Tailgating pt. 2

Mad Dawg’

A Billy Hill the Hillbilly Sketch

by Timothy Meinke

Based on a Milton Berle quip.

Billy Hill………………………………...............Hillbilly

Hillbilly #2.……………………………...............Billy’s drinking companion

BEAT-UP PICKUP TRUCK. BILLY AND HIS COMPANION SIT ON THE TAILGATE. THEY STARE STRAIGHT AHEAD AS THEY PASS A JUG OF MOONSHINE BACK AND FORTH. THEY SPEAK IN SLOW DRAWLS WITH LONG PAUSES BETWEEN SENTENCES.

BANJO PLAYS THE FIRST NOTES OF "DUELING BANJOS."

BILLY

I had to shoot ma dawg las’ night.

HILLBILLY #2

You shot yer dawg? How come?

BILLY

Got bit by a ‘coon.

HILLBILLY #2

Oh. He wuz mad?

BILLY

Wall, he wuzn’t too happy ‘bout it.

"DUELING BANJOS" PLAYS FURIOUSLY AND ENDS WITH A FLOURISH.

The End