Somewhere, in TV-land, not far from Happy Valley and just across the way from the Land of Make Believe (far, far away from the urban jungle that is Sesame Street), on a little street with a friendly mailman stands a little house where good times and magic and music run free; where peace and transcendence, equality and tranquility are everywhere; where special trips to strange wonderful landscapes are frequent; where life is full of fun and freedom.
And every time Mr. Rogerz looks over there, he wants to spit. This used to be such a nice neighborhood!
I envision Mr. Rogers' Goddam Hippie Neighbors as a series of live-action sitcom-style movies modelled on "The Monkees" and "Pee Wee's Playhouse". In each film, our wacky gang will experience a zany adventure, sing a couple of 60's style pop hits, welcome 'guest stars' and just carry on outrageously.
The Hippie Neighbors are:
Cordelia Severe - The cold beat hip death goddess, queen of the icy stare and acid quip. Moonbane McShane - Morrisonesque intellectual wildman, far-out envelope pusher, Nietzche-quoting poet lariat and spazz-eyed fever dreamer. Starraven Windhawk- Wand-wielding spiritual purifier. Tendency to speak in new age cliches. Fond of 'healings', 'cleansings', 'empowerment rituals' and the like. Can do the occasional 'Bewitched' sort of tricks. These usually backfire. Beautiful Dreamer - The spirit of peace and love personified, a fount of cow-eyed sincerity and tie-died wonderingness. Not so smart but lots of heart.
Besides the hippie neighbors, our little sitcom world also will present a regular selection of supporting characters, including puppets. At the Hippie House, we have puppet pets BONGDOG and DEVILCAT. BONGDOG is as dumb as Devilcat is clever, and as goodwilled as Devilcat is sinister.
Mr. Rogerz will put in an occasional appearance. And, up the the street, is the rambling and ramshackle old farmhouse owned by ADMIRAL WALLABY, whose life, I'm afraid, has fallen apart a bit. Inside his dark and cobwebbed house he lives a