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               INT. SQUEAKY'S COMPUTER ROOM - DAY

               Squeaky intently stares at the computer while sitting in his
               gaming chair, typing.  He sips a can of Coke with a straw in
               it.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Super yum!!!

               SQUEAKY swivels around to look at camera.

                                   SQUEAKY (TO CAMERA)
                         Diet Coke!  Come for the aspartame,
                         stay for the no-cal weight gain!

               He points at the camera with his fins that morph into
               forefingers in a gesture of "coolness," returning to fins.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Sponsor me!

               Squeaky returns to posting comments on YouTube videos. Shot
               of him scrolling past comments on an Ariana Grande music
               video.  One comment says, "Pony tail, hoe-ny tail!"

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Oh no no no!  You can't say that to
                         my girl Adriana Grande.   You a
                         stupid man!  Thumbs down.

               SQUEAK clicks down a thumbs down comment on the YouTube video
               comment.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Ooooooohhh!  YouTube comments are
                         infuriating! Ooooohhh!

               His sharp spikes writhe.  He takes another sip of Diet Coke.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Smushy! Shmushy! Shmushy!

               SQUEAKY grabs his cat pillow (Smushy) and brusquely sits him
               next to him.

                                   SQUEAKY (O.S. TO SMUSHY)
                         Thanks to my recent experience as a
                         demagogue, MasterClass has
                         approached me to do a special on
                         "How to be a Demagogue" for an even
                         threeeeeee millllllllllion
                         dollllllllars, Smushy!

               SQUEAKY types.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Oh what to say.  What to say.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         But I merely followed Trump's
                         template!  Where can I find
                         additional informaaaaaaaa-tion...

               Squeaky sits dejected.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         I know!  Wikipedia!  The source of
                         all the world's contributed
                         knowledge!  Poor Encyclopedia
                         Britannica.

               Squeaky goes to Wikipedia's page and types "demagogue."

                                   SQUEAKY (READING)
                         A demagogue, or rabble-rouser, is a
                         political leader in a
                         democracy...blah blah blah...who
                         gains popularity...by
                         fearmongering...lying...emotional
                         oratory and personal
                         charisma...accusing opponents of
                         weakness and disloyalty...promising
                         the impossible...personal insults
                         and ridicule...and the list goes
                         on...and...on.

               Squeaky pauses.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Ooooohhhhhhhhhh.  So that's what I
                         was doing when I ran for
                         President...

               Squeaky scrolls down.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Ooooh.  Here's a good quote.  "In
                         every age the vilest specimens of
                         human nature are to be found among
                         demagogues.  1849."  Oh boy!  They
                         had demagogues back then!

                                   GOD
                         They had demagogues even back then
                         Squeaky.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Thanks, God.

                                   GOD
                         I'll be around.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Okay.

                                   GOD
                         Oh, and Squeaky?!  You know how I
                         forgivingly reincarnated you after
                         committing you to hell?

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Yeah...

                                   GOD
                         Try not to go to hell again this
                         time.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Ohhhhhhhhh...I miss my friends down
                         there, but being repeatedly raped
                         by the devil sure sucked.

               A beat.  Squeaky brightens.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Maybe I should talk to some real
                         demagogues!

               Squeaky scrolls through pictures of famous demagogues and
               past an unflattering picture of Kim Jong un.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Kim Jong Un...he have Fresh Prince
                         of Bel-Air hair!  Tee hee!  Lay off
                         on the hair gel or you look like
                         pencil head!

               SQUEAKY scrolls down further.

                                   SQUEAKY (SIGHS)
                         Why are there so few demagogues in
                         this world? Oh my.  Oh my.

               SQUEAKY continues to scroll.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Oh boy!  Mussolini!  My grandpa was
                         pals with him!
                         Gramps said he pinched people at
                         church to make them cry and led
                         gangs of little boys to raid local
                         farmsteads for foodstuffs!  What a
                         silly man.

               Squeaky scrolls past Lenin.
                         Oh Lenin!  He took all his top hair
                         and put it on his face!

