"A Family Sitcom" Season One [Episodes 1-12]

[FOLrocks1]

"A Family Sitcom"

Plot: A family sitcom with Larry and his wife Marie raising their kids Jake, Katie, and Leah. Dan and Jill are married neighbors that are often around the Dallas house. Larry thinks they are annoying but they are Marie's best friends. Bobby is Larry best friend and sport buddy. They are always watching or playing some sort of sport. Matthew is Jake's best friend.

Starring:
Richard Kline as Larry Dallas
???????? as Marie Dallas
???????? as Jake Dallas (14)
???????? as Katie Dallas (13)
???????? as Leah Dallas (9)
???????? as Dan Spencer
???????? as Jill Spencer
???????? as Bobby Harperson
???????? as Matthew Hall (14)

This first episodes is somewhat short because it was the pilot and it just is kind of a test...If it gets good replies......then it'll have more episodes and eventually another season.

"A Family Sitcom"
Season One
Episode One
"The Pilot Episode"

Scene One
Int. Living Room
[Larry and Bobby are watching a basketball game on TV.The living room is a mess with food and drinks. Both of them are standing up and cheering.]
Larry: Go! Go! Go!
[As if the player misses they sigh and sit down. They begin to start cheering again. Marie enters with jacket and purse.]
Marie: Larry, I'm going to the grocery store. Be sure to watch the kids when I'm gone. Make sure there's no fighting, no arguing, and don't let them burn the house down.
[They contine watching the game and cheering as if she's not talking.]
Marie: Oh yeah and our 13 year old daughter is pregnant.
Larry: That's nice. Have fun.
Marie: Larry!
[Larry turns down the volume and listens to her.]
Larry: What do you want?
[She gives him a look.]
Larry: I mean...What is it dear?
Marie: I'm going to the store. Watch the kids I'll be back soon. Bye.
[She kisses him and exits.]
Bobby: And there goes the warden.

[OPENING CREDITS]

Scene Two
Int. Living Room - Moments Later
[They are still very much into the game. Katie enters.]
Katie: Going out. [exits out the front door]
Larry: [excited because one of the kids is leaving] Have fun. There's another one I don't have to worry about.
[The doorbell rings. Larry heads to it and opens it. It's Dan.]
Larry: Oh. It's you. What do you want?
Dan: A million dollars!
[Dan laughs but Larry doesn't.]
Dan: I just kill myself sometimes.
Larry: Let me help nextime. Maybe it'll work for good.
[He slams the door in his face and begins to walk away. He knocks again. Larry anwswers it again.]
Dan: I wanted to borrow some sugar. We're all out.
Larry: [to himself] Out of your minds.
Dan: Huh?
Larry: Nothing. I'll get it.
[Larry heads to the kitchen.]
Dan: Oh is that the Lakers game?
[He runs in and sits on the couch next to Bobby.]
Larry: Sure just come on in.
[Larry exits and comes back moments later with a cup of sugar.]
Larry: Here you go Dan.
Dan: Thanks. [takes it] I probably should get going.
Bobby: [sarcasticly] That's too bad.
Dan: The wife hates when I stay over here for a long time when I should be back home.
Larry: She's not the only one.
Bobby: See you later Dan.
Dan: By guys.
[He leaves]
Larry: Thank God.
[Larry starts to watch the game again.]
Larry: What did I miss?
Bobby: The Laker's getting their asses kick.
Larry: What else is new?
[The doorbell rings again. Larry answers it. It's Jake's friend, Matt]
Matt: Hey what's up Mr. Dallas. Jake around?
Larry: Whadup dawg! He be hangin upstairs in his crib. Go on up.
Matt: Okay. [Goes up stairs]
larry: Walking back to the couch: I am like the coolest Dad.
Bobby: Yeah right. Just think about what they say behind your back.

Scene Three
Int. Jake's Room - Moments Later
[Jake is on the computer. Matt comes in.]
Matt: You dad is an ass!
Jake: You're telling me! Did he greet you with his own style of what he things we teens say these days?
Matt: Uh-huh.
Jake: He can be cool, but sometimes well.....he can be an idiot. [sits on bed]
Matt: [pulls something out from shirt] Look what I brought. [shows him]
Jake: November 2002 Issue?
Matt: Yep.
Jake: Come to poppa.
[Matt joins him on the bed and we can see that it is a Playboy Magazine.]

