Thursday, December 30, 2010
Rocco and Little Mikey the TV Director
LM
Had hell of a time finding an astronomy broad not a dog.
ROCCO
Many icy nights and Tastycakes. Not the best for girth
and complexion.
LM
Finally gave up and got an actress--to stretch a term.
ROCCO
Usually Science or National Geo for this sort of
spacey project. I think of your channel as two
quarter-wits belting each other inside a cage.
Or whores retreaded to serve mankind
without donating disease in the syrupy process.
LM
Yeah, not our usual bag, but Wall Street uncles of the Ivies
who wrote the dreck are backing it.
ROCCO
So, can’t offend such children?
LM
Must take the risk. Have retained about seventeen words
of the artzy-fartzies. I’ve fictionalized most, and the rest is
talking heads with a scientific bent. And, of course,
the necessary animation to give ideas of scale.
ROCCO
Yeah. (basso) NOW take our baseball pitcher throwing his curve from a barrio in Los Angeles to a catcher in gorgeous downtown Camden!
LM
That’s about it. We gotta show there’s a lot of room up there.
ROCCO
Yes, it makes us seem so petty, except when we’re being petty.
LM
I thought we were talking about me.
ROCCO
Of course. The industry runs on ego, which is a monster or a mouse depending on the possibility of work. Anyway, which sexy actress will rescue these out-of-this-world cliches?
LM
Nessley Irdum.
ROCCO
Who?
LM
You may know her as Peaches Flambé
ROCCO
Stripper most toney! Thus, most appropriate to high subjects.
LM
Once you see the white jacket hanging from that balcony...!
ROCCO
Astronomers don’t wear white jackets!
LM
Poetic license.
ROCCO
Ain’t science grand? Like totally fuckin grand?
LM
Gonna be.
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Little Mikey started in the business by interning on Channel 3’s
children’s shows. His initial task was to keep Uncle Wesley sober.
LM
Had hell of a time finding an astronomy broad not a dog.
ROCCO
Many icy nights and Tastycakes. Not the best for girth
and complexion.
LM
Finally gave up and got an actress--to stretch a term.
ROCCO
Usually Science or National Geo for this sort of
spacey project. I think of your channel as two
quarter-wits belting each other inside a cage.
Or whores retreaded to serve mankind
without donating disease in the syrupy process.
LM
Yeah, not our usual bag, but Wall Street uncles of the Ivies
who wrote the dreck are backing it.
ROCCO
So, can’t offend such children?
LM
Must take the risk. Have retained about seventeen words
of the artzy-fartzies. I’ve fictionalized most, and the rest is
talking heads with a scientific bent. And, of course,
the necessary animation to give ideas of scale.
ROCCO
Yeah. (basso) NOW take our baseball pitcher throwing his curve from a barrio in Los Angeles to a catcher in gorgeous downtown Camden!
LM
That’s about it. We gotta show there’s a lot of room up there.
ROCCO
Yes, it makes us seem so petty, except when we’re being petty.
LM
I thought we were talking about me.
ROCCO
Of course. The industry runs on ego, which is a monster or a mouse depending on the possibility of work. Anyway, which sexy actress will rescue these out-of-this-world cliches?
LM
Nessley Irdum.
ROCCO
Who?
LM
You may know her as Peaches Flambé
ROCCO
Stripper most toney! Thus, most appropriate to high subjects.
LM
Once you see the white jacket hanging from that balcony...!
ROCCO
Astronomers don’t wear white jackets!
LM
Poetic license.
ROCCO
Ain’t science grand? Like totally fuckin grand?
LM
Gonna be.
---
Little Mikey started in the business by interning on Channel 3’s
children’s shows. His initial task was to keep Uncle Wesley sober.
