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SURPRISE FOR THE BOYS
Warden Roth shoves his jaw forward a full 2 inches and glares at Kosky. . . .
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Direction. — Filtered mike out entirely until further indicated. {Fade in)
Warden. — This is a good gag, Kosky, and I’m glad to see you’re enjoying yourself so much at our expense. {Pause) Go on with the execution, Mr. Pettigrew.
Pettigrew. — Yes, sir , . . in my opinion, warden, this man is bluffing. In all my experience I never heard of such a fantastic thing.
Warden. — You two guards . . . stand one on each side of him.
Kosky. — Excuse me, but I have heard that the black mask is optional. Is that so ?
Warden. — {Incensed) Yes! Never mind the mask! Hurry it up!
Kosky. — You see . . . you see, I don’t want the mask, because when I blow up I want my eyes to pop out like machine gun bullets. {Chuckles, subsides)
Warden. — All right, Pettigrew, hurry up over to the control board and thud that switch !
Sound. — Slow footsteps.
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Fallow. — Then, so help me. Stew, Kosky starts puffin’ out his cheeks. I never seen anything like this before in my life! He puffs ’em out so far he looks like the world’s biggest bomb achin’ to explode to everybody present . . . me included. That cinches it. Steve Blathery is off his bench in one record-breakin’ broad jmnp. . . .
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Direction. — Filtered mike out entirely.
Blathery. — No! No! For God’s sake don’t pull the switch. He’ll blow up ! I know it ! The man’s mad, and he’s tellin’ the truth!
Warden. — Blathery! Keep away from that control board! Get back, I say, or I’ll . . .