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A CRY FOR HELP
(for "The Lucy Webb Show") |
| (UP ON: LUCY AS WORKING MOTHER COMING
HOME AT THE END OF A HARD DAY. IT'S BEEN POURING
AND EVEN WITH HER UMBRELLA SHE'S SOAKED, BUT WHAT
REALLY GETS HER STEAMED IS THAT THE HOUSE IS A
WRECK. HER HUSBAND AND TWO KIDS ARE WALLOWING IN
THEIR OWN MESS - CLOTHES STREWN ABOUT, GLASSES,
BEER CANS, NEWSPAPERS, ETC.) |
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| When the stresses of everyday life effect a |
| loved one, it often effects every other
member |
| of the family. |
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| (LUCY LOOKS AROUND AND GOES BERSERK) |
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| That's it! I've had it with you - all of you!
I |
| can't stand living this way! Look - this
place |
| is a pigsty! It's worse than a pigsty. Why |
| can't anybody pickup after themself? What's |
| the matter with you people? Can't anybody |
| else wash a dish? Who put a wet towel on |
| the couch? Nothing gets done unless I come |
| home and do it. Nobody raises a finger. |
| Newspapers! Beer cans! How can I teach |
| them when you're as bad as they are. I hate |
| this. I hate coming home to this. |
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| (LUCY
CONTINUES RANTING AND RAVING, PICKING UP PIECE OF
TRASH AND THROWING THEM AT HER HUSBAND AND KIDS) |
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| If someone in your family - or someone you |
| know - behaves this way, it could very well |
| be a cry for help. And, now at last, there is
a |
| way that you can help. |
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| Pick up after yourself. And help out around |
| the house. This has been a public service |
| message from NOW - The National |
| Organization of Women and the Ad Council. |
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| (MATTE: |
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logos of NOW and The |
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Ad Council |
(BRING UP AUDIO ON LUCY'S RANT)
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| I'm sick of it. If it wasn't for me you'd
smother |
| in your own garbage. Who spilled chocolate |
| milk on the rug? Who was eating potato |
| chips? |
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