At Vic's Diner, Matt Nicholson had a spaghetti
plate that Linda served him.  Linda's kid, Marcos,
entered the diner.  he kissed his mother & then told
him about the upcoming Halloween party the community
center's throwing.  
     "Marcos," Linda reasoned, "I can't take you.  Vic
wants me to work that night."
     "Mom, I got my Super Cool Matt outfit!  Maybe I
can meet the real SC Matt.  I've been playing my
guitar.  And C-Crew will perform as well.  Please?"
begged Marcos.
     Beth stepped in & volunteered to take her son
since she got off early.
     "Hey Carol," said Vic, "Dress as a Playboy
bunny!"
     "Kiss my oatmeal!" snapped Carol.
     At Joey's penthouse, they were discussing plans
about Halloween.  Andy's taking Jennifer to the
community center dressed as a vampire.  Matt would
wear his SC Matt outfit to please Marcos.  Joey &
Blossom were invited to a Las Vegas night thrown by
Charley Demarest, a tennant in the building.
     "Charley's nutty as a Corsicana fruitcake!" said
Andy.
     "Charley hates Halloween." explained Joey, "Every
year, he holds a casino party where guests play with
pretend chips.  Whoever won the most won a trip to las
Vegas while the runner-up got a trip to Lake Charles,
Louisiana.  Since Nevada got its statehood in
Halloween 1864, Charley prefers to celebrate Nevada's
statehood day."
     Halloween night, Joey & Blossom went down to the
15th floor to visit Charley's party.  Charley was an
elderly man.
     "Have a lucky evening." he greeted as they went
in.  When he saw me, he groaned,
     "Not you again, Mr. Game Show contestant!  Going
to attack the blackjack table?"
     "Soitainly!"
     Joey & Blossom played blackjack with me for
pretend chips.
     At the community center party, Andy wore his
Dracula costume with Jennifer as Bo Peep.
     "Why couldn't you come as Super Cool Andy?" she
asked.
     "I felt like being a vampire bat, not Batman."
said Andy.
     "You'd make an awesome hero.  You play the
drums." said Jennifer.  Andy didn't want to comment,
so they danced.
     Andy & Jennifer, with the party guests, were
surprised to find that there's a Marvel Comic super
hero rock band performing.  Wolverine played electric
guitar, Cyclops played bass & Spider-Man played drums,
they did a song called "When You're Down".
     "SCB wannabes." thought Andy.
     After the song, Wolverine announced,
     "Thank you.  We'd like to introduce ourselves. 
We're C-Crew from Houston, Texas.  In the Wolverine
outfit, I'm Josh Cantu."
     Josh plays a killer guitar solo.
     "As Cyclops, Adam Cantu on bass."
     Adam pops bass solo.
     "As Spider-Man, Christian Cantu on drums."
     Christian plays snare drum roll, followed by a
drum solo.
     "Our next song (groans), Larry likes geography
tunes.  So here's 'Wimberly'." (Wimberly's a small
Texas city close to San Marcos along I-35).
     At the parking lot, Beth (as a clown) took Marcos
(SC Matt Jr.) to the party & SC Matt arrived on his
motorcycle.  Marcos was excited to see his hero.  SC
Matt met Beth as they went to the party.  The crown
danced to C-Crew while kids got some candy.
     Then C-Crew performed the Van Halen arrangement
of "You Really Got Me!" with SC Matt & Beth dancing.
     "They really rock!" said SC Matt.
     "All that's missing is GI Joe whisking Barbie
away." kidded Beth.
     "Dingy." thought SC Matt.
     After the song, SC Matt got up on stage & took
Marcos with him.  He borrowed one of C-Crew's guitars
while Marcos took the other.  They did the song "Play
It Safe".  Marcos played a beginner's guitar solo & SC
Matt played a killer solo.  Marcos was thrilled to jam
with SC Matt.
     "Let's hear it for my junior fan, Marcos!" said
SC Matt as people applauded.
     Hours later outside the parking lot, a gang of
bullies started throwing eggs & toilet tissue on SC
Matt's bike.
     "What are you doing with my bike?" yelled SC
Matt.
