Driver… Beck Bennett
Leslie Jones
Taran Killam
Melissa McCarthy
[Starts with a bus stopping at the bus stop]
Driver: Okay. Okay, this is Franklin station transfer here for M26 to Greenville.
[Leslie gets in the bus]
Leslie: Hello.
Driver: Hello ma’am.
[There is no seat available so Taran offers Leslie his seat]
Taran: Um, would you like to sit down miss?
Leslie: Yeah. Thanks.
Taran: You got it.
Leslie: So nice.
[Taran stands and Leslie takes his seat]
[Melissa makes way for Leslie to take the seat]
Melissa: Oh, that’s gotta feel good.
Leslie: Yes, it does. Chivalry isn’t dead, right?
Melissa: Hah! I kind of meant the other thing.
Leslie: What other thing?
Melissa: You know. White man gives up his seat in front of the bus. You gotta say, you’ve come a long way baby.
Leslie: Okay.
Melissa: I mean. You know, they’re showing Roots on television for February. And I have just been glued to this. They’re so good. Prime Ben Vareen. Prime OJ Simpson. I mean you can’t miss the cast really. You know what character I love is that Kunye Kenny.
Leslie: Um, Kunta Kinte.
Melissa: I don’t speak it but I enjoy the work.
Leslie: [to Taran] Hey, you sure you don’t wanna sit back down?
Taran: No, I’m good.
Melissa: You know, I gotta be honest, I don’t love a lot of black movies, but like the one where she poops in the pie and– where was that? I can’t remember what it’s called. She was a maid. She pooped in pie and made a lady eat. What is that? Is that called Poop Pie?
Leslie: No. It’s called ‘The Help’.
Melissa: Oh, that’s it. That’s it. That’s a little racy for me. But Roots. Roots, I do enjoy. You know, I told my husband Ron. I said if this is Roots, which one is Quest Love? [laughing] He did not get that one. God he was that. OJ is– was handsome. It’s a waste, huh?
Leslie: [to driver] Ay, man. I’m just gonna get out here.
Driver: This is a highway ma’am.
Leslie: That’s fine.
Melissa: You know, there’s another one I did love. It’s also got slaves in it. It’s not Roots. I think it’s– is it eight years I got to slave?
Leslie: No.
Melissa: Eight years I gotta slave.
Leslie: No. It’s 12 years of slave. 12 years of slave.
Melissa: Oh, is it 12 years? I didn’t see the whole thing. So.
Leslie: [to driver] Hey, man! You can just open up the door and I can just tuck and roll out. You ain’t even got to stop.
[Melissa holding Leslie’s hand]
Melissa: Look at that. We were like a banneton ad, huh? That’s sweet. I mean, if I had to choose, I would prefer white movies. They’re just so many great ones. The Godfather. The Gremlins. Star Wars. Oh, boy. But I did enjoy Roots just as much as any white movie. [Leslie is starting to look at window nicely] I mean you know what I was telling Ron? I said, “How about somebody make Root with all white cast. It’s a win– you can’t go wrong with that.
Leslie: Ay man, does this window open? I can just slide right out of this window.
Driver: One sec. [phone ringing] Wait, hold on. [on phone] Yeah. Why? A bomb? Now? Okay. I’m on. [hangs up the phone] Well folks, I just got word that if I go below 50 miles an hour, this bus will explode.
Leslie: What? I don’t wanna die with you. Oh!
Melissa: I don’t wanna die before seeing the end of Roots. I mean, do they ever get free?
Driver: Don’t worry ma’am. I got a full tank of gas in this baby so we can ride all night. I just gotta make one quick stop.
Everybody: No!
[The bus explodes]