Diet Coke and Mentos

by Khaled, Alex, Sebastian, ages 11, 10, and 12

Written during It's Alive! Stop Motion Animation, taught by 826NYC

April 2009

We close in on a king walking in the woods. He is singing.

KING
(singing)
The wheels on the bus go round and round...

He sees two jesters roasting marshmallows.

KING (CONT'D)
Pardon me, sirs, but I have come from my white castle. That travel has been very long, and I am very parched. Do you have any refreshments?

The jesters look at each other and giggle.

JESTER 1
(giggling)
Here. Take some Mentos.

JESTER 2
(giggling)
And some Diet Coke.

The king takes both the Diet Coke and Mentos.

KING
Gimme that. Thank you.

JESTER 1
You have to eat them together. Don't ask why.

The king starts glugging the Diet Coke. Then he stops.

KING
But I think I'm gaining weight.

The king throws up, and soda starts coming out of his ears and mouth.

JESTER 2
(talking to Jester 1)
Uh oh. Didn't expect that.

The jesters run away. The king yells after them.

KING
Please sirs, may I have some more?

Michael Jackson's "Beat It" plays. End scene.