Writing Vinny Boy [PG-L]

[Dragon Warrior]

While I had my in-school suspension the other day, you could say I had a lot of time to think (seven hours of it). So I took the time to write some stories. One I did was a short script (it was an assignment they gave me to do in there) about these gangster brothers, Vinny and Georgio. It was an idea I wanted to play at a long time ago, but never got around to it. Here's just a short scene with the two characters (plus two more unimportant roles). To give you a quick idea, it's like [b]Seinfeld[/b], but with the mafia. When we performed it in class, I played Vinny, my friend Mike played Georgio, and two other people played the waiter and Johnny.

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[FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=4][b]VINNY BOY[/b][/size][/center]

[i]INT. LOUIS? RESTAURANT, NEW YORK.[/i]

[b]VINNY:[/b] (sits down) Hey there, GEORGIO.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Heya, VINNY. How ye doin??

[b]VINNY:[/b] I?m doin? alright.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] (pauses) Okay?

[b]VINNY:[/b] Okay what?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] What do you mean ?okay what??

[b]VINNY:[/b] You said ?okay? in a questioning manner.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Because you are bein? very rude.

[b]VINNY:[/b] How am I bein? rude? I sat down at the table and said "hey", eh?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Then I asked how you?re doin?.

[b]VINNY:[/b] What? What about it?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] I don?t seem to recall you askin? me how I?m doin?.

[b]VINNY:[/b] (pauses) You?re serious.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Dead serious.

[b]VINNY:[/b] You?ve gotta be kiddin? me.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] I?m not kiddin?.

[b]VINNY:[/b] Okay, fine. How are ye?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] No. Now the moment is ruined.

[b]VINNY:[/b] The moment? What moment?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] The moment.

[b]VINNY:[/b] What moment?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Ah, forgettaboutit. (looks at the menu) What does this place have to eat?

[b]VINNY:[/b] How should I know? I never come here.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Well, how am I supposed to know you never come here?

[b]VINNY:[/b] I don?t expect you to.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Alright then.

[b]VINNY:[/b] Okay. (looks at the menu as well) Hey, I?m thirsty. Where?s the waiter, eh?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] (shouts at the waiter across the room) Hey, waiter! Let?s get some service over here!

[b]VINNY:[/b] No respect.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] None.

[b]WAITER:[/b] (walks over to the table) Hello, gentlemen. Can I start you off with some drinks?

[b]VINNY:[/b] Yeah, sure ye can. I?ll take a bloody mary, eh?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] No way, VINNY. No alcohol for us. We?ve got work to do after this.

[b]VINNY:[/b] Oh, c?mon. I can hold my liquor.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] VINNY, I know you better than anyone else.

[b]VINNY:[/b] Oh, you do, do you? How ?bout you get to know my fist a little better too?

[b]WAITER:[/b] Should I come back?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] No. We?ll both take Cokes. Cherry Cokes.

[b]WAITER:[/b] Very well, sir. I?ll return with your drinks shortly. (walks away)

[b]VINNY:[/b] What the hell am I, a kid at Chuckie Cheese?s? Why would I want a Coke? Give me hard liquor!

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] You?re gonna be sober for this job, VINNY. I promised FAT TONY.

[b]VINNY:[/b] Oh, since when do you keep promises?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Since when I do I keep promises? I always keep my promises.

[b]VINNY:[/b] Oh, whatever. You don?t keep jack.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Name a time.

[b]VINNY:[/b] Last year.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Okay.

[b]VINNY:[/b] At the casino.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] And?

[b]VINNY:[/b] That blonde at the roulette table.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Oh, c?mon. You?re still upset about that?

[b]VINNY:[/b] You?re damn right I?m still upset about that! C?mon, GEORGIO, you knew I was givin? her the look all night.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] The look?

[b]VINNY:[/b] Yeah, the look.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] What kind of look?

[b]VINNY:[/b] What do you mean ?what kind of look?? I gave her the look!

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Well, hey, if you hadn?t noticed, there is more than one kind of look.

