Mike Shapiro: Torin • Boogle

Torin's Passage

Torin • Boogle

[Torin gives berries to Herman the guard]
Torin: Here you are, Herman. I brought you some berries.
Herman: Great! Now squeeze 'em.
Torin: What? Oh, all right. Uh, where's the juicer?
Herman: I told you. Over there. On the cabinet.
[Torin approaches the cabinet, takes the juicer and squeezes the berries]
Torin: Boogle, can you be an ax?
[Boogle changes shape into a guitar. Torin takes the guitar/Boogle and plays "Johnny B. Goode". Boogle changes back to his original form]
Torin: Whew! Here ya go. Say, uh, what kind of berries are those?
Herman: Why, CHUCK berries, of course!
[drum fill]

[as Torin is about to enter the Bitternuts' house, the show begins]
Radio Announcer: Live... on CD-ROM... from beautiful cliffside Escarpa... it's "The Bitternuts"! With Jack Kluckman as Mr. Bitternut...
[phony canned applause]
Radio Announcer: ...and starring Sandra Bullhockey as Mrs. Bitternut...
[phony canned applause]
Radio Announcer: ...with Vinyl MacCaulking as little Bobby Bitternut.
[phony sereams & canned applause]
Radio Announcer: [after the opening theme] Tonight we join "The Bitternuts" just as they hear a knock on their door...
[knock knock knock]
Mrs. Bitternut: Just a minute... Harley, can you get that? Oh, never mind. Do I have to do everything around here? Coming!
[Mrs. Bitternut opens the door. Torin is standing outside]
Mrs. Bitternut: Yeow! Aren't you the giant, economy-sized visitor?
[phony laugh track]
Mrs. Bitternut: You know, I'd ask you in, but I'm not sure there's enough air in here!
[phony laugh track]
Mrs. Bitternut: Harley? Take a look at this guy! This is what a REAL man looks like!
[phony laugh track]
Mrs. Bitternut: Harley? Oh, honey, don't mind him! He's just acting his IQ!
[phony laugh track]
Mrs. Bitternut: So, do you want to come in? Or maybe that should be, "CAN" you come in?
[phony laugh track]
Torin: [enters] Why, thank you. I will.
[phony laugh track]