Basket Case

In the comedic script Basket Case, Ma has bad news to tell her teenage daughter, but things go down not exactly as one would anticipate.

Featured Script – Basket Case

FADE IN.

EXT. LIVING ROOM – DAY

MA comes storming in, mascara smeared across her face.  She looks intensely at her daughter, VICKY.

MA:  Vicky, turn down that music. Now! I have to tell you something serious.

Vicky turns down the music.

VICKY:  This better be good.

MA:  It’s not good, wiseass. Been trying to figure out how to tell you this, you may want to sit first, I don’t know. Your Uncle Frankie died. He got hit by a truck. He’s toast.

VICKY:  Are you kidding me right now?

MA:  I wish I was.

VICKY:  …Who’s Uncle Frankie?

MA:  My brother!

VICKY:  You have a brother?

MA:  Now’s not the time to bust my hump, okay?!

VICKY:  I didn’t even know I had an Uncle!

MA:  Well, you did!

Ma pouts and gets quiet.

Vicky walks over to her mother to comfort her.

VICKY:  …Are you sad?

MA:  Well…sort of…I don’t know…what’s sad nowadays, anyhow…we’re all sad about something. I guess this adds to my basket case, but who knows? Look, I need you to find something black.

VICKY:  What?

MA:  Clothing! Find something black…to wear. We need to go to the wake.

VICKY:  I’m not going. I don’t even know who the f’k this guy is!

MA:  How dare you curse like that when a family member just got hit by a mack truck. Shame on you!

VICKY:  Ma, why is it always my fault?!

MA:  You’re going to the wake and you’re wearing something as black as you can find it. And no torn clothes, I don’t want to see you in anything with holes. No bag lady type stuff. I want to take pictures. Think you can pull that off?

VICKY: Pictures? It’s a wake, Ma.

MA:  Yeah, well I want you to look nice. There’s some other relatives that will be there you never met.

VICKY:  There’s more? I thought it was just you, me and Grandma for my entire life!

MA: Get ready.

VICKY: Can’t believe you’re making me do this.

MA: When it’s your time, you’ll want people to stare at your dead face, too.

VICKY:  I don’t care, I’ll be dead.

MA:  Too damn bad.

VICKY:  Will I meet any brothers or sisters I don’t know about?

MA:  Hardy har har. You’re a riot.

VICKY:  This isn’t fair! I have mid-terms I’m studying for.

MA:  Don’t act like you’re an honor roll student.

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Script Summary

In this short comedy script Basket Case, Ma and her daughter Vicky need to get dressed and ready for an unexpected funeral.

• Genre: Comedy
• Length: ~10 Minutes
• Script Characters: 2 women
• Age Range: Any
• Themes: mother / daughter, family
• Best For: comedy scripts

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Script Source: Basket Case

Basket Case is a comedy by Joseph Arnone, 2026.