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Les Moonves, the Movie (TV Movie About CBS Chairman Behind "The Reagans" TV Movie)
Laissez Faire Electronic Times | November 3, 2003 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 11/02/2003 2:38:06 PM PST by PJ-Comix

INT. LES MOONVES' LUXURIOUS PENTHOUSE SUITE—NIGHT

The front door opens. Les Moonves and his bimbo girlfriend, Julie Chen, enter.

MOONVES (screaming): I hate that lousy manipulative control freak, Nancy! What a bitch!

CHEN: Well, at least you'll be getting your revenge on her in the upcoming CBS movie, "The Reagans."

MOONVES: No, you idiot! I don't mean Nancy Reagan. I'm talking about my wife who filed for divorce---Nancy Moonves.

CHEN: Good! That means you will be able to go out with me without cheating.

MOONVES: Good for you but bad for me. My wife hired one of the top divorce lawyers, Dennis Wasser, to go after my bank accounts and financial holdings. By the time he is done draining my wealth, instead of being worth hundreds of millions, I'll only be worth tens of millions.

CHEN: Wow! That sounds bad!

MOONVES: Things are worse than you think. On top of my wife almost sending me into poverty, the vicious right-wingers could cause me to lose my job as CBS chairman because they don't like "The Reagans" TV movie.

CHEN: What don't they like about the movie?

MOONVES: They are so narrow-minded as to insist that the dialogue be backed up by reliable sources to ensure that the Reagans really said what we say they said. Facts are such stupid things!

CHEN: Is it too late to make changes in the movie?

MOONVES: Pretty much. All we can do is cut scenes out and since little of the dialogue is based on any real sources, that means the two-part TV movie won't be long enough for just one part. Come to think of it, it probably won't even last a half hour if we are forced to depend on facts. This could cost me my job.

CHEN: And it could also cost you the loss of a hot-looking, overly bubbly, Early Show anchorperson who only puts out for you as a way to advance her career. Hee! Hee!

MOONVES (crying): It's Armageddon . . . that's what it is. Armageddon. The Leader from CBS will be revealed as the anti-Christ, and then God will strike him down. That's me. I am the anti-Christ.

CHEN: Hmmm . . . There might be something to that. After all, your wife once appeared in a movie called "Seduced By Evil." She must have been thinking about you. And . . .

MOONVES (interrupting): And the Lord will strike down all of television in order to make way for a new order . . . the Internet.

CHEN: Leslie, forget Armageddon for a moment. I'm getting sick and tired of living in sin. We should get married.

MOONVES: They that live in sin shall die in sin. And I'm sure not about to get married again and have you drain my funds like my current wife is trying to do. Living in sin is just a lot cheaper in the long run.

Moonves starts sobbing even more loudly and Julie reaches out, grabs his hand, strongly.

CHEN: Hold on. You've got to hold on, Leslie.

Moonves' eyes are filling with tears. He can't help it. He's crumbling.

MOONVES: I couldn't save CBS from a ratings disaster.

Julie puts her arms around him. She rocks him slowly, silently, back and forth.

MOONVES (continuing): MOMMY! Am I really so horrible?

CHEN: Well, even Howard Stern called you a snake in the grass.

MOONVES (angrily): Rank amateur! Who does that sonofabitch think he is? I'm the goddamn chairman of CBS! I am his boss!

CHEN: Maybe you'll feel better after I fix you up a nice tofu burger.

MOONVES: Be sure to put ketchup on it.

CHEN: I thought you're a strict vegetarian.

MOONVES (angrily): Ketchup is a vegetable! It is not meat, right? So IT IS a vegetable!

CHEN: Forget tofu burgers. I know what you need . . . the Green Room!

MOONVES (frightened): No! I won't go there! I want to stay here and play!

Julie grits her teeth and takes Leslie by the wrist.

MOONVES: No! No! No! No! NO! NO!

Julie reaches out and slaps Leslie. Leslie reels, holding his cheek. Julie freezes.

FADE TO

INT. ANOTHER ROOM IN THE PENTHOUSE SUITE—NIGHT

Chen and Moonves are in a darkened room covered by green leather-lined walls and plush green carpeting. Moonves is kneeling on the floor wearing only a diaper. Chen, wearing a tight black leather S&M outfit, is standing over him. She is beating Moonves with a wire hanger.

CHEN: NO WIRE HANGERS, EVER!

MOONVES: I'm sorry, Mommy!

CHEN: I've heard that you've named other people as your Mommy! Have you been naming names?

MOONVES (pleading voice): I never called anybody my Mommy who wasn't my Mommy!

Julie sniffs the air and a disgusted look appears on her face.

CHEN: Did you make a messy-poo in your diaper again?

MOONVES: No, Mommy!

CHEN: You made messy-poo and now bad Leslie MUST be punished!

MOONVES (cringing): Please don't hurt me, Mommy!

Julie rips off Moonves' diaper and tosses it on the floor.

CHEN: Oh, look at that! Bad Leslie has a smaller acorn than Howard Stern!

Julie shoves Moonves' face into the soiled diaper on the floor.

