YOUR LOCAL BURGER KING (iO Theater Class Project)

INT. BURGER KING-DAY 

A NERDY MALE TEENAGE EMPLOYEE mops the floor. 

ANNOUNCER (V.O.) 

Here at Burger King you can have it your way. Now let’s see how many ways you could have it your way. 

A FEMALE CUSTOMER is looking through her bag and sighs. 

FEMALE CUSTOMER 

Ugh, they got my order wrong! 

ANNOUNCER (V.O.) 

Like how we can and will likely mess up your order. 

A HOMELESS MAN sleeps on the floor. The Nerdy Male Teenage Employee pokes the Homeless Man with his mop. 

ANNOUNCER (V.O.) 

How there likely will be homeless people sleeping inside your local Burger King. Pick which homeless person you’ll encounter... 

NERDY MALE TEENAGE EMPLOYEE 

Sir, are you dead? 

A HOMELESS OLD WOMAN pushes a shopping cart with cats inside. 

ANNOUNCER (V.O.) 

Homeless old woman with shopping cart and cats! 

An OVERWEIGHT HOMELESS MAN eats a burger. 

ANNOUNCER (V.O.) 

Or an overweight homeless man eating our delicious Whopper who might be high on meth. 

A bathroom door with water leaking out. 

ANNOUNCER (V.O.) 

Would you prefer a working bathroom? 

The Nerdy Male Teenage Employee hits a soda foundation machine with his mop. 

ANNOUNCER (V.O.) 

Or a working soda foundation machine? Because we probably won’t have both. 

A ROBBER holds a the Nerdy Male Teenage Employee at gunpoint. 

ANNOUNCER (V.O.) 

At Burger King, have it your way. And by have it your way, we mean that we think you should just go to Wendy’s instead. 

END

THE TOY PHOTOGRAPHER (iO Theater Class Project)

INT. KITCHEN-DAY 

BUCKY BUTLER adjusts action figures into place on his kitchen table. After he finishes adjusting the action figures he takes a picture of them with his phone. 

BUCKY BUTLER (V.O.) 

Hello, my name is Bucky Butler and I’m a toy photographer. I specialize in the art of toy photography. 

INT. BEDROOM-DAY 

Bucky Butler digs through a toy bin looking for action figures. 

BUCKY BUTLER (V.O.) 

What is toy photography you might be asking? It’s as simple as it sounds. But it’s an art form that isn’t so simple. 

INT. KITCHEN-DAY 

Bucky Butler sets up his next shot placing a STUFFED ANIMAL next to a SUPERHERO ACTION FIGURE. 

BUCKY BUTLER (V.O.) 

Inspiration can come from anywhere. Maybe it’s a clever pun, a cool battle scene, or just something plain cool in general. 

INT. BEDROOM-DAY 

Bucky Butler works at his computer. 

BUCKY BUTLER (V.O.) 

You can find many of my pictures alongside pictures from fellow toy photographers on Facebook, Instagram, and dare I say, even DeviantArt. There’s more than just porn on there. But for real, there’s so much porn on DeviantArt. Not that I would know. 

INT. LIVING ROOM-DAY 

Bucky Butler scrolls his phone showing off pictures of his toy photography art. 

BUCKY BUTLER (V.O.) 

Behold my art! Let it speak for itself! 

A montage of Bucky Butler’s toy photography photos are shown are screen before fading to black. 

BUCKY BUTLER (V.O.) 

What does it take to become a toy photographer? Have a big toy collection, a smartphone or some kind of camera, and being a nerd. If you’re a man child, that’s a plus. Give my pictures a like! Please, give them a like, there’s no money in this, the likes are all that I have! 

END

LET'S PLAY STREET FIGHTER (iO Theater Class Project)

INT. ARCADE-DAY 

A HARDCORE GAMER walks over to a Street Fighter arcade cabinet and puts a token into it. The Hardcore Gamer begins playing Street Fighter. 

EXT. ARCADE-DAY 

A MALE BUSINESSMAN and a FEMALE DOG WALKER walk by and suddenly freeze in place. Then both the Male Businessman and the Female Dog Walker get into a fighting stance. 

INT. ARCADE-DAY 

The Hardcore Gamer moves the joystick as ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC plays. 

EXT. ARCADE-DAY 

The Male Businessman and the Female Dog Walker fight each other in a fighting game style. 

ANNOUNCER (V.O.) 

Round One! Fight! 

INT. ARCADE-DAY 

The Hardcore Gamer yawns and then takes a sip of soda. 

EXT. ARCADE-DAY 

The Female Dog Walker throws a dog at the Male Businessman who dodges the attack. 

