[Scene: The hall at school. Marty’s sitting on the trash can, talking to the audience.] Marty: Hi. I’m Marty DePolo. Also know as ‘Teen Angel’! My job is to watch over my best friend, Steve Beauchamp. [Steve walks past.] Hi Steve! Steve: Hey Marty. [They give each other 5.] Marty: See, Steve’s the only human who can see or hear me. [Jordan walks past. Loudly] Hi Jordan! [Jordan just keeps on walking.] Bye Jordan. Now, as a guardian angel I set my own rules, and make my own hours. Basically, I’m my own boss. [lightning from above. Marty looks up] Actually, that’s my boss. [Jumps off the trash can] There’s more, but I think it can best be described in a song. [He points up and a guitar appears in his hands with the case down by his feet. Plays and sings] There’s a song about a boy named Marty. He had great hair and he loved to party. [Steve walks past and puts some money in the guitar case.] Thankyou very much. [sings] Marty, Marty, Marty........ [Scene: Steve’s front room. Steve’s at the table doing work, Judy’s in the kitchen and Pam and Katie are sitting on the couch. Pam’s showing Katie her angel collection.] Pam: Now, this is my good health angel, and this is my safe driving angel, and this angel protects me from all harm. It shoots out pepper spray. Katie: Wow Aunt Pam. You have a lot of angels. Judy: We all do, Katie. Beautiful angels who watch over us and are devoted to making us happy. [Steve reaches for the bowl of chips on the table but they disappear. We hear a crunching sound and then Marty appears in the other chair holding the bowl and munching.] Steve: Hey, my chips! Marty: [with a full mouth] Shot me, I’m hungry. Judy: And Aunt Louise is an angel now, and so’s Grandpa Joe. Marty: [getting up] He must be the ‘fall asleep with his hands in his pants’ angel. Judy: I bet Marty’s an angel. [Marty nods in agreement as he starts to pick more food off the counter. Pam and Katie start laughing. Marty looks horrified.] Pam: If Marty is in heaven he’s chained to a bunch of other guys picking up trash. [Marty gives Steve an ‘are you going to let them get away with that’ look but Steve just shrugs his shoulders.] Judy: Heaven is a very special place. All your loved ones go there. Katie: Even my sea-monkeys? Judy: Even your sea-monkeys. Katie: So everything you flush down the toilet goes to heaven. Judy: Well, not everything. Marty: I’m afraid your mom has no idea what heaven’s like. Judy: Oh, and the clouds, they’re made of delicious cotton candy. Marty: [Scoffing] Cotton Candy! That’s the craziest [thinks] hmm....[He pops out, then reappears stuffing his face with cotton candy] Hey, she got one right! [Opening Titles] [Scene: Just inside the entrance to school. Kenny (the geek) is standing behind a desk with a clip board. No one’s paying any attention to him, but he sounds like he’s getting desperate.] Kenny: Join the chess club? Join the chess club? Join the chess......[looks defeated, but then Steve and Marty walk around the corner. Sounding hopeful] Join the chess club? [Marty waves his arms around franticly and mouths the words ‘No!’] Steve: Sure, why not? [Marty turns around and bangs his head against the wall. Steve signs the clip board. Kenny sounds excited] Kenny: Oh boy! Now I have somebody to play against! Marty: Chess club! [His head turns into a siren] Nerd alert! Nerd alert! [A little further down the hall.....] Steve: Incase you haven’t noticed, girls aren’t exactly falling over each other to go out with me. [Jessica, in a cheerleader uniform, comes walking up the corridor carrying a poster for cheerleader try outs when someone walks into her. Steve catches her.] Jessica: Thanks, Steve. [ She keeps on going. Steve and Marty both look amazed.] Steve: You’re welcome, Jessica. Marty: Jessica Fishman just said ‘Thanks, Steve’, to you? Steve: This is even better than the time she said ‘Hi, Dave’ to me. Marty: This is a golden opportunity. Ask her out! Steve: Oh, I don’t know. I can’t talk to girls the way I talk to you. Marty: Well you can’t go out with me. Because a) I’m a boy, and b) I’m dead! Steve: Cheerleader are untouchable. [Jessica’s just A little way down the hall putting up her poster.] A mystery wrapped in an enigma.... Marty: Stuffed into a tight sweater! Steve: [nods] You’re right. I’m gonna do it. [He walks over to where Jessica is putting up her poster.] uh, hi, Jessica. Jessica: Oh, hi, Steve. [She’s sticking smiley faces on the poster.] Steve: So, um, hi Jessica. Jessica: [gives him a funny look] Hi, Steve. [Steve looks at his watch. Marty’s inside making clock movements with his arms.] Marty: Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock. Time’s running out. Act now. Supplies are limited. Offer not valid in Misuria. Steve: You know, Jessica, I really like your poster. The design, I mean. Jessica: You do? Steve: Yeah, it shows a sophisticated use of colour, composition, and smiley faces. Jessica: Wow! No one’s ever noticed my art work before. They just see me as a cute face in a cheer leading uniform. Marty: Oh yeah! [He’s still in the watch with his tongue hanging out and his eyes popping out of his head.] Steve: I was wondering, maybe......if you’re not busy some time....[the bell goes] Jessica: I’d better get to home Ec.. [she starts to leave.] Steve: Well, can I take you out sometime? Jessica: [nods and smiles] Call me later. [She leaves.] Steve: [To his watch] Did you here that, Marty? She wants me to call her! [4 Martys appear in a line holding pompoms and do a cheer leading dance.] Martys: Steve, Steve, he’s on top. Now he’s late for metal shop! Steve: Oh, right! [Runs up the stairs.] Martys: Go Steve! Marty1: Hey, you guys wanna play bridge? Marty2: Sounds good. Marty3: Why not? [They start to walk off though the wall] Marty4: I wanna be East. I wanna be East! [Scene: The rock. Marty’s holding a golf club and there’s a golf ball at his feet.] Marty: So, thanks to me Steve’s going to ask out a cheerleader. [He swings, hits the ball and it goes soaring into space.] Heady: Nice shot! Now, all this sounds very promising, Marty, but teen romance is a minefield thraught with obstacles. Remember what happen to Romeo and Juliet? Marty: What? Heady: Romeo and Juliet. You read it in English last year. You got a B+. Marty: Oh, yeah! Romeo and Juliet. [Thinks for a minute] They went down the Mississippi on a raft. Heady: No, that was Huckleberry Finn. Marty: Who now? Heady: Oh, for goodness.....[we hear a beep] Hold on, I have Head Waiting. [He disappears and a fluffy pink cloud floats by. Marty reaches up and grabs a handful of it with he stuffs in his mouth.] Heady: How many times do I have to tell them I don’t want the Daily News? Now, where were we? Marty: You were telling me about that guy who went down the Mississippi. Huckleberry Hound. Heady: [looks up] Can I be transferred to accounting? [Scene: Jessica’s home Ec.. Class. Jessica and her friend Shelly are there. She’s a cheerleader too. Marty appears near to were Jessica and Shelly are cooking.] Marty: Home Ec.. Wasting valuable time and ingredients for over half a century. Now it’s time to see what Jessica really thinks. Jessica: So, anyway. Steve Beauchamp asked me for a date, and I think I might say yes. Marty: Yes! I feel like I’ve died and gone to heaven.........Again! Shelly: Steve Beauchamp? Eww! Marty: [walks over to her] Not the reaction I was hoping for. [Scene: Steve’s Metal shop class. He’s making a weird looking round thing with bits of metal sticking out of it. Jordan and Kenny are there too.] Jordan: Hey, Steveo! Nice neck brace. Steve: Thanks, Jordan, but it’s a tie rack. Jordan: Oh,.....no, cool. Hey, uh, I saw you talking to Jessica before. Excellent! [Kenny comes up] Kenny: You asked out a cheerleader? Nice opening gambit! Steve: You know, she just told me to call her, but I think she likes me. [Cut back to Home Ec..] Shelly: You’re a cheerleader. He’s chess club. Hello! That’s like mating a donkey with a.....a cheerleader. Jessica: That’s silly. If I like a