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Mind Over Murphy EP102

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Mind Over Murphy EP102

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Transcript

  1. None
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  4. Dialog MURPHY: *typing*

  5. Dialog BRAIN: *sighs*

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  15. Dialog BRAIN: Ahhhh.

  16. Dialog BRAIN: *sighs*

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  21. Dialog BRAIN: I'm so bored.

  22. Dialog MURPHY: Yup, I know.

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  25. Dialog BRAIN: It's-

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  28. Dialog BRAIN: - only 10:30?!?

  29. Dialog BRAIN: *sobs*

  30. Dialog BRAIN: *sobs*

  31. Dialog BRAIN: *sobs*

  32. Dialog BRAIN: *sobs*

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  36. Dialog BRAIN: We have to do this for 8 hours

    a day-

  37. Dialog BRAIN: - for 5 days a week-

  38. Dialog BRAIN: - for 52 weeks a year-

  39. Dialog BRAIN: - for the next-

  40. Dialog BRAIN: - 40 years!

  41. Dialog BRAIN: Why?!

  42. Dialog BRAIN: Why's it like this?!

  43. Dialog BRAIN: Why's it like this?!

  44. None
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  50. Dialog BRAIN: What if you just quit...?

  51. None

  52. Dialog MURPHY: What?

  53. Dialog BRAIN: Like what if you just quit right now?

  54. Dialog MURPHY: I can't do th-

  55. Action Notes (SFX): motivational music Office BG cross fades to

    Speech BG.

  56. Action Notes (SFX): motivational music Office BG cross fades to

    Speech BG.

  57. Action Notes Office BG cross fades to Speech BG.

  58. Action Notes Spotlight shines on Brain at podium.

  59. None
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  61. Action Notes Brain SLAMS fist on podium.

  62. Dialog BRAIN: If you just stood up and walked to

    your bosses office-

  63. Dialog BRAIN: - and told her that you're not going

    to be an Excel robot for the rest of your life!

  64. Dialog BRAIN: You only have-

  65. Dialog BRAIN: - ONE LIFE on this earth- Action Notes

    Brain SLAMS fist on podium.

  66. Dialog BRAIN: and you're not going to spend it at

    a miserable desk job.

  67. Dialog BRAIN: There's more-

  68. Dialog BRAIN: - out there!

  69. Dialog BRAIN: Just quit!

  70. Dialog BRAIN: Do it!

  71. Dialog BRAIN (O.S.): Do it!

  72. Dialog MURPHY: You know what?

  73. Dialog MURPHY: You're right.

  74. None

  75. Dialog BRAIN: Whoa whoa whoa!

  76. Dialog BRAIN: Don't actually quit.

  77. Action Notes Speech BG cross fades to Office BG.

  78. Action Notes Speech BG cross fades to Office BG.

  79. Action Notes Speech BG cross fades to Office BG.

  80. Action Notes Speech BG cross fades to Office BG.

  81. None

  82. Dialog MURPHY: What?! You just told me to!

  83. Dialog BRAIN: *laughter*

  84. Dialog BRAIN: Yeah, I wasn't serious.

  85. Dialog MURPHY: But,-

  86. Dialog MURPHY: - what about all the things you said?

  87. Dialog MURPHY: Like there's more to life than this?!

  88. Dialog BRAIN: There IS, Murphy.

  89. Dialog BRAIN: Just...

  90. Dialog BRAIN: probably not for you!

  91. None

  92. Dialog BRAIN: Also you need health insurance.

  93. Dialog BRAIN: Also you need health insurance.

  94. None
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  96. Action Notes (SFX): phone buzzing

  97. None
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  99. Dialog MURPHY: Carson wants to go to lunch. Should I

    do it?

