The House Bunny PDF
The House Bunny PDF
The House Bunny PDF
by
Karen McCullah Lutz & Kirsten Smith
Revisions by
Allen Covert
Current Revisions by
Tom Hertz and Adam Sandler
ADAM LEVINE
(singing)
"I have no choice, 'cause I won't
say goodbye any more --"
GIRLS
(whiny)
Scott! You're getting us wet!
SCOTT CAAN
Hey Dad, did you see how big that
splash was?
JAMES CAAN
Yeah Scott, that’s just great.
(back to girls)
Anyway, then Francis Ford Coppola
says ‘Jimmy, you should direct The
Godfather. After all, you wrote
it.’ And I said, ‘No Francis, why
don’t you do it.’ It felt good to
give the kid a break.
INTERVIEWER
So Hef, as far as women go, do you
have a ‘type’?
2.
HEF
A type? No, I wouldn’t say I have
a ‘type’.
HEF (CONT’D)
As long as a woman is beautiful on
the inside, that’s what counts.
(noticing)
Speaking of...
HEF (CONT’D)
There’s my Shelley.
SHELLEY
Hi, Hef!
HEF
(to interviewer)
Shelley Darlington, she’s lived
here at the mansion for almost ten
years. She’s one of my favorites.
SHELLEY
You’re so sweet to me Hef, but all
the girls here are great.
HEF
And you’re like their Mama Bear,
taking care of them all.
SCOTT CAAN
When are you gonna let me steal you
away from this place, Shelley?
3.
SHELLEY
Don't be silly. Why would anyone
ever leave the mansion?
SCOTT CAAN
Good point. Hey Levine, how about
a chicken fight!
ADAM LEVINE
You just signed your death warrant,
Caan.
Adam Levine ditches his guitar and dives in. Scott Caan
dives under and surfaces under Shelley and lifts her up on
his shoulders.
SHELLEY
Oh, my gosh! I love riding
bareback.
CASSANDRA
(to Shelley; a little too
intense)
You're goin' down...
SCOTT CAAN
Take her, Shelley.
SHELLEY
I don’t want to chicken fight, I’m
a vegetarian...
SCOTT CAAN
It’s not fighting, it’s just fun.
SHELLEY
Did we win?
SHELLEY
Thank you, Marvin. You make the
best margaritas.
MARVIN
That’s cuz these are mangoritas. I
invented them myself.
SHELLEY
Wow, they taste so much better when
you spell it that way. Aren’t these
the best Mangoritas guys?
COWBOY
Not as good as the scenery, but
I'll drink 'em.
SHELLEY
Oh, you like the waterfall?
COWBOY
No, darlin', I was talking about
your te-taas.
SHELLEY
(deeply touched)
They’re two years old on Friday.
CASSANDRA
Shelley why are you keeping all the
rich good looking guys to yourself?
I think you should introduce me.
SHELLEY
Of course. This is Cassandra she’s
only been here a few months, but
everybody loves her because she is
super beautiful and she never
throws up on anyone when she’s
drunk.
POTBELLY
So, tell us, Shelley, how does a
girl become a Bunny?
5.
SHELLEY
Well, when I was a senior in high
school, my guidance counselor said
he knew the perfect job for me. So
he took a picture of me in my
bikini and sent it to the magazine.
The next thing I knew, I was in LA
shaking hands with Hugh Hefner! And
he told me I didn't have to live in
a foster home anymore. I could live
here and have a whole new family!
So, here I am.
COMBOVER
Are you a centerfold?
CASSANDRA
(catty)
She wishes.
SHELLEY
Yeah, I do so cross your fingers,
hopefully Hef might give me good
news at my birthday party this
weekend...
(sotto; excited)
I have my turn-ons ready and
everything.
POTBELLY
And what might those be...?
SHELLEY
Tanning, giving backrubs,
convertibles, and rude people.
(beat, then)
No, wait, rude people is a turn-
off. I’m such a yummy dummy.
CASSANDRA
True that.
SHELLEY
Being a centerfold is the highest,
most prestigious honor there is.
It says “I’m naked in the middle of
the magazine; unfold me.”
POTBELLY
I suppose it's kinda like the Nobel
“piece of ass” Prize.
6.
POTBELLY (CONT’D)
(continuing)
Well, darlin', seems like you've
got a pretty good life here.
SHELLEY
It's paradise --
Shelley leads the girls in Yoga on the lawn. She moves into
the downward dog position, all the girls follow. A bunch of
gardeners stop what they’re doing to jostle for position
behind the girls to stare.
All of the girls exit the with big clean smiles. They
excitedly check out each others teeth and look at their own
in little compact mirrors. They all hi-five each other
CASSANDRA
I love that dress. Too bad it's the
last one.
SHELLEY
It is? Then you should take it.
SALESWOMAN
Here it is in red.
SHELLEY
(excitedly)
Yay! We can be different color
twins!
CASSANDRA
(not excited)
Great.
They all walk over to the counter with arms full of clothes
MANAGER
We’ll put this on the Mansion tab
and have it all sent over this
afternoon.
SHELLEY
Aren't we the luckiest girls in the
world?
MANAGER
Yes. You are.
The Bunnies are on the dance floor and shake their money-
makers amidst a crowd of admirers. A waitress arrives with a
tray of kamikaze shots. The Bunnies clink, drink and continue
dancing. Shelley, in the center of it all, is having the time
of her life, as we DISSOLVE TO --
MARVIN
Your blueberry French Toast is
ready, Shelley.
SHELLEY
Ooh, laa laa... thank you, Marvin.
Was that the best party last night
or what?
MARVIN
The best.
SHELLEY
What’s that?
MARVIN
It’s from Mr. Hefner.
SHELLEY
(excited)
It is? It must be my birthday
present! Is it finally happening?
Am I Miss November? That’s what I
wished for when I blew out my
candles...
(with sudden dread)
(MORE)
9.
SHELLEY (CONT'D)
Oh my G-d! I told you my wish.
Now it’s not going to come true!
(to envelope)
I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to tell!
MARVIN
Just open the envelope.
She places the envelope over her heart and shuts her eyes.
SHELLEY
(continuing)
Okay, I'm ready.
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
(continuing)
"Dear, Shelley --" Oh, my G-d,
that's me! "Please move out of the
mansion immediately."
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
(continuing)
"You have two hours to collect your
belongings and leave the premises."
(to Marvin)
Hef's kicking me out? Why would he
do that? This is my home! This is
my family!
Her big blue eyes fill with tears. Marvin feels bad.
MARVIN
I hate to have to tell you this,
but maybe it’s because of your age.
SHELLEY
But I'm 27!
MARVIN
(shrugging)
That's fifty-nine in Bunny years.
SHELLEY
Maybe if I just talk to Hef, he'll
let me stay.
10.
MARVIN
Mr. Hefner left for Las Vegas this
morning. I don’t think he’s that
great with good-byes.
MARVIN (CONT’D)
How bout I make you one last
mangorita for old times sake?
Shelley sobs and sips her last mangorita as she packs. POOTER
watches disgruntled from his perch.
SHELLEY
Don't worry, Pooter. We'll find a
new place to live. It won't have
coconut pancakes or poledancing
lessons or fireworks on Pamela
Lee’s birthday ... but we'll
survive. Somehow.
SHELLEY
Where's my pink Prius?
MARVIN
That car belongs to the company.
This is the car you came here with.
He puts her suitcase in the back. She sighs and gets in,
starting it. She sees Pooter sitting on the driveway,
SHELLEY
C’mon, Pooter. We have to find a
new place to live.
MARVIN
Here let me help.
11.
MARVIN (CONT’D)
She’s seems a little nervous. Why
don’t I keep her here for a few
days till she calms down.
SHELLEY
Okay. Don’t worry Pooter I’ll get
us a nice place to live.
We pull out from the Oklahoma license plate to see the Accord
putting out of the Mansion driveway, backfiring. Through the
back window, we see Pooter running back inside as quickly as
possible. Marvin stands in the driveway waving good bye with
giant scratches all over his chest.
SHELLEY
Will this make me look younger?
YOUNG SALESWOMAN
Absolutely.
SHELLEY
(confused)
Oh, just put it on my tab.
YOUNG SALESWOMAN
The mansion called this morning and
you don’t have a tab anymore.
CUT TO:
12.
SHELLEY
Jean-Michelle, can you please tell
Svetlana I need to be exfoliated
immediately?
(leans in and whispers)
I'm an old hag.
JEAN-MICHELLE
I am so sorry, Shelley. But the
Mansion called and you are no
longer a Bunny and therefore -- no
longer can we fix your face.
JORGE
(continuing)
That will be $7.50.
SHELLEY
For what?
JORGE
For parking.
SHELLEY
But parking is free.
JORGE
Not if you are no longer Bunny.
Shelley is crestfallen. Her world has spun off its axis. She
starts crying.
SHELLEY
But -- What am I supposed to do?
13.
JORGE
(re the money)
Look, I can’t stand to see a woman
cry, so how about this -- flash me
your boobs and you don’t have to
pay.
SHELLEY
Jorge!
JORGE
Okay, just one boob.
(off her look)
Hey,it was worth a shot. You know
what you need to do?
SHELLEY
What?
JORGE
Get a job.
