Honolulu Lite










by Charles Memminger

Friday, May 2, 1997


Lawmakers, have we
got a script for you

MY movie industry sources tell me there are plans to make a sequel to the famous Marlon Brando motorcycle movie, "The Wild One," in Honolulu.

I've seen an early draft of the script and we're talking blockbuster here.

Here are a few scenes:

EXT. KALIHI POOL HALL -- DAY

The "REBEL GECKOS" roar up to "Stevie's Billiards and Juice Bar" on motorcycles and in pickup trucks. A COP races up in his Chevy landrover. SNAKE, gang leader, leans arrogantly against his F-350 pickup truck which is carrying a LOAD OF BABES.

Cop: (Toughly) So, you're out of the joint, eh, Snake?

Snake: That's right, copper. What's it to ya.

Cop: Well, there's been a few changes since you were sent up.

Snake: Like what?

Cop: (Sarcastically) Like, it's illegal to ride in the back of pickups. It's gonna cost ya $200 for each babe you're carrying.

Snake: And I suppose there's a fine for riding a motorcycle without a helmet, too.

Cop: No. You can ride a motorcycle without a helmet. You just can't ride in the back of pickup truck.

Snake: That's stupid.

Cop: Tell it to Joe Souki.

INT. POOL HALL -- DAY

SNAKE, cigarette dangling out of his mouth, goes up to the bar, which is being tended by a YOUNG GOOD-LOOKING GIRL.

Snake: Gimme a beer.

Girl: Sorry, this is a juice bar.

Snake: OK. Gimme a juice.

Girl: Not till you put out your cigarette.

Snake: Huh?

Girl: This is a pool hall. You can't smoke in here.

Snake: Let me get this straight, I can't get a beer and I can't smoke in this pool hall?

Girl: Right. If we sold beer, you could smoke and play pool. But since we don't sell beer, you can't smoke, but you can play pool.

Snake: That's stupid.

Girl: Tell it to Steve Holmes.

EXT. KAMEHAMEHA HIGHWAY -- DAY.

SNAKE and a LOAD OF BABES are crowded into the cab of his F-350 pickup truck, stopped at a red light. A CUTE CHICK pulls up in a convertible.

Cute Chick: Hey, aren't you one of the Rebel Geckos?

Snake: (Toughly) Yeah. I'm Snake.

Cute Chick: Snake's a funny name for a Gecko.

Snake: Tell it to Marlin Perkins.

Cute Chick: So what are ya rebellin' against?

Snake: Whataya got?

Cute Chick: Oooh. Tough answer. Can I ride with you?

Snake: Sorry, doll. Cab's so full right now I can't find the stick shift. How 'bout you take a few of these babes in your back seat there?

Cute Chick: Sorry, I've only got a Class Two Learner's Permit. I can't carry passengers.

Snake: That's stupid.

Cute Chick: Tell it to Jeremy Harris.

EXT. BLAISDELL TICKET WINDOW -- DAY

SNAKE and the REBEL GECKOS wait in line for a day to get tickets for the No Holds Barred, No Rules, Ultimate-Extreme, Major Butt-Kicking Fighting Extravaganza. They finally reach the window.

Snake: Gimme 23 tickets.

Ticket Guy: Sorry. That event's been canceled. We have tickets for boxing.

Snake: You mean, it's OK for two boxers to punch each other's brains out but a sport that results in a broken arm or two is banned?

Ticket Guy: You got it.

Snake: That's ...

Ticket Guy: I know. Stupid. Hey, what's this?

Snake: That's my Rebel jacket. You can have it. I'm going back to the joint where there aren't so many stupid things to rebel against.



Charles Memminger, winner of
National Society of Newspaper Columnists
awards in 1994 and 1992, writes "Honolulu Lite"
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Write to him at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin,
P.O. Box 3080, Honolulu, 96802

or send E-mail to charley@nomayo.com or
71224.113@compuserve.com.



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