Re: shadow puppets!

I almost was once, with this guy Josh Frank who wrote the big book on the pixies. We were collaborating on another book but didn't want St. Martins to take it so we fulfilled his right of first refusal clause with them by giving them a kid's book. Actually, you're right and I'm going to write a children's book this weekend, yo.

On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:28 AM, Anna Bohichik <anna.bohichik@gmail.com> wrote:

ha ha. that's good. i could kinda see a children's book or like adult comic thing out of this. you could be a kid's book author.
tee hee hee.

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Here was mine, by the way. I hope he'll try it out sometime; it'll get more laughs than whatever other crap he's being sold:

Aristotle said that man is a political animal. But about the animals themselves? They are, of course, even more political, which is to say, even more insufferable.

And here we have a local neighborhood association meeting somewhere in the Animal Kingdom, which is, incidentally, a constitutional monarchy. The provinces have quite a bit of discretion.

Here we have the Hen, who presides over the meeting by virtue of her sheer loudness. The Hen announces that the neighborhood has a budget surplus this year. So, how shall they spend it?

The rabbit stands up to speak. He believes the surplus ought to be spent on little pieces of corn and melon and perhaps a sign forbidding children from picking up rabbits and carrying them around in an uncomfortable fashion.

The tiger stands up next. He proposes that the surplus be spent on rabbit traps.

The cobra stands up well, rather slithers up. He says that the surplus ought to be spent on public transportation for cobras. He also seconds the motion regarding rabbit traps.

The rabbit stands up. Then he runs off.

The giraffe stands up over everyone else. He gets plenty of respect for this, incidentally. The other animals are impressed by tallness. This is what the pollsters have been telling him, anyway. Otherwise, he would be short. At any rate, the giraffe proposes that the meeting be adjourned and that cobra and tiger both be investigated for taking illegal campaign contributions immediately.

The duck seconds the motion.

The hen rules it into law.

The cobra and the tiger run off to some foreign country with which the Animal Kingdom has a non-extradition treaty.

See, democracy works!

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Meh, his agent chose the other guy's script over mine, but he still prefers mine. We'll see what happens.

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Anna Bohichik <anna.bohichik@gmail.com> wrote:

omg...aaahhahahahaaa! what IS this??
how did you find these guys?
or are you joking?
is everything to tell me a lie and a joke?
to funny...but i bet you would be a good writer for some more elaborate sketches and i can actually see you all getting along very well. :)

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Here's the guy I'm writing for now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbvwr1Oxhus