COX
DRAMA
3/15/17
CAST:
MOM: ADIE ANNOUNCER #1: GRIFFIN G ANNOUNCER #2: ABI
DAD: JACKSON JORDAN: A LITTLE BOY SECURITY GUARD: TY SECURITY GUARD #2: JACEY SIRI: SIRI
SCRIPT:
MOM: OK BOYS GO STAND NEXT TO THAT WALL.
DAD: (GROANING A LITTLE): AH COME HERE JORDAN (PICKS UP SON)
MOM: OK NOW SMILE. RANDELL, SMILE.
[CLICK]
MOM: AWW YOU GUYS ARE SO CUTE IN YOUR MATCHING NICKLAS LIDSTROM
JERSEYS.
DAD: HUH, IT’S LINSTROM, SWEETIE
MOM: I HAVE TO GO POST THAT ON FACEBOOK, HAVE FUN AT THE GAME BOYS.
DAD: ALRIGHT BIG MAN (FOOTSTEPS OF WALKING AWAY) (PUTTING ON COAT) ARE
YOU READY FOR YOUR FIRST HOCKEY GAME?
JORDAN: I’M SO EXCITED!
DAD: IT WAS MY FAVORITE THING TO DO WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE.
[STARTS CAR]
[DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD] [CAR DRIVING PAST][AND THEN IN THE CAR] COX
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3/15/17 [CAR PULLS UP AND PARKS]
[SEATBELTS UNCLICKING DOORS OPENING AND THEN CLOSING AND THE CAR
LOCKING]
[MUSIC AND PEOPLE GET LOUDER (GET YOUR ICE COLD DRINKS HERE)]
DAD: LETS GO IN OVER HERE.
SECURITY GUARD: PLEASE REMOVE ALL HATS OPEN ANY PURSES AND REMOVE ALL
METAL OBJECTS INCLUDING BELTS, EARRINGS, AND RINGS.
[METAL DETECTOR GOING BY]
SECURITY GUARD #2: THANK YOU (X2)
TICKET COLLECTOR: TICKETS PLEASE.
[BEEP BEEP, BEEP BEEP]
TICKET COLLECTOR: ENJOY THE GAME.
DAD: HEY BUDDY LET'S GO FIND OUR SEATS.
JORDAN: YAY!
[ANNOUNCER INTRODUCES THE GAME THEN “ZOOMS IN ON THE GAME”]
ANNOUNCER #2: WELCOME TO THE MATCH-UP OF THE DETROIT RED WINGS AND THE
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS. IM YOUR HOST CHRIS BLACKFIELD ALONG SIDE JAMES
SETTEN. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD GAME FOLKS. AND LET’S GET INTO IT NOW.
[GAME HORN SOUNDS] COX
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3/15/17 THE PUCK IS DROPPED AND IT’S THE WINGS POSSESSION FIRST, JUSTIN LIDSTROM
LOOKING FOR THE PASS TO PETER FORSBERG… BUT OH GETS KNOCKED OFF HIS
FEET, THE PROPRIETOR, COREY PERRY OF THE LEAFS.
[REFS WHISTLE AND SKATES AND GUYS FIGHTING FOR THE PUCK]
ANNOUNCER #1: AND AN ELBOW IS THROWN, ITS TARGET, #5 NICKLAS LIDSTROM.
[HEAR A THUD]
ANNOUNCER #1: AND LIDSTROM IS DOWN
[FANS SCREAMING: “CALL THAT REF” “HEY HE CAN’T DO THAT”]
DAD: WHAT KINDA CRAP IS THIS
JORDAN: YEAH!
ANNOUNCER #2 (COLOR): LINDSTROM WAS JUST PICKED UP AS A NUMBER TWO
DRAFT PICK OVERALL, HE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST TALKED ABOUT AND PHYSICALLY
BIGGEST PLAYERS THERE IS AND IN HOCKEY WE KNOW THAT THE BIGGER YOU ARE
IT DOES GIVE YOU CERTAIN ADVANTAGES.
ANNOUNCER #1: THAT'S RIGHT CHRIS BUT HERE NICKLAS LIDSTROM JUST SEEMED
TO BE KNOCKED RIGHT OFF HIS FEET, AS A TEAM OF MEDICAL PERSONNEL HAVE
NOW SWARMED AROUND HIM. AT 6’ 7’’, HE IS NOT AN EASY MAN TO COVER UP
WHICH JUST TELLS YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE TO HELP.
