Commercial

By Daniel S Chen <dschen@cs.Buffalo.EDU>

Summary: A take-off on celebrity AT&T commercials with Ma and
Pa Kent -- two people who know how to give telephones a real 
workout. 

This story is from some ideas that I had about those new AT&T 
commercials which involve characters from television shows.  
I've seen ones with Ross from _Friends_, Martin from _My 
Favorite Martian_, George's parents from _Seinfeld_ and 
Daphne from _Frasier_.  I thought that these people barely 
spend any time on the phone in their shows and that there is a 
better candidate for a commercial.  So I slapped this together.  I 
don't know how to format it so I don't mind if it gets edited a 
whole bunch.  Or if I'm told to edit it.

***

	        OPERATOR
	AT&T, <insert name> speaking.

	        MA KENT
	Hi, <insert name>.  Could you tell me about AT&T 
	<promotion>.

		OPERATOR
	<Promotion details>

		MA KENT
	Thank you so much.  Our long distance bill has just 
	taken off since 	our son flew off to Metropolis to 
	work.

		PA KENT [off screen] 	
	Martha?  Is it Clark again?  When will he be coming 
	home for dinner?

		MA KENT
	Clark already called and said he was leaving, he should 
	have left Metropolis just a few minutes ago.  
		[red-blue flash seen through a window with a 
		familiar swoosh]
	And there he is now.

		[dumbfounded look on OPERATOR's face]

THE END

(comrcial.txt)