1945SOUND COMEDY SHORTS
DECEMBER 7, 1945. EDGAR KENNEDY. HAL YATES. FLORENCE LAKE, JACK RICE. DOT FARLEY. DICK ELLIOTT. SARAH EDWARDS. BESS FLOWERS. ED IS FORCED TO PLAY UP TO MOTHER BECAUSE HIS BOSS BELIEVES ONE SHOULD BE KIND TO MOTHERS-IN-LAW. MAN PLAYING TRUMPET. BREAKFAST TABLE. EDGAR ALMOST THROWS TEACUP. BOSS SITS EDGAR DOWN. HE COUGHS. BOSS EATS SALAD. MEN THROWING STUFF INTO TRUCK. MAN TALKS WITH FOOD IN HIS MOUTH. LAUGHS. GETS PROMOTION. HAPPY. SHAKES HANDS. COMES HOME YELLING. LIFTS UP WIFE. ANSWERS PHONE. WIFE CAN'T STOP TALKING. MAN SMOKING CIGAR. LADIES SEWING. PEOPLE AT DOOR. DRESSED NICELY., HE TELLS WIFE TO BE QUIET. SHE YELLS AT HIM. THEY LISTEN AT DOOR. PEEKS OUT WINDOW. HE PUTS HIS FINGERS IN HIS EARS. PEOPLE SIT DOWN IN LIVING ROOM. EDGAR LOOKS AT WIG ON VANITY. HE GOES OUT FRONT DOOR. CLIMBS IN WINDOW. PEOPLE COME UP TO HOUSE. SHHH. TRY TO SNEAK INTO HOUSE CARRYING SUITCASES. SHE YELLS AT MAN. EDGAR DRESSES AS SICK WOMAN IN BED. WOMAN TIPTOES BACK TO ROOM. JUMPS UNDER THE COVERS. OLD LADIES FEEL HIS HEAD. STICKS OUT TONGUE. HOT WATER BOTTLE. HE TRIES TO GET AWAY. WRAPPED IN BLANKET. MOTHER-IN-LAW PEEKS AROUND CORNER SMILING. MUSTARD PLASTER. WOMEN PULLING AT HIM. HE WHIMPERS. PAINED FACE. PULLS PLASTER OFF HIS BACK. POURS CASTOR OIL INTO SPOON. HOLDS HIS NOSE AND PUTS SPOON IN. WIG COMES OFF. POINTING. HE GOES AFTER BROTHER. RUNS INTO DOOR.
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"MOTHER-IN-LAW'S DAY"
STARRING EDGAR KENNEDY. DIRECTED BY HAL YATES |
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OPENING SHOT OF CU OF TROMBONE. PULL BACK TO STANDARD LIVING ROOM SHOT. BROTHER PLAYS TROMBONE BADLY.
MOM & MRS. KENNEDY STARE AT HIM. EDGAR COMES DOWNSTAIRS AND JOINS THEM, TRIES TO STRANGLE BROTHER BUT STOPS. HE WALKS OVER TO WIFE & MOM |
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MS OF EDGAR, WIFE & MOM. WIFE HANDS EDGAR LUNCH BOX.
EDGAR IS UNCOMFORTABLE. CU OF MOM LAUGHING. MS OF EDGAR & WIFE, SHE COUNTS ON HER FINGERS |
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CU OF BROTHER, STOPPING HIS TROMBONE PRACTICE. EDGAR ARGUES WITH MOM
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WIFE CHASES EDGAR OUT OF HOUSE. BROTHER PLAYS TROMBONE AT EDGAR. EDGAR GRABS COAT RACK. TRIES TO LEAVE AND PUTS IT BACK
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SIGN: EVEREADY MOVING & STORAGE CO. LS OF MOVING MEN TOSSING THINGS INTO TRUCK. EDGAR IS FOREMAN.
MEN START TOSSING VASES TO EACH OTHER. EDGAR RUNS TO THEM. ONE MAN THROWS VASE PAST OTHER MAN |
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CU MAN IN TRUCK, PLACING VASE DOWN. EDGAR LOOKS AT OTHER MOVERS. THEY CAREFULLY MOVE THE VASES. ANOTHER WORKER ARRIVES CARRYING EDGAR'S LUNCH
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MEN START DIGGING IN EDGAR'S LUNCH. EDGAR TRIES TO STOP THEM
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CU OF WORKER EATING DONUT. HE STOPS SUDDENLY. EVERY ONE THROWS LUNCH BACK IN BOX AND LEAVES IT IN EDGAR'S HANDS. EDGAR PLACES EGG IN MOUTH AND STANDS AT ATTENTION, FUNNY EXPRESSION. BOSS JOINS HIM, SMILING. EDGAR NODS ENTHUSIASTICALLY
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BOSS & EDGAR SIT ON COUCH. EDGAR TRIES TO SLIP EGG FROM HIS MOUTH AND FAILS. BOSS TALKS WHILE EDGAR CHEWS ON EGG. GREAT COMIC SCENE
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CU OF EDGAR CHEWING/CHOKING. HE SWALLOWS, STARTS COUGHING. BOSS HANDS EDGAR THERMOS FROM EDGAR'S LUNCH. CU OF EDGAR DRINKING. BOSS & EDGAR TALK
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BOSS TALKS TO EDGAR, WHILE EATING EDGAR'S SANDWICH.
