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Recursion

(56,582 posts)
Sun May 11, 2014, 10:27 AM May 2014

I need help remembering the titles of two short two-person plays

Both have a male and female character.

The first one: it's a first date, but rather than saying the actual things people say on a first date, they describe them, eg
"Slightly sarcastic comment"
"Vague disapproval at lack of wit"
etc. (see NuclearDem's current GD thread if that doesn't make sense; that's what reminded me of this)

The second one: also a first date, but every time one of them screws up in some way, a bell rings and they get a do-over of the past few lines.

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I need help remembering the titles of two short two-person plays (Original Post) Recursion May 2014 OP
The first one sounds hilarious. Scuba May 2014 #1
OMG it is. I've seen it several times and it always kills. I know it was on This American Life once Recursion May 2014 #3
The second one is "Sure Thing" by David Ives. Chan790 May 2014 #2
That's it exactly. Thank you! Recursion May 2014 #4
Bill: I went to Oral Roberts University. ( Bell .) Scuba May 2014 #5

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
3. OMG it is. I've seen it several times and it always kills. I know it was on This American Life once
Sun May 11, 2014, 10:55 AM
May 2014

If I can find the mp3 on their site I'll post it as another reply. Seriously, it's hilarious. The problem is it's so short (5 minutes or so) that it only ever gets performed as part of a bunch of short scenes, so I can never remember the title.

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