NOODLE FACTORY

               By Kevin Hines



               INT. LOBBY OF THE NOODLE FACTORY

               A tour group stands in the lobby of the Noodle Factory. We
               can see the words NOODLE FACTORY emblazoned on two double
               doors. SARAH the tour guide enters wearing a NOODLE FACTORY
               jacket. She hands out hard hats to everyone.

                                   SARAH
                         Make sure you wear these hats at
                         all times inside the factory. It's
                         just a precaution. Now, are there
                         any questions before we start?

                                   BILLY THE TOURIST
                         Are we going to get to take home
                         any noodles after the tour.

               Sarah looks disgusted.

                                   SARAH
                         God, no!
                             (shakes it off)
                         However everyone will get to take
                         home a bottle of Sunny D.

               Sarah opens the doors.

                                   SARAH (CONT'D)
                         Let's begin... follow me!

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               INT. FACTORY FLOOR - CONTINUOUS

               Sarah leads the group onto the floor of the NOODLE FACTORY.
               Huge machines are whirring, with conveyor belts whizzing
               bottles of Sunny D everywhere. Some machines fill the
               bottles, some put lables on them, some box the bottles. It's
               filled with activity.

               Operating the machines are giant NOODLES with hard hats on.

               Various members of the tour group scream!

                                   ALISON THE TOURIST
                         What are those things?!?

                                   STEVE THE TOURIST
                         They're monsters!!!

                                   FRANCINE THE TOURIST
                         Let's get out of here!!!

               Sarah holds up her hands and shouts over the screaming.

                                   SARAH
                         Calm down! Please Calm Down! Those
                         are just noodles. They're just
                         noodles. They aren't going to hurt
                         you, they are just working.

               Everyone starts to calm down.

                                   GERALD THE TOURIST
                         Wait. The Noodle Factory is run...
                         by noodles.

                                   SARAH
                         Yes. That is why it's called The
                         Noodle Factory.

                                   ASHLEY THE TOURIST
                         They don't make noodles here.

                                   SARAH
                             (confused)
                         No. We make Sunny D here.

                                   PETER THE TOURIST
                         Why don't you call it a Sunny D
                         factory?

                                   SARAH
                         Because all the employees are
                         noodles.

                                   HORACE THE TOURIST
                         Isn't that a bit confusing?

                                   SARAH
                         I think the most memorable thing
                         about this factory is that it's run
                         by noodles. What it makes is sort
                         of... well... boring.

               Steve points at a noodle.

                                   STEVE THE TOURIST
                         That noodle is holding a
                         clipboard... but he has no arms!
                         He's just a noodle.

                                   SARAH
                         Good question. Yes, the noodles
                         have no hands, or even arms. Yet
                         they hold things and operate
                         machines. We don't know how they do
                         it. But they do.

                                   BILLY THE TOURIST
                         Why are they wearing hardhats?

                                   SARAH
                         To protect their heads. Despite the
                         fact that they have no breakable
                         body parts. Their union insisted on
                         it in their discussions with
                         management, which occured despite
                         the fact that the noodles have no
                         mouths.

                                   ALISON THE TOURIST
                         They seem to be soft noodles? Were
                         they cooked?

                                   SARAH
                         We assume so, but I've never asked
                         them. It seems personal. Does
                         anyone have a question about Sunny
                         D?

               The tour group looks at each other in silence.

                                   SARAH (CONT'D)
                         That's why we call it the Noodle
                         Factory.

               WHAT A FUSILLI SKETCH!

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