I apologise for flooding Critique today. I went through an old notebook and found some sketch ideas from a couple of years ago and thought I'd try and write 'em up.
INT. A STUDY - DAY
A man dressed in traditional magician's garb sits in his study. This is EMPIRICO THE SCIENTICIAN.
EMPIRICO
I was trying to think of entertaining ways of teaching science to young kids, and I came up with this character, Empirico the scientician. I go round to kid's parties, nurseries, those kinds of places and basically introduce children to the wonder and magic of science.
INT. A LIVING ROOM - DAY
Empirico faces a room full of 8 year olds. He has a top hat in his hand.
EMPIRICO
Hello kiddies! Who knows what rapid oxidation is? Anyone? Anyone? No? Well it's quite simple. It's a complex sequence of exothermic chemical reactions between a fuel and an oxidant accompanied by the production of heat or both heat and light in the form of either a glow or flames. Got that?
The kids are silent.
EMPIRICO (CONT'D)
Do you want to see an example of rapid oxidation?
The kids are silent.
EMPIRICO (CONT'D)
Who's this?
He lifts up a bunny rabbit.
EMPIRICO (CONT'D)
It's Dawkins the bunny! Say hello to Dawkins.
KIDS
HELLO DAWKINS!
He puts Dawkins into the hat. Then squirts lighter fluid in and tosses in a match.
WHOOMP. A small explosion, then flames emerging from the hat.
The children start to cry as Empirico wafts air over the hat, trying to keep the flames going.
EMPIRICO
In two or three minutes Dawkins will have almost entirely vanished. And that's science. Ta-daaaa!
He holds his arms out and grins at the now hysterical kids.
KID
I want Dawkins back.
EMPIRICO
Oh dear. Hands up who knows what a non-reversible reaction is?
END.