JORGE (CONT’D)
(continuing)
What are your skills? Other than
being pretty.
She thinks.
SHELLEY
I can twirl a baton... I can play
roller-blade volleyball... I can
spell almost every word I know,
except for mononucleosis--
JORGE
Do you know how to carry a tray?
SHELLEY
Oh, my G-d! Yes! Is that a job?
JORGE
My cousin is a busboy. Let me make
a telephone call.
CUT TO:
14.
SHELLEY
So then Marvin the butler said that
I had to leave because I was too
old. It’s all been really
heartbreaking.
KOREAN GRANDMA
Where Silver Dollar Pancake?
SHELLEY
Um, I know, right. Excuse me! Can
we see the manager.
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
Could you see what’s up with these
guys pancakes and can you also
bring me a chocolate shake?
The manager removes his hat and puts on a Donald Trump wig.
MANAGER
You’re fired.
CUT TO:
SHELLEY
I know it's embarrassing to get
fired after twenty minutes and to
live in a beat up Honda Accord, but
don't lose faith Pooter. I'll get a
great job soon and then a super
place for us to live.
(starts sobbing)
(MORE)
15.
SHELLEY (CONT'D)
I pinky promise Pooter....pink
prius play pattycake pronto.
CUT TO:
SHELLEY
I used to live with a man your age
and he liked his mattress super,
super firm. Like this one .
You could put a drink on here and
it wouldn’t spill.
She climbs on and begins jumping up and down. Every time she
jumps her skirt lifts up showing her underwear.
OLD MAN
Now that’s what I’m talking about.
OLD WOMAN
No one wants to see your lady
garden, Missy!
The old man protests as his wife grabs him by the ear and
drags him out of the store.
SCOTT CAAN
Shelley?
16.
SHELLEY
Hey, Scott! Remember how you said
you wanted to steal me away from
the Mansion? Well, here I am!
SCOTT CAAN
Oh, uh, yeah. Actually, I'm here
with my girlfriend --
SHELLEY
(to herself)
What book?
GLAMAZON
G-ddamnit, Scott. What are you, a
frickin' library?
COP
Ma'am, you just violated code 753.
Unlawful spitting.
SHELLEY
But, I was just brushing my teeth --
COP
(peering inside)
Are you residing in this car,
ma'am?
(MORE)
17.
COP (CONT'D)
I'm going to have to give you
another ticket and ask you to move
it.
SHELLEY
Would you maybe stop giving me
tickets if I told you I'm having a
really bad week because I used to
be a Playboy Bunny but I got kicked
out of the Mansion because I'm
fifty-nine years old?
COP
Ma'am, step out of the car. I'm
going to have to ask you to take a
Breathalyzer.
SHELLEY
A what?
COP
I need you to blow on this.
SHELLEY
Alright...
CUT TO:
TRASHY PROSTITUTE
You tried to do what? To a cop?
SHELLEY
But I'm not a prostitute. I was
just brushing my teeth...
TRASHY PROSTITUTE
You call it what you like, baby.
18.
CHUBBY PROSTITUTE
Don't worry, sweetie, first-timers
only get one night.
TALL PROSTITUTE
Yeah, you'll be back on the street
in no time.
SHELLEY
You know, you should go with a more
natural look. All that heavy make-
up is just hiding your G-d given
beauty.
TALL PROSTITUTE
(sudden deep voice)
I’m a dude.
SHELLEY
Oh. Then you’re good like that.
SHELLEY
It’s just like a bunch of little
Mansions!
ASHLEY
Can I help you?
SHELLEY
Yes. I'd like to live here, please.
ASHLEY
(sweetly)
Well...you have to be asked to live
here.
ASHLEY (CONT'D)
Do you go to this school?
SHELLEY
This is a school? Where are the
desks?
ASHLEY
(still sweetly)
No, this is a sorority house at a
school. And you do look like an
older sluttier version of the type
of girl we would want, but I’m
sorry you’re not a student. It was
so nice talking to you.
20.
SHELLEY
But I really--
ASHLEY
So nice.
PHI MU HOUSEMOTHER
Thank you. I made them myself. I
feel every detail in the house
should be a reflection of the girls
who live here.
SHELLEY
If I’m fifty-nine you guys must be
two hundred and seventy.
PHI MU HOUSEMOTHER
What’s that?
SHELLEY
Nothing, do you guys go to school
here too?
PHI MU HOUSEMOTHER
(coldly)
Not anymore. We're housemothers
for the sororities on campus.
SHELLEY
That’s so dope. And you live in the
houses with the girls?
SHELLEY
That’s even dopier. What’s a
housemother do?
Shelley gasps.
SHELLEY
Oh, my gosh, that’s what I used to
do at the mansion. It’s the perfect
job for me. Can I be one too?
PHI MU HOUSEMOTHER
I'm sorry, but this is a sorority
not a brothel. We have standards;
standards that you clearly do not
meet. But it was so nice to meet
you.
SHELLEY
What’s a brothel? Someone who makes
soup?...
SHELLEY
Awesome!
22.
SHELLEY
Excuse me, can you tell me where
Zeta is?
MARIA
Oh my G-D. Are you okay?
SHELLEY
I'm so sorry. I broke your Z.
MARIA
It's not your fault. It falls off
every time we open the door.
SHELLEY
(looking up)
At least you still have T and A.
MARIA
Who are you?
SHELLEY
My name is Shelley and I'm here to
be your housemother!
MARIA
Well it’s nice to meet you Shelley
but it's too late.
SHELLEY
Oh, no! Did you hire someone else?
MARIA
(helping Shelley up)
No. It’s just that we may lose our
charter, and if we don’t have a
house, we wont be needing a
housemother.
SHELLEY
Why are they going to take your
house away?
MARIA
Well... because we don’t get enough
pledges and everyone thinks we’re
losers.
SHELLEY
That’s so sad. Why does everyone
else get pledges.
MARIA
Uh, they have great parties and
they’re popular and boys want to
date them.
SHELLEY
I'm an expert at parties and boys!
I'm a Bunny! Men write to me from
prison! Sometimes in their own
blood!
Maria frowns.
MARIA
A Bunny? Like a centerfold?
SHELLEY
(blushing)
Bless your heart -- no, just a
couple of small pictorials.
(MORE)
24.
SHELLEY (CONT'D)
Girls of the Midwest, Girls of
Starbucks, Girls of Charlie Sheen.
(then)
But now I'm homeless.
MARIA
I’m so sorry. Good luck.
SHELLEY
Wait -- I can help you!
Maria shuts the door. Shelley sighs and starts back down the
walkway. She stops and looks at the guys hanging around Phi
Mu and the other sororities.
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
So they want to be popular and have
boys want them...
Maria shuts the door and turns around to find Mona, 21, a
heavily pierced feminist with a shaved head. She is reading a
piece of paper and wearing a T-shirt that says “legalize
castration”.
MONA
So if we don't get thirty pledges
we lose our charter?
MARIA
Which also means goodbye zeta.
HARMONY
But I planned on having a drum
circle in the backyard for the
Summer Solstice.
MARIA
I need to worry about getting
thirty pledges right now, Harmony.
Not the three stoners who might
show up for your bongo party.
MONA
Thirty pledges? But there's only
fourteen of us.
25.
HARMONY
Fourteen and a half.
BECKY
Actually fourteen and three
quarters as of last week.
MARIA
They know we're never going to get
that many pledges. It's just their
way of shutting us down.
JOANNE
You guys, this is so awful..
MARIA
I know.
(noticing)
You’ve got some refrigerator
magnets on your brace again.
JOANNE
Oh my G-d...
JOANNE (CONT’D)
There are boys on the lawn. Our
lawn.
HARMONY
Are they lost?
JOANNE
I don’t think so.
HOT GUY
Hey, are you a Zeta?
SHELLEY
I wish.
HOT GUY
I do too. Cuz Zeta would be my new
favorite hizzity hang.
MARIA
She’s not a Zeta. She’s our new
hizzity housemother. She’ll be
hizzity here all the tizzity time.
HOT GUY
(horny)
Ooh, that’s tight.
SHELLEY
Oh my gosh, you guys! I'm so happy
you want me here! You won’t be
sorry! Hey -- let’s have a pillow
fight!
MONA
This is how we're going to get
pledges? By hiring an archaically
superficial reflection of the male
fantasy?
MARIA
Exactly -- Guys like her, Mona. And
if you haven't noticed, guys don't
like us.
TANYA
Apparently some guy liked Becky.
The girls all laugh. Becky does a goofy dirty dancing move.
HARMONY
So, in order to be a sisterhood,
now we have to be "popular"?
MARIA
No. In order to keep our house we
have to be popular. Maybe Shelley
can teach us how.
SHELLEY
Okay, look -- let’s put a pin in
the pillow fight, for now. And
don’t get me wrong, I love boys.
But I lived in a house full of
girls for nine years and I know
there is nothing more fun than
being with your sisters, sharing,
talking all night, body painting,
and baking penis cookies.
The girls stare at her. CARRIE MAE, 21, a heavy big toothed
farm girl in jeans and a sleeveless T-shirt, takes the
toothpick out of her mouth.
CARRIE MAE
Where in tarnation did you live?
SHELLEY
The Playboy Mansion.
CARRIE MAE
Jiminy Cricket!
