Jack Trask… Beck Bennett
Beth Runyon… Cecily Strong
Ben Hartley… Kenan Thompson
Thomas Dean… Mikey Day
Debbie Pritchard… Saoirse Ronan
Karen Kellers… Leslie Jones
Becca Simms… Heidi Gardner
Security… Alex Moffatt
[Starts with Action News 9 At Five intro]
Male voice: Action News 9, News At Five, Eye on Phoenix.
[Cut to Jack Trask and Beth Runyon in their news set]
Jack Trask: Good evening, I’m Jack Trask.
Beth Runyon: And I’m Beth Runyon. Out top story, chaos at the Canyon Gallery at a shopping center today as an underground gas main exploded giving shoppers at the American Girl store quite a scare. Luckily, no one was seriously hurt.
Jack Trask: Action 9’s Ben Hartley is live at the Canyon Gallery in downtown Phoenix. [Cut to Ben Hartley] Ben, quite a scene down there today.
Ben Hartley: You can say that again, Jack. I’m joined by Thomas Dean and Debbie Pritchard. Two customers who were inside the American Girl store when the explosion happened. My first question, obviously, are you children okay?
Debbie Pritchard: Um, yes, my daughter’s fine. She’s in the car with her dad.
Ben Hartley: And you, Mr. Dean?
Thomas Dean: Um, I don’t have children. I had just briefly popped in to the American Girl store to buy a doll for someone else. It was not for me. It was a gift.
[Ben Hartley looks at Thomas Dean awkwardly]
Ben Hartley: Okay. Um, was there any warning? Was there any warning right before the explosion happened? What happened?
Debbie Pritchard: Oh. Well, I was in line behind Mr. Dean who was buying his doll.
Thomas Dean: [interrupting] As a gift.
Debbie Pritchard: And he was arguing with the sales person saying his doll’s hairstyle looks sort of sloppy and not of the period.
Thomas Dean: [interrupting] Yeah, and then the explosion happened. It was just like a boom!
Debbie Pritchard: Yes! Exactly. And I actually need to thank Mr. Dean because my last thought before the explosion was, you know, “This grown man is alone in a doll store screaming about his doll’s hairstyle.”
Thomas Dean: [interrupting] I barely raised my voice. I wasn’t screaming.
Debbie Pritchard: And I thought it was weird.
Thomas Dean: [interrupting] Not if it’s a gift, though. Not if it’s a gift.
Debbie Pritchard: And I sort of instinctively hugged my daughter closer to me to protect her. And that actually saved her from some of the falling glass.
Ben Hartley: Wow! [looking at Thomas Dean] Well, thank god you were obsessed with your doll’s hairstyle, sir.
Thomas Dean: No. It was more that it was messy. Upper class girls in the 1920s were very put together. So I’m told. I was buying a gift. It was just so chaotic.
Ben Hartley: Yeah. I bet. Um, Jack and Beth, can you believe what you’re hearing?
[Cut to Jack Trask and Beth Runyon]
Jack Trask: No. I mean, it’s definitely his doll, right?
Beth Runyon: Jack! We’re joined now by representative of Canyon Rock gas, Karen Kellers. [Cut to split screen with Beth Runyon and Karen Kellers] Thanks for speaking with us, Ms. Kellers.
Karen Kellers: My pleasure.
Beth Runyon: Now, should residents be concerned by this?
Karen Kellers: There’s no reason to panic. Just because a grown man collects dolls, it doesn’t mean he a predator.
Beth Runyon: Um, Ms. Kellers, I’m sorry if I wasn’t clear. I was referring to the gas main explosion.
Karen Kellers: Oh, yes. That’s very bad.
Beth Runyon: Well, okay. Thank you, Ms. Kellers.
[Cut to Jack Trask]
Jack Trask: Let’s check back in with Ben down at the scene. Ben?
[Cut to Ben Hartley. He is with Becca Simms.]
Ben Hartley: Yeah, Jack, Beth, I’m here with another eye witness, Ms. Becca Simms, an employee at the American Girl store. Can you tell us what happened?
Becca Simms: Yes. I work in the cafe where the doll owners can eat with their dolls. I was setting up a table for the gentleman you were just speaking with earlier, Mr. Dean and his doll, Christine Somersby.
[Thomas Dean runs in interrupting]
Thomas Dean: That wasn’t me. It was someone else.
[Thomas Dean runs out]
Becca Simms: No, no. It was him. He handed me a $20 bill and said, “Give us a table with a view. Christian’s new money. Not Trolly Trash.”
[Thomas Dean runs in interrupting]
Thomas Dean: Then the explosion happened. Just like, “Boom.” Do you remember the explosion?
Ben Hartley: Yeah, can you explain that?
Thomas Dean: Oh! It was just like a loud “Boom” of no where.
Ben Hartley: No, the phrase ‘Trolly Trash.’
Thomas Dean: Oh! Um, in the 1920s in Christian’s era, prostitutes would look for customers on trollies. So I’m told. It’s just a gift. Oh my god! This looks crazy!
Ben Hartley: Alright, Beth, Jack, I’m seeing an emergency service worker here. [Ben Hartley walks to Security] Sir, can you tell us about the situation inside the store?
Security: Um, sure. I mean, luckily, we have no injuries except for this little lady we found on the ground. [Security shows a doll]
[Thomas Dean runs in]
Thomas Dean: She’s gonna be on TV. She might as well have a hat.
[Thomas Dean puts a hat on the doll and runs out.]
It’s a gift.
Security: Uh-huh. But the structural damage is extensive. Right now, it looks like the American Girl store is gonna be closed for eight months.
[Thomas Dean runs in again]
Thomas Dean: Does that include a salon in the second floor?
Security: Whole building.
Thomas Dean: Ah!
[Thomas Dean walks out]
Ben Hartley: Well, thank you for talking with us. Jack, Beth, back to you in the studio.
[Cut to Jack Trask and Beth Runyon]
Beth Runyon: Well, quite an ordeal for those customers down there.
Jack Trask: Oh, he’ll be fine. There’s another American Girl store in Tempi.
Beth Runyon: Jack! We’ll be right back.