I won’t sugar-coat it, Enid — the star of the show just sprained her ankle in a bizarre mishap involving a damp mop, two pogo sticks and a corned beef on rye with cole slaw… and you’re the only one who can go on in her place!
So we’re all counting on you — the actors, the backers, the ticket scalpers, everything hangs on you giving the performance of a lifetime! You’re going out there a prairie dog, Enid Snotgrabbler… but you’ve got to come back a star!
That kid’s got moxie, Robyn R.
a star is born (in a hole in the ground)
Looks like he is praying! http://www.cutethingsinpaint.com/2011/08/and-jesus-sayeth-unto-prairie-dogs.html
Yikes. Prairie dog hands are freaky.
Yeah…she’s cute and all…..but….the tiny hand with the disproportionately long claws are a little unsettling. (Glad it’s not just me!)
Ethel Merman, yes, but those nails are pure Barbra Streisand!
Did someone say…
I’ve got a Streisand vibe, too, except I’m certain Enid won’t be nasal or flat:
‘DON’T tell me to eat LEAVES and sit’n'putter,
LIFE’s a carrot and my BUTT’s a ball of butter,
WHO told you you’re allowed to HAWK! run for cover! RAAAAAID !’
I can’t believe no one commented on this. I read it out loud at work yesterday and totally SOLed (snorted out loud). I refrained from commenting due to the whole, you know, work thing, but really — this amused me.
Waves at w.r.:
If you mean my comment, thanks! I hope you sang, danced and acted it out, at home or work
Erm, if not, I’ll just slink back offstage, doing jazzpaws.
all she needs is a French Tips Mani & it will all be fine …..
Hey, they’re borrowing critters. Give her a break.
I’m sure you meant “burrowing!”
No, no . . . she owes me ten bucks!
Remember, neither a burrower nor a lender be.
well, I think if you’re going to have to burrow down into hard prairie ground, you need yourself some tools.
And, as if the C-L-A-W-S weren’t spooky enough, check out the tee-nincy little THUMBS!
worn to a nub by all the digging work she’s been doing to pay the bills until this- her big break.
I’ll get you my pretty, and your little dog too!
And she didn’t even have a script!
Dramatic prairie dog is… dramatic.
Enid Snotgrabbler *snicker*
Rachael, how did you know *BOTH* of the thoughts,
that went thru’ my (alleged) mind upon seeing & reading this story & pix???
Fird, I don’t know but it’s scaring the crap out of me.
Now that I have seen an acting squirrel I can die happy, knowing that I have seen it all.
makeup! can we get some mascara on those whiskeres?!
(p.s., seconding the freaky hands notion… yeesh)
She’s ready for her close up!!
“If I do well maybe Garrison Squeelor will invite me to do a guest spot on Prairie Dog Home Companion!”
and boom went the vegemite
You know, she really does look like Ruby Keeler. (And she’s probably a better actress.)
I distinctly remember putting a hat on top of my head. Look at your short little arms! You could never reach.
“To Enid Snotgrabbler: One Dollar and NINE CENTS!”
Photo 2 made me automatically think if Ethel Merman!
“Everything’s Comin’ Up Desert Roses!”
bravissimo!!!
A damp mop? Pogo sticks? Corned beef sammich? Cole slaw? Boy, someone sure knew how to live it up.
One wonders how much of an “accident” it really was…….
Hmm. Good point…but Enid looks genuinely surprised to learn she’s gonna go on tonight. Wonder if Mr. Snotgrabbler thought he was doing Enid a favor?
Boy, I need to call it a day. I am WAY too involved in this now, and I really need a corned beef sandwich. We don’t have a lot of choices for those in Chicago.
Yeah, good thing Enid practiced her “genuinely surprised” expression in the mirror for a few hours before she “learned” she was getting the part. I’m with tracylee — this is a rodent remake of All About Eve.
Enid is practicing her Jazz Paws in the second photo. So adorable.
Nikki, I thought the same thing. Jazz paws!