MARIA
No, that doesn’t make her a hooker
Lilly.
MARIA
Okay, this is your room. Here's the
key.
Shelley sets her bags down on the bed and holds the key over
her heart.
SHELLEY
Thank you so much, Maria. I
promise you I'm going to help Zeta
Tits and Ass become the best
sorority ever!
MARIA
Actually, it's Zeta Tau Alpha.
They're Greek letters.
SHELLEY
Oh my G-d, I met the King of Greece
once at the Mansion! We should
invite him to the next party! He's
really furry but a super good
dancer.
MARIA
Well if it will help us get pledges
invite all the Kings you want.
CARRIE MAE
Well, ma’am I don’t know about the
other girls but I’m glad your here
cuz we got some stuff that needs
fixing.
SHELLEY
Don’t you have a smelly Russian man
who comes and fixes things and hugs
you a lot?
29.
CARRIE MAE
We don’t have a pot to pee in. The
smelly Russian man is you.
CUT TO:
SHELLEY
Are there instructions for this
thing?
Harmony rolls her eyes, grabs hold of the plunger and starts
pulling. It finally breaks free sending her sprawling.
Shelley looks at the round mark on her stomach.
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
Hey, that thing ate my belly ring.
SHELLEY
This isn’t broken.
MONA
(pointing to the sink)
The garbage disposal, Bunny.
Shelley walks over to the sink and looks in it. She looks to
Mona.
SHELLEY
What’s the matter with it?
MONA
I don’t know, look and see.
SHELLEY
I found the problem.
MONA
You are so vapid.
SHELLEY
You’re like the hundredth person
who’s told me that. Thank you.
SHELLEY
Afternoon, Maria!
MARIA
Shelly! Where's your robe?
SHELLEY
Oh, I just like to air dry.
MARIA
I don’t think half the girls here
have seen their own bodies naked
they certainly want to see your
perfectly engineered boobs.
SHELLEY
I’m just walking around in the body
g-d and Dr. Silver gave me.
MARIA
Come with me. We have work to do.
MARIA
We have twenty-eight days before
national headquarters shows up with
a For Sale sign.
SHELLEY
You need 30 pledges? How many did
you get last year?
MARIA
One. But she got transgender
surgery and moved to the boys'
dorm. Technically, Bob is still a
Zeta but she’s not allowed to live
here with a weiner.
SHELLEY
Well, this year, we're going to get
lots and lots of pledges! The kind
that don't want testicles. Their
own, I mean.
Shelly laughs really hard at this cute joke. Maria waves the
letter she was reading.
MARIA
We also need to raise money for our
philanthropy. We're the only
chapter that didn't meet the fund-
raising requirement.
SHELLEY
What's a philacanopee?
MARIA
Philanthropy. It's like a charity.
SHELLEY
I love doing charity. One time at
the mansion I even let Gary Coleman
grind on me during a slow dance.
MARIA
Look, rush starts in three weeks.
Here's some ideas I came up with
that might make us popular.
SHELLEY
(reading)
"Host a 'CSI' night. Start a bee-
keeping club. Have a Googlefest.
B.Y.O.M. Bring your own man?
MARIA
Bring your own mouse.
SHELLEY
Oh, wow -- these are super, super
good ideas. But we might want to do
something a little more -- sexy?
CUT TO:
HARMONY
Is she serious?
MONA
I am so offended right now.
SHELLEY
C'mon girls, washing cars is a fun
and sexy way to raise money.
She undulates with the hose as the girls look on, horrified.
Maria implores them.
MARIA
Just give it a chance --
JOANNE
(re her brace)
I can't bend that way. Plus if my
brace gets wet it could rust.
MARIA
See? We’re already having fun.
33.
SHELLEY
Hi, boys!
One of them is COLBY, 21, smokin' hot. Maria eyes him with
terrified lust.
MARIA
(sotto)
Oh, my G-d! That's Colby! I love
him! What do I do?
SHELLEY
Do sexy!
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
(continuing)
Wash those cars, you sexy bitches!
MONA
Did she just call us bitches?
TONYA
Did she just call us sexy?
SHELLEY
Uh oh, look -- wet T-shirt.
MARIA
And wet pants!
Maria squirts herself in the crotch, but alas, she does not
look sexy. She looks like she's peed herself.
SHELLEY
Oopsie. Someone went accident in
her sexy pants.
34.
COLBY
Yeah. Anyway, we're having some
drinks over at Theta Chi later.
Wanna come over?
SHELLEY
Well, we are a little thirsty...
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
(continuing)
Wanna sip?
COLBY
Sure.
MARIA
Are you okay?
He takes the towel and gives Mona a dirty look. Mona hits
back with a ‘bring it on look.’ Shelley tries to save the
day.
SHELLEY
So, what time should we come over
for drinks?
COLBY
Now that I think about it, the
guest list is pretty full. Maybe
next time.
MONA
(to the Zetas)
I think we're done here “sexy
bitches”.
MARIA
(to Shelley)
I better go talk to them --
35.
SHELLEY
Hi. Do you need a car wash?
OLIVER
Me? Oh, uh no, I gotta get back to
work.
SHELLEY
Oh. I’m at work right now.
OLIVER
You wash cars?
SHELLEY
No, I’m the Zeta sorority
Housemother.
OLIVER
Really? You seem too young to be a
Housemother.
SHELLEY
(excited)
Really? You think I’m young?
OLIVER
Yeah.
SHELLEY
How sweet. What’s your job?
OLIVER
I manage a nursing home.
SHELLEY
Oh, it’s so great you give nurses a
place to live.
OLIVER
Actually it’s a home for senior
citizens. You know, old people.
36.
SHELLEY
I know lots of old men. Hairy and
not hairy.
OLIVER
Well, I have to get going.
OLIVER (CONT’D)
If you ever want to stop by the
nursing home we always need
volunteers to help out and visit
with the seniors.
SHELLEY
(looks at flier)
Thanks. I’m Shelley. I like long
walks and I hate rude people.
OLIVER
(laughing)
Cool. I’m Oliver.
They shake hands warmly, then Oliver goes to his car and
drives off. Shelley looks at his flier, her face lights up
as she gets an idea.
SHELLEY
(continuing)
You guys, I just had the best idea
for our philanthropy. We’re going
to volunteer at Oliver’s nursing
home.
MARIA
Who’s Oliver?
SHELLEY
They guy I just met.
MARIA
You see? Shelley knows how to meet
guys, and if guys are hanging out
with us, more girls will want to,
hence, more pledges.
37.
A moment, then...
HARMONY
Volunteering at a nursing home
seems like a nice thing to do.
MONA
Those places smell funny. Like
boiled chicken and pee.
MARIA
Too bad, we’re doing it.
SHELLEY
That’s so great! Let’s get all
dressed up and go to a nightclub
and have fruity drinks and dirty
dance with each other!
CARRIE MAE
For what?
SHELLEY
We need to bond! We’re sisters! At
the Mansion we bonded all the time
and everyone loved us and we had
lots of friends. And once, a
psychic came over and told me that
my cat Pooter and I were cousins in
a past life which totally makes
sense because I can do this --
JOANNE
Why did you tell us that?
SHELLEY
I don't know. I just like that
story.
MARIA
I think what Shelley is trying to
say is that we should go out and
have some fun. Pledges like fun.
BECKY
I like fun...
JOANNE
Me, too.
38.
TONYA
(trying to do shelly)
Meow.
BECKY
It is five dollar pitcher night at
the Think Tank...
SHELLEY
Come on, who’s with us?
HARMONY
I’ve been boycotting that place but
I can’t remember why so I guess we
could go.
MONA
I have more important things to do.
MARIA
I think it’s the perfect place for
you to find a thesis topic for your
gender relations class.
MONA
(thinks for a beat)
Okay. But that’s the only reason
I’m going.
CARRIE MAE
(reading a text from her
phone)
Lilly says to have fun but she has
to stay and clean the closet.
Hot drunken college kids eye each other, trying to figure out
who they're going to shag. Bad KARAOKE is going on in the
corner as some frat guys sing Guns n' Roses. The Zetas look a
bit uncomfortable. A bartender pours them a round of kamikaze
shots. Shelley takes one and holds hers up.
SHELLEY
To Zeta! Here's to making you the
best sorority ever!
39.
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
(continuing)
Mona, that guy's checking you out.
Flirt with him!
MONA
Hi.
GUY AT BAR
I’m going fishing tomorrow. Can I
borrow some of your face lures.
SHELLEY
Ooh, there's a big box of
cutesicles --
Carrie Mae checks him out, then walks over, leaning back on
the bar in what she thinks is a seductive pose.
CARRIE MAE
Excuse me. You know where the
shitter is? I gotta take a horse
dump like you wouldn't believe.
Shelley frowns.
SHELLEY
We might need to work on your
talking to people skills.
ASHLEY
(friendly)
Oh, hey, Zetas! Hi! We never see
you guys out.
40.
SHELLEY
Hi! I met you yesterday. I was the
homeless girl.
ASHLEY
Oh right...
SHELLEY
Now I'm their housemom!
ASHLEY
Congratulations.
(to Maria)
Maria, right? I remember you from
the last Panhellenic meeting. You
were the one who wanted to add an
economics day to Greek Week.
