Mob Follies: Chornicles of a Forum Crime Family [Archive]

thelma313

08-14-2009, 08:24 PM

FADE FROM BLACK: Interior of Don Barry Corleone's home office - Dr. Glen Brittoli, aka Dr. Roddick Bangs, is seated in front of the Don's desk.

"Don Barry, I believe in my cure. It has made my fortune. I even cured Miss Beth, remember her of the March House girls?” The Don nods, "Yes I remember. Her twitching was out of control."

Seated at the Don’s feet are two ferocious Schnoodle/Rottweillers, Chico and Ernie. Chico sticks his butt in Ernie’s face, "Say hello to my little friend…"

Dr.Brittoli looks away, disgusted and says, "I’ve come to you today because someone, who goes by the initials PZ, has infiltrated my turf. He says he cured himself of all his twitching and he is stealing my business."

Don Barry, sitting behind his desk and petting one of the menacing mutts, asks "So what is it that you want me to do about your problem?" The Doctor gets up and whispers his request into Don Barry's ear.

"That I cannot do," says the Godfather. But Brittoli begs, "Please I’ll give you anything you ask."

The Don frowns. "Doc, We've known each other many years but I can't even remember the last time that you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee, even though my wife is godmother to your only son. But let's be frank here: you never wanted my friendship. And, you were afraid to be in my debt. But now you come to me and you say -- "Don Barry give me justice." -- But you don't ask with RESPECT. You don't offer friendship. You don't even think to call me Godfather. Instead, you come into my house on the day my daughter, Rose is to be married, and you ask me to do murder… for money."

The Doctor replies, "I ask you for justice."

"That is not justice; your business is still alive."

"I want PZ to suffer then, as my business suffers…. How much shall I pay you?"

Don Barry Corleone stands, turning his back to the doctor. "Doc... Doc... What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully? Had you come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruined your business would be suffering this very day."

"Don, please be my friend --"

The Don shrugs.

"-- Godfather?"

The Doctor kisses Don Barry Corleone’s hand.

The Don accepts, "Good…. some day - and that day may never come - I'll call upon you to do a service for me, capish? But until that day, accept this justice as a gift on my daughter's wedding day."

The Doctor breathes a sigh of relief, "Grazie, Godfather."

Then Don Barry calls in his #1 hitman, Alfredo "The Scorcher" Barzini, Al for short, "Go get this PZ. Rough him up a little bit…. I mean, we're not murderers, despite what the undertaker says….."

CUT TO: On the other side of town, in a makeshift basement laboratory, PZ and his female assassins, Thelma "The Evil Twin" Mancini (3-time female boxing champion) and Mona "The Southern Belle" Brasi (black belt in Ju-Jitsu) are cooking up some more Zaphotek, a so-called miracle drug that will wipe out all the twitching in all the world and threaten to put a real end to Doctor Brittoli’s trafficking business….

BarryG

08-14-2009, 09:21 PM

Don Corleone walks slowly back out to join the wedding party. His stomach is really bothering him today and having his celebration interrupted by Dr. Brittolli has aggravated his ulcers. "Why is my beautiful, smart daughter marrying that putz? he says to himself. Unable to come up with an answer he pours himself a large glass of Merlot which he knows will really not help his stomach but he doesn't care.

He calls to Joel, his trusted consiglierei, "Ok Joel, couple things, first I sent Al out to look after some business and I want you to make sure that the cops, especially that damn Smelliot Mess, don't come after us. I mean what do we pay them for anyway?" "Ok Boss I'll look after it, what else? says Joel. "The other thing that I want you to do is fix that sign on the front of the movie theater down the street, who's ever heard of The Chornicles of Narnia and what is with the talking lion?

GlenBrittle

08-14-2009, 10:09 PM

Dr Brittoli walks back to his office down the block.

He sees his friend Angelo , waiting for his arrival. Sitting beside Angelo is Mare , the good twin , apparently off in her own little world.

"Angelo , good to see you my friend" "what brings you up from your estate in Florida"

Angelo , his face sullen from worry , looks at his daughter , the good daughter , and explains:
"Mare came up here to spend some time with her sister Thelma, and I thought to myself , how bad can that be" "The next morning , I am getting calls from the local cappo that she has gone crazy, and they have her in a holding room."
"When I get up here , they tell me that she was with her sister who is working for this new punk PZ, and that her sister gave some of the new designer smack they are pushing. They pulled her out of the old theater running old movies."

