The Source...

[MrsGarrettRocksMySocks]

ok, so, I'm in the mood to type an episode(which may prove to be more trouble than I thought...but..whateva!) soooo, how many people haven't seen "The Source?!"

[Czas na Zywiec]

Originally posted by Charlotte Rae Fan
ok, so, I'm in the mood to type an episode(which may prove to be more trouble than I thought...but..whateva!) soooo, how many people haven't seen "The Source?!"

Me. And since you brought it up, I was thinking of writing up a transcript too. Maybe for liek Fear Strikes Back or something. Hey I'm up to do anything, since I'm bored all the times.

[ks]

"Where's Poppa" ... someone PLEASE do that transcript. PLEASE!










ks

[*Marilyn Monroe*]

Yeah...id like to read ANY transcripts anyone has, especially Cruisin, does anyone have that one?

[LynnFOL]

I've seen "The Source", but it'd be cool to read, and it'd be good for the people who haven't seen it yet.
Oh and this reminds me I have the transcripts for "New Girl 1 & 2", it's on one of my floppies somewhere. Anyone want me to post it (If I find it)? It has scenes that Hallmark took out like the conversation Mrs. G. had with Blair.

[Warm & Fuzzy]

I've seen it!

Can someone do... *thinks*... "Just My Finals" (They're only finals?) or something like that.. Where Blair takes some finals, lol..

I'm losing it, noooooooo! FOL FOR TNN!

[LynnFOL]

Originally posted by Jo's the bomb
I've seen it!
Can someone do... *thinks*... "Just My Finals" (They're only finals?) or something like that.. Where Blair takes some finals, lol..
I'm losing it, noooooooo! FOL FOR TNN!

Do you mean "Take My Finals, Please"? If so that's a great ep!

[MrsGarrettRocksMySocks]

pokay, I think i'll post in parts since...I don't have it all done yet, and, I never realized how many PAGES these thigns are! lol!!
The Source

