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36INT. THE DAILY RIP STUDIO - SAME TIME

Randall and Kate are led to the makeup room. The hallway is bustling. A tray of raw meat passes by. A poster hangs advertising the show “Secretly Poor.”

A groomer greets them.

GROOMER THALIA

Hi I’m Thalia. The Herald sent me

to help with your wardrobe.

She holds up two fashionable outfits.

KATE

Oh, I’m not wearing that.

They sit in the hair and makeup chairs.

HAIR PERSON

(to Randall)

You actually have a great facial

structure. What if we trim this

beard down a little bit.

(to Kate)

I love your hair.

KATE

Thank you.

(to Randall)

Ok, so how are we going to do this?

I’ll talk about the discovery and

you talk about how urgent it is

that we take action-

RANDALL

(whispers)

How...how...how do we say it? I

mean, shouldn’t we practive it or

write it out beforehand?

He’s opening another FedEx package and takes a nibble of a pill.

KATE

So I’ll start by describing the

comet discovery and then you talk

about what it means and how urgent

it is to take action.

RANDALL

But how do we... you know, how do

we say it? Shouldn’t we practice

it... or write it out beforehand?

HAIR PERSON

How about some water?

RANDALL

Yeah, some water would be great

Randall begins to panic and recites calming phrases and tongue twisters to calm himself.

RANDALL (CONT'D)