Mare looks up at Dr Glen and waggles a crooked finger at him.
"Just try and stay out of my way. Just try! I'll get you, my pretty and your little dog too! "

Angelo turns back to Dr Brittoli and before he can say a word , Mare starts again
"Going so soon? I wouldn't hear of it. Why my little party's just beginning. "
"Helping the little lady along are you, my fine gentlemen? Well stay away from her, or I'll stuff a mattress with you! And you, I'll make you into a beehive. Here Scarecrow, want to play ball? "

Angelo , a patient good hearted man , reaches over to hold Mare , but she stands up , wobbles and falls to the floor. "You cursed brat! Look what you've done! I'm melting! melting! Oh, what a world! What a world!"

Dr Brittoli calls the local hospital , and orders a ambulance to come and get the now unconscious Mare and get her into a room. "Angelo , we need to let her get through this. "

Thinking to himself, "kids these days dont want the old time highs, they go after the designer stuff that really hooks you. I hope AL runs that punk out of town or feeds him to the fishes"

thelma313

08-14-2009, 10:20 PM

Joel, the family's consiglieri, is not Sicilian. However he is highly respected by the Corleones for his take-no-prisoners approach to the family business. He walks through Rose Corleone's wedding reception, taking a glass of Merlot from a tray as he passes a waiter. Joel stops for a moment to watch the Corleones pose for a family portrait and then continues out the front door. He gets in his Alpha Romeo and drives to the old movie theater and parks out front. He looks up at the marquis which reads, "The Chornicles of Narnia."

"Ridiculous." He says to himself as he opens the trunk of his car and removes his Uzi. He takes aim and showers the marquis with a spray of bullets. The letters shatter and fall like rain.

BethU

08-14-2009, 10:48 PM

Cut to Makeshift Lab: PZ tastes the Zaphotek, and twitches triumphantly. "This will put the Corleones out of business for good," he gloats. "I will give mankind the ability to twitch only upon my command! Hit it girls." He snaps his fingers and Frank Sinatra steps from behind the curtain crooning "Betwitched, Bothered and Bewildered," as the girls twitch in unison behind him, and the Makeshift Lab howls softly.

Across town, Ernie turns to Chico and barks "I think there's a Lab out there intent on putting our masters out of business. Let's go get 'em."

"Arf," Chico replies in assent, and they race off.

At that moment, the Blushing Bride Rose whips a butcher knife from her bustier, and approaches her groom. "Let's cut the cake, honey," she coos, brandishing her blade.

"Arf," he replies in the affirmative, relieved that she was not threatening him with more pre-nup surgery. She scratches him under the chin. "Good boy, good boy. Sit. Stay."

Fade to commercial.

BarryG

08-14-2009, 11:42 PM

The Scorcher Al is looking for the Lab but only finding German Shepherds, Malamutes, Poodles, and even Dachsunds but no Lab. Al's helper, a one legged, one eyed, deaf-mute with a serious case of the twitches named Lucky is fending off an albino Alsatian who is chewing on his PEG leg.

"I keep tellin everybody that we're just a couple of Goodfellas but for some reason they don't believe me" says Al as he loads a clip into his machine gun. "My old papa once told me first you get the money. Then you get the power. Then you get the women."

Ernie and Chico, who have been following Al and Lucky, are very amused by all the activities of their canine cousins. They come across Lucky's shotgun and lunch that he dropped in the wrestling match with the Alsatian. "Leave the gun. Take the cannolis." says Ernie "I'm hungry. The search continues...

GlenBrittle

08-15-2009, 12:05 AM

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BarryG

08-15-2009, 02:35 AM

Back to the action after those fine words from our sponsor

In a dingy office in the downtown police station stands a strange man with an even stranger mohawk hairdo. He is looking at himself in a mirror and saying "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?? His name is Smelliot Mess and he is Untouchable. He has no personality that anyone can find but he doesn't care cause he is on the side of the right and the free. His whole goal and purpose in life is to bring the Corleone family to justice but so far he hasn't had much luck. In fact he has failed at everything since he arrested Al Capone over 20 years before so he is trying a new tactic, going undercover as a taxi driver. He hopes that by calling his taxi company "La Costa Nothing" he will get some "family" business but so far they haven't called.

