this propensity to parody manifested in my successful, albeit brief moonlight run as a playwright in high school. my one act, tongue-in-cheek comedy "on the side" was a hit at the high school variety show and made it as far as the citywide performances. it had a lifespan briefer than my thespianism (i have a Best Actress "Oscar" to show for that though. actually my mom does. along with all my diplomas and report cards.)
last night, wakeful from one on my wee hour weez, i thought up a fun parody for a PSA and thought it'd be just the thing to fill up space. see if you can guess which commercial i plagiarized. the first person to guess wins a Sock Blocker(TM)--a draft preventing sock filled with that awful dry-supposedly-jasmine-but-really-long-grain-brown-rice-that-i-didn't-like-the-taste-of-but-have-20-lbs-of mixed with lavender. mmm.
SCENE 1
A pregnant woman late in her third trimester sits on the pottery barn couch next to her dude. They are the picture of suburban domestic bliss. She is watching a TV offscreen.
PREGNANT LADY: (pensively) hmmm... i want something... savory...At this, DUDE promptly gets up and dons a baseball cap. He is a man on a quest. He pauses as she adds additional descriptors of her whimsical cravings.
PREGGO: and salty... and juicy.He pauses on cue and waits for her tone of finality before valiantly heading off into the night.
Cut to DUDE getting behind the wheel of his car when his cell phone rings. He answers.
PREGGO: and meaty.DUDE groans perplexed. Cut to DUDE happily getting his card back from the worker at a counter and carrying away a bag of goodies.
Cut to PREGGO opening the bag and pulling out a stack of bestseller books--mystery, thrillers, literature.
Cut to title
Think Inside the Book
3 comments:
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congrats, u win! i have to find some old panty hose to make your Sock Blocker(TM).
please don't start any new projects right now. i appreciate the thought, but you are in probably in full nesting mode, so just relax and enjoy.
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