     "We're the Nelsons!" said the leader, "SC Matt
stinks!  HA-HA!"
     SC Matt got really angry & started fighting the
gang.  But the leader pulled a gun & shot him!  The
gang scattered & the crowd came out.
     "NO!" cried Marcos, "He's not dead!"
     Security called 911 for an ambulance.
     Meanwhile, Andy left Jennifer to get to a pay
phone to call Charley Demarest.
     "Hello."
     "Charley, can I speak to Joe?"
     "Joe Kerr, not a chance!  I'm sick & tired of
these crank calls, buster!  Grow up, you'll never get
anywhere in life."
     "This is Andy!  Let me speak to Joey Nicholson,
Matt's been shot!"
     Charley called Joe over to the phone.  Joe heard
the news & then he went to Blossom & told her what
happened.  So they left & gave me all their chips.
     Meanwhile, Andy hid in the bushes to switch to SC
Andy.
     Paramedics arrived & carried SC Matt's body into
the ambulance.  Marcos sneaked in & rode with SC Matt
while Beth followed.  SC Andy drove SC Matt's bike.
     At the hospital, SC Andy, Beth & Marcos were in
the waiting room as doctors rushed SC Matt into the
intensive care room.  Marcos was crying a lot saying,
     "Don't die, SC Matt!"
     Super Cool Joe arrived as SC Andy explained what
happened.  Then Linda arrived & started hugging her
son.
     "I'm glad you're ok." then she turned to Beth &
snapped, "You dingy!  You told me that SC Matt's in
the hospital!  I thought it was my son!"
     "Sorry.  Guess you'll never trust me again." said
Beth.
     "Got that right." snapped Linda, "Marcos, we're
going home."
     "No!" cried Marcos, "I'll leave when SC Matt's
OK."
     Then a man in a suit & tie came up to them &
said,
     "You better do as your mother says.  You got
school tomorrow."  It's his school principal, Orson
Skinner, "It will count as an unexcused absence."
     This his mother came & yelled,
     "Orson!  Come pay Aunt Myrtle your respects."
     "Mother, I hate hospital rooms!"
     She bopped him with her purse & pulled him by the
ear like Moe does to Curly.
     "She acts like Witchiepoo!" quips SC Andy, then
he got hit with the purse.
     SC Joe instructed him to go home, he had school
as well.  Linda, Beth & Marcos left as well.  Just
then, the doctor came & told SC Joe that SC Matt
suffered a wound in his stomach.  But he's still in a
coma & hasn't woken up yet.  SC Joe followed the
doctor to Matt's room.  Matt was in hospital clothes
lying in bed & his super hero outfit had been taken to
the hospital laundry.
     SC Joe sat down & said, 
     "Matty, wake up man.  Fight it!"
     Then SC Joe had a flashback.
     We find Joey taking Matt on a motorcycle ride
(before they were SCB).  They stopped @ a big empty
parking lot.  Joey got off & said,
     "Matty, I'm not going to be a selfish cruel
brother.  It's time that you grow some hair on your
chest, be a man, drive a motorcycle."
     "Joey, I plan to drive a convertible." said Matt.
     "You can drive both." said Joey, "Just get behind
the wheel of the bike."
     Matt got on & started driving as Joey rode back &
held him.  Joey taught Matt to drive a motorcycle. 
They went all over the parking lot.  Matt thought it
was cool & Joey's proud of him.  Just then a
motorcycle cop arrived & stopped them.
     "What's going on?"
     "I'm teaching my brother to drive." explained
Joey.
     "Let the state issue driver's licenses." said the
cop, "I guess I'll let you off with a warning, I
started that way too.  Officer (later Sarge) O'Ryan
understands."
     As he drove off, Joey got behind the wheel as
Matt held on.  When Matt turned 16, he had a license
to drive both a convertible & motorcycle.
     At home, Andy looked @ the electric guitars on
the stands.  Then he had a flashback.
     When they lived with their parents, Joey had a
basement bedroom.  He had posters of motorcycles,
bikini babes & guitars.
     Joey saw Matt in his bedroom playing his Strat &
singing a romantic tune.  Joey told Matt to bring his
guitar & amp into his bedroom.  When he did, Joey had
his red electric guitar strapped.