               Squeaky scrolls down to Putin.

                                   SQUEAKY
                             Oh!  Putin!  He very bad
                              demagogue!  I interview
                              him for Demagogue
                              MasterClass.

                                   TV (O.S.)
                         The ICC has declared that Putin has
                         committed war crimes against
                         humanity in Ukraine, and recent
                         reports say that Russian forces
                         carried out an air strike on a
                         theatre which was being used as a
                         refuge for children

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Oh no!  But Putin evil man! I
                         cannot oblige him!

                                   SQUEAKY
                         I know!  I talk to him, I lure him
                         out, and then I stabby stabby him!

               SQUEAKY happily hums to himself.

                                   SQUEAKY (TO HIMSELF)
                         Baitin' the trap.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Coooool. Where to find Putin's
                         email address...

               Looking over SQUEAKY'S shoulder at the screen, SQUEAKY
               Google's "Putin's email" and scrolls to the second link --
               "Contact the President of Russia."

               SQUEAKY looks at a picture of Vladimir.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         God he looks like that guy, Thom
                         Yorke, from Radiohead.

               Squeaky sways.

                                   SQUEAKY  (SINGING)
                         She's running out the door!  She's
                         running out!  She run, run, run,
                         run!

                                   GOD (V.O.)
                         God I hate it when he sings.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         My favorite no-girlfriend song.
                         Ooh, Putin's a good one!  Look at
                         the long nose!  The perpetual
                         frown!  The broad shoulders!  I am
                         in love!  I bet I can guess his
                         email.

               He starts typing an email to "vladimir.putin@russia.gov",
               "president@gov.ru", and "putinontheritz69@hotmail.com"

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Hedging my bets here.

               Squeaky types:  "Dear Your Eminency,"

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Puttin' on the charm.  Tee hee.
                         Pun!

               Squeaky types: "My name is Squeaky.  Squeaky Clean.  I was
               President of the United States for a day.  Then I quit.  It
               was really stupid and boring. How do you do it?  I am doing a
               Masterclass on "How to Be a Demagogue" for big bucks.  Would
               you meet with me for coffee and give me some pointers?

               Sincerely, Squeaky the Pufferfish!"

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Oh boy oh boy.  Not enough.

               Squeaky types:  "I can tell you what the nuclear launch codes
               are."

               Moments later this a computer dring, and it's an email from
               Putin at putinontheritz69@hotmail.com.

               Putin: "Where are they?"

               Squeaky: "Uh...in the back pocket of my jeans...

               Putin:  "Dear Squeaky Clean,

               Let's meet."

               Squeaky: "Where should we meet?"

               Putin:  "Starbucks."

               A beat.  A new email arrives.

               Putin:  "No one expects me to be at Starbucks."



               EXT. COFFEE SHOP - AFTERNOON

               Putin stands next to Squeaky incognito wearing a trench coat
               and dark sunglasses.  His hands are in his pockets. Squeaky
               opens a door.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         After you, dear Putin.

                                   PUTIN
                         No, after you, dear Squeaky.  This
                         is my treat.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Oh Putin.  You are such a fine
                         fellow.  And Starbucks is so
                         expensive!

               Squeaky scurries in, followed by Putin.



               INT. REGISTER OF STARBUCKS

               Squeaky and Putin approach the register.  Squeaky looks at
               the menu.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Oh no.  All the drinks are super
                         high calorie.  I'm already fat
                         Squeaky.  Pufferfish are naturally
                         the fattest of all fish.  Now how
                         much do I want my coffee to not
                         taste like coffee...

               A beat.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         What is mocha, dear Putin?

                                   PUTIN
                         I don't fucking know.  I'm Russian.
                         In Russia you eat like a hobbit.

               Putin steps up to the register.

                                   PUTIN
                         Dear company I have forced out of
                         Russia, I would like a water.  I
                         have nothing but disdain for your
                         fancy drinks.

               A beat.  Putin pulls down his sunglasses and looks straight
               into the Barista's eyes.