Scene Four
Int. Living Room - Later that day
[Larry and Bobby are still watching the game and are cheering and screming. We heard 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and then the buzzer. They both go into an uproar.]
Larry: What a game!
Bobby: I don't think I have ever seen a score that depressing! We killed 'em!
Larry: We beat them by 2. It was hardly a killer.
Bobby: I know but wasn't it fun to watch!
[We can hear Jake yelling from upstairs.]
Jake: Leah! Get out of here.
Leah: Make me!
Jake: Get out!!
[We hear a loud bang.]
Larry: [loud] If there's any blood stains in that room you two will be cleaning it up! [to Bobby] Never have any of those.
Bobby: Believe me. I know better. Well, I better go. I have a date tonight and this one wants me to take her somplace special. That just means I have to dressup and spent wayyyy to much money.
Larry: Try having a wife. They want you to take them somewhere special every weekend. I mean. I'm not made of money.
Bobby: See ya later.
[Bobby grabs his jacket and heads out the door. Larry begins to clean up the mess. Marie comes in.]
Marie: Now there's one thing I thought I'd never see.
Larry: What's that?
Marie: You cleaning up after yourself. I mean, you can't even remember to put the toilet seat up after you use the bathroom.
Larry: Where's the bags?
Marie: Bags?
Larry: You were going to the grocery store...
Marie: Oh...Well...
Larry: Well...
Marie: I forgot.
Larry: Forgot? How can you forget the bags.
Marie: No I forgot to go to the store.
Larry: Then what were you doing for the past two hours? Riding around aimlessly in the car?
Marie: Yeah that's it. I went for a ride.
Larry: Oh really?
Marie: Sure did. Didn't stop once.
[Larry goes out the front door.]
Marie: What are you doing?
Larry: (OS) Checking something.
[We hear the car door shut and Larry comes back in.]
Marie: What were you doing?
Larry: Checking the mile gage to see how many miles you last went since I reset the button when I got gas. 6 miles, Marie. 6 Miles. There's no way you went for a 2 hour rid and only went six miles.
Marie: I was going REALLLLYYY SSSLLLLLOOOWWW....
Larry: Marie!
Marie: Okay. I went the doctor's office today.
Larry: To get your boob smashed in the machine?
Marie: Larry! No! [pause] Damn! Just thinking about those make me hurt. Nevermind that. Look. I went there to make just the test was accurate.
Larry: What tests?
Marie: Kids! Come down here.
[Katie, Leah, and Jake come down.]
Katie: What is it mom?
Leah: Mom...will you help me with my homework?
Marie: Not right now, honey.
Leah: Fine. Let me fail.
Katie: Not a problem there.
Marie: Larry, kids, I'm pregnant.
[Larry and the kids look shocked for a moment and then they laugh.]
Larry: Yeah right.
Marie: I'm serious.
Katie: Right mom.
Marie: I mean it!
Larry: How did this happen?
[Marie gives him a look.]
Marie: I'll give you one guess.
Larry: I know how it happened but...I don't know what to say.
Jake: You're really preganant? This can't be!
Marie: Why not?
Jake: Because you two are like 100 years old. You can't have a kid at that age!
Marie: Come here!
[They all have a group hug.]

THE END

What did you all think?

[Sitcomwriter]

That was pretty good.It was good seeing you write a show that WASN'T CC! LOL!

[Krisalicious]

It was good!!!!!!!

[callmetootie]

Although I never liked Larry, I LOVE this sitcom. But don't forget about my CC!!!

[FOLrocks1]

WOW! I didn't ecpect to see this many people reply within an hour! Thanks for all who liked it! I hope you will read upcoming episode!

[FOLrocks1]

I'm bumping this up bcause it got pushed down really far because of all of thoes old topics.

[FOLrocks1]

This episode is REALLY long. LOL. It is longer than the first episode. Please read and reply!

"A Family Sitcom"
Season One
Episode Two
"The Unsupervised Party Episode"

1.02 The Unsupervised Party Episode
Larry, Marie, Dan, Jill, and Bobby go to their high school reunion for the weekend. When they get back, the walk in on a party the kids were told they couldn't have.

Scene One
Int. Living Room - Day
[Marie is on the couch. Jake Enters with bookbag.]
Marie: You...
Jake: Nope. What's...
Marie: Spagetti.
Jake: Sound's good. Mom, is it alright if I go over to Matt's?
Marie: I don't care. Just be back at 6.
[Jake turns and looks at her.]
Jake: 6? Mom...It's Friday.
Marie: 6 is when we're eating.
Jake: Can't I just warm it up?
Marie: Fine. Be call at 6 and I'll let you know when to come home.
Jake: Okay. Bye Mom.
[Jake kisses her and leaves.]
Marie: Have fun.
[Marie looks around subtly and smiles.]
Marie I'm all alone!
[She stands up and jumps aound.]
Marie: No kids, no Larry. No kids, no Larry.
[Jill enters and stares at her.]
Jill: Next time I'll remember to knock.

