how to parody the vietnam draft?

Question

i have to write up a script for a skit and we have to kind of poke fun at the vietnam draft (and by that i mean, for example, something like in Boy Meets World where they used "Flash!" for the Russian sattelite one). I looked up some slogans like "1, 2, 3, 4, we don't want you effin war" and of course "hell no, we won't go" but other than that i have no idea what to do. I would really appreciate some suggestions (someone told me that i should try and incorporate it as a reccurring theme like the "flash!" thing)
anyway, if anyone out there experienced the 70's and the draft, could you tell me what people would say about the draft so i can get an idea of what to do. i have to finish this by monday so if you guys could help me out that would be great...thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Since many draft dodgers went to Canada, you could create a script where a few dodgers, now middle aged men, still living in Canada are clueless, in customary Canada "Eh." fashion, and they believe the draft is on still in modern day 2006.

It could prove hilarious... like a Sat. Night Live comedy bit.

"Go get em hoser, Eh!"

Answer 2

They're were many war protesters back in those days, most of us despised the war and there were to many protesters so in order to quiet us down our government introduced the Draft based on a lottery it worked like this: 365 birth dates were put in a hopper, mixed up and picked out at random until all 365 were called and placed in the order that they were picked from the hopper.What that did was assure those young men whose birth dates were picked first and those within the first 100, were pretty much assured that they would be drafted in the near future, so they prepared themselves and that was that. But those men who's birth dates were picked that were in the 200-365 were much less concerned about being drafted because the draft had to use up what dates were first. Basically the guys with the higher picked birth dates stopped their protesting because they wouldn't be called unless the conflict got really get out of hand. Thus about 50% of the draft able men shut up and the other 1/2 prepared themselves to go, and they did. pretty good way to quiet the masses, but also wiped out entire birth dates of men. I really thought we had learned something from Vietnam, maybe , but our government has forgotten. It is not the function of our government to keep citizens from falling into error; it is the function of the citizens to keep the government from falling into error.

Answer 3

If you want to parady anything military, I would suggest watching all seasons of M*A*S*H, especially the early years before things got too dark and they really were bitter about being drafted. If you can't find the series, the original movie would be helpful. The series takes place during Korea, but according to my sources who have had more than a nodding acquaintance with the military, it doesn't look like things change too much.

Answer 4

Get hold of the WOODSTOCK CD or album. There's a great tune by Country Joe & the Fish called Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag. We used to love listening to it while we were in Vietnam, which is where I spent Woodstock. This song is famous worldwide for it's anti-war, anti-draft sentiments.