FEMALE DOG WALKER 

Dog throw! Dog throw! 

MALE BUSINESSMAN 

Businessman! Businessman! 

INT. ARCADE-DAY 

The Hardcore Gamer slams his fist. 

ANNOUNCER (V.O.) 

Game over! 

EXT. ARCADE-DAY 

The Male Businessman is passed out on the street as the Female Dog Walker screams with police sirens going off in the background. 

FEMALE DOG WALKER 

What the heck just happened? Where are my dogs? Why is that guy knocked out? 

INT. ARCADE-DAY 

The Hardcore Gamer inserts a token into a Donkey Kong arcade cabinet and smiles. 

EXT. ARCADE-DAY 

A BURLY CONSTRUCTION WORKER enters and throws a barrel at the Female Dog Walker. The Burly Construction Worker pulls out a sledge hammer and walks around in circles. 

BURLY CONSTRUCTION WORKER 

I’m sorry lady and I don’t know...wait a minute? God damn it, somebody is playing Donkey Kong again inside that the haunted arcade. Sorry lady, but I’m literally being controlled by some nerd right now. This always happens to me on Tuesdays. 

END

ART BABBITT OPENING MONOLOGUE (iO Theater Class Project)

INT. SNL STUDIO-NIGHT 

ART BABBITT sits next to a drawing board. 

ART BABBITT 

Hello, my name is Art Babbitt and I am a former Disney animator. My biggest claim to fame is that I created Goofy, a.k.a. your childhood. My other claim to fame is I left the Disney studio after their strike because I was in support of unions. As you can see, I got a drawing board next to me. And I would like to draw Goofy for you today. Would you all like that? Damn I knew that you would. I also animated The Evil Queen from Snow White. And no, I’m not talking about Kristi Noem. I also animated Geppetto from Pinocchio, the stork from Dumbo, and so on and so forth. Here’s the thing, I mostly worked in the shadows while Walt Disney received all the credit. Hosting SNL is a big honor for a little animator like me. As you can see, animation is truly a magical art form. And you think an AI can do this... 

Art shows off a finished Goofy drawing and ANDREW DISMUKES enters. 

ANDREW 

Oh Art, you drew a picture of me? That’s cool. 

ART BABBITT 

What are you talking about? That’s Goofy. 

ANDREW 

And you think I’m funny. That’s awesome. 

ART BABBITT 

Just get out of here Andrew. 

ANDREW 

Okay, but before I go. I just had one question.  

ART BABBITT 

Ask away, Mr. Dismukes. 

ANDREW 

Could you help me get in contact with Goofy. My Mom said he owes her child support. 

ART BABBITT 

You think that Goofy is your father? 

ANDREW 

I do look a little like him after all. So if you created Goofy, does that make you like my grandfather? 

ART BABBITT 

Creepy. You know what. Before you go, take this drawing of Goofy. 

Art hands Andrew a drawing of Goofy. 

ANDREW 

Neat, a signed Art Babbitt drawing of Goofy. This will do great on eBay. Lorne forgot to pay me this month. Thanks again, Mr. Babbitt. 

ART BABBITT 

You’re welcome, you very weird man, you. We have a great show for your tonight. Sabrina Carpenter is here. Suck it Walt! And let’s get goofy! 

END

STEVEN BUCKY BUTLER SNL HOST ROUND TWO (iO Theater Class Project)

INT. SNL STUDIO-NIGHT 

STEVEN BUCKY BUTLER walks out and waves to the crowd. 

STEVEN BUCKY BUTLER 

Oh wow, my name is Steven Bucky Butler and I can’t believe I’m hosting Saturday Night Live for a second time. It feels great to be back. My YouTube channel, Bucky91 Films, currently has 399 subscribers, and maybe one of you in the crowd could become my 400th subscriber on YouTube. Yes, I am just as shocked as you are that I just reached a thousand followers on BlueSky. Now then, two things I love are being creative and funny. Both of which are really hard things to do. But it’s still quite an honor to host SNL for a second time because I was shocked that they even let me do this once before. I don’t want to disappoint you Lorne. I had many people compare me to Chris Farley or Jack Black. It’s flattering to be compared to my heroes, but I rather be the first Bucky Butler than the next Chris Farley or Jack Black. Fun fact, my parents went to college with Chris Farley. They found him annoying. Yet, their son is basically Farley’s reincarnation. Like a lot of former and hopefully current SNL talent, I studied and performed at The Second City theater in Chicago. I wasn’t ready for The Annoyance yet. I guess I just wasn’t annoying enough, or that’s what I’ve been told. Now I would like to treat you all with a little something. 