Mrs. G: What is it, Natalie?
Nat: Mrs. Garrett, I had this idea. I was gonna write this really important story for the school paper. For a change!
Blair: Oh, I don’t know, I really loved you up close and personal look at the bowling team! *laughter from the audience*
Tootie: Or that story on how Peekskill got it’s name! * more laughter from the audience*
Nat: Stories like that are the reason no one reads the Eastlander anymore!
Jo: My biology class never misses an issue! They’re great for the hamster cages!
Nat: Well, this story I was working on was gonna change all that. It was a blockbuster!
Tootie: You never said anything about it.
Nat: It was gonna be a secret. I was gonna tackle this really big issue.
Tootie: Like cheating?
Nat: Too old fashioned.
Jo: Drugs?
Nat: Too cheshay! (haha…that’s not how you spell it, but..whatever..)
Blair: VD??
Mrs. G: BLAIR…
Blair: Valentine’s Day!!
Mrs. G: mmmmmhhhmmmm
Nat: Abortion.
Mrs. G: Natalie, abortion’s a tough subject for a high school newpaper.
Blair: That IS a little touchy, don’t you think?
Nat: Of course, but abortion is an important issue and it deserves attention. It’s controversial, emotional…
Tootie: Exploitable!
Mrs. G: Yea, I hate to think you were doing this just to boost circulation!
Nat: It’s more than that Mrs. Garrett! I wanted to make waves with this; stir things up!
Mrs. G: Well, personally, I can never get enough of your bowling articles. They’re informative and snappy. They really bowl me over. *laughs and notices Nat isn’t laughing and stops* sorry.
Nat: Don’t worry, Mrs. Garrett, I can’t do the abortion story anyway.
Blair: Why not?
Nat: I couldn’t get anyone to talk. I couldn’t find ONE solid lead!
Mrs. G: Well, I know you’re disappointed, Natalie, but you’ll come up with something else! *taps Nat’s shoulder * Hey! Have you ever thought of a story about a gallant nutitionist and her dedicated workers *pulls Blair and Jo closer to her * Who helped her unload a truck full of groceries?
Jo: How big a truck?
Mrs. G: Come and see!
*Theme then commercial*
Tootie: Cheer up, Natalie. Even Lois Lane ahs a day like this every once in a while!
Nat: Yea, but look who she gets to come home to!
Tootie: Are you sure there’s no hope for your story?
Nat: I’ve called every clinic, Doctor’s office and hospital within 30 miles!
Tootie: and you got no help?
Nat: Just a lot of dry statistics and a cauliflower ear!
Tootie: Well, statistics are a start.
Nat: You can’t do a story on just numbers, you need a personal P.O.V! *Tootie looks confused* Point of View. Reporter talk.
Tootie: Riiight. So what you really need is a P.I.A. *Nat looks confused * Person It’s About…Tootie talk!
Nat: Yea
Tootie: A Louise!
Nat: Louise? Louise who? Do you know something about some girl named Louise?
Tootie: Calm down. I was just thinking about this imaginary friend I had when I was a little girl.
Nat: Imaginary?!
Tootie: I called her Louise, and she was terrific. She played all the games I liked to play. She took the blame whenever I was in trouble. She was anything I wanted her to be.
Nat: Louise!
Tootie: Yea… I wonder whatever happened to her.
Nat: I’m gonna do my abortion story ABOUT Lousie!
Tootie: You what?
Nat: I’ll make it a composite of all the cases I’ve read about. 40 hourse of research to create the perfect Louise!
Tootie: You can’t do that!
Nat: Oh sure I can, it’s done all the time!
Tootie: Really?
Nat: Sometimes…
Tootie: Well, I guess if you say in your article that you made the person up, then…
Nat: Well…no, we wouldn’t wanna to that. Take away from the story’s impact.
Tootie: But that’s dishonest.
Nat: Oh, It’s not like I’m making any of the important stuff up. I’ve done my research. I’ve got my facts.
Tootie: Yea, but Nat…
Nat: and even if I were to use a real person I’d have to change her name anyway! Tootie, this is important.
Tootie: What is Nat? The story? Or the number of papers you sell?
Nat: What’s wrong with a little of both? Tootie, trust me. I’m a journalist. I know what I’m doin’.
*Nat coming in the cafeteria with people congratulating her on the article*
Girl 1: Natalie I have never read anything so moving in my life. I haven’t been this touched since Bambi.
Jo: Hey Nat, this is powerful stuff.
Blair: I was really impressed with the style. It was strong, yet sensitive. Warm yet objective. Penetrating, yet..
Jo: She liked it too.
Terri: ummm, do you think they’ll be a movie made or anything? Cause I’ve done a little acting, and…
Nat: I’ll have my people call your people!
Blair: I can’t believe that it actually happened to one of us!
Terri: and that you got her to open up like that!
Nat: We experienced journalists have our little tricks.
Tootie: I’m getting a TENSION headache…
Jo: Hey, Tootie, what’d you think of Nat’s article?
Tootie: Um, I thought it was very…authentic. Especially the statistics part.
Blair: For me it was the personal slant that made it so powerful. It wasn’t just ABOUT abortion. I felt as thought I knew this girl…Do I?
Nat: I can’t say.
Blair: Oh, Come on, Nat, you can tell us.
Tootie: No…no she can’t.
Nat: It would be a violation of my journalistic ethics.
Jo: That’s right! How do you think reporters get big stories? By protecting their sources! Even if it means goin’ ta jail!
Blair: No one’s asking her to do time! I just…want a little hint. Like her name.
Nat: I really can’t.
Tootie: You can say THAT again.
Jo: Ya know what, I think this piece is good enough to be entered into that…uh…high school journalism contest they hold each year.
Nat: Oh, I don’t know!
Jo: Oh, yea, absolutely! This could win!
Tootie: Well, what do you think of THAT Natalie?
Nat: Well, I hadn’t really thought about it, but now that Jo’s mentioned it.
Jo: Journalism is a tough racket! Ya gotta be a killer!You think Barbara Walters LIKES bein’ pushy? Come on, Nat, enter the contest! Just think, you could win an electric typewriter! A dictionary with thumb tabs on it! A …a summer job as a cub (lol…I dunno WHAT Jo said…so I put what I THOUGHT she said) reporter!
Nat: Oh…I’ll do it, I’ll do it!
*Mrs. G enters*: Oh, it’s happening again!
Blair: Mrs. Garrett, did you read Natalie’s article? What a bombshell!
Mrs. G: You’re telling me! Natalie, Mr. Parker is on his way over here.
Jo: Ah! He want to congratulate her on the piece?
Mrs. G: Not exactly…He’s…oh, why does he always do this to me? His exact words were, ‘Tell Natalie we HAVE a problem.”
Nat: We do?
Mrs. G: He demands, in no uncertain terms, that you tell him the name of that girl in your article. He said, you have 24 hours to do it, or you’ll have to leave school.
*commercial *


sorry to cut you at a commercial, but...that's how I'll do the rest of it...by commercial breaks. I think there's only two more...so, there's not MUCH more to type...

[Czas na Zywiec]

Originally posted by LynnFOL

Do you mean "Take My Finals, Please"? If so that's a great ep!

Yea,I'm so glad that Hallmark decided to skip that episode. Thanks Hallmark, love ya. (Feel the sarcasm?)

[Czas na Zywiec]

Originally posted by ks
"Where's Poppa" ... someone PLEASE do that transcript. PLEASE!

I would have, but no I just had to move the same time season 7 was starting.

[MindyCohnFan]

HURRY UP LIZZIE!!! Actually I would love to read the rest of it. Later!

