CHRISTMAS 2002

By:

LENG [director] & Typewriter

V.C. [director]

Angelo [co-director] & Drawing Pad

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Chapter 2: Lights! Camera! ACTION!

Everyone is getting ready for the Christmas parody.

Angelo: I look like a hybrid from Mission Impossible and the Matrix.

Akagi: I look like an idiot from 'Bananas in Pajamas'.

Kiyota: The rest of us look like stuffed toys.

LENG: No time for that! The show's about to start!

Akagi moves to stage right.

Akagi: Ladies and Gents! The evil sister writers are back, with yet another unoriginal story from the deepest darkest pits of their twisted, perverse minds.

LENG: Did he just deliver that speech with vengeance, or disgust?

V.C.: It wasn't me who wrote it.

Akagi: LENG and V.C. Inc. proudly present /drum roll/

"Sakuragi the Red-haired Reindeer".

Audience: pathetic applause and occasional bad fruit

Akagi: Err…right…ahem…

Sakuragi the great, big reindeer

Had a very shiny head…

Curtain is drawn, showing Sakuragi in reindeer costume.

Sakuragi: ORE WA TENSAI!

Akagi: And if you ever saw him

You would see it's red…

Audience: Oooooohhhhh…

Kiyota, Rukawa, Mitsui and Ryota come out in reindeer costumes.

Akagi: All the other reindeer

Used to laugh and call him names…

Rukawa: Do'aho.

Kiyota: Is that your head or a Christmas tree ornament?

Mitsui: Oh, look out boys! His head is on fire!

Ryota: Uh…Err…oh, what the heck! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Sakuragi: TEME!

Kiyota, Rukawa, Mitsui and Ryota exit stage left with Sakuragi in hot pursuit.

Akagi: Then they would turn and run

Before he made them crème…

One loud 'thud' later, Kiyota, who didn't escape in time, crawls painfully back onstage and lies face down on the floor.

Kiyota: Oooowwwwiiiiieeeeee…

Rukawa: /drags Kiyota offstage/ get back in here. Do'aho.

Curtain closes, scene is changed, snow machine is on, and curtain is drawn again.

Akagi: Then one foggy Christmas Eve

Santa came and said,

Anzai Sensei: Ohohoho.

Sakuragi, with your head so bright,

Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?

Sakuragi: Can it, pops. Ahem! I mean…uh… With honor Your Honor!

Sendoh, Mitsui, Ryota, Maki, Haruko, Fujima, and Rukawa come out of stage left. (Kiyota took a sick leave because of a broken forehead.) All of them are carrying outrageously huge cardboard hearts that make them look like Sharity Elephant.

Akagi: Then all the reindeer loved him,

And they shouted out with glee,

SD cast: Sakuragi the great, big reindeer,

Your head will go down in history!

Akagi: ...And that brings us to the end of our play. The End, Thank ye, and haft thee a Merry Christmas.

The whole SD cast bows once and exits stage right.

There is still pathetic applause from the crowd, but a sign of improvement: only 1 fruit is thrown, reasonably ripe.

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This is the whole of Akagi's recital, from top to bottom. Enjoy!

Sakuragi the great, big reindeer

Had a very shiny head

And if you ever saw him

You would see it's red

All the other reindeer

Used to laugh and call him names

Then they would turn and run

Before he made them crème

Then one foggy Christmas Eve

Santa came and said,

"Sakuragi, with your head so bright,

Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"

Then all the reindeer loved him,

And they shouted out with glee,

"Sakuragi the great, big reindeer,

Your head will go down in history!"

Haven't had enough? Then please proceed, Minna-san, to… Chapter 3: Lovely, lovely NGs!

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