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Monologue Mania Day # 238 by Janet S. Tiger Oct. 8, 2014
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------Note: A few words about 'free' - all these monologues are protected under copyright law and are free to read, free to perform and video as long as no money is charged. Once you charge admission or a donation, or include my work in an anthology, you need to contact me for royalty info.
If you just started this blog and want to read the earlier monologues, please
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Monologue Mania Day # 238 by Janet S. Tiger Oct. 8, 2014
Why You Are Losing.....Money
(from the movie Radio Row)
(from the movie Radio Row)
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger © all rights reserved
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(The narrator is seen waiting for his brother, who is closing the door for the last customer of the day. He waits, then goes to his brother and puts his hand up.)
Stop! Before you say anything else, I just want you listen, okay? Because it's important for you to know that I'm about to tell you is the truth, I made sure of it.......you know how you asked me why you are losing money when we sell more radios and parts than anyone in a three block radius, and how come there is never enough cash left to send to the suppliers?
Well, I put out a trap.....and I set it up without telling anyone, but let me show you what I did....
(While he talks, we see what he is describing happen onscreen)
First, I talked to some of my old buddies from the unit, back during the war. They were coming into town for some convention, and I met them and got them to help out.
No one here in the store knew what I was doing, not even you, Georgie, so you wouldn't spill the beans.......
(We see him giving some bills to his friends while they're at dinner together, the bills are marked, not obviously, but once you know where, it's easy to find)
And they came down over the last two days, while things were busy, and we were doing a lot of business, right?
(His friends come into the store, and they buy a few items using the money, giving it to different people there, including George.)
And then, we have to go through the bills, George, and we'll know exactly what happened....
(He takes out a list and shows it to George. Then he opens the cash box and removes the twenties, looking at them carefully.)
Here's the bill they gave to you, because you put everything in, and here's the twenty that Tommy got....and the one that Joe got.......and......
(He looks at the list, points)
But the twenty that Eddie got......it isn't here, George, and it wasn't here yesterday either. And you know what that means, George.....one day can be a mistake, maybe he gave it in change. But we don't get a lot of bills big enough to use twenties for change, do we, and we know what they are, right? You know what I'm saying, right?
(George just takes out a cigar and lights it and when he does, the smoke comes out of his ears. George starts screaming, but the smoke obliterates the sound, and the narrator looks into the camera as George's head - and the smoke - get bigger)
I knew my brother was not going to take it well when he found out that his son was the thief......actually, that's not really accurate. He knew his son had been robbing him for years, but now, now there was irrefutable truth, proof......because even though he had looked the other way when his son -who earned the same as I did -bought a brand new Cadillac.....and all I could afford was....an old Ford.
It was over, the lying, the cheating....there was nothing George could do now.....so he did what he knew he had to do....he fired..........me!
(The narrator is seen being thrown out of the store. He is shaking his head sadly.)
But it turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me.....
(The owner of a nearby shop has been watching George thrown out, and he runs out to talk with the narrator, leading him to his store, and we see them shaking hands. George is watching from the window.)
I didn't talk to George for five years......until Eddie was caught stealing from his second job as a night watchman and was sent away to jail......
(Eddie is seen being chased out of a building into the path of two policemen. Then George is seen crying in court as Eddie is sentenced. The narrator is sitting with George, watching)
I never understood why George protected Eddie.....until I found out for myself.......about children.....
(The narrator is seen with his first child, a son, and the look on his face says it all. End of scene)
Stop! Before you say anything else, I just want you listen, okay? Because it's important for you to know that I'm about to tell you is the truth, I made sure of it.......you know how you asked me why you are losing money when we sell more radios and parts than anyone in a three block radius, and how come there is never enough cash left to send to the suppliers?
Well, I put out a trap.....and I set it up without telling anyone, but let me show you what I did....
(While he talks, we see what he is describing happen onscreen)
First, I talked to some of my old buddies from the unit, back during the war. They were coming into town for some convention, and I met them and got them to help out.
No one here in the store knew what I was doing, not even you, Georgie, so you wouldn't spill the beans.......
(We see him giving some bills to his friends while they're at dinner together, the bills are marked, not obviously, but once you know where, it's easy to find)
And they came down over the last two days, while things were busy, and we were doing a lot of business, right?
(His friends come into the store, and they buy a few items using the money, giving it to different people there, including George.)
And then, we have to go through the bills, George, and we'll know exactly what happened....
(He takes out a list and shows it to George. Then he opens the cash box and removes the twenties, looking at them carefully.)
Here's the bill they gave to you, because you put everything in, and here's the twenty that Tommy got....and the one that Joe got.......and......
(He looks at the list, points)
But the twenty that Eddie got......it isn't here, George, and it wasn't here yesterday either. And you know what that means, George.....one day can be a mistake, maybe he gave it in change. But we don't get a lot of bills big enough to use twenties for change, do we, and we know what they are, right? You know what I'm saying, right?
(George just takes out a cigar and lights it and when he does, the smoke comes out of his ears. George starts screaming, but the smoke obliterates the sound, and the narrator looks into the camera as George's head - and the smoke - get bigger)
I knew my brother was not going to take it well when he found out that his son was the thief......actually, that's not really accurate. He knew his son had been robbing him for years, but now, now there was irrefutable truth, proof......because even though he had looked the other way when his son -who earned the same as I did -bought a brand new Cadillac.....and all I could afford was....an old Ford.
It was over, the lying, the cheating....there was nothing George could do now.....so he did what he knew he had to do....he fired..........me!
(The narrator is seen being thrown out of the store. He is shaking his head sadly.)
But it turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me.....
(The owner of a nearby shop has been watching George thrown out, and he runs out to talk with the narrator, leading him to his store, and we see them shaking hands. George is watching from the window.)
I didn't talk to George for five years......until Eddie was caught stealing from his second job as a night watchman and was sent away to jail......
(Eddie is seen being chased out of a building into the path of two policemen. Then George is seen crying in court as Eddie is sentenced. The narrator is sitting with George, watching)
I never understood why George protected Eddie.....until I found out for myself.......about children.....
(The narrator is seen with his first child, a son, and the look on his face says it all. End of scene)
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Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
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