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"1976: AMERICAN MOVIE"
Cast:
SAM--11 year old boy fascinated by the modern 1970's culture.
GEORGE--Sam's older, teenage brother. Likes to expand Sam's cultural experiences.
ACT 1
The capital of the misguided Confederacy--Richmond, Virginia. Starsky and Hutch offering tongue and cheek action with the American V-8 roaring across the airwaves. Sam drinking TANG, remembering the astronauts and heavily sold Moon Rocks. George next to his kid brother on a dusty couch, sniffing the aromatic perfection of a colorfully printed comic book; specifically, Captain America and the Falcon fighting rooftop crime.
SAM
Does Jimmy Carter's car really have a peanut painted on it?
GEORGE
Of course. And the guy saw a spaceship before SPACE: 1999 became popular, them damn Brits, gotta luv 'em. Yeah, the progressively political Carter was a peanut farmer or something.
SAM
I miss Dad . . .
GEORGE
Divorce is everywhere nowadays. Least Mom got remarried to a hard-working salesman. He buys us good stuff--comics and the Schwinn we share. Plus, he let us have our dog, Fonzie.
SAM
I love Fonzie. Hey--I think Mom is gonna make spaghetti tonight, with Ragu.
GEORGE
Man, you always "dig for gold" when we eat spaghetti, picking out the onions Mom puts in to enhance the flavor.
SAM
Well Mom's flavor looks like little boogers.
GEORGE
Just remember--the Bicentennial Celebration is this Sunday on the 4th. I think Bob Hope is having a television special.
SAM
Hope Roger Staubach is in it.
