Subject: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Peter T. Date: 06 Jan 00 - 10:57 AM THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT (A play in one act, apologies to Joseph Heller)
[Large white vans screech to a halt in a circle around the Mudcat. A weary official in a white coat comes forward followed by a team of white coated assistants carrying butterfly nets discretely behind their backs. A desk appears on the porch.]
OFFICIAL: All right, everyone line up please! Line up, that means in a line, not a circle. God, this is getting off to a good start. O.K. Who's first? You -- name?
(Curtain falls)
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Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: MMario Date: 06 Jan 00 - 11:07 AM !!!! |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: KathWestra Date: 06 Jan 00 - 11:08 AM Peter, you've outdone yourself. BRAVO!!! |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: T in Oklahoma (Okeimockbird) Date: 06 Jan 00 - 11:12 AM Peter T., your script is a hard-nosed comment on the on the multiple layers of irony that, onion-like, surround our popular culture. Your use of butterfly nets (as opposed to fishnets) is especially evocative of folk culture's simultaneous attributes of ubiquity and fragility. T. |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Liz the Squeak Date: 06 Jan 00 - 11:12 AM Encore, encore, bravo, Bravo!!! Even if my hairy chest and chocolate fixation wasn't in there!! LTS |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Roger the skiffler Date: 06 Jan 00 - 11:12 AM Pete, Pete, our kid, how do you keep coming up with 'em? Priceless, mate, Invisible Eddie, Hiroshi and the rest of the gang at the Neil Young Center salute you with a chorus of "Why was he born so beautiful" by the massed marching drool and kazoo band. May you have a continuing creative New Year! RtS (glad I'm the only one in the office holding the fort as I was laughing my [insert appropriate local usage here] off! |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: folk1234 Date: 06 Jan 00 - 11:13 AM How true, how true. Great piece of work, PeterT. |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Cara Date: 06 Jan 00 - 11:14 AM Stupendous, Peter!! |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: InOBU Date: 06 Jan 00 - 11:15 AM Sequel: Once in the Bughouse, they call InOBU to get them out. He comes down with his wife, and presents himself at the door. They ask if they wish to represent this gaggle, he shrugs, sighs, and nodds, then they drop the net on them as well... at least there is good music on the inside, not to mention, in the dark resesses of the Bug house... Revolution is simmering.... |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Rick Fielding Date: 06 Jan 00 - 11:25 AM In actual fact Elke Sommer was hiding her luscious charms behind an Italian made EKO guitar. |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Peter T. Date: 06 Jan 00 - 11:25 AM [LTS -- be warned, this may be only a first draft...]!yours, Peter T. |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Little Neophyte Date: 06 Jan 00 - 11:26 AM That's it? We all just sit there in the van with our laptops? Besides being the most timely, brilliant hysterical Thought For The Day, I think you are amazing Peter. BB |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: sophocleese Date: 06 Jan 00 - 11:33 AM You sure about that Rick? |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Bert Date: 06 Jan 00 - 11:35 AM And doesn't anyone think that it's so TRUE that it's SCARY? AIEEEE! screams Bert as they drag him off. |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: catspaw49 Date: 06 Jan 00 - 11:41 AM My friend...I don't know what to say. Cleigh and I both are rolling in laughter. Beautiful job...and timely. Spaw |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Max Date: 06 Jan 00 - 11:42 AM Love it, though I though my character could have had a bit more depth. Can I play myself when it hits the big screen? |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Bill D Date: 06 Jan 00 - 11:43 AM ....sounds like a great plot to me! First they drag us all away to the asylum, put us behind a BIG fence, and then the real party begins! In a short time the old saw about the inmates running the asylum will seem prescient,,,*giggle*...Max will offer to 'help' with the computer system, Mick will organize the guards, Alison will charm them, catspaw & I will befuddle them with philosophical obfuscations, etc., etc...(add your own delegated duties)...and soon WE will control who goes out with the nets!
