Premiere! Tonight, for a limited Engagement
"Death of a Floppy"
by Stephen Careers
Listen to what the critics are saying:
"A Winner!"
"Ubiquitous!"
"Sprays invective like a crop duster!"
"Gottfreid has never been better!"
Join us in celebrating the power of American Theatre with this
classic of techno-theatre, a masterpiece of engineering and writing,
the world-famous "Death of a Floppy," tonight at 8 PM at CompUSA
Theatre, 1428 BehindtheMall Drive, Concord, California.
- Starring George Carlin as H.D. Dryve, "The Floppy"
- John Lovitz as Max Beta
- John Lithgow as Seedy R. Ohm
- Bebe Neusmith as Betty "Five and a Quarter" Dryve
- Freddy Prinze, Jr. as Freddy "Flash" Dryve
- Gilbert Gottfreid as Zebediah "Zip" Dryve
- Brad Pitt as Fyre "The Wire" Cable
- Alicia Silverstone as the Airport Manager
- Eddie Albert as T. Ape Dryve, brother of H.D
In this gripping piece of modern American Techno-Tragedy, we see
H.D. begin to struggle, and ultimately fail, to maintain his customer
base despite many years of mostly reliable service. Lost files, bent
covers, format incompatibilities, and storage limitations gradually
erode Drye's effectiveness. The introduction of a new system of file
transfers via the Internet and wireless networking essentially strips
Dryve of his job, his friends, the respect of his two sons (still able
to find useful work) and his wife, who surrendered her own dreams years
ago. Author Steven Careers, winner of the coveted "Best of Macworld"
award seventeen years running, says of his masterpiece, "If I didn't
write it, someone else would have had to."
Other critics praise "Floppy," as it is affectionately known:
"I never thought I'd hear John Lovitz pronounce 'ubiquitous' quite
so crisply," raves Roger Ebert. "Me either," said That Other Guy With
Roger.
"Gottfried has never been better than he is as the grating,
annoying, noisy, but necessary Zip Drye," says Marsha Fendrick of the
S.F. Bay Area Guardian.
"Alicia Silverstone gives a surprisingly subtle performance as the
new game in town, IEEE 1394," according to PC User magazine theatre
critic Larry Niven. "It's like she's not even there."
"Lithgow's performance is restrained, nothing like his work on
'Third Rock,'" according to Bud Melman, theater critic for the David
Letterman show. "You can see in his eyes that the other formats are
gunning for him now in the same way they started with H.D. years ago.
Secretly, he knows he's next, but is as unwilling to admit it in the
same way that H.D. was in denial. Thus the cycle continues."
"Bebe Neusmith's a winner here," according to Gene Shalit, who's
never seen the show but based his opinion on everyone else's reviews.
"Her monotonic performance just fits the disgusted, beaten role of a
format even more useless than H.D.'s."
and praise continues for the show's star, George Carlin:
"Carlin's artful use of the Two Still Forbidden Words is masterful,"
writes Martha Stewart, filling in for Rush Limbaugh on his show this
week. "Just a touch of seasoning will do, but Carlin fills the buffers
with gusto, spraying invective like a crop duster trying to manage one
of the plagues of Egypt. It's not for everyone, but, with the right
mood and a little bottled water, you may enjoy it."
Tickets available in advance or at the box office. Prices are $2.25
for a pack of 10 tickets, or $4.50 if you want Mac compatible seats.
Intermission at approximately 10.30 PM. No digital
photography.
