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(V.O. intercom) No mothers.

KEN
There is a God. Tell the kids to have a seat. Mr. Goodhouse, sure I can't get you anything?
(Goodhouse waves him off)

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We move to an off-set waiting room.

ADAM
(Reading quickly from an apparent script) ―Sweet ‗n‘ charming cute ‗n‘ cuddly happy, healthy, hungry,
thirsty, eating, drinking, munching, crunching, sipping, slurping, smiling, laughing-―
We're supposed to do this in unison?

STEPHANIE
Only one of us.

ADAM
He said that?

CHRIS
He said whoever does it best. 'Course we know who that'll be.

ADAM
Oh, yes. With your vast professional experience. Two commercials was it?

CHRIS
Four. Nationals. And I‘m on hold for Toastie-Oats.

ADAM
(Mock-impressed) Oooh. (Sweet, warm) Imagine, Steff. In just a few minutes, you and I‘ll experience
our first sixty seconds of fame. [Piano vamp/Key: D] But Chrissie here- soon her face‘ll be on
every cereal box in America. ―Hi. I‘m Christine Holliwell. I‘m seven-to-nine. And I‘m the…

SONG: SIXTY SECOND SUPERSTAR OF MADISON AVENUE

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