Vanessa… Melissa Villsaeñor
Sofia… Selena Gomez
Chad Mitchell… Mikey Day
[Starts with Vanessa and Sofia in their show set]
Vanessa: Ay, Welcome to A Peek at Pico, Pico Rivera’s number one public access talk show. I’m Vanessa.
Sofia: I’m Sofia. And on this show, we talk about everything happening in Pico Rivera from the good…
Vanessa: To the bad. So like what do you get into this weekend, chica?
Sofia: I got a new eyeliner.
Vanessa: I was gonna say, I saw that. It looks good.
Sofia: Yeah, well, the eyeliner poked me in the eye.
Vanessa: Aw, that’s sad.
Sofia: Sad. Okay, we gotta go talk to Chad.
Vanessa: Yeah, Chad’s outside right now. Bienvenidos, Chad.
Chad: Hi, yeah, this is Chad Mitchell reporting live from Pico Park. The birds are chirping, the sun is shining. Families have been coming to this park for generations.
Vanessa: That’s good.
Chad: Yes. But city officials…
Vanessa and Sofia: [interrupting] Bye, Chad.
Chad: Wait!
Vanessa: Okay, we’re gonna bring out a guest. She hangs out at the library with the books. Bienvenidos, Becca.
[Becca walks in with some books]
Becca: Hi. [cheers and applause] Thanks for having me. I want to clarify, though, that I’m a librarian. I don’t just hang out with books.
Vanessa: Oh, that’s good.
Sofia: Yeah. Because when I heard that, I was like, that’s sad.
Vanessa: Sad. Yeah, so Becca, what’s up with all these books?
Becca: Well, these are some summer reading books we have at the library.
Sofia: Like what?
Becca: Well, this one is the giver.
Vanessa: Damn, what’s that about?
Becca: It’s a book about a society where no one can see colors.
Sofia: That’s sad.
Vanessa: Sad.
Becca: Yes, it is. But then one day…
Vanessa: [interrupting] They can see purple though, right?
Becca: No, they can’t see purple.
Sofia: That’s sad. I love purple.
Vanessa: Oh, do you guys have “Cat in the Hat”? That book is so funny.
Becca: Well, yes, we do have the Cat in the Hat.
Sofia: Oh, that’s good.
Becca: Well, you know we also have…
Vanessa and Sofia: [interrupting] Bye Becca.
[Becca leaves]
Sofia: Okay, now we’re gonna go back to Chad.
Vanessa: Yeah, Chad’s outside right now.
Chad: Yeah, actually, you kind of cut me off earlier. See, local news stories usually start with a couple of descriptive sentences to set the scene before transitioning into the actual news story.
Vanessa and Sofia: Oh, okay.
Chad: Okay. So city officials…
Vanessa and Sofia: [interrupting] Bye, Chad.
Chad: Seriously?
Sofia: Okay, we got another guest now. He makes music but he doesn’t even sing. He just raps. Bienvenidos, Lil’ Hub Cap.
Lil’ Hub Cap: What’s up? What’s up? What’s up Pico Rivera? It’s your boy Lil’ Hub Cap.
Vanessa: Damn, look at you. So you got an album out or something?
Lil’ Hub Cap: Yeah, my music is inspired by my struggle. See, my dad wasn’t around much. And when he was, he was mean.
Sofia: Hmm, your dad was a bad man.
Lil’ Hub Cap: My dad was Batman?
Sofia: No, not Batman. Your dad was a bad man.
Venessa: Yeah, you had a bad dad. That’s sad. But then you turn your bad dad into rap, that’s good.
Lil’ Hub Cap: Yo, I didn’t catch all that. I’ma just do my song.
Vanessa: You can do right here.
Lil’ Hub Cap: Alright.
[music playing]
[rapping] I grew up with nothing
Vanessa and Sofia: That’s sad.
Lil’ Hub Cap: But now I got it all
Vanessa and Sofia: That’s good
Lil’ Hub Cap: But I still feel like nothing
Vanessa and Sofia: That’s sad
Lil’ Hub Cap: But I’m standing tall
Vanessa and Sofia: That’s good
Lil’ Hub Cap: Hub Cap, skrr skrr
Peace out, y’all.
[cheers and applause]
Rebecca: Wow, that was sad but it made me feel good.
Sofia: Yeah, it’s cathartic.
Rebecca: Cathartic?
Sofia: Yeah.
Rebecca: What’s cathartic?
Sofia: That’s when it’s good to be sad.
Rebecca: Oh, that’s good. Okay, we’re gonna talk to Chad because he’s outside right now. Hey Chad, what’s going on with the park?
Chad: Really? You’re actually going to let me do the story?
Selena: Yeah, we want to know.
Chad: Okay, well, I’m here in Pico park where the sun is shining and the birds are chirping.
Rebecca: Okay, we’re out of time.
Chad: Of course we are.
Vanessa and Sofia: Bye, Chad.
Vanessa: Okay, our show’s over now. Sophia, you can go meet up with your man.
Sofia: Okay. Ai! I poked my eye again.
Vanessa: That’s sad.
Sofia: That’s sad.