Props List:
• A toy gun or banana (for comedic effect)
• A sack with a dollar sign on it (to represent stolen money)
• A fake steering wheel (or something to represent driving)
Cast List:
• Lou – The older, foolish bank robber, not the sharpest tool in the shed.
• Mickey – The more experienced and impatient bank robber, driving the getaway car.
Description:
Lou and Mickey have just robbed a bank and are making their getaway in an old, beat-up car. Mickey is driving while Lou is in the passenger seat, holding the stolen money. As they speed down the road, Mickey repeatedly asks Lou if they are being followed. Lou, struggling to gauge distances, keeps giving ridiculous descriptions of their pursuers. As the situation escalates, the ending takes a comedic twist when Lou reveals he recognizes the person chasing them.
Script:
(The scene opens with the two robbers speeding down a dusty road in their getaway car. Mickey grips the steering wheel, tense, while Lou clutches the sack of money, looking out the back window.)
Mickey: (frustrated) Lou! You see anybody following us?
Lou: (squinting) Uhh… yeah. Yeah, I see somethin’ back there.
Mickey: (panicked) How close are they?!
Lou: I dunno, I ain’t never been good with numbers.
Mickey: (gritting teeth) Just tell me how big they look!
(Lou holds up his fingers about half an inch apart in front of Mickey’s face.)
Lou: ‘Bout this big.
Mickey: (groans) That means they’re far! We got time!
(Mickey slams on the gas. A moment of tense silence.)
Mickey: Now?! You still see ‘em?
Lou: (nodding) Yeah, still just one.
Mickey: How big now?
(Lou holds his fingers about an inch apart this time.)
Lou: ‘Bout this big.
Mickey: Not good… (gripping wheel tighter) We gotta lose ‘em!
(The car jerks as Mickey swerves. Lou nearly drops the money.)
Mickey: (yelling) Now how big?!
(Lou spreads his hands even wider, eyes widening in panic.)
Lou: Uh… ‘bout THIS big.
Mickey: (shouting) That’s too close! Grab the gun! Take ‘em out!
(Lou hesitates, looking back at the approaching pursuer.)
Mickey: What’re you waitin’ for?! SHOOT!
Lou: (pauses, then sighs) Nah, I can’t.
Mickey: (furious) What do you mean you CAN’T?!
(Lou shakes his head and gestures back at their pursuer.)
Lou: How could I shoot him? I’ve known him since he was this big! (holds up fingers half an inch apart)
(Mickey groans and facepalms as the scene fades to black.)