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Papa Geppetto
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Papa Geppetto
- Artist:
- Neil Cicierega Presents
- Released:
- June 16, 2009
- Length:
- 6:54
- Link:
- Hollywood East TV
YouTube - Cast:
- Neil Cicierega, Kevin Forti, Emmy Cicierega
Transcript
(Opening titles.)
(Our story takes place in a small old house. There is a man loading and zipping up a bag.)
Geppetto: Pinocchio!
Pinocchio: What is it?
Geppetto: Pinocchio! Pinocchio, I make you some lemonade!
Pinocchio: I’m not thirsty.
Geppetto: Of course you are thirsty! Drink the lemonade. Drink!
Pinocchio: Hey, hey, Geppetto! You’re gonna spill it all over my stuff.
Geppetto: Hey, why you always call me Geppetto?
Pinocchio: That’s your name. Now just let me finish-
Geppetto: Call me Papa! I’m your Papa!
Pinocchio: Look, I’ve got to finish packing, all right? I don’t want you… hovering.
Geppetto: Pinocchio. Why you got to go to college anyway? You stay here, and be my apprentice. I teach you to make puppets.
Pinocchio: You can’t teach me a damn thing! The doctor said your hands are too weak for that kind of work! There’s never gonna be any money in it, anyway. Ugh, I gotta- I gotta get going.
(Geppetto sadly looks downward. He suddenly smiles and walks away.)
Pinocchio: I’m gonna be a peasant all my life just because he wants to be a puppeteer, like anybody likes puppet shows…
(Geppetto opens a drawer and pulls something out.)
Geppetto: Pinocchio! We watch a movie! Me and you!
Pinocchio: I don’t have time, Geppetto!
Geppetto: But we watch-a the Memphis Belle!
Pinocchio: I don’t. Have. Time. Geppetto.
Geppetto: Me and you, my little wooden boy! Memphis Belle! We watch it-
Pinocchio: What did I just tell you!
(A short pause.)
Pinocchio: I’m not your little wooden boy anymore.
Geppetto: Pinocchio…
Pinocchio: You have to get over it. I’m going away.
(Pinocchio takes his bag, and walks out the door.)
Pinocchio: I haven’t been a puppet in 15 years…
(Pinocchio is gone. Geppetto looks at a photograph of wooden Pinocchio, and places the VHS tape behind it. He picks up the photo.)
Geppetto: My only son. He leave me all alone.
(Geppetto begins thinking. He is chopping wood. Poorly. He blows dust off of an awl. He is clumsily woodworking. He shifts over to clumsily puppetmaking. He steps back to admire his work.)
Geppetto: That’s-a my boy!
(Image of a terrifying and poorly-made puppet.)
Geppetto: My little wooden boy! We will be best of friends!
(He places some milk and cookies next to the puppet.)
Geppetto: Here. For if you get hungry. I see you in the morning!
(Geppetto returns to his bedroom. He begins to pray.)
Geppetto: Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, have another son tonight. Amen.
Geppetto: It really worked!
(He heads downstairs.)
Geppetto: Hello! Little marionette! Hello!
(He sees the puppet is gone and the eaten cookies.)
Geppetto: Come out!
(The puppet moves out slightly.)
Geppetto: Haha! There you are, my boy! Come out, my son! Come out, my little-
(The puppet is somehow even more terrifying in life. It growls and moans and moves slowly towards Geppetto.)
Geppetto: Oh my God, what have I done?
(The puppet approaches.)
Geppetto: No! Stay away! Stay away! No! Please!
(He is crouching in a corner as the puppet advances.)
Geppetto: God, please forgive me.
Pinocchio: Hey, I think I might have left my iPod.
(He sees the puppet.)
Pinocchio: Oh my God.
Geppetto: Pinocchio! Pinocchio, help me! Help me, Pinocchio!
(Pinocchio grabs a hatchet and…)
Geppetto: Destroy it, Pinocchio! Destroy it!
(He brings the hatchet down. Twice. He stops and looks empty.)
Pinocchio: Are you okay?
(Geppetto nods yes, then no.)
Geppetto: I make-a a big mistake, Pinocchio. I’m-a so sorry. You are my only son, no matter where you go.