MARIA
Oh, my gosh -- we could have a
costume party where people come
dressed as their favorite economist
and anyone who brings a copy of
Capitalism and Freedom can get in
free. Get it? Cuz it’s a book about
free markets.
ASHLEY
Yeah.... hey, by the way, you guys
got here just in time. We're having
a karaoke contest. Sororities
versus fraternities.
She points to the stage where some Kappa Sigs finish their
butchery of "PARADISE CITY".
COURTNEY
You guys could go next if you
want...
JOANNE
No...
ASHLEY
We'll pick a good song for you.
Don't worry, you can't be any worse
than we were.
41.
COURTNEY
Seriously -- we were wretched.
They gesture for the Zetas to follow them to the stage. The
Zetas hang back.
BECKY
I don't know...
SHELLEY
But, this is perfect! Boys like
singing. It's sexy! Go! Go!
MARIA
I think we could do it...
MONA
We can do anything better than
those mannequins.
TONYA
Count us in.
CARRIE MAE
I think I’m gonna puke.
SHELLEY
That’s the spirit!
ZETAS
(singing)
"I made it through the wilderness.
Somehow I made it through..."
From the floor, Shelley gives them a thumbs-up and they keep
going.
ZETAS (CONT’D)
(continuing; singing)
"Didn't know how lost I was until I
found you..."
ZETAS (CONT’D)
(continuing; singing)
"I was beat, incomplete. I'm a hag
and I'm fat and rude..."
Mona and Maria frown and stop singing as the GUYS in the
crowd crack up. Shelley looks around, confused, wondering
what they're laughing at. Nearby, Ashley and Courtney
covertly type new lyrics into the karaoke machine, laughing.
ZETAS (CONT’D)
(continuing; singing)
"But you made me feel, yeah you
made me feel, like a big bag of
poo..."
SHELLEY
I don't think that's how it goes...
JOANNE/BECKY
(singing)
"Like a loser, we're rejected all
of the time --"
GUY
Cause you’re pigs.
BECKY
(singing)
"Like a loooooser, we're so
retarded, it's a crime!"
Maria hits Becky on the arm, making her stop. The girls storm
off stage as the crowd cracks up.
SHELLEY
I don't understand what just
happened --
MONA
I do.
43.
MONA (CONT’D)
(continuing)
You wanna get cut, bitch?
COURTNEY
Classy, very classy.
MARIA
That wasn't very Panhellenic.
COURTNEY
But it was funny --
ASHLEY
She's right, Courtney. We should
apologize. Especially since we're
about to take their house.
SHELLEY
(confused)
Where you taking it?
ASHLEY
We heard you’re losing your charter
so Phi Mu's going to buy your house
when it goes on sale after Rush.
We’re going to have so many pledges
we’ll need the extra space.
COURTNEY
Don’t worry. We’ll let you guys
stay on and be the maids. We’ll
probably get a tax break for
helping the socially handicapped.
TONYA
You guys are so mean.
COURTNEY
I’m sorry. Did we hurt your midget
feelings.
SHELLEY
She's not a midget -- she's a
dwarf. Like in Snow White.
BOUNCER
(to Ashley; re Zeta)
Are these girls bothering you
Ashley?
MARIA
No. We were leaving.
(to the Zetas)
C’mon, let's just go.
COURTNEY
Yeah, you should probably go home.
While you still have one.
CUT TO:
Hef has just arrived back home. All the girls are there to
welcome him back. Marvin is bringing the luggage in.
HEF
Marvin can you tell Shelley we’re
back and we’re going to watch a
movie.
MARVIN
Shelley’s not here Mr. Hefner. She
wanted me to give you this note.
HEF
Shelley moved to Africa to work
with orphans. She left while we
were gone because she says she
can’t deal with good-byes'. I’m
going to bed. No movies tonight.
SHELLEY
Don't listen to those girls!
JOANNE
Why? They're right. We are losers.
SHELLEY
We're not losers!
CARRIE MAE
Well, you're not. People like you.
You're pretty.
SHELLEY
Do you think I looked like this
when I first got to LA?
(whispering)
I had snaggleteeth. And brown hair!
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
(continuing)
Trust me, I could make you guys way
hotter than Phi Mu. Every girl on
campus would want to pledge Zeta by
the time I was done.
TANYA
(hopeful)
Really?
MONA
(resolved)
Do it. There's no way those bitches
are getting our house.
CARRIE MAE
Damn straight.
MONTAGE BEGINS...
SHELLEY
This is your most important secret
weapon. The water bra. Just stay
away from sharp corners.
46.
MONA
No way.
MARIA
Consider it another thesis topic.
"Conventional archetypes of beauty
and their affect on the opposite
sex."
MONA
That's not bad...
SHELLEY
Boobs out, tummy in. Don't look
down --
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
(continuing)
Or up.
The girls paint the outside of the house. As Carrie Mae hangs
a new "Z", Mona outlines a skull on the wall. Shelley paints
over it with a roller of light blue paint.
Shelley gives Tonya 15 inch high heel shoes. Tonya puts them
on. She smiles. She’s never felt so tall before. She runs
over to hug a beaming Shelley and falls immediately.
47.
All of the Zetas get spray-on tans. As Lilly gets sprayed she
giggles like she’s being tickled.
SHELLEY
Oh. Go ahead and keep that one.
SHELLEY
First, we should highlight your
eyes. The eyes are the nipples of
the face.
SHELLEY
There are three rules to successful
flirtation: eye contact, flattery
and lots of touching. For example --
She pulls Maria to her feet.
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
(continuing)
Let's pretend Maria is a man. My
hand is on his arm, I'm looking
into his eyes, I'm wearing
deodorant -- Harmony -- and here's
what I would say.
(to Maria; babytalk)
"Oh my gosh, your biceps are huge!
Kiss me!"
48.
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
(continuing)
Then he would kiss me. Any
questions?
BECKY
For how long?
TONYA
With tongue?
CARRIE MAE
What do I do with my Skoal?
SHELLEY
Dressing sexy is all about showing
skin in the four major regions --
arms, legs, cleavage and belly.
BECKY (0.S)
Like this?
SHELLEY
Okay, maybe we can let someone that
doesn't have a giant baby inside of
their belly give it a shot.
SHELLEY
(to the stylists)
Long blonde hair. On all of them.
QUEENY STYLIST
(disgusted; re Mona's bald
head)
(MORE)
49.
MONA
(flipping him off)
How 'bout this?
All 14 girls of Zeta stride across the quad in SLO MO, now
fully transformed into super hot, clone-like, blonde SEX
BOMBS. They could easily pass for Bunnies. Mona struts...
Harmony strides proudly in her heels... Tonya works her
cleavage with confidence... Even Mona tosses her new hair
with saucy abandon. Guys do double-takes as they pass. Ashley
and some other Phi Mus spot them and react with jealous
contempt.
ASHLEY
Who are they?
COURTNEY
And why is everyone looking at them
instead of us?
JOANNE
(to Shelley)
So, what do we do now?
SHELLEY
I want all the fraternities to see
how hot you are at the same time.
So, we're going to take some
pictures first.
MARIA
We are not posing for Playboy --
SHELLEY
No, Maria, we're raising money for
our phil-an-thro-py.
CUT TO:
50.
The door of Theta Chi opens and Colby bends down to pick up
the flyer. STU, stoned, appears behind him.
STU
What's that?
COLBY
"You and your friends are invited
to celebrate the debut of the first
annual Girls of Zeta Bikini
Calendar, this Wednesday on the
quad. Meet all the hot babes and
buy the calendar. All proceeds
benefit the Westside Nursing Home."
STU
Zeta? In bikinis? Scary, dude.
COLBY
Wait -- check it out -- they're
slammin'.
STU
Sweet rack on the midget.
STU (CONT’D)
(continuing)
Sorry. Little person.
(beat)
Little person with some big flesh
bombs.
51.
BECKY
You guys are so generous.
Everyone’s buying two.
BECKY
Oh. (she thinks for a bit then
realizes what he is talking about)
Ohhh!
She hands him his change and he walks away quickly. Nearby
Shelley is surrounded by a circle of admiring SIGMA PIs.
HORNY SIGMA PI
Are housemothers allowed to date
students?
SHELLEY
Have you met Carrie Mae?
(pulling her over)
She's from Arkansas and her turn-
ons are BMX racing, foul language
and indoor plumbing.
CARRIE MAE
Anyone want to arm wrestle or kiss.
ASHLEY
At Phi Mu we are very exclusive
because we can be. Many of our
sisters are leaders on campus. We
have a rockin GPA average and our
very own Korean manicurist.
ASHLEY (CONT’D)
(continuing)
What's that?
TARA
That’s Zeta’s booth.
ASHLEY
Don't be ridiculous. Why would they
have a booth and who would go to
it?
TARA
(to Ashley)
Didn’t that guy dump you last year?
Ashley fumes.
COURTNEY
Wait, aren't those the blonde girls
we saw on the quad? Why are they at
Zeta?
COLBY
Sweet set up.
53.
MARIA
(blushing)
Thanks.
COLBY
We should have a mixer with you
guys sometime.
MARIA
How about "CSI" night with pudding!
COLBY
Sure, sounds good. So, Miss March,
got your bikini on under there?
MARIA
Nope, just my fake water br---
SHELLEY
Maria, there you are. Bobby and
Zach from Kappa Sig are dying to
meet you.