Enid Snotgrabbler as Norma Desertmond:
I *am* big. It’s the *pictures* that got small. …
We told the story with our EYES.
I got told off for moving around when I was singing. I was told that I can do all the story-telling I need to with my eyes.
Enid has such a sweet little face. She’s the Debbie Reynolds of the prarie-dog world.
Have you ever read one of Carrie Fisher’s books/heard one of her monologues?
She’s hilarious!
I heard her interviewed, and the funniest bit was when she said that her mother, as any concerned parent would do, got Cary Grant to talk to her about not doing drugs.
Cary Grant? I should be so lucky.
I remember her talking about when she was flying to Europe to film the first Star Wars, and her mother was having fits because they were flying coach. Apparently Carrie really told her mother off for that. On the phone. In front of George Lucas. :giggle:
Oh George Lucas. His main contribution to her life was telling her she couldn’t wear a bra because there were no bras in space. Also putting her in that metal bikini thingie. I’d go on drugs if I had to wear that thing.
I don’t comment much, but I just have to say…I’m performing in 42nd Street at a theatre in upstate NY right now, and these references to the show just made my day! Thanks, NTMTOM!
yay Zak!!!
go Team Zak !!!!
Thanks! The show is going brilliantly. An astounding cast playing to fantastic audiences!
Goodness me. Break a leg. Be careful of those damp mops, now. Watch out for Enid.
We’re more worried about oversized dimes than mops, but it’s still treacherous!
Hey, did ya see this, Julian Marsh is doing a show!
Get out your tap shoes, Francis!
You can do it Enid ! Everybody’s counting on you ! ( but no pressure !)
The zoo I was at last week has a prairie dog town exhibit. I could have stood there and watched them all week! Adorable!
These pictures are fabulous. She is just beautiful.
Of the Newport Snotgrabblers, or the Poughkeepsie Snotgrabblers?
*happy snerk*
BREAKING NEWS (from photographer): Enid is an Arctic ground squirrel and with those paws….she’s begging for treats! OMG how cute is that? That face….those eyes….you can have as many peanuts as you want Enid. I cannot resist.
After her theatrical triumph (“I laughed, I cried, I marvelled at the length of her nails” – Variety), Enid changed her name to Lulu Burrows and married meercat matinee idol Leroy Digger. Their fairytale union ended in tragedy when Leroy, unable to cope with the fact that his wife’s fame eclipsed his own, overdosed on Coke and Mentos. The resulting explosion was clearly audible two miles away at the Oscars Ceremony, where Lulu picked up the Best Actress award for her role in “Gopher Hole”. Fighting back tears, the plucky young widow told reporters: “Leroy will be with me always. He is everywhere.”
Well done, Alice Shortcake!
Brava!
I simply HAVE to get her autograph.
Cokeheads!
*golf clap* That was brilliant!
Thangyouverramuch, thangyouverramuch!
Now I want Enid to make a facebook page, I need her as a Friend.
Enid will be professionally known as E-Snot!!!!
Oh Enid, we knew you when!
PS, I’ve GOT to try that corned beef with cole slaw.
Just when your tastebuds think it can’t get any better, slap some Russian dressing on that sammie and wash it all down with a Dr. Brown’s black cherry. Please pass the kasha varnishkes, it’s time for lunch!
That’s a Number 23 at the Stage Deli.
“Oh, how… awful! I can’t *imagine* how that damp mop and two pogo sticks ended up outside her dressing room! But I *did* see her get the corned beef on rye with cole slaw delivered earlier.” *
* “And I hear that cole slaw is also excellent on fried fish sandwiches.”
Jazz hands!!
I dunno, y’all… this has a little Margo Channing/Eve Harrington ring to it…
Eh…you guyz are making me hungry with all this food tawk! My stummik iz makingk all kinds of growlingk and boinging noyzez….gah, scared my kitteh clear off my lap!
Um, is that you, Mr. Lewis? With the boingingk and the growlingk already?
I love Enid … and you’re a funny guy Nomtom.
I’m thinking Norma Desmond.
I like the first name but that last name has got to go. Enid