This third and last installment of “The Show Can’t Go On!” 90-minute comedy series picks up
where the prequel, “3rd Annual Matricher Falls Internationel Film Festival” leaves off. One of the
three main characters, Cherie, did walk off with Sheldon Stankey for dinner—a meal “slathered
with gravy.” The film opens when we see her in Stankey’s office with his partner, Al Kahn. They
tell her they want to take on her film (to distribute it) and they make her an offer.
She accepts.

​They also offer a partnership, urging her to “put all her eggs in one basket.”
She is now ordained as a sales rep for (ITGU) –It’s the Gravy Unlimited Film Distribution
Company. In the initial “dealmaking” meeting, Stankey and Kahn pour it on thick: they give her
an offer to join their sham film distribution company—an offer she finds impossible to refuse.
She will stay in Matricher Falls to help them grow their film distribution company.

“Besides,” she tells them. She has some friends in town, so she isn’t planning to leave Matricher
Falls anytime soon.
Their offer affords her the opportunity to regularly visit her pals, Maynard Blankenship and
Mitchell Brine, both of whom are serving 42 months in the MF Correctional Facility for having
stolen the Grand Jury Ladle Prize at the “3rd Annual “MF indie film festival.
Stankey and his partner, Kahn, talk Cherie into investing a sizeable sum into their enterprise.
They name her a “partner.” She has sold everything to do it. She’s all in.
The shady pair quickly teach her the ins and outs of the indie film sales business--agentry,
aggregating, and distribution. She proudly wears the title of Sale’s Rep but finds it hard to sell
the founding partners’ packages. After dressing Cherie down for her inability to sell their
“products,” the pair announce a necessary trip across the globe to sell the company’s
“packages.” They tell her they will be gone for a couple of weeks. She argues with them all the
way to the front door of the building—their exit route. They pressure her to hurriedly sign
paperwork that leaves her responsible for all the company’s liabilities.
Soon after, Cherie visits Maynard and Mitch in jail. At first, she brags about her job, then later,
confesses that things aren’t going so well. She then hatches a sinister plan with Maynard to get
him out of jail.
At first, she pretends she has gotten Maynard a job at ITGU, then confesses to him that Stankey
and Kahn have left town; and left her hanging. She had secretly hoped she could use what was
left in the way of any remaining “credit limit” on Maynard’s credit card to get back on her feet.
Shortly after she takes Maynard through the front doors of ITGU, she finally comes clean in a
meeting. They take to one of the nicely appointed conference rooms. She spills the beans.
Soon, the two hatch a plan to galvanize a handful of workers from among those they met a
couple of years earlier at the Matricher Falls Internationel Film Festival. Russell, the waiter at
Zov’s seems to be a potential candidate. Mable, concession worker at the Frida Theater, is a
potential. Roxy, a former beauty queen, who was one of the MF festival award presenters, is
likely to join the team. Bob, the MF festival worker who couldn’t spell, is now back in town after
his newly formed banner company collapsed. Two of the Mumble Gang never left the Falls.
They began teaching karaoke at the Matricher Falls Bowl. And Cassie, still seeking her celebrity
hookup doesn’t seem to have much else to do.
After assembling their team Maynard and Cherie excuse themselves for a short meeting outside
the conference room doors. They discuss who will do what job.
The film starts with Cherie casting roles. Each recruit gets his/her own assignment.
Soon, they frantically get to work to secure the company’s assets—they man the phones in the
ITGU’s lavish office quarters and make a number of calls to try to get gullible filmmakers to buy

their bogus film distribution packages. Maynard and Cherie’s goal? To not only keep the
company from going under, but to find a way to spin a profit. Why? Cherie wants to retrieve
her life-savings investment, while Maynard is clearly onboard so he can pay off his mounting
credit card debt; the interest alone is killing him. The others? They work nights so daylighting
might afford them some extra cash.
Meantime, Mitch remains in jail, pleading for his release, though oddly enough he mentions
that he is enjoying his work In the jail’s laundry room. His biggest joy however he says, is that of
bookclub “captain.”
No one is selling anything.
The two leaders continue pushing their star recruits. They inspire them to burn up the phones
for prospects—gullible filmmakers—in the hopes of raking in suckers to help them keep the
company afloat. They also send them out on the streets to the Frida Cinema for the “5 th Annual
Matricher Falls Internationel Film Festival” where they hope their troops will sign some
unsuspecting filmmakers as they descend on them.
Seems promising. For a while.
President Russell, who still works at Zov’s as a waiter at night, takes his daylighting
responsibilities seriously. He has a customer, he says, a numbers guy, who he might be able to
recruit to join the ITGU management team.
Morty is his name, and he accepts the offer to join ITGU.
When the company’s “Controller” finally reports that ITGU might crash, Mabel suggests they
find some fresh entrepreneurs – some influencers with whom they can partner.
President Russell mentions he knows a company across town who is in the “beverage
business.” The team suggests he invite them to take a meeting at ITGU. This young group
reportedly owns LMA, a company that is said to be making bank.
When they arrive, ITGU’s team is shocked. They are children! The LMA “suits” range in age from
10 to 14 years old. They drill the ITGU team with questions. Morty tries to take the lead. The
dynamic and driven team from LMA (Lemonade My Ass) walk out of the meeting soon after the
ITGU team reveal none of them even know what a business plan is.
They walk out confidently, when in truth, they, too, are in trouble: The LMA group have been
bootlegging gravy for the former mayor who, lately, has been demanding more than his
customary share-- pouring on thick his new commission demands, so LMA, too, is heading
downhill.

Russell and Morty later visit the “lemonade stand.”

Meantime, Mitch remains in jail, pleading for his release. Parole Board turns him down.
To make matters worse, both entities have gotten wind that the FBI is tailing them.
The heat is on for both sides.
KSCM reporter Todd Tilleman gets a leak. He launches an investigative probe.
LMA execs meet in pairs to try to strike deals with ITGU influencers.
It’s all very “Hollywood.”
LMA even ups the terms of the deal and eventually ITGU relents and accepts.
It’s not long before all the “players” are out for themselves.
The same dynamic is at play over at LMA.
Lots of plots and logistics are planned.
It’s all very “Hollywood.”
Two Saudi princes—Mitch’s jail contacts--even thicken the plot when they cook up a deal with
the former Mumble Gang heads.
Mitch finally talks the parole board into letting him go. That is, with the help of a “family
member.”
Detectives Wheeler and Peeler get a tip from Todd that something is “up” at ITGU.
The pair visit ITGU, ostensibly as novice filmmakers. They probe.
Not long after Mitch’s release, Todd breaks the news.
Both groups get busted.
They get sentenced.
The kids get off. Most of the others as well.
What kind of justice does the judge mete out for Mitch, Maynard and Cherie?
It’s the gravy….
And, by the way: Just where is that Grand Jury Ladle Prize?