Lockie Leonard (2007–2010): Season 2, Episode 18 - Laugh with the Leonards - full transcript

Lockie feels as though the whole world is laughing at him.

- And give it up now

for everybody's favourite little brother,

- There's
a funny thing about families.

- Philip Leonard.

There's a public face,

that we like to show to the world.

- And finally here he is,

the star of Laugh With the Leonards,

the lovelorn with the
surfboard, it's Lockie Leonard.

- And
there's the private face,

the face we keep hidden
away from everyone,



behind closed doors.

You'd have to say that Saturday
afternoons at the Leonards

is one of those times, when
the last thing you need

is a studio audience.

- Hello, anybody home?

- Put it
this way, Saturday afternoons

at the Leonards' is for
immediate family members only.

- Hooey!

- Someone's here.

- Hi!

Joy, isn't it?

Sunny, we met the other
day at school, the musical

and we really hit it off.

- I thought we were going
to see some rain today.



- Me too, it came over
really cloudy earlier on.

- And then it fined up again.

- Yes, it did.

Yes, the musical, of course.

- I found this on the
ground on the way in.

- Thank you.

Goodness me, Phillip, look at you,

middle of the afternoon,
you're not even dressed.

- Mum, it's Saturday, we never get dressed

- Sunny, why don't you head on inside,

I do have to warn you though,

you have to take us as you find us.

- I'd love to but I was wondering

if I couldn't beg the biggest favour.

- Of course, you only have to ask.

- You remember my daughter Mel.

- Yes mum, you remember Mel.

She's the one that Lockie tried to kiss

and it all went horribly wrong.

- Hi!

- And you remember Lockie.

- Are you kidding me?
That's so not gonna happen.

- Wow.

- Thanks Joy, I'll pick her up tomorrow.

I know it's short notice but
if I can nail this presentation

and the green expo,

Mel and I will be laughing
all the way to the bank.

- Wow. Gosh.

- Righty see you tomorrow chuck.

Bye! Thanks again for having Mel over!

- Mel is doing what?

- And
just when this nightmare

couldn't get any worse.

- Magnificent specimen
of manhood coming through!

- No, no please no.

- It's like a jungle out-

- Perhaps Lockie you'd like to take Mel

for a little walk, for an hour.

- At least.

- You sure you're cool about
me staying over tonight?

I mean you didn't really get much say.

- You've only been here five minutes

and already seen my family
in their underwear, so,

how can it get any worse.

Only if someone mentions

what happened the other day at the beach.

- Do you wanna talk about
what happened the other day

at the beach?

- Me? Nah. It's
weird, it's like I can't even

remember much happening.

It's like I've forgotten the whole day.

- Even the bit where you tried to kiss me

and I told you to get lost?

- Really? Can't remember that bit.

- The way I see it,

things have been fun

when the two of us got
around being, well, mates.

But then everything changed.

Like, big time.

If Mel was ever gonna quit laughing at me,

I had to get things back
to the way they were.

- So do you wanna go kick a footie

or I don't know, maybe we
could go drop some farts.

- Yeah, let's do that.

- Or do you wanna have a nose
around inside that house?

- Wouldn't the people who live
there have something to say?

- No, nobody lives there.

It's been empty since we moved to Angelus.

Where are you going?

Uhm, Mel, I was joking!

- It's unlocked!

- Yeah, great. Let's do it.

Okay, that's enough, let's go now.

Mel?

Mate?

I could live here.

It's cool.

- Next door, yeah, great.

Mind you, can't be all that
bad living on a house boat.

- I'm guessing that's
cos you've never had to.

Think toilets in a force 9 gale.

- We really should get a move on.

- Sure.

I guess everyone would
be fully clothed by now.

- If you would like to sit there, Mel,

in the good chair.

- I hope you're feeling peckish now.

- Sure am.

Yum, tuna Mornay!

- No, it's apricot beef.

- Right.

Yum.

- Mel, about this morning.

I hope you don't think that
just because it's a Saturday

that's an excuse for me getting
around in a state of undress

- Of course I wouldn't do that.

- I can't remember the last time

mum wasn't dressed before noon.

- That's right, it never happens.

- Don't worry about it.

