teeveebee on the wall - Calendars

Location: TVB Promotions Executive Meeting Room, TVB City

*Three executives sit around a table - a pile of 2004 TVB promotional calendars lie on the table opened up at November and November *

* Another executive rushes in through the door and wipes the sweat from his brow*

Exec 1: Whew! That was a close one. Just managed to send the press away with some story about why there are two November pages this year!

Exec 2: Yeah, we were lucky that the mistake was in November.

Exec 4: Otherwise that stuff about the anniversary wouldn't have washed... which idiot signed it off without taking out that prototype kid picture anyway?

* The three look accusingly at Exec 3 who is cowering in the corner*

Exec 3: *trembles* I thought the kid picture would be better, you got six for the price of three!

Exec 2: We did prove something though.

Exec 1: What's that?

Exec 2: Our public is so gullible we can do anything and they will believe us!

Exec 4: What do you mean?

Exec 2: *leaning back in her chair* Well, we managed to change history just like that to make a tragedy fit the market by turning it into a romantic comedy.

Exec 1: Yeah and we run out of months to show all our artistes, so why not just add an extra month to the year?

Exec 4: That's a good point. Hey, you know we're getting a lot of people coming back this year, we're gonna run out of spaces on next year's calendar. How are we gonna get around that?

Exec 1: *with a glint in his eye* Simple!

Exec 2: Of course! We'll just even out the year into twenty months as of next year. Then we'll have plenty of room for everyone.

*Execs 1, 2 and 4 congratulate each other - Exec 3 shakes his head, he obviously hasn't been there as long*

Exec 3: *protesting* I don't think our viewers are stupid...

Exec 2: *ignoring Exec 3* Hey if we tell our scriptwriters to make sure that all our series have 20 months in a year, then everyone will be totally conditioned by next year and will go out looking for 20 month calendars for 2005!

*Exec 3 slams his head on the desk*

Exec 4: That's good. And we can have a promotional event to vote for your favourite character so we can have a naming competiton for the 8 new months...

Exec 1: *inspired* How about 'Wongember'? Or Samuary?

*Exec 3 has had enough and storms out of the conference room*

Exec 2: *getting excited* Oooohhh and guess what extra months means?

Exec 1: What?

Exec 2: It means we get paid even more...

Exec 4: *beams* Wow eight months extra pay! That's a great idea!