The boredom is really getting to him and he is starting to hallucinate that he is in front of Don Barry with nothing to lose but his sanity.

Meanwhile downstairs in lost and found someone has turned in a dozen horse heads. The desk officer is puzzled because the all of the heads have a very wooden expression and there is no blood just sawdust. I finally dawns on the officer that these are no ordinary horse heads, they are from a merry-go-round and that somewhere out there there is a nightmare kiddie ride full of decapitated ponies.

Marjorie R. Wilcox

08-15-2009, 06:12 AM

What on earth is this about?

tdamess

08-15-2009, 07:15 AM

i dont know but you guys are great
i will delete this post after yous read it so as not to interupted the story

DgtofTNfan

08-15-2009, 08:33 AM

Joel steps back and into the mayhem created by the falling remnants of the theatre sign he just riddled with holes. He brushes the debris off his shoulders and mutters, "I could have had class. I could have been a contender. I could have been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, lets face it." His thoughts turn to his sweet Rose and that d*mn wedding picture he should have been in.....

Meanwhile across town a phone rings. There is a call for Mancini but the young lad who answered would rather eat nails than descend the stairs and approach Mancini. He knew Brasi was with her and was sure to be used as a punching bag or strangled by a nunchuck just for their entertainment. He rubs his neck remembering the last time he made eye contact with Brasi. The alternative was to do nothing and suffer the consequences of not delivering the message. Mancini's sister was in the hospital. He was the messenger, it was his duty. He inched toward the stairs.

Mancini and Brasi are breathless from twitching to the sounds of Ol Blue Eyes as they glare at the whelp approaching.....

thelma313

08-15-2009, 08:59 AM

The young lad, who they all refer to simply as "The Kid" nervously approaches Thelma Mancini with a phone in his hand. There is no news from the hospital. Instead the unknown caller on the line informs Mancini that someone is standing outside the door to the lab with a package. She sends the Kid to get it and he scurries away, terrified but grateful that none of his bones are broken.

The Kid opens the door and standing outside is Dana Fantino, one of the most ruthless female mobsters associated with the Corleone family. Her face is slightly obscured by her tilted fedora and she's cleaning her nails with a 9-inch machete, "I got a special delivery for PZ." She smiles and points to a package on the ground at her feet. "Go ahead, Kid, pick it up."

The Kid is trembling with fear, his hands shaking as he takes the package. It's wrapped in plain brown paper.

The Kid enters the basement lab with the package. The female assassins are listening to Frank Sinatra again. The Kid places the package on Mona's lap. She unwraps it and sees it's a dead fish. "What the hell is this?" she asks.

Thelma replies, "It's a Sicilian message. It means PZ sleeps with the fishes."

The turf war is on.

rose

08-15-2009, 10:07 AM

Mona (her southern accent, as always, makes her seem deceptively sweet and naive) replies "turf war??? I'm an educated consumer, I've seen the Willie Pays infomercials, I know exactly what our turf needs to green-up and be rid of any nasty parasites, dead spots and snakes in the grass! Dr. Glen Brittoli and Don Barry Corleone are no match for our labs, combined with a little of Willie Pays' " Equalizer Sizer" sprinkled in. All we have to do is arrange a sit down. I'll sashay by, and drop a little in their libations, and next thing they know, it will be them taking that swim!,.... ya'll know what I mean???"

PZ jerks his head around, (which is not hard for him, as jerking comes easily) Shhhhh, did you hear that????

Chico and Ernie hang back in the shadows....

Meanwhile, across town, the wedding reception draws to an end. Rose excuses herself to use the ladies room. There she sits in front of the dressing table mirror murmuring to herself, "What did I get myself into???? How can a Made Family Member, skilled not only in the art of interrogation, but in pouring drinks at 35,000 feet during a turbulence without spilling a drop, resign herself to a life in the burbs!.... next thing I know, I'll be using Miracle Gro for my roses rather than the good 'family style' fertilizer.... and what about my sweet Ernie? How is he going to feel about having a real man in the household who's better trained, and doesn't even have to ride in the booster seat? ....