CU OF BOSS. CU OF FRUSTRATED EDGAR |
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CU OF BOSS, LAUGHING. BOSS TALKS TO EDGAR. EDGAR GETS EXCITED
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EDGAR & BOSS STAND AND SHAKE HANDS. BLACK OUT.
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EDGAR ENTERING HOME. FLORENCE (WIFE) JOINS HIM, HE PICKS HER UP & SWINGS HER AROUND. HE DROPS HER.
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EDGAR ANSWERS TELEPHONE. BOSS ON PHONE, AT HOME, FAMILY IN BACKGROUND. EDGAR HANGS UP. HE & FLORENCE TALK. FLORENCE LEAVES. EDGAR LOOKS CONCERNED
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| 01:20:06 456 |
GENERIC FAMILY SHOT. BOSS TALKING TO HIS FAMILY IN LIVING ROOM
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BOSS' FAMILY ON EDGAR'S DOORSTEP. EDGAR GOES TO DOOR, STOPS & LISTENS. PEEKS OUT WINDOW, STARTS TO PANIC. FLORENCE COMES DOWN STAIRS & SCARES EDGAR
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MS OF EDGAR TRYING TO QUIET FLORENCE. FLORENCE MOVES TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW
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OUTSIDE, BOSS' WIFE LOOKS IN WINDOW AS FLORENCE LOOKS OUT. FLORENCE GRINS BOSS' WIFE LOOKS CONFUSED.
SHE TAPS EDGAR ON SHOULDER. EDGAR STANDS WITH FINGERS IN EARS. EDGAR GIVES UP |
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EDGAR LETS BOSS' FAMILY IN. THEY GO INTO THE LIVING ROOM. GENERIC GROUP SCENE TALKING. EDGAR LEAVES
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EDGAR CLOSES DOOR TO BEDROOM. HE PACES, THINKING.
EDGAR STOPS AT DRESSER, LOOKING AT WIG |
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EDGAR ENTERS LIVING ROOM. FLORENCE LEAVES. EDGAR TALKS TO BOSS, THEN LEAVES
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EDGAR CLOSING FRONT DOOR. STARTS TO RUN. VIVIAN IN BEDROOM LISTENS AT DOOR. EDGAR POPS HEAD IN WINDOW, CLIMBS IN, STARTS UNDRESSING.
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BROTHER & MOM SNEAK BY FRONT DOOR. SNEAK IN HOUSE BROTHER GOES UP STAIRS WHILE MOM WALKS TOWARD HER ROOM. BROTHER'S SUITCASE OPENS, SPILLING THE CONTENTS ON THE STAIRS
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| 01:24:35 725 |
BOSS & FAMILY IN LIVING ROOM. STARTED BY NOISE.
EDGAR'S BOSS JOINS BROTHER & MOM IN HALL WAY |
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EDGAR IN BED DRESSED AS MOM, PIPE IN MOUTH. FLORENCE TUCKING EDGAR IN, TAKES PIPE FROM HIM, PUTS IT IN HER MOUTH. GREAT COMIC SCENE
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LS OF FLORENCE ENTERING LIVING ROOM. STARED AT BY MOM, BROTHER & BOSS & FAMILY. FLORENCE JOINS THEM.
GENERIC GROUP DISCUSSION SHOT. BOSS LAUGHS |
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EDGAR IN NIGHTCAP & GOWN, JUMPS INTO BED AS EVERYONE ENTERS ROOM. CU OF EDGAR WITH GRANNY GLASSES &
NIGHTCAP, UNDER BLANKET |
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BOSS' MOTHER-IN-LAW EXAMINES EDGAR. SHE OPENS EDGAR'S MOUTH BY PINCHING HIS NOSE
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CU OF EDGAR, LOOKING WORRIED. EDGAR TRIES TO GET OUT OF BED BUT FLORENCE & BOSS' MOTHER-IN-LAW STOP HIM
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| 01:28:00 930 |
CU OF MAN & BROTHER SMILING. LS OF BOSS & FAMILY TENDING TO EDGAR. CU OF EDGAR SCREAMING. FLORENCE & BOSSES FAMILY TURN EDGAR OVER
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CU OF EDGAR'S HAIRY BACK. HANDS PLACING BACK PLASTER ON HIM. CU OF EDGAR
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BOSS STARTS TO PEEL PLASTER OFF EDGAR'S BACK. CU OF EDGAR SCREAMING. CU MOM & BROTHER
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FLORENCE HANDS BOSS' MOTHER-IN-LAW CASTOR OIL. SHE POURS BOTTLE IN SPOON
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EDGAR'S NOSE IS PINCHED AS SPOON IS STUFFED IN MOUTH CU EDGAR'S SICK EXPRESSION. GROUP STRUGGLES WITH EDGAR IN BED, PULL OFF HIS DISGUISE. GROUP FEIGNS SURPRISE
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MOTHER & BROTHER ENTER ROOM. BOSS'S FAMILY LEAVES WITH FLORENCE. MOTHER & BROTHER LAUGH AT EDGAR.
EDGAR CHASES BROTHER INTO CLOSET. EDGAR FALLS TO FLOOR AFTER RUNNING INTO DOOR |
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CU OF EDGAR WITH HAND OVER FACES. BLACK OUT. THE END.
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