[b]VINNY:[/b] It was a look.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] What kind of look? Bad look, good look?

[b]VINNY:[/b] Ye know? a [i]look[/i].

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Good or bad is what I?m askin?.

[b]VINNY:[/b] A good look, alright? I was after her that night, wasn?t I? And where?s that damn waiter with our drinks? I?m dyin? here!

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Look, VINNY, you know I didn?t mean nothin? by it. The past is the past. Let bygones be bygones.

[b]VINNY:[/b] (considers it for a moment) This ain?t over.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] (picking up the menu again) Yeah, yeah.

[b]WAITER:[/b] (walks over and places the drinks on the table) Your drinks, sirs.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Yeah, thanks.

[b]WAITER:[/b] Are you ready to order?

[b]VINNY:[/b] Nah, not yet. We?re still decidin?. Now get! Go on!

[b]WAITER:[/b] I?ll return shortly. (walks off quickly from fright)

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] (smirks) Wow.

[b]VINNY:[/b] What?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] (laughs a little bit) Wow.

[b]VINNY:[/b] What?s so funny? What?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Did you see that waiter's tie?

[b]VINNY:[/b] What, the red one?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] (sarcastically) No, the polka-dotted one. Of course the red one, you idiot!

[b]VINNY:[/b] What about it?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] It completely clashes with the rest of the suit. I mean, it?s an awful shade of red in the first place, but really?

[b]VINNY:[/b] I see what you mean. No style.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] No style whatsoever.

[b]VINNY:[/b] Then again, it?s restaurant policy.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] But it looks like his blind mother dressed him.

[b]VINNY:[/b] (looks into his Coke) Oh, this is jus? great.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] What is it?

[b]VINNY:[/b] I forgot to tell him no ice in my Coke.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Why would you do that?

[b]VINNY:[/b] I hate ice in my drinks.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Why?

[b]VINNY:[/b] ?Cause then it melts and waters down the drink. It?s disgusting!

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] I see what you mean.

[b]VINNY:[/b] The drink will get to room temperature eventually anyways. It completely renders the ice useless.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Right.

[b]VINNY:[/b] It?s just delaying the inevitable.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] As well as making the refreshment not that refreshing.

[b]VINNY:[/b] Exactly. Nobody wants a warm, watery Coke. Am I right or am I right?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] It?s unsanitary.

[b]JOHNNY:[/b] (walks over) Hey, guys! (sits in the third chair)

[b]VINNY:[/b] (surprised and happy) JOHNNY! (realizes what?s going on) Wait, JOHNNY? What?s JOHNNY doin' here?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] I invited him to lunch.

[b]VINNY:[/b] [i]Our[/i] lunch?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] What do you mean [i]our[/i] lunch?

[b]VINNY:[/b] What do ye think I mean? We scheduled to have lunch together. You and me, as brothers. You said we?d do lunch.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] What is this, a date? Can?t someone else join us?

[b]VINNY:[/b] Well, sure they can, but I?d like to know a little in advance, thank you.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Alright, next time. I promise.

[b]VINNY:[/b] Oh, you promise. Just like how you made that promise about that blonde dame, eh?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Oh, come off it, VINNY.

[b]VINNY:[/b] No, you come off it, GEORGIO!

[b]JOHNNY:[/b] Maybe I should go.

[b]VINNY:[/b] No, go ahead and stay. I?m leavin?. Forget this! (gets up and goes)

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] VINNY! (after VINNY leaves, he pauses and thinks) Ohhh, boy?

[b]JOHNNY:[/b] Sorry, GEORGIO.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Eh, forgettaboutit. So how ye doin??

[b]JOHNNY:[/b] I?m well. (picks up the menu) And famished.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Okay?

[b]JOHNNY:[/b] Okay.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] (a little more annoyed) Okay?

[b]JOHNNY:[/b] Okay what?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] I can?t help but notice you didn?t ask me how I?m doing.

[b]JOHNNY:[/b] What, is that a rule?

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] It?s common curtosy.

