Time Flies Script

What's on that?

"Swamp Life" with Sir David Attenborough

Me too.. *Ribbit ribbit* A FROG!

A frog!?!?

So.. you live her by..um all by yourself?

All by my lonesome.

Euch. Too gruesome.

Born Yesterday and Life on Earth.

Carpe diem.

Carpe diem? Whats that?

welcome to "swamp life"!

Funny how we flew right into each other's arms

Well, maybe for a second

Here ya go. Cheers, Horace.

It's Horace, actually.

I'm sorry..the buzz at the party was so loud.

Me too.

It must be nature.

let's be good to each other, shall we?

Let's do do that, darling, always, always

Is my wing in your way?

No it's fine

I've lost my appetite, all right?

Oh. Excuse me.

It is funny

Or fate

Me too...

Or maybe it's fate

time is moving so fast now.

SHUT UP!! Wahahahaahaha

That sounds good.

Shall we try it?

Oh my goodness, that scared me.

That is the only drawback to living here. The frogs.

Wow. Great pond! I love the lilypad.

That was here. It kinda grew on me. Care to take the load off your wings?

only one thing on his mind!

The filth on television these days

We're going to die!

We're going to die!! (adlib)

not one of nature's most attractive creatures..

Well At least we dont wear safari jackets.

Bzzzzz

Well here we are, this is my place.

I dunno. It's Latin.

What's Latin?

I was just hoping to live till tuesday

What's a tuesday? the suns going to be up soon. Im scared horace. Im so scared.

Bzz...well I'd better get going now. Good night.

Would you like a drink?!

I dont think i could finish a whole one

gnat to worry heheheh. that's larva dip there in the center. Just dig in.

I love that

gnat with pesto, gnat au naturalle, and Gnat king Cole.

maybe if i put a paper bag over my head..

so this is my life?

yeah.

talk about a quickie.

Wait a minute, wait a minute

talk fast

Just some stagnant water would be fine

A little duckweed in that? Some algae?

When were you born?

About 7:30 this morning

those that can braid. feeding. mating.

All right, sir dave!

Always?

Always. ZZZZ!

can i remind you we get one shot at this?

And I'm just the babe here, is that it? I'm just a piece of tail?

....just not the frogs

And they're so rude if you're not a frog yourself

May! I say- darn it- live!

But how?

No. Sure. I'm happy to. Absolutely, it's my pleasure.....You're very very welcome.

Buzzzzz

Or maybe it's fate.

Bzz.. I think that moon is having a very emotional effect on me.

Is that what it izzzzzz..?

Bzzzzzzzzz...

There. that fixed it.

Can I offer you some food? i've got some plankton in the pond. And some very nice gnat.

Eugh. Glad that's over.

Care for some music? I've got The Beatles, The Byrds, The Crickets...

Do we have time to fly to paris?

Carpe Diem!

meet mate have offspring and die

Did he just say meet mate, have offspring and DIE?

Long life, May.

Do you want to watch some tube?

to the intoxicating scent of your secretions

Eeuw.

You look very good.

I can't look at this.

"living for a single day"

I did not know that!

What's Paris?

I have no idea.

luring me here to your lilypad..

I see. I see. BLAME ME!

did he just say the mayfly?

I think he said the lowly mayfly!

Oh my goodness.

I think he's gone now.

palpate your probiscis all evening?

I think it was larva at first sight. ZZZZZ! Oh, darling darling!

May, look! Isn't that your pond?

I think that is my pond!

distinctive khkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhhhkh..

I think there's something wrong with my antenna.

I do love good gnat.

I'll set it out, you can pick.

I'm not the one who suggested TV

I'm not the one who wanted to watch life on earth. Oh swamp life..that sound interesting.

So was I! 7:33!

Isn't that funny.

That's the first moon I've ever seen!

Isn't that funny.

I don't know.. I'm just a mayfly. *Hello i am david attenborough and youre watching swamp life*

Isn't this comfy

*adlib* The frogs are coming

It's okay. It's okay.

The original or jeff goldblum?

Jeff goldblum.

..bait hooks with mayfly look alikes

Jerks! Excuse me.

..and dying

Leaf?

Some tube. Sure, what's on?

Let's see.There's the Love bug, Madame Butterfly, The Spider's stratagem, travels with my ant, angels and insects, the fly...

It's that late is it. Anyways it was nice meeting you-I'm sorry was it April?

May.

So are you going out with any- I mean are there any other mayflies in the neighborhood?

No, it's mostly wasps.

I'm sorry. Did we collide?

No, no. It's fine.

You don't, ah, live with your parents, do you, may?

No. My parents died at around dawn this morning.

You don't have cable?

Not on this pond.

This is amazing.

Oh god, i look terrible!

May- I think that's us!

Oh my god...WERE ON TELEVISION!

I don't believe it!

Oh, I wish my mother was here to see this!

Theres a frog up there

Oh, I'm really scared. I'm terrified.

i'm sorry.

Oh, horace. I had such plans. I had such wonderful plans. I wanted to see Paris.

That's all right. I'll just hover. But will you look at that...!

Oof!

I've only had my wings about 6 hours..

Really? So have I...!

do you think he's gone?

Sir David Attenborough?

Straight up is fine

Sure I couldn't tempt you to try the lilypad?

Already? That was fast.

Swell party, huh?

Yeah. Quite a swarm.

Thank you for flying me home.

Isn't that funny. Mine died at around dawn too.

That is funny. Or maybe it's fate.

..over 14 gazillion different species

That is my pond!

appeared some 350 million years ago...

That's impressive.

May. Yes. Later than I thought, huh.

That's very funny, Vergil.

"living for a single day" huh....

There you go.

Isn't that funny.

Wasn't molting disgusting?

You could fly to paris.

We could fly to Paris!

I'd love a drink, actually.

Well, let me just turn on a few fireflies..

I love the crickets.

Well, so do I.

The frog..

What frog? bzz..

look at me im still shaking

Why don't i fix you something. Would you like a grasshopper or a stinger?

So you're "May the mayfly"

Yeah. Guess my parents didn't have much imagination. May, mayfly.

I'm sorry. Really, May.

You don't think I feel bad? Males!

And will you look at that moon.

You know, that's the first moon I've ever seen?

COme and get us!

breeding dying breeding dying. so this is the whole purpose of mayflies? to make more mayflies?

ignition

contact and were outta here!

how nice for the salmon.

do you want more food?

mayflies are a major food source to trout and salmon.

eugh yuck! will you look at that?

ribbit ribbit!

fjjf;jsofdjopaSDIJ ADLIB

hot to coupulate

for one brief miserable time we get to do it.

well there.

hello.

do you have a paper bag??

i don't have time to look for a paper bag- I'm going to be dead very shortly, ALL RIGHT?

Can mayflies have asthma attacks?

i dont know! ask mr. safari jacket!

what time is it? what time is it?

i dont wear a watch. i'm a lowly mayfly!

I'm sorry

no im sorry

No, I'm sorry.

no im sorry

simple round of meeting mating meeting mating

oh here we go again

what makes you think it would be so brief?

oh, i'm sorry. did i insult your vast experiance?

I didn't mean to snap at you.

oh, you've been very nice. under the circumstances.

do you have a paper bag?

one bang a bambino and a boom...that's it?

Leaf?

thank you.

the dung beatle.

the toad.

Gosh may, it's beautiful.

there's curried gnat, salted gnat, scottish smoked gnat..

No, I'm sorry!

we'd better stop apologizing, we're going to be dead soon.

does the world need more mayflies?

we're a major food source for trout and salmon.