(A is sitting at a table. B enters, holding a newspaper.)
B: Minneapolis!
(A looks up, quizzically.)
B: Minneapolis!
A: Minneapolis?
B: (Handing him the paper, pissed.) Minneapolis.
A: (Dawning on him.) Minneapolis!
B: (That's what I said.) Minneapolis.
A: Minneapolis?
B: (Shakes his head.) Minneapolis.
A: (Gee.) Minneapolis.
(C enters, is about to say something, stops, thinks, gets frustrated, exits.)
B: Minneapolis? (Sits.)
A: Minneapolis. Minneapolis minneapolis.
B: (Laughs.) Minneapolis. Minneapolis?
A: Minneapolis minneapolis minneapolis.
B: Minneapolis. (Gets an apple.) Minneapolis?
A: (No thanks.) Minneapolis. Minneapolis minneapolis.
B: Minneapolis.
(They laugh. C enters again, same deal. Phone rings.)
A: (Into phone.) Minneapolis? Minneapolis! Minneapolis minneapolis. Minneapolis? Minneapolis. Minneapolis. (Writing this down.) Minn-e-apolis minne-a-polis minneapolis. Minneapolis. Minneapolis? Minneapolis minneapolis. Minneapolis. (Hangs up.)
B: Minneapolis?
A: Minneapolis.
B: Minneapolis?
A: Minneapolis minneapolis.
B: Minneapolis.
A: (Angry.) Minneapolis?
B: Minneapolis.
(A rises.)
A: Minneapolis?!?
B: (Rises, defends his side.) Minneapolis!
A: Minneapolis?
B: Minneapolis. (Chucks index finger under A's chin.) Minneapolis.
A: (Do that again, pointing.) Minneapolis. (Again.) Minneapolis.
(He does so.)
A: (To himself.) Minneapolis. (To B.) Minneapolis!
(A goes for B's throat, stopping at the shoulders, and shaking him. C enters again, with determinedness. This quickly deflates.)
C: St. Paul?
A & B: (Yelling.) Minneapolis!
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"In a Word: Minneapolis" debuted September 10, 1999.
Cast: A: Aaron Galbraith, B: Mark Hansen, C: Brad Smith.
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