guy I should just go out with him. Marty: You go girl! Shelly: But not Steve Beauchamp. He’ll probably wanna take you someplace really embarrassing. Like Putt-putt Golf. [Cut to Metal Shop] Kenny: [Excited.] You gotta take her to Putt-putt Golf. It’s a real hot make-out place. [Jordan and Steve both give him a funny look.] Well, so I hear. From my friends in the Babylon 5 chat room. [Cut to Home Ec..] Jessica: Ok, ok. I won’t go out with him. Marty: Oh no. Steve’s gonna be crushed. Shelly: Good. Now when he calls, don’t be mean. Just do what I do. Laugh and hang up. Marty: Man! Even for a cheerleader you’re evil! But you are hot! [Cut to Metal Shop] Kenny: Boy, that Jessica Fishman is hot! Steve: Ah ha, yeah. Calm down, Kenny. I’d better get back to my tie rack. [He picks it and half of the sticking out bits fall off.] Kenny: How’s yours coming, Jordan? Jordan: Well, it’s not what I had in my head. [He reaches under the table and pulls up a big model of the Eiffel Tower and puts it on the desk. He flicks a switch and it lights up, plays the french national anthem, and the little flags on the side start to move up and down.] [Scene: Steve’s room. He’s walking around with a cordless phone in is hands practising his conversation with Jessica.] Steve: Hello, Jessica. It’s Steve Beauchamp...........nah.......Jessica, hi, it’s Steve....... Jessica, [something weird in Spanish I’m not even going to attempt to spell] baby. [Katie comes in carrying something made out of lego.] Katie: Steve, look at this dog I made. Ruff, ruff! Isn’t he cute? Steve: That’s nice, Katie. Look, I’m trying to do some..... Katie: He likes you. Give him a kiss. Steve: OK, Katie. [He takes it from her, kisses it and gives it back. She giggles.] Katie: That’s his bottom. [Pam walks past the room.] Steve: Aunt Pam, can you get Katie outta here. I’m gonna call a girl for a date and I’d like some privacy. Pam: Oh, honey. Let me give you some advise about dating. Whatever you do, don’t listen to me. Steve: Thanks, Pam. I’ll do that. Pam: No, don’t do that. That’s the point. [She leaves taking Katie with her. Steve paces up and down the room little, then Marty pops in right in front of him.] Steve: Ahhgg! Marty: Whoa! These pop in’s are a lot harder than they look on ‘Bewitched.’ Steve: Nah, it’s OK. I’m glad you’re here. Now you can help me practice for this phone call. Marty: Steve, about that. I’m not sure calling Jessica is such a great idea. Steve: Come on. Look, I’ll be me, you be Jessica, OK? [He puts the phone on the bed and Marty reluctancy sits next to it.] Steve: [into his finger] Ring ring ring. [He gestures to Marty to pick it up, but he just stares at it] Ring, ring, ring, [He stares A little longer then picks up the phone.] Marty: Hello. Steve: Jessica, Hi. It’s Steve Beauchamp. Marty: Oh hi Steve! I was just thinking about you as I put ointment on my enormous canker soar. [He pretends to put ointment on the inside of his mouth but Steve takes the phone off him and puts it back on the bed.] Steve: Ring, ring, ring. Marty: [picks up and speaks in an Italian accent.] Joe’s pizzeria! Joe no here. Steve: Marty! Marty: Marty no here either. I got orders. Steve: I guess we’re done practising. [Takes the phone back.]Now if you’ll excuse me I’ve gotta make a call to the real girl. Marty: [Gets up] Fine, I’m outta here. Steve: OK. [Marty clicks his fingers to pop out but only his body disappears.] Steve: Where’s your body? Marty: I dunno. The last time this happened it wound up in a dumpster. [His head pops out.] Steve: Alright, here goes. [Starts dialling the number] Just relax. Hello, Jessica. Hello, Jessica. Hello, Jessica. Jessica: Hello? Steve: Jessica! Jessica, hi! This is Steve. Jessica: Steve! I had a feeling you were going to call. Steve: You did? [Cut to Marty floating with his wings next to a telegraph pole with a phone connected to the box speaking with Jessica’s voice.] Marty: Call it women’s intuition. Coming from a girl. Which is what I am. [Cut to Steve] Steve: Yeah, right. Uh, listen, I was wondering. Maybe we could get together this weekend and... [Cut to Marty] Marty: Oo, sorry. I’m not good enough for you. Bye! [goes to hang up] Steve: No! Wait, wait, wait. Please don’t say that. How about Friday? Marty: [In his own voice] Friday!? Steve: Are you OK? Marty: [In Jessica’s voice] Oh yes! *ahem* Fine, fine. Everything’s fine. Steve: Great! I’ll pick you up at seven thirty. Marty: Seven thirty? Ah.....em...I mean.......