Hed: Greetings, Others. I am Hed O'declas. I am known as the smart cousin. I have been in a few skits with one or more of these fellows. I own Hed's Hat-n-Hand. A lot of these skin-headed chaps buy headwear from me.
Fed: (ambles up) Your time's up, Hed.
Hed: Aren't you supposed to be watching my store?
Fed: I left Med in charge.
Hed: Med?!
Med: The voices are back!
Fed: Med?! Why are you here?!
Med: That's the big Q ain't it, Chico.
Hed: I must leave while I still have a business.
Hed and Fed rush out to the left while Med wanders up to the center.
Med: I'd like to thank the academy.
DED, D-red, and D-zed wander up to the front center together. No one can see them except Ned, so they speak through Med.
Med: (DED gestures while words come out of Med) We are speaking through this entity as you cannot otherwise see us.
The crowd mutters among themselves.
Med: (DED speaks) I am Ded, an Angel of Death. My touch ends your life. One of you will be leaving with me today. (D-red speaks) I used to be Red. I was deemed to be too awful to live, so now I am known as D-red. I collect dead vermin and bugs.
Cy: Wait, wait! What is going on?
Ira: We are witnessing Med having a psychotic break.
Med: (D-zed speaks) I was a bald guy named Zed. I was introduced during "Scene at a Hat Store" and later DED collected me during "Scene at a Croquet Tournament". I now collect dead plants.
Yet: Is Med putting on some kind of one-man show, or -- what?
Rhet: Well, he is acting, acting out, or possessed by an angel of death and his two apprendices.
Lori: Did that guy say he was the angel of Death?
Lois: I thought he was the guy selling cactus buttons at the door.
Pons: (speaking to Ned) Are these the guys you say are Death and his helpers.
Ned: Yup. DED's wearin' a black hooded robe, D-red's in red, and D-zed is wearin' an orange'n.
Fox: Well, I'm as confused as a turtle on a tourist bus. I may need another break. What do you think, Felix?
Felix: Well, I think --
To be continued...
Cast:
Pons: Pons
Ned: Ned
Hed: Ned's brainy cousin
Fed: Hed's rotund cousin
Med: Fed's pothead cousin
Bed: Med's narcoleptic cousin
GED: Ned's clone
Led: Med's religious cousin
Ped: Led's walking cousin
Baron Aaron: rich baddy
Count Too-ten: rich good guy
Baron Darren: wealthy villain
Count Bi-tooz: well-financed antihero
Cy: bald with an eye patch
Ira: bald with an eye tattooed between his eyes
Yet: bald with a unibrow and a matching mustache
Rhet: bald with a red clown nose and a greasepaint frown
Lori: friend of Fox Fine
Lois: Lori's twin
Fox: friend of Lori's
Felix: Fox's twin
Matt Tell = fun-loving character
Jiffy Gel = simpatico to Matt
DED: Death
D-red: DED Assistant (vermin)
D-zed: DED Assistant (agri)