CALIFORNIA DREAMING.
Hardy Bax and Lee Pymlique, two successful Hollywood producers, have some exciting surprises in store for Misses Tartleby, Nosecone, Tonsilcoat, Tontobreine, and Desoxyn -- acting hopefuls all, and the five winners of the All-America Family Entertainment Challenge!
Unfortunately, there are a few snags at the Bax estate, where somewhat inappropriate "auditions" are being held at poolside. There's the latest explosion of urban rioting, just down the hill. There's the regrettable but completely accidental shooting of an underprivileged boy selling candy door to door, and the inconvenient police investigation that follows. There's the constant chore of breaking in new security personnel. There's the Humane Society representative and his annoying objections to the alleged excesses of the zealous dolphin wrangler. There are lawsuits arising from (unproven) charges that the studio has desecrated ancient Native American monuments. There's the sudden (but very timely) passing of the aged "Iron Geezer," toned star of Steel Grey, who keels over during a contemplative moment in his homey shrine, The Pantheon of Manly Endeavor, before the film has completed principal photography. And when will Babonis, the butler, ever get the library dusted?
And then the apocalypse arrives.
It's a Hollywood novella from Christopher Sorrentino, author of Trance.
Unfortunately, there are a few snags at the Bax estate, where somewhat inappropriate "auditions" are being held at poolside. There's the latest explosion of urban rioting, just down the hill. There's the regrettable but completely accidental shooting of an underprivileged boy selling candy door to door, and the inconvenient police investigation that follows. There's the constant chore of breaking in new security personnel. There's the Humane Society representative and his annoying objections to the alleged excesses of the zealous dolphin wrangler. There are lawsuits arising from (unproven) charges that the studio has desecrated ancient Native American monuments. There's the sudden (but very timely) passing of the aged "Iron Geezer," toned star of Steel Grey, who keels over during a contemplative moment in his homey shrine, The Pantheon of Manly Endeavor, before the film has completed principal photography. And when will Babonis, the butler, ever get the library dusted?
And then the apocalypse arrives.
It's a Hollywood novella from Christopher Sorrentino, author of Trance.
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