If we'd move somewhere out of the way,

mum and I don't bother
with clothes at all.

- You mean you get around in the...

- Sure.

- No
Lockie. Do not go there.

Think of something else.

- Haha, stupid Lockie.

I can't do this.

A stitch.

- That's, that's very forward thinking

of you and your mum.

- Not to mention chilly.

- You guys are hilarious.

Yeah, that'd be right.

After every embarrassing
little thing Mel's seen

at the Leonards' today,

she'll have enough to
keep her laughing out loud

for the rest of the century.

- Hey mum! What's cooking?

- To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure!

- There you go again,

you'd have to be the
worst cook in the world.

Well at least I managed to
get dressed this morning.

- I can explain.

I've been working under cover.

Where's my boy Lockie?

Why the long face son.

- I just tried to kiss a girl is all.

- You, Lockie? Kiss a
girl? Now that's funny.

- What is it Joy?

- No, nothing important.

- Joy?

- It's from the people who decide

whether or not community radio
station goes ahead or not.

Haha, that's all. I'll open it later.

- Thanks for dinner, it was yummy.

I'm just getting a glass of water.

- You have to open it now.

- No I can't, too nervous

- Mel, if you wouldn't mind. Read.

- Looks like you've
been given the go ahead.

All you have to do is
broadcast the pilot programme

by the end of tomorrow and you're all set.

- Tomorrow?

How long has that thing been sitting

in the back garden unnoticed?

- Surely there's room
for leniency, read on.

- If you don't broadcast by the deadline

you'll licence offer will be revoked

and you won't get another chance. Ever.

That's good news.

- Yeah

- I'm just gonna go brush my teeth.

- Okay you need to get on the phone,

you need to contact some local talent

and be behind that microphone tomorrow.

- On the radio? Talking to myself?

No, no no no no no,
couldn't possibly do that.

No, I just, I'd just end up
putting everybody to sleep.

Mel!

- Are you sure you'll be comfortable?

- It's cool, mum and I are
used to sleeping anywhere.

- You'll be wearing appropriate
sleep attire I hope.

- Nothing with trucks on them.

- Nothing?
- That's what you mean.

- You can't possibly
sleep in here, with us.

Mum! I sleepwalk, and
I might tread on you!

- That's a good point Phillip.

Besides, we can't have
you sleeping on the floor.

No, you're a guest.

- I don't feel good about
kicking you and Sarge

out of your bed.

- No arguments young lady.

- And you don't have to tuck
me in, I can do it myself.

- Of course you can.

- Mrs Leonard?

- Mhm.
- You missed a bit.

- That was a very close call.

Phillip wasn't kidding.

Having the spend the whole night

listening to my little brother snore

would have been the icing
on the cake for Mel.

- I'm as broadminded as the next man,

but as far as clothes go,
or the total lack of them,

there's a standard.

I mean, what if they gotta get
something in the first place.

- That's right.

And what if Mel and her mum
really did move in next door.

And this 36 hours of
stomach churning humiliation

turn into a lifetime.

- Hey, we thought since Mel
and I are just next door

and in need of a giggle,

we'd just barge in out of
the blue and laugh at you.

- Hello everybody
out there in radio land,

this is Angelus public radio,

coming to you for the very first time

- Do you really think I can do it?

- Excuse me,

not only do I think a
certain walking miracle

by the name of Joy Leonard can do it,

alone if necessary,

I think the whole world
is agog in anticipation,

at the triumph that is to come.

Seems to be a lot of
static out there tonight,

I don't know where that's coming from.

- It's true Sarge,

the whole room filled
with this unearthly light,

that can only be associated

with the highly developed
form of space transport.

- I'd like to believe you Philip

but there's a more rational explanation.

There's your aliens.

Looks like they've moved in next door.

I think what you saw was the headlights

from the removaler's truck.

- Hi.

Hi, I'm Joe, I've just moved in.

What's your name? You up to much?

Wow, nice garden.

What are you guys doing for breakfast?

What do you happen to wear for cereal?

- Suppose we won't get to be neighbours

now that you know

- Joe

- Joe has moved in.

- What a pee.

- Shame.

- Fantastic work Mrs Leonard,

your milk to cereal ratio is spot on.