     "Matty, let's jam!"
     Joey taught Matt to play rock guitar & had a jam
session.  Joey played lead, then Matt played lead. 
One jam session, they worked on a tune called
"Motorcycle Brothers."  They that song was a bomb, so
they ditched that tune.
     At Linda's apartment, Marcos had a bad dream. 
He's attending class in school doing his math lesson
until the PA sounded,
     "This is Principal Orson Skinner." said in a
monotone, "Just got word that SC Matt's dead & gone
this morning.  He was a true hero to Metropolitan
City.  Let's have a moment of silence."
     Marcos was crying, then one of the students
pushed him off his desk landing on the floor.  The
class said,
     "HA-HA!"
     In the cafeteria, Marcos didn't feel like eating.
 He overheard some kids saying,
     "Now the fanfic series can go the way it's meant
to be!  SC Matt's the joke of the trio, a loser!"
     Marcos charged @ them fighting those kids until
Principal Orson Skinner broke it up & escorted Marcos
to his office.  He then informed that he'll have 300
days detention.
     "No, 400!" interrupted Orson, "Since you'll be
attending junior high next year, I'll notify that
principal to carry that over."
     "Can I attend the funeral?" he asked.
     "It will count as an unexcused absence." said
Orson.
     "You have no heart!" cried Marcos, "If it were up
to you, Dorothy would travel to Oz with the Scarecrow
& Cowardly Lion."
     "Or have Captain Planet unemployed!" explaining,
"Since it takes 5 Planeteers to summon Captain Planet,
there would be 4 Planeteers without Ma-Ti's heart
power.  Get out of my office!"
     A few days later, risking his permanent record,
Marcos attended the private funeral still crying.  The
minister had kind words about the green super hero. 
After the service, Marcos' heart broke when SC Andy
said,
     "Now we can be the SC Duo!"
     Marcos started fighting SC Andy for dissin SC
Matt.  The police took him away & had the paramedics
place him in a mental institution.  Marcos was
screaming until his mother woke him up.
     "Marcos, are you all right?" she asked while he's
crying, "Must be some nightmare.  Everything's going
to be ok.  I'm sure SC Matt will come out of his
coma." she kisses her son.
     But then, I had a nightmare!  Matthew Lawrence
tore up his fanfic contract in front of my face
saying,
     "You're nothing but a loser!  I quit being SC
Matt!  You spread confidence & hope into your stories.
 Then you act like a sourpuss when things go wrong!  I
quit!  For the last time Larry, I'll handle my own
career, butt out!"
     He pushed me down on the floor & stormed off.  I
started crying like Lucy & then screamed,
     "What next?  WHAT NEXT!"
     Suddenly, I was poofed out of the scene & ended
up in a spooky castle.  I walked up the stairs to find
comfort.  But then the stairs disappeared & I fell
down to the 1st floor.  A scary monster suddenly
appeared, then I heard girls scream ala Laura Winslow!
 Then that was followed by shrilled sirens, with
confetti & balloons dropping, along with the high
school fight song heard on "The New Treasure Hunt"!
     "This couldn't be the castle of..." I said
frightenly,
     A big puff of smoke happened & there she was,
     "The Game Show Witch!"
     She cackled, then she used her wand & zapped me
into the dungeon where I was a prisoner.
     "I got you @ last!  Pretty soon, I'll have
Treasure Chest/We Hate Men! Hour back on tv!  Soon,
I'll rule & no more male contestants, 'Lesbian
Newlywed Game' rules!  Then it will be CHECKMATE, my
pretty (CACKLING)!"
     She left the dungeon where I was scared &
frightened.  In the dungeon there was a big crystal
ball & suddenly I saw Ingo Meyer's face.  He said,
     "Change this story or you'll nevr publish another
fanfic on my Community webpage."
     Then he disappeared & Lori Pescatore's face came
on & said,
     "You'll be banned from Brothers Lawrence."
     Then she disappeared & David Fagin's face came up
& said,
     "I'll quit being your e-mail pal."
     All 3 faces came up & taunted,
     "You'll be banned, you'll be banned, you'll be
banned!"
