Notes on VMS Video - For the Looneys Hack Show, Episode 3 : Money

Just a Bunch of Hacks
VMS: Just Say no
Red Brick Productions

Lyrics		Derrick Williams.
Music		Kevin Brayton.
Audio mixing	Tab Bennedum.
Video editor	Peter Barella.
Cameras		Peter Barella.

Cast
	Addict		Kitt Diebold (audio)
			Phil Balzer (video)
	Harry		Jan Nedelka (audio)
			Joe Castrigno (video)
	VEA Official	Jay Olshefsky
	Unix Hack	Kitt Diebold (audio)
			Shawn Dell (video)
	Mary		Tina Driskell (audio)
			Melissa Solomon (video)
	Larry		Peter Barella
	RIT Official	Jan A. Nedelka (audio)
			Kevin Brayton (video)
	Woman		Jan A. Nedelka (audio)
			Peter Barella (video)
	Weather person	Vince Bastien (audio)
			Jordan Grandits (video)
	Wife		Tammie Moxham
	Other VEA Agents
			Derrick Williams
			Kevin Brayton
	other VMS users	Mike Croghan
			Shawn Dell

	Copyright 1992 Red Brick Productions, All Rights Reserved

-- script

[BEGIN]
[addict]
	addict: it destroyed my life
[still footage - 25 seconds]
		[open credit in corner, show images of VAXen]
		(instrumental section)
	addict: [show paycheck]
		I had a successful career as an applications programmer.
		[show pictures in photo albums]
		I had a loving wife, two great kids, and a house in a nice			neighborhood.
[addict]
		[addict]
		I didn't know why I did it, I guess it was 
		because everyone I worked with said it was great.  I didn't
		know what I was doing.  I didn't think I was hurting anyone.
[addict & family]
		[show him arguing with wife]
		But I was destroying myself, and I was destroying my family.
		[show wife leaving with kids]
		My wife left with the kids.
[still footage]
		[show reposession notice]
		They took the house away when I got fired.
[addict]
		[show jail cage doors closing - use Epson printer
		separator for doors]
		Then, I got busted.
		[addict]
		Let's face it.  I am a VMS addict.
[raid]
		[show people spacing out on VMS]
[VAX]
		[show vax and place credits over the top.
		(instrumental - 25 seconds)
[newsroom]
		[mary]
	Mary:	A new outbreak of VMS usage has occured in Rochester despite
		local authorities efforts.  Larry.
		[2-shot]
	Larry:	Thanks mary.  Today, a VMS bust lead by the VMS Enforcement
		agency, the VEA, sent disturbing waves throughout the
		campus of the rochester institute of technology, causing
		concerns to students and faculty alike.  Harry reports.
		[harry]
[harry]
	Harry:	Today at RIT, VEA officials responded to what may be the
		biggest VMS coup in local area history.  The rising tide of
		VMS usage has frustrated officials to the point of using
		police action, as todays episode has demonstrated.
		[addict]
[addict]
	addict:	I was destroying myself.. and I was destroying my family
		[black-and-white image, with timestamp "14:56" in corner,
		"VEA footage" in another corner]
[raid]
	harry:	At approximately 3 pm, VEA agents stormed a computer users
		center which was well known to locals a VMS users room.  Three
		students were apprehended and arrested for perversion of
		computing resources, and VMS paraphenalia was confiscated.
[addict]
		[addict]
	addict:	Then, I got busted.
[raid]
		[vms paraphenalia]
	harry:	The VMS paraphenalia, estimated at a street value of 59 cents,
		marks as the biggest catch VEA officials have made to date.
		Local populations have been indignant that a ring as big as
		this was happening in their midst, and many have taken the
		opportunity to voice their opinions. 
[unix hack]
		[unix hack, in t-shirt, sitting in front of terminal,
		with a pizza]
	unixhak:Yeah, well, I was surprised at all this, but VMS usage is
		somewhat common.  I mean, there's a lot of pressure to use
		it now that charcoal grills are illegal.  It's available
		everywhere.  It must be the bricks or something.
		[woman at door, reporter holding microphone to her]
[woman]
	woman:	Oh, well, those kids are destroying their minds with such
		trash.  It's just terrible the way they do things to themselves.
		I just hope my kids won't be influenced.  With VMS everywhere,
		what's next, co-ed dining halls?
		[reporter speaks into mike, unheard, then points mike to woman]
	mary:	And this statement from an RIT official.
[rit official]
		[show shot of building #1]
		[RIT official, in front of building 1 or some other RITty place]
	RIT:	We.. Are not aware.. of any VMS usage, on this campus.  As it's
		close to nonexistant.  I was last on campus, 5 years ago, and
		no vms usage, was evident.
[addict]
		[addict]
	addict:	I don't know why I did it.
[agent]
		[show agent in smartly dressed suit, reporter holding mike to
		him.  caption "J. Olson, VEA Agent"]
	agent:	We must educate the public into understanding that VMS is
		dangerous.  With no job control, VMS users fall into the trap of
		crashing repeatedly,
[suicidal]
		[show person banging head on table]
		and pulling their hair over typical VMS
		quirks.
		[show someon climbing over railing on high floor of dorm]
		Suicide is a general symptom of VMS usage, and the 
		general public must be aware of that.
		[harry]
[harry]
	harry:	Officials have indicated that this may be an isolated incident,
		but are on the alert for possible MS-DOS abuse outside computer
		science circles.  This is harry reporting from RIT for action
		news.
		[addict]
[addict]
	addict:	I didn't mean to do it.
		[larry]
[newsroom]
	larry:	Thank you harry.  Barry reports the weather for tonight.
		[addict]
[addict]
	addict:	It ruined my life.
		[weatherperson near map and window. looks out window]
		[close credit goes in corner during barry]
[weatherperson]
	Barry:	Well, It kinda looks like snow.  There's some on the ground
		there and I can see some trees swaying, so I guess it's windy.
		I can see some clouds moving... That way.
	(pause)
[text]
	addict:	VMS... Just say NO!
[END]