by Mink | Dec 31, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
Silvia sits at a mirror and combs straw out of her hair. Silvia: I don’t speak much the language of fogs and frogs, that French language: the language of the mayonnaise eaters. Or do they produce the mayonnaise? Perhaps both: production and eating. I know they...
by Mink | Dec 27, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
Ewan: Who would your ideal dinner guests me, Moi?Moi: Hm, that’s an interesting question, Ewan. I guess, these three: MosesShakespeareJRR Tolkien Ewan: That’s an interesting mixture.Moi: I suppose they would just sit there looking at one another.Ewan:...
by Mink | Dec 27, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
What is Kate’s father’s name?Kate? I thought Kate had two moms.No; Kate has a mom and a dad; the dad is one of the teachers at your daughter’s school.Oh, I was thinking of, um; hey, what time is it?It is almost six. I can’t remember the...
by Mink | Dec 20, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
Two hippies crash through a bar window and wrestle in the dirt street; the local sheriff awakes from a cat nap, approaches, draws his pistol, and shoots a warning shot into the air. The two hippies pause. Sheriff: What’s the problem, boys? Hippie: He said compost is...
by Mink | Dec 20, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
A forest. A clown sits on a log. She looks around and sees that she is indeed alone in the forest, so she begins to pick her nose. The end.
by Mink | Dec 18, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
A road at dawn. A clown sits by the side of the road. At first the clown is happy, but, after some hours, the clown becomes sad. The end.
by Mink | Dec 16, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
A father helps his daughter bathe, blow dry her hair, dress, re-dress with even better colors, and finally spritz perfume. The girl stands at the door of the house mildly angry. Girl: You didn’t button my jacket, or anything!Father: I disagree.Girl: It is true:...
by Mink | Dec 15, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
Ewan’s front door. Moi rings the bell. After a moment, Ewan opens the door. He wears an apron. Ewan: Moi! Moi: Hi, Ewan. I wanted to come by your house today and apologize for yelling at you about the yogurt. I shouldn’t have yelled at you. I was reading the news a...
by Mink | Dec 15, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
An oak forest. Two clowns meet on a fern-bordered path. One holds a chocolate cake; the other holds a guitar. They smile. They gesture exchange. They exchange the guitar for the chocolate cake. They sit. One clown plays the guitar; the other eats cake. After a moment,...
by Mink | Dec 13, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
The fuddy-duddy rings his silver bell and waits; after a few moments, his sister comes to the doorway and looks at him with dead eyes. FD: Oh, I’m sorry: I see you’ve been watching the news. Sister: Yes, as a matter of fact, I was; how can you tell? FD: Just years of...
by Mink | Dec 12, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
An unvaccinated Jew raises his hand during a press conference. President: Um, yes, the unvaccinated Jew there in the back with the silly hat? Jew: So, these lockdowns for the unvaccinated Jews like me won’t snowball into a negative social stigma? Resulting in a...
by Mink | Dec 9, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
A restaurant. A man and woman sit at dinner. A bluejay perches on a chair nearby. Man: I had the funniest dream last night. Woman: Did you write it down? Man: No; it was so funny that I was sure to remember in the morning. I woke up at three thirty and thought, Oh,...
by Mink | Dec 6, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
The dairy aisle of a supermarket. Moi stands silently reading the back label of a yogurt tub. After a moment, he silently reads the back of a second yogurt tub. Ewan McGregor quietly approaches and whispers: Ewan: Um, excuse me, Moi, I can’t help but notice that you...
by Mink | Dec 6, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
A garage. Twilight. Russell Brand lies on the floor in the fetal position. He cries. His wife unlocks the door joining the garage to the rest of the house. She carries a riding crop. Wife: Okay! I’m unlocking your door: come to my bedroom immediately and earn your...
by Mink | Dec 5, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
Night. The front lawn of Moi’s house. A shadowy figure stands under Moi’s bedroom window. The shadowy figure holds a guitar in one hand and tosses pebbles at the glass with the other. After a few sharp clicks of the pebbles against the glass, Moi opens his bedroom...
by Mink | Dec 5, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
Jordan B Peterson stands before a class of undergraduates and lectures about Maps of Meaning. Peterson: If we don’t develop a moral sense as conscious and as elaborate as our technological sense, the fact that we are capable of becoming increasingly powerful will...
by Mink | Dec 5, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
An evangelical pastor sits at the kitchen table with a well-marked open bible before him. His son walks into the kitchen and opens the refrigerator searching for the cold chicken, mayonnaise, tomatoes, lettuce, and bread. Pastor: Can I talk to you for a minute? Come...
by Mink | Dec 5, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
An angry disaffected young male (ADYM), who spent most of the night reading Jordan B Peterson, awakes in the morning to the sound of birds chirping in the sunrise. ADYM: So let me just try to get my head around this idea: Jordan is saying that I really CAN improve...
by Mink | Dec 5, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
A wizard walks into a shopping mall with a ball of plasma atop his wizard’s staff. He approaches a group of people loitering in a corridor. Wizard: Behold! People: Oh, god, what is that guy doing? Call the police! Wizard: I am here to teach you all how to wield the...
by Mink | Dec 5, 2021 | Comedy, historio-tragicomedy
Russell Brand sits across from an interviewer. Interviewer: Hi, Russell, how have you been? Russell: Funny you should ask me that because I was just standing in front of the mirror, naked, of course, and I was asking myself that very question when my wife and small...