(to Colby)
I'm sorry Colby, but Maria's a very
hot commodity.
MARIA
Wait -- are we leaving? Why? I love
him!
SHELLEY
Then we need to let him see that
you're in demand. Boys like a girl
better if they think that other
boys want her.
MARIA
(excited)
Other boys want me?
Tonya, Joanne and a few other newly blonde Zetas are hanging
with some cute boys as Ashley and Courtney walk up to them.
54.
ASHLEY
What's going on over here?
TONYA
We’re having fun with some guys and
signing up pledges. But you’re not
really our type so, see ya
Sasquatch.
ASHLEY
Who are you? And where are the
Zetas?
ASHLEY (CONT’D)
(continuing)
What are you laughing at, Gerald?
JOANNE
We are the Zetas. 2008 edition.
GERALD
Oh my g-d, I’m in love.
COURTNEY
Why’d you do that?
ASHLEY
I needed to hurt someone.
TANYA
(to Harmony)
Brian Stone was all over you!
JOANNE
Hello -- how about Mona?
55.
MONA
(shrugging)
I got numbers from four boys. But
it was all for research. And
Joanne, I saw you trying to flirt
with that guy on the track team.
JOANNE
Well... Maybe a little. Do you
realize that today was the first
time we’ve been that close to
fraternity guys since those Sigma
Nu pledges broke in and pooped on
our couch?
Shelley walks in. The girls look up. Lilly wearing a large
hat and sunglasses hands Harmony a note.
HARMONY
(reading the note)
You're completely ingenious,
Shelley.
SHELLEY
Thanks, Lilly!
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
(to Mona)
That's the same as vapid, right?
MONA
It's better.
All the girls are getting ready for the night. They are all
in front of the mirror putting on make up and helping each
other finish their hair. Checking out their clothes in the
mirror etc... Shelley enters dressed like she is going out to
a night club. Very short skirt, very tight shirt. All the
girls stop what they are doing and stare at her.
SHELLEY
How do I look?
TONYA
Heart stopping.
SHELLEY
That’s so nice thank you.
56.
TONYA
No literally. We’re going to visit
old people and your outfit might
kill them.
SHELLEY
Oh.
SHELLEY
Oliver!
OLIVER
Hey! Shelley, right?
SHELLEY
Yup. I’m here to service the old
folks and I hope you don’t mind but
I brought a few other volunteers
with me.
OLIVER
(smiling)
Wow, this is incredible!.
FRANCIS
Ollie, who are these girls?
OLIVER
They’re new volunteers, Frank.
FRANCIS
Is that right? Well in that case
why doesn’t one of them volunteer
to get me some Viagra?
OLIVER
Francis...
SHELLEY
Oh, and we brought this.
OLIVER
(baffled)
How much is this?.
SHELLEY
A lot. And we’re going to need a
lot to pay for the party these guys
are having tonight.
OLIVER
Well, they can't party too much
they’re pretty ancient.
SHELLEY
Oh, you'd be surprised at what an
old man can do.
DANCE INSTRUCTOR
Nice moves, Beatrice. That’s the
way to shake those fake hips,
Maynard.
FRANCIS
What're you, a gay? Ask the girl to
dance.
SHELLEY
(hopeful)
I’d love to --
58.
OLIVER
Are you sure? Because I have no
problem letting Francis think I'm a
gay.
SHELLEY
MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!
OLIVER
Sorry about that.
SHELLEY
( cheerful)
It's all good.
MAYNARD
Ask her out already, Oliver.
(to Shelley)
He's a good boy. You should like
him.
BEATRICE
(leering at him)
And he's got a high ass. Perfect
for the bedroom.
MAYNARD
Take it easy, Super Slut, before I
put you back in a coma.
OLIVER
I don't want you to think I cave to
peer pressure, but would you like
to go to dinner sometime?
SHELLEY
How about anytime.
59.
OLIVER
Really?
They both look in love. So does the old man who’s getting a
shimmy dance from Tanya.
MARIA
He's taking you to dinner?
SHELLEY
I’m so freakin nervous. I haven't
been on a real date in nine years.
TONYA
What?!
SHELLEY
Hef didn't like us to date. We had
a curfew.
MONA
(appalled)
What, were you an indentured
servant?
SHELLEY
(confused)
No... these are my real teeth.
Besides Oliver isn’t like any guys
I know. He’s sweet and kind of shy.
A lot of guys at the Mansion would
just say what’s the delio and ask
if they could show me something
purple in the orgy room.
TANYA
Speaking of orgies, how’s Colby
doing?
MARIA
Awesome. I think Shelley tricked
him into liking me. We hung out
three times this week.
60.
SHELLEY
Did you do it with him yet.
MARIA
No! G-d -- I don't do -- that.
SHELLEY
(excited)
You're a virgin? That’s so cute. We
have to have an Aztec party. We
always wanted to have one at the
mansion, but we could never find a
virgin to sacrifice.
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
And it will get us our thirty
pledges.
A female student opens the mail, it’s the Evite from the
Zetas. She clicks ‘play’, and on the COMPUTER SCREEN we see
the ZETA WEBSITE... We see graphics announcing the Aztec
Party with little dancing cartoon girls, each with a real
Zeta girl head on it, with Shelley prominently dancing in the
center... A banner scrolls across the top saying “come see a
real virgin get sacrificed”. A cartoon Maria is carried on to
the screen by some cartoon Aztecs. They hold her up while
another cartoon cuts her head off. The head falls to the
ground and says “See ya Friday” and The video ends, and we
DISSOLVE TO --
CUT TO:
61.
CUTE GUY
They’re really sacrificing her.
JOANNE
I think so.
CUTE GUY
Is that legal?
JOANNE
I’m not sure.
MARIA
(into a wireless
microphone)
Welcome to Aztec Night -- the first
of many awesome Zeta parties to
come! And for all of you girls
going through Rush, remember to
make Zeta your number one choice!
MARIA (CONT’D)
Now it’s time for this virgin to be
sacrificed in the boiling jello
lava.
Maria LEAPS into the jello volcano, causing the lava to ooze
out into a waiting baby pool. People rush to fill their cups.
Maria pretends to be burned and dies in a sexy but goofy way.
Two FRESHMAN GIRLS look around at the party, confused.
COLBY
I've never seen anyone get
sacrificed before. That was hot.
MARIA
Really? 'Cause I could do it again -
-
MONA
Do you find yourself more attracted
to me when I’m like this or like
this?
She poses first with her butt shoved out and then with her
boobs shoved out.
GUY
Uh, the second one.
MONA
And because you like my boobs,
would you stand there and let me
giggle like an idiot for five
minutes just in the hope that we
might hook up?
GUY
Uh, Yes.
MONA
And just out of curiosity, even if
you didn’t find me attractive,
would you find it offensive if I
did this?
GUY
Uh, no.
SHELLEY
You were the best virgin I've ever
seen.
MARIA
I might not be a virgin for long. I
think Colby wants me to be his
girlfriend!
SHELLEY
(clapping with delight)
Oh, my gosh! Really?
ASHLEY
They're over there, aren't they?
The Kappa Sigs?
PHI MU HOUSEMOTHER
Well, why don’t you figure out away
to get them back.
MARIA
(sotto to Shelley)
Find something in common, then zero
in on it.
SHELLEY
Got it.
MARIA
Hi. Are you girls thinking of
rushing Zeta?
SHELLEY
I change my mind all the time! If
you're a Zeta, we can do it
together.
(to Maria)
With pudding!
TANYA
It’s my turn to get sacrificed. Who
would’ve thought being a virgin
would come in so handy!!!
The "native" slaps Tanya on the ass as they pass and moans in
goofy delight.
CROWD
Lava! Lava!
MONA
Hello, ladies. Can I help you?
ASHLEY
(scrambling)
We just wanted to see how our
fellow sisters the Zetas were
doing.
COURTNEY
Pretty big splash for a cabbage
patch doll.
MONA
(over the speakers)
Who wants another sacrifice?
MONA (CONT’D)
It doesn’t sound like you really
want it.
MONA (CONT’D)
Are these two good enough?
MONA (CONT’D)
(yelling into the mic)
WAIT A MINUTE!!!
MONA (CONT’D)
We can only sacrifice virgins. Now
I’m not sure about these two so I
think we should take a vote. Does
anyone here think either of these
two girls is a virgin?
MONA (CONT’D)
Yeah, me either. Dump ‘em.
The guys toss Ashley and Courtney into the baby pool as the
whole crowd laughs and points at them. The music kicks back
up and the party rages on.
CUT TO:
ASHLEY
I have never been so humiliated.
COURTNEY
Everybody laughed at us.
66.
ASHLEY
I’ve never been laughed at before.
PHI MU HOUSEMOTHER
Well they’ll be laughing a lot
harder when those tramps get more
pledges than you.
She whips open the curtains and lets the sun in. The girls
react.
CUT TO:
SHELLEY
(mid conversation)
...And then it was humid so my hair
was bushy like Danny Devito’s
wife’s underarms.
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
But I don’t want to bore you with
all that girly stuff. So let’s talk
about something else.
OLIVER
Um, Okay. Who are you gonna vote
for?
67.
