SWEET NOVEMBER - Daily Script

4/5/00 24.31 CONTINUED: (3) 31NELSON (CONT'D)Next time you come to my building,I really will call the cops.Bye-bye.He leaves. Frowning, Sara reflects on her failedproposal.32 INT. JABE AND DUNNE - CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY 32At the end of a long table, Raeford Dunne sits next toBUDDY LEACH (65). Vince and agency staff fill one sideof the table. Leach and the Doctor Diggety brassoccupy the other. Leach's face does not betray oneemotion as he listens to Nelson's presentation.On the wall, white sheets of paper cover boards underneath.Nelson is at the top of his game, a consummate showman. Heis so amped up, he's practically throwing off sparks. Heholds up a board with an image on it -- a silly looking50's style hot dog cartoon figure -- Doctor Diggety.NELSONThis is your brand image, MisterLeach -- we polled your primarydemographic and you know whateighty-nine percent said:boring. Safe. We need to dropa bomb.(dropping the board)We don't want hot dogs safe.(working up ahead of steam)What's in a hot dog? Don't tellme! I don't wanna know...He rips down a white sheet of paper to reveal an image ofa hot dog engulfed in flames: the hot dog from hell.NELSONThey're dangerous!(pauses)What are we selling here? We'reselling temptation -- desire --animal instincts -- gluttony --sin. We want to show man as hereally is... a savage... he needsfire, he needs food. He huntsand gathers, what does he get?(CONTINUED)