THE PORTRAIT OF THE VIRGIN MARY FEEDING THE DINOSAURS BY JEFF GOODE IS COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL, AND MAY NOT BE PERFORMED, DOWNLOADED, OR RE-TRANSMITTED WITHOUT THE AUTHOR'S CONSENT.
(lights up on Phil and Jack, not at the Cafe Saurus, they may have top hats or canes)
Jack.Hi, I'm Jack and this is Phil, and we thought, it's such a shame to end the act on kind of a down note, so we thought we'd come out and entertain you a bit. Phil?
Phil.This is a number from our nightclub act, which is not in the show, so we thought we'd share it with you now. Maestro?
(music starts, they tap dance)
(then they vamp while they talk)
Jack.Dinosaur goes into a confessional. He says, "Bless me father, for I have sinned. It's been 100 million years since my last confession"
Phil.Priest says, "100 million years! What have you been doing for 100 million years?"
Jack.Dinosaur says, "Waiting for someone to build a church!"
(they tap dance)
(they vamp)
Jack.Pterodactyl walks into a bar. Bartender says, "Long time no see"
Phil.Pterodactyl says, "Yeah, I just flew in from the Coast"
Jack.Bartender says, "You look tired."
Phil.Pterodactyl says, "Just my arms."
(they tap dance, something a bit fancier)
(they vamp)
Phil.Say, Jack, why are we wearing these stupid suits?
(Jack stops dancing, music stops)
Jack.I thought you wanted to wear 'em.
Phil.I thought you wanted to wear 'em.
(they look at themselves, they are wearing Godzilla suits with little green vests and top hats)
Jack.Well, let's take 'em off.
Phil.Okay.
(they take off their little green vests, and throw them away.)
(music resumes and they start dancing again.)
Phil.Well, folks, thanks for joining us. We hope you'll be back for the second act. We've got a lot of fun in store for you.
Jack.We'll take another look at the high fashion world of Renaissance modelling. And we're gonna go behind the scenes on Phil's new talk show.
Phil.My special guest tonight will be The Virgin Mary.
Jack.We've got some excitement ahead of us with Mephistopheles still out there.
Phil.And in the second act, somebody dies! We won't say who, but it's not who you think.
Jack.Also the talking T. Rex, the P.V.M. dancers, and more from someone who we haven't really seen much of in the first act.
Phil.That's true. In fact, why don't we bring him out here right now?
Jack.Ladies and Gentlemen... You know him, you love him...
Phil.And he loves you...
Jack.The Lamb of God, The Son of Man...
Phil.The Hostess with the Mostess, The Superstar from Galilee...
Jack.Ladies and Gentlemen, Jesus of Nazareth!
(they applaud, Jesus enters, he tap dances with them. He's better than they are.)
(they vamp)
Phil.Will you be performing one of your numbers for us tonight, Jesus?
Jesus.I thought I'd do something from the book of Matthew.
Jack.Number one in England this week.
Phil.All this and more after intermission.
(the three of them perform a 180 degree line rotation and dance off together a la "Off to See the Wizard".)
(music fades)
(sound of two or three large switches being thrown and the house lights come on, also a subtly annoying electronic buzz - like the hum often generated by large incandescents - which continues throughout the intermission.)
(end of Act One)

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