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02h: Al Gore / Phish
Last Call
George, the Old Drunk ... Tracy Morgan
Old Prune ... Maya Rudolph
Travis ... Dean Edwards
[Near midnight on Christmas Eve. A bar. On the walls,
holiday decorations hang side-by-side with photos of
classic jazz musicians. Organ music drifts in from
somewhere off screen. The place is almost empty except
for three elderly African-Americans: the gray-haired
bartender Travis who wipes down a table and his last
two customers, a man and a woman, who sit side-by-side
at the bar nursing their drinks.]
Old Drunk: Hey, Travis! How 'bout a little
refresher over here?
Old Prune: Uh huh. Me, too. I could use a
refreshener myself.
Travis: [joins them, mildly annoyed] Didn't I
say "last call"?
Old Drunk: Don't do this to me! It's the night
before Chri'mas!
Travis: Look, I got to get home.
Old Prune: I want to go home, too. But I don't
got no home.
Travis: Chief, that is not my problem!
Old Drunk: TRAVIS!
Travis: Okay, man! But only 'cause it's
Christmas Eve. Hey, I'll tell you what. This last one
is on the house.
Old Prune: On the house?!
Travis: Any drink you want, consider it my
Christmas present.
Old Drunk: Anything?!
Travis: Anything! [exits]
Old Prune: Ohhh.
Old Drunk: I'm gonna have me a brandy
Alexander. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. [The
unseen organist seizes the moment and the Old Drunk
breaks out singing with a deep but inebriated
voice:] I want something I've never had
before!
Old Prune: You tell 'em, George!
[sings the first line of the chorus with a screechy,
high-pitched but equally inebriated voice:]
It's the holidays - There's a drink that's right
for you
Old Drunk: I know that's true!
[sings]
It's the holidays - We'll take a chance on
something new
Old Prune: Chook-a choo, chook-a choo, choo
choo.
Try a Manhattan or maybe a Singapore Sling
Old Drunk: That's right.
Both: It's the holidays, we can order
anything!
Old Drunk: Ha! I know that's good!
Old Prune: Yeah!
Old Drunk: I like Tom Collins, he's a old,
dear friend of mine
Old Prune: Yeah, I know you two go way
back.
[sings]
I like gin drinks, somethin' simple like a gin and
lime
Old Drunk: It's Christmas Eve, why not a
glass of champagne?
Old Prune: Oh, that sounds terrific!
Both: It's the holidays, we can order
anything!
[Having completed the chorus, they now talk over the
music.]
Old Prune: Hey, George, you know, I could go
for a mint julep!
Old Drunk: Ah, delicious. And an excellent,
excellent choice.
Old Prune: Mm hmm.
Old Drunk: Me, myself, I'm gonna have a
strawberry frip.
Old Prune: Oh! Rum and vodka.
Old Drunk: Rum, you ol' bag of bones. With a
dash - a dash of nutmeg.
Old Prune: Ooh! Ooh! What about a Black
Russian?
Old Drunk: Well, I HAD a Black Russian but she
wudn't no drink! I - I wouldn't mind a grasshopper,
though.
Old Prune: Mm mm. Two hours ago. I'm
considering the plum ricky.
Old Drunk: Ah, too tricky, a plum ricky. But a
stinger might work.
Old Prune: A sidecar for me.
Old Drunk: Aw, whatever we want, it's
prack-ically Christmas now.
Old Prune: You're right.
[starts singing a half chorus]
It's the holidays - I've never had a
Dubonnet
Old Drunk: You can say that again. Know
why?
[sings]
It's the holidays - I'd really like
Courvoisier
Old Prune: Oh, me three. That stuff is
delicious.
[sings]
I like Bloody Marys, Dirty Harrys
Or somethin' with a little zing
Both: It's the holidays, we can order an - y
- thing!
[The song ends. Music out. The Old Prune coughs. The
audience applauds. Bartender Travis returns.]
Travis: All right, so - so what'll it
be?
Old Prune: I'll have a wine.
Old Drunk: A wine for me.
[Travis exits.]
Old Prune: Merry Christmas, you old
drunk.
Old Drunk: Merry Christmas to you, you old
prune.
[They clink their glasses together and drink.]
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