JEREMY CULHANE and CHLOE FINEMAN enter. 

JEREMY 

Um, Mr. Butler. We lost your dog. 

CHLOE 

We don’t know where Henry went. 

Steven falls to his knees. 

STEVEN BUCKY BUTLER 

Okay, I have to get two things straight with you. Henry is my dog nephew and not my dog. And what do you mean you lost Henry? You owe me and the audience a cute puppy. Also, if my sister finds out you lost her dog she will kill me. 

CHLOE 

We’re sorry Bucky, but we... 

LORNE MICHAELS walks out petting HENRY DOG. 

LORNE 

Great news, Henry is joining the writing staff at SNL. He’s just as anxious and cute as any writer on staff. He’s perfect. And I can pay him in cheese. 

Steven hands Henry as treat. Steven, Jeremy, Chloe, and Lorne start to dance. 

STEVEN BUCKY BUTLER 

Well, in the words of David Bowie, let’s dance. We have a great show for your tonight. Metallica is here. Let’s have some fun and get some laughs. Maybe even another Emmy or two. 

END

Steven Bucky Butler’s Two Liner Weekend Update Jokes 2026 Part 2 (iO Theater Class Project)

• Bear attacks are on the rise in Japan. With bears in Japan having figured out how to go Super Saiyan! (Cut to a picture of a Bear with Goku Super Saiyan hair) that bear’s power level is over 9,000! 

• Bear attacks are on the rise in Japan. Wow, Japanese Yogi Bear is way darker than I remember. 

• The Obama Foundation promotes short term rentals to tourists for the Obama Center, driving up housing shortages for residents. It feels like 2011 again, hating Obama is back in fashion. 

• Judge denies former Orland Park mayor’s attempts to dismiss order regarding his political blog which got caught posting confidential village information. With the former mayor responding, well if President Trump can keep private documents in his bathroom, why can’t I post some on my blog? 

• ByteDance to sell an ownership stake in TikTok to Oracle. Oh great, first Paramount, and now TikTok, can Larry Ellison not ruin something for like 5 minutes! 

• Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calls to abolish ICE after Minneapolis shooting. Kristi Noem then responded (Cut to picture of Kristi Noem in an Elsa dress) Let It Go! 

• Chicago Restaurant Week is here as a marketing effort to drum up business for Chicago restaurants. With most customers still just trying to finish their first deep dish pizza slice. 

• A sluggish December hiring caps a year of weak job gains. I totally feel it, because if only MadTV was still a thing, my hiring options would be wide open if this SNL gig fails. 

• Russians fire new ballistic missile in a warning to the West. Oh man, I just got over a cold, yet why can’t we get over The Cold War?

Steven Bucky Butler’s Two-liner Weekend Update Jokes 2026 Part 1 (iO Theater Class Project)

• Disney is going to make a live actin remake of their animated classic “Tangled” and they already cast the main leads. Sabrina Carpenter reportedly wasn’t considered for the role of Rapunzel because she was too pretty for the part. I thought it was a remake of Tangled not Shrek, Disney Princesses are supposed to be pretty, right? 

• A federal judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s plan to withhold $10 billion in childcare and family assistance funds in Illinois. Yet Trump originally wanted that $10 billion to keep his children’s love. 

 • The Chicago Bears mull a move to either Indiana or Kansas in what most Chicagoans call Da Lions, Da Tigers, and Da Bears oh my deep-dish pizza pie! 

• A sluggish December hiring caps year of weak job gains. And I feel it because if only Mad TV was still a thing, my hiring options would be wide open if this SNL gig fails. 

• Police officer Ryan Miller from Chesterton, IL is charged with domestic violence felonies and put on unpaid leave. That had to be awkward when Miller’s wife called the police on him and the arriving officers said, Hi Ryan, still cool with Subway for lunch tomorrow. 

• AI chatbot Grok restricts image generation due to users making over sexualized deepfakes of people, including children. And that’s why you can now follow me on BlueSky. Because X has truly earned its new name. 

• Comedian Nikki Glaser tries out Golden Globes jokes at comedy clubs before hosting the awards show. She says she’s struggling to find the perfect Julia Roberts joke. Eric Roberts says he’s happy that he’s not the butt of a joke for once. 

• Russians fire new ballistic missile in a warning to the West. I just got over a cold yesterday, yet why can’t we get over the Cold War? 

• Pope Leo pans military incursions, laments spreading zeal for war. Funny how popes used to start wars and now they are asking to stop wars. Maybe Pope Leo could learn from Trump and start a war to distract from his church’s own history of supporting child predators.