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Fun with Zoe and Magic

Pilot Season

Episode 4

A Day with Uncle FunBuck

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We are going to open the show with this scene. You are going to see a mail man walking down

the street and turn up the sidewalk to Zoe house. While the mail man is walking up the

sidewalk, Zoe is going to be on the front porch waiting for the mail man to come. Zoe will see

him, stand up and ask the mail man “do you have it today “?

Show Opening

And the mail man looks up, see’s Zoe on the front porch and stops, then he looks down into his

pouch, shuffles through his mail, and he will find a letter with a picture of Uncle FunBuck on it.

The mail man will pull the letter out, hold the letter up, and asks “is this what you are looking

for?” Zoe will say “It’s here! It came! My show is here! My show is here!” The mail man will

give the letter (with a DVD in it) and Zoe says thanks and then turns and runs into the house.

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When the child gets into the house, she starts to yell to his Mom “Mom!!! Mom!!! It’s here!!

My show came today!!” You will see the child run through the house and we will film her

coming into the kitchen and finding her Mom, yelling “It’s here! It’s here! My show came in the

mail today!” Then Mom will say “That’s great Field! Go get your Dad and lets watch it”. Zoe

runs through the house yelling for her Dad “my show came Dad! Come watch it with us”.

We will film the whole family getting together on the couch in the living room. Then Zoe puts

the DVD in the player and hits start. Then the camera will zoom into the TV and then my theme

song and show opening will occur.

Go get your

Dad and let’s

watch it

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Meet and Greet

We will have Zoe and parent come over to Buck’s house, and what we are going to film is Buck

on the front porch sitting on a rocking chair. Buck will be reading a book about magicians on the

front porch when when Zoe and the parent walk up the steps. Buck puts down the book, says hi

to Zoe and parent, and Buck asks Zoe if she likes magicians. Zoe says “yes” and Buck says,” well

then, I have quite the surprise lined up for you today. We are going to go on an outing to a

place where I’ve never been before and I reeeaaaalllllyyyyyy think you are really going to like

it”. Buck then turns to the parent, “OK Dad, we will see you when we get back.” And Buck and

Zoe walk down the steps and across the yard, where they wait to meet Tank.

When Buck and Zoe reach the side yard, they will stop, Buck will look down at Zoe and ask “are

you ready to meet Tank” and Zoe will shake her head “yes”. Buck will say “OK. I’ll call him” and

Buck turns his head toward the garage, puts his fingers up to his mouth and makes two quick

whistles. Then Buck turns his head back down to Zoe and says “here he comes!”.

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Then we see Tank pull out of the garage, driving on his own, turning up the driveway and pulling

up to Buck and Zoe. Zoe will be filmed with a jaw dropping expression after seeing a real micro

bus drive all by himself! Tank pulls up to Buck and Halle and parks. Buck introduces Zoe to Tank

“Zoe this is Tank” and Zoe will say “hi Tank”. And Buck will say “Tank, this is Zoe” and Tank will

ring his bell 2 times.

Then Buck says “it’s time to get Grump” and Buck walks to the front of Tank and yells

“GGGRRRRRRUUUUMMMMPPPPPP”. Then we see Grumps feet wiggle. Then I turn to Zoe and

says “I don’t think Grump heard me. Will you help me yell for Grump”. Zoe says “sure” and we

both holler for Grump “GGGGRRRRRUUUUUMMMPPPPP” then we use the footage we already

have of Grump getting up, going to the door, coming out of the door and walking over to Buck

and Zoe.

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Buck says hi to Grump and introduces him to Zoe, and Buck asks “will you drive us on our

outing?” And Grump says “yes”. Grump goes around to the drivers side of Tank and gets in

while Buck and Zoe walks around to the sliding door. Buck says “Tank, can you open your door

for the lady?” and Tank opens the front door. Buck says “not that door Tank” and closes it, and

says “the side door Tank” and then the side door opens. Buck says “Thank you Tank”. Then

Buck turns to Zoe and says “lets see how you measure up. Stand up here” and Zoe backs up to

the door jamb. She measures up. If the child is below 40 inches, I will ask Tank for a booster

seat. If the child is taller, we will just buckel her in, close the door, and once Buck is in and

strapped in, Buck will say “lets roll”. Then the quad copter will take off and show us driving

down Lowell Avenue on our way to Ft. Knox.

Off on an Outing

The next scenes are of Tank driving through the neighborhood and arriving at Bearno’s pizza on

Taylorsville Road. Buck and Zoe get out of Tank and head into Bearno’s Pizza while Grump

heads back to take a nap.