     "No, no!" I cried, "Please don't ban me, don't
ban me!"
     The faces disappeared & there was The Game Show
Witch's face came up on the ball & said,
     "Don't ban me, don't BAN me!  Try Sure or Old
Spice, my pretty! (CACKLING).  Oh yeah, The Treasure
Chest/We Hate Men! Hour would be sponsored by Secret,
made for women (CACKLING)!"
     I cried over those deodorant jokes.
     Suddenly, I woke up!  It was only a bad
nightmare, or was it.  So to please Lori, Ingo, David
& the readers, I went to my typewriter & wrote this
happy ending.
     In the lobby of the apartment complex, Andy
Nicholson saw Charley Demarest struggling with his
groceries.  Andy grabbed a box & helped him as he
punched the up button for the elevator.  They got on
the elevator & as they went up to the 15th floor,
Charley said,
     "Andy, I wanna apologize for my behavior over the
phone."
     "That's OK."
     "It's not OK." he snapped.
     The elevator reached the 15th floor & they got
off.  Charley continued, 
     "Every Halloween, I get crank calls from kids who
razz me because I prefer celebrating Nevada's birthday
over Halloween.  With my three nieces grown & gone, I
live alone.  The only time I open my doors are
Nevada's birthday & Christmas.  You're a good kid,
Andy."
     Charley opened his door & they went inside to
unload the groceries.
     "You're not bad @ all, Mr. Demarest." said Andy.
     Then I entered the apartment.
     "What do you want, Mr. Lucky?" he snapped.
     "I decided that since Joey & Blossom left to go
to the hospital, I want to give my Lake Charles trip
to them.  I went a few years ago & lost."
     I handed Charley the envelope containing the
prize tickets.
     At the hospital, SC Joe slept in a chair with a
pillow on his head.
     "Joe, are you there?" asked a voice.
     SC Joe got up & saw that SC Matt's recovered.
     "Man, I'm glad that you're back on the team!"
exclaimed SC Joe, "I'll call for a nurse to dress you
in your SC Matt outfit.  I'll fetch Marcos, he'll be
thrilled!"
     SC Joe left the room & told a nurse to dress SC
Matt up.  SC Joe drove his bike over to Vic's Diner.
     At Vic's, Marcos ate a sundae that Vic prepared
for him to ease his pain.  SC Joe entered the diner &
says, 
     "Marcos, SC Matt's alive!  He's ok!"
     "Cool!  I wanna go see him!"
     So as SC Joe & Marcos left, they encountered the
Nelson Gang.  Just then, SC Andy arrived on his teen
bike, got off as he fought the gang.  SC Andy used his
karate & SC Joe fought.  He grabbed the leader's gun,
took out his bullets & threw it away!  The police
arrived & arrested the gang for attempted murder.
     At the hospital, Marcos hugged SC Matt & wouldn't
let go.  The doctor told SC Matt that he would be
released tomorrow.  SC Matt got get-well cards from
fans.
     The next day, SC Matt was in a wheelchair as SC
Joe helped him into the the SC 4000 sidecar.
     A week later, SC Matt was fully recovered after
resting, he took Marcos out on a motorcycle ride. 
They passed me by waving to me.
     Then I was transported to a wizard's lair where I
faced the great & powerful Ahhs!
     "So, you wrote a happy ending!  Great recovery."
     "I did as Lori, Ingo & David said," I replied.  I
suddenly turned into the Lion.  Then I saw Ingo as Tin
Man, David as Scarecrow & Lori as Dorothy.
     "Larry J. Hall, you're nothing but a coward!"
exclaimed Ahhs, "Always scaring yourself with The Game
Show Witch.  Write happy appearances, not negative
cameos."
     "Have a heart, Larry Lion!" said Ingo
     "You have a brain for writing stories." said
David.
     "I got to go home to my Pennsylvania farm. 
Auntie Donna & Uncle Joe are waiting for me.  There's
no place like home." said Lori.
     "Now remember, keep happy!" said Ahhs, "Now leave
my domain.  GO!"
     I rushed out frightened & crying, running quickly
down the long hall & leaped right out of the window!