[b]JOHNNY:[/b] ?Cause no one told me there was a rulebook to manners.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] There ain?t no damn rulebook!

[b]JOHNNY:[/b] I didn?t know when you sat down, it?s a rule that you ask someone how they?re doing. Maybe they don?t want to tell you how they?re doing, so it?s kind of a waste of time.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] No. No, it?s not. It?s something you do when you sit down. You ask them how they?re doin?.

[b]JOHNNY:[/b] Well, sorry, Mr. Bigshot.

[b]GEORGIO:[/b] Dat?s it. I?m outta here too! (gets up and leaves)

[b]JOHNNY:[/b] (sits by himself in silence, then sees the Coke) Oh, is that Coke? (looks in it) Eww, there?s ice in it. No, thank you.[/FONT]

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I wanted to make it a series, but I don't think I'll do it. Comments, please.

[Persona]

[COLOR=Plum]First off I'll just say this is simply to humorious and clever. I needed a good laugh after a hard day at school and work. Anyhow let's move to the detials, for startes [I]Vinny[/I] and [B]GEORGIO[/B] remind me of teenage girls on a girls night out, when they bring up old flames. I love the beginning when they greet each other:

GEORGIO: Heya, VINNY. How ye doin??

VINNY: I?m doin? alright.

GEORGIO: (pauses) Okay?

VINNY: Okay what?

GEORGIO: What do you mean ?okay what??

VINNY: You said ?okay? in a questioning manner.

GEORGIO: Because you are bein? very rude.

VINNY: How am I bein? rude? I sat down at the table and said "hey", eh?

[QUOTE]GEORGIO: Then I asked how you?re doin?.

VINNY: What? What about it?

GEORGIO: I don?t seem to recall you askin? me how I?m doin?.

VINNY: (pauses) You?re serious.

GEORGIO: Dead serious.

VINNY: You?ve gotta be kiddin? me.

GEORGIO: I?m not kiddin?.

VINNY: Okay, fine. How are ye?

GEORGIO: No. Now the moment is ruined.[/QUOTE]

That is so true, that the moment was ruined. Then comes the part when [B]GEORGIO[/B] starts asking about the menu and Vinny just had to be a smart[spoiler]ass[/spoiler] about it, thus starting the little comedy arguement. Now when Vinny brings up the blonde...that was just too funny and it reminded me of a friend of mine who said the exact same thing, "The Look". Fat Tony...just mention the name and its funny. When the two started criticizing the poor waiter's tie , it just reminded me of my mother and I...and that is scary. Now what really got me was the ice in the soda...why?, because that is also my analogy on ice with drinks...I hate ice. Last but not least was the whole Johny issue was just too real, because I had the same situation and now that I look back on it...it's pretty funny. Many kudos for you D.W for another brilliant piece.

[B]-It's Happy Bunny[/B][/COLOR]

[Dragon Warrior]

Many of these situations are real to me and that's exactly what I was going for. Real life is great to parody a lot of the time. I also hate ice in my drink and one night my mom and I got in a big fight 'cause she tried making me put ice in it. It's all very real, yes.

[Gavin]

[SIZE=1]Interesting, most interesting.

Funny as hell man, funny as hell. I could see that second "how you doin' ?" joke coming up the moment Georgio said it again. I did find it slightly odd that neither Vinny nor Johnny asked Georgio how he was, as it's a given in Ireland, we even have it slimmed down to one simple word "Well". Anyway Irish pleasantries aside I thought it was damn good man, and I'd love to see some more of this.[/SIZE]

[Dragon Warrior]

Well, we performed [b]Vinny Boy[/b] for the class today. Unfortunately one of the actors did not show up, so things kind of went under the weather. It didn't get the effect I'd hoped it'd get, but people still liked it. They all laughed at it, so that's what counts to me. Some came up to me and said it was good, so yay. But they did like my other script [b]Counsel This![/b] more.

Like I said before, I'm not sure I'll take [b]Vinny Boy[/b] any further. I'm quite busy right now anyhow.