Odd Couple Shot list Act One Characters R - Renee/Roy S - Sylvie/Speed V - Vera/Vinnie M - Mickey/Murray O - Olive/Oscar Scene 1 O's messy NYC apt, late summer evening Tape OC1 Sequence 1 Shot number 1_1_1 Action discover four Trivial Pursuit players, friends, relaxing together Camera WS (establishing shot), slow pan Dialogue players are talking but not heard Other Audio none Visual Effects none Shot number 1_1_2 Action Standing, M shakes and rolls dice, counts marker, sits Camera two-shot of M/V team, including tabletop Dialogue M: M C'mon, baby, we need a piece of the pie. Five. One two three four five. Science and Nature. Shot number 1_1_3 Action R reads question from card picked off table Camera two-shot of R/S team including tabletop Dialogue R: Oh, you're going to love this. How many times a year does a penguin have sex? Shot number 1_1_4 Action M and V discuss answer, V answers Camera same two-shot of M/V team Dialogue M: Do you know any penguins intimately V: That shouldn't be Science and Nature. That should be gossip. M: I'll say they do it six times. V: Why only six times? M: Did you ever see what they look like? V: They live on icebergs. What else could they do all winter? I say 20 times. Shot number 1_1_5 Action R answers, takes off jacket, S reacts Camera same two-shot of R/S team Dialogue R: Wrong. They do it once. S: Once? I married a penguin. Sequence 2 Shot number 1_2_1 Action S hands dice, R rolls and counts marker, reverses marker, takes off sweater Camera two-shot of R/S team, zoom out and pan right to include V Dialogue R: It's hot in here. … S: We take science S: Your roll. R: I'm going to pass out, I swear. V: Someone told me you were seeing a doctor. Is it anything serious? R: No. We only had two dates. Four. One two three four. Oh, Christ. Sports. S: Go the other way. We take science. Shot number 1_2_2 Action M looks at watch Camera CU of M Dialogue M: Two minutes to go and counting down. Shot number 1_2_3 Action S reacts to M Camera two-shot of S and V Dialogue S: Do you mind if she asks the question first. Go on, Vera. Sequence 3 Shot number 1_3_1 Action Vera reads card Camera CU of V Dialogue V: What does C mean in Einstein's Theory of Relativity, E equals MC squared? Shot number 1_3_2 Action R and S react Camera two-shot of R and S Dialogue S: We'll try Sports. Shot number 1_3_3 Action V reacts Camera MS of V Dialogue V: You can't change after you've heard the question. Shot number 1_3_4 Action R moves marker back Camera MS of R Dialogue R: She picked it on my turn. I pick sports. Shot number 1_3_5 Action M looks at watch Camera CU of M Dialogue M: A minute thirty and counting down. Sequence 4 Shot number 1_4_1 Action V reads card Camera MS of V Dialogue V: Who pitched back to back no-hitters for the Cincinnati Reds in 1938? Shot number 1_4_2 Action R and S stare again with their moths open, dumbfounded. Camera two-shot of R and S Dialogue S (to R): You want to take a crack at MC squared? R (to V, off camera): Give us a hint. … Is it baseball or football? Other audio V (OC): What kind of hint? Shot number 1_4_3 Action V gives hint Camera two-shot of V and S Dialogue V: It's baseball. I'll give you another hint. He has a Dutch name. S: Dutch Schultz Shot number 1_4_4 Action M reacts Camera CU of M Dialogue M: Dutch Schultz was a gangster. Shot number 1_4_5 Action R guesses Camera CU of R Dialogue R: Joe Rembrandt Shot number 1_4_6 Action V reacts Camera MS of V Dialogue V: Is that your answer? Shot number 1_4_7 Action S guesses Camera MS of S Dialogue S: Peter Windmill Shot number 1_4_8 Action V reacts Camera CU of V Dialogue V: Is that your answer? Shot number 1_4_9 Action M looks at watch and rises from chair Camera MS of M Dialogue M: Sixty seconds and counting down. Shot number 1_4_10 Action S reacts and calls to kitchen, M walks toward camera Camera WS from stage-left window of table and kitchen door beyond Dialogue S: What is this, liftoff at Cape Canaveral? Olive, we need help. Other audio O (OC in kitchen): I'm coming, I'm coming Shot number 1_4_11 Action V reacts Camera WS from left of table and M leaning out window. Dialogue V: Do you give up? Shot number 1_4_12 Action R guesses, fanning herself Camera MS of R Dialogue R: No yet. Bobby Amsterdam. Tony Tulip. Sequence 5 Shot number 1_5_1 Action V changes subject Camera two-shot of V and S Dialogue V: Give up. You'll never get it. I have to leave by twelve. S: Where the hell are you running? V: I told you that when I sat down. … I have to leave by twelve. Shot number 1_5_2 Action M turns from window. Camera MS of M Dialogue M: I'm really starting to worry about Florence. She's never been this late before. Shot number 1_5_3 Action V irritates S Camera two-shot of V and S Dialogue V: I told Harry I'd be home by one the latest. We're making an eight o'clock plane to Florida. Shot number 1_5_4 Action M turns from window. Camera MS of M Dialogue Who goes to Florida in July? Shot number 1_5_5 Action V responds Camera two-shot of V and S Dialogue V: It's off-season. There are no crowds and you get the best rooms for one-tenth the price. S: Some vacation. Six cheap people in an empty hotel room. Shot number 1_5_6 Action M crosses SL to US center, looks at watch Camera WS from center Dialogue M: Maybe Florence is sick. I'm really getting nervous. V: Do you give up? S: Mickey Dikes. I hate this game. M: Did you know that Florence once locked herself in the bathroom overnight in Bloomingdale's? She wrote out her entire will on a half a roll of toilet paper. Time is almost up. Sequence 6 Shot number 1_6_1 Action S calls, O enters w/ tray of food and drinks Camera WS from stage left window of R/S team and kitchen door Dialogue S: Olive! We're running out of time. O: Alright, what's the question? Shot number 1_6_2 Action O crosses SR behind table to buffet table UC; M crosss SL to table Camera WS from center, pan slightly to follow O Dialogue M: You only have four seconds V: Who pitched back t0 back no-hitters -- Shot number 1_6_3 Action O recites Camera MS of O Dialogue O: Johnny Van Der Meer on June 11th against the Boston Braves, three-nothing, and on June 15th against the Brooklyn Dodgers, six-nothing, his overall record for the year was fifteen wins and ten losses, I have one second left over, ask me another question. Shot number 1_6_4 Action R and S react Camera two-shot of R/S team Dialogue R: She's incredible. S: You really love sports, don't you? Shot number 1_6_5 Action Olive comments Camera MS of O Dialogue O: I love big men in tight pants. - eof -