  100. Dialog BRAIN: Do you think you'll miss anything here?

  101. Dialog BRAIN: Do you think you'll miss anything here?

  102. Action Notes (SFX): Workplace ambience

  103. Action Notes (SFX): Workplace ambience

  104. Action Notes (SFX): Workplace ambience

  105. Action Notes (SFX): Workplace ambience

  106. Dialog MURPHY: No I don't think so. Action Notes (SFX):

    Workplace ambience

  107. Dialog BRAIN: Okay let's go. Action Notes (SFX): Workplace ambience

  108. Action Notes (SFX): Workplace ambience

  109. Action Notes (SFX): Workplace ambience

  110. None
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  115. Dialog BRAIN: You have to sneeze.

  116. Dialog MURPHY: Oh come on-

  117. Dialog MURPHY: Aaaaa-

  118. Dialog MURPHY: -chooooo!

  119. Dialog MURPHY: -chooooo!

  120. Dialog MURPHY: -chooooo!

  121. None
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  125. Dialog CARSON: Murphy,-

  126. Dialog CARSON: - hey!

  127. None

  128. Dialog MURPHY: Hey man!

  129. None
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  132. Dialog CARSON: WOah!

  133. Dialog CARSON: Haha.

  134. Dialog CARSON: Haha.

  135. Dialog CARSON: Haha.

  136. Dialog CARSON: Haha.

  137. Dialog CARSON: Haha.

  138. Dialog CARSON: Haha.

  139. Dialog MURPHY: Ah, ha-

  140. Dialog MURPHY: - my bad.

  141. None

  142. Dialog BRAIN: On my GOD,

  143. None

  144. Dialog BRAIN: -that was horrific.

  145. Dialog BRAIN: Friends for seven years and still can't figure

    out how to say hi?

  146. Dialog BRAIN: What a mess.

  147. None

  148. Dialog BRAIN: Gonna add that one to your-

  149. Dialog BRAIN: Gonna add that one to your-

  150. Dialog BRAIN: "Reel of Awkwardness."

  151. Dialog BRAIN: We're running out of tape!

  152. Dialog BRAIN: We're running out of tape!

  153. Dialog CARSON: Let's hit that new food truck on the

    corner.

  154. Dialog MURPHY: Okay.

  155. Dialog MURPHY: Okay.

  156. Dialog MURPHY: Okay.

  157. None

  158. Dialog MURPHY: Do you ever feel like just quitting your

    job on the spot?

  159. Dialog CARSON: *laughter*

  160. Dialog CARSON: *laughter*

  161. Dialog CARSON: *laughter*

  162. Dialog CARSON: What? No.

  163. None

  164. Dialog BRAIN: Guy with great job doesn't want to quit,

    more at 10. Action Notes News desk suddenly appears.

  165. Dialog BRAIN: Back to you, Diane.

  166. Dialog MURPHY: Just like, you have one life on earth

    and there's more to life than a desk job?

  167. Dialog CARSON: Murphy, that's just how the world works.

  168. Dialog CARSON: You just get a job and deal with

    it.

  169. Dialog CARSON: Some jobs are great, like mine,

  170. Dialog CARSON: and some aren't but you just gotta make

    the most of it.
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  174. Dialog MURPHY: I don't know, I'm struggling to-

  175. None
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  177. Dialog CARSON: Shoot, hold on my boss is calling me.

  178. Dialog CARSON: Hello, yeah...

  179. Dialog CARSON: I told them we needed that deck today...

  180. Dialog CARSON: It's a huge deal!

  181. Dialog CARSON: I gotta run. I'll see you soon.

  182. None

  183. Action Notes Brain appears behind Carson as he exits frame.

  184. None
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  186. Dialog MURPHY: Why didn't you remind me to ask for

    no cheese in this?

  187. Dialog Ohhhh, whoops.

  188. Dialog Ohhhh, whoops.

  189. None
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  191. Dialog BRAIN: The human body: The most complex organism on

    earth. Thousands of years of evolution have led us to being capable of self-healing and adapting to nearly anything.

  192. Dialog BRAIN: The human body: The most complex organism on

    earth. Thousands of years of evolution have led us to being capable of self-healing and adapting to nearly anything.

  193. Dialog BRAIN: And then there's Murphy. Can't eat dairy.

  194. Dialog MURPHY: Let's just go back to work.

  195. Action Notes Cut to black