
19 Nocturne Boulevard - A STITCH IN TIME - Reissue of the week
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A poor but nerdy taxidermist is hired to mount the trophy of a lifetime.
Cast List Debra Meeks - Emmatrice Devan Curt - Cole Hornaday Dougie - George Dunn Da Boss - Reynaud LeBoeuf Mrs. Olsen - Femnomena Zalmoxis - Danar Hoverson Roderick - Julie Hoverson
Music by Deied Theme music by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com) Editing and Sound: Julie Hoverson Cover Design: Julie Hoverson [Taxidermy pics used with permission from Custom Creature Taxidermy Arts]
"What kind of a place is it? Why, it's the street outside a taxidermist's workshop, can't you tell?"
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A STITCH IN TIME
Cast:
Olivia
Debra Meeks, lonely taxidermist
Curt Buchner, low-level thug
Dougie Block, ranking thug
William Buchner, high-level cultist
Mrs. Olsen, next door with cats
Zalmoxis, ancient god
OLIVIA Did you have any trouble finding it? What do you mean, what kind of a place is it? Why, it's the street outside a taxidermist's workshop, can't you tell?
MUSIC
SOUND INSIDE CAR NOISES (not driving), RAIN
SOUND RADIO TURNS OFF, MUSIC OUT
CURT [sincere] Nice night.
DOUGIE Nice? You like rain?
CURT [eager] Yeah. Course, it's better when there's lightning too.
DOUGIE You wouldn't want to be in the car then - too much metal
CURT [eager] Oh, no, just the opposite - the tires would protect us. Keep us from being grounded.
DOUGIE Right. Whatever.
CURT [musing] Especially wouldn't want to be outside if you had a metal plate in your head.
DOUGIE A what? [half a laugh] How many people do you actually know with a freaking metal plate in their head?
CURT Um... [thinks] six.
DOUGIE Six? you know six freaking people with -- Nah! You're so full of shit your eyes are brown.
CURT Six. Benny the geek, Mr. Jones, my gramps - got his in Okinawa, my uncle Lenny - in Nam, my niece Bevvy--
DOUGIE Your niece? She see action overseas too?
CURT Don't be silly, she's five. Playground accident, but she's doing fine - her dad even shaved his head to match hers so she won't feel so self-conscious til her hair grows back to cover the scar.
DOUGIE So who's number six?
CURT Hmm?
DOUGIE That's five, who's six?
CURT Oh! [chuckles] Me.
DOUGIE Great, runs in the family.
CURT Guess you could say that. I--
DOUGIE Oops. Time to bring in the packages. Don't want to be late - you know the boss.
SOUND GETTING OUT OF THE CAR
DOUGIE "D. Meeks, Taxidermy" Hey - that's funny, "D. Meeks"
CURT Huh?
DOUGIE You know, D. Meeks'll inherit D Earth, and all that. [laughs]
CURT [missed it by a mile] Oh. Um, I guess so.
DOUGIE [Exasperated noise]
MUSIC
DEBRA [very uncomfortable, searching for excuses] Never done anything big - I mean, I did take a prize for mounting a bear, but it was a really really small brown.
WILLIAM ["mob boss"] I don't think you understand my... uh... position, dear lady. I have come to you, not with a request, but a requirement.
DEBRA But why me?
WILLIAM I have seen your work, and know of the prizes you have taken, and believe you are the only one who can do the job I need done with the grace and skill I need it to be done with.
SOUND THUMPING AS SOMETHING BIG AND HEAVY IS DROPPED IN HALL. THEN A TENTATIVE KNOCK AT THE DOOR
WILLIAM [sigh] Both of which are qualities sorely lacking these days. [sigh] Raoul, let them in.
SOUND FOOTSTEPS
DEBRA What exactly do you need stuffed?
WILLIAM We will get to that in a moment, first--
SOUND DOOR OPENS
WILLIAM --Ah, Curt, Dougie, so glad you could join us.
DEBRA [quiet, to herself] That's funny, I once had a cat named Doogie. No, that's wrong - I once stuffed a cat named Doogie.
DOUGIE [fawning] Glad to help, Mr. Williams.
SOUND DOOR CLOSES
WILLIAM The young lady here is Debra Meeks - a true artiste. I believe you have something for her, Dougie?
DEBRA [quiet, to herself] Doogie mouser.
DOUGIE Right here, Mr. Williams.
CURT [Snickers, getting her joke]
SOUND FOOTSTEPS, BRIEFCASE SET ON BENCH, LATCHES SNAP, CASE OPENS
DEBRA Holy crow! Is that--?
WILLIAM Two-hundred, fifty thousand dollars. Which, coincidentally, is just about twice your total debts, what with the failing business and the house and all - rounded up, of course, since no one likes small change...
DEBRA And I just have to do the one job?
WILLIAM Just one. But I must have your absolute assurance and agreement before I can show you the subject in question.
DEBRA [thinking,...
06/17/22 • 33 min

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Jun 19
Loved it. Why is the idea of stuffed cats so creepy! Wholeheartedly recommend for Aztec legend enthusiasts.
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