Warner Bros. Pictures
Present
A film by Goofnutgav
Arlington, Texas, 1970.
(Play I Believe I Can Fly by R Kelly)
It was a nice summer night in Arlington Texas as a shooting star passed by in the night sky, and there was a ten-year-old kid with blond hair and green eyes playing basketball in his home's backyard. This kid is named Paul Matthews and while he was busy shooting hoops, the light in the kitchen turned on and his father Jeffrey Matthews left the house to see what was going on and who was making all the racket.
"Paul? What are ya doing out here, son? It's after midnight," Jeffrey pointed out in confusion as Paul turned around to look back at his father.
"I couldn't sleep, daddy," Paul answered with a shrug.
"Well, neither could we with all that racket you're making. Come on, let's head back inside," Jeffrey said.
"Just one more shot, please?" Paul begged and Jeffrey smiled.
"Alright, kiddo, just one more and then ya need to go to bed so that you can be awake for school tomorrow," Jeffrey agreed as he went over to the basketball hoop and Paul perked up.
"Yeah," Paul whispered happily and made a perfect shot with the ball, causing Jeffrey to chuckle as he caught the ball when it passed through the hoop.
"Nice shot, shoot it again," Jeffrey complimented as he passed the ball to Paul, who caught it and made another perfect shot before Jeffrey caught the ball again.
"Getting pretty good, son, so go ahead and shoot till ya miss," Jeffrey encouraged as he passed the ball to Paul again.
"Do ya think if I get good enough, I can go to college?" Paul asked as he shoots the ball and scores another point.
"Hey, if ya become good enough, you can do anything ya want to, Paul," Jeffrey stated as he passed the ball back to Paul again.
"I want to play in UTA," Paul declared as he made another perfect shot.
"Aw, the University of Texas in Arlington...that's a really fine school, really fine school indeed since you can get a first-class education there," Jeffrey stated while he passed the ball to Paul.
"I want to play on a championship team, then I want to play in the NBA," Paul declared as he shot a few more baskets until Jeffrey caught the ball with a slight laugh.
"Alright, slow down kiddo because don't ya think ya ought to get some sleep first?" Jeffrey suggested as he headed over to Paul and handed the ball to him.
"And once I do all of that, I want to do Construction Management like you, daddy," Paul said cheerfully as they started to head back to the house.
"Construction Management, huh? Hey, now that's an okay career. When you're finished with that, I suppose you're gonna fly, huh?" Jeffrey wondered as they stopped near the back door and Paul turned around to face the basketball hoop.
Paul started running to the hoop while he was dribbling twice and as he was about to jump, images of his older self playing real basketball flashed by as he did a slam dunk.
(Play Space Jam Theme)
Josh Holloway as Paul Matthews
Michael Jordan as himself
Wayne Knight as Stan Podolak
Bill Murry as himself
NBA Players as themselves
Danny DeVito as Mr. Swackhammer
Billy West as Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd
Dee Bradley Baker as Daffy Duck/Tasmanian Devil/Road Runner/ Toro Bull
Bob Bergen as Marvin Martian/Porky Pig/Tweety Bird/Hubie Rat/Bertie Mouse
Bill Farmer as Foghorn Leghorn/Yosemite Sam/Sylvester Cat
Maurice Lamarche as Wile E Coyote/Pepe Le Pew Skunk
June Foray as Granny Webster
Kath Soucie as Lola Bunny
Frank Welker as Rex, Paul's pet rottweiler
The scene continued to go by, showing images of Paul playing basketball as one of the Shooting Guards in Sam Houston High, in College at the University of Texas in Arlington, and in the NBA as a Shooting Guard in the Chicago Bulls where a photo popped up of an adult Paul Matthews standing next to Michael Jordan and other notable players in a locker room.
More photos popped up of Paul and a woman by the name of Jennifer Campbell, showing them visiting different places and having fun until the last few were their wedding photos and a final picture of Paul and Jennifer with a four-year-old boy with blond hair and glasses, who was named Ethan as all three smiled happily.
Based on the 1996 Warner Bros. movie Space Jam
Directed by Joe Pytka and produced by Ivan Reitman
Animated by Bruce W. Smith
Darrell Van Citters
Spike Brandt
Tony Cervone
Music by James Newton Howard
J. Eric Schmidt
Written, produced, and directed by Goofnutgav
Birmingham, Alabama, 1993.
I was stirred by the blaring alarm clock and I groaned while I moved my hand around and shut off the alarm clock, sitting up in bed and stretching while my wife moaned slightly.
