OutdoorType

You kinda need the visual for this one and the ability to believe that though a highly educated woman and the White House Press Secretary CJ has never, ever seen a news piece about the President and his turkey pardons…

C.J.
Well, I’m gonna see what’s next for me in this week of unendurable Thanksgiving nonsense.

JOSH
Okay.

CAROL
Hey C.J.

C.J.
Hey Carol.

C.J. walks into her OFFICE, not noticing the turkey on her couch and the turkey on her desk. She’s looking over some papers and starts taking her coat off when she notices the birds.

CAROL
Oh yeah, the turkeys came.

Donna runs up from down the hall.

DONNA
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait… I’m coming! [enters] I didn’t know you were here yet.

C.J.
I am.

DONNA
The turkeys came.

C.J.
So Carol said.

CAROL
Excuse me. [leaves]

DONNA
Josh and Toby and Sam said they should go in your office.

C.J.
Yes.

DONNA
These are the turkeys.

C.J.
The turkeys for what?

DONNA
You weren’t here last year.

C.J.
When?

DONNA
Over Thanksgiving. You were sick.

C.J.
Yes.

DONNA
Ever year on Thanksgiving, the President pardons a turkey.

C.J.
He pardons a turkey.

DONNA
Yeah, and it’s your event, so…

C.J.
What, are there two?

DONNA
I’m sorry?

C.J.
Why are there two turkeys?

DONNA
Customarily, the Press Secretary decides–

C.J.
No.

DONNA
–which of the two finalists is more photogenic. Their names–

C.J.
I don’t want to know their names.

DONNA
This one’s Eric and this one’s Troy.

C.J.
Eric and Troy.

DONNA
Yeah.

C.J.
And I’m to choose the more photogenic of the two to receive a Presidential
pardon.

DONNA
Yeah.

C.J.
Okay, I have actually a Masters degree from the University of California at
Berkeley.

DONNA
That’s a good school.

C.J.
Yeah.