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Buck and Zoe enter into Bearno’s and the restaurant is completely full. Buck looks inside to see

if he can find Christy. No sign of her for a few seconds, and then we see her behind the counter

getting some drinks. She looks over and she see’s Buck and she waves at Buck. Buck looks at

Christy. Christy looks at Buck. Buck makes “the signal” and runs his finger down his nose just

like they did in the movie The Sting.

Christy see’s the signal, and she reaches up and gives the signal back, running her finger down

her nose, signaling it’s go time. Christy leaves the drinks she was getting, picks up two menus

and walks over to Buck and Zoe and says “follow me”. Buck and Zoe follow Christy into the

restaurant and around the corner.

After we turn the corner, Christy says “just stand behind me for a second, would you please?

Thank you” and we see Christy do her thing. On the wall, there is this old fashioned cigarette

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ashtray. Christy pushes down on the lever, and the dish opens up. Christy takes her fingers and

sticks them down the ashtray and she pinches up some magic dust. She pulls her hand out of

the ashtray, then she looks at her fingers and then she holds her hand up and she flicks the

magic dust.

Then we see a gigantic “P O O F”. And then when all the smoke goes away, we see everyone in

the restaurant frozen. People have their forks heading for their mouths, people taking a drink

out of their drink, people talking to each other, but all frozen in time.

Then we hear someone talking. So Christy grabs some more dust, walks around the corner and

we see one table that the magic dust didn’t hit. There is a mom, dad and kid at the table, and

the mom looks up and notices everyone in a frozen state and says “honey. Something really

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weird it going on” and right before the dad can turn around, Christy flicks some dust on them

and they are frozen before you know it.

Christy turns around and walks back towards Buck and Zoe and says, let me get the door for

you, and Christy clicks on the ashtray lever 3 times, and a magic door pops open. The door

swings open and Buck and Zoe walk into the doorway and Buck says “thanks Christy! See you

soon!” and Buck and Zoe disappear behind the door. Christy pushes the door closed behind

them, walks over and pushes the lever down one time, and all of a sudden everyone is back to

normal.

Buck and Zoe enter into a secret room and it is pitch black. You don’t see anything. You can

only hear things. I am going to make it seem pretty mysterious and spooky. Buck says “Don’t

move Zoe, it’s been a while since I’ve been in here but you need to be ready for anything. When

you get in behind the magic wall, you have to wait. One time I had to climb up a rope ladder,

another time I had to slide down a slide, but something always lights up in the magic wall and

that is where we need to go

Just then, a light comes on and it is at the bottom of some stairs (the bottom of the stairs

where madam Zelda sits will be all black, then Monty will turn on a light and we can see. Buck

and Zoe walk down the steps and when we get to the bottom, we pull the hanging beads to the

side and we hear “BBBUUUCCCCCKKKKKK” come from Monty the Magician. Buck shakes

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Monty’s hand and Buck introduces Monty to Zoe. Monty asks Buck and Zoe to sit at the table.

Monty says “How’s Tank. I love that Micro Bus!” Buck says “Tanks fine. He’s outside.” Monty

says “good to know, good to know” while looking up mysteriously.

Then Monty turns to Zoe and says “If Buck brought you here, that means you are interested in

becoming a magician, is this right?” and Zoe says “yes. I do”. Monty says “that is just great!”

Do you know what a magician does?” and Zoe says “I think so.” Monty says “well, there are

many types of magicians. Do you know what kind of magician you want to be?” and Zoe says

“I’m not sure”. Monty says “how about this. There are six different types of magicians. Let’s

look into the crystal ball and I’ll show you all six the different types and you can decide which

type you like the best.” Then we all look into Monty’s crystal ball and we see:

the first type:

The Stage Illusion

Monty tells Zoe that a Stage Illusion is for magicians that perform on a huge stage for large

audiences. They usually have assistants and they perform magic with large objects such as a

coffin or a cage. Popular Stage magicians are David Coperfield and Siegfried & Roy.

The second type is the Escape artist or Escape magician. These magicians deal with a unique

ability to escape from confinement. Some magicians escape from straightjackets, some

magicians you put handcuff’s on and they escape from the handcuffs, some magicians you tie

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up in ropes and chains and they set themselves free magically, and some even escape from

inside a tank of water! Harry Houdini is the greatest of the Escape magicians.

The third type of Magician is the Mentalist Magician. Mentalism magic deals with the mind or

mental magic. It has become very popular and the magician magically makes people think

things or do things that they don’t even know they are doing. The most popular type of Mental

magic is hypnotizing.

