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The 2001 Space Oddity


From a comedy writer who has spent 25 years as "Court jester to the military-industrial complex."

I Once did a show combining rear projection and black light puppets. Animated flying saucer lands on film....land rover vehicle comes down ramp and drives off side of projection screen, and appears in black light puppet stage.

The moon man gets out and starts complaining about all the trash we've left behind on the moon; cameras, flags, golf balls. His biggest complaint was about this huge, black monolith (from "2001").

The spokesperson out front explains that it isn't ours, and, actually, people on Earth aren't even sure exactly what it is. The moon guys says he knows what it is....it's a jukebox, but it's frustrating because it only plays one number.

The moon man proceeds to demonstrate by inserting a moon coin into the side. (The coin is a "pim.") "We have a decimal system there. Ten pims is a pimple, ten pimples a rash, and when you get into warts and hickies, you're talkin' big bucks."

Yes, from this I made a living. (So, he puts in the coin and of course, cue: "Thus Spake Zarathrustra"). badda-boom.

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