The Boss Always Loved Jelly Doughnuts by Mike Murphy

Two not-too-bright hoods hold a doughnut shop clerk at gunpoint and force him to eat jellys in the belief that their late boss will soon be appearing there.

Type:

Short

Status:

For sale

Page Count:

32pp

Genre:

Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

Budget:

Shoestring

Age Rating:

13+

Based On:

My audio script.

Synopsis/Details:

Two not-too-bright hoods hold a doughnut shop clerk at gunpoint. They believe that their beloved boss, now dead, will reappear in the shop tonight if the clerk eats the more than a dozen jelly doughnuts that are left over. At gunpoint, the clerk tries to eat them all, but he soon feels sick. While waiting, the hoods reminisce about why they think tonight is the big night. They think back to, among other times, the boss's funeral - when the casket lid slammed shut on one of their ties and nearly strangled him.

At midnight, the boss does reappear, but only to criticize his men for being so gullible. After making them apologize to the clerk and leave, the boss briefly takes over the clerk's body to taste just one more jelly doughnut.

Story & Logistics

Story Conclusion:

Happy

Linear Structure:

Non-linear

Cast Size:

Several

Locations:

Several

Special Effects:

Minor cgi

Characters

Lead Role Ages:

Male Young Adult, Male Middle Aged, Male over 45

Advanced

Action Elements:

Physical Stunts

Time Period:

Contemporary times

Country:

United States of America (USA)

Time of Year:

Autumn/Fall

Submitted: May 4, 2019

Last Updated: October 16, 2024

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The Writer: Mike Murphy

Mike, a four-time Parsec Awards finalist, has had over 150 audio plays produced in the U.S. and overseas. He’s won a dozen Moondance International Film Festival Awards (winner, finalist, and semi-finalist) in their TV pilot, audio play, short screenplay, and short story categories. A more complete list of awards is presented below by year. In 2025, his TV pilot script Milly Foster, Macabre Investigator was a quarter-finalist in the Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards (Season 9), Solutions, Inc. (another TV pilot script) was a quarter-finalist in the Creative Screenwriting Pilot Screenplay Competition, short screenplay The Price of Friendship was a semi-finalist in the Filmmatic Short... Go to bio