(FADE TO COMMERCIAL BREAK)

BethU

08-15-2009, 02:49 PM

After the commercial is glued back together, we fade in to ...

Chico and Ernie, who have cornered the Makeshift Lab, resulting in a cluster-sniff of gigantic proportions. They discover, to their delight, that they are all members of the Caninebini Family, and Makeship Lab agrees to betray his master, steal the recipie for Bush's Baked Beans ... sorry, I mean Zaphotek ... and wipe out PZ, Ol Blue Eyes, and the Scooby-Dooby-Doo back up singers in one swell foop.

They work out a fool proof plot. Makeshift Lab will beg for walkies. Chico will hide a gun behind the hearest fire hydrant. Makeshift will pick up the gun and come back blazing bullets. "Make sure the gun is there," Ernie growls. "I don't want him coming back with nothing but his bone in his mouth."

They all undulate their tails in anticipation ...

GlenBrittle

08-15-2009, 10:47 PM

Dana Fantino , having quietly followed the kid inside , hangs at the top of the stairs while the kid delivers the package. Expecting someone to come running up the stairs , she lies in waiting , with 9 inches in her hand , eager to thrust it into one of Mancini or Brasi.

Hearing the plan being made for the Don , she moves out of the house and closes the door. The window in the door rattles and she hopes no one had heard that.

Back in the Dons' office , Dana repeats the words heard from the basement of PZ's .

"Where is AL , he should have already taken care of that PZ punk and his CHI AGGANCIA\UNCINA " "I sent him to take care of this"

Back at the hospital , Mare is coming out of her detox , finding herself strapped down. "What the hell is going on ? Why am I strapped down ? Hello ?"

Margorie M Wilcox , still lost , wandering and wondering , hears Mares cursing and walks into her room. "Oh Dear , you are in a fine state aren't you."

Mare , not knowing this stranger , tries her best to be calm. "Please , can you release me , I was at a party yesterday with my sister, we went to the movies , and I woke up here. Please help me."

Margorie, always the curious girl , asks "What do you remember?"

Mare , going pale and looking like she is going to spew , starts to speak in a weird voice.
"there was this terrible storm coming , a tornado I think , and I was riding my bike"
"the storm hit taking me to ... ummm ... I dont know ... but the house landed on this witch and they said it was my sister. "

Margorie , is starting to be afraid , since Mare is looking a little greenish.

"It was that girl Dorothy and her little dog Toto" " I will get them." "haaaaa haaaaa haaaaa" "Your not in Kansas anymore"

Margorie, left the room hoping that whatever she had was not infectious .

BethU

08-16-2009, 12:01 AM

Casting Note:

Makeshift Lab is being played by feline action star Rambo U in a career-defining move. Rambo, of course, starred in the blockbuster action flicks "Raccoons Begone," "Panic in Possum Park" and "Lady Cats' Delight."

Asked if playing a canine would disappoint his avid fan base, Rambo said it would be a challenge, but that he was up to it. "I don't sit," he said. "I don't stay. And I'm not 'a good boy'," (making quote marks with his paws) but otherwise, how hard can it be to play a dog! DUH!"

His best known action sequence was his successful solo attack on three gigantic maurauding raccoons that tried to invade his turf. His leaping, curvetting, claw-slashing lunges at them from the tops of two chaise lounges and a rocking chair, ears flattened, tail lashing, fur on end, hissing and snarling is going to be Oscar bait for sure next March. He does all his own stunts. He said his production company is in talks with Jackie Chan for a possible future project.

rose

08-16-2009, 10:09 AM

Casting Note:

... And I'm not 'a good boy'," (making quote marks with his paws) but otherwise, how hard can it be to play a dog! DUH!"

:lol::lol: Beth its dangerous for me to try to drink my morning coffee while reading your posts! This forum has quite the talent pool.

