A Triangle on TV

by Bruce Grimes

Fred was a secret agent who wanted to go on Dr. Phil’s show to get advice about his love life. His problem was that he was in love with Becky, who was married to Bruce.
But because he was a secret agent, Fred couldn’t just go on TV. He had to go undercover. He thought the best way to do that was to pretend to be “Bruce.”

Meanwhile, at Bruce’s own house, he had a magical TV that could transport him into any show. Bruce happened to be watching Dr. Phil when suddenly there was a guest named “Bruce” who started talking about a woman he loved, “Becky.”

“Hey!” said the real Bruce. “That guy is talking about my wife, Becky! What’s he’s doing pretending to be me?”

Bruce took the magic remote control and aimed it at his magic TV. Bingo! Suddenly he was in the show with Dr. Phil and the imposter “Bruce” (who was actually Fred).

Bruce said, “Hey, you imposter! Get off the show right now!” He wailed, “Dr. Phil, call the cops!”

Fred replied, “Bruce, what are you doing here? You’re supposed to be at home watching your TV! You get off the stage right now!”

But Bruce said, “I can’t! I don’t have the remote anymore!”

Dr. Phil told them both, “This is really good TV. Keep going with your stories!” 

But Bruce and Fred started fighting on stage. That was too much for Dr. Phil. He realized he should call for help.

The audience started to boo loudly. Suddenly, Becky walked onto the stage and shouted, “Don’t boo my husband!” Dr. Phil told Bruce and Becky and Fred the secret agent to leave and go to a different show. “How about Sally Jesse Raphael?” Dr. Phil suggested.

The three of them got rooms in a hotel nearby and had strawberry margaritas and lemon cookies together. They were thinking about going to Divorce Court instead of Sally Jesse Raphael’s show.

The next day, they went to Divorce Court with Judge Ruth. She told them, “You need to figure out your problems yourselves.” So Bruce, Becky and Fred sat down in a quiet place in the Fireplace Lounge at Northfield Hospital to have a conversation.

Bruce and Becky were happy to be married. Fred liked Becky but didn’t want her to leave Bruce . . . because the more he got to know Bruce, he really liked Bruce, too. In the end, the three decided to be friends together.

“Hey,” said Fred. “Did you two ever consider being secret agents?” 
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Bruce and Becky thought that sounded like fun. So the three became a team.