[*Marilyn Monroe*]

Thank you Lizzie! I cant wait to read the rest of it!

BTW...does anyone have the one where Jo has to talk that person out of suicide? I'd love to read that one, because I've never seen it.

[MrsGarrettRocksMySocks]

*Mrs. G., Mr. Parker, and Nat in the lounge *
Nat: But Mr. Parker! I CAN’T tell you the girl’s name!
Mr. Parker: Natalie, I understand your position. I’d like for you to try and understand mine!
Nat: But what’s at stake here, is the right of a journalist to protect her sources!
Mrs. G: Natalie, I’m sure Mr. Parker respects the rights of a free press. Don’t you?
Mr. Parker: Well of course I do! But in this case, they’re beside the point!
Nat: Sure, principles are okay, as long as they don’t inconvience you!
Mr. Parker: I’ve had nothing but frantic phone calls all day wanting to know if it’s THEIR daughter that had the abortion! I think they deserve a better answer than, “Well, you guess is as good as mine!”
Mrs. G: Mr. Parker, I know you’re concerned about this girl, but…
Mr. Parker: Yes, I AM! She’s been through a terrible experience.
Nat: She’s come through it fine! Believe me, she’s a brick!
Mr. Parker: Natalie, I can’t let you be the final judge of what’s best for this girl. That’s MY job.
Nat: I can’t tell you who she is.
Mr. Parker: Then, you’ll have to leave school.
Nat: I’ll be expelled?
Mr. Parker: Suspended. You’ll be able to come back when you’re willing to tell us the girl’s name.
Nat: I’ll be expelled. * Mr. Parker leaves*
Mrs. G: I’ll try to talk to him. *leaves *
Jo: Ok, Nat, we heard everything. We don’t have to take this!This is a clear-cut infringement of our first amendment rights! We’ll…we’ll call the Washington Post! The New York Times! Even Heraldo Rivera himself.
Blair: To be tickled by that moustache!
Jo: Cases like this go to the Supreme Court! Don’t they Tootie?
Blair: Or, you COULD just tell Mr. Parker what he wants to know…
Nat: It’s not quite that simple.
Tootie: You bet it isn’t. Natalie, we’re talking about your suspension!
Jo: Look at it this way, there’s a lot of kids out there who look uip to ya for bein’ kicked outta school. You’ll be a celebrity!
Tootie: Great, You’ll be famous AND STUPID!
Blair: Ya know, my mother use to date a judge. I’ll ask her to give him a call.
Jo: Ok, you contact your mother, I’ll try Heraldo! *Blair and Jo leave *
*Nat and Tootie in the girls’ room. *
Tootie: Natalie, I can’t believe you’re actually leaving! I can’t believe you’re letting things go THIS far, just to save yourself a little embarrassment.
Nat: I can handle a LITTLE embarrassment! It’s humiliation I have trouble with.
Tootie: But if you leave everything will…will change.
*pause *
Nat: Here, I think this is yours, it’s the one with the article claiming Shawn Cassidy’s really an alien.
Tootie: Natalie if you would…
*Annie enters * Hi Tootie…Natalie…
Tootie: Hi.
Nat: Hi Annie…
Annie: Hey, I didn’t get a chance to congratulate you on your article.
Nat: thanks!
Annie: Ya know, it’s all everybody’s been talking about.It was so….well written.
Nat: Ya think so?
Tootie: I don’t believe it. *leaves *
Annie: So…uh… I guess that rumor about you being suspended is true, huh?
Nat: I guess it is.
Annie: Ya know,what you’re doing is so noble, Natalie. Taking a stand for a principle.
Nat: Yea, well.
Annie: I mean, how many people would find the courage to just turn their backs on the only way of life they’ve ever known. Just, walk away from their…their school, their friends…their future. Did you ever think it would cost this much?
Nat: No, Annie, not until you spelled it all out for me. Do you know what my life will be like at home? My parents will probably hand me a Samari Sword and say, “here, you know what to do!”
Annie: Natalie, don’t crumble. I’m counting on you.
Nat: For what?
Annie: Come on, Natalie, you don’t have to pretend anymore…it’s just us.
Nat: Pretend about what?
Annie: Ya know, I was afraid that this would happen. That you’d end up telling that it was me.
Nat: ANNIE! *softly * Louise…
Annie: Ya know…how did you find out Natalie? There are things in that article, that I didn’t think anybody knew about. I mean, who could’ve told you?
Nat: Don’t worry. No one at school knows.
Annie: Natalie, if you tell Mr. Parker, he’s gonna tell my parents.
Nat: Maybe they’ll understand.
Annie: You don’t know my parents. Ya know, once, when I was learning how to drive, I scratched the door of my father’s station wagon. Just a teeny little scratch. To this day he flinches everytime he sees it.
Nat: Annie. I didn’t mean to make trouble for you.
Annie: Ya know, when I first read your article…it…well, it really upset me. It was like, going through the whole thing all over again. But it was comforting too. I mean, well, I felt like there was someone out there who understood what I was feeling. And it really helped.
Nat: Please don’t make me out to be some kind of hero.
Annie: Natalie, look, I know that I have no right to ask you not to tell, but I’m asking. I gotta go…
*commercial *


The end is near...haha..there's not much left...I just have to wait for someone to leave my house so I can use the TV and computer at the same time...

