GATES OF HELL
THE BIG LIE
CHARACTER LIST – RIDICULOUS NOVEL
Ridiculous Novel is a murder mystery set in an abandoned canyon. The main characters are:
Perkins Lell Stiefwasser – the Frankenstein monster’s tax consultant.
Robespierre Jones – frockless cleric with a penchant for larceny.
The Brooding Caftan – chieftainess of the Amazon Armada.
Wilma Klortch – movie star in search of a new name.
Pelvis LaRue – handsome debutante impersonator sporting ringlets of burnished gold.
Detective Brain Charmer – not the detective, but wishes he was.
Souffle – French movie star and detective.
GENERIC POLITICAL SPEECH BLUEPRINT
INSINCERE LOCAL REFERENCE
MEANINGLESS PLATITUDES
LIES ABOUT FOE
MORE MEANINGLESS PLATITUDES
MORE LIES ABOUT FOE
MEANINGLESS CATCHPHRASE
A SENTENCE BY NEIL GAIMAN
Richard had noticed that events were cowards: they didn’t occur singly, but instead they would run in packs and leap out at him all at once.
Now see what he did there. He came up with something original.
THE STELLA MARIS KWIZ ANSWER
Yes, that’s Mary on the left as well as on the right. One could, however, assert that both ladies are Gladys and also be correct. Yes, America’s Sweetheart was born Gladys Smith in Canada and by the age of 7 was the sole breadwinner supporting her mother, brother and sister. I bow to you and your grit and your business acumen from another century, little Mary.
THE STELLA MARIS KWIZ
The actress on the left, gazing at Mary Pickford as Stella Maris on the right, is:
a. an accomplished practitioner of the silent movie gesture-and-pose pantomime style of acting most flamboyantly perpetrated by Lon Chaney Sr.
b. not all there.
c. afraid of moths.
d. Mary Pickford.
MOVIES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
For the general populace, Total Recall. For the senior citizen:
PARTIAL RECALL
For the general populace, Apocalypse Now. For the senior citizen:
APOCALYPSE TOMORROW MAYBE
For the general populace, Dinner at 8. For the senior citizen:
DINNER AT 5:30
For the general populace, D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance. For the senior citizen:
D.W. GRIFFITH’S INCONTINENCE








