Death Request (T.H.I.S. Episode)

Death Request is the second episode of Tally Hall's Internet Show, which premiered on their website September 29, 2008. The episode runs 11 minutes and 35 seconds and is best known as "The episode where they try to kill Ross." It is the first episode with an underlying plot.

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• Also, watch the LOST SECOND ACT HERE.

Sketches

The Ross World

{A green title card similar to those used before movie trailers appears on the screen reading, "The following NONSENSE has been approved for TALLY HALL AUDIENCES by the Internet Video Association of America"}

{Cut to an establishing shot of outside a house, slowly zooming in. A title "The Ross World" is seen on the top left corner. The intrumental for Greener can be heard in the background.}

NARRATOR: Previously on Tally Hall:

{Cut to inside the house where you can see Ross, aggravated, and 3 people sitting down.}

ROSS: Can't believe this s***!

{Ross proceeds to throw a jar of peanut butter and then tosses books off the coffee table infront of him}

ROSS: All this over some f***ing peanut butter! Like people in this house has no f***ing problem!

{Cut to Ross stomping downstairs}

ROSS: I'm sick of this s***!

{Cut to a confessional including Ross, along with the text "Ross, Drummer" on the bottom left corner. It's in black and white.]

ROSS: I didn't even know who's peanut butter it was! I was hungry, there was peanut butter.

{Cut back to the house, now in full colour. The camera directs to one of the men sitting on the sofa with a guitar, then to a woman sitting on a recliner}

WOMEN: If he pulls this s*** again, I'm calling the police!

{Cut to the 3rd man, sitting on the arm rest of the sofa]

MAN: Ross is a b****!

{Cut to Rob Cantor in a black room moving in stop motion. A Chiptune cover of Welcome to Tally Hall plays. Rob puts his hands together and pulls them apart to reveal his name on a yellow block and moves into the background. Ross Federman moves into the foreground and pushes a grey block against his head with his right hand, it comes out the other side of his head and the grey block with his name on it gets grabbed by his right hand. Ross moves into the background. Joe Hawley comes into the foreground doing a finger gun motion, the red block with his name on it comes out like a flag from a prop gun. Joe moves into the background. Andrew comes into the foreground, grabs the screen, which flashes green for a millisecond, he pulls the block back until it freezes on him holding the block with his name on it. Andrew moves into the background. Zubin moves into the foreground, unfolding the block, which has his name on it when he moves it down slightly. Zubin moves into the background, the other members of the band move next to him, then go into the foreground, but are interrupted by a falling curtain. The logo for the show falls down attached to strings as a voice sings "Tally Hall" }

Death Request (Part 1)

{Cut outside, camera following infront of Rob, Ross and Andrew leaving what seems to be a resturant. They're all holding drinks but Andrew is also eating a burger. TV rating, "TV I", is shown at the top left for 3 seconds}

ROSS: The whole experience was really incredible! You couldn't even tell if she's a hologram or robot or what.

ROB: Wow!

{Both take a sip of their drinks}

ROSS: Hey, did you guys hear about Zubin?

ROB: Mh mh.

ROSS: He's dying.

{Rob spits out drink}

ROB: No!

ROSS: Yeah, better visit!

ROB: We played racquetball yesterday!

{Cut to a flashback of Rob and Zubin playing racquetball. Zubin scores and yells in happiness, running towards Rob, pushing him twice. The flashback is in black and white}

ZUBIN: What? What??

{Cut back outside in front of Rob, Ross and Andrew. There's colour again}

ROSS: Well, he's dying.

ROB: Huh!

{Cut to house interior. Rob can be seen outside, unlocking the door. He walks inside.}

ROB: Zube?

{Rob closes the door and heads upstairs}

ROB: Zubin?

{Cut to Zubin's room. A piano piece is played in the background for dramatic effect. The camera pans up Zubin sleeping}}

{Cut to Rob's face behind the bedroom door, quietly opening it. He peaks out}

ROB: Zubin?

ZUBIN: Hey Rob!

ROB: Hey buddy!