[defeated] OK. Steve: Thanks, Jessica. Bye. [Hangs up.] Yeah!!! I’ve got a date with Jessica Fishman. Marty: Oh no! [drops the phone] I have a date with Steve Beauchamp! [Commercial Break] [Scene: Marty’s sitting on the rock in Space explaining to Heady what’s happened.] Marty: I couldn’t bare to see my bud get hurt. Heady: Spoken like a true guardian angel. To feel the pain of others is a sign of pure grace. Marty: So I agreed to go out with him on Friday night. Heady: [Starts laughing hysterically. While laughing] You have a date with Steve? The other heads are gonna roll when they hear this. Marty: Are you done? Heady: [Still laughing] Almost. [Laughs some more then calms down.] Alright. As I see it you have two choices. Tell Steve the truth. Or there’s the quick and dirty way. Marty: [Leaps to his feet and puts up his hand.] Quick and dirty. Quick and dirty. Heady: Why am I not surprised? Alright, Marty. For the purpose of this date I will give you the power to become Jessica Fishman. Marty: Really? Heady: But hands off the merchandise. Marty: No fair! [We hear a zippy noise and Marty gets a little lighter.] Heady: It is done. Now, becoming someone else isn’t an easy power to master. You will need to work on it. Marty: Piece of cake. Watch this. Jessica Fishman! [His head turns into a fishes’] Well? Heady: [Starts laughing again.] You look like my first wife. [Scene: Steve’s front room. Judy cleaning up the kitchen when Steve comes in dressed for his date.] Judy: Oh, Steve. You look so handsome. Aw, my little boy’s first date. Steve: Oh, it’s not my first date. Judy: It’s your first date outside the family. Steve: Mom! [Katie comes in and Judy leaves.] Katie: Steve, I made you a corsage to get to Jessica. [She shows him a mess of lego] Steve: Thanks, Katie, but I don’t think Jessica.... Katie: I killed my dog to make you this. Steve: Thanks, Katie. [He takes it from her. Judy comes back with a camera.] Judy: Smile honey! Steve: Oh, Mom. [she takes a picture.] Judy: Aw. Have fun. Come on Katie. [They both leave. Steve puts the mess of lego on the couch. Marty pops in.] Steve: Oh, hey, Marty. Marty: Hey! Just came to give you some last minute advise. Don’t kiss her, don’t touch her, and remember, No means no. [He pops back out again. Steve looks really confused. Cut outside Steve’s house. Marty pops back in. To keep things simple when he turns into Jessica I’ll still call him Marty.] Marty: Here goes nothing. [he wiggles around a little and turns into Jessica. In his own voice] Hm, suddenly I really wanna listen to Allanis Morrisette. [Back in Steve’s house.] Steve: Hey, thanks for driving us, Aunt Pam. Pam: Tonight I am not your Aunt Pam. I am your limo driver. [The door bell rings and Steve and Pam look a little surprised. Steve goes to answer it. It is, of course Marty doing a very good Jessica impression.] Steve: Jessica. Marty: Hi, Steve. I was so excited I though, why not come early? Hee hee. Well, let’s go. [Marty turns and falls over onto the wall.] Steve: Are you OK? Marty: No problem. No problem. I....I’m just not used to high heels. [He stumbles out of the door.] Pam: So where am I driving you? Steve: Well, I was thinking we could start off at the mall. [There’s a crash from outside] Pam: Keep her away from the Pottery Barn. [She pats him on the shoulder and they leave.] [Scene: Inside the car. Steve and ‘Jessica’ are sitting in the backseat. Pam’s driving and Marty’s gazing out of the window.] Steve: Jessica, you look great. [Marty doesn’t respond.] Jessica? Marty: Oh! Jessica! That’s me! I’m Jessica. I’m Jessica! Pam: Great, she talks just like she walks. Steve: So, after the movie where do you wanna go eat? Marty: Somewhere with salads. We woman love salads. That and that jerk from Lord of the Dance. We love him too. Pam: Yeah, that man moves like pure poetry. [A car horn honks and Pam swerves out of the way. Steve gets swung closer to Marty. A little to close for Marty’s liking.] Pam: [Shouting] You idiot! You had Stop sigh! Oh. Oops, I had a stop sign. Steve: [really, very, very close to Marty ( I don’t know if you’re getting just how close he is.)] Sorry. [He moves away.] Marty: [In his own voice] Oh dear. [Scene: In a restaurant. Steve and Marty as Jessica are sitting at a table in the corner. They both look like they’re having fun. They’re laughing about the movie they saw.] Steve: So you really liked the Van Dam movie? Marty: Oh yeah! Especially when he hits the guy with the two by four and says [they say it together] ‘I’m getting bored.’ [A waitress brings a bowl of chips over.] Marty: Man, is she hot! Steve: What? Marty: I woman can appreciate another woman. [He takes a chip and eats it.] Steve: Well, as far as I’m concerned, you’re the prettiest girl here. [He takes Marty’s hand. He jumps up quickly knocking the bowl of chips all over the table.] Steve: Did I say something wrong? Marty: No. Jordan! [We can see that Jordan’s come in. Marty runs over to him and puts an arm around him.] Jordan Labelle. What a surprise to see you here. [Marty sits him down next to Steve] Well, I am sure that you guys have a lot to talk about so I’m just gonna leave and never come back. [He starts to run off but Jordan grabs him.] Jordan: Oh, no, no, no. No, it’s not my style to interfere with another guy’s date. [He gets up and Marty grabs him with both hands by the shirt.] Marty: Interfere all you want! Please! Jordan: No. Sorry. [He lets him go. Jordan looks up] God. Why do you give me this power over women. [He walks off.] Steve: Is everything OK, Jessica? Marty: Sure, sure. I just have to go to the bathroom. It’s.....it’s this darn bra, [he starts tugging at it] it’s so tight. I.....it’s on backwards. Oh well, La de da! [He punches Steve playfully on the shoulder as he walks past. He then walks through the closed door of the ladies and then back through the gents as himself again. He hops around and grabs his foot in pain.] Marty: Ooo, ooo, those pumps are torture! Ok, I’ve just gotta let Steve down gently and go home before this thing get anymore complicated. [ He looks over to the door.] AH! [Jessica has walked in] It’s the real Jessica! [Pam is sitting at a table near the door and spots her.] Pam: Hi, honey! Do you change clothes in the middle of a date? Jessica: Do I know you? [Pam looks shocked.] Marty: Gotta get her outta here. I know! I’ll set off her car alarm! [He points to the door and Jessica’s car alarm goes off. She gets one of those little remote control thingys out of her bag and turns it off.] Ooo, your powers are great too. Oh, I can’t let her get to Steve. Gotta think fast! [He jumps into a big stuffed bear that by the door and taps Jessica on the shoulder. She turns, sees the bear, then runs out of the door. Marty steps out of the bear as Jessica again. In his own voice.] Mental note, practise thinking fast. [He starts to walk back to Steve] Alright, relax. Stick to the plan. I’m almost outta the woods. [He sits down.] Steve: Hey, is everything Ok? Marty: [In Jessica’s voice] Fine, fine. Everything’s fine. [He goes to take some chips but his hand is still a bear’s paw.] Ah! [He quickly hides it under the table and smiles sweetly.] [Scene: Steve’s front room. Judy’s sitting on the couch reading a magazine. Pam comes in and Judy jumps up.] Judy: How did it go? Pam: Great. I found a hair in my potato skin and got a free desert. Judy: I meant the date. Pam: Oh, that? It’s still going on. Out there on the porch. [Judy goes over to the window and has a little peek at what’s going on. Judy: Aw, young love. A boy, a girl, and the moon. Just like I remember it. [She stops spying and the scene cuts to outside.] Steve: Look, Jessica. I’m not very good at this, but could I give you a good night kiss? Jessica: A kiss? On the lips? With me? [Steve closes his eyes and goes in for the kill, Marty pushes himself up as far against the wall as he can then turns back into himself. Steve opens his eyes and screams.] Steve: AHHHH!!!!! [Cut to inside. Pam looks up] Pam: Now that’s the way I remember it. [Cut to back outside.] Marty: I guess this means you won’t be taking me to the homecoming dance. Steve: What did you do with my date? Marty: Don’t you get it? There was no date. Well, there was, with me. And I had a wonderful time. But you didn’t go out with Jessica. Steve: I didn’t? Marty: No. I found out she was going to blow you off when you called, so I took her place. That way you wouldn’t feel so bad. Steve: It didn’t work. [Steve looks a little sick] I feel like I’m gonna throw up. Marty: Yes. But at least you’ll be throwing up a lovely dinner. Steve: Marty, why didn’t you just tell me the truth? Marty: Of course, the truth. If only someone had mentioned that earlier this whole ugly mess could have been avoided. [Lightning from above. Marty look up to the sky] point taken. Steve: I thought I was doing so well on this date. It turns out that’s ‘cause I was dating you. Marty: Hey, man, any girl would have had a great time tonight. You were funny, charming, a little cheap. I notice I’m not holding a box of chocolates. Steve: Do you really think I’m a good date? Marty: Yeah! ‘Cause you were being yourself. And girls like that. Besides, you are cute. Steve: [embarrassed] Shut up. Marty: No, you’ve got a young Cornard O’Brian thing going. And you have great eyes. Steve: I said, shut up. Marty: Alright, alright. [Scene: The school hall. As Steve and Marty come down the stairs a voice comes over the intercom.] Voice: This is Principle Crawford speaking. Will the student who stole the letters ‘C’ and ‘L’ from the ‘Class of 96' plaque please return them. That is all. [Steve looks at Marty and shakes his head. Marty grins and produces the missing letters from behind his back. Steve was down the hall and nearly runs into Jessica coming around the corner.] Jessica: Steve! Steve: Oh, hi, Jessica. [He carries on walking and Marty comes up to see what’s going on.] Jessica: Hey, I thought you were going to call me the other night. What happened? Steve: Yeah, I was but....... Jessica: Was it something I did? I hope it wasn’t something I did. Marty: Oh, I get it. By not calling her you made her insecure, and now she wants you. Just like I planned. [Cue the lightning from above] Alright! I lucked out. Jessica: So, is it OK if I call you sometime? Steve: Yes, sure, yeah, that’d be great! Jessica: Great. I’ll talk to you soon. Steve: OK. [Marty produces a microphone from nowhere and puts an arm around Steve.] Marty: Steve Beauchamp! You’ve just had the cutest girl in school ask you out on a date. What are you gonna do now? Steve: I’m going to the chess club. [He walks off.] [Scene: The same Restaurant as before and Steve and Jessica are sitting at the same table] Steve: So, um, after dinner I was thinking we could go and see the Bett Middler movie. Jessica: Bett Middler? That cow? Let’s see some Van Dam. [She stuffs a chip in her mouth.] Steve: Marty? Jessica: Did you just call me Marty? [Marty pops in] Marty: Will you relax? It’s not me this time. I would never wear those shoes with that blouse. Hello! Fashion police! [He pretends to drive around the table making police car noises.] [Tag scene: Steve’s room. Him and Katie and playing cards.] Katie: Well? [Steve looks nervous. He looks to Marty who’s standing behind Katie] Marty: She’s got a pair of threes. Steve: I will raise you a dollar. Katie: I call. Steve: OK. [Katie shows her cards.] Katie: Full house. Steve: Full house? [He looks at Marty.] Marty: [flaps his wings] I lied! [He waves and pops out.]