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Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Mbo Date: 06 Jan 00 - 12:19 PM Oh my goodness, Peter, this is amazing! A great piece of literature! Hilarious! And I was in it! I can't wait for more! --Mbo |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 06 Jan 00 - 12:27 PM Two observations: 1. We'd all have the time of our lives. 2. Except for Gargoyle who'd be too crazy not to act sane when the butterfly nets came for him, and after a few days he'd miss the B.S. so much that he'd climb the wall to get in...only to be thrown out by the guards, who would recognize that anyone wanting to get in must be sane, since, afterall it was the very best place on earth...and Kat would organize a healing circle for him and even the guards and their union president would join in and all the good vibes (along with the good flugelhorns and kalimbas and ektars) would cure him and he, too, would live happily ever after (and be absolutely miserable when he thought about it). --seed |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: skarpi Date: 06 Jan 00 - 01:10 PM Great Gouf....gouf.. sorry the flue is giving me a hard time I like this Rick have done this before???. I like it , All the best skarpi Iceland. |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Micca Date: 06 Jan 00 - 01:33 PM Peter, Bravo and other extravagant praises, This is what I love here, You open a perfectly? normal? thread and find that i nearly wet meslf at the confuser keyboard as I read. But now the important question , when it is filmed by Hollywood who will they cast as the Mudcatters? any suggestions( living or dead) of who you would cast, remember there will not be anyone ordinary looking like us, but only "beautiful people" my first thoughts Aine= Meryl Streep (NOI) BanjoBonnie= Meg Ryan (definitely NOI) Katlaughing= Kathleen Turner(Tongue so far in cheek its coming out my ear) Rick Fielding= James Stewart |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Bert Date: 06 Jan 00 - 01:40 PM Catspaw=Marti Feldman |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: kendall Date: 06 Jan 00 - 01:49 PM would someone please tell me what the hell you are on about? Have I been gone THAT long? |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: bill\sables Date: 06 Jan 00 - 02:01 PM This looks like it could turn into a good soap, better than Coronation Street and Eastenders but then again anything is better than Coronation Street and Eastenders Cheers Bill |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Dave (the ancient mariner) Date: 06 Jan 00 - 02:49 PM He He He they missed me !!!!!!!!!! OH SHIT, SPOKE TOO SOON screeeeeeeeech "get that drunken sailor over there, he ain't mad but belongs inside anyway, crazy bastard" |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: InOBU Date: 06 Jan 00 - 03:07 PM And PeterT? What is he doing in the padded cell with a cashew pearched on his thingie? Och, don t mind him, he-s just effin nuts! Gleefully bughouse and sorry for the coursity Larry |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Micca Date: 06 Jan 00 - 03:50 PM And who is going to play Cleigh, De Niro or Pacino? or the Heron for that matter!!!! |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Llanfair Date: 06 Jan 00 - 03:51 PM That was fabulous!!! Well done!! It really hit the spot!! Hwyl, Bron. |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Bert Date: 06 Jan 00 - 04:08 PM Micca, Cleigh has gotta be Pacino, and how about Peter O'Toole for the heron? |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Willie-O Date: 06 Jan 00 - 04:09 PM I'd be rollin on the f***ing floor if I was a bit less dignified....where would they put all these miscreants...some long-dormant largish rural structure...I suggest the McDonalds Corners Agricultural Hall though additional security will be needed to keep out all the others that will constantly trying to break into the new Neil Young Detention Centre for the Delusionally UnEntrepeneurial.... Bill C |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Date: 06 Jan 00 - 04:54 PM Seed, don't be silly; Gargoyle's the one who called the guys with the nets! He's hiding halfway down the block in a garbage can, laughing up his sleeve. |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: katlaughing Date: 06 Jan 00 - 04:58 PM 'S wonderful, Peter! Micca: Kathleen Turner????!!! Can't stand her! How about Emma Thompson? |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: kendall Date: 06 Jan 00 - 05:07 PM Now I see...the first time I opened this thread...the first thing I saw was a response..not the original opening. Relax you guys..I know a good lawyer. |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Willie-O Date: 06 Jan 00 - 05:10 PM Me too, he's in the next cell... |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Dave Swan Date: 06 Jan 00 - 06:06 PM AUTHOR!!AUTHOR!! Loud huzzahs from a packed looney bin. Masterful. E.S. |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Mbo Date: 06 Jan 00 - 06:26 PM Might I start a thread creep, regarding who you want to play yourself in the classic movie "The Day They Came For Mudcat"? Or is that too BS-y? Just wondering...don't want to offend... --Mbo |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: lamarca Date: 06 Jan 00 - 06:26 PM Mr. Timmerman's early 21st century (or late 20th century) opus, "Waiting for Mudcat" firmly established his theater credentials among the cognoscenti. The characterizations of Everyman and Everywoman as denizens of an archetypal virtual reality whose eschatological worth is not recognized by the haute bourgeouisie is delicately played out in short, terse segments of dialog. The instantaneous evaluation of psychorelational dysfunction in the denizens of this community by the increasingly distraught "Official" is reminiscent of early Cleese or Gilliam in its evocation of laughter through the juxtaposition of absurdist statements like "...but anyway, we offer all sorts of refreshments and entertainment, we have special theme nights, a jello wrestling pool, a velcro wall of death, the usual." and "Well, everyone to their taste., as if taste had anything to do with the aforementioned Tavern; or "Are you trying to tell me that you were watching Elke Sommer in the nude, and all you can remember is the guitar she was wearing????" and "Well, yes, of course.". All in all, a fine effort, sure to make the Millennium's Best list in the Neil Young Center for the Terminally Screwed...
