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Monsterpiece Theater: 16 Candles

minor muppetz

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Allistar Cookie: Pip, pip, and good evening. Allistar Cookie here. Me delighted to welcome you to Monsterpiece Theater. Tonight, me present classic counting film "16 Candles".
(the scene fades to a darkened room where The Count observes a candleobra)
The Count: Greetings! I am The Count, and today, I will count these candles. My there sure are a lot. Let's begin. One, one candle. Two, two candles. Three, three candles. Four, four candles. Five, five candles. Six, six candles. Seven, seven candles. Eight, eight candles. Oh, I wonder how many there are. Nine, nine candles. Ten, ten candles. Eleven, eleven candles. Twelve, twelve candles! Oh, I wonder if candleobras normally have this many candles. Aw, but I don't care! Thirteen, thirteen candles! Fourteen, fourteen candles! Is fourteen the number of the day? Fifteen, fifteen candles! Sixteen, sixteen wonderful candles! Ah-ah-ah! (thunder and lightning strikes) Oh, yes, I think I'll count all sixteen candles again....
(fade back to the Monsterpiece Theater set)
Allistar Cookie: And so ends Sixteen Candles. This is Allistar Cookie saying so long. (the ending music starts playing) Hey, Jeeves! Get over here!
(Jeeves, a thin lavendar man with grey hair, grey eyebrows, no eyes, and a round red nose, shows up with a box of candles)
Allistar Cookie: Thank you! (Allistar Cookie starts taking candles out of the box and eating them)

(the scene then cuts to Oscar and Telly watching the show at a movie theater)
Telly: Well, I give this five wow's.
Oscar: And I give it five phooey's.
Telly: Oh, come on, Oscar! Can't you at least give this one a nice review?
Oscar: Of course not! The ending was predictible. We knew how many candles were going to be counted.
 

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Nice... Obviously inspired by the various counting film parodies like One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Twelve Angry Men.
And to throw in a Sneak Peak ending was a very clever twist.
 

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I liked this. I could see this on SS back in the day...
 

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This was very good. I thought Oscar's line at the end was hilarious.
 
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