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..... Meanwhile, across town, Don Barry Corleone sits pensively in his darkened office, silently waiting for the visit from the consiglieri... He hears the screech of Joel's Alpha Romeo tires in the driveway, but there are two pairs of footsteps crunching in the gravel below... Joel usually rides alone. Its been that way ever since the messy breakup he had with Rose... the Don heaves a heavy sigh, life certainly is like a box of chocolates.

brooksea

08-16-2009, 11:17 AM

Down on the street below, Joel thinks to himself that he is one bullet short of a full gun as he opens the door for the bella signora that has convinced him to bring her see to Don Barry Corleone. She glides out of the car like melting butter on a hot summer's night, her accent flows like molasses and to Joel the world stops for a moment.

MtPockets

08-16-2009, 11:37 AM

Joel knocks on the door and as the consiglieri opened it he is shocked to see an old associate of his from the old neighborhood he grew up in, Old Rats Town, on the lower east side. It is none other then hit man Aby. He shakes his hand nervously and kisses his check wondering, why did them send for Aby? What does he really want after all those years?
Aby gives him pause to consider is there a plan to take him out, to start a mob war again?
Aby swaggers inside the room and pulls something from beneath his Suit jacket. He remembers the many times he has seen Aby use this means of hiding a weapon and jumps back, only for Aby to pull out a bottle of Merlot. Whew that was a scare for a moment there.
They go into the den and sit in front of the fireplace and share a Cuban Cigar and a couple of drinks. When all of a sudden there is another knock on the door. Who else would dare disturb me this late at night? He goes to the door with his hand on his pearl handled revolver. He slowly opens the door and.....

brooksea

08-16-2009, 01:09 PM

Corleone sits behind his desk, finger on the trigger. This is a private meeting, but he's got backup just in case.

Joel leaves Aby and the merlot for a moment to check in with the Don. He barks at Joel "Leave us alone! Capice?"

Corleone turns to his guest and offers her his favorite libation. She readily accepts and breathes deeply in anticipation of what she is about to do, thinking to herself, Lawdy don't twitch now you silly girl.

BethU

08-16-2009, 02:37 PM

... Instead, she sneezes. Twice. Three times.

"Is there a cat around here somewhere?" she asks the Don, dabbing at her nose with a lace-edged hanky. "I'm sooooooooooooo allergic."

The drapes behind the Don's desk move ever so slightly as a small, feline sneeze is heard.

"Is someone wearing 'Midnight in Paris'?" Rambo mutters to himself. "And where the hell do they keep the litter box in this place?"

As the Don violently pulls the drapes aside, Rambo greets him ("Arf") and cooly begins to hump the Don's leg, smirking at the camera.

The mystery guest twitches madly. "Gimme some more of that libation," she shouts, her honeyed voice gone with the wind. She throws the glass of whiskey at Rambo, who is now smoking a cigarette under the desk.

Suddenly, a shot rings out ...

mare

08-16-2009, 03:21 PM

Be sure to watch upcoming follies; you won't want to miss next weekend.
It stars our very own Rose, as Dorothy, with Ernie in the role of Toto, in the forums version of "The Wizard of Oz". Guest starring, Al, as the Wizard. The roles of Scarecrow, Tin-Man, and the Lion, as well as Auntie Emme still to be determined.

And, two weeks from now, our southern belle Mona (aka brooksea) as Scarlett, in none other than "Gone with the Wind". The role of the dashing Rhett Butler to be played by none other than Wright!

Back to the follies...

BarryG

08-16-2009, 03:42 PM

The shot is from Ernie's 44 Magnum which he had specially modified to fit his paws. The bullet rips into the wall behind the visitor leaving a hole the size of one of Rambo's hairballs. "Everyone Freeze!!" yells Chico as he bounds into the room followed by the makeshift lab. "Someone was talking about Midnight in Paris, but it smells more like Suppertime in Moose Jaw to me" Makeshift Lab barks out "Oooh, I love that, it is my favourite Oh de toilet." Chico, annoyed with the interruption snarls at Makeshift Lab "You dumb duck dog "You wear it, you don't drink it out of the big white bowl"

Rambo, meanwhile, has finished his smoke and whiskey and is now climbing the drapes looking for raccoons.

GlenBrittle

08-16-2009, 04:02 PM

Makeshit Lab , listening to Chico , and watching Rambo, determines that this Oh in the Toilet must have come out of the glass that was tossed at Rambo.

