Opening Scene: Benchichs seated at dinner table. Stage right is Everett. Stage left is Lawrence. Mama and Daddy at the head and foot of the table. Baby Catherine in high chair near Daddy.
Everett: Ha ha, I know a joke, the penguin is flying! Ha ha, he is flying over the plate! Penguins don't fly, but Penguiny is flying! Flying! He's flying! (etc, continues on and on)
Mama: <eyes down> Yes, we see.
Everett: Isn't it funny that the penguin is flying? <Penguin noises> That's what a penguin flying sounds like! Ha ha! Flying! Isn't that funny? He's flying! <zooming noises> Flying! <more penguin noises> Watch penguiny fly! (etc, continues loudly)
Mama: That joke is getting old. You should pull the plug on that one.
Everett: Pull the plug, pull the plug, pull the plug! Pull the plug, pull the plug out, pull the plug..(etc, continues for 4 or 5 minutes.) Pull the plug, I'm pulling the plug, pull the plug out...
Daddy: This is a flash forward of what he'll be saying 50 years from now as he's leaving my hospital room.
Mama: <snarfs water>
Daddy: Remind me to give Lawrence the medical power of attorney.
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