SHELLEY
I’m not sure yet. I just know I
won’t listen to what Simon says,
he’s so mean. I usually agree with
Paula and Randy.
WAITER
Are we ready to order?
SHELLEY
(relieved)
Oh yes, Instead of the Mahi Mahi
can I just get one Mahi because I’m
not that hungry?
WAITER
Umm, I’ll ask.
OLIVER
Chicken Marsala for me.
The waiter walks away. The two look at each other awkwardly.
SHELLEY
Who do think has more nose hair?
Donald Trump or Rosie O'Donnell?
OLIVER
Um, I don’t know.
SHELLEY
Yeah, me neither. Isn’t that weird?
Shelley thinks she's losing him so she tries her "in demand"
tactic.
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
Well, I hope they don’t take too
long with our food, because I have
another date at ten.
OLIVER
Are you serious?
SHELLEY
What's a girl to do when she's in
demand?
68.
The Zetas are hanging with some cute boys. Mona is playing
beer pong against a fraternity guy and winning. She sinks
another one. The guy drinks it and then starts swaying.
MONA
I think we’re going to have to cut
you off Ryan.
RYAN
(slurring)
No sweet Mona, I’m doing just fine.
MONA
Okay.
She winds up and serves a ping pong ball into the guys mouth.
He swallows it.
CUT TO:
OLIVER
So, have fun on your next date.
SHELLEY
Oh. I will. Thanks.
OLIVER
Alright, well good-night.
SHELLEY
Do you want my number?
OLIVER
It sounds like you’ve got a lot
goin' on. Maybe I'll just see you
at the nursing home sometime.
He walks off.
SHELLEY
(in baby talk voice)
Wait -- your biceps are huge! Kiss
me!
69.
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
(continuing)
I screwed up, didn't I?
VALET
Si. But I will kiss you with my man
tongue if that’s any consolation.
The valet sticks his tongue out and it has a tatoo of the
words MAN TONGUE on it. Shelley fakes like she’s getting a
cell phone call from her fake brother Steven Segal. The valet
puts his tongue back in.
The girls are all hanging out and they can’t wait to hear the
details. Shelley enters, bummed out about her date.
HARMONY
How'd it go, Shell?
SHELLEY
Not good. I don't think he likes
me. He didn’t even try to do it
with me in the mens room.
MONA
Why do you think he didn’t like
you?
SHELLEY
I could just tell. He didn’t fall
for any of my tricks.
MARIA
Maybe he’s one of those guys that
wants to have an intelligent
conversation with a girl before he
hooks up with her?
SHELLEY
What? No......Really?.....
So I have to get smart? Can I even
do that?
MONTAGE
70.
83 INT. BOOKSTORE 83
SHELLEY
I usually get all my world news
from US Magazine.
MARIA
How about you try this one.
SHELLEY
Us news and world report? Does it
have celebrity pictures and gossip
from other countries, too?
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
Is that Chris Rock? He’s looking
totally manarexic.
Maria is baffled.
HARMONY AS OLIVER
So what did you do today, Shelley?
SHELLEY
Well Oliver, I was dripping hot wax
on my ta-tas so I could see my
tolerance for pain.
Maria gives her a dirty look. Shelley reads off of the note-
card in her hand.
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
I mean watched the O’Reilly Factor.
SHELLEY
That’s such a cute outfit.
JOANNE
Too bad I can never wear it.
SHELLEY
When do you get to take the brace
off?
JOANNE
Um, 2004.
SHELLEY
(excitedly)
Well it’s a good thing I asked!
JOANNE
I don’t want to take it off I’m
used to it.
72.
Joanne runs to her bed and gets under the covers quickly.
Shelly approaches her very motherly.
SHELLEY
You know Joanne, when I was little,
I wore a Scooby Doo mask to school
for a whole month because I thought
I was ugly. Every single day...
Then one day a boy, Howard
Rebenstock, snuck up from behind me
and just tore it off my face. And
do you know what I realized?
JOANNE
That you were pretty?
SHELLEY
No, that I’d been wearing it upside
down.
JOANNE
I’m not really sure what you’re
trying to tell me.
SHELLEY
I don’t either but you’re a
butterfly now,not an earthworm! You
don’t need to hide anymore.
SHELLEY
He jogs by here around this time
every day. You like him. You want
to talk to him. Today is your day.
(noticing)
Here he comes.
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
Come on Joanne, say something to
him. Spread your wings, butterfly.
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
He’s getting away! You can do
this! You know why?
(MORE)
73.
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
Because you’re a smart, beautiful,
confident woman. And no matter
what, I love you.
JOANNE
You do?
SHELLEY
One hundred and fifty percent.
JOANNE
You’re the best Shelley. I love
you, too.
The girls look at each other sweetly. Then Joanne looks and
sees her guy has run past the house and is getting away.
SHELLEY
Go get him!
Joanne takes off running after her guy. We see her legs
going, faster and faster.
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
Run Joanne, run!
JOANNE
Hi Steve.
STEVE
Hey Joanne. I didn’t know you ran.
JOANNE
I do now.
PHI MU HOUSEMOTHER
You’re pretty pleased with
yourself, aren’t you?
SHELLEY
What? Yes, I guess I am.
74.
PHI MU HOUSEMOTHER
Well don’t get used to that
feeling, because there is no way
I’m going to let a whorey little
tart like you stand in the way of
the Phi Mu’s taking the Zeta house.
SHELLEY
What’s that thing on your neck?
PHI MU HOUSEMOTHER
It’s a mole!
SHELLEY
A mole? It looks more like a
puppy.
PHI MU HOUSEMOTHER
You’ve been warned. Don’t mess
with me. Don’t mess with Phi Mu.
SHELLEY
Boy, someone needs a smoothie with
an extra vita boost.
SHELLEY
But, you can't even tell I have
boobs!
MARIA
Come on, you gave us all a
makeover, it’s our turn to give you
one. Nothing against your
previous... ‘boyfriends’, but
Oliver is the kind of guy that
wants a girl to look smart. Trust
me.
SHELLEY
I do trust you.
75.
MARIA
Your head is still too sexy. You
might need to wear my glasses.
MARIA (CONT’D)
It’ll be good. Oliver is not the
type of guy that wants boobs over
brains.
SHELLEY
Okay, so I shouldn’t stand on my
head.
CUT TO:
BEATRICE
When I was younger I could put my
feet behind my head.
MAYNARD
No one finds that surprising.
FRANCIS
I don’t know about all that but I
sure do sweat a lot at night.
OLIVER
What's going on?
OLIVER (CONT’D)
Shelley?
76.
SHELLEY
Oh, hello Oliver. We're discussing
global warming. An area of
particular interest to me. Perhaps
if it's of interest to you, we
could go get a cup of coffee and
talk about it?
OLIVER
Uh, yeah, I guess. Unless you've
got another date later.
SHELLEY
I'm free for the entire evening.
(to Francis)
Sorry Francis can we continue this
discussion later?
FRANCIS
Better be soon. I'm old.
Shelley and Oliver drink their coffee. Shelley has taken off
Maria's glasses.
OLIVER
Well, I've never heard it put that
way, but you're right -- Kim Jong
Il is super mean.
SHELLEY
And there's some bad people in the
Middle East who are doing some bad
things, too, and I don’t think
that’s right.
OLIVER
Sounds like you've been reading the
paper.
Shelley nods.
SHELLEY
The girls have it delivered right
to the house. Every morning.
77.
OLIVER
You really click with those girls
don’t you?.
SHELLEY
They're my new family.
OLIVER
What happened to your old one?
SHELLEY
Unfortunately, they didn’t want me
around anymore.
OLIVER
Wow. That’s terrible.
SHELLEY
When I was little, one of my foster
moms had a coffee cup that said,
"Life is a shit sandwich, but you
don't have to take a bite." And
I've tried to live by those words
ever since.
OLIVER
Well -- I guess it works because
you're definitely the most upbeat
person I've ever met.
Shelley smiles at him, touched. It's the first time a man has
ever complimented her for anything but her looks.
SHELLEY
So, what did your mom's coffee cup
say?
OLIVER
I think it was, "Leave me alone.
I'm busy chain-smoking."
SHELLEY
Well, at least she had a hobby.
OLIVER
See? Upbeat.
WAITER
Would you care for any desert?
78.
WAITER (CONT’D)
Wait a minute -- this is gonna
sound weird, but were you ever in
Playboy?
OLIVER
Whoa -- excuse me, pal. That’s a
little insulting. Are you calling
my date a bimbo?
WAITER
No, of course not. I'm sorry,
ma'am. I was out of line.
SHELLEY
Oh, it's okay -- I'm sure whichever
-- "bimbo" -- was in that issue is
really pleased that you remember
her.
He leaves.
OLIVER
I should have popped that jerk.
Playboy. Gimme a break.
SHELLEY
Yeah, those girls are all boobs and
no brains. I like to think of
myself as all brains and medium
boobs.
CUT TO:
Shelley enters, shutting the door behind her. Maria and the
other girls look over from the living room.
MARIA
(continuing)
So? What happened?
79.
HARMONY
Did you talk about the situation in
Sri Lanka?
MONA
Did you get to use "parsimonious"
in a sentence?
MARIA
Who cares? Did you guys do it?
SHELLEY
(defeated)
Uh, no.
MARIA
What? Why not?
