The Adventures of Scooterman1972

[the screen of the calendar changes from November to December. Scooterman and Kickstand notice that December has only 30 days]

Dr. Halfbaked:
And now, look what happens at the end of the year!

Kickstand:
Dr. Halfbaked, wait a minute: December has 31 days.

Dr. Halfbaked:
Not anymore! My new calendar has 30 days in every month.

Scooterman:
But why?

Dr. Halfbaked:
Because I can never remember how many days are in each month of the old calendar. But now, that every month has the same number of days, it's easy to remember. And now, watch what my calendar does at the end of the year, at midnight - a new year's eve!

[excitedly, Dr. Halfbaked shows the visual effects of the calendar at the end of the year 1979]

Kickstand:
[impressed] Wow! I'll never look in another calendar again!

Dr. Halfbaked:
But there's more! What's more important than the end of a century, when we're ready to start another hundred years?

[Dr. Halfbaked becomes pensive]

Dr. Halfbaked:
I didn't test this part of the calendar yet. I don't know exactly what will happen... this will be the first time it shows what happens at the end of the century! Are you ready?

Scooterman:
We'll never be ready, but go on, Dr. Halfbaked.

[Dr. Halfbaked operates the calendar. Suddenly, something goes wrong. As often happens to Dr. Halfbaked's inventions, the calendar explodes. The room is filled with smoke. They all cough. Scooterman and Kickstand help Dr. Halfbaked sit down]

Dr. Halfbaked:
[whimpers] Do you know how long it took me to make that? I worked hard. Five times a day. Six days a week. Every week for ten years! And now... nothing. My calendar will never be the same again.

[Scooterman and Kickstand are relieved to hear that]

Scooterman:
That's wonderful.

Kickstand:
Boy, am I glad to hear that!

Dr. Halfbaked:
Now I'll have to think of a new idea. I sometimes get an idea very quickly.

[Scooterman and Kickstand decide it is time to leave]

Kickstand:
Goodbye, Dr. Halfbaked. Please, don't get into trouble again.

[Scooterman and Kickstand leave. Dr. Halfbaked looks at the broken calendar and sighs. He sits, deep in thought, and suddenly a new idea crosses his mind. Overjoyed, he starts taking notes]