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Quiet on the Set
by Vincent Barry

 Nice to meet you. My name is Freddy. I’ve been—

“Flag on the play! … Uh, Henry, you called yourself Freddy.”

“‘Freddy’? Hmm, I don’t know any—”

“No problema. . . . Take two. Cowboy shot.”

Nice to meet you. My name is Freddy—

“Cut! Hold the red. Henry, you called yourself Freddy again.”

“I did? I don’t know any—”

“No problema. . . . Hold the red, an-n-n-d… take three.”

Nice to meet you. My dame is. . . .

“Cut! What’s up, Henry?”

“‘Cup’? Why a cup is what I can’t get a tea bag enough of. . . . No? . . . Out of which I can’t get enough tea bag? . . .

“Fugget about it. . . .Take four.”

Nice to meet you. My dame is—

“Cut! Henry, ‘name,’ not ‘dame’.”

“‘Dame’?”

“You said—”

“Hmm, I don’t know who—whom—I could have meant. Unless it was—what’s-her-name.”

“Everyone, take five. . . . Quiet on the set. Mid-shot. An-n-n-d, action!”

Nice to meet you. My name is Henry. I’ve been a pharmacist for nigh unto forty years. When I have customers come in and ask me for something for memory, I recommend Memagen. It’s safe and effective, and it doesn't require a prescription. I have been taking it quite a while myself. I know it works. I love it when customers come back and tell me,  “Freddy, that really works for me.” Makes my day!

Memagen—available at stores everywhere without a prescription.

“Martini shot. . . . Check the gate. . . Insert ‘Henry’ for ‘Freddy’ or, uh, ‘Freddy’ for ‘Henry.’ . . . An-n-n-d that’s a wrap. Nice job, everyone!”

“Nap? Who said anything about a nap?”