It’s a commercial break, a time where he can really concentrate.
“There’s got to be a way,” he says to no one as he snatches the lawn mower’s manual off the floor. “I can’t be the only one wanting to do this.”
Frustrated, he flips the manual over his shoulder, just in time for his show to start up again.
###
[studio audience laughter]
“Oh, Tim. I can tell you it’s not an automobile, but it has more power to woo women than any sports car could possibly dream of.”
“OEHRERRR?”
[studio audience laughter]
“Oh, yes, Tim. But remember, the Greek philosopher Plato once said, ‘The measure of a man is what he does with power.’ So once you find the clitoris, know there is great power there, and it will be up to you on what you do with it.”
‘Hrrmmmm. I like more power… Thanks, Wilson.”
[new scene – garage of house]
“Tim, I’ve been trying to lead you to the clitoris for years, and, honestly, I’ve just given up.”
‘Come on, Jill. You gotta help me. I’m pretty sure if I find this thing I can give it even more power.”
[studio audience laughter]
“Well, it’s been sitting idle for quite awhile. I’m not sure it would even start up.”
[Tim grabs a wrench from a tool box] “I bet I can get it running..”
“Not with that you won’t.”
[Time raises the wrench above his head] “More power!”
[studio audience laughter]
###
Shoeless searches around himself for his own wrench. Finding it, he holds it up and admires it.
He reaches into the pockets of his jeans and takes out his phone. Dials the number for his assistant GM, Jeff McGee.
“Jeffy, my boy, have you made any of our picks yet?”
Shoeless nods his head as he listens to McGee’s answer. He smiles.
“Good. Good. I want more power!”
[In the 2062 amateur BBA draft, the Sacramento Mad Popes select corner outfielders Pedro Alvarez and Vicente Apodaca in the first and second rounds of the draft, respectively]
[studio audience laughter]