SHELLEY
It just... isn’t going to work out.
MARIA
Oh, but I was hoping we could both
lose our virginity in the same
semester.
SHELLEY
(frozen smile)
Yeah...
Hef sits on his bed eating ice cream out of the carton. All
of the curtains are closed. Holly, Bridget, Kendra and
Cassandra try to rouse him from his depression. Marvin brings
in a new carton and switches it out.
HOLLY
C’mon puffin. You’ve been in here
for days now.
KENDRA
Yeah, Hef. Let’s have movie night.
It’ll cheer you up.
HEF
Why would she just leave?
CASSANDRA
It’s for the best. She wasn’t
happy.
80.
BRIDGET
Really?
HEF
How do you know? What did she tell
you?
CASSANDRA
She never told me anything, but I
used to hear her crying in her room
late at night.
HEF
I think I’d like to be alone for a
bit.
CASSANDRA
Sure, Hef.
KENDRA
(bummed out)
I guess we can have another pillow
fight in my room.
BRIDGET
(equally bummed)
I’ll go get the whipped cream.
The girls all exit, on the way out Cassandra shoots Marvin a
look.
HEF
Marvin, I’d like to do some editing
work on the website. Could you put
it up on my computer please?
MARVIN
Yes, sir.
HEF
My Shelly?
The girls are all gathered in the living room for Bid Night.
MARIA
Okay, guys. So like everybody on
campus wants to be a Zeta now. But
unfortunately we can only have
thirty. So let’s figure out who
they are going to be. Hit it
Carrie.
Carrie starts the slide show. The first girl comes up.
MARIA (CONT’D)
Kristin Withers. Pre-med.
Family from Greenwich. Everyone?
EVERYONE
Yeah, yeah, etc
MARIA
Jill Palmer, from Colorado.
Theater major. Father owns Coors.
EVERYONE
Yeah, yeah, etc.
MARIA
Allison Jackson. English major.
From Florida. Has a Porsche.
Everyone met her right?
EVERYONE
Yeah, yeah. She’s good.
82.
HARMONY
Are you guys sure?
TANYA
What’s wrong?
HARMONY
Well, we’ve sort of achieved an
image here, and to be honest I
don’t know if this girl fits in.
She seemed kind of weird. She was
eating our cake with her fingers.
JOANNE
I saw her watching Iron Chef during
the party.
HARMONY
You see? Kind of socially awkward
and brunette.
EVERYONE
Yeah, yeah, dump her. Forget it.
The phone in the kitchen rings. Someone comes back and says
it’s for Shelley. Shelley exits.
SHELLEY
Hello?
HEF
Is this my darling Shelley?
SHELLEY
Hef?
HEF
Oh thank heavens. I’m so glad we
found you.
SHELLEY
I can’t believe I’m hearing your
voice. I’ve totally missed you and
I’m so sorry for whatever I did.
HEF
What you did?
83.
SHELLEY
Yeah. Marvin gave me the birthday
card you wrote...
MARIA
Katootoo Jihiman. Sociology. From
India. Everyone?
MONA
Could those glasses be any thicker?
CARRIE MAE
Yeah, and hair conditioner called,
it wants to know why you won’t use
it.
JOANNE
Not up to Zeta standards.
EVERYONE
No way. Nah. Next.
MARIA
Jodi Taylor. Film school. New
Mexico. Everyone?
EVERYONE
(noticing Tonya)
She’s okay. I guess. Yeah, yeah.
TONYA
Hey, don’t look at me. I thought
she was weird. All she talked
about was Justin Timberlake and her
pet lizard.
EVERYONE
(relieved)
Phewwww, thanks. We agree....
LILLY
Look at you people! Is this really
what you have become?
(MORE)
84.
LILLY (CONT'D)
Judging other girls on their
appearance, calling them ‘weird’?
I’m sure glad I joined when I did
because I probably wouldn’t make
the cut these days. And neither
would a lot of you. I can’t believe
that Zeta has become just like Phi
Mu. A bunch of snooty bitches!
Lilly gets so self conscience that she finally spoke that she
bolts toward the window and dives out. Everyone stares at
each other. She was right about what she said. Silence.
HEF
It was bad information you
received, Shelly, and to prove it
to you darling, I want you to be
the March centerfold.
SHELLEY
Oh my g-d! Hef, that is so
awesome. I can’t believe it!.
HEF
Believe it. And I want you to move
back to the Mansion. It’s just not
the same without you.
SHELLEY
I’m so sorry Hef. I love you, but I
can’t do it. I just can’t. I’ve
started a new family and I’m gonna
stay here with them.
HEF
WHAAAATTTTT???!!!!!...
85.
MARIA
Oh my G-D. What have we become?
MONA
It all started with this fake
blonde hair. And these stupid
water bras. We’re just a bunch of
clones. Completely interchangeable.
MONA
This is all Shelley’s fault.
Before she got here we were
individuals she’s turned us into
stupid bunnies. We’d be so much
better off if she had never came
into our lives.
MARIA
You’re right about us. But you are
wrong about Shelley. She is the
best thing that ever happened to
this place. She didn’t just change
our outward appearance. She
changed our attitudes. We can
throw parties now. Heck, I may
even have a boyfriend for the first
time in my life.
(MORE)
86.
MARIA (CONT'D)
And Mona, you no longer have a that
stupid bone going through your
nose.
LILLY
And she got me to talk.
JOANNE
And she freed me from my fears.
More agreement.
MONA
You’re right. I just think we need
to tone it down a little. Be more
of who we were.
EVERYONE
Yeah. Good idea.
MARIA
It will be the perfect mix. Half
Shelley. Half us.
TANYA
Where is Shelley, anyway?
HARMONY
In the kitchen. Hey Shelley!
Shelley is gone.
SHELLEY
I can’t be myself with Oliver, and
I tried to turn the girls into
something they don’t want to be.
(MORE)
87.
SHELLEY (CONT'D)
Well Pooter, I guess all I am is
just a dumb bunny.
Shelley’s car pulls up. She gets out and approaches the front
door. She takes out an envelope, we see the name ‘Oliver’ on
it. She drops it through the mail slot and heads back to her
car and drives off.
SHELLEY
Hello?
MARIA
Shelley, it’s Maria. Where are
you?
SHELLEY
I’m moving back to the mansion. Hef
called last night and said he
wanted me to be the March
centerfold.
MARIA
(trying to be happy)
Oh, wow. Congratulations. That’s
awesome.
SHELLEY
Yeah, it’s what I always wanted.
So....
MARIA
So good. Good. Great. All your
dreams are finally coming true.
SHELLEY
Yeah, I guess they are. You guys
have a great rush, I’m sure you’ll
get a million new pledges. Tell
everyone I said goodbye.
CARRIE MAE
Well, whatever we're gonna be, we
need to figure it out. We still
need 30 girls by Oct. 15th, or we
can kiss it all goodbye.
HARMONY
When we show these girls who we
really are I don’t think we’ll have
any problems. Right?
OLIVER
I am sorry I couldn’t tell you this
in person. It was way too
embarrassing to face you after all
we’ve been through. I’m leaving
the Zeta house to fulfill my life
long dream. And I know that it
won’t make any sense to you. I’m
going to work in the Peace Corps in
the mountains of Peru.
The cat jumps into Shelley’s arms. Shelley smiles and holds
the cat up to her face for a kiss. Then with an even bigger
smile on her face, walks over and places the cat inside the
dog fence. The dogs start chasing her all around.
Harmony, now make-up free, pokes holes in her water bra with
a steak knife and waters the rosebushes. Behind her, Maria
and Joanne hang a Rush banner that reads: "ZETA: BE WHO YOU
WANNA BE".
MONTAGE ENDS
SHELLEY
... and that’s when I overheard the
girls talking about me. I thought
they’d be better off without me
so... here I am.
MARVIN
I don’t know Shelley, it sounds
like they were better off with you.
SHELLEY
I guess not. And you know what
really sucks is for the first time
in my life, I really felt like
people liked me for what I had to
say. I was even going to sign up
for some night classes next
semester so I could come up with
even smarter things to say to
people but I guess that would be
stupid now.
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
Anyway, good night Marvin. It’s
great to talk to you again.
MARVIN
It sure is Shelly. Good night.
MARIA
Zeta was founded on the tenets of
sisterhood, friendship and
philanthropy. Since then we’ve
added kick ass parties to the list.
JOANNE
There really isn’t a Zeta type.
We’re open to all girls who are
looking for something different.
That’s why our rush theme is “Be
who you want to be”.
EAGER RUSHEE
Zeta's still totally my first
choice.
ANOTHER RUSHEE
Me, too.
Maria smiles.
Lilly walks across the quad. She has all the pledge bids in
her hands. There must be about 100 of them.
TYLER
Hi. Are you new on campus? I don’t
think we’ve ever met. My name is
Cole.
Lilly puts the invites down on the counter and fixes her
hair.
LILLY
I just...transferred. My name is
Lilly.
ASHLEY
She just dropped these on the
floor. Can you send them out for
her?
CLERK
Sure thing.
LILLY
What happened to all those
invites??
CLERK
I got ‘em. Don’t worry.
LILLY
Pheww. You scared me.
SHELLEY
(shaking her head)
Nah. No way.
EDITOR
(continuing)
So let's get started on your
centerfold interview.
