Friday, December 8, 2017


Does this look like a rejected Big Bang Theory script to anyone else?

INT: Open-plan office. RANDALL is sitting at his desk. BLONDE MEGAN approaches.
BLONDE MEGAN: That's the ugliest mess of code I've ever seen. What on Earth are you working on?
[LAUGH TRACK]

RANDALL: It's nothing weird this time, I swear.
[LAUGH TRACK]
RANDALL: It just looks bad because it's a spreadsheet formula.
RANDALL: Which assembles a Haskell function. 
[LAUGH TRACK GETS LOUDER]
BLONDE MEGAN: Uhhh.
[LAUGH TRACK CONTINUES TO MOUNT]
RANDALL: For parsing HTML.
BLONDE MEGAN: Oh my God.
[LAUGH TRACK EXPLODES. I MEAN JUST UPROARIOUS GUFFAWING FOR AT LEAST TWENTY SECONDS]
RANDALL: It's OK! Nothing depends on this.
[LAUGH TRACK]
BLONDE MEGAN: That wall isn't load-bearing. Does that mean we can just throw hammers at it?
RANDALL: I mean...
[LAUGH TRACK]
BLONDE MEGAN: Wait. Crap.
[LAUGH TRACK, CROSSFADE INTO APPLAUSE]

1 comment:

  2652 Self-deprecation can't last forever; at some point you have to actually be good at your job