MOONVES (muffled): Mmmmmmmph!

CHEN: Your Mommy is getting tired of waking up early to anchor the Early Show. She wants to anchor the Evening News so she can sleep late.

Julie pulls Moonves' head off the diaper.

MOONVES: COURAGE!

Julie shoves Moonves' face back into the diaper.

CHEN: Not quite the answer I want to hear. Remember, Dan is growing older and nuttier every day.

Julie yanks Moonves' head from the diaper again.

MOONVES: WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY, JULIE?!!!

JULIE: Three times a week with all holidays off and four months of yearly vacation time. Oh, and as anchor of the CBS Evening News, I want my salary tripled.

MOONVES: There you go again!



TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: interview; juliechen; lesmoonves; moonves; nancyreagan; ronaldreagan; thereagans; transcript
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Note to CBS: None of this script is based on reliable sources....which makes it much more credible than "The Reagans."
1 posted on 11/02/2003 2:38:07 PM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: hchutch
Delivered as promised!
2 posted on 11/02/2003 2:39:08 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Redundancy can be quite catchy as well as contagious.)
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To: PJ-Comix
Now THAT's entertainment!

3 posted on 11/02/2003 2:41:18 PM PST by ovrtaxt ( http://www.fairtax.org **** Forget ANWR. Drill Israel !)
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To: PJ-Comix
More GOSPEL from P.J................
4 posted on 11/02/2003 2:44:03 PM PST by litehaus
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To: ovrtaxt
Now THAT's entertainment!

You don't know the half of it. The SH*T is really gonna hit the fan within a few hours. I guarantee you that Les Moonvis hisself will be aware of this movie VERY SOON. Hee! Hee!

5 posted on 11/02/2003 2:45:46 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Redundancy can be quite catchy as well as contagious.)
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To: ovrtaxt
"Now THAT's entertainment!"

Now that's right.

6 posted on 11/02/2003 2:49:49 PM PST by davisfh
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To: freedumb2003; Ann Archy; Keith in Iowa; Batrachian; demkicker; dts32041; nicmarlo; rockinrebel; ...
FYI
7 posted on 11/02/2003 3:03:49 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Redundancy can be quite catchy as well as contagious.)
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To: PJ-Comix; dighton; general_re
Excellent!!
8 posted on 11/02/2003 3:06:54 PM PST by aculeus
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To: PJ-Comix
Thanks for the ping -- pretty good stuff :)
9 posted on 11/02/2003 3:08:13 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Peace through Strength)
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Disclaimer: Despite the implication of this movie, Julie Chen actually got her anchorperson job on the Early Show based entirely on her ability and not because she is sleeping with the CBS Chairman.......BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
10 posted on 11/02/2003 3:11:46 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Redundancy can be quite catchy as well as contagious.)
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To: PJ-Comix
I guess she is what they call a "perk."
11 posted on 11/02/2003 3:17:23 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Peace through Strength)
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To: PJ-Comix
Can you say, "King of All Media"?
12 posted on 11/02/2003 3:26:38 PM PST by hchutch ("I don't see what the big deal is, I really don't." - Major Vic Deakins, USAF (ret.))
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To: PJ-Comix
Most excellent! I look forward to seeing your next step in your plan of action!
13 posted on 11/02/2003 3:30:59 PM PST by Miss Marple
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To: ladyinred; Cultural Jihad; Eric in the Ozarks; Harmless Teddy Bear; longtermmemmory; Betteboop; ...
FYI
14 posted on 11/02/2003 3:42:07 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Redundancy can be quite catchy as well as contagious.)
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To: hchutch
Can you say, "King of All Media"?

Check the KOAM.Com website tomorrow or Tuesday. Hee! Hee!

15 posted on 11/02/2003 3:43:06 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Redundancy can be quite catchy as well as contagious.)
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To: PJ-Comix
This is just toooo good. Don't know why it hasn't been pulled but glad that it hasn't been. Probably not very far from the truth either.

Way-to-go PJ-Comix.

16 posted on 11/02/2003 3:50:48 PM PST by davisfh
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To: davisfh
It would be VERY IRONIC if Les Moonves complains about how unfair this script is to him.
17 posted on 11/02/2003 4:01:22 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Redundancy can be quite catchy as well as contagious.)
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To: PJ-Comix
diaper lovenest bump
18 posted on 11/02/2003 4:26:42 PM PST by txhurl ('The Reagans' Sponsors: Pull any ads you have NOW. This includes YOU, TARGET.)
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To: PJ-Comix
Excellent! Can't way for your biopic on Bryant Gumbel...
19 posted on 11/02/2003 5:06:06 PM PST by Tall_Texan ("Is Rush a Hypocrite?" http://righteverytime2.blogspot.com)
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To: PJ-Comix
Nice script. But where is the part where they sacrifice homeless babies to Hillary and then bathe in the blood?

My brother’s auto mechanic sister sons cousin’s girlfriend’s hairdresser once overheard some one say that their cousin’s girlfriend’s son’s father’s niece heard it from Bat Boy or maybe it was the 500 lb super model.

20 posted on 11/02/2003 6:36:55 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style)
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