{Rob let himself in and sat down at the end of the bed.}

ROB: What's this about you dying?

ZUBIN: Well, you know!

ROB: Yeah, I guess.

{Zubin unexpectedly springs up, holding Rob's face. Cuts to a close up of their faces}

ZUBIN: I need you to do something for me.

ROB: Well anything, sure!

{Cut to Zubin's hand holding a scroll of paper, giving it on Rob}

ZUBIN: When I die, I need you to follow this map.

ROB: Ok?

ZUBIN: It is VERY important.

ROB: What is it?

{Zubin let go of Rob's face and is slowly falling backwards}

ROB: Zubin?

{Zubin proceeds to dramatically roll and flop on the bed. Every second during this happens, an ominous piano chord plays. Rob isn't doing anything, just watching him at the end of the bed. Zubin sits up for a second. Cuts to Rob's face with a nervous expression then cuts back to the bed when zubin starts rolling again. He leans against Rob then back into bed. He springs up, inches from Rob's face. Cut to their faces}

ZUBIN: These are my last words!

{Zubin now falls into bed and doesn't move. Rob, now distressed, tries to wake him up by grabbing him}

ROB: What? What?! WHAT?! Zubin?

{Zooming in}

ROB: No! Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! *Mouthing explosion sound*

15 Seconds Of Bora: Whole Bronzini, YouTube Link

{Cut to a logo with large stone letters reading "OF BORA". (BORA is in orange, the rest of the letters are grey) As singers sing "Fifteen seconds", large stone letters reading "FIFTEEN SECONDS" drop from the top of the screen. Then, as singers sing "of Bora!" several clips of Bora appear faded on the screen. (him doing karate, talking to someone while in a suit) After the logo drops, several videos of small Boras sit above the word "FIFTEEN". The singers sing "Yeah!" and several explosions appear on the bottom of the logo.}

{Cut to a kitchen with Bora. The dialog is played 50% faster}

BORA: To make whole bronzini baked in salt crust, stuff the bronzini with parsley, scallion, bay leaves and lemon slices. Vigoursly mix four pounds of coarse sea salt and two egg whites in a large bowl. Spread a third of the mixture over the bottom of an oven dish. Place the fish on top, then cover completely with the rest of the mixture. No part of the fish should remain uncovered. Pre-heat the oven to 450°. Cook twenty to thirty minutes. When cooked, crack the crust at the table with a hammer.

{As the dialog played, The shots follow Bora holding the fish (Text reading "WHOLE BRONZINI BAKED IN SALT CRUST"), stuffing the parsley scallion, bay leaves and lemon slices (Text reading each ingredient he's holding), holding the coarse sea salt, cracking the egg whites (Text reading "2 EGG WHITES"), stiring the bowl, adding the mixture onto the oven dish, placing the fish, covering the fish, turning the dial on his oven to 450° (Text reading the temperature of the oven), looking at his watch (text reading "20 - 30 MINS"), pulling out the bronzini from the oven and hammering it on the table (Text reading "HAMMER")}

{Cut to a logo with large stone letters reading "OF BORA". (BORA is in orange, the rest of the letters are grey) As singers sing "Fifteen seconds", large stone letters reading "FIFTEEN SECONDS" drop from the top of the screen. Then, as singers sing "of Bora!" several clips of Bora appear faded on the screen. (him doing karate, talking to someone while in a suit) After the logo drops, several videos of small Boras sit above the word "FIFTEEN". The singers sing "Yeah!" and several explosions appear on the bottom of the logo.}

Tough Since Mom Left, YouTube Link

{Cut outside to a father and his son, Ben, fishing. Piano music plays}

FATHER: I know it's been tough since mom left.

{Ben sighs, clearly upset}

FATHER: Ben, I want to give you something. Hold out your hand.

{He holds out his hand. His father carefully placed something in his hand. Cuts to Ben's hand; it's a Rasin™. hey both hug and the text "Rasins™" appear at the bottom of the screen. Its read by a random narrator. The scene then fades out}

Death Request (Part 2)

{Fade to Zubin's bedroom. Rob sitting on his bed, playing and singing Two Wuv on his bass until Joe rushed in. TV rating, "TV I", is shown at the top left for 3 seconds}

JOE: Rob!

