TIPPY
Being plush is a privilege... and a burden.
Being plush is a privilege... and a burden.
JILL
You must earn the title by your plush achievements.
JEANNE
Oh no, now what awfully big adventure are you two plush-plushies about to get me into, now?
JILL
Being plush has a long history.
NICOLE
It started in Greenwich Village in the 20s.
JILL
In the 50’s the Beats were plush.
In the 50’s the Beats were plush.
The Beats lived plush lives...
JILL
Not the lives THE MAN told them to live.
Not the lives THE MAN told them to live.
JEANNE
Does this involve role playing as French Resistance squirrels behind the bushes again?
Does this involve role playing as French Resistance squirrels behind the bushes again?
JILL
Yeah!!! But DURING the war, not after it. That’s just lame.
Yeah!!! But DURING the war, not after it. That’s just lame.
JEANNE
Sorry.
Sorry.
JILL
It is helping your fellow plush.
It is helping your fellow plush.
JEANNE
Can we play a DIFFERENT game?
Can we play a DIFFERENT game?
JILL
I want to be a Bob Plush Dylan, but more squirrelly...more girlie.
I want to be a Bob Plush Dylan, but more squirrelly...more girlie.
JEANNE
That seems unlikely.
That seems unlikely.
NICOLE
Let’s play in the New York of the 60’s... hang in coffee houses with Joan Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary.
Let’s play in the New York of the 60’s... hang in coffee houses with Joan Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary.
TIPPY
Oh. oh...OH!!! Can I be Joan Baez!
Oh. oh...OH!!! Can I be Joan Baez!
JEANNE
Cow Baez?
Cow Baez?
JILL
The dream will never die, man...
The dream will never die, man...
JEANNE
Yeah, we’ll never go to England and be mean to Donovan.
Yeah, we’ll never go to England and be mean to Donovan.
JILL
I’ll write the “Last Thoughts on Janis Ian” and read it at my first concert in Carnegie Hall... pull it out of my tail like I accidently, on purpose, happened to have it on me.
I’ll write the “Last Thoughts on Janis Ian” and read it at my first concert in Carnegie Hall... pull it out of my tail like I accidently, on purpose, happened to have it on me.
NICOLE
I dated a toad for a while...
I dated a toad for a while...
JILL
Who hasn’t?
Who hasn’t?
NICOLE
He loved Dylan. Now when I hear Dylan, I relive my tragic toad affair and need to take a long soak in the lily pond.
He loved Dylan. Now when I hear Dylan, I relive my tragic toad affair and need to take a long soak in the lily pond.
JILL
Blame the toad, not Dylan. Toads aren’t plush. They’re frogs that can’t swim and that’s just wrong. It was doomed from the get go, sister. Let it go, sister.
Blame the toad, not Dylan. Toads aren’t plush. They’re frogs that can’t swim and that’s just wrong. It was doomed from the get go, sister. Let it go, sister.
JEANNE
And I’ll be Olivia Newton-John.
And I’ll be Olivia Newton-John.
JILL
Wrong era. This is going to be...
Wrong era. This is going to be...
JEANNE
I’ll take my roller-skates and go home unless I can be Olivia Newton-John at your dumb Hootenanny! Besides her version of “If Not for You” was nicer than his.
I’ll take my roller-skates and go home unless I can be Olivia Newton-John at your dumb Hootenanny! Besides her version of “If Not for You” was nicer than his.
TIPPY
Well...
Well...
JEANNE
Hey, SHE sings in key. What!? I’m the ONLY plush with a Livvy crush?
Hey, SHE sings in key. What!? I’m the ONLY plush with a Livvy crush?
JILL
Okay...okay. I admit it. I had posters of her all over my parent’s nest when I was a teenage squirrel. Her and Elizabeth Montgomery.
Okay...okay. I admit it. I had posters of her all over my parent’s nest when I was a teenage squirrel. Her and Elizabeth Montgomery.
JEANNE
Have you heard Livvy’s sing “Sam”?
Have you heard Livvy’s sing “Sam”?
JILL
You’re making my nose twitch!
You’re making my nose twitch!
JEANNE
I know you think she isn’t plush but in my heart she is.
I know you think she isn’t plush but in my heart she is.
JILL
We can all listen to a singer and tell if they are plush. The crack in their voice and real hurt in the lyrics.
We can all listen to a singer and tell if they are plush. The crack in their voice and real hurt in the lyrics.
JEANNE
I know what you mean.
I know what you mean.
JILL
I have Plush-dar.
I have Plush-dar.
JEANNE
You can’t fool a plush.
You can’t fool a plush.
NICOLE
Plush can tell.
Plush can tell.
© Gruesome2some 2013
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