Facts Don't Lie

A One Scene Play for Two Actors

by

C. Shaun Wagner

Copyright ©2005 by C. Shaun Wagner
May be performed without license fee for educational purposes.
No license required for small, non-profit performances.

Email: cs@kainaw.com

Cast of Characters

Chuck:A Chuck Norris fan. Name is only for identifying lines. May be any gender.
Bruce:A Bruce Lee fan. Name is only for identifying lines. May be any gender.

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ACT I

Scene 1

SETTING:A mall food court.
AT RISE:CHUCK and BRUCE are sitting at a small table having drinks and snacks.

Chuck

Alight, I got a fresh one for you... Chuck Norris doesn’t do push-ups. He pushes the Earth down.

Bruce

(pfft) Cute. But Bruce Lee once punched someone so fast, their soul arrived at the afterlife before their body even hit the ground.

Chuck

You got a chuckle. I admit. (Thinks) When Chuck Norris enters a room, he doesn’t turn the lights on. He turns the dark off.

Bruce

You've said that one before. Let me think... Lights. Sleep. I got one... Bruce Lee doesn’t sleep. He waits... and while he waits, he's busy roundhouse kicking people in their dreams.

Chuck

You think that’s something? How about something simple. Chuck Norris counted to infinity... Twice.

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Bruce

Infinity? My man Bruce Lee once kicked infinity so hard it became finite. (Leans back, smugly) Top that, buddy.

Chuck

Oh yeah? Chuck Norris can (smacks the table) slam a revolving door.

Bruce

Slam a revolving... Oh, I get it. If you try to slam a revolving door it just spins. Sorry. I just got an image of Superman going around inside the door to change into costume.

Chuck

Well, we've been at this for how long? Six years? I'm not sure how many more I've got.

Bruce

Two years of lunch breaks, loaded with facts.

Chuck

Two years? Really? And I still haven't converted you into a Chuck Norris fan?

Bruce

Hey now. I never said I'm not a fan. I just place Bruce Lee a full teir above Chuck Norris. Bruce is the gold. Chuck is the silver.

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Chuck

I know, I know. Bruce had skills, but Chuck has skills with machismo.

Bruce

Who needs machismo when you have the confidence of a dragon.

Chuck

No debates. We need facts. Facts don't lie. It's your turn.

Bruce

I have an idea. How is this... Bruce Lee can un-toast toast (raises a finger in a "wait for it" pose) and make it buttered again.

Chuck

OK. You want to go there. (Thinks) Chuck Norris can unscramble eggs and (raises a finger) put them back in the shell.

Bruce

(Laughs) You got me. OK. Let me try again... Bruce Lee can hear a mime scream (raises a finger) from five miles away. Honest. I saw it in a documentary.

Chuck

(Laughs) I don't think I... Wait. (Composes himself) Chuck Norris can win a game of Connect Four in three moves (raises his finger, but laughs, causing BRUCE to laugh as well. Composed)... blindfolded.

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Bruce

(Still giggling) Games huh? OK. Bruce Lee beat Rock, Paper, Scissors... with just a stare. The rocks crumbled. The paper folded itself. The scissors (BOTH laugh)... I don't know. The scissors just ran away.

Chuck

(Still laughing) They know their place.

(BRUCE mimics scissors running away across the table using his fingers. BOTH laugh.)

Chuck

(Gaining composure) Okay, okay. Have I used this one? When Chuck Norris does a roundhouse kick, the laws of physics apologize to him, personally.

Bruce

Yes, you did that last month and I came back with... Well when Bruce Lee blinks, time flinches and begs for mercy.

Chuck

Alright. Fine. (Thinks) ... (Thinks again) Ah! Did you know Chuck Norris’s tears cure cancer?

Bruce

(pause) That’s actually... really good. That really is a new one?

Chuck

Thanks. Just thought of it.

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Bruce

So...(Grinning slyly) You're saying that Chuck Norris cries.

Chuck

Hah! You fell into my trap! (Leans in like telling a secret) The world doesn't have a cure for cancer because Chuck's never cried.

Bruce

Yep you got me. Totally trapped. You know what, though? Bruce Lee doesn’t need tears to cure cancer. He just gives it (finger quotes) "the look" and cancer just packs its bags and leaves.

Chuck

Fine! Did you (sees someone over BRUCE's shoulder)... Hey, is that Larry in line at Sbarro's?

Bruce

(Looks) Oh for crying out loud! I don't want to hear his Mr. T facts.

Chuck

They aren't even good. (Mockingly) Mr. T pitties the fool who can't see he needs more bacon.

Bruce

What was that he said last time? Something like Mr T pitties the fool who thinks an airplane seatbelt will hold him back. And he can't even fly!

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Chuck

Seriously, all this Mr T stuff. He needs a life. Chuck Norris could so beat Mr. T, blindfolded, with one hand tied behind his back, juggling chainsaws.

Bruce

Only if Bruce Lee doesn't get to him first. (Holding up his pinky) One twitch of his finger and it is all but history.

Chuck

Let's duck out before he sees us. I don't need another "I pity the fool" today.

Bruce

We can go to the arcade and I will totally annihilate you in Karate Champ.

Chuck

Hah! I might just let you win like Chuck Norris let Bruce Lee win that fight in "Way of the Dragon."

Bruce

Oh, you are so going down.

Chuck

I think he sees us. Let's split.

(They quickly exit.)

(END OF SCENE)