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Topic's Cross Reference |
Control
OUT OF CONTROL
| ID: |
851110 |
| Description: |
Husband believes he has his life
under control. One evening he consumes a "Dagwood" sandwich (which always gives
him nightmares) while working late. A series of nonsensical scenarios occur and bring to
light that he doesn’t really have control over anything. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
4 * |
| Time: |
8 min. |
MAJORING ON THE MINORS
| ID: |
860209 |
| Description: |
A drama group is setting up the
stage before the singers are finished. The Drama Director is meticulous but uses so much
time in the scene set-up that there is no time left to perform the drama. We can spend so
much time on setting up the perfect setting, we miss the chance to do the real work. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
2 * + extras |
| Time: |
4 min. |
BURNING UP THE THYME
| ID: |
860413 |
| Description: |
A soldier is on leave visiting his
sister. His sister is so busy racing around trying to make the visit "just
right" that she has no time to be with him or to talk with him. A relationship with
God is not so much about what we do, but about the time we spend visiting with Him. |
| Category: |
Comedy-Drama, Slice of Life |
| Actors: |
2 * |
| Time: |
5 ½ min. |
THE EXPRESS LANE
| ID: |
870301 |
| Description: |
A woman attempts to add an eleventh
item to her ten item limit in a cash only express lane, after the clerk has totaled her
bill. The persnickety clerk adhering with the rules, will not allow the woman to ‘get
away with’ anything and requests she return to the end of the line if she wishes to
make the eleventh purchase. The customers in line side with the woman and attempt to work
out the requirements of "The Express Lane" for her as well as their own
purchases only to discover in the end that the woman now needs to write a check. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
4 * |
| Time: |
6 min. |
SHARING TIME
| ID: |
870503 |
| Description: |
A father overlooks the obvious when
the ‘shared family time’ is spent in a manner that accommodates his needs rather
and that of his family’s. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Slice of Life |
| Actors: |
5 * |
| Time: |
8 min. |
WOULD THE REAL MARKETING
DEPARTMENT PLEASE SHUT UP!
| ID: |
870614 |
| Description: |
An attempt to call to order an out
of control marketing meeting proves unsuccessful when the employees go off on tangents to
promote a product before identifying the function of the item and how it best meets the
needs of the people. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
6 * |
| Time: |
6 min. |
WHO SUNK THE FLOAT?
| ID: |
870816 |
| Description: |
City council board members who have
divided interests in separate charitable organizations working towards the same cause, are
split on a means to raise funds as one of the organizations absconded funds designated to
the other from an entity who was unaware there was a difference. The chairperson points
out that although their cause was just, their behavior was appalling. |
| Category: |
Comedy-Drama, Slice of Life |
| Actors: |
5 * |
| Time: |
9 min. |
AN UNFATHOMABLE SITUATION
| ID: |
880918 |
| Description: |
A member of a foursome expresses his
insatiable desire to become captain of his own ship as they vacation aboard a cruise
liner. He disregards their input when the very real dangers and draw backs to his desires
are outlined and questioned why he would seek to do so when there is someone ultimately
more qualified and experienced. |
| Category: |
Comedy-Drama, Twilight Zone |
| Actors: |
4 * |
| Time: |
9 min. |
YOU WON’T BE
DISAPPOINTED
| ID: |
890108 |
| Description: |
In the course of dining at an
exclusive restaurant, a man attempts to propose marriage to his girlfriend who skirts the
issue in a vain attempt to maintain both her relationship with him and her independence. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Slice of Life |
| Actors: |
3 * |
| Time: |
9 min. |
LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE
| ID: |
890115 |
| Description: |
When his wife leaves the incredibly
slow concession line at a basketball game to go observe the fans, a man frustrated with
the absurd wait discovers he is unprepared to pay for the food items as he suddenly
realizes he had given his wallet to his wife for safe keeping. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
7 * + UK extras |
| Time: |
10 min. |
LIP SERVICE, INC.
| ID: |
890312 |
| Description: |
A member of the Consumer
Advocate’s Bureau is shocked as he investigates Lip Service, Inc., where he discovers
all phone call orders are never fulfilled and is given pure ‘Lip Service’. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
3 * |
| Time: |
9 min. |
THE GREAT SARA LEE CAPER
| ID: |
890813 |
| Description: |
While both are dieting, a wife
catches her indulgent husband sneaking a piece of Sara Lee’s chocolate cake in wee
hours of the morning. He attempts to justify his childish decision for this antic by
redirecting the focus of the conversation of his wife’s childish behavior as she
carries the diet menu card with her at all times. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
2 * |
| Time: |
8 min. |
NEVER IN MY LIFE - PART II -
EARLY CHILDHOOD
| ID: |
890827 |
| Description: |
A man reflects on his childhood. He
recalls his mother reminding him of the times he would take toys over to
grandmother’s home and they would ultimately become lost. As a 4 year old however, he
had believed the older you are, the more knowledge you have, so of course the next time he
wouldn’t lose them. The toy in question on this particular remembrance ultimately was
lost. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
2 * |
| Time: |
9 min. |
NO MORE MARSHMALLOWS FOR ME,
PLEASE!
| ID: |
891022 |
| Description: |
A marshmallow contest at a family
picnic proves to be the undoing in a man who believed he could handle any quantity of
marshmallow stuffed in his mouth as he repeats the words ‘Chubby Bunny’. He and
the competitor however, discover their limitations as more and more marshmallows are
added, resulting in overload, violent bodily rejection. |
| Category: |
Comedy, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
6 * + extras |
| Time: |
8 min. |
JAILBREAK
| ID: |
920202 |
| Description: |
Believing he has control over his
own life and destiny, a man attempts to envision his individual freedom by today’s
standards only to find himself relentlessly confined to a prison cell. When he finally
realizes he is not getting anywhere, he address the guardian who offers assistance.
Reluctant at first to allow the guardian to take control of the circumstances, he finally
relinquishes much to his delight. |
| Category: |
Comedy-Drama, Object Lesson |
| Actors: |
2 * |
| Time: |
6 min. |
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