INT.  LIVING ROOM  EVENING

FADE IN ECU HAND LOWERING NEEDLE ONTO RECORD 

Mozart’s Requiem plays on the hi-fi in a cozy, inviting living room.  

FADE OUT

FADE IN CU TRACKING SHOT OF SPINES

There are columns of bookshelves and horizontal shelves just below the ceiling.  

FADE OUT 

There is a large plant with large green leaves in one corner.  The Professor stands in that corner, somewhat hidden by the leaves, reading an impressive tome, his glasses perched on the end of his nose.  He thumbs the pages gently, allowing himself time to absorb every word.  His pipe smolders away. He wears a modest shirt, tie, sweater, pants, and corduroy blazer, all of earth tones.  He is completely content.  

FADE IN CU PROFESSOR'S BOOK, PULL BACK AND PAN UP TO REVEAL PROFESSOR, HOLD ON MS

He realizes he has company, and looks up from his book.

MCU PROFESSOR

    

                    PROFESSOR

        Oh.  Hello.  I didn’t see you there.  I 

        was just reliving some of my favorite 

        passages.

The Professor looks back down at the pages and traces a few words with his finger, saying one last goodbye to his true loves.

                    PROFESSOR 

        Hmm.  Well, then.

He settles the bookmark ribbon and eases the tome closed. He traces the binding with his thumb and carefully returns the book to its home on the shelf.  He saunters into the room.

WS TRACKING SHOT PROFESSOR SAUNTERING

                    PROFESSOR 

        History.  Not the history of country or 

        king or conflict, but rather, the making 

        of history.  We will discuss something 

        tonight that is, truly historical.      

He approaches a high-backed chair and sits.  A portable film screen stands at his one side, a small trunk, his magic trunk, at the other.

MS PROFESSOR  

                    PROFESSOR 

        Please, make yourself comfortable. 

He advances a slide carousel via remote to a slide of the earth.

                    PROFESSOR 

        As long as mankind has tread upon the 

        planet, it has sought out fire for 

        warmth, protection, and its very 

        survival.  Whether it be fur-clad 

        Neanderthals cooking their bone-killed 

        hunt, 

He advances to a slide of a cityscape.

                    PROFESSOR (CONT’D)

        or technological man smelting the 

        materials for his iron cities, none of 

        it could be accomplished without     

        heat.  As the decades pass, unavoidably 

        hurtling mankind into the future, it 

        has realized a need for heat on a much 

        smaller level, but with greater 

        accessibility and convenience.  

He pauses.

CU PROFESSOR

                    PROFESSOR 

        A device.  Ladies and gentleman.  It is 

        upon us.

He slowly raises the remote control beside his face and advances to a slide of the Wonder Warmer head superimposed on the earth.

CU SLIDE 

                    PROFESSOR 

        The Wonder Warmer cometh.  

He gesticulates with his pipe.

MS PROFESSOR

                    PROFESSOR 

        Mankind is an active, mobile animal.  

        Yes?  Whether it be traversing the 

        tundra,

He advances to a slide of a snow boarder, then a child sledding.

                    PROFESSOR (CONT’D)

        journeying to and from the day’s                 

        responsibilities,

He advances to a slide of subway riders on the platform, then a security guard working outside.

                    PROFESSOR (CONT’D)

        or simply enjoying time with a loved one,

He advances to a slide of someone walking their dog in the cold.

                    PROFESSOR (CONT’D)

        it must coexist with this living planet.  

        Warmth provides a much more comfortable         

        coexistence.  And no matter how 

        indestructible mankind thinks it may be, 

He advances to a slide of a sports injury, then a backache, then arthritis, then a massage.

                    PROFESSOR (CONT’D)

        coexistence can also have its price.  

He pauses.

CU PROFESSOR

                    PROFESSOR 

        The quest for comfort and malady relief 

        has found its grail.  Enter...

He advances to a slide of a Large Rectangle Wonder Warmer.

CU SLIDE

                    PROFESSOR (CONT’D)

        ...the Wonder Warmer.  This incredible 

        apparatus     offers mankind a source of 

        heat whose diversification,

He advances to a slide of a Hand Warmer pair, then a Neck and Shoulders warmer, and then a Baby Bottle Warmer wrapped around a baby bottle.

                    PROFESSOR (CONT’D)

        and simplicity make it ideal, for 

        house, sport, or exploration.  

MCU PROFESSOR 

         And how does one release this magic, 

         you ask?  

CU PROFESSOR 

         My god...

WS PROFESSOR PREPARING TO OPEN TRUNK

TO

MS PROFESSOR UNLOCKING AND BEGINNING TO OPEN

He opens the magic trunk and an awesome beam of light is released.

LOW ANGLE CU BEAM OF LIGHT ON PROFESSOR

TO 

MS PROFESSOR

He produces from within a Wonder Warmer and closes the trunk.  

                    PROFESSOR 

         You take this nearly impenetrable pouch, 

         and holding it with both hands, press 

         the raised side of the metal disc with 

         both thumbs.  

CU CRYSTALLIZATION IN PROFESSOR'S HAND 

         The non-toxic gel 

         crystallizes before one’s eyes, producing 

         heat.  But the truly extraordinary element 

         to these little miracles, is a reality for                   

         planaria flatworms, but something of which 

         mankind only dreams.

He pauses.

CU PROFESSOR

                     PROFESSOR 

        Regeneration.

MS PROFESSOR  

He once again opens his magic trunk and produces a tea kettle, a mug, and a tea bag.  He describes the Wonder Warmer boiling process while making a cup of tea, using the trunk as a table. 

                    PROFESSOR 

        Once one’s Wonder Warmer has grown cold, 

        by protecting it with a cloth and 

        placing it in a bath of boiling water, 

        one induces the crystals to liquefy, 

        recharging the Wonder Warmer.  Once it 

        cools, it is ready to use immediately, 

        or save it for the future.  

        Warmer, reborn.

WS PROFESSOR 

He takes off his glasses and cleans the lenses.

                    PROFESSOR 

        So whether one is trekking through the 

        snowy regions, exploring the great 

        metropolis, or simply soothing the 

        body,

MS PROFESSOR 

         mankind’s needs, and desires, 

         have been answered.

CU PROFESSOR  

         A new dawn is rising.  

He raises his mug and nods his head.

    

                    PROFESSOR 

        Here endeth the lesson. 

He takes a sip.

FADE TO BLACK.

                    TITLE

        Wonder Warmers.  Evolve. 

        wonderwarmers.com.

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