[OPENING CREDITS]

Scene Two
Int. Living Room - Seconds later
Marie: Oh Jill. I'm sorry. Come on in.
Jill: Nothing to be sorry about. I do that whenever Dan's not home.
Only mostly I'm in the nude running around the house.
Marie: Sounds fun. I'll have to try that.
[They both laugh and sit on the couch.]
Jill: Hey, did you get a call today?
Marie: Well what about?
Jill: Our high school reunion.
Marie: Oh yeah I got a call about that. I hate high school reunions.
Jill: How can you hate them? I love meeting old freinds...old enimies. Laughing in the one's who turned out ugly. Making fun of everyone.
Marie: An that's one reason why I don't want to go. We aren't going to be the only ones making fun of others. People will be making fun of us.
Jill: Ah who cares. We can just make up ugly rumors aboout them. No problem.
Marie: Jill, do you know how many more girls there were in our school that were more popular that us?
Jill: No.
Marie: All of them.
Jill: What are you talking about, Marie? We had a great time in high school. We weren't consitered the Geeks or the Populars...We we right in between. Why are you so worried about the clicks anyway?
Marie: Look who I married.
Both: The school idiot.

Scene Three
Int. Bathroom
[Jill is giving Marie a peticure.]
Jill: Now if we want to look good at this reunion, we'll have to completely make over ourselfs.
Marie: Why do we have to do peticures? People aren't going to to notice our feet.
Jill: Ah, but you're wrong. Everone notices a persons' foot.
Marie: I sure as hell don't.
Jill: Do you want to look good this weekend or not?
Marie: Just hurry up.
[Larry enters with a newspaper and he is unzipping his pants. He sees them and truns around and starts to go out.]
Larry: Come on Marie.
Marie: Use the bathroom downstairs.
Larry: [O.S.] I can't use that one. This is my bathroom. Other people use the one downstairs.
Jill: Sorry. I used this one a couple of minutes ago.
[Jill and Marie laugh but don't make a sound. Larry groans and we can hear him going down the stairs.]

Scene Four
Int. Living Room - Next Morning
[Jake and Matt are playing video games. Larry comes downstairswith luggage.]
Jake: Damn.
Larry: I heard that.
Jake: Sorry.
Larry: I don't care, I just said I heard it. But say something like that around your mom and she'll kill you.
Jake: When are you two leaving?
Larry: As soon as you mom comes down here. [yelling] Let's go Marie.
[Bobby comes in.]
Bobby: Ready to go? I have all of my stuff in the van.
Larry: In a second. Where's Jill and Dan?
Bobby: I don't know. Want me to get them?
Larry: Sure.
[Bobby leaves. Marie comes to down with her hair and make-up all fixed up.]
Marie: So how do I look?
Larry: Perfect! Lets go!
Marie: Oh wait. I forgot a some luggage upstairs.
Larry: Marie, we don't have that much room in the van.
[Marie goes back upstairs. Katie and Leah enter.]
Katie: Dad, can we use your good razor?
Larry: What for?
Leah: An experiment.
Larry: Just as long as you aren't sliceing up living things.
Katie: Thanks a lot!
[Katie and Leah exit. Marie comes back downstairs carrying 2 small suitcases.]
Larry: Ready?
Marie: Yep!
Larry: Okay!
Marie: Wait!
[Larry groans.]
Marie: [yelling] Girls, come downstairs! Jake, hold that game and listen.
Jake: Mom, you don't hold it, you pause it.
[Marie gives him a look. The girls come downstairs. They have shaving cream splatter all over them.]
Marie: What in the world?
Matt: What did you two do?
Leah: We we shaving a balloon like we saw on Three's Company.
Larry: I saw that episode.
Marie: Anway...here are the rules while we are away. No fighting, no girls or guys over,
Jake: How about a party?
Larry: Especially no parties.
Marie: Only answer the door if it's someone you know, and no leaving the house except for these designated placed on the list.
[Pause]
Katie: So where's the list?
Larry: That's the point, you can't go anywhere.
Jake: What? That's so stupid!
Marie: There's plenty of things to do around here. You can do any home work you might have. Write a story, draw a picture.
Katie: Yeah and after I'm doing that I will read all 26 encyclopidias.
Jake: [making fun] Yeah right.
Leah: [innocently] Katie, I didn't know you could read.
Katie: Shut up you little...
Marie: Kids! Here is a list of numbers where you can reach us at.
[Dan enters.]
Dan: Marie, Larry, we're all ready to go.
Marie: We'll be right there.
[Dan exits.]
Larry: All right kids. We'll see you tomorrow night.
[They all hug and kiss and say goodbye. Larry and Marie exit. The kids are silent and then they start to cheer.]