"Mmm, what time is it?" Jennifer wondered groggily and I looked at the clock as she sat up.
"It's too early...come on, I'll get breakfast ready while ya get Ethan up for school," I offered while I got off the bed and got dressed for the big day once I was done taking a shower.
When I was fully dressed, I left the bedroom and entered the kitchen where I started making eggs, hashbrowns, and bacon with toast and coffee, then I poured a bowl of cereal with milk for my son Ethan as I sat down at the table and waited for Jennifer and Ethan. Pretty soon, Jennifer and Ethan entered the kitchen and they sat down before we started eating our breakfast.
After we all chatted for a while, we finished up and cleaned the dishes before Ethan grabbed his backpack and went to leave.
"I'll see ya and your mother when I get home from work!" I called out to Ethan and he looked back at me with a cheery grin.
"Okay, daddy! I can't wait to show you what I did on my test!" Ethan replied as he left the house and Jennifer chuckled.
"Heh, our son is so damn smart that it always surprises me," Jennifer admitted amusingly as she kissed me.
"Yeah...maybe we should have him take an IQ test to see just how smart he really is," I offered and Jennifer looked uncertain.
"Maybe when he's older because I don't want us to put him through that much stress," Jennifer told me, and I nodded.
"Okay, we'll tell him when he's older so that he's more mentally prepared. Anyway, the Coach wants me to be at this big game so I'll see you and our son tomorrow once the game is over and I take a flight back here," I said as I grabbed my keys, wallet, and phone on the way out.
"Alright, stay safe," Jennifer warned and I nodded as I waved goodbye and left the house.
I headed to my car that was parked in the driveway and got in, putting my seatbelt on and starting the car before I backed out of the driveway. As I drove through the streets, I eventually stopped at a red light on an intersection and thought about my son and how he was really brilliant at such a young age.
"Something tells me he'll do great things when he's older," I thought with a mirthful chuckle as the light turned green and I drove through the intersection.
Suddenly, I heard a horn blaring and looked to my left just in time to see a large semi-truck smashing into my car and forcing it to flip over and land upside down as I blacked out from the agony of my left leg and a couple of ribs breaking.
The next thing I knew, I was waking up and I heard beeping as I opened my eyes to see that I was in a hospital room of some kind. I looked to my right to see Jennifer currently sitting on a chair with her eyes closed while Ethan was drawing in his coloring book.
"Hey, bud..." I greeted weakly and Ethan quickly looked up to see that I was awake.
"Daddy!" Ethan exclaimed in excitement as he got off his chair and wrapped his arms around my torso, causing me to groan in pain as my broken ribs flared up.
"Careful kiddo, daddy has a big owie right now," I hissed in agony and Ethan let go as Jennifer was stirring.
"Huh...what's going on?" Jennifer mumbled as she woke up and her eyes widened when she saw that I was awake.
"Hey..." I trailed off and Jennifer teared up as she left her chair and gently took my hand.
"You're awake, thank God. After I saw the accident on the news, I immediately went to Ethan's school to get him and I drove us here as fast as possible...I was terrified that you were gone when we arrived," Jennifer stated and I smiled as I stroked my thumb across her hand.
"Well, I'm not going anywhere and I won't ever leave you and our son," I vowed just as a male doctor entered the room.
"Hello, Mr. Matthews, I'm glad to see that you are awake," the doctor greeted and I nodded.
"I'm glad to be awake...am I going to be okay?" I inquired hesitantly and I saw a hidden regretful expression flicker across his face for a second before he looked at Jennifer with a smile.
"Mrs. Matthews, do you think you could take your son outside to get a snack at the nearby vending machine while I talk to your husband in private?" the doctor suggested and Jennifer nodded before she knelt down in front of Ethan.
"Ethan, why don't we go out and get a snack while your daddy has a chat with the nice man," Jennifer offered and Ethan nodded.
"Okay," Ethan agreed and they left the room while the doctor looked at me with a serious expression.
As he started to explain what the results are from the accident, I had a bad feeling that he would tell me something that'll change my life forever.
A/N Welcome everyone to the prequel of my Man Out of Time story, where it tells the story of Ethan's father and how he went missing for so many years until it reveals who that brown coyote is that saved Ethan and Tech from Black Velvet.
To explain some of the things in this chapter, I will be turning the beginning and end of the story into a movie credits style to make it feels like it is a movie and as for the reason why I chose Josh Holloway as Paul's actor, I felt like he would've been perfect for the role and Wile E Coyote will talk in this story since I wanted to flesh him out more instead of leaving him as a silent character.
If you like this chapter, let me know and stay tuned.