JORDAN: HUH IS HE GOING TO BE OK?
DAD: EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE OK SON. IT'S ALL PART OF THE SPORT.
COX
DRAMA
3/15/17 ANNOUNCER #1: AND HES UP. HE WILL BE TAKEN FOR EXTENSIVE EXAMINATION AND
WE WILL LET YOU KNOW ANYTHING THAT WE DO AS SOON AS WE CAN, BUT FOR
NOW, LET’S PLAY HOCKEY!
[BREAK]
ANNOUNCER #1: AND IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS. THE SCORE IS THREE TO THREE
WITH 30 SECONDS IN THE THIRD AND FINAL PERIOD. CAN THEY PULL IT OFF WITHOUT
NICKLAS LIDSTROM? WE’LL FIND OUT.
[WHISTLE]
ZETTERBERG WINS THE PUCK FIRST. RED WINGS POSSESSION, HE PASSES OVER TO
PETER FORSBERG. FORSBERG TO TOMAS HOLMSTROM, A KEY PLAYER IN THIS GAME
SINCE HIS TEAMMATE, LIDSTROM WENT DOWN. HOLMSTROM PULLS UP FOR THE
SHOT, AND IT’S GOOD! THE RED WINGS PULL OUT THE WIN EVEN WITHOUT THEIR
TEAM LEADER.
DAD: WOOOO!
[FADES OUT]
DAD: WASN’T THAT JUST A GREAT GAME! HOCKEY’S THE GREATEST SPORT EVER!
JORDAN: I I DON'T WANNA PLAY THIS SPORT.
DAD: JORDAN DON'T BE SILLY, OF COURSE YOU WANT TO PLAY HOCKEY. IT'S LIKE
THE GREATEST SPORT EVER.
JORDAN: I HAD A LOT OF FUN BUT I THINK I WANT TO TRY SOCCER.
[PAUSE]
COX
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3/15/17 DAD: HUH, JORDAN LOOK, I LOVE THE SPORT OF HOCKEY AND I HAD HIGH HOPES
THAT YOU WOULD TOO BUT IF YOU WANT TO TRY SOCCER OUT, WE CAN PICK UP A
BALL THIS WEEKEND AND PLAY AROUND WITH IT.
JORDAN: REALLY?! I’M SO EXCITED
[PAUSE]
SIRI: 15 YEARS LATER
ANNOUNCER #2: WELCOME LADIES AND GENTLEMEN TO THE BROADCAST OF THE
WORLD CUP. WE ARE COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM FRANCE, FOR THE SIXTH TIME
THIS GAME HAS BEEN PLAYED HERE. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE INTENSE
MATCH BETWEEN BRAZIL AND THE U.S. THE TOP PLAYER FROM AMERICA TO WATCH
FOR THIS YEAR IS NONE OTHER THAN JORDAN MORRIS FROM DETROIT MICHIGAN.
HERE WE GO.
[FANS FADES IN AND OUT]
ANNOUNCER #2: AND IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS. THE SCORE IS THREE TO THREE
WITH 30 SECONDS IN THE SECOND IN THE FINAL HALF. IT HAS BEEN ONE HECK OF A
GAME. WILL JORDAN MORRIS BE ABLE TO LEAD HIS TEAM TO VICTORY, OR WILL THE
MIGHTY BRAZILIANS RULE ONCE AGAIN?
[WHISTLE]
ANNOUNCER #1: JOZY ALTIDORE STARTS WITH THE BALL. IS LOOKING TO THROW IT
IN FROM HIS OWN END LINE. HE GETS IT TO MICHAEL BRADLEY. BRADLEY UP TO
CHRISTIAN PULISIC. PULISIC LOOKING TO SHOOT. PULLS BACK, AND PASSES IT TO
MORRIS IN THE RIGHT CORNER AND MORRIS GET THE GOAL TO WIN THE COX
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3/15/17 CHAMPIONSHIP! THE UNITED STATES HAS DONE IT. AS THEY ARE NOW THE WORLD
CUP CHAMPIONS!
[FANS CHEERING LOUDLY]
ANNOUNCER #2: AND THERE’S JORDAN NOW GOING TO CELEBRATE WITH HIS
FAMILY.
JORDAN: THANKS DAD I COULDN’T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
DAD: IM PROUD OF YOU SON.
[FANS CHEERING FADES OUT]