Scene Five
Int. Living Room - That Night
[The three kids are sitting on the couch watching TV.]
Jake: How about a movie?
Katie: What one?
Leah: Spider Man! Spider Man!
Jake: I don't think so.
Katie: Legally Blonde?
Leah: We just watched that movie!
Jake: How about a scary movie?
Katie: Jake, you know Leah gets nightmares.
Leah: No I don't. You do.
[Katie gives her a look.]
Jake: You do? How stupid!
Katie: Shut up!
Leah: How about we watch 3 movies?
Jake: Fine, but we're watching mine first because one we watch yours, you'll leave and won't stay to watch mine.
Katie: Fine.
[Jake gets up and goes down to the TV.]
Jake: Either Friday the 13th, Halloween, or Dawn of th Dead.
Katie: Friday the 13th.
Leah: Halloween.
Jake: We'll watch Dawn of the Dead.
Katie: For about the 100th time.
[Jake puts in the tape and they start watching it. Jake starts saying exactly what they are saying. Katie and Leah slowly look at him.]
Jake: What?
Katie: It's bad enough we have to watch this movie, but we don't need you talking over everything they say.
Jake: Excuse me if I've seen this movie exactly 84 times.
Katie: What a loser.
Leah: Let's just watch.
[There is a knock at the door. Leah gets it. It's Matt.]
Katie: [flirting] Hey, Matt.
Matt: Hi. [going to the couch] Jake, we got a big problem.
Jake: What is it?
Matt: There are flyers all over town about a party being here tonight in half an hour!
Jake: What!?
Katie: There's no party here.
Matt: I know that. I went all around trying to get as many down as I could.
Leah: This is not good.
Katie: Actually, it wouldn't be too bad. There's no parents home to get us in trouble! They aren't going to be home until tomorrow night.
Jake: Absolutely not.
Leah: Come on!
Jake: NO! Mom and Dad'll kill us if they find out we had a party! As soon as people come over, we'll send them back.
Katie: Matt, do you agree with him?
Matt: I don't think we should have one either. Your parents said that you couldn't have any.
Katie: Well I'm haveing it whether you like it or not.

Scene Six
Int. Living Room - Later that Night
[There are A LOT of teenagers dancing and partying. Loud music is being played. The camera moves over slightly and we can see Jake and Matt tied up sitting back-to-back in 2 dining room chairs. Their mouths comvered with duct tape. Katie goes over to them dancing.]
Katie: If you two losers would have just agreed to this party, you wouldn't be tied up right now.
[She laughs and walks away. Leah comes over.]
Leah: Jake, we have a problem. [pause] Oh yeah, you can't talk. Anyway, there are pople making out in mom and dads' room, and someone just broke on of Moms' good China.
[Another Pause.]
Leah: Fine don't say anything. Just thought I'd let you know.
[Leah walks away. Just then, Marie and Larry enter. The music stops.]
Katie: Mom, Dad, what are you two doing home so early?
Larry: No dear, the question is, Why the hell are all of these people at my house?
Leah: It was just a frendly get together.
[Marrie sees Jake and Matt. She rushes over to them.]
Marie: What happened to you two!?
[She undos the tape.]
Jake: It was waful. We've been tied up for 3 hours now.
Matt: And I have to take a leak!
Larry: Everybody get out, now.
[Everyone starts to leave. Marie unties Matt and he exits for the bathroom.]
Marie: I'm assuming the prime suspects in this case are Katie and Leah. Am I right? Jake?
Jake: They tied us up!
Leah: I thought you guys were gone for the weekend.
Larry: Our reunion was 10 miles away.
[Matt comes back in.]
Matt: That felt so good.
Jake: Wait a minute. I think I'm starting to get this. You two knew you were only going to be gone for the day so YOU were the ones that put up all of those flyers, to see if we would have the pary or not.
Marie: That's right.
Katie: Well I think that we have learned our lessons! Goodnight.
Larry: Not so fast. You two still have to clean up all of this mess.
Marie: And, you two will be grounded for one week.
Katie: Mom!
Larry: Jake, Matt...
Matt: Hey we didn't do anything. We told them that we didn't approve of the party.
Larry: We know. We just want to give you to this.
Jake: What?
Larry: Here's $100. You two go out an have a good time tonight.
Jake: Thanks a lot!!!!!
Katie: What!? You're giving them $100!?
Marie: We sure are. You two just be back by 11.
[Jake and Matt start to leave.]
Jake: And maybe next time, you two will listen to me for a change!
[They leave.]

THE END!

What did you think. This was really long! LOL!

[Sitcomwriter]

I liked it.It was hard to read because you didn't put spaces between each line but STILL....

[Notorious]

what the heck? Not everybody is stupid like you, and spaces it out to make it look longer. go to hades, u human speed bump!

[FOLrocks1]

Well if I would have spaced everything out, it wouldn't have been able to fit with my first episode on one notepad. It's too long.

[Krisalicious]

GREAT!!!

[tdf4077]

I think these are both really strong! I think I enjoy the humor in episode 1 a little more, and the spacing issues are understandable. Overall, I think they're clever and a fun read!

[Moonlight Lady]

I like it