Taco Bell

Scene: Interior station wagon. The drive to grandma's has not been a quiet one. The KIDS in the back seat can only watch so much Spongebob before they begin to rebel.

KID A (not the Radiohead album): Mommy! I'm hungry!

KID B: Me too!

MOM: I'm sorry, kids, but we're just a little too short on cash to feed you right now! (to DAD) What are we gonna do, Will?

Suddenly, a figure falls from the sky and crashes with a mighty crunch on the hood of the car. DAD slams on the brakes, forcing the car to spin out of control, finally coming to a rest on the side of the highway.

DAD: What the...

T-BELL MAN: Fear not, for I have come to your aid! I am T-Bell Man!!!

DAD: Well I hope you have good insurance, T-Bell Man!

T-BELL MAN: Ho ho! I haven't come to start an insurance claim, I've come to fill you up with delicious dishes that vaguely resemble things that may have once been considered Mexican cuisine!

MOM: That sounds great! (dejected) But we don't have enough money to buy such extravagant meals...

T-BELL MAN: Ah, but that's the beauty! My dishes cost next to nothing! Why, you can get yourselves painfully full without spending more than a few dollars each!

DAD: This sounds too good to be true... It must taste horrible.

T-BELL MAN: Actually, it's some of the best tasting fast-food around!

MOM: If it's that great, though, I bet the selection is poor.

T-BELL MAN: Our menu is actually so large, only one man in existence has eaten everything on it! We even have milk cartons!

KIDS (in unison): Oh boy!

DAD: Hang on a minute; there has to be a catch.

T-BELL MAN: Well... Our food does have a reputation of giving people certain... digestive... issues... But come on! Where else are you gonna find food this cheap?

KIDS: Come on, Dad, can we?

MOM: Will, the kids need to eat.

DAD: Oh, alright.

Cut to: montage of family buying and eating Taco Bell. Elation fills their faces as they devour burritos, enchiladas, tacos, gorditas, chalupas and cinnamon twists. When they've finished eating, they wave goodbye to T-BELL MAN as he flies away into the distance. The camera zooms out until the steaming, deformed car in the ditch is but a speck on the horizon.
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Next week: The family fights over who gets to use the bathroom first at Grandma's