Bravo, Peter! |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: JenEllen Date: 06 Jan 00 - 06:39 PM Actually, it's the only thing they'll play on the flight to the Neil Young Center. They Clockwork Orange you into watching it...it's not pretty. |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Max Date: 06 Jan 00 - 06:42 PM Can my character have a love scene with Meg Ryan? Remeber, I insist on playing myself... unless one of the other characters gets a love scene with Meg Ryan, then I want to play them. |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: TerriM Date: 06 Jan 00 - 06:46 PM I could bake a cake with a file in it guys, for when you get bored or sung out and want to go home; of course, the cake is more likely to be of use sawing through the bars than the file; just for heaven sake don't forget NOT to eat it! |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Dave (the ancient mariner) Date: 06 Jan 00 - 07:06 PM "No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.....A man in jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company" Samuel Johnson 1759. Close the door on yer way out mates! the cable TV is great and we get steak tonight.No call outs and no work aloft, just leave me be I'll be allright here.Hell they can't even flog me in here. Yours, Aye. Dave |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Little Neophyte Date: 06 Jan 00 - 07:12 PM Micca, I definately approve of my casting. Max, would you mind if I directed that scene? I would like to make sure it is authentic and all. BB |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: sophocleese Date: 06 Jan 00 - 07:54 PM TerriM, great idea with the saw except they'd likely play it instead of sawing with it. Then they'd put the cake crumbs in a tin and shake that. |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: InOBU Date: 06 Jan 00 - 08:04 PM Being that we are all bughouse, we on the inside will bake a cake with all of us in it, to be sent to anyone on the outside... that is if there are any mudcatters on the outside... it is more fun in the cake! Larry |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: momnopp Date: 06 Jan 00 - 08:14 PM FABULOUS!! I loved every line. My son kept asking what the heck I was laughing about. . . Cheers, JudyO |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Max Date: 06 Jan 00 - 08:36 PM Banjo Bonnie: That sure is fine with me, especially if you're kinky. But then again, I guess it's only BASED on a true story. I gotta talk to the writer then...
Peter, can we talk? |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 06 Jan 00 - 08:53 PM I've got an Italian Eko guitar - doesn't sound too good, but I'll look at it with renewed interest after Rick's revelation about Elke Sommer's revelation.
Could we use it in the film? I could bring it along for the auditions maybe? |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Little Neophyte Date: 06 Jan 00 - 09:03 PM Max I think Peter is looking for a quality production directed with knowledge and experience. Kinky sounds like some kind of B film to me. |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: Max Date: 06 Jan 00 - 09:18 PM Its an M film. Anyway, any scene with Meg would do... |
Subject: RE: THE DAY THEY CAME FOR MUDCAT From: ddw Date: 06 Jan 00 - 10:13 PM I didn't get caught in the first raid, but I'd love to be there if they come around again. Think about it — no work, food, shelter and all those musicians around? That's not jail, that's heaven! Great job, Peter. david |
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