Otis and Jake were sitting on the curb outside the sweet shop, sucking down the last of the grape Nehi they had bought by merging their money and getting two straws. "See that movie there?" Otis said, pointing to the theatre across the way. " My Little Chickadee. My dad was once in a movie with W.C. Fields but I don't think it was that one."
"He was not," Jake said. "You gotta live in Hollywood to be in a movie."
"Do not!"
"Do to!"
"Do not!"
With the soda pop finished, they began shoving each other. Jake had just gotten mad enough to draw back his fist when a shadow fell over them. Officer Brown smiled at them, his face red for the heat of the day. "Well well well, if it ain't the Little Rascals," he muttered. "You two want to tell me what you're doing sitting here?"
"I'm just waiting for the Robert E Lee," Jake answered. "I don't know what this dork is waiting for."
Otis opened his mouth to reply but a flash of scarlet feathers caught his eye. He stared as their friend Suzi strutted up the sidewalk, huge high shoes on her feet, a tight dress swathing her body and a scarlet boa around her neck. She wore a wide feather-trimmed hat, which she held in place with one hand that was wrapped in a long glove. She stopped and thrust her ten-year-old hip out. "Hello," she cooed. "How do I look?"
"You look a bit like Mae West in that outfit," Officer Brown said.
"I think you look like a skinny cardinal with a hat," Jake replied. "Where are you going, dressed like that?"
"Haven't you heard? You get into the matinee for free if you dress up as a silent movie star." She worked herself down off the curb and set off across the street, wobbling on the unfamiliar high heels.
"Wonder if we can do that," Otis observed. "Do you know what silent movie star we could be?"
Officer Brown snorted. "You guys remind me of the Keystone Kops! Especially after you'd stolen candy from Whitacre's Drug Store."
Jake snorted. "If Creepy Charlie had stolen anything but cinnamon discs he would have been fine. But he put them all in his mouth and then found out that was just too hot to handle."
"Is that true?" the officer replied. "It was Charlie Wilkins?"
"Yeah," Jake muttered, staring across to where Suzi was parading inside, her hat bobbing. "He had to go to bed with a stomachache from all that he stole. His mom told us he wouldn't be out until tomorrow."
Officer Brown was quiet a moment. "I'm going to stroll around to his house and chat with his mother. If it turns out that he is sick from stolen candy, we can work out restitution to Mr.Whitacre. And you boys would be entitled to a reward."
"Really?" Jake squinted up at him. "A thousand dollars?"
"No, but how about two tickets to the movie over there? It's air conditioned inside. And maybe if you're lucky, you'll see
Otis's dad in the crowd scene. What do you say?"
"It's a deal!" Otis jumped up, throwing his soda bottle into the trash. "See, Jake, I told you Dad was in the movie!"
"You did not!"
"Did to!" Otis started across the street, where he would wait until the officer returned with the reward. "I most definitely did, too."
Jake followed. "Did not!"
Officer Brown watched after him, a little smile on his face. Then he turned toward the Wilkins home. Taking out his nightstick, he twirled it, grinning widely, and did his Charlie Chaplin impression as he disappeared around the corner.
2007-07-26 16:39:43
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answered by Jess 7
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This ones way too difficult for me, but I'm old enough to know who everyone is so maybe if these are tho only ans. I should get best!! LOL I am going to try the one w/ Shania, she's one of my faves!
2007-07-26 17:12:23
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answered by DAS 4
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This is hard. I Wiki searched the names I didn't know (most of them, lol), but I got nuthin'. I'll keep trying. I guess it's easier to invent my own Comedian than write about acts that actually existed! :P
If this answer is the only answer do I automatically win?
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2007-07-26 13:40:00
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answered by Anonymous
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