ROB: Finally! Where've you been?

JOE: Hurdlin'

{Cut to a montage of Joe hurdling over various objects and ticking them with chalk. The hurdled a cardboard box, a bench, a fire hydrant, actual hurdles and small trees. Bora is seen following behind Joe, ticking the trees for him. The scene is in black and white and 4-LOM by Cojum Dip is playing in the background}

{Cut to Zubin's bed. Joe hid Zubin's corpse under the covers and rolled out Rob's map}

JOE: Zubin's Room!

{Joe sat on his bed with the map in hand}

JOE: K, go straight, straight, right, right, straight, straight, straight, turn- turn right right right right right right! Straight! Right! Right, straight, left! Left- left, straight! Straight, Straight Straight Straight!

{Rob circled around the room and at the end, bumps into the bed, looking straight at the red "X" marked on the wall above}

ROB: Oh.

JOE: Oh!

{Cut to inside the wall facing towards Rob, tearing through. Rob finds a chest inside and the found secret sound effect from Legend of Zelda can be heard}

{Rob and Joe opens the chest on the floor to find yet another chest inside, playing the Zelda sound again. They open the new chest and the imfamous piano chord is heard. Cuts to a closeup of their face, looking at eachother in shock}

Welcome To Now

{Cuts to a compilation of different people telling the camera "I am alive" or "I am me". One of the spokespeople include Zubin. Music is heard in the background}

SPOKESPERSON: I am alive, I am me.

SP: I am alive, I am me.

SP: I am alive,

SP: I am me.

SP: I am alive,

SP: I am me.

SP: I am alive,

SP: I am alive,

SP: I am,

SP: me.

ZUBIN: I am me.

SP: I am alive!

SP: I am alive,

SP: I am me.

SP: I am me.

SP: I am me.

SP: I am me.

{The last person fades out and the logo and website for Welcome to Now appears}}

Internet Porn, YouTube Link

{Cuts to a dinner table. A girl and her mother, played by Rob, is in view, eating breakfast. Piano music is playing}

GIRL: Mom? I've been doing internet porn. Me and a couple of my friends from school. We told you we were on the debate team but after school, we go in our friend's basement and we shoot videos of ourselves in different positions and different little stunts and give them our own little nicknames. It's me and Sandra and then that boy that works at the um, Jiffy Lube. And um, we shoot videos and then we put some different music behind it and we post them on the internet!

ROB: I know.

{Cut to Rob's spoon he's holding. It's now apparent he's eating RasinBran. The text "Rasins™" reveals itself as it's read by a narrator}

Death Request (Part 3)

{Cut to a shot of a slip of paper reading "Hey guys, KILL ROSS. -Zubin P.S. Make sure you kill him." The infamous piano piece plays again. TV rating, "TV I", is shown at the top left for 3 second, as well as the Tally Hall logo at the bottom right}

{Cut to living room. Rob is pacing back and forth and Joe is thinking on the sofa}

JOE: I don't know...

ROB: I don't know either!

JOE: I don't think we should.

ROB: On one hand it's definitely a hor- yknow, horrible thing to do.

JOE: It just doesn't make sense! Why would Zubin want us to kill Ross? Ross is just a drummer.

ROB: You're probably right.

{Rob picks up the note and reads it again}

ROB: Yeah, but the note-

JOE: I can't believe you're actually considering this! Rob, an eye for an eye makes the whole world bli-

{Camera directs to the front door. Andrew stepped inside. The doorbell could be heard}

ANDREW: Guys! I came as soon as I heard.

ROB: What do you think?

ANDREW: We should definitely do it.

JOE: Aww this is ridiculous...

ROB: SHUT THE F*** UP! Go ahead, Andrew.