                                   PUTIN
                         In Russia, drinks do you.

               The barista looks nervously away.

                                   BARISTA (TO THE OTHER EMPLOYEES)
                         One water.

                                   PUTIN
                         In a sealed bottle.

                                   BARISTA (FLATLY)
                         Check.

                                   PUTIN
                         I shall personally check the seal.

                                   BARISTA
                         Yes, sir.

                                   PUTIN (LOOKING AT DISPLAY)
                         ...and a chocolate cake pop.  Those
                         look delicious.

               The BARISTA hands Putin the cake pop.  PUTIN holds the water
               bottle up to the light, examining the seal.

                                   PUTIN (TO SQUEAKY)
                         Taste this, SQUEAKY.

               He hands the chocolate cake pop to SQUEAKY.  SQUEAKY nibbles
               at the chocolate cake pop.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Tastes delicious!

               SQUEAKY hands it back to PUTIN.  PUTIN eats the chocolate
               cake pop in one bite.

                                   PUTIN
                         'Tis delicious.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Taste my cake pop!

                                   PUTIN
                         Oh, yes.  We need to make sure you
                         are not being poisoned, too.

               PUTIN tries the strawberry cake pop.  He shrugs.

                                   PUTIN
                         Not dead yet.

               He gives a wry smile.

                                   PUTIN
                         Still alive.

               He hands the strawberry cake pop back to SQUEAKY.

                                   PUTIN
                         This is nice.  This is fun. I don't
                         often get out.  Usually I have to
                         worry about assassination, but from
                         one demagogue to another, Squeaky,
                         no one expects to find me at a
                         Starbucks.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Yes, from one demagogue to another,
                         demagogues don't get out very much,
                         and I usually just eat
                         invertebrates and algae.

               They both kick back at a table and relax.  Putin takes off
               his overcoat and sunglasses.

                                   PUTIN
                         I can't believe no one recognizes
                         me here.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         I mean, it's all Generation Z and
                         old people on laptops. I
                         pufferfish, and no one ever looks
                         at me.

                                   PUTIN
                         You know, this is great, Squeaky.
                         This is really great.

               They enjoy their cake pops and waters.  Squeaky takes out a
               notepad and pencil.

                                   SQUEAKY (NONCHALANTLY)
                         So how did you do it?!

                                   PUTIN
                         Do what?!

                                   SQUEAKY
                         The authoritarianism!  The
                         accumulation of power!  The
                         absolute crushing of the will of
                         the people!  The magnificance!

                                   PUTIN
                         Well, from one demagogue to
                         another, SQUEAKY...it was quite
                         easy.

               PUTIN waves his water about.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Go on...

                                   PUTIN
                         You start at the bottom.  You
                         slowly work your way up.

                                   PUTIN
                         Then you cozy up to the big guy,
                         the main man, the leader.

                                   PUTIN
                         Then you become President.  First
                         you get the economy going.  You
                         know, get the populace to trust
                         you.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         (Squeaks.)

                                   PUTIN
                         Then you ANNIHILATE the press.
                         BAM!

               PUTIN gestures with both hands to simulate an explosion.

                                   PUTIN

                                   PUTIN
                         Then you tell the populace that you
                         shall restore this nation to its
                         former glory through conquest.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Ooh!  World War II-y!

                                   PUTIN
                         Yes, Squeaky.  Yes, Squeaky.  May I
                         call you Stanislav?

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Why?

                                   PUTIN
                         Because Squeaky is not a proper
                         name for a demagogue.  We are
                         comrades, aren't we, dear
                         Stanislav?

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Yes, dear Vladimir!

                                   PUTIN
                         I like being called Vladimir.
                         Reminds me of my wife.  So
                         Then, when you are ready to
                         enforce, in a position of absolute
                         power, a position of complete
                         contempt, then you kill the
                         opposition.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Teehee!

                                   PUTIN
                         Then you extend your term limits.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Essential.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         By the way, why did you

                                   PUTIN
                         Well, as one demagogue to another,
                         Squeaky?  Because I could.

                                   SQUEAKY (FROWNING)
                         I do lots of things because I can,
                         but they're usually bad ideas...

                                   PUTIN
                         Well, I mean, for the motherland...

                                   SQUEAKY
                         But I didn't want to invade Canada
                         when I was President...

                                   PUTIN
                         Squeaky, my dear comrade, nobody
                         wants to invade Canada.

                                   SQUEAKY (PLAINTIVELY)
                         Ohhhhhhh...

                                   PUTIN
                         Ukraine...ukraine...well...I just
                         wanted to.  I was having a bad day.
                         I locked myself out of my car.
                         NATO was getting on my nerves.  I
                         just looked at a map of the
                         U.S.S.R. on my bathroom wall and
                         said, "You know.  This is sad.  We
                         used to own so much land!"  And I
                         need a pet project in my life. I am
                         approaching my later years, and I
                         just needed something to put a
                         little spark in my step.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Or not.

                                   PUTIN
                         Well, you know...shit happens.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Grrrr...

                                   PUTIN
                         Shit happens.  I want a vanilla
                         biscotti with almonds.  How un-
                         Russian of me.  B.r.b. Stanislav.

               Putin goes off to order a biscotti at the register.

                                   SQUEAKY (INFLATING)
                         Oooh, he make me so ang-wy!  Putin
                         bad bad man!  God always get ang-wy
                         with Squeaky, but me so mad.  Me
                         going to fix world my-swelf.

               Squeaky takes out his stabby stabby knife--a shank.  Squeaky
               is huffing and puffing, inflating and deflating.  Putin
               returns to inflating and deflating infuriated pufferfish
               brandishing a shank.

                                   PUTIN
                         What's this?!

                                   SQUEAKY (QUIVERING)
                         Errrrrmmmmmmm!!!

               He inflates and deflates.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         This is my stabby stabby knife--
                         forged in the depths of hell a.k.a.
                         my kitchen...from a spatula and
                         layers upon layers of aluminum
                         foil...and a knife.  You I am the
                         archangel Gabriel and I shall
                         Squeaky 3:16 says I shall whoop
                         your ass!

                                   PUTIN (SWEARING IN RUSSIAN)
                         Su-ka pufferfish.    I

                                   SQUEAKY
                         I stabby stabby him there.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         For Urkaine!

                                   SQUEAKY
                         I stabby stabby him here.

               A black screen shows.

                                   GOD (TO HERSELF)
                         Fuck.  I took a 5 minute break
                         judge whether a soul should be
                         damned and this happens.

               Back to the scene.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         For making young Russians fight
                         stupid wars!

                                   GOD (V.O.)
                         Squeaky...I thought I took away
                         your stabby stabby knife...

                                   SQUEAKY
                         No!

               Squeaky continues to stab.

                                   GOD
                         Oh fuck.  I guess this is better
                         than last time.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Stabby stabby!  Stabby stabby!

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Oh, my little pufferfish fins be
                         achin'!

               Squeaky continues to stab.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         I be the archangel Gabriel come to
                         lay waste upon your soul!

                                   GOD
                         Oh fuck.

                                   SQUEAKY (IGNORING GOD)
                         9-1-1 better be on your speed dial!
                         You send Russians soldiers to
                         death!  You kill Urkanians!  You
                         pay!

               PUTIN dies.

               Squeaky pants and drops his knife.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Oh, the bloody deed is done!  -
                         Macbeth! (INSERT QUOTE)

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Oh, all done. Now what?!

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Wow, I still have Zelensky on speed
                         dial?!  (Squeaks!)

                                   ZELENSKY
                         Hello?  This is Urkraine speaking.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         I stabby stabby Putin!

                                   ZELENSKY
                         What?  SQUEAKY, is that you?

                                   SQUEAKY
                         I stabby stabby PUTIN.  Do you want
                         me to bring you his head?  He mean
                         man!  Squeaky save Ukraine!

               SQUEAKY uses his phone to show PUTIN lying on the table dead.

                                   ZELENSKY
                         Yes.  (Definitively.)  Bring me his
                         head.

                                   SQUEAKY (SAD)
                         Oh no.  I wish I hadn't asked that.

               SQUEAKY takes a knife and tries to saw Putin's head off.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Oh no...

               SQUEAKY saws for an entire minute (in actual time).

                                   SQUEAKY (SADLY)
                         Wow, he needs a haircut.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         He fucked that rhythmic gymnast?
                         How weird.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         He smells like roses.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Ukraine better thank me.  I want
                         gift baskets.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Why doesn't Starbucks have better
                         cutlery?

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Oh...I wish I had somebody to talk
                         to while I do this...

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Oh wait.  I have my stabby stabby
                         knife.

               Squeaky cuts Putin's head off.  Squeaky squeaks in
               excitement.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         I can put this selfie in my book of
                         people I've decapitated!

               Squeaky squeaks as he fiddles with his flip phone...right
               after I make a few calls.  Squeaky turns his back to the
               camera speaking in hushed tones.

                                   SQUEAKY (BARELY AUDIBLE)
                         The drugs are on the way.

               Squeaky returns to the camera.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Business as usual.  Goddammit.
                         Being a kingpin is hard work.  I
                         need to delegate some of this to
                         Smushy.  He gets free rent!

               Squeaky holds Putin's head and takes a quick selfie on his
               flip phone.  Squeaky calls Zelensky.

                                   SQUEAKY (TO ZELENSKY)
                         It is done.

               Zelensky looks at his phone and sees the picture of Squeaky
               smiling broadly while holding a bloody Putin head.

                                   ZELENSKY
                         The Ukranian people thank you.  But
                         that's a little bloody for TV.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         It's a personal memento for you.

                                   ZELENSKY
                         Satisfied.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         By the way, I love your body of
                         comedic work.

                                   ZELENSKY
                         Thank you.  I don't get that much.

               An awkward pause.

                                   ZELENSKY
                         Thank you.  Thank you from Ukraine.

               Both hang up.

                                   SQUEAKY (SCREAMING HAPPILY)
                         Anarchy is Russia!!!!!!!!!!!

               Squeaky zooms out of Starbucks. A Starbucks employee sweeping
               the floor comes across Putin's corpse.  She stops and pauses
               for a moment.

                                   STARBUCKS EMPLOYEE
                         Hey, guys!  It's happened again!

               She shakes her head and keeps sweeping.



               INT. MAN ON LAPTOP IN FAMILY ROOM - EVENING

               A man scrolls through the Masterclasses on his computer.  He
               scrolls past "Justin Timberlake: Disappearing from the Music
               Scene", "Quentin Tarentino: Adding Quirky Characters to
               Gangster Films," "John Travolva:  Losing that Man-Baby Bump,"
               "Jussie Smollett: Alienating America with Small Crimes," and
               so on.  He sees, "Squeaky Clean: Layman to Strongmen -
               Bringing a Nation to its Knees."

                                   MAN ON COUCH
                         Hmmm...this looks interesting.

               He clicks on the link.  A picture of Squeaky sitting on a
               throne of skulls, wearing a viking helmet, waving a scepter,
               and screaming at the top of the lungs to stock footage of
               captive masses in black and white.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         We shall rule the universe!  Down
                         with the infidels!  Down with the
                         traitors!  Bloodshed and
                         destruction for all!!!!!

               Cut to Squeaky sitting in a nice house in a chair.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Really, being a demagogue is
                         accessible to anyone. Look at
                         Cleon.

               Cut to image of Cleon.

                                   MAN ON COUCH
                         Whoa.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Hitler.

               Cut to footage of Hitler.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         McCarthy.

               Cut to footage of McCarthy.

                                   SQUEAKY

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Huey Long.

                                   MAN ON COUCH
                         Who the fuck is Huey Long.

                                   SQUEAKY (POINTING TO CAMERA)
                         Google it.

                                   MAN ON COUCH
                         Whoa.

                                   GIRLFRIEND
                         What was that?!

                                   MAN ON COUCH
                         Nothing.  It's just a fish on TV
                         just told me to Google Huey Long.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Trump.

               Cut to footage of Trump.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         And of course, me, Squeaky.

               A beat.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Squeaky Clean...

               Squeaky gives big toothy grin.

                                   MAN ON COUCH
                         Awesome.  Hey, bitch!

                                   GIRLFRIEND
                         Yes?!

                                   MAN ON COUCH
                         Get me a drink.

                                   GIRLFRIEND
                         Sure.  How do you want your robes
                         ironed?



               INT. TV ROOM IN SQUEAKY'S HOUSE

               Squeaky sits on the couch next to Smushy sipping Mountain
               Dew.

                                   SQUEAKY (TO CAMERA)
                         Do the dew...ahhhhhhhh...

               Squeaky and Smushy relax on the couch.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Wow, three million dollars, Smushy!
                         I think we can finally get Netflix!

                                   SMUSHY
                         Meow.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         What?!  Most people get Netflix
                         from friends and relatives who have
                         Netflix?!

                                   SMUSHY
                         Meow.  Meow.  Meow.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         I know!  I'll call Annabelle.  We
                         watched Squid Games together!  When
                         I grow up I make Pufferfish Games!

               Squeaky dials Annabelle on his flip phone.

                                   SMUSHY
                         Hey, Annabelle!  What up ol'
                         girlfriend ol' pal?

               Scene cuts between Smushy and Annabelle talking.

                                   ANNABELLE
                         Squeaky!  What an intellectually
                         stimulating and often bewildering
                         surprise!

               Squeaky gives a big and abrupt toothy grin.

                                   ANNABELLE
                         What's up, Squeaky?

                                   SMUSHY
                         Do you have Netflix?

                                   ANNABELLE
                         Yes, Squeaky, I do.  We watched
                         Squid Games together.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Squeaky no have password.  Squeaky
                         upset he no have Netflix and
                         girlfriend do and she no give
                         Squeaky password so he save money.

                                   ANNABELLE
                         But Squeaky!  You just made three
                         million dollars!  You should be
                         buying me Netflix.

               Squeaky frowns.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Squeaky use it to play poker.

                                   ANNABELLE
                         Oh, alright.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Yeah!

                                   ANNABELLE
                         Ready?

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Teehee.  Ready.

                                   ANNABELLE
                         Annabelle.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Annabelle.  Okay, let me get
                         something to write it down on.

                                   ANNABELLE
                         Oh, Squeaky.  You're so thorough.

               Squeaky gives big toothy grin.  Squeaky writes: "anuhbul."

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Got it.

                                   ANNABELLE
                         Oh Squeaky.  You write so quickly.

               Squeaky gives big toothy grin.

                                   SQUEAKY (FLIRTATIOUSLY)
                         Annabelle...

                                   ANNABELLE
                         What?

                                   SQUEAKY
                         I'm on my flip phone...

                                   ANNABELLE
                         Teehee.  The drugs are on the way?

                                   SQUEAKY
                         The drugs are on the way.

                                   ANNABELLE
                         Oh Squeaky.  You're so funny.

               Squeaky gives big toothy grin.

                                   GOD
                         Oh God.  I wish I had a baptism to
                         go to.

                                   ANNABELLE
                         I love you so much, Squeaky.  Stay
                         cute.

               Squeaky gives big toothy grin.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Squeaky do.  Stay cute.

               They both hang up.  Squeaky stares at the TV.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Ahhhhhhh...

                                   SMUSHY
                         Meowwwwww...

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Good to have a girlfriend...

                                   SMUSHY (DEJECTED)
                         Meow.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         You'll get one one day.  You just
                         got to play the field.  Squeaky get
                         girlfriend at pickle ball
                         tournament.

               Smushy is silent.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Wait, you're a she-cat?

               Smushy is silent.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Wait, is everyone in my life
                         female? Me miss Squeaky hell-
                         friends.

               Squeaky eats some fish food.  He pours little bits into his
               hand and consumes them as he watches TV.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Yom yom yom.

                                   ANDERSON COOPER
                         And some disturbing news today.
                         Masterclass, the online streaming
                         service that produces educational
                         classes designed by popular experts
                         in their craft, recently publish a
                         new class that puts the ex-
                         President Clean's intentions in a
                         new light.  He is widely being
                         panned for his recent "Stalin-
                         esque" Masterclass entitled
                         entitled From Layman to Strongman -
                         Laying a Country to Waste.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Oh no!  I put so much effort into
                         that title!  I even used a
                         thesaurus Annabelle gave me.

               Squeaky gives big toothy grin.

                                   ANDERSON COOPER
                         After seeing this one, my white
                         hair has never been whiter.

               Silent footage of Squeaky wearing glasses and pointing to
               historic footage of Hitler heiling an audience, the visage of
               Stalin lying in his coffin, and Hugo Chavez while wildly
               gesticulating and bouncing up and down energetically.

                                   NEWS ANCHOR (V.O.)
                         Criticized for calling Stalin,
                         Chavez, Hitler, etc as "templates
                         of success" using them as detailed
                         case studies on...

               The news anchor uses the air quotes gesture.

                                   NEWS ANCHOR
                         ..."destroying the lives of small
                         children."

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Oh noooo!  That was meant to be
                         tongue in cheek.

                                   NEWS ANCHOR
                         He is especially being criticized
                         for his clip of him sitting on a
                         massive throne on top of a mountain
                         of skulls waving a scepter.  I must
                         say, very undemocratic for a former
                         United States president.

                                   SQUEAKY (INDIGNANT)
                         Boo-hoo.  Maybe he do own
                         Masterclass on objective reporting.
                         CNN's timely and accurate news
                         making Squeaky cwy.

               A clip plays of the aforementioned Squeaky sitting atop a
               giant mountain of skulls waving a scepter while wearing a
               viking helmet.

                                   ANDERSON COOPER
                         By golly. What has this world come
                         to.

               Anderson Cooper takes off his glasses dramatically.

                                   ANDERSON COOPER
                         My poor children, and  and I are
                         thinking of moving to China.  I
                         teach them

               Squeaky whimpers.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         I sent Anderson Cooper to China.

               Squeaky sniffles.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         No, Anderson Cooper.  Don't go.

                                   ANDERSON COOPER
                         Historians worry it has equipped
                         heavy-handed narcissists with the
                         skills and knowledge to become
                         leaders and foresee wave of despots
                         across the land.

               Commercial break.  Squeaky sits there in shock.  A commercial
               for epaulets plays.

                                   ADVERTISER
                         Class up your suit jacket for any
                         occasion!  Rope!  Embroidery!
                         Metal chains!  Plain suit jackets
                         no more.

               Squeaky sits dejected.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Oh no! Have I destroyed the world?!

               Squeaky thinks for awhile, taking a sip from his straw inside
               his soda can.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Nahhh...

               Squeaky pauses while the next commercial comes on.

                                   NEWS ANCHOR
                         While Masterclass has claimed it is
                         pleased to attract the often
                         ignored demographics of racists,
                         narcissists, and African leaders of
                         rebel groups (it has been subtitled
                         in ten African dialects),

                                   SQUEAKY
                         What if I'm a narcissist?

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Nahhh...I'm too coooolllllll...

                                   SMUSHY
                         Meow.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         I heard that, Smushy.

               A beat.

                                   SMUSHY
                         Meow.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Methinks thou doth protest too
                         much.

               Squeaky takes a final sip.

                                   SQUEAKY
                         Time for a nap, Smushy.

               Squeaky puts a blanket over Smushy and goes to a cryogenic
               tank full of water, opens the little door, floats in, and
               takes a nap.

               But I was just posturing for the massses.

               Oh Squeaky.  You're so funny.  He gives big toothy smile.
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