Friday Sketch War
Oprah Edition
“No Accounting for Taste”
FADE IN:
INT. LIVING ROOM – NIGHT
A typical college apartment. MATTHEW (uptight college kid) sits on a couch, picks up a remote, and uses it to turn on an entertainment center. A Pirates of the Caribbean DVD case sits nearby.
ON TV
Oprah Winfrey’s talk show returns from commercial. The TV chiron reads, “I can’t control my teenage daughters!”
BACK ON MATTHEW
Matthew picks up the DVD case, puzzled. Looks at it, looks at the TV. Meanwhile, we hear the AUDIO from the TV…
OPRAH (O.S., TV)
Sandra, what’s the real problem you’ve had with your mom?
SANDRA (O.S., TV)
Mom doesn’t like that my sister and I just can’t keep our hands off each other.
PORN MUSIC kicks in.
Matthew is intrigued.
OPRAH (O.S., TV)
Hey… mind if I join you?
Matthew lets out a little YELP of alarm and turns off the TV.
INT. CHASE’S BEDROOM – NIGHT
Typical messy undergrad bedroom. CHASE (mellow college kid) lies in bed. His outfit includes a belt.
The room has a shelf of DVDs and two doors: one (closed) door leads to a closet, and one (open) door leads to the hallway. A wig and a magazine sit on the floor.
Matthew tentatively enters from the hallway, holding a DVD labeled “Oprah: The Lost Nastysodes”.
MATTHEW
Chase, I think you got a couple of DVDs swapped.
Chase gets up, picks up the DVD.
CHASE
Ooh. Yeah, that’s mine.
Chase thumbs through the DVDs on the shelf. Matthew looks on.
MATTHEW
Chase, is that all Oprah-themed…
CHASE
It’s Oprah porn. What?
MATTHEW
That’s kind of a lot of it, isn’t it?
CHASE
It’s just the classy stuff.
(off the DVD)
These guys, they get the show down, and their Oprah impersonator is just — mmm!
MATTHEW
Oh. That’s good. Can I have my Pirates DVD back?
CHASE
You like this stuff? ‘cos if you want to get into Oprah porn…
Chase opens the closet door, the inside of which features a bikini pinup with Oprah’s head crudely pasted on top of it.
CHASE
… I’m your guy.
MATTHEW
Oh god.
CHASE
Nothin’ to be ashamed of.
Chase picks up the magazine, hands it to Matthew — the title reads “OhhhhhHHH! The magazine of Oprah-themed Adult Entertainment”.
CHASE
See? It’s a whole industry.
MATTHEW
That’s not right.
CHASE
Wait, I thought you liked The Color Purple.
MATTHEW
Yeah, but — wait, didn’t I loan you my copy?
CHASE
Want it back?
Chase rummages through his bedsheets.
MATTHEW
No. I just want to watch Pirates of the Caribbean!
Matthew trips on the wig. Sees it. Picks it up.
MATTHEW
This is an Oprah wig.
Chase crosses to the hallway door, closes it.
CHASE
I don’t use it for anything weird.
Matthew drops the wig.
MATTHEW
Ew!
CHASE
Don’t judge!
MATTHEW
But Oprah is like America’s mom!
CHASE
(aw, yeah)
I know.
Chase walks away from the hall door, revealing:
A poster of an animé tentacle monster, again with Oprah’s face pasted on.
Matthew freezes.
CHASE
Can’t look away, can you?
Matthew exits in a hurry, and SLAMS the door behind him.
CHASE
Whew. Dodged that bullet.
He pulls out a remote, presses a button.
The Oprah posters roll up to reveal similar pin-ups with Matthew’s head posted on them.
Chase puts on the wig. Takes off the belt.
CHASE
It’s fun time.
Matthew re-enters.
MATTHEW
Look, Chase, could I just get my DVD —
Matthew sees the new closet poster. Sees the wig. Sees the belt.
CHASE
Hi.
Matthew exits.
BLACKOUT.