Scene I INT. in apartment at
Jamie is watching TV.
Paul enters with the mail


JAMIE:
anything for me

PAUL:
Yeah
(hands jamie 2 letters)
(opens a letter)
Wow!

JAMIE:
What?

PAUL:
I never thought it possable!Selby's getting married!

JAMIE:
Wow!

Fade out

SHOW THE THEME
Fade in





ACT I






Scene I Int.
bedroom
Jamie is getting mabel dressed
jamie is in a nice dress

JAMIE:
There ya go sweetie!Paul?
So tell me about this wedding we're going to..

(Paul comes out of bathroom in a tuxidoe)

PAUL:
Selby is getting married

JAMIE:
I know!Remember,i was the blonde with the baby on the couch.
Who's he marrying?

PAUL:
I don't know...lemme see
(looks at letter)
You sister!

JAMIE:
PLEASE tell me your kidding

PAUL:
Yes.Her name is Hannah Parkston

JAMIE:
That was a cruel joke.


PAUL:
Yes,but so funny

JAMIE:
ahh,not so much

PAUL:
okay,are we ready?

JAMIE:
Are you sure we don't want a babysitter?
Mabel can walk and gets into everything

PAUL:
Selby hasn't seen mabel yet.He spisificly
said to bring her

JAMIE:
(sceptible)Okay.....

PAUL:
I'll get the diaper bag ready.

JAMIE:
It IS ready.What do you think i've been doing for the
past hour,brushing my teeth?

PAUL:
Okay.So we are ready?

JAMIE:
Lets go....

(they leave)
FADE OUT



Fade in


Scene II Int.
wedding.Large dance area
Paul is dancing with mabel
Jamie is talking to selby


SELBY
She is so cute

JAMIE
Thanks

SELBY:
You and Paul are really lucky.Has he ever cheated on you?

JAMIE:
Same old selby
(runs fingers through her hair indicating to paul to rescue her from selby)

PAUL:
(paul runs over to her)
Hey sweetie.Mabel wanted you.

JAMIE:
Hey sweetie!(kisses paul and takes mabel)

SELBY:
Can i hold her?

JAMIE:
Sure.
(Hands mabel to selby.Mabel immeditaly giggles and laughs)

SELBY:
Hey! I think she likes me!
(mabel throws up on him)
Auuhhh


JAMIE:
I'll take her,you go clean up.
(selby hands mabel to jamie and goes )
Good girl!

Fade out

Fade in

Scene III
Wedding,
dinner
Mabel is in jamies lap struggling to get down.
Paul is talking with jamie


PAUL:
Is there any secerets i should know about
FIRST that i shouldn't blab

JAMIE:
Uh......nope.

PAUL:
They have been living togeth:Both sets of partents know

JAMIE:
Not his,don't bring THAT out

PAUL:
She's 28,He is 35

JAMIE:
Her parents don't know that.

PAUL:
They've know eachother for 3 months.They do know that

JAMIE:
No.The parents thing they went to film school together.

PAUL:
Ya see those there?THOSE are secrets.


JAMIE:
Then Yes ,there are some secrets you
shouldn't bring out.

PAUL:
Well,okay

JAMIE:
Okay.

(mabel whines and struggles to get down)


JAMIE:
You can't get down sweetie.
Its not babyproofed here.
You could get hurt.You don't
want that.

PAUL:
Honey,Like I've said before;She doesn't
know what your talking about.

JAMIE:
Oh....

PAUL:
She's a smart,beautiful child ,
but hasn't got a clue what your
saying

JAMIE:
And you do?

PAUL:
Not all the time,but The Vandagraph Foundation declaired
me a genius....

JAMIE:
(smells somthing)
Eww.Some one needs a clean diaper.
Hand me the diaper bag Einstien


PAUL:
(looks offended)
Sweetie ,we talked about that.

JAMIE:
Okay.I'm sorry....
(Jamie gets up to go change mabels diaper in the ladies room)

PAUL:
Its okay...
(jamie leans dowm and kisses him)

Fade out

Fade in.


Scene IV:
Paul and Selby are
discussing a new film idea.

SELBY:
Oh...Lets do one on couples.
Ira will be the bacholer,I'll be the newly wed,
You sister and her little.....friend can be the
gay couple,You be the happily married father!

PAUL:
Debbie and Joan wouldn't go for that.Ira
wouldn't go for that,Jamie wouldn't go for that,
HANNAH wouldn't go for that.

SELBY:
Oh yeah?She came up with the idea
and asked me to pitch it to you

PAUL:
okay,Hannah WOULD go
for somthing like that

SELBY:
At least ask


PAUL:
No...I'm telling you,it won't work.....

SELBY:
Please?

PAUL:
Ahhhhhhh....okay

SELBY:
Thanks buddy

PAUL:
(looking like "Oh man....have I gone soft")
you're welcome

SELBY:
This means so much to hannah.

PAUL:
(looks worse)
No problem.....

Fade out.



Scene V Int.
Buchmans apt.
paul is on phone with Debbie

PAUL: Hey Deb. (pause)I'm good,you?(pause)
I have a thought.You and Joan appear in this
couples documentory.(pause)Okay,go ask her.(long pause)
You will?Great!(pause) Okay...buh bye(hangs up phone)
Great!(sarcasticly)

JAMIE:
What was this couples thing?


PAUL:
Hannah and Selby want to do a couples
documentory.They want Deb and joan,
Ira and his currant flame,Them and ...us,ironicly.
(acts happy)But if you don't want to do it...

JAMIE:
Okay! Sounds like fun!

PAUL:
We tryed this before.

JAMIE:
Well,we have a few weeks notice.I can get
the place cleaned up,get mabel a new dress,
have murray groomed,hire Uma Therman-(paul inturupts)

PAUL:
Not the Uma Therman thing again

JAMIE:
You need some beautiful person to play me.

PAUL:
I already have a beautiful,perfact-in-every-way
person to play you.

JAMIE:
Jodie Foster?

PAUL:
You.

JAMIE:
Ahhh-no

PAUL:
C'mon.........

JAMIE:
Oh okay...if you really really WANT me too


PAUL:
You'll be great.....

JAMIE:
Yeah yeah yeah .........


Fade out