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Monologue Mania Day # 158 by Janet S. Tiger Radio Row July 20, 2014
Monologue Mania Day # 158 by Janet S. Tiger Radio Row July 20, 2014
Radio Row
(Am considering doing this for a play, but definitely this is a movie concept. )
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger ©
all rights reserved
tigerteam1@gmail.com
(Black screen)
Before the Internet,,,,
(We see computers going backwards from the small tablets to the towers, to the room size computers of the seventies.)
Before television....
(We see the televisions of today go backwards to the older ones, bigger, then smaller, black and white.)
There was radio......
(We see transistor radios, then they go backward to the larger tabletop, to the standing radios....in every home, every room, every place in a much older New York)
And if you wanted to buy a radio......
(A street sign is seen)
...or a tube so your radio would work....
(Courtlandt St.)
You ended up on.....
(The street is teeming, it is circa 1936, New York)
Radio Row.
(We see other street signs - Greenwich and Day....the 9th Street Elevated)
Most people never heard about this street that was possibly one of the reasons we won World War II. In today's world of computers, this area is like an archeological dig - except, it's not here in reality anymore, it's only in my mind.
(We see a young man, about twelve or thirteen walking through the streets, looking into stores. He has a paper in one hand, and he is asking store owners if they have the item.)
It was where I learned about tubes, and about radios, and electronics....
(The young man is helped by some, who point him to other stores, but not always treated well by others, who make it clear they are too busy to help)
.......and people.........
(A beautiful woman is seen on the arm of a man shopping, and all the men turn and look, including the young man)
....... and girls.....and life....but most of all .....on Radio Row, I spent the twenty-five years that made me into who I am today....
(We see a man on television dressed in an unusual outfit)
Mr. Tube!
(End of opening sequence)
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As a monologue - it goes like this -
(A man comes onstage, he is dressed like an old vaudeville star with hat and cane, and will dance through the following)
Before the Internet.......
(The man holds up a tablet)
...............before television....
(He now indicates a TV set)
.............there was radio......
(He pulls out a radio, dancing with it)
And if you wanted to buy a radio......
(He holds up a 'portable' model)
....or the tube to make your radio work!.....
(He holds up the old style vacuum tubes)
You ended up on.....
(He looks at a sign)
Radio Row.
Most people never heard about this street that was possibly one of the reasons we won World War II. In today's world of computers, this area is like an archeological dig - except, it's not here in reality anymore, it's only in my mind.
It was where I learned about tubes, and about radios, and electronics...........and people.........
....... and girls.....and life....but most of all .....on Radio Row, I spent the twenty-five years that made me into who I am today....
(He takes off the hat and jacket, steps into a new outfit that is very unusual.)
Mr. Tube!
(End of opening sequence)
(Heard will be - Voice-over -older man’s voice)
Before the Internet,,,,
(We see computers going backwards from the small tablets to the towers, to the room size computers of the seventies.)
Before television....
(We see the televisions of today go backwards to the older ones, bigger, then smaller, black and white.)
There was radio......
(We see transistor radios, then they go backward to the larger tabletop, to the standing radios....in every home, every room, every place in a much older New York)
And if you wanted to buy a radio......
(A street sign is seen)
...or a tube so your radio would work....
(Courtlandt St.)
You ended up on.....
(The street is teeming, it is circa 1936, New York)
Radio Row.
(We see other street signs - Greenwich and Day....the 9th Street Elevated)
Most people never heard about this street that was possibly one of the reasons we won World War II. In today's world of computers, this area is like an archeological dig - except, it's not here in reality anymore, it's only in my mind.
(We see a young man, about twelve or thirteen walking through the streets, looking into stores. He has a paper in one hand, and he is asking store owners if they have the item.)
It was where I learned about tubes, and about radios, and electronics....
(The young man is helped by some, who point him to other stores, but not always treated well by others, who make it clear they are too busy to help)
.......and people.........
(A beautiful woman is seen on the arm of a man shopping, and all the men turn and look, including the young man)
....... and girls.....and life....but most of all .....on Radio Row, I spent the twenty-five years that made me into who I am today....
(We see a man on television dressed in an unusual outfit)
Mr. Tube!
(End of opening sequence)
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As a monologue - it goes like this -
(A man comes onstage, he is dressed like an old vaudeville star with hat and cane, and will dance through the following)
Before the Internet.......
(The man holds up a tablet)
...............before television....
(He now indicates a TV set)
.............there was radio......
(He pulls out a radio, dancing with it)
And if you wanted to buy a radio......
(He holds up a 'portable' model)
....or the tube to make your radio work!.....
(He holds up the old style vacuum tubes)
You ended up on.....
(He looks at a sign)
Radio Row.
Most people never heard about this street that was possibly one of the reasons we won World War II. In today's world of computers, this area is like an archeological dig - except, it's not here in reality anymore, it's only in my mind.
It was where I learned about tubes, and about radios, and electronics...........and people.........
....... and girls.....and life....but most of all .....on Radio Row, I spent the twenty-five years that made me into who I am today....
(He takes off the hat and jacket, steps into a new outfit that is very unusual.)
Mr. Tube!
(End of opening sequence)
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Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315
www.JanetSTiger.weebly.com
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
www.JanetSTiger.weebly.com
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
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