The fourth type of Magician is the Street Magician. These magicians usually perform on a

sidewalk for people passing by. They perform their magic with items that the people give them

and they are completely surrounded by people on the sidewalk.

The fifth type of Magician is the Stand-up magician. It usually involves props such as a

Magicians hat, rabbits, doves, ropes and scarves. They are the most fun to watch because you

think you know EXACTLY what is going to happen and then the magic leaves you baffled as to

how they did it!

The sixth and Final type of Magician is the Close-up Magician. These magicians usually perform

very close-up to the audience and it makes the magic more personal. It generally requires the

use of cards, coins and everyday items such as rings, clothes, and cigarettes.

Then the camera backs away and Monty explains to Zoe “some magicians can do many types of

magic. Some magicians concentrate only on one type of magic, and some magicians are good at

all types. What I’m trying to say is that you don’t have to be limited to any one type.”

“Did you like that?” Monty says. And Zoe says “yes” with a smile. “Do you still want to become

a magician?” asks Monty and Zoes says “yes” again with a smile. Then Monty says “That is

jjjjjuuuusssssttttt great. In order for you to become a magician, you must first take the

Brotherhood of Magicians oath. This oath, should you proceed to take it, allows you to only

share your magic with other magicians and never tell anyone else your magic. That is a very

important part of being a magician. Do you think you can do it?” Zoe says “yes”. Monty says

“great. It’s easy to take the oath, and once you do, you turn into a true magician. And then a

fun thing happens…once you learn your first magic trick, the magic starts to flow out of you,

and the magic you perform gets better and better and better and the smiles you make get

bigger and bigger and bigger! True magicians keep coming up with new magic tricks all the

time. You will know if you are a True Magician. The magic just keeps coming to you. Some

magicians have to work hard at the magic and some don’t. But what I am going to do for you is

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after the oath, I’m going to teach you the best magic trick that you can perform for you parents

and your friends, and if you do it right, THEY WILL BE AMAZED!”

Monty asks “Are you ready to take the oath?” and Zoes nods her head. Monty says “raise your

right hand and repeat after me”……I Zoe….I Zoe…..Do hereby swear….Do hereby swear….To

honor and hold true….to honor and hold true….the oath of the magician….the oath of the

magician….and to release to no one….and to release to no one….the origins of illusion….the

origins of illusion. “Well done” Monty says. “Congratulations. You are now a full fledged

magician!”

Zoe smiles. Then Monty shows Zoe a magic trick that she can learn and go home and perform

for her parents. Monty gets to pick the magic trick. ( I’m not sure what magic trick Lamont can teach, but it

should be a very simple one. Something that the kids at home can see and learn and then perhaps even try it on their

parents and siblings. I’m sure Lamont will find a great magic trick to teach.)

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When it comes time to leave we get up to say good bye, and then Monty says “to get out, just

go to the top of the stairs and you will find the door. Have a safe trip home and say hi to Tank

for me”. We say “thank you and bye-bye”.

Buck and Zoe start walking up the steps, but the door never comes. They keep walking up. And

they keep walking up. And they keep walking up. Finally after what seemed like forever, they

come to the door. And when they open it, they are not at Bearno’s pizza any more, they are on

the roof of a building down town!

“Where in the world are we?” Buck asks trying to figure things out. Next thing you know, the

door behind them closes! “oh no” Buck says, rushing over to see if it is locked. And it is. So

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Buck and Katy are up on this roof and they are looking around for a way down, and they find a

scaffold. They get on the scaffold and go down one floor and into a window. Once they climb

into the window, they move over to an elevator. Then they get on the elevator, but the elevator

only goes up. Then they get out on another floor, walk around the corner and see a firepole.

They head over to the firepole and Buck and Zoe slide down the firepole, and when they get

down they are in a firehouse. They land and then they start walking away throught the fire

house and they run into Chief and Captain that were in the Field and the Firehouse episode and

they say hi.

Buck asks if he can use the firehouse phone and he calls Tank and Grump. Grump answers the

phone in Tank and then they come and pick up Buck and Zoe to take them home.

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When Tank arrives, he pulls in front of the North Oldham fire department and guess what, Quint

is there. Quint rolls out and honks his horn to say Hi to Tank. Beep Beep ba beep beep goes

Quint and Tank answeres “Beep Beep” with his horn!

We get into Tank and we head home. The show ends after we pull in Uncle FunBucks house and

we meet Zoe’s Dad/mom and Buck signs off the show.

Types of magic