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Like, I really thought it got dark earlier than this. I've been in the sunlight for like three minutes already.
Not cool.
Like, focus, Cindy. You have to get down there before anyone like, notices this secret way into the tunnels.
Hi! Danny Hillcrest here. Like... Ah!
Ahhhhh! Why are you screaming? Sorry, I have a needfully unhealthy desire to fit in with the pack.
Like FOMO? Wow, same to you! Like, what are you doing here, Danny?
I was on my way to that letterbox format drop-off container over there to mail a reworked holiday movie script to Netflix.
Hallmark and Lifetime rejected the Christmas-formatted version, so I did a slight tweak.
My hot new take is that it's the story of two star-crossed florists who accidentally
swap Google calendars.
I call it Valentine's Day and Date. I sure hope they love this one.
I'm running out of copy typing paper.
What are you doing here? Oh, like I was just, uh, making sure this hatch didn't lead to, like, the river stix.
I love it! And don't worry, it's just a hush-your-mouth secret entrance to the library in the tunnels.
You should know that. You own them. Okay, bye!
Like, okay.
Time to do this. Like, with all the power gone, it's pitch black down here in the library.
And like, deadly silent.
Cool.
Like, bummer. Maybe I'd better go...
Like, wow. Books are way more brittle than I thought. Maybe this is like a metaphor for how fragile our like, right to read, whatever...
Like, maybe... I'd better use the flashlight.
Like all the books are still here. Well, except for the ones that Romeo Sykes wrote about the spheres.
Like I knew the creepy, bizarre quiet was like too good to last.
Like, that sounds like Princess.
Like, I didn't know you were still down here,
like, doing your route.
I mean, like, there's no one here.
Wait, Princess, you can give me a ride to, like, the other end of the tunnels.
It may be like the last time though. I think I have to like close the tunnels.
Like, hey princess, this isn't, like, the other end of the tunnels.
Like this is just the underdome.
What's that noise?
I hope it's not, like, ghosts. Ghosts are the worst. Like way too bright and shiny.
Is that like a light on? Way over there in Buzz's tunnel radio station?
Now I'm going to have to like walk all the way over there. Like all that sunshine
wasn't enough, now I have to like exercise too?
This is so not cool. Music. Like, at least Buzz's playlist
has, like, improved.
Basically, hey Cindy. Like Lenny? Are you delivering my pizza? That rocks.
But basically, can you loan me a few bucks so I can tip you?
What are you doing in here? Basically rocking out.
Rocking out done. Like, no. I mean, everyone else left months ago after all the, like, spheres floated away.
Basically, oh, that's why no one ever told me to turn down my tunes.
Basically, I was beginning to worry that I had accidentally tapped into the public zeitgeist.
Like, I think I'm going to have to, like, ask you to leave.
Are you basically the man now? Like, no. I'm the woman. And, like, I have to shut down the tunnels.
Basically, why? Aren't you down with the idea of using this place for art?
That's not it.
Didn't you notice that the spheres that used to like power the tunnels are like all gone? Basically, no.
I was busy doing The Basically Podcast Show, which is my show.
And by the way, you've been gone so long, I basically may have to replace you as my co-host.
Sorry. Sorry, podcasting is a pretty intense business. Like Lenny?
You have to go. But basically, I just got settled into this new studio.
Why don't you just basically use the tunnels for something new?
Like what?
Basically, I don't know. Basically, Nomad 451 just sent me an instant message.
Like wait, since when do phones work down here? Basically, I think ever since the spheres left, the message says you should think about
using the underdome.
Like, for what? It's like a big, empty, mile-wide underground rotunda.
Basically, how about a parking lot?
Like Lenny.
Why would anyone go someplace to like, just park in the dark?
Basically, you missed out on a lot as a teen, didn't you?
But also, basically, back in the day, people would go to drive-in movies to basically drive in and see a movie.
Basically you could show movies 24 hours a day.
I'm exhausted saying that. Like, this place is so big. Basically, how big is it?
I could put in like six screens.
I thought that'd be more of a punchline to that setup. But like there's a big problem, Lenny.
The idea that cinema is dead?
Like no, there's no power down here to like run projectors and stuff.
Basically, oh yeah, bummer.
Like, wait, Lenny, how come you have power?
When everything went dark, I went looking for candles or snacks or snacks I could light on fire.
I didn't find any, but I did find some hallways down here where the wind is basically pretty intense.
So I set up a bunch of windmills and they basically generate a lot of power.
See? Like, cool. Maybe this could work.
But like, what do I call a drive-in in a big round space in a tunnel?
Theaters in the underground?
Day for night drive-ins? Basically, Nomad 451 has an idea.
Like what?
CineRoundadome.
Like, cool. That idea rocks. RSS rules!
Music.
Wait! My Tommy McHolland No Way Spidey senses are tingling! Someone is opening a movie theater! I need to go help!
As soon as I get my arm out of this mailbox slot...
Note to self! Danny, next time, let go of the package!
In this episode, the part of Cindy was played by Bonnie Kanderdine.
Additional voices, as well as story and music by Clinton Alvord.
Copyright 2023. All rights reserved.
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We're done, done, done, done, done.
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