- Now then, plans for the day.

I have a community radio
station to get running,

and Phillip has volunteered to help me

with the technical side of things.

- Not a problem.

- Count me in.

- Sarge?

- The garden out there,
it looks like a jungle

and I think I'm the man to tame it.

- Which just leaves Lockie and Mel.

- Maybe
the safest thing was to get

Mel out of the house.

At least that way she wouldn't
find anything to laugh at.

- Well, I was going to go for a surf

and you're welcome to come along

and watch if you like, mate.

- That's okay, I am happy
just to hang around the house.

- You do whatever you like Mel.

We just want you to feel right at home.

- Okay, I confess.

Eighteen hours into Mel's visit

and I've kind of lost the
ability to think straight.

And being back at the scene of
the crime made it even worse.

- Promise me you'll never
try to kiss me again

or I'll die of laughing!

- Okay, needs a bit
of a clean doesn't it.

Goodness.

Phillip put that down.

Put that car there.

Alright come on, come on, come on.

- There's a little bit of
work to do, but we'll be fine.

- Maybe it's for the best Phillip.

I mean, running a radio station.

You'd have to admit, bit of a pipe dream.

Probably end up with everybody
laughing at me anyway.

- Sorry, I'm not that
familiar with the technology.

- Well, we tried.

- I'm pretty sure I can fix this.

Testing testing.

- My goodness me, Joe.

Where'd you learn to do that?

And at your age.

- It's not that hard.

- There you go, we're
on, we're broadcasting.

- So, are you telling me
you've never had a garden,

never had a pet.

What, not even a ship's cat?

- Had a ship's goldfish once,

but I liberated him over the side.

- Okay.

If you think what I did before was dumb,

wait and see what I did now.

Yeah, go for it.

Pretty funny aren't we.

You had a good laugh at me at
the beach after the musical,

you spent the whole weekend
laughing at my family.

What's next,

you're gonna have a nice
little giggle at my pet sheep?

- Nice one Lockie, what
was that all about.

- Hello everybody out there in radio land,

and welcome to this, the
first pilot broadcast

of radio Angelus, a community
radio station for you,

the people of Angelus.

So first, some introductions.

My name is...

- Mum, it's mum.

- No no no, my real name.

- Mrs Leonard.

Sorry for that momentary
break in transmission.

My name is Mrs Leonard

and I'm going to be with
you for the next hour or so

this afternoon.

I will be talking to you about,

well,

you know those things that really,

for example,

now some of you may not
be aware of this but

sometimes my family and I
eat our dinners off our laps.

Means no washing up until the next day.

Now by some mysterious process

which no one really understands,

a report gets sent out to all the other

known mums in the universe,

saying, Joy Leonards' house
is a rubbish tin, pass it on.

Don't ask me how, but it happens.

So, I thought it might
be quite nice if you,

the people of Angelus called
in and we had a chat about

whatever might be on your mind.

So, the lines are open.

And we have a caller already.

Uhm, hello?

- Hi, I just wanted to say
that even though certain people

who I won't mention by name,

might think that I'm just
a big pain in the bum,

certain people should also know that

up until about ten minutes ago

I was having one of the best
weekends I can ever remember.

In all sorts of ways.

For example, a certain person's mother

is a totally brilliant inventive cook,

and certain people might
also want to know that

even though I laughed
at a certain incident

that happened at the beach,

it was probably just
because I was embarrassed

and I didn't wanna stop
us from being mates.

- Well, if that is the case,

I think a certain person
should call in and apologise.

- Yeah, well, they could if they liked.

- Hello, it's a certain person here.

And I'd just like to say

I'm glad you called and
had a really great weekend.

And she's welcome to come back
and stay any time she likes.

- Really?

- Yeah, and a certain person
would also like to say

he's sorry he's been such a loser lately.

When it was only a week ago
that he thought you were

one of the best mates anyone could have.

- Well, I suppose you
can't help being a loser,

seeing as how you are one.

- So I
guess what Mel was saying,

was that over the weekend
she got a close up squeeze

at the Leonards', in their undies.

And strangely enough, she
didn't think we were some weird

mutant family,

even on Saturday afternoons.