Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for August 17, 2011
Transcript:
Miss Bliss: Assisting with our play's production will be Mr. Timmy Fretwork! Timmy will be our composer, set builder, sound engineer and fight choreographer! Timmy: Hi, kids! You might not recognize me without my banjo! Mom: Didn't Timmy Fretwork knock the air conditioner off the roof? And cause a sinkhole when he fixed the water fountain? What play are you doing, "Macbeth"? Alice: I don't know. Is there a banjo in it?
rayannina over 13 years ago
Mrs. Otterloop! You’re not supposed to say the name of “the Scottish Play”! It’s bad luck!
Catfeet Premium Member over 13 years ago
Who gets to play Yorick?
GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago
I’ve only seen banjos in Hee Haw, Alice….but I do know an unemployed banjo player.
Sisyphos over 13 years ago
Hillbillyman over 13 years ago
My great grandfather came from Alabama with one on his knee.
x_Tech over 13 years ago
“Hair 2000+”“Auntie Mame”
Elaine Rosco Premium Member over 13 years ago
What is up with that hair???
LHPuttgrass over 13 years ago
Béla Fleck
kcphobo over 13 years ago
It’s a great week when Timmy Fretwork returns.
Tancread Premium Member over 13 years ago
Can’t tie down a banjo man.
Christopher Shea over 13 years ago
Wait, “fight choreographer”?
DCStark over 13 years ago
Did any of you see the “Bladkadder” episode involving the “Scottish Play”?
seismic-2 Premium Member over 13 years ago
Well, at the banquet scene, maybe we will at least see banjo’s ghost.
Dirty Dragon over 13 years ago
Sounds like Timmy is used to not being recognized without his banjo. This includes when he goes home for Thankgiving and Christmas family dinners.
pinkdryad Premium Member over 13 years ago
Um, yeah. Fight choreographer? Just what kind of play are they doing? And the kids look so bored, too! Bet they won’t be when they get to start fighting and not get in trouble for it.
fritzoid Premium Member over 13 years ago
You can’t tie down a Banquo man. Just when you think you’ve had him safely killed, BAM!, there he is sitting in your chair…
Strictly speaking, it’s only bad luck to say “Macbeth” if you’re in a theater. So Madeline hasn’t jinxed anything. And here in the safety of my home, I’m free to say “Macbeth” to my heart’s content. Watch:
Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth MacBZZZXT$MAMAMACCCC%^#hhg$% . . . zzzzzt . . . fsssssssssssssssssssssssssssss………..
fritzoid Premium Member over 13 years ago
On a related note, richardcthompson (who has been known to post in this forum) drew my attention to a production of “Macbeth” mounted at the Folger Shakespeare Library in DC (that’s where mrsrichardcthompson works) directed by Teller (of Penn & Teller). Lots of “stage magic” is worked into the production. It’s lurid and sensational, a real horror show, just the way I like to think Shakespeare intended. (“People have this strange idea that Shakespeare is somehow tasteful.” – Teller) It’s bloody great fun.
If you buy the Folger edition of the play (fully annotated), it includes a DVD of the performance (with lots of extras). Check it out.
baileydean over 13 years ago
Wait… aren’t the banjos supposed to have a duel near the end?
Popeyesforearm over 13 years ago
“Old Macbeth had a farm, eei eye eei eye oooo!
x_Tech over 13 years ago
Weren’t banjos once called the poor mans’ bag pipes?
DCStark over 13 years ago
“Sorry, Pater, see you later, we must make amends!”