Pinocchio: I love you, Papa.
Geppetto: I love you too, Pinocchio.
(They hug.)
(Credits.)
(Hollywood East TV sign.)
(Our story takes place in a small old house. There is a man loading and zipping up a bag.)
Geppetto: Pinocchio!
Pinocchio: What is it?
Geppetto: Pinocchio! Pinocchio, I make you some lemonade!
Pinocchio: I’m not thirsty.
Geppetto: Of course you are thirsty! Drink the lemonade. Drink!
Pinocchio: Hey, hey, Geppetto! You’re gonna spill it all over my stuff.
Geppetto: Hey, why you always call me Geppetto?
Pinocchio: That’s your name. Now just let me finish-
Geppetto: Call me Papa! I’m your Papa!
Pinocchio: Look, I’ve got to finish packing, all right? I don’t want you… hovering.
Geppetto: Pinocchio. Why you got to go to college anyway? You stay here, and be my apprentice. I teach you to make puppets.
Pinocchio: You can’t teach me a damn thing! The doctor said your hands are too weak for that kind of work! There’s never gonna be any money in it, anyway. Ugh, I gotta- I gotta get going.
(Geppetto sadly looks downward. He suddenly smiles and walks away.)
Pinocchio: I’m gonna be a peasant all my life just because he wants to be a puppeteer, like anybody likes puppet shows…
(Geppetto opens a drawer and pulls something out.)
Geppetto: Pinocchio! We watch a movie! Me and you!
Pinocchio: I don’t have time, Geppetto!
Geppetto: But we watch-a the Memphis Belle!
Pinocchio: I don’t. Have. Time. Geppetto.
Geppetto: Me and you, my little wooden boy! Memphis Belle! We watch it-
Pinocchio: What did I just tell you!
(A short pause.)
Pinocchio: I’m not your little wooden boy anymore.
Geppetto: Pinocchio…
Pinocchio: You have to get over it. I’m going away.
(Pinocchio takes his bag, and walks out the door.)
Pinocchio: I haven’t been a puppet in 15 years…
(Pinocchio is gone. Geppetto looks at a photograph of wooden Pinocchio, and places the VHS tape behind it. He picks up the photo.)
Geppetto: My only son. He leave me all alone.
(Geppetto begins thinking. He is chopping wood. Poorly. He blows dust off of an awl. He is clumsily woodworking. He shifts over to clumsily puppetmaking. He steps back to admire his work.)
Geppetto: That’s-a my boy!
(Image of a terrifying and poorly-made puppet.)
Geppetto: My little wooden boy! We will be best of friends!
(He places some milk and cookies next to the puppet.)
Geppetto: Here. For if you get hungry. I see you in the morning!
(Geppetto returns to his bedroom. He begins to pray.)
Geppetto: Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, have another son tonight. Amen.
Geppetto: It really worked!
(He heads downstairs.)
Geppetto: Hello! Little marionette! Hello!
(He sees the puppet is gone and the eaten cookies.)
Geppetto: Come out!
(The puppet moves out slightly.)
Geppetto: Haha! There you are, my boy! Come out, my son! Come out, my little-
(The puppet is somehow even more terrifying in life. It growls and moans and moves slowly towards Geppetto.)
Geppetto: Oh my God, what have I done?
(The puppet approaches.)
Geppetto: No! Stay away! Stay away! No! Please!
(He is crouching in a corner as the puppet advances.)
Geppetto: God, please forgive me.
Pinocchio: Hey, I think I might have left my iPod.
(He sees the puppet.)
Pinocchio: Oh my God.
Geppetto: Pinocchio! Pinocchio, help me! Help me, Pinocchio!
(Pinocchio grabs a hatchet and…)
Geppetto: Destroy it, Pinocchio! Destroy it!
(He brings the hatchet down. Twice. He stops and looks empty.)
Pinocchio: Are you okay?
(Geppetto nods yes, then no.)
Geppetto: I make-a a big mistake, Pinocchio. I’m-a so sorry. You are my only son, no matter where you go.
Pinocchio: I love you, Papa.
Geppetto: I love you too, Pinocchio.
(They hug.)
(Credits.)
(Hollywood East TV sign.)
