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P E R F O R M A N C E > KING SMILEY BOY
 
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Mister Ricky (Ryan Standfest) puts on a record: "Percy Faith and His Orchestra Play All-Time Favorites."

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Mister Ricky struggles to unwrap a hard candy.
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Neighbor-Man (Christopher Butterfield) enters, reading aloud from a novelty catalog. Mister Ricky is not pleased, as the enjoyment of Percy Faith is interrupted.
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Mister Ricky reaches for his Giddy Stick, and begins poking at the nine Rot Bags before him, breaking them open.
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Mister Ricky gets up.
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Mister Ricky examines the busted Rot Bags and collects the clay balls that have rolled out of them.
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Mister Ricky searches for a clay ball.
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Mister Ricky places the clay balls into his pockets.
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Mister Ricky desperately searches for the ninth clay ball.
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Mister Ricky counts the clay balls.
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Mister Ricky counts the clay balls. Neighbor-Man taunts him by shouting "Short one ball, mack?"
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Busted Rot Bags and the nine clay balls.
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Mister Ricky studies a girlie pin-up.
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Mister Ricky uses a mallet and attempts to sculpt the clay balls into a likeness of the pin-up girl.
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It doesn't come easy for Mister Ricky.
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Frustration mounts.
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After Mister Ricky breaks into tears, Neighbor-Man offers him a tall cold bottle of Budweiser.
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Mister Ricky accepts the Budweiser. He is moved.
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Mister Ricky springs into action to arrange an evening's entertainment and even offers his chair to Neighbor-Man.
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The lights dim and Mister Ricky and Neighbor-Man watch "Bucket of Blood," a 1962 film by Roger Corman concerning a struggling amateur sculptor. The two drink their beers and laugh at the plight of the main character, as the film is projected into the open lid of Mister Ricky's suitcase.
R Y A N S T A N D F E S T "poking at rot bag"

Notation: Mister Ricky poking at a Rot Bag.
R Y A N S T A N D F E S T "pin-up under hat"

Notation: Girlie pin-up under hat.
R Y A N S T A N D F E S T "attempting to make a form"

Notation: Attempting to hammer out a form.
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