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A Day in the Life…of Microsoft Employees
written by: JPIII


Supervisor.....Chris Parnell
Jim.....Matt LeBlanc
Bob.....Fred Armisen
Nerd 3.....Will Forte


INT. Computer Lab

NERDS (LeBlanc, Armisen, Forte) are sitting around.

SUPERVISOR (Parnell) walks in.

Supervisor: Hey, nerds. Guess what…I just got off the phone with Bill Gates and, yeah, he’s still the biggest nerd out of all of you.

All Nerds: What???

Supervisor: Yeah, he played an online version of Dungeons and Dragons for 42 hours straight over the weekend.

All Nerds: Aww, man!

Jim: I played for 36 and a half…dammit!

Bob: Try 37…

[A beat.]

Nerd 3: Uh, I haven’t had sex this decade! I’m the king!

Supervisor: Not so fast, pocket protector…Bill hasn’t had sex since 1967. Try again.

All Nerds: (loudly) Aww!!!

Supervisor: Anyway, eggheads…point is, Gates earned 4,999,991 gagillion dollars last week, and that just ain’t cuttin’ it. He usually pulls in 5 or 7 during his down times, you know. Basically, he needs you to create a virus that will be sent to everyone owning Microsoft products, and one that can only be purged by Microsoft technology.

Jim: What??

Supervisor: Yeah, he thinks if more people come to the site to download updates to fix the virus, they’ll browse the products, throw some money around…etcetera, etcetera.

Jim: (nodding his head) Yeah, I guess that’d work.

Supervisor: You think that? Really? How ‘bout this…I don’t care what you think! As long as Bill’s the king nerd, I’m only listening to him.

Nerd 3: I’m not the king anymore??

Jim: Shut up!

Supervisor: (covering his ears childishly) Blah, blah, blah! I’m not listening to you! I’m not listening to you!!! Rustle, rustle, blah!

[A beat as he exits.]

Jim: So, a virus, eh?

Bob: Yeah.

Jim: Should be easy enough, Bob…right?

Bob: Yeah, I guess. What do you think, Nerd 3?

Nerd 3: 1967??? He’s a frickin’ god, a man among beasts!

Jim: Will you shut up and focus?? We gotta do this now, or god will squash us like bugs!

Bob: Jeez, Jim, don’t get your Fruit o’ the Looms in a bunch. (slides up to computer, starts hitting keys seemingly at random) Let’s see…your basic worm…(types more) some backdoors…(swirls in chair, slams down on enter) domino!

Jim: It’s done?

Bob: Done! All we gotta do is send it.

Jim: Good then…let’s go!

Nerd 3: Uh, wait…what are we gonna name it?

Jim: Name? What name? What are you talking about, you dolt?

Nerd 3: We gotta name it, right?

Bob: Yeah, he’s right, Jim. We need to name it something. How ‘bout…(looks around room) here, let’s name it…(picks up donut) Rocky!

Jim: Rocky? That’s stupid!

Nerd 3: How ‘bout Megatron?

Jim: Megatron? Why don’t we just name it after your mother!

Nerd 3: Shut up, man!

Bob: How ‘bout…Superworm! Yeah!

Jim: Superworm??? We aren’t naming comic books here, Bob!

Bob: Yeah, but it’s still cool!

Jim: Yeah, I hope you get multiple sclerosis and die. How’s that for cool?

Bob: Hey, take it easy…(looks over) Nerd 3, what the hell are you doing??

Nerd 3: (at a computer) I’m Googling baby names. I figure we’ll give it a robust German name. How’s Hans, or…Google sound?

Jim: What are you, gay?

Nerd 3: (snapping) I am not gay!!! Just because I’m a geek doesn’t mean I’m gay! Trust me, my proctologist, my chiropractor, and my meter reader all found that out hard!! It wasn’t pretty!

[The nerds are in shock at his outburst. The supervisor walks in.]

Supervisor: You freak-sticks anywhere with the virus?

Jim: Yeah, uh, it’s ready to be sent.

Supervisor: Well, then...what’s the damn holdup?

Jim: Uh, well, see…it’s gotta be firewall-proofed, and uh…

Bob: (rescuing him) Yeah, but, see, the technology, program, module, firewall…

Supervisor: You can’t think of a name, can you, you insignificant wastes of spinal fluid!

All Nerds: No…(bowing their heads sheepishly)

Supervisor: Well, don’t worry. Bill Gates called and he’s already got one. It is to be called the Robo-Cool-Ass virus. He deems it so.

[Nerds have blank stares.]

Supervisor: Yeah, I know…you don’t have to tell me. It’s cool, it’s hip, it’s kitschy…classic Gates.

Bob: Yeah, uh…

Jim: Wait a second, mister! How did he know we had the virus finished???

Bob and Nerd 3: Yeah!

Supervisor: (pauses, serious) Well, you’re not gonna believe this, but I’m Bill Gates!

All Nerds: Uh, oh…oh, god! (all start bowing on the floor)

Jim: Oh, Mr. Gates…I mean Jesus…thank you for gracing us w/ your presence!

Nerd 3: Yes, uh, Jesus, uh…why can’t I be Jesus, too? I’d make a good Jesus!

Supervisor: What? That doesn’t even make sense! And will you get up, you idiots! I’m not Bill Gates! He just knows everything, that’s how he knew! (to himself) Dammit, what a gullible bunch of retards!

[Supervisor exits snickering. Nerds set w/ blank stares for a couple seconds. Supervisor reenters.]

Supervisor: Dammit, he didn’t know, alright! He just wanted to name it before it went out! Quit drooling and get back to work, bitches!

All Nerds: (snapping out of their wondered trances) Yes, sir!


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