EDITOR (CONT’D)
Let’s start with ambitions.
SHELLEY
Well my ambition was to be a
centerfold.
EDITOR
So all your dreams have come true.
SHELLEY
Yeah...I guess so.
EDITOR
Guilty pleasure?
SHELLEY
Eating cookie dough with my best
friend Maria... who secretly hates
me.
He takes notes.
EDITOR
We'll just change "who hates me" to
"in the nude".
EDITOR (CONT’D)
Okay, hit me with your turn-ons.
SHELLEY
(wistful)
Someone who's kind and sweet to old
people. A bad dancer. And guys
whose first name begins with O.
EDITOR
(sarcastic)
Wow. That's hot. Turn offs?
SHELLEY
Cauliflower, global warming, and
misogyny.
EDITOR
Let's just change "misogyny" to
“mean people”.
MONA
This should be big enough to hold
everyone’s name.
HARMONY
I bet we’re the first sorority to
pick their pledges by drawing names
out of a bowl.
MARIA
This way we don’t have to judge
people. The first 30 girls picked
get the bids.
JOANNE
All the girls are so nice. Maybe
I’ll move out so we can pick 31.
BECKY
I could move out or we might only
be able to pick 29.
LILLY
If there is a shy pledge, she can
have my closet.
MONA
Hey check this out.
All the rushees are piling into the other houses. No one is
coming to Zeta.
94.
MARIA
What the hell?
HARMONY
Do you think everyone changed their
minds?
MONA
You did send out the invitations,
didn’t you Lilly?
LILLY
Absolutely.
FLASHBACK
QUICK CUTS
BACK TO SCENE
LILLY (CONT’D)
Guys...Ashley must have stolen
them. She was there when I was
there. And there was this boy
there. And I never talked to one
before. And I got his phone
number. And, and, and...
MONA
That bitch. Time for her to get
cut.
The girls burst out of the house and head for Phi Mu. Mona
is the first one there, getting in Ashley’s face.
MONA
You couldn’t beat us so you had to
pull this crap.
ASHLEY
What?
There is general hub bub and name calling amongst the two
sororities finally the Phi Mu housemother steps in.
PHI MU HOUSEMOTHER
Girls. Girls. Girls. Where is your
spirit of sisterhood? This should
be a great day. Inviting others to
join us as sisters for life.
CARRIE MAE
(pointing to Ashley)
She stole our bids.
ASHLEY
I don’t have any idea what you are
talking about.
PHI MU HOUSEMOTHER
Now, we had a deal. And it appears
that you have not fulfilled it. So
Monday Zeta will appear in front of
the Pan-Hellenic council to have
their charter revoked. If you have
any evidence of your charges
against Ashley you can present it
there.
PHOTOGRAPHER
We need more fog!
SHELLEY
(coughing)
Why would there be fog in a
library?
PHOTOGRAPHER
It’s sexy. Who knows maybe someone
is smoking.
Maria enters.
MARIA
Or maybe it’s because your butt is
smoking hot.
SHELLEY
(excited for the first
time)
Maria! What are you doing here?
They run to each other and hug. While Maria and Shelley are
talking, various hair, make-up people and clothing stylists
work on Shelley like a Nascar pit crew. Going as far as
flossing her teeth.
MARIA
I came to straighten out the mix up
about what you overheard the girls
saying about you.
SHELLEY
How do you know about that?
MARIA
Well, let’s just say a little bird
told me.
SHELLEY
What bird?
Maria and Marvin react, Marvin walks over and stands right
next to Maria.
97.
MARIA
Shelley, Marvin called me and said
you told him everything that
happened. It was all a
misunderstanding so I came right
over.
SHELLEY
But I heard what you guys said
about. Everyone thinks I ruined
Zeta. Mona said I turned you all
into a bunch of dumb bunnies. OUCH!
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
Could I have five minutes guys.
CUT TO:
The girls enter the room which is adorned with old photos on
the wall.
MARIA
Mona was just talking about our
hair and the way we were dressing.
Maybe we did go a little to far.
But everybody loves you. For the
next ten minutes we all talked
about how you were the best thing
that ever happened to us. The
house just isn’t the same without
you.
SHELLEY
Really?
MARIA
Of course. You’re the best
housemother any sorority has ever
seen.
They hug.
98.
SHELLEY
Oh my G-d, I have to thank Marvin.
And where’s that big bird, I’d like
to thank it, too.
MARIA
Shelley, forget about the -- I will
pass on your thanks to the bird.
SHELLEY
(breaking the hug)
So what happened with rush?
MARIA
Well, we had tons of girls
interested, but no one showed up
because Ashley stole our bids. We
have no proof but she did.
SHELLEY
So the house is gone?
MARIA
Yeah. We’re supposed to go in front
of the Pan-Hellenic council on
Monday to make it official but I
don’t think any of us are even
going to show up. We been
humiliated enough in our lives.
Shelley looks at the old PHOTOS on the wall of Hef and his
exploits throughout the years. She stops in front of the one
she was staring at before and pulls it off the wall.
SHELLEY
Maybe someone else does.
MR. WALKER
So the new goal for fund-raising
next semester is two thousand
dollars per house.
(MORE)
99.
EVERYONE
Aye.
On the big screen the group shot from the Zeta’s appears.
MRS. HAGSTROM
Now, our last order of business.
Unfortunately, not all of us will
be here next year.
Shelley makes her way down the center aisle. Everyone hub-
bubs.
SHELLEY
Not so fast. I have one piece of
business that I think everyone will
want to see, before you get to your
piece.
MRS. HAGSTROM
Please Miss Darlington, you are not
a housemother anymore. You don’t
even have a house. This fine
institution of higher learning will
be much better off without a band
of misfits led by a wanna be porn
star. This institution is and
always will be hose bag free.
SHELLEY
I couldn’t have said it better
myself.
The crowd...huh, what? Carrie Mae gets the guy running the
projector in a headlock and Mona drops in the slide. It is a
picture of Hef from Woodstock. He is standing next to a very
muddy, very naked, very hairy hippy. On closer examination we
see that it is a young Mrs. Hagstrom and she is grabbing
Hef’s crotch. The crowd bursts into heated conversation.
100.
SHELLEY (CONT’D)
Are these the type of values we
would like to promote Mrs.
Hagstrom?
MRS. HAGSTROM
That is not me!
SHELLEY
Then I guess there must be two
people who have a freaky mole on
their neck that looks like a puppy.
MRS. HAGSTROM
But... I mean... It was The
Sixties.
(she goes for the
projector)
You can’t blame me I was shrooming.
MR. WALKER
While this is without a doubt the
most interesting meeting I’ve been
to in a while, I think it is time
to resolve these issues and move
on. So here is how it is going to
work. We’re all going to start
over. Mrs. Hagstrom, you’re gonna
tone it down and act like a human
being again from now on with or
without the assistance of
mushrooms.
MARIA
Yes sir!
ASHLEY
And you yelled at me for wearing
open toed shoes!
MONA
It’s all yours.
MARIA
That was awesome Shelley. You saved
us again.
102.
SHELLEY
Hef and Marvin get a lot of the
credit, too.
MARIA
This is so great. Everything
worked out perfectly.
SHELLEY
Well, not perfectly. Real
perfection would be me and Oliver
together right now. But that can
never be cause I moved to Peru and
only left him a note.
TANYA
But you didn’t really move to Peru.
SHELLEY
I know that but he doesn’t.
SHELLEY
How did you know I was back from
Peru?
OLIVER
A little bird told me.
SHELLEY
I got to meet this freakin bird and
take him to dinner or something.
MARIA
Me. I’m the bird. I called Oliver
up the minute I found out you were
upset.
SHELLEY
(to Maria)
This is what it must feel like to
have a best friend.
(MORE)
103.
SHELLEY (CONT'D)
(to Oliver)
Now I have to admit something to
you. I didn’t go to Peru.
OLIVER
Get out of here.
SHELLEY
Also, I was in Playboy.
OLIVER
I know, Shelly. And I have
something to admit to you. I was
totally wrong about saying girls in
Playboy are bimbos. Because you
are the sweetest, funniest, most
caring and generous girl I’ve ever
met in my life, not to mention your
incredible brain and medium boobs.
SHELLEY
So... you’ll be my boyfriend?
OLIVER
Heck yeah. I mean how many guys
who manage a nursing home get to
say they have a Playmate Centerfold
for a girlfriend?
SHELLEY
Actually I left before we did the
photo shoot. But if you have a
camera I can be your personal
private centerfold.
OLIVER
(yelling)
Does anyone have a camera I can
borrow right now?!! I’ll give you
everything I own!!!!!!!!
MONA
Shelley, it’s for you.
SHELLEY
Marvin, what are you doing here?
MARVIN
I’ve been hired as the Zeta House’s
new butler. Since you’ll be taking
classes next semester, you’ll need
someone to help out around here.
Oh, and Hef wanted me to let you
know that the Zetas have a lifetime
pass into the mansion.
SHELLEY
Marvin, I guess all I can say is...
welcome to my new family!
MARVIN
Ladies. I am at your disposal.
SHELLEY
Disposal. Right. I think the
garbage disposal is broken. After
you fix that we’ll take some
mangoritas on the front porch.
MARVIN
Not a problem.