Penny Ante

and Elliot Lewis on stage. Ladies and gentlemen, Good evening.

It's been said that first novels are autobiographical, that a new writer's first effort said storytelling can turn himself. Although this is not historically true, it makes for a good conversational gantas. If it were completely true, a house painter that wrote a story would write a story about house painting.

And the first effort of a bread baker would be a yeast detail. Or to get down to what we're going to do tonight, the early efforts of a sound effect artist would contain all sound and no dialogue.

Ross Murray has been doing the sound effects here on stage practically since we started. This is not his first script. He's been writing quite regularly, but it is a strange story in that what people have to say is more important than the background sound.

Well, you're going to hear what we've been talking about because here is Ross Murray's new script, and he answered. But the old pay if we got out a little any out of poker game going in I would say who else is that Marvin and George I just spoke to him next I was okay with him

so what about the wives oh play bridge or something I mean to the guys that was okay oh no but they're sure it is Friday night with the goal well those guys don't have to check with their wives and I don't either tell me in what time what do you got to get home pick up the ball and chain let's not leave when you get

over my place great see about seven o'clock yeah okay so long oh hey hey Give me a favor huh? Sure, it works. Punch me out. I'm ducking out 15 minutes early. You know, I gotta get things lined up, cards, food, beers.