IVIV (13) scene four synopsis

Michael Bailey michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Wed Nov 11 21:13:20 CST 2009


The dealer/landlord guy who sells the mustache cup and necktie to Doc
has kind of an aside where he laments how his pot habit is bankrupting him,
I guess he is pretending to sell the items cheaply* and uses that as
an excuse or something.

One thing that neither Doc nor Zoyd does at all is lament his habit at any time.
Sometimes maybe notes in passing a minor difficulty incurred (falling
asleep on the roof,
picking up the phone and forgetting to say hello), but doesn't whine
about quitting ever...

Peter Petto wrote:

> After a quick airplane ride the adventure begins with Doc purchasing a Wyatt
> Earp mustache cup and one of Liberace's sequined neckties from Puck &
> Einar's heretofore downstairs landlord.


(* "pretend to cheapen goods but nothing buy" - from some British poem
about a rainstorm,
this is the closest I've ever had to a context for quoting it...not an
exact fit...)



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