[MrsGarrettRocksMySocks]

*Nat in the cafeteria and Mrs. G comes in. *
Nat: I have been looking ALL over for you!
Mrs. G: Oh, I had to take my car into the garage.
Nat: You didn’t tell me.
Mrs. G: I’m sorry…it was just one of those mad cap spur of the moment lube jobs.
Nat: I have a decision to make.
Mrs. G: I know.
Nat: But it’s not quite the decision I thought it was gonna be.
Mrs. G: What do you mean?
Nat: I don’t wanna leave Eastland.
Mrs. G: Oh Natalie, I spoke to Mr. Parker…and he just WON’T BUDGE. He insists on having the name of that girl in your article.
Nat: Mrs. Garrett, there was no girl in my article. I lied about Louise, I made her up!
Mrs. G: what?
Nat: I couldn’t get anyone to talk, and I didn’t want all my statistics to go to waste. I thought I was being a good reporter.
Mrs. G: Natalie, that’s not reporting, that’s FICTION! Do you realize all the worry and concern you’ve caused?
Nat: I’m really sorry.
Mrs. G: Well, you’re just gonna have to explain it to Mr. Parker, and, and hope that he understands. You’ll have to tell him…that there was no Louise.
Nat: I would…except there is a Louise.
Mrs. G: Now wait a minute…I’m getting confused.
Nat: Mrs. Garrett, I just found out that someone right here at Eastland went through almost EXACTLY what I wrote in my article. Mr. Parker’s been hounding me for a name and all of a sudden I’ve got one. Just one name…and I’m off the hook!
Mrs. G: Are you Natalie? You lied, Natalie. You wrote something you knew…wasn’t true. The fact that a Louise, HAPPENS to exsist doesn’t change that.
Nat: I didn’t think I was really lying.
Mrs. G: well, what do you think now?
Nat: I was REALLY lying.
Mrs. G: You’re making progress.
*Mr. Parker enters * Natalie, I think we should talk.
Nat: Of course, you do!
Mrs. G: Well, I better leave you two alone.
*Nat waves her hands in the air and has a “PLEASE STAY!” look on her face *
Mrs. G: oh, as soon as I gather up my things.
Mr. Parker: Natalie, I’ve been thinking about our conversation this afternoon, and uh, there are a few things I want to make clear to you.
Nat: I thought I had 24 hours to make up my mind?
Mrs. G: 24 hours, she’s absolutely right, Mr. Parker, you said TWENTY FOUR HOURS!
Mr. Parker: Edna, this isn’t Dodge City. I’m not ordering her out of town. As a matter of fact, I’m not even suspending her.
Nat: You’re NOT?!
Mrs. G: *excited * Why NOT!? *puts hand over mouth *
Nat: Mrs. Garrett, ya done with that?
Mrs. G: ALMOST.
Mr. Parker: see, Natalie, I was hoping that you would cooperate with me on this, but I can see it’s a matter of principle with you, and as my uh, wife says, what kind of a person would I be if I didn’t respect that.
Nat: Thank you Mr. Parker.
Mr. Parker: Don’t mention it. So it seems that I’ll have to find out who this, Louise is without your help.
Nat: How can you do that?
Mr. Parker: Well, I’ll have to do some leg work…uh…interview students, check absentees records…It won’t be easy, but eventually I’ll find her.
Nat: No you won’t. There is no Lousie.
Mr. Parker: What?
Nat: I wanted to get a good story, something that would really sell papers. So I invented her.
Mr. Parker: I find that hard to believe, I read your article.
Nat: What can I say, I’m a dynamite writer!
Mr. Parker: Edna?
Mrs. G: She’s a dynamite writer!
Nat: Mr. Parker, I plan to print a full retraction. Do you think I’d humiliate myself like that if I didn’t have to?
Mr. Parker: You mean, you made up that whole story? Well, it’ll take more than a retraction, I’ll have to ask you to resign as editor.
Nat: right.
Mr. Parker: Natalie, I’m very disappointed in you.
Nat: Join the club.
Mr. Parker: I’m also relieved I’ll be able to put our parents’ minds at ease. Uh.. do you wanna know something, in the back of my mind I suspected something like this? I mean, call it a feeling or a 6th sense, but I know this school, and I know these girls. Something like this could never happen here.
credits roll


the end...

[james_baby87]

Wow that was great!