THE GOOD GUY AWARD

Synopsis:  This is the story of a man saddled with an unfortunate name who came to this country at an early age.  Through years of dedication and hard work he finally fulfills his goal to live the good life.  As this humorous story unfolds, we discover that in his pursuit of the good life, Rudolph may not have been such a "Good Guy" after all.

NUMBER OF CHARACTERS:  2
BLINK MARTINDALE - MASTER OF CEREMONIES
RUDOLPH - RECIPIENT OF THE GOOD GUY AWARD

SCRIPTURE REFERENCE:  ROMANS 3:12

CAST OF CHARACTERS

CHARACTER: BLINK MARTINDALE - Master of Ceremonies. Wearing a suit with a handkerchief in the top pocket, standing at a podium. Trophy on podium. Holding a stack of index cards.

CHARACTER: RUDOLPH HITLER - Winner of the Good Guy Award. Wearing a collar shirt, bow tie, cardigan sweater, hair parted in the middle and slicked down. Tissue in right pocket along with one large paper clip, very long string of paper clips all clipped together in left pocket.

SCRIPT

Blink - Ladies and Gentlemen, I am your host Blink Martindale. Welcome to the 7th Annual Good Guy Awards!

Blink - We have a very special show for you tonight. Here, on this very stage, you will meet this year’s winner of the GOOD GUY AWARD! He is a truly amazing man who has dedicated his life to leading a good life...so without further ado, let’s bring him out onto the stage right now!

(Rudolph walks on stage and stands next to the podium)

Blink - Good evening sir! Let me introduce you to our studio audience. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you (glances at index cards) Mr. ADOLPH HITLER! (pauses) Hitler? (looks at card again and back at Rudolph).

Rudolph - Nein, Nein...not ADOLPH Hitler...RUDOLPH Hitler. Rudddddolph...you know, like the reindeer. Ho, Ho, Ho.

Blink - Oh, what a relief. Well, tell me Mr. Hitler...

Rudolph - Nein, Nein, please call me Rudolph!

Blink - Very well, Rudolph.  Would you tell the audience a little about yourself please.

Rudolph - Certainly Blink! (turns to the audience, clicks his heels and bows)  I came to this wonderful country at the age of ten.  My parents were poor immigrants who settled in Pittsburgh.

Blink - That certainly sounds like the American Dream doesn't it ladies and gentlemen?

Rudolph - Yah, you would think so...but alas, my poor father was a yodeler by profession and could not find work anywhere.  He left us when I was just a boy.

Blink - Oh, how terrible.

Rudolph - Not really...Mamma and I were getting a little sick of his yodeling anyway.  (yodels) YODELADIE, YODELAIDE, YODELAIDE WHOOOOOO from morning until night.  Mamma said it gave her a headache.

Blink - It certainly gives me a headache (rubs his temples)

Blink - Well, Rudolph. There you were at the age of ten...poor and alone in a strange city with no one but your mother. Tell us what happened.

Rudolph - Well, Mamma took a job scrubbing floors. She worked day and night and somehow managed to support us. While Mamma worked, I went to school. I made straight A’s in every subject. I came home every week with a gold star on my forehead.

Blink - Isn’t that commendable ladies and gentlemen! (applauds)

Rudolph - (clicks his heels and bows) Thank you, thank you. After school and on weekends, I took a job walking dogs. The pay was very good and it helped take some of the burden off my mother. In fact, business was so good that I eventually started walking 30 dogs at a time! Mamma was actually able to quit her day job!

Blink - Ladies and gentlemen...isn’t that remarkable? (pretends to wipe a tear from his eye)

Rudolph - Yah, there was only one problem though...I am allergic to dogs. You should have seen me walking down Main Street, dragging 30 dogs behind me with a tissue hanging out of my nose. (takes tissue out of pocket and stuffs on end up his nose so that tissue is dangling). I had no free hands you see....

Blink - (takes handkerchief out of pocket and wipes forehead) Yes, well, um...tell us about your later life Rudolph.

Rudolph - Well, as luck would have it, I walked a poodle every Saturday morning for a rich business tycoon. For years he watched me walking his dog and decided that I was a very good worker. He thought I deserved a chance at a better job and gave me a position in his bank. As a result, Mamma was able to quit her night!

Blink - Oh, ladies and gentlemen, this truly is a touching story.

Rudolph - As time went by and my salary increased, Mamma and I were able to afford the good things in life.

Blink - This is getting good ladies and gentlemen.

Rudolph - Yah, we bought a house overlooking the river, got a shiny, new red car..and...I vas even able to take Mamma out to dinner every Thursday night for all you can eat Vienerschnitzel!

Blink - Your mother must be so proud!

Rudolph - Yah, Mamma is very proud and so am I. I worked for that bank for over 30 years and never stole a cent!

Blink - (leans toward Rudolph) Tell me Rudolph, weren’t you ever tempted by all that money?

Rudolph - Oh yah! I vas tempted! Every day I vas tempted!

Blink - Well don’t keep us in suspense. Tell us how you managed to work around all that money and still keep your integrity!

Rudolph - (smiles secretly, puts his finger to his lips) Shhhh, don’t tell anyone, but here is my secret. (holds up one large paper clip)

Blink - (takes paper clip from Rudolph and holds it up for the audience to see) A paper clip ladies and gentlemen.

Rudolph - You see Blink, every time I vas tempted to take some of that money, I picked up a paper clip instead.

Blink - (blinks) And that worked for you?

Rudolph - Yah, it worked very well.

Blink - There you have it ladies and gentlemen. One man’s secret to living a good life...one simple paper clip...

Rudolph - Ahhh, excuse me Blink.

Blink - Yes, Rudolph?

Rudolph - It wasn’t just one paper clip.

Blink - Really?

Rudolph - Yah. (snickers behind his hand and begins to pull long string of paper clips slowly from his pocket) Actually, it was 6,446, 212 paper clips to be exact.

Blink - Wow! I have never heard of a more resourceful was to avoid temptation. Isn’t he amazing ladies and gentlemen?

Rudolph - (smiles, clicks heels and bows)

Blink - And the moment we have all been waiting for...(picks up trophy from podium and turns to Rudolph) Rudolph, it is my privilege and pleasure to present you with this trophy. Congratulations! You truly are a Good Guy! (both face audience, click heels and bow).

(fade to black)

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