Fade in
Characters:
Olive Oyle: Veteran cartoon actress who's been playing Popeye's girlfriend for decades.
Betty Boop: Iconic cartoon actress forever typecast as the sexy vixen. Classically trained actress never allowed the opportunity to branch out into other roles.
We find the two of them at the 'Acme Soda Bar ... Wink'. The bar is in disrepair and is a hangout for fading stars and canceled shows from the past. Once in a while the more current crowd stops in for a peek, but mostly out of curiosity.
Olive
I don't know what you're complaining about. Any dude would cut off an arm or two to be with you, dolly. It ain't like you need any make-up to get your freak on.
Betty Boop
I can't help the way I'm drawn. It don't mean that's what I am on the inside. Who are you to talk anyway? You've got your fair share of suitors brawlin' over you.
Olive
Are you kidding? They don't call Brutus, Brutus for nothing. He wouldn't even notice I was there if I wasn't the one ordering the pizza. And I have to pay for it! It ain't a good minute either. Two losers ain't no better than one.
Betty Boop
Yeah, but that Popeye is so gallant and such a gentleman. He fights for your honour. I wish a man would fight for my honour. Hell, they're praying I don't have any. Dirty old coots.
Olive
It's either fight off Brutus and have a nice warm bed to sleep in or sleep under a bridge. He's homeless, girlfriend. He's a sailor all right, but he ain't in no Navy. He just hires on as a deck hand once in a blue moon ... gets thrown overboard half the time. He's a bum. What can I say.
Betty Boop
Yeah, maybe so. But he loves ya, don't he? He always comes back to you. That Brutus is a big guy; he can't enjoy fighting him all the time.
Olive
It's part of the contract. They're drinking buddies. Brutus is gay. It's all in the script. Do you think that big gallut is actually hitting that skinny fool? HA! He'd knock the spinach out of him for sure.
Betty Boop
You don't say. I'll be. I thought the spinach made him strong. I do declare I believed every word of it. Mercy. I bet he don't even eat spinach then.
Olive
Oh, he eats spinach alright. AND it's worse than cabbage I'm here to tell you. He farts all night and it makes the dog cry. Farts, snores, and sleeps with a pipe in his mouth. Oh, yeah, romance is his middle name. And he giggles when he snores just like in the movies. I could slit his throat.
Betty Boop
Why don't ya'?
Olive
And be alone? In case you haven't noticed. They don't need to do any make-up on me. I look on the big screen the same way I look off it. No wonder Brutus is gay. If Popeye wasn't such a loser, I wouldn't even have him. I'm surprised he hasn't taken up with Alice the Goon, at least she has breasts.
Betty Boop
She's a he, honey. Didn't you know that?
Olive
Oh? But she's got ...
Betty Boop
Yeah, well, true that, but she's got other appendages that matter more. She plays the Master Cylinder in the Felix cartoons. "She" is a he, honey. I got that straight from Poindexter. He goes both ways and any other ways one might suggest, the little egghead.
Olive
Poindexter? I always thought VaVoom was the dude that had the real game. Wow, Poindexter, I guess with that big brain his imagination runs wild.
Betty Boop
I could tell you stories about VaVoom too, dear, but I want to keep him my own little secret. Well, maybe if you're buying. Hee-hee.
Olive
Why don't we do a show together? We should team up. They'd be hard pressed to replace us. Who the hell would want that mumbling fool Popeye anyway. And with your talent, you should be doing more than just wiggling around and saying Boop, boop-e-doo in movie after movie. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that, but, jeesh, I know you want more than that.
Betty Boop
Yeah. We could team up. They can't afford to lose both of us. We could talk to Alice, Poindexter and VaVoom and start our own company even. Maybe something for adults. Give us another round dear. Same for you, right? Make 'em doubles. What do we need the grief they put us through for anyway? Dammit we're stars. Olive? Hey, you okay?
Olive
Sure, I'm fine. I'm just a little dizzy. I need to stretch out here and close my eyes. The room is spinning a little. I'm fine. VaVoom, huh? I bet he's got a tongue like a ping pong paddle in there ....
Betty Boop
Olive? Crap, I should've known anyone that skinny couldn't handle that much booze. Oh, well, good to know about Popeye though. Spinach farts ... it's always something.
Fade out
The End
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Author Notes
A majority of prose, especially scripts rely heavily on dialogue. The challenge this week is to write 100 lines of dialogue with minimal or preferably no use of sentence tags (he said, she said). A small amount of description is acceptable, setting etc' Most so all have fun. Topic will be announced at 6PM Fanstory time~Debbie
A disagreement between two cartoon characters. Try for 100 lines--primarily dialogue only Have fun!
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