The Tale of the Tiny Desk
SCENE 1

[MAN, SERVANT 1 are in a grand dressing room]

NARRATOR:

Each day the man rises up, changes his red tie, winks in the mirror

before calling the servant.

MAN:

SERVANT!

SERVANT 1 (reading the newspaper, flippant):

Yes, sir. What do you need?

MAN:

Brush my hair the way I like it.

SERVANT 1:

Are you sure?

MAN (face changing to a deep frown):

Why would I ask for it, if I wasn’t sure?

SERVANT 1 (shifting from foot to foot, as if needing to pee):

It’s just that, people think, er, people say…

MAN:

WHAT DO PEOPLE SAY?

SERVANT 1:

Never mind. (He gets the grooming tools).

MAN (picks up phone, clicks Twitter, types something, chuckles to himself)

SERVANT 1: (Comes back to brush MAN’S hair, is interrupted by a loud KNOCK at the door, looks to MAN to see what to do next.)

MAN:

Get the door! (picks up the brush and does his own hair, looks in the mirror and makes a kissing face.)

SERVANT 1:

Yes, sir. (Hurries to the door, but turns around quickly to face MAN)

MAN:

WHAT?

SERVANT 1:

Am I fired?

MAN:

OF COURSE!

SERVANT 1 (Bows his head then opens the door and runs off. )

SERVANT 2: (from the door)

They are ready for you, sir.

MAN:

How do I look?

SERVANT 2:

Better than ever.

NARRATOR:

The man goes to his press briefing.
['Samantha Lazar']
['Politics', 'Readers Theater', 'Satire', 'Humor', 'Miniatures']