File spoon-archives/puptcrit.archive/puptcrit_2003/puptcrit.0312, message 116


Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 22:59:20 -0800
From: Bob Stone <bobstone1-AT-earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: PUPT: script idea


At 02:27 PM 12/19/2003, you wrote:
>      Having viewed the Abbot and Costello classic "Naughty Nineties" last 
> week (home of their 'Who's on First' routine), I've been inspired to 
> write a 'slow burn humor' script of my own. Mine has to do with the 
> vent's trip to a Bazaar and his attempts to tell the figure about 
> it.  I've already got some ideas such as the fact that the vent went to a 
> Bazaar ('I didn't ask you how it was, I asked you where you went'), the 
> fact the vent met a toy seller (What? You mean that the seller wasn't 
> dressed as a tin soldier), and the fact that the vent had some Indian Fry 
> Bread (What do you mean it wasn't made by indians? ) .  Where else could 
> I go with this?

Interesting idea, and while you have the first interchange almost correct, 
the next two have me totally stumped.  I don't get the connection between 
"toy seller" and "dressed as a tin soldier."  Nor do I understand the 
connection between "Indian Fry Bread" and "wasn't made by indians."  Maybe 
I'm just having a senior moment, but the misunderstandings need to be 
obvious to the audience for the humor to come through.

Oh, and "Naughty Nineties" wasn't the "home" of the "Who's On First?" 
routine.  It was a bit developed by them, and performed by others in 
various forms, as well (as I've been told) in their years in 
burlesque.  (Sometimes Costello's last line is "And I don't give a darn." 
and sometimes it's "And I don't give a damn.") They've done several 
versions of it on film, and in other venues.  I think the first time I ever 
saw it was a film of them doing it in front of President Roosevelt. I 
remember I laughed so hard I nearly threw up.  I believe I have the full 
text of it, if you'd like to use it as a guide for your script.

In any case, good luck with your further development of the bit.

-Bob


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