Nicholas and Max sit in the studio.

Maxwell is in his mid-teens, with short light brown hair. He wears a black suit, white shirt and black tie.

Nicholas is in his early teens, with short curly brown hair and wears a blue suit, a blue tie and a pale blue shirt.

A man slams a clapperboard.

(music plays)

The Big Top Academy logo appears with the caption "Big Top Bulletin."

Max says I'M MAXWELL RAYNE
IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF
"WHAT BUGS ME RIGHT NOW."
THE TOPIC OF TODAY'S "WHAT BUGS
ME RIGHT NOW" IS KNOCK KNOCK
JOKES.
NOW, I HAVE A DECENT SENSE OF
HUMOR...

Nicholas coughs.

Max says WHAT?

Nicholas says OH NOTHING.
SORRY.
GO ON.

Max says LIKE I WAS SAYING.
I APPRECIATE A GOOD JOKE, A PUN,
A RIDDLE, A PRANK, I LOVE THEM
ALL.
YOU WANT TO TELL ME A JOKE?
I'LL HAPPILY LISTEN.
UNLESS, IT'S A KNOCK KNOCK JOKE.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO HALF
THE WORK JUST TO HEAR A DUMB
JOKE.
YOU SAY "KNOCK KNOCK" AND THEN I
SAY "WHO'S THERE?"
AND THEN YOU TELL ME WHO'S THERE
AND I HAVE TO ASK ANOTHER
QUESTION JUST TO GET THE WHOLE
POINT OF THE JOKE.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO ASK SO
MANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANT TO HEAR A JOKE,
LAUGH, SMILE, SMIRK, WHATEVER
AND MOVE ON WITH MY DAY.
IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?
I THINK NOT.

Nicholas says WHAT ABOUT LIMERICKS?

Max says WHAT?

Nicholas says LIMERICKS.
YOU NEVER MENTIONED WHETHER OR
NOT YOU LIKE LIMERICKS.

Max says I'M NOT SURE WHAT A LIMERICK IS.

Nicholas says WELL, IT'S LIKE JOKE POEM WITH A
RHYME SCHEME OF A A B B A.

Max says SOUNDS HILARIOUS.

Nicholas says NO.
I ACTUALLY WROTE ONE DOWN FOR
YOU.

Max says THIS IS GONNA BE BAD.

Nicholas says UGH.
I THINK I LEFT IT IN MY ROOM BUT
I SHOULD HAVE IT MEMORIZED.
UM.
THERE WAS A SMART KID NAMED
MAXWELL RAYNE WHO THOUGHT KNOCK
KNOCK JOKES WERE A PAIN.
HE WAS PUSHED TO THE BRINK AND
THE REASON I THINK IS THERE'S NO
FUNNY BONE IN HIS BRAIN.

Max says WOW.
THIS JUST IN.
I DON'T LIKE LIMERICKS EITHER.
I'M MAXWELL RAYNE.
HAVE A PLEASANT EVENING OR
WHATEVER.

Miss Martel says KNOCK KNOCK.

Max says WHO'S THERE?

Miss Martel says AH, GOT YOU, AH.

Nicholas says GOTCHA.
GOOD ONE MS. MARTEL.