populated by talking apes.
APE #1
Oh dear, what a horrible floor show!
APE #2
What shall we do with the human?
APE #3
Let's... BURN IT!
LIAM
Gah! Get your hands off of me, you DAMNED DIRTY APES!
Liam presses "rewind" and vanishes.
RIPPLE DISSOLVE TO:
LIAM'S APARTMENT
Liam is sitting on the couch watching Kari Wuhrer on TV. THIS IS EXACTLY
WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EPISODE.
KARI
I'd like to dedicate this movie to the one man in my
life. One man... who I haven't seen in a couple of
years... The one man... MY one man.
Kari begins to massage her chest and breathe into the camera.
KARI
Oh, baby... I wish you was here with me now, oh...
What I wouldn't do to my little Las Vegas man!
Kari begins to hyperventilate and lick her lips passionately.
KARI
Oh, I'm getting so... HOT! OH! OH! OH! GOD,
YES! YES!!! YES!!!
The TIME TRAVELING LIAM SMITH FROM THE FUTURE appears. Liam Smith from the
past doesn't notice.
FUTURE LIAM
Wow! I'm back where I started!
PAST LIAM
What the...!?
Past Liam jumps and his soda douses the VCR causing the picture to go screwy
and the sound to turn into a prolonged farting noise.
PAST LIAM
No! Kari, No!
[to Future Liam]
Look what you had me do!
FUTURE LIAM
Sorry man. Maybe you should get Harry to fix it!
FUTURE LIAM presses "fast foreword" on his VCR and disappears. Past Liam
picks up the phone.
PAST LIAM
Hello, Harry? Yeah, I just caused myself to break my
VCR and I told me to call you because I said you could
fix it and then I vanished.
[a pause]
You heard me!
RIPPLE DISSOLVE TO:
LIAM'S APARTMENT
Liam appears and checks the calendar. Success!
LIAM
Thank God!
Mister Hilter enters.
LIAM
Oh, Mister Hilter! I'm back! I'm back from 1692!
HILTER
Indeed you are! Come now, there's work to be done!
LIAM
What work?
HILTER
The work, of the empire! The work... of our beloved
Fuer!
Hilter turns to go out the door and we see that he is wearing a NAZI SWASTIKA
on one arm. Liam goes to the window and peers out.
INSERT SHOT
EXT. LAS VEGAS
It's a nightmare. In this perverted alternate version of 2000, Nazi Germany
has conquered the USA. There are Nazi Swastikas and Nazi troops everywhere.
LIAM
Yes, I AM going to fix this.
[he looks at the camera]
But first!
The walks over to the TV, hooks up the VCR, and hits play. Kari Wuhrer's
Catholic High School Group Shower, Mudbath, and Orgy VII begins to play as
we...
FADE OUT
THE END
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