Gernsback<\/a>-inspired equipment. THREE MEN in white lab coats hover over a metal tube. WALT DISNEY sleeps inside.)
TITLE: TODAY. A TOP-SECRET LAB DEEP BENEATH EPCOT CENTER.<\/p>\nPERRAULT
His vitals are almost normal, he should be up any–<\/p>\n
(Walt pops up. A bell goes off.)<\/p>\n
WALT
Oh boy, that was a good nap. Heya fellas.<\/p>\n
HAND
It worked! It really worked!<\/p>\n
WALT
Well of course it did, son. This is the best reanimation equipment money can buy. What’s the date?<\/p>\n
HAND
2008. August 2008.<\/p>\n
WALT
That was a little longer than I expected. Darn. Tell me, how’s the company doing? Did it get by alright once our copyrights went into the public domain?<\/p>\n
LUSKE
Into the…no. Mr. Disney, we still have all our copyrights.<\/p>\n
WALT
You did say 2008, right son?<\/p>\n
HAND
Yessir.<\/p>\n
LUSKE
You can thank Sonny Bono.<\/p>\n
PERRAULT
Sonny Bono’s dead.<\/p>\n
HAND
Actually, he’s in that tube over there.<\/p>\n
WALT
Alright. So we’ve still got our characters. Good. What else. (BEAT) Hey! It’s 2008. It’s an Olympiad!<\/p>\n
HAND
Yessir. Would you like to watch them while you’re finishing your recovery?<\/p>\n
WALT
Sure! Who doesn’t love the Olympics?<\/p>\n
(A TV is turned on, and we hear Bob Costas spinning a melodramatic tale of woe over a John Tesh score. Walt’s face drops as he watches.)<\/p>\n
WALT
Where the hell is Jim McKay?!?<\/p>\n
CUT TO:<\/p>\n
(Another lab room, the same mixture of high and sci-fi tech. Walt stands behind a bank of monitors and a board. The three techs operate the board.)
TITLE: 2012. A TOP-SECRET LAB BENEATH EPCOT CENTER<\/p>\n
WALT
Hit is, boys!<\/p>\n
(On the screens, we see an Animatronic JIM MCKAY.)<\/p>\n
MCKAY
Hello. Welcome to ABC Sports coverage of the Thirtieth Olympiad. I’m Jim McKay.<\/p>\n
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