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Taxi Commercial

Narrator: Do you often sleep like a dead-man till 7.30, oblivious to everything about you?

MC: [Snoring away on stage, shifts occasionally]

Younger sibling: [sniggers maliciously brandishing a shaver] [walks up to the front of the
stage and proclaims, holding up the shaver] Shaving time! [walks back over to the MC and
pulls him/her by the collar of his/her shirt, then slaps twice - once on each side - before
letting the MC drop back to resting position] [props up the MC's leg and starts shaving,
then giggles and runs off]

[An alarm goes off]

Main character: [The character gets up and grabs a toothbrush, brushes for a while, his movements slowly decreasing in speed, then drops back to sleep]

[A second alarm goes off]

Main character: [Picks up the alarm drowsily and exclaims in shock] 7.30?! Oh *beep*, I'm
late for school! [Gets up in a hurry, is entangled in his sleeping bag and falls as a result. Stumbles offstage, kicks off the sleeping bag.]

Narrator: Do you absolutely hate waking up in the morning? Do you forgo showering, washing
your face, or even brushing your teeth–

Main character: [Continues brushing, looks at watch, throws away toothbrush]

Narrator: –because you only have 10 mins left to reach school? Do you feel so rushed that
you can't tell your shirt from your pants?

Main Character: [MC stumbles back on, struggling with his pants on head, shirt on legs, hopping about ridiculously] Argh! [trips again]

Narrator: Do your parents punish you based on a false impression of theirs?

[Main character is seen gulping breakfast on stage, chokes on it]

Mum: [Walk on stage wearing big smiles, annoyingly perky tone] Better hurry up dear, you don't want to be late for school! [strange inappriopraite laughter] And as a punishment for staying up late, I'm cutting your allowance by half! [more inappropriate laughter]

[Both parents walk off some distance and get into this invisible car]

Dad: Sorry we can't give you a lift to school, but we still love you! [makes car noises and drives offstage]
~ * ~

Narrator: Did you try sleeping earlier to try and wake up on time?

Main character: [sets alarm clock, stretches lies down]

[Someone with placard saying "SLEEPING TIME: 3AM" walks onstage, sticks a 2AM over the 3AM]

Narrator: Tried drinking stimulants through the night to stop yourself from sleeping at all?

Main character: [MC springs up guzzles large amounts of coke from a pep bottle, but still felt groggy and falls to floor asleep anyway; stays onstage]

Narrator: Has desperation driven you to the point where you inflict pain on yourself to stay awake?

Main character: [MC gets up and starts slapping himself repetitively while walking offstage]

Narrator: Or you bought yourself a ridiculously large alarm clock in hope that it will definitely wake you up?

Main character: [Walks on stage wearing a proud look, and holding a large alarm clock] [Sits down on sleeping bag and winds up alarm clock then lies down]

[Backstage helper drags MC offstage on the sleeping bag, MC holds on to the alarm clock]
Narrator: Do you do all that and more, but still fail to reach school on time because you genetically programmed to sleep till 7.30?

Main character: [MC runs across stage yelling] Why am I always late!

Narrator: And there's more. Even after suffering a lecture for tardiness, your luck fails to improve for the remainder of the day?

Narrator: Like how your classmates always know you skipped your morning shower?

[A classroom scene; MC raises hand to answer a question and classmate beside faint, followed by the rest of the class]

Teacher: [Angrily] Put down your ha-- [Faints as well]

[Everyone moves offstage and person walks across the stage holding a "During Recess"]

Narrator: Do you find that not even your best friend listens to you? [MC open mouth to talk, best friend chokes and runs offstage clumsily, tripping over his/her own legs]

Narrator: You can't even buy your lunch without embarrassment.

Main character: [Goes to smelly tofu store, the seller faints] Oh come on! [MC storms offstage]

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Narrator: INTRODUCING, ARA TAXIES! [Taxi jumps out and honks twice]

Narrator: With Ara Taxies, you won’t ever have to worry about being late! [shows MC waking up at 7.30 as per normal]

Narrator: Ara taxi service efficiently brings you to school on time, ANYTIME! [shows MC flagging down a taxi and getting in at the left side of the stage] Our taxies are so fast, sexy and oh-so-yellow that time practically freezes when you step in. [Does annoyingly slow chug to the right side, then exit]

Narrator: With our psychotically perfectionistic helpers, you don't ever have to worry about imperfection again!

[Show people shuffling about main character, brushing his teeth, and changing his uniform, shining his shoes and doing his hair]

[Person with a sign reading, “At School” walks across the stage]

Narrator: Your friends will admire you for your style [MC strikes a cool pose and everyone goes "Ooh..."] and as for your smell... What smell? [MC stay in that pose while people around inhale
deeply and go “Ahh..."]

Narrator: You can safely answer questions without disrupting lessons.

[Main character raises hand in class, and the teacher gives this huge, willing smile]

Narrator: And finally get the special attention that you really wanted!

[Main character seen receiving smelly tofu from his best friend who ran away from his bad breath earlier]

Narrator: With Ara taxi service, your life will improve dramatically; you will enjoy success [MC brandishes a paper with a huge A1], a better allowance [parents walk on stage, still smiling, and hand MC a huge wad of cash], popularity [screaming girls run on stage, some holding placards and chase after MC; MC runs off stage. A few moments later, some unknown guy runs after holding a sign – “I turned gay for you”] and more importantly, get the sleep you deserve!

[Taxi jumps on stage and honks twice again]

Narrator: Ara Taxies, another quality service brought to you by 1T19, the advertising campaign that cares.