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Panel Dialogue Location Props
1 GRAMP (sitting in a chair, smiling, Thinking): "Call me Ishmael" ...strong start
NARRATOR (talking): Read that first line
THE HOUSE (Living room)
  • Book (Moby Dick)
  • Chair (Gramp sitting in chair)
2 NARRATOR (talking): Enjoy the first few chapters
GRAMP (reading a book, sitting in a chair)
THE HOUSE (Living room)
  • Book (Moby Dick)
  • Chair (Gramp sitting in chair)
3 NARRATOR (talking): Glaze over when you get to the endless pages talking about rope
GRAMP (dazed, sitting in a chair)
THE HOUSE (Living room)
  • Book (Moby Dick)
  • Chair (Gramp sitting in chair)
4 NARRATOR (talking): Skip 120 to 140 pages
GRAMP (flipping pages, sitting in a chair, sticking tongue out)
(SOUND FX) (turning page)
THE HOUSE (Living room)
  • Book (Moby Dick)
  • Chair (Gramp sitting in chair)
5 GRAMP (sitting in a chair, Thinking): It's like missing six weeks of "Days of Our Lives"! No plot has been advanced!
NARRATOR (talking): Realize you missed nothing
THE HOUSE (Living room)
  • Book (Moby Dick)
  • Chair (Gramp sitting in chair)
6 GRAMP (reading a book, sitting in a chair, whistling): daaaaang...
NARRATOR (talking): Get to the part where he says "if his chest had been a cannon, he would have shot his heart upon it..."
THE HOUSE (Living room)
  • Book (Moby Dick)
  • Chair (Gramp sitting in chair)
7 NARRATOR (talking): But then you get a few more chapters on ship maintenance, causing you to fall asleep with your eyes open.
GRAMP (eyes open, sitting in a chair, Sleeping)
THE HOUSE (Living room)
  • Book (Moby Dick)
  • Chair (Gramp sitting in chair)
8 NARRATOR (talking): Go back to watching "America's Next Top Model"
GRAMP (sitting in a chair, smiling, watching TV)
THE HOUSE (Living room)
  • Book (Moby Dick)
  • Chair (Gramp sitting in chair)

Character Info

(SOUND FX)
First Appearance
December 25, 2001
Recent Appearances
June 05, 2006
NARRATOR
First Appearance
November 30, 2001
Recent Appearances
June 01, 2006
GRAMP
First Appearance
December 01, 2001
Recent Appearances
June 03, 2006


 





 

 

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