{Andrew closes the front door}

ANDREW: First of all, Ross is just a drummer. Second of all, this is Zubin's dying wish! You only get one dying wish in your entire lifetime and this was his. And if that isn't enough-

{Cut to Rob sitting down next to Joe. Andrew pulls out his "speech" from his pocket}

ANDREW: Zubin was our friend. Zubin was our brother. Zubin was love and we must do as what he would have wished. This is one of those few fragrant life moments in which our only option is to smell the golden rule.

{Andrew dropped the first two page of his speech on the floor.}

{Cut to the floor where the dropped pages become visible. This reveals the "speech" is in fact poorly made drawings with crayon}

ANDREW: And if there's one iota of beauty remaining in this god-forsaken little blue planet...

{The speech gets interrupted and inaudible by the sudden inspirational music in the background. Rob, Joe and Andrew start to sob intensely (Rob is seen with a Tear Stick at the begining of the scene). The text "EXCLUSIVE AWARDS SCREENING EDITION. UNAUTHORIZED DUPLICATION IS PROHIBITED. COPYRIGHT ©2008 PACIFIC PRODUCTIONS" appears at the bottom. The music then fades out}

ANDREW: ...and all the love in the universe.

JOE: Okay, let's kill Ross.

ROB: Mhm.

{Montage starts. Cuts to Andrew in the kitchen, baking poisonous cupcakes. He licks his finger and somehow survives}

{Cut to a store sign outside reading "Joe's Army Navy". Cut to Joe inside, shopping. He buys a bulletproof vest, gas mask, army helmet and grenades}

{Cut to Rob in the kitchen, deciding which knife to use. He picks up a kitchen knife and imitates stabbing. He puts it away and instead, opens the dishwasher to grab a machete}

{Cut to Andrew in the living room building a bomb on the coffee table. The cupcake batch is also on the table and he's shown tasting it once again}

{Cut to Joe in the backyard practicing aiming with his bow at a target with a picture of Ross' face}

{Cut to Andrew in a closet revealing a Zubin Shrine. He lights one of the candles. The camera pans from the top of the shrine to the bottom to Andrew's face}

{Cut to outside where we see Ross rollerskating down a path next to a lake. Rob, Joe and Andrew are hiding. When he passed by, they threw a net on him}

ROSS: Aah! I'm netted! I'm netted! Help! HELP! Oh. It's only you guys!

ANDREW: Hey Ross.

ROSS: Hey Andrew!

{Joe grabs an arrow}

JOE: Prepare...

{Joe loads the arrow}

JOE: ...To...

{Joe aims the bow at Ross}

JOE: ...Die!

ANDREW: It was Zubin's dying wish.

ROSS: To kill me??

JOE: Yeah.

ROSS: What for?

ANDREW: He didn't say!

ROSS: Yeah, that does put you guys in kind of a-

{Rob steps forward and pulls out two of his machetes}

ROB: Times up!

ROSS: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! Don't I get a dying wish?

ANDREW: Noo..?

ROSS: My dying wish is that you DON'T kill me!

JOE: But that only counts if we... kill you. Huh.

ROB: Hm.

{The credits roll as the camera cuts to different shots of each member looking confused. Mariachi music is playing during this scene. Joe pulls out a grenade and holds it up, looking at Ross, who replies with "mh mh" and shakes his head. Rob puts his machetes back. At the end of the scene, Ross looks at Andrew's cupcakes}

ROSS: Can I have one of these?

{Cut to Ross' hand grabbing a cupcake and then his face, taking a bite. The single piano chord plays at this time}

Rost

{Cut to a close up of Ross in a forest. The camera zooms out and he looks around. He yells "Hello!?" twice. A voice mimicking a plane can be heard and then it cuts to a dark screen with the text "Rost"}

Trivia

• The idea of the Death Request sections started during the making of anonyMous' film Sargasm, and was later carried over to Tally Hall's Internet Show.
• While this episode features a "15 Seconds of Bora" segment, Bora can be seen helping Joe checkmark all of his successful hurdles during the "Hurdlin'" scene, so there is in actuality around 18 seconds of Bora.