Survivor: Library
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Six contestants must compete to see who can survive in the library.
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Added: 5 years ago
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[scene opens with the male host speaking directly to the camera]
HOST: Hi there, folks! Welcome to the "Survivor Library", where we've got six contestants ready to compete for the world prize! Let's meet them.
[the theme from "Survivor" plays, as shots of the various children participating are shown]
Survivor: Library
Overbooked, Overdue, Overwhelmed
Pauline, accountant
Steve, computer programmer
Terry, pediatrician
Georgia, marine biologist
Joanne, dentist
Alex, college professor
[cut back to the host]
HOST: Hmm, I wonder. Do these people have what it takes to survive in the library? Do they know the Dewey Decimal System? Do they know the difference between fiction and non-fiction?
[cut to another shot of the host]
HOST: First, they will have to find food.
[cut to Joanne using a fishing pole in the library's aquarium]
[cut to Alex holding a book with a campfire on the cover]
ALEX: I've created fire!
[he blows on the cover to "stoke" the flame, then puts a stuffed "Nemo" doll on top of the book to "cook" it]
[cut to Terry using a plastic knife and fork to try and "eat" one of the pictures of food in a book]
[cut to Steve shaking an Anne Rice book]
STEVE: Dang, man! Why ain't the rice coming out?
[cut to Terry trying to catch the computer mouse using a box trap, but a female library patron grabs the mouse away]
LIBRARY PATRON: I need this mouse for MySpace time!
TERRY: Aw man!
[cut back to the host]
HOST: Now they have to build fires and find shelter ...
[cut to Steve rubbing two green pencils together, when a young African-American female librarian walks by shaking her head]
LIBRARIAN: Everyone knows you can't build a fire with green wood ... Duh!
[cut to Terry looking at a picture of a medieval sun woodcut on the computer, then holding a magnifying glass up to it to try and use the "rays" to start a fire]
[cut to several members of the tribe sitting on the floor of the library, using several items (including a book and a trashcan) to cover themselves for shelter ... Terry, meanwhile, is shivering and hiding under a bookcart for warmth]
LIBRARY SHELVER: I need this to shelve books!
[the young female library assistant pushes the cart over Terry]
TERRY: Ahh!
["There goes Terry" appears on screen, then cut back to the host holding up a book on Marie Curie]
HOST: Now they have to do the first challenge, of finding this biography book somewhere in the library ... Hmm, I wonder where it is.
[cut to the contestants lined up at the front desk (ready to race for the computer terminals), when Pauline trips and falls as the other children trample her]
TERRY: Ow! Ow! Ow!
LIBRARIAN: No running ...
["So long Pauline" appears on screen, then cut to Joanne using the online catalog]
JOANNE: Hey, I found Marie Curie!
[cut to Alex sitting at his computer, staring at the desktop]
ALEX: Why won't this thing work?
[cut to Steve using his computer]
STEVE: Curie!
[he gets up and runs off, as Joanne is shown slowly typing on the computer]
[cut to Georgia looking around the stacks]
LIBRARIAN: [frightened] Don't go into the kids' section!
[a stuffed bear "jumps" out and tackles her]
GEORGIA: Ahh!
[cut to the librarian shaking her head]
LIBRARIAN: I warned you ...
["Georgia's off our mind" appears on screen, then cut to Alex running up to the front desk holding a book]
ALEX: Yes, I got the book! Yes! In their faces!
[he calms down and hands the book to the librarian]
ALEX: Hi ... Here you go.
[she scans the book in]
LIBRARIAN: I'm sorry, this book is on hold for someone else.
ALEX: What?!
[he pounds his fist on the counter, as Joanne calmly walks up and takes the book]
ALEX: Darn!
[he storms off, as the librarian scans the book and hands it back to Joanne]
[cut to Alex and Steve watching a video of a fireplace on the computer, rubbing their hands as if it is giving them warmth]
[cut to a man (wearing a lizard handpuppet) looking around the mystery section, when Alex appears ... only for a mysterious man in a trenchcoat to sneak up behind him and grab him]
ALEX: Wha!
["Alex's fate is a puzzle" appears on screen, then cut back to the man with the handpuppet]
COMRADE BOOKOVSKI: [in bad Russian accent] Fool! Should not go to mystery section alone!
[cut back to the host]
HOST: And now, for the final vote! Who will win? Let's get a drumroll, please!
[he puts a hand to his ear, but nothing happens]
HOST: Man, where my drumroll?
[cut to Joanne and Steve, each holding a piece of paper]
JOANNE: I vote off Steve!
[he drops his piece of paper, but (before he can bend down to pick it up) she hands him her piece of paper]
JOANNE: Here you go!
STEVE: And I vote off ...
[he reads from the piece of paper]
STEVE: "Steve."
[he throws down the piece of paper]
STEVE: Aw man!
JOANNE: Wee! Woo hoo!
[Steve wipes away the tears, as the librarian walks up to him]
LIBRARIAN: I'm sorry Steve, you're not the Library Survivor.
[she takes a pair of scissors and cuts his library card in half]
LIBRARIAN: It's okay, it's okay ...
[she hugs him, as Joanne returns and pats him on the back]
[cut to the host speaking with Steve]
HOST: Steve Steve, you just voted yourself off! How do you feel?
[he hangs his head and begins walking off]
STEVE: Dang, man!
HOST: [yelling after him] It's alright, man, it's alright ...
[cut to the host speaking with Joanne]
HOST: And here's the winner, Joanne!
[they high five]
HOST: Good job! You have what it takes to survive in the library! Pretty happy for you!
Using the library doesn't have to be this hard.
Brazoria County Library System
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Concept and ideas developed by the teens in this video
Library Patron, constant MySpace user
Library Shelver, keeping the books in order
Librarian, working through the craziness
Survivor: Library Host, keeping cool under pressure
Mystery Man, who is he?
Comrade Bookovski, book aficianado
Stunt Bear, with a little help from Producer
Director, making the whole thing run on time
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