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Can Ya Help Me Out?
written by: Wintah


Andrew.....Andy Samberg
Mr. Baxter.....Alec Baldwin
Katie.....Kristen Wiig
Deborah.....Rachel Dratch


[ EXT. Chelsea Pharmacy ]

[ Fade INT. We see Andrew the cashier helping a line of customers. ]

Andrew: And here's your change, sir. Thanks for stopping by.

[ Customer leaves. Mr. Baxter, an old man with a cane, approaches the counter. ]

Andrew: Hello, how may I help you?

Mr. Baxter: I'm dying.

Andrew: Oh my God! Let me call an ambulance for you!

Mr. Baxter: No, no, it's terminal, they won't be able to do anything.

Andrew: Oh. Well you want me to call your family or...?

Mr. Baxter: Forget all that. Look, can you help me out with something?

Andrew: Sure, what is it?

Mr. Baxter: I'd like one crazy lay before I crossover.

Andrew: Excuse me?

Mr. Baxter: You know, a crazy lay. A real wild one. [ nudges Andrew's arm. ]

Andrew: Yeah, I do know but I don't think I can help you with that.

Mr. Baxter: Why not?

Andrew: Well, first of all I don't swing that way.

Mr. Baxter: No, you fool, I want someone of the female persuasion.

Andrew: Oh. Well, I'm not a pimp either.

Mr. Baxter: No need to worry, I'll just leave you and the lady something in my will. The cops will never know.

Andrew: Still...besides why do you want a crazy one, anyway? They're only trouble.

Mr. Baxter: Sonny, I'll be dead tomorrow, I'm not really worried about trouble. Besides no respectable lady would be into such a proposal so that leaves me with crazy or ugly and a crazy chick is better than an ugly one.

Andrew: I don't know, you can't put a bag over crazy. I mean, beauty's just a lightswitch away.

Mr. Baxter: Yes, but fat glows in the dark.

Andrew: You certainly have a point. Well, I guess I could call the female employees who work here, see what they say. [ walks to the break room, opens the door ] Deborah, Katie, can you come out here for a minute?

[ Deborah and Katie enter. Mr. Baxter straightens up at the sight of them. ]

Katie: You called?

Andrew: Um, how would you guys like to go out on a date with Mr..?

Mr. Baxter: Baxter, Mr. Baxter.

Deborah: No offense, but aren't you kind of old for us.

Andrew: Old? Pah, Mr. Baxter here is a spry...

Mr. Baxter: 76.

Andrew: A spry 76. Wow.

Mr. Baxter: I may be beyond your years young miss but I still have a rocket for your pocket.

Andrew: So what do you say Debbie?

Deborah: Um...

Katie: She can't.

Deborah: I can't?

Katie: Don't you have your children's theater show tomorrow morning?

Deborah: Oh that's right. It's going to be early. Damn, I really don't want to go.

Katie: Why not?

Deborah: They're preschoolers and they don't know their asses from their elbows.

Andrew: That could make for a VERY interesting game of arm wrestling.

Mr. Baxter: Not to fret young miss, you'll have a good night's rest for tomorrow morning's engagement. Our entanglement won't take long.

Deborah: I'm sorry but I'm really not interested.

Mr. Baxter: How about you?

Katie: I'm sorry but you're not my type.

Mr. Baxter: Not you're type?

Andrew: Oh that's right, Katie only dates black guys.

Mr. Baxter: Oh?

Katie: I want to have mixed children. In today's society race should not longer be an issue. Ethnicity won't matter if we're all blended as one.

Andrew: [ To Mr. Baxter ] She's a causehead.

[ Mr. Baxter nods. ]

Deborah: About that Katie, will you be mad when I give them Oreos then laugh when they eat them?

Katie: I can't believe you Debbie!

Deborah: Sorry! Just a question, geez.

[ Mr. Baxter clears his throat, the girls stop arguing. ]

Mr. Baxter: Sorry to interrupt but I am dying here.

Katie: Who is this guy anyway, Andrew?

Andrew: I don't know.

Katie: You don't know?

Andrew: He said he was dying and wanted one last crazy lay before he went.

Katie: So you thought you pimp us?!?

Andrew: Not pimp, just hook him up. Come on, it's his dying wish and Deb's always dating older guys.

Deborah: Thirty old, not 76 old.

Katie: Besides, you're dying? Shouldn't you be in a hospital or something?

Mr. Baxter: It's terminal.

Katie: Terminal what?

Mr. Baxter: Cancer. I was diagnosed last month.

Deborah: Well you can live more than a month with chemo and stuff.

Mr. Baxter: Not for me. Why would I want to take a cure worse than the disease?

Katie: See I don't get that.

Andrew: Get what?

Katie: How people can just give up and die like that.

Andrew: Well, Jesus did it...

Deborah: Hmm...What Would Jesus Do? Yeah, you're right. Okay, well come on then.

[ A large grin spreads over Mr. Baxter's face. ]

Katie: Deb!

Deborah: What? He's kinda cute.

Katie: I cannot believe you're going to do this!

Andrew: Here, take a pack of "Rhea" condoms on the house. [ hands Mr. Baxter a pack of "Rhea" condoms. ]

Deborah: Rhea! That can't be good. All bad things end in rhea: diarrhea, gonorrhea, syphillis...no, wait...

Mr. Baxter: Don't worry miss, I have come equipped with sufficient protection.

Katie: Why don't you talk properly?

Mr. Baxter: I talk with class. Anyways, time is of the essence so let's be on our way...?

Deborah: Deborah.

Mr. Baxter: Deborah.

Katie: He doesn't even know your name Deb!

[ Katie marches back to the break room exasperated mumbling, "What a whore." Mr. Baxter and Deborah stand arm in arm. ]

Andrew: Well, one crazy lay before you die, will that be all?

Mr. Baxter: That and gum.

[ Andrew grabs a pack of gum and puts it on the counter. ]

Andrew: Here you go and that'll be $1.99. Have a nice day.

Mr. Baxter: Oh I will. [ Smiles as he hands Andrew the money and pockets the gum. ]

[ Mr. Baxter and Deborah walk out arm in arm. ]

Andrew: Next.

[ Another customer approaches the counter as the camera pans out and the scene ends. ]


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