Darkly comic short stories and improvised skits concerning such topics as Neil Armstrong's Giant Leap for Mankind Pancake House, Tragedy Karaoke Night, and the lunar robot band Infinitron Superdroid, all set to hypnotic music.
Adam and Eve meet a couple of hunter-gatherers outside Paradise.
A newly incarcerated inmate at the Federal Prison Camp at Dadeland Mall adjusts to minimum-security life and pines for his sweet Maria.
Clerical workers for the Royal Centre of Dragon and Basilisk Preparedness feud with the independently contracted Knights of the White Rose.
Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and Slue-Foot Sue navigate the treacherous passes of adolescence at Lone Star High and Our Lady of the Holy Cross.
An itinerant, busking bluesman helps an awkward high school senior write a love song for a Battle of the Bands.
The director of interns at a failing Midwestern circus tries to repair his relationship with a married trapeze artist and discover the truth about a workplace mauling.
Selected labors of Heracles, summer style tips from the three Fates, a commercially sponsored odyssey, and more modern myths.
Santa experiences an existential crisis and glances through his spam email folder, and a couple's marriage is strained during the twelve days of Christmas.
A divorced mall oracle contends with a swarm of protesters upset with her prophecies.
A Stan in decline changes his name in an attempt to reclaim his former glory, a miller's daughter struggles to guess the name of a scheming, gold-spinning homunculus, and other stories.
The Little Mermaid visits Red Lobster, Geppetto carves Pinocchio a girlfriend, and Snow White confides in the Magic Mirror.
A recent high school graduate works for the Novelty Parking Enforcement Department and clashes with a Machiavellian tenant subletting a crawlspace in his parents' house.
Honest Abe Lincoln and the other assassinated presidents bide their time in the seventh circle of hell.
Old flames, new flames, and lost attendees of the Midwest Celebrity Impersonators Association's annual retreat convene at a ten-year high school reunion.
The Ex-President struggles to adjust to post-presidential life at a Polynesian-themed backyard luau.
A laid-off market researcher for San Francisco-based LoveCorp struggles to find employment and win the heart of an ex-coworker.
A young child believes that an accountant lives beneath his bed, beleaguered parents turn to outsourcing, a single mother works for the Human Lotto, and a thrifty father purchases his dead wife a Dial-a-Grave.
A server at Neil Armstrong's Giant Leap fo Mankind Pancake House regales his customers with tales of heartbreak and woe.
The daughter of Elvis and Cher impersonators lives in an RV called Graceland, a man launches the American history/youth lifestyle magazine "Historical Gossip for Teens," and more stories of life on the periphery of celebrity.
A teenage clerk at Hassan's Artificial Wings, Brazilian Jeans, and Pastries longs to grow wings.
Lewis and Clark provide the inspiration for three primetime television hits: a crime procedural, a family sitcom (set in an oversized fiberglass replica of Elvis Presley's digestive system) and Lewis and Clark: The College Years.
A boy grows to manhood on a failing dairy farm on the bad side of the moon.
A troubled avant garde German director makes infomercials, corporate training videos, and the Driver's Ed Trilogy.
A campus tour, an anthropology lecture, and a graduation speech at EducationLand! Miami-Dade North.
The Mr. Dictator Pageant suffers some setbacks, a senator apologizes for indiscretions behind his podium, and a presidential candidate campaigns with the blues.
A father gives his daughters an ill-fated lesson on capitalism, a couple argue about purchasing a holographic video system, and a man promises the girl of his dreams one economic stimulus payment's worth of passion.
A priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into a bar . . .
Werewolves and a reluctant Monster's Bride struggle with the indignities of the modern age.
Synopses of lesser known Steven Seagal films and the Greatest Love Story Ever Told.
Five elves from different socioeconomic backgrounds discuss life in the North Pole.
"What's the Most Humiliating Thing You Would Do on Television for Fifty Dollars?" and other pressing questions posed and pondered by reality TV producers and contestants.
Lobster Boy, Slime Girl, Awesome Jr., the Amazing Fireball, and the lover of the Blue Flash discuss the harsh realities of lives spent battling evil in spandex.
An unpopular girl attempts to win Show and Tell, an obese supermarket bagger wallows in the shadow of his famous brother, and a seven year old is abandoned by his Mother in the Repository for Unwanted Infants.
A Driver's Ed instructor from the Bone 'n Gristle District takes affluent kids driving through Jesustown, human mannequins endure innumerable indignities at a failing department store, and a cloud watching enthusiast battles depression.
The World's Greatest Lover holds court at a dive bar, a lady-in-waiting dissuades a knight from slaying dragons for her, and other awkward interactions between the sexes.
A museum curator guides visitors through exhibits detailing his failed romantic relationships, a woman falls in and out of love with a menu writer, and a high school student becomes enamored with a local musician who only knows one song.
Advertisers make questionable product claims for Auxiliary Morale Boosting Reengagement Rings and Six Speed Oscillating Toothbrushes, among others, and trouble ensues when a vending machine only dispenses root beer to the pure of heart.
How to dress for success, how to play better golf, and the loneliness of the octagonal pizza deliveryman.
The Playboy of Assembly Line Three, the Numbers Department, and more stories of love in the time of Avian Flu.
An embattled cemetery caretaker struggles to appease the living and the dead.
A neighborhood eccentric creates elaborate jack-o-lanterns, a timid office worker dresses as Zorro for a company Halloween party, and a man inspects trick-or-treat candy for health violations.
A boy learns the exact time and date of his death at a carnival and decides to become a hired assassin.
The clones of a star athlete, Abraham Lincoln, and a young boy crushed by a model of a blue whale relate the difficulties of being genetic copies.
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