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comedy about a talk show

THE FRANKLIN FRANKLIN SHOW – ZANY COMEDY ABOUT A TALK SHOW

His name is Franklin Franklin. He’s a retired boxer who never won any of his fights – all fifty two of them. He’s also the host of a new talk show. It is important to note that Franklin is quite stupid. And when the producer of old Franklin’s show realises this himself, interestingly enough at the beginning of this comedy about a talk show, it’s a steady downhill for the premiere of the show, Franklin (whether he acknowledges it or not) and the producer’s career. Keen to watch this already unsteady ship sink? Then join Franklin tonight as he interviews Debbie of Debbie’s Deadly Diet, inventor extraordinaire Edison (he looks like Einstein), a psychiatrist (Franklin calls her a nut job), an alien who prophesizes the earth’s impending doom and a King of some remote island that Franklin’s supposed to care about – as if! All in one act. Literally.

Here’s Franklin! Shuffling his way onto a set he’ll never see again!

Other plays by Stan – Shadows of time – a romantic time travel screenplay

Author: Stan Jankaitis

Type: Longer One act

Genre: Comedy about a talk show

Cast: 4M, 5F

Ages of the actors: Adult

Suitable for: Adults to perform.

Length: 50 minutes

Set: A small television studio, or can be performed bare stage with desk and chair, couch large enough to hold three people, 2 phones (landline or cell).

Level of difficulty: 6/10 – descent into silliness

Read a Sample of the Script

Cost is $5.50 for this new digital script

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Copyright © May 2017 Stan Jankaitis and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other longer one act comedies for you to enjoy:

Hang Ups – one act musical comedy about the office
What’s on you mind – comedy of the absurd
The Window – one act comedy about marriage and the hick cousin

STARLINE 117 – SCIENCE FICTION STAGE PLAY

In this science fiction stage play, Edgar Stanson has been sitting in the same seat for two days in a small airport. When asked by security if he needs assistance he tells them he has arrived on Starline flight 117 and is waiting to be picked up by his driver.
Security tells him they will call his driver for him. He gives them the number to call. The phone number connects to a funeral home. When security go back to Edgar they find him dead.

They also find out that Starline was a small airline whose first flight 117 crashed twenty five years ago with no survivors. All bodies but one were found and they were taken to the funeral home which security called. Edgar Stanson has finally returned home.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

“Starline 117” was produced as a radio play by Shoestring Theater Productions.
Chariton High School, IA, USA – 2017
Olli Players, VA- USE – 2021
Rightway Club, WI, USA – 2021
Arlington School Theatre, SD, USA – 2021
Mountain Ridge High School Theatre, AZ, USA – 2022
Rocky Ford Junior Senior High School, CO, USA – 2023

Read other sci-fi screenplays – shadows of time – when you travel through time for the woman you love by Stan Jankaitis.

Author: Stan Jankaitis

Genre: Science fiction stage play, ghost story

Type: One act play

Cast: 4M, 3F, 3N and a few extras (optional as not essential to the plot)

Ages of the actors: Any, all adult

Suitable for: All ages

Length: 25-30 minutes

Set: AIRPORT TERMINAL
Minimum: Few rows of seats. Security desk with telephone.
FULL SET:
Same as minimum but with a backdrop of the inside of an airport terminal with a window.

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – making the ordinary into the extraordinary