Trying to pretend to fit in , Lab, jumps on the table and knocks that existing glass of scotch over. "Oh Im going to be classy now" and rolls in the scotch spilled on the table and lands back on the floor.

The Lab falls over and goes limp.

The Don looks at the Lab then at his guest . "Boys , get in here" "We have a rat!"

Aby and Joel bolt into the room.

GlenBrittle

08-16-2009, 04:14 PM

Two men , standing in the desert , the heat rising off of the sand dunes.

Man on right: "You know , that was worth it"

Man on left: "Oh that is so true, do you want a smoke?" and offers a smoke to the right man.

The man on the right grabs the pack of smokes , being sure to show the brand to the audience.

The camera pans around to see two camels on their knees , side by side , and smiling. Yes , those Camels are smiling.

Back to the man on the right. "You know , I'm glad I walked that mile to hump a camel"

We now return you to todays show.

brooksea

08-16-2009, 05:06 PM

And now back to the show...

To everyone's surprise the Lab jumps up, starts twitching and impersonating Elvis, singing "I'm all shook up." " ROOROO...ROOROO rime all rook up!"

Corleone tells the guys to hold off. Joel says, "But boss this is bizarre!" The Don replies, "I know what I'm doing. Get that d@#m flea bitten excuse for a dog outta here with the rest!"

They exit post haste.

"Now Ms. Mona, I apologize for the interruption, perhaps I could offer you another drink. And I must tell you the Uzi hidden in the bookcase is on remote control, so I hope you will be quite cooperative and answer my questions honestly."

"Why, I wouldn't have it any other way Mr. Corleone." Mona drawls. She smiles that deceitful perplexing smile.

The smell of White Shoulders permeates the air...

rose

08-16-2009, 05:51 PM

Mona's shoulder strap slips down her elegant shoulder, she blushes, pushes it back up part way (but not too far), she is aware of the cold metal of the small revolver, shoved in the waistband at the small of her back. Her secret is her own, no one, not the Don, or the doctor, definitely neither PZ, nor the trio of dogs knows what she is hiding. Deep down in her pockets, burried where no casual encounter will discover it, is her shield, her FBI badge.

This is it ~ This is the night that will make or break her career! The nagging worry that the trampy, aging Mafia Princess Rose, whohappened along the sidewalk right as she was leaving her last meeting at FBI headquarters, and might have noticed her, seems to be in the distant past now. Nothing is going to stop her from getting her man ~ and rounding up the usual suspects during the process too ~ time is on her side and the night is young. ... However, there is the nagging doubt as to what has happened to Scorcher Al, "The Kid" was to to be tailing him, but apparently he'd gotten into the wrong taxi, and had not made contact since reporting that he'd just entered the taxi of a Smelliot Mess....

BarryG

08-16-2009, 08:04 PM

Rose, who has just finished cutting her wedding cake, is looking at the mountain of presents that she and her new obedient husband have received. One of the presents has a very strange shape and she wonders what it is and who has given it to them. Unable to resist her curiosity she rips open the wrapping paper and finds a very strange pillow.

The card attached reads "with love from Joel, I hope that you will be very happy and that this will stop you from thrashing around in bed"

thelma313

08-16-2009, 10:49 PM

Wow, that pillow is truly gruesome and delightful at the same time...

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As Rose Corleone's wedding reception winds down and guests are leaving with their ostentatious parting gifts (consisting of a gold flask filled with a mystery liqueur) Mona and the Kid enter the Corleone mansion. They approach Don Barry Corleone, with a fine Cuban cigar in one hand and a glass of Merlot in the other. He smiles,

"Can I offer you a glass of wine, Miss Mona?"

Mona whips out her FBI badge and a pair of shackles and cuffs the Don as she informs him he is under arrest for tax evasion and reads him his Miranda rights. The Kid is visibly excited.

"What do you have to be so s**t a** happy about, Kid?"

"This is my first case and I'm arresting the most powerful head of the biggest crime family in North America!"

Rose notices what is going on and creates quite the scene. She hollers, "Where are you taking my Pop?" "Who do you think you people are!" "Uncuff him now, this is MY WEDDING DAY!"

