By Charlie Lovett
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SUPERCOMICS
By CHARLIE LOVETT
CAST OF CHARACTERS
(In order of speaking)
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BOBBIE ....................................clown
BERNIE.....................................worker at a rubber chicken
factory
PAT SHAGGY-DOG-STORY ...........reporter for “The Daily Groaner”
COMMISSIONER JORDAN ...........police commissioner of
Comedyville
MCMANN ..................................special assistant to the mayor
CURLY ......................................pratfall artist
ANDY STAND-UP ........................comedian
CASEY CORNBALL .....................corny comedian
MAYOR .....................................leader of Comedyville
MO...........................................pratfall artist
DREW DAVIDSON ......................photographer for “The Daily
Groaner”
GROANER .................................editor of “The Daily Groaner”
LEE VAUDEVILLE .......................ex-vaudevillian on “The Daily
Groaner” staff
GLUM GOBSMACKER.................special assistant to Vlad
SOLEMN ...................................minion of Vlad
VLAD ........................................evil genius
MARTY CHUZZLEWIT..................emcee at the Laugh Riot
Comedy Club
P.G. GRUFFMAN ........................Hollywood producer
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FLEXIBLE CASTING
Although the character VLAD is male, he may be played with equal
effectiveness by either a male or female actor. All other characters are
written to be either male or female.
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SETTING
TIME: The present.
PLACE: The streets of Comedyville, the Laugh Riot Club and an office
at “The Daily Groaner.”
Utilizing area staging, all three locations are visible onstage for the
entire play. Comic book-style buildings STAGE RIGHT feature a sign
for “The Daily Groaner.” The office at “The Daily Groaner” FORESTAGE
RIGHT consists of a small desk with a chair, with another chair and
a wastebasket next to it. CENTER STAGE is the marquee of the
Laugh Riot Comedy Club. During the scenes at the Laugh Riot Club,
a microphone with stand and chairs are brought on. These scenes
are played with the comics on a small platform CENTER STAGE and
the Laugh Riot audience in chairs facing the comics. (Alternatively,
the Laugh Riot audience can be seated in the real audience to make
room for Mo and Curly’s slapstick routine.) DOWN CENTER there is a
gym mat spread out on the floor. This area represents a street. STAGE
LEFT is a sign reading “Trench Coat Sale.” There may be a drum set
(or just a snare drum) FORESTAGE LEFT, if the production uses a live
“rim shot” effect. (NOTE: Any available cast member may be assigned
the job of drummer as needed throughout the show.) Along the UP
CENTER wall is a backdrop with the skyline of Comedyville.
SYNOPSIS OF SCENES
Scene One: A street in Comedyville Friday morning.
Scene Two: The newsroom of “The Daily Groaner” immediately
following.
Scene Three: A street in Comedyville that night.
Scene Four: The Laugh Riot Comedy Club, immediately following.
Scene Five: A street, Saturday morning.
Scene Six: The newsroom, a few minutes later.
Scene Seven: A street in Seriousburg (formerly Comedyville), that
afternoon.
Scene Eight: The Laugh Riot, later that day.
Scene Nine: A street in Seriousburg, the next day.
Scene Ten: The Laugh Riot, later that day.
Scene Eleven: A street in Seriousburg, Monday afternoon.
Scene Twelve: The Laugh Riot, a few moments later.
Scene Thirteen: A street in Comedyville, a few months later.
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Scene One
LIGHTS UP: A street in Comedyville Friday morning. BOBBIE ENTERS
RIGHT wearing a clown suit and colorful wig. BERNIE ENTERS LEFT
wearing coveralls and carrying rubber chickens.
BOBBIE: Good morning, Bernie.
BERNIE: Good morning, Bobbie.
BOBBIE: Love the suit.
BERNIE: Love the hair.
BOBBIE: How’s work at the factory?
BERNIE: Oh, you know how it is in the rubber chicken business—signs
of fowl play everywhere you look. How about you?
BOBBIE: We went to work yesterday, 26 of us in the back of a Smart
Car, which was fine. When we got there, we all hit each other in the
face with pies, which was fine. Then we put on giant shoes and red
noses and makeup, which was fine. But the rest of the day nobody
got any work done.
BERNIE: Why not?
BOBBIE: Everyone was just clowning around.
BERNIE: Well, I guess it serves us right for living in Comedyville.
BOBBIE: I wouldn’t live anyplace else. You going to the Laugh Riot
tonight?
BERNIE: I live in Comedyville. There’s no way I’d miss Friday night at
the Laugh Riot.
BOBBIE: Well, keep laughing.
BERNIE: No, you keep laughing. (EXITS LEFT. BOBBIE EXITS RIGHT.)
PAT: (ENTERS LEFT and CURLY ENTERS RIGHT. COMMISSIONER JORDAN
ENTERS RIGHT with MCMANN.) Good morning, Commissioner
Jordan. Something special going on?
COMMISSIONER: A big speech by the mayor.
MCMANN: Here comes the press.
CURLY: And the rest of the town, too, by the looks of it. (The rest of the
CAST, except the MAYOR, ENTERS and crowds around MCMANN and
COMMISSIONER, who stand on the platform CENTER. DREW has a
camera around his neck. VLAD lurks at the edge of the CROWD in
a black cape.)
MCMANN: Come on, now, folks. Make some space for the mayor. He
has a major announcement to make.
COMMISSIONER: That’s it. Back up, folks. The mayor will be here any
minute, so no funny business.
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ANDY: What do you mean no funny business? This is Comedyville!
(General laughter from the CROWD.)
CASEY: Say, how many police commissioners does it take to screw
in a light bulb?
CURLY: The mayor’s coming, the mayor’s coming. (General sounds of
excitement.)
MCMANN: (Speaks like Ed McMahon of “The Tonight Show” [or
a sportscaster].) Laaaadies and Gentlemen. Welcome to this
morning’s big speech by the mayor of Comedyville. This morning
the mayor will be making a major announcement about the future
of Comedyville. And now, the person who laughed all the way to
city hall, heeeeeeeeere’s the mayor!
MAYOR: (CROWD cheers as the MAYOR ENTERS RIGHT, wearing an
outrageous outfit with a colorful tie and a [squirting] lapel flower. He
looks like a cross between a politician and a circus clown.) Good
morning, Comedyville!
ALL: (Except VLAD.) Good morning, Mayor!
MAYOR: Hey, McMann, did you know that last night I slept on a
corduroy pillow?
MCMANN: You slept on a corduroy pillow?
MAYOR: (Throughout the script the “rim shot” sound effect is indicated
by an *.) That’s right, and this morning it’s making headlines!*
(General laughter.) You know what I did yesterday?
MCMANN: What did you do yesterday?
MAYOR: I went downtown and got a new car for my mom.
MCMANN: You got a new car for your mom?
MAYOR: Yes. I tell you, it was the best trade I ever made.* (More
laughter.)
COMMISSIONER: Didn’t you have an announcement to make? I can’t
stop traffic all day.
CASEY: With a face like that, I don’t see why not.* (Laughter.)
MAYOR: Commissioner Jordan is right. Ladies and gentleman, you all
know that in Comedyville, nothing is more important than laughter.
From the rubber chicken factory to the clown school to the Laugh Riot
Club, comedy is the lifeblood of this town. But you also know that
our economy is a bit rocky. Rubber chicken sales are down, clowns
are unemployed and the Knock-Knock family is, well, they’re…
MO: They’re having some hard knocks!* (Laughter.)
MAYOR: What we need to save Comedyville is a way to export our
comedy. To do that, I’ve invited a big Hollywood producer to town
this weekend. Over the weekend, Comedyville will also sponsor its
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first annual comedy festival. (Cheers from the CROWD.) The festival
will kick off tonight at the Laugh Riot and will begin the economic
revival of Comedyville. Until then, everybody keep laughing.
CROWD: No, you keep laughing! (The CROWD drifts OFF LEFT and
RIGHT after cheering. DREW, COMMISSIONER, MCMANN and
MAYOR remain.)
MCMANN: Great speech, Mayor. Now we’ve got to get you over to the
unveiling of the statue of the largely forgotten Harold Lloyd.
MAYOR: Who was Harold Lloyd again?
MCMANN: I don’t know. I’ve largely forgotten.
MAYOR: Okay, but before we go, I want you to take a look at this new
flower I’ve got. (Indicates the lapel flower.)
MCMANN: What kind of flower is it?
MAYOR: This kind. (Squirts MCMANN in the face with the flower.)
MCMANN: (Wipes off face.) That’s a good one. You’re a funny guy.
MAYOR: That’s why I’m the mayor. (He and MCMANN EXIT RIGHT.)
DREW: Say, you’re the police commissioner, right?
COMMISSIONER: That’s right. Commissioner Jordan.
DREW: Can you tell me why everybody around here always says “keep
laughing”?
COMMISSIONER: You must be new around here.
DREW: Yeah, I just flew in from Metropolis. My name’s Drew Davidson.
I’m the new photographer for “The Daily Groaner.”
COMMISSIONER: Well, “keep laughing” is kind of like the official
good-bye of Comedyville.
DREW: Keep laughing, huh?
COMMISSIONER: That’s right. After all, this is Comedyville. Welcome
to town.
DREW: Can I ask you another question?
COMMISSIONER: Sure.
DREW: (Indicates a gym mat on the stage floor.) Why is there a tumbling
mat in the middle of the street?
COMMISSIONER: Oh, that’s for pratfalls.
CASEY’S VOICE: (From OFFSTAGE.) Whooo woooo!
COMMISSIONER: (Yells OFF to CASEY.) Not catcalls, pratfalls.
DREW: I beg your pardon?
COMMISSIONER: Pratfalls. You know, slapstick comedy. (MO ENTERS
RIGHT with an armful of papers.) Here, I’ll show you. (Puts out a
foot and trips MO, who takes an elaborate fall onto the mat and
spills the papers. COMMISSIONER laughs.)
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DREW: Hey, what did you do that for?! (To MO.) Are you okay?
MO: (Gets up and gathers papers as he replies.) Of course I’m okay. I
just took a pratfall, that’s all. And a pretty good one, too.
COMMISSIONER: That was hilarious!
DREW: You mean you did that on purpose?
MO: You’re not from around here, are you?
COMMISSIONER: (Gestures toward DREW.) He’s new in town.
MO: (Pats DREW on the back.) It’s okay. You’ll catch on soon. (To
COMMISSIONER.) Keep laughing. (EXITS LEFT with the now gathered
up papers.)
COMMISSIONER: No, you keep laughing. (Starts to EXIT RIGHT, then
turns to DREW.) So, you gonna work for “The Daily Groaner”?
DREW: That’s right.
COMMISSIONER: Well, here comes one of your new co-workers. Good
luck at the job. And remember…
DREW: Yeah?
COMMISSIONER: Keep laughing. (EXITS.)
PAT: (ENTERS RIGHT, dressed in something shaggy.) Hey, you must be
our new photographer.
DREW: That’s right. My name’s Drew Davidson.
PAT: Drew Davidson? You’re not an evil genius, are you?
DREW: No. Why do you ask?
PAT: It’s just that evil geniuses always have names with… what do you
call it… alliteration. (This last word sounds almost like a sneeze.)
DREW: Bless you.
PAT: You know, the Green Goblin, Lex Luthor. Anyway, I’m a reporter
for “The Groaner.” My name’s Pat Shaggy-Dog-Story, and I’ll be
showing you—
DREW: Excuse me, did you say your name was Pat Shaggy-Dog-Story?
PAT: That’s right.
DREW: Isn’t that sort of a strange name?
PAT: I don’t think so. I know a lot of people named Pat.
DREW: No, not the Pat part. I meant the Shaggy-Dog-Story part.
PAT: You’re not from around here, are you?
DREW: People keep asking me that. I’m from Gotham City, by way of
Metropolis.
PAT: You’ve got a little bit to learn about Comedyville. Take our names,
for instance. Every family in Comedyville is named after a kind of
humor. Mine is the Shaggy-Dog-Story family.
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DREW: What’s a shaggy dog story? (GROANER ENTERS LEFT, exuding
an air of the boss, but dressed in loud, clashing colors.)
PAT: Oh, this is going to be a long day. A shaggy dog story is a long
story with lots of irrelevant details and a not particularly funny
ending.
GROANER: (Joshing.) Sort of like the stories you write, eh, Pat?
PAT: Right you are, Chief.
GROANER: So, who’s the greenhorn?
PAT: Chief, I’d like you to meet the new photographer, Drew Davidson.
Drew, this is our editor-in-chief, Chief Groaner.
GROANER: Say, you’re not an evil genius are you?
PAT: No, sir, it’s just alliteration.
GROANER: Bless you. I’m pleased to meet you, kid.
DREW: Likewise, Editor Groaner.
GROANER: (Squeezes DREW’S hand with a firm grip.) Call me Chief.
DREW: Uhm… Boss… I mean, Chief…
GROANER: What is it, kid?
DREW: Could you maybe… let go of my hand?
GROANER: Story meeting in ten minutes, Pat. Kid, that’s a nice grip
you got there, but there’s something you should know.
DREW: (In pain.) What’s that, Boss… I mean, Chief?
GROANER: That’s not my hand. (Releases the rubber hand that DREW
has been shaking, and to DREW’S horror, the hand comes off.
GROANER laughs.)
PAT: That was a good one, Chief. I gotta hand it to you.
GROANER: You gotta hand it to me? (Points at DREW.) I had to hand
it to Drew! (EXITS RIGHT, laughing.)
VAUDEVILLE: (Shuffles IN LEFT with a cane, mumbling. VAUDEVILLE is
stooped and gray-haired.) That’s the last time I leave my slapstick
on the typewriter.
PAT: Good morning, Vaudeville. I’d like you to meet our new
photographer, Drew Davidson.
VAUDEVILLE: (Notices the other two for the first time.) How’s that?
PAT: This is Drew Davidson, our new photographer.
VAUDEVILLE: Did you steal my slapstick?
PAT: No, Vaudeville, Drew didn’t steal your slapstick.
VAUDEVILLE: Why can’t people leave my slapstick alone? It’s all I
ask.
DREW: (Holds out a hand.) It’s a pleasure.
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VAUDEVILLE: How’s that?
DREW: I said, it’s a pleasure.
VAUDEVILLE: A treasure? There’s no treasure around here. This is a
newspaper building.
PAT: (Quietly to DREW.) Ninety years old and a little deaf.
VAUDEVILLE: What’s on my left?
PAT: (Much louder now.) We have a meeting at the office in a few
minutes. We just saw Chief Groaner.
VAUDEVILLE: No, I will not give you a cheap loaner. (Begins to shuffle
off.)
DREW: It was a pleasure.
VAUDEVILLE: (Does not look back.) What are you saying, that the
chief’s some kind of pirate or something? Can’t think why else
there’d be a treasure in the newsroom. (EXITS RIGHT.)
PAT: That was Lee Vaudeville. He used to be the funniest act in town,
but then vaudeville went out of style. I guess I’d be bitter, too. He
spends most of his time looking for missing slapstick and writing
articles about how vaudeville is on the way back.
DREW: So his act’s not funny anymore?
PAT: Well, I don’t know. Thinking Chief Groaner is a pirate sure beats
a shaggy dog story.
DREW: I still don’t understand what a shaggy dog story is.
PAT: Come on. I’ll tell you one on the way upstairs. (They begin to
EXIT RIGHT.) There were these three Boy Scouts spending the
night in three different rooms at the Holiday Inn. In the middle
of the night, the first boy scout… (The voice fades away as they
EXIT.)
GOBSMACKER: (ENTERS LEFT as SOLEMN ENTERS RIGHT. Unlike
the other residents of Comedyville, they both wear dark suits and
conservative ties and appear utterly humorless.) Are you Solemn?
SOLEMN: (Looks at a piece of paper.) Yeah. Are you Glum?
GOBSMACKER: Actually, Glum is my first name. I’m Gobsmacker.
(Looks over SOLEMN.) Wow. You really don’t look like you belong
in Comedyville.
SOLEMN: You’re not exactly dressed like a clown yourself.
GOBSMACKER: That’s why I took this job. If you’re as humorless
as you look, you’re gonna love working for an evil genius who’s
hatching a diabolical plan against Comedyville.
SOLEMN: Just as long as there are good insurance benefits.
GOBSMACKER: Major medical, but no dental.
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SOLEMN: Why is our boss an evil genius, anyway?
GOBSMACKER: What do you mean?
SOLEMN: Don’t most evil geniuses have some dark secret in their
past or some grudge handed down from their parents?
GOBSMACKER: As far as I know, the only thing he has handed down
from his parents is a trench coat factory and a warehouse full of
existential philosophy books he inherited from his father.
SOLEMN: (Sarcastic.) Gee, he must be making a fortune here in
Comedyville.
GOBSMACKER: There is one thing you should know before we meet
him, though. He has an obsession with names.
SOLEMN: Oh?
GOBSMACKER: He wants to call you “Minion.”
SOLEMN: (Upset.) What?
GOBSMACKER: Just roll with it, okay. After all, it’s a job.
SOLEMN: But why do I have to be “Minion”? Why couldn’t I be
“Sidekick”?
GOBSMACKER: Only superheroes have sidekicks—evil geniuses
have minions.
SOLEMN: What does he call you?
GOBSMACKER: He’s supposed to call me Gobsmacker, but he
doesn’t always get it quite right. Shhh. Here he comes.
VLAD: (ENTERS LEFT, wearing a full-length black cape and the dark
medieval garb of an evil genius.) Ah, Lipsmacker. (Looks at
SOLEMN.) I see you have found me the perfect minion—humorless
and drab.
GOBSMACKER: Yes, sir. This is Solemn… I mean, Minion.
VLAD: (Extends a hand and then pulls it back before SOLEMN can shake
it.) It is your honor to meet me. I am Vladimir von Vladovich of
Vladersburg, but my enemies call me… (LOUD, DEEP BREATHING, à
la Darth Vader, is heard over the sound system.) …Vlad the Exhaler.
SOLEMN: What do your friends call you?
VLAD: I have no friends. You may call me Vladimir von Vladovich.
SOLEMN: That’s kind of hard to say with all that… that…
GOBSMACKER: Alliteration.
SOLEMN: Bless you.
VLAD:
Of course, I have alliteration. All evil geniuses have
alliteration.
SOLEMN: What about Attila the Hun?
GOBSMACKER: Evil, but not a genius.
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SOLEMN: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
GOBSMACKER: A genius, but not evil.
SOLEMN: Captain Kangaroo?
VLAD: (Gets frustrated.) Alliterative, but neither evil nor a genius! No,
my friends—
SOLEMN: I thought you didn’t have any friends.
VLAD: Interrupt me again and you’ll be out of a job.
SOLEMN: It wouldn’t be that great a loss. It’s not like you have a
dental plan.
VLAD: As I was saying, my name is alliterative in the tradition of
the truly great evil geniuses of history. The Green Goblin, Doctor
Doom, and, of course, the greatest of all—present company
excluded—Lex Luthor.
SOLEMN/GOBSMACKER: (Bow heads with reverence.) Lex Luthor.
VLAD: And that is why I am called Vladimir von Vladovich of
Vladersburg.
SOLEMN: It sounds Russian.
VLAD: Of course it sounds Russian. I am from the former Soviet
Republic of Evilgeniusistan.
GOBSMACKER: There’s no such place.
VLAD: (Threatens.) What did you say, Clockstopper?
GOBSMACKER: Actually, come to think of it, I saw a documentary
about Evilgeniusistan on the National Geographic Channel just the
other day.
VLAD: I am not surprised. We are known for our wildlife.
SOLEMN: Not for your evil geniuses?
VLAD: No. Strangely enough, I am the first evil genius ever to emerge
from Evilgeniusistan.
GOBSMACKER: Lex Luthor was from New Jersey.
VLAD: And now, with my overly obtuse minion, Minion, and my expertly
efficient assistant, Termpaper, I am ready to launch my evil plan
against Comedyville.
SOLEMN: Do I have to be called Minion?
VLAD: Names are important. I think I’ve made that clear. In fact,
Minion is such a perfect minion’s name, I’m surprised it wasn’t
used by the great… Lex Luthor.
SOLEMN/GOBSMACKER: (Bow heads with reverence.) Lex Luthor.
VLAD: (Breaks the reverential silence.) Now, let us adjourn to my
fortress of solitude to discuss the dastardly and diabolical details
of my pernicious plan.
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SOLEMN: What is the plan, exactly?
VLAD: (Through clenched teeth after an awkward pause.) I don’t have
one yet.
GOBSMACKER: I beg your pardon?
VLAD: (Yells.) I don’t have one yet. Okay, Stepladder? I’m an evil
genius with no plan. What do you want from me? Now let’s just
go back to the fortress of solitude and try to think of something.
(EXITS LEFT in a huff.)
SOLEMN: Where is this fortress of solitude he keeps talking about?
GOBSMACKER: It’s a room in his apartment with some posters of Lex
Luthor on the wall, but don’t say anything to him about it. You see
how he gets. (He and SOLEMN EXIT LEFT. BLACKOUT.)
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Scene Two
LIGHTS UP: The newsroom of “The Daily Groaner” immediately
following. VAUDEVILLE is sleeping at the desk FORESTAGE RIGHT. PAT
and DREW ENTER FORESTAGE RIGHT.
PAT: …so in the morning the three Boy Scouts go down to
breakfast…
DREW: Does this story have a point? You’ve been telling it for the
past ten minutes and it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.
PAT: I told you, it’s a shaggy dog story. So, anyway, two of the Boy
Scouts order Corn Flakes and one orders Rice Krispies.
GROANER: (ENTERS FORESTAGE RIGHT.) And the moral of the story
is that two out of three Boy Scouts prefer Corn Flakes to Rice
Krispies.
VAUDEVILLE: (Barely lifts his head.) Not funny.
GROANER: Of course it’s not funny, it’s a shaggy dog story. It’s funny
because it’s not funny.
DREW: I don’t get it.
GROANER: Okay, folks, it’s time to write some headlines. What have
you got?
PAT: (Aside to DREW.) Now you’ll see why we call the boss Chief
Groaner.
VAUDEVILLE: I’m working on a story about problems with the new law
about undertakers.
GROANER: “Funeral Regulations Face Stiff Opposition.” (After each
headline the OTHERS all groan.)
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PRODUCTION NOTES
PROPERTIES
ONSTAGE: Sign reading “The Daily Groaner,” theater marquee reading
“The Laugh Riot Comedy Club,” sign reading “Trench Coat Sale,”
platform, desk, two chairs, wastebasket, drum set or single snare
drum, gym mat.
BROUGHT ON, Scene One:
Rubber chickens (BERNIE)
Squirting lapel flower (MAYOR)
Camera and optional equipment (DREW)
Stack of papers (MO)
Rubber hand (GROANER)
BROUGHT ON, Scene Three:
Flyer (SOLEMN)
BROUGHT ON, Scene Four:
Chairs, microphone and stand [in place for all scenes at Laugh
Riot Comedy Club]
Plank, block of wood, bucket full of silver streamers (MO, CURLY)
Cane (MO)
Giant foam hand (CASEY)
BROUGHT ON, Scene Five:
Thick, heavy book (BERNIE, BOBBIE)
BROUGHT ON, Scene Six:
Flyer (DREW)
BROUGHT ON, Scene Eight:
Chairs, microphone and stand
Stack of “Hello My Name Is” nametags (DREW)
BROUGHT ON, Scene Ten:
Chairs, microphone and stand
BROUGHT ON, Scene Twelve:
Chairs, microphone and stand
Ropes (MO, CURLY)
Slapstick (VAUDEVILLE)
Squirting lapel flower (MAYOR)
BROUGHT ON, Scene Thirteen:
Chairs, microphone and stand
Slapstick (VAUDEVILLE)
Electric fan (GOBSMACKER)
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EFFECTS
Either a live or recorded “rim shot” effect. Throughout the script the
rim shot is indicated by an asterisk (*). If the production is using a
drum set or snare, any cast member who is available in each instance
can make the sound effect.
Deep breathing, à la Darth Vader, for Vlad the Exhaler; ticking clock;
circus music during MO and CURLY’S entrance in Scene Four and at
the end of Scene Thirteen; offstage crashes, explosion; heroic music
for the SUPERCOMICS.
Flash of light, blue light in Scene Four; mysterious lighting to mark the
triumphant arrival of the SUPERCOMICS at the end of Scene Nine.
Optional fog machine in Scene Four.
COSTUMING
BOBBIE wears a clown suit and a colorful wig. BERNIE wears coveralls.
When Comedyville loses its humor, they wear trench coats over
their costumes.
PAT may wear very baggy, shaggy clothing.
MAYOR wears an outrageous outfit with a colorful tie. He or she looks
like a cross between a politician and a circus clown.
CURLY, MO, CASEY and ANDY wear superhero costumes and capes
when they’re the SUPERCOMICS.
DREW wears a tweed jacket and a fedora or similar type of hat. He
carries a large camera (an old-fashioned camera with a large flash
bulb would work well).
GROANER wears very loud, clashing, colorful clothing.
VAUDEVILLE is an old man with gray hair, glasses and a cane.
GOBSMACKER and SOLEMN are conservatively dressed in dark suits
and ties.
VLAD wears dark, possibly “medieval” clothing and a cape to appear
evil and sinister.
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