The Magnificent Scuffler

               INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY 

               The amateur wrestler Hiram Skove lays in the bed.   He looks like he's been in a car wreck.  

               The Orderly enters.

                          

                                                                              ORDERLY

                                 Still among us living? 

                                                                                 HIRAM

                                 When will I be able to breathe normal?

                                                                               ORDERLY

                                 Don't know.   Bonnie Bob cracked two of your ribs and punctured  

                                 a lung.   And you can forget about using that arm for a while too.  

                                                                         (opening the window)

                                 The paper said it sounded like cereal box elves, only the snap came

                                 came after the crackle and pop... them paperboys can sure be funny.                                     

                 

 Dialogue from "The Magnificent Scuffler",  my screenplay about the advent of professional wrestling in the 1930's.

(Acrylic on vintage wallpaper 18"x 24")