Ed Glosser: Trivial Psychic
Ed Glosser…..Christopher Walken
Female Employee…..Julia Sweeney
Male Employee #1…..Phil Hartman
New Employee…..Rob Schneider
Male Employee #2…..Adam Sandler
Delivery Boy…..Chris Rock
[ Female Employee drops her styrofoam cup while pouring some spring water.Ed Glosser picks it up for her, then accidentally grabs her hand, fallinginto a trance ]
Female Employee: Are you alright?
Ed Glosser: [ pause ] You have a daughter..
Female Employee: Yes?
Ed Glosser: She’s at home with the housekeeper..
Female Employee: Yes?
Ed Glosser: The housekeeper just waxed the kitchen floor..
Female Employee: Yes?
Ed Glosser: Your daughter’s running.. on the wet kitchen floor..
Female Employee: [ panicking ] And?
Ed Glosser: She’s leaving footprints..
Female Employee: Yeah?
Ed Glosser: The housekeeper’s annoyed.. she has to do that part of thefloor over again..
Female Employee: Really?
Ed Glosser: It’s not too late! You can call her.. and save her!
Female Employee: Um.. I have some work to do, but I’ll call her later.Okay? Say, how did you get these powers, anyway?
Ed Glosser: [ looks into the camera ] I.. don’t.. know..
Announcer: Ed Glosser: Trivial Psychic. During a brief power outage,Ed Glosser’s tanning booth experiences a slight malfunction. Forfeiting adarker base, he instead gains the mildly impressive ability to foretellinsignificant events of the immediate future. This is his story..
Male Employee #1: Ed, I want you to meet Bob. He just joined usover in Accounting.
New Employee: Nice to meet you! [ shakes Ed’s hand ]
Ed Glosser: [ falls into his trance ] Tomorrow.. on the way to work..you’re gonna buy a cup of coffee..
New Employee: [ anxious ] Yeah?
Ed Glosser: Then you’re gonna hail a cab..
New Employee: Uh huh! Does the cab crash?!
Ed Glosser: No.. you’re gonna leave the coffee in the cab!
New Employee: Okay.. I guess I’ll just have to get another cup whenI get here.
Ed Glosser: Look! you don’t get it! You’re wasting coffee!
Male Employee #1: Ed, Ed, Ed.. what’s the big deal? It’s just a cupof coffee! Look, we’ve got a whole pot of it over there.
Ed Glosser: accidentally touches the male employee’s arm and fallsback into his trance ] At lunch.. you’re gonna treat yourself to a vanilla icecream.. you’re gonna eat it too fast.. you’re gonna get an ice cream headache..it’s gonna hurt.. real bad.. right.. [ touches the middle of his forehead ]..here.. for eight, nine seconds..
Male Employee #1: Ed, I don’t want you to take this the wrong way.But you’re giving everybody the creeps.
Ed Glosser: I didn’t ask for these powers! Theyjust came to me!
Male Employee #1: Well, I see a large stack of papers on your desk..and I see you finishing them all by five o’clock! [ laughs and turns to leave ]
New Employee: Hey, uh.. nice meeting you. [ starts to shake Ed’shand again, but retreats and leaves ]
Male Employee #2: [ enters ] Hey! Psychic Man! What do you seehappening in the World Series – Toronto or Atlanta?
Ed Glosser: [ upset ] I can’t believe you’re asking me to use mypowers in that way! [ turns to leave, but Male Employee #2 grabs Ed’sarm and sends into another trance ] You’re eating a bag of pistachios.. youwill find that one is very difficult to open..
Male Employee #2: Yeah?
Ed Glosser: You’re not going to be able to open it with your fingers.. you’re gonna have to use your teeth.. it’s gonna taste very bad..
Male Employee #2: Just the one nut?
Ed Glosser: Yes!
Male Employee #2: Alright.. well, thanks for thattip. I’m going to go call my bookie now. [ leaves ]
[ Ed sits in the office, annoyed ]
Delivery Boy: [ enters carrying a bag ] Excuse me, did you order atuna fish sandwich?
Ed Glosser: Yeah.. [ pulls out some money and places it in theDelivery Boy’s hand, falling into another trance ] You have a car..
Delivery Boy: Yeah?
Ed Glosser: [ pause ] Could you give me a lift home? Nobody aroundhere likes me.
Delivery Boy: Sure. Why not?
Ed Glosser: [ still in trance ] There’s going to be traffic.
[ the two exit the office, to fade ]