The godfather turns to his only daughter,

"Rose, I never wanted this for you. I worked my whole life, I don't apologize. I took care of my family. That's my life -- but I want you to make something of yourself. Do something you can be proud of... maybe Senator Corleone -- Governor Corleone, or something... make me proud, Rosie!"

Rose stands at the table of honor, a single tear spills down her cheek. A smudge of wedding cake icing on her quivering lip.

As the Don is escorted out of his mansion, Thelma Mancini jumps out of the bushes brandishing a gun with a silencer on it.

"What the he** is going on here?! What are you two doing here?"

The Kid shrugs. Mona says, "We could ask you the same thing, Mancini."

Thelma is outraged, "PZ sent me here to whack the don. So you two are fuzz?"

Mona warns, "Yup, and you're next, Mancini so watch your back and tell PZ we're coming after him too."

"You'll never find PZ! When was the last time you saw him?! No one knows where he is."

"Come to think of it... PZ has been a no-show for quite some time."

BarryG

08-17-2009, 01:26 AM

Cut to the Caribbean about 50 miles southwest of Bermuda and an 85 foot yacht "The Gumby". Our missing villain PZ is lounging on the piano deck with a drink in his hand and he is content. His relaxed state of mind is broken by the voice of his captain who says "Sir we have a problem, we are in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle and we are lost". "That is no problem at all, in fact that is what I planned all along. A little seclusion is just the ticket right now. Neither the cops, Scorcher Al or Don Corleone will find me here",

As the sun sets over the ocean the soft sound of a piano being tuned is heard.....

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Thelma, thanks for the fun, it was a great set up and everyone had a whole bunch of hilarious ideas. I especially liked the commercial breaks. I can hardly wait for next weekend!! :D

BethU

08-17-2009, 01:50 AM

Thelma, great work! This really moved!

Onwards and upwards.

GlenBrittle

08-17-2009, 06:59 AM

Thelma,

Well Done. What a story !

Glen

thelma313

08-17-2009, 07:30 AM

Thanks so much, you guys! I had a lot of fun keeping the imagination juices flowing. I love our brand new twist on the old storytelling tradition.
Until next week!
:):):)

MtPockets

08-17-2009, 07:40 AM

Great work everyone. Amazing you are not writing movies. :smile:
Just an idea for a weekend project sometime. Storytelling, of real, or unusual things that have gone on in your family or in your life? What do you think? When we awere kids we would sometimes have the bed time stories for our kids just to get them calmed downand going to sleep.
Maybe we could list some possible topics and have people vote on which one they want to hear? Or just do it?

mare

08-17-2009, 08:38 AM

I think Barry may have given another set-up: The Pirates of the Carribbean!!!

Lots of fun, everybody. Now, I'll have to go back and read the story start to finish-
maybe I'll be able to follow the whole "twisted" plot!!! LOL

rose

08-17-2009, 10:57 AM

Capt Al,
I like the idea of an ongoing "Life's Little Stories" thread.

All joking aside, I think there is a lot of writing talent in this forum, who knew????

I just have one question. Did ANYONE catch who it was that I got married to? All I know is that he is bettered trained than Ernie (which is not a stretch for just about the entire population) and my pop, Don Barry Corleone, thinks he's a shmuck. ~ so I'm guessing it wasn't Thomas P Magnum, my dream hunk (sigh)

mare

08-17-2009, 11:38 AM

I'm not sure the "writers" know who you married! LOL
I see you are pushing the "Pirates of Carribbean" theme, too!!!

Geez, I go to sleep early & wake up to all new avatars! I've got to get with it!

BarryG

08-17-2009, 11:46 AM

Rose, it is usually up to the bride to decide who the groom will be so.... :smile:

As far as Thomas Magnum is concerned he was the designer of Ernie's specially modified 44 Magnum Tommy gun so why not him? You do have a connection!!

This was way too much fun to read. I especially liked Beth's post where the three pooches hatch a plan "Make sure the gun is there," Ernie growls. "I don't want him coming back with nothing but his bone in his mouth." I laughed so hard that it hurt when I read that.

I also like Capt Al's idea, we would have fun and learn more about each other too. I will have to think up some "real life" adventures though :shock:

Thanks again everyone and now to the beach