SCENE FROM DREW CAREY SPEC

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT

WRITTEN BY

LORI H. SCHWARTZ  AND  CLAUDETTE POWELL

REPRESENTED BY THE ARTIST'S AGENCY, MIKE WISE.

ACT 2

SCENE G

INT. A ROOM IN A CHEAP TRUCKER MOTEL-THE SHADY LANE

DREW ENTERS, CARRYING MIMI OVER THE THRESHOLD. A CLERK THROWS A HANDFUL OF RICE ON THEM THEM.

HOTEL CLERK

Congratulations, you two lovebirds!
DREW CLOSES THE DOOR AND IMMEDIATELY DROPS MIMI.

DREW

That was the longest doorway of my entire life.


MIMI

Listen, idiot. This is the last room they had. If I

hadn't let you to pretend to be married to me, you'd

be sleeping in the snow!

DREW
Freezing to death is looking pretty good to me right
now.


THE PHONE RINGS. DREW ANSWERS.

DREW

Lewis?! Thank God you found us! Where are

you? How's Amber?

SPLIT SCREEN: DREW ON THE PHONE IN MOTEL ROOM/ LEWIS AND AMBER SITTING IN A HOT TUB IN AN ELEGANT CABIN, HOLDING CHAMPAGNE GLASSES.

LEWIS

Oh we're fine. We hitched a ride from this guy who

owns a hotel. It's a little rustic, but we're trying to

tough it out.

DREW
I'm so glad you're okay. We're snowed in and we

couldn't get a tow truck.

LEWIS
Looks like we're all stuck for the night.


DREW

(Looks at Mimi) Yeah. Can I say hi to Amber?
MIMI GRABS THE PHONE.

MIMI

Amber, is he keeping his hands to himself?

Remember to use the moves I showed you if he

gets fresh.

DREW GRABS THE PHONE BACK AND THE SPLIT SCREEN ENDS.

DREW

Hello, hello? We lost the connection. Did you hear

glasses tinkling?


MIMI

(Eyeing the bed) I'm beat. I'm going to bed. Where
are you sleepin'?
DREW
Well, obviously we'll have to share the bed.
MIMI
No way. You're not gonna start fondling me in the

dark.


DREW

Believe me, Mimi, I wouldn't do that in broad

daylight. Come on. We'll share the bed and just -

stay on our separate sides.

MIMI
 
Okay, but we have to erect a barricade in the

middle. Men have a tendency to loss control when

they see me in my sexy lingerie.


DREW

That's because they're overcome with nausea.

(He looks around)

Here's an extra blanket, I'll hang it from the

ceiling.

MIMI
Fine. I'm gonna go in the bathroom and take off

my makeup.

DREW STARTS TO HANG THE BLANKET. WE HEAR ALL SORTS OF CONSTRUCTION NOSIES COMING FROM THE BATHROOM - A SANDBLASTER, DRILL, CHAINSAW - A TREE FALLING. DREW REACTS IN HORROR. TIME PASSES - DREW KNITS A ROBE, DREW GROWS A BEARD, DREW LEARNS TO SPEAK FRENCH.

DREW

Are you done yet?


MIMI

(Off camera)

Okay. I'm coming out, but you have to turn off the

lights!


DREW


With pleasure...


 MIMI RUNS OUT OF THE BATHROOM AND JUMPS UNDER THE COVERS BEHIND HER SIDE OF THE BLANKET.
 

CUT TO:
INT: THE BATHROOM.

DREW ENTERS. ON THE RACK NEXT TO THE SINK IS A TOWEL WITH MIMI'S COMPLETE FACE PRINT ON IT.

DREW


So that's what happened to the shroud of Turin...
CUT TO:


 INT: THE MOTEL ROOM

DREW ENTERS AND WALKS AROUND TO HIS SIDE OF THE BED. THROUGH THE BLANKET, BACKLIT BY THE
BATHROOM LIGHT, DREW SEES A SILHOUETTE OF MIMI UNDRESSING. IT LOOKS LIKE THE ELEPHANT MAN. DREW REACTS IN TERROR.

CUT TO:


 MIMI'S SIDE OF THE BLANKET,  MIMI SEES DREW'S SILHOUETTE. IT LOOKS LIKE A MAN RIDING AN ELEPHANT.
 

CUT TO:


 INT. THE MOTEL ROOM.

DREW AND MIMI GET INTO BED, EACH ON THE PROPER SIDE OF THE BLANKET.

DREW

Mimi, are you hungry?
MIMI
For what?!
DREW
Food. I've got some donuts in my bag.
MIMI
Yeah, I am a little - peckish.


DREW STICKS A PACKAGE OF A DOZEN DONUTS THROUGH AN OPENING AT THE SIDE OF THE BLANKET. AFTER A MOMENT, HE BRINGS BACK THE BOX TO REVEAL THAT JUST HALF OF ONE DONUT IS LEFT.

DREW

Hey, that's not fair. Give me some of those...


HE PULLS BACK THE BLANKET TO GRAB MORE DONUTS. MIMI HIDES HER FACE.

MIMI

Don't look at me. I'm not wearing any makeup!
DREW
So what?
MIMI
Nobody's ever seen my face naked!
DREW
What's the big deal? Give me some donuts.
MIMI
Stop staring at me. I'm not an animal. I'm a

woman!


DREW

Mimi, calm down. You look fine without your

makeup.

MIMI
I do?
DREW
Yeah, the horror factor really goes down a lot.
MIMI
Thanks.


MIMI UNCOVERS HER FACE.

DREW

Why do you wear so much makeup, anyway?
MIMI
Maybe it's because I have alot to hide...
DREW
You shouldn't feel like that. I think you look better

without it.

MIMI
Really?
DREW
Yeah.
MIMI
Too bad you can't hide your disgustingness with

anything. Maybe you could try bigger,dorkier

glasses.

DREW
Yeah, well, goodnight Mimi.
MIMI
Goodnight, pig.
THEY LIE BACK DOWN WITH THE BLANKET HANGING BETWEEN THEM.

MIMI

(Hands him some donuts through the blanket)

Here.
DREW
Thanks.
SCENE H

MIMI'S DREAM

EXT: A MISTY HILLSIDE

CLOSE UP ON LEWIS, WHO IS DRESSED IN 18TH-CENTURY COSTUME. HE IS HOLDING TWO PISTOLS. PULL BACK TO REVEAL DREW AND MR. WICK, ALSO DRESSED IN PERIOD GARB. THEY ARE ABOUT TO HAVE A DUEL. LEWIS SOLEMNLY HANDS EACH OF THEM A PISTOL.

LEWIS

(To Drew and Mr. Wick)

You know the rules. Ten paces. No biting. No

hitting below the belt.


MR. WICK

(To Drew)

Are you sure you want to do this, Carey?


DREW

Yes, I'm sure. To have a woman like her, I would

gladly give my life.

MR. WICK
You'll never have her, Carey. She's mine.


THE TWO MEN TAKE THEIR TEN PACES. LEWIS RUNS AWAY IN FEAR WHEN THEY BRANDISH THEIR WEAPONS. JUST AS THEY'RE ABOUT TO TURN AND FIRE, MIMI, DRESSED IN HIDEOUS 18TH CENTURY COSTUME, RUNS BETWEEN THEM.

MIMI

Stop! Stop! This is madness!


MR. WICK

Out of the way, my love. I'll make sure this

barrel-shaped rogue never lays his hands on you

again.

DREW
Barrel-shaped?
MIMI
Oh, Mr. Wick. Please don't hurt him. He didn't

mean to soil my virtue. He couldn't help himself!

DREW
That's right. Your beauty is like a fine, dark lager.

It makes me crazy with desire.

MR. WICK
I know what you mean.
 
 

(He looks lasciviously at Mimi, who basks in his

attention.)
 

She is a vixen. But you'll only have her over my

dead body!


MR. WICK FIRES. DREW IS HIT.

DREW

Yikes. That really hurts.
 

(He falls to the ground)


MIMI

Oh, no! Drew!
 

(She runs over and cradles his head in her arms)
 

Please don't die! I was only pretending to want

Mr. Wick! It was really you that I loved.

DREW
Oh, Mimi. Now I can die a happy man.
THEY EMBRACE.
 
CUT TO:
INT.: THE MOTEL ROOM

THE BLANKET/BARRICADE HAS FALLEN FROM THE CEILING. DREW AND MIMI ARE SLEEPING IN EACH OTHERS' ARMS, MIMI HAS A BIG SMILE. THEY ARE BOTH SNORING LIKE BUZZ SAWS.

SCENE I

DREW'S DREAM

INT. MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT.

DREW IS THE EMCEE, AND HE'S ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER. THE PAPPARAZZI ARE SNAPPING FURIOUSLY. HE OPENS THE ENVELOPE.


DREW

And now, the moment we've all been waiting

for...second runner up goes to - Miss USA!


MISS USA COMES OVER TO ACCEPT HER FLOWERS FROM DREW. IT'S MIMI!! DREW RECOILS AS SHE TRIES TO KISS HIS CHEEK.

DREW

(A little shaken)
 

And - uh - the first runner up, who will assume the
title of Miss Universe if she should be unable to

fulfill her beauty duties - goes to - Miss Germany!

MISS GERMANY COMES OVER, DRESSED IN LEIDERHOSEN, TO ACCEPT HER FLOWERS, AND IT'S A MIMI TWIN!! SHE TRIES TO KISS DREW, TOO.

DREW

AAAAGH!!
 

(He tries to continue, but he's very shaken.)
 

And - um - the winner - the next Miss Universe

is...Miss Trinidad and Tobago.

THE WINNER RUSHES OVER. IT'S ANOTHER MIMI, DRESSED IN TRADITIONAL NATIVE GARB! SHE GRABS THE CROWN FROM DREW AND THEN...KISSES HIM ON THE MOUTH! THE OTHER CONTESTANTS FILL THE STAGE FOR A BIG PRODUCTION NUMBER. THEY ARE ALL MIMIS, DRESSED IN HORRIFYINGLY TACKY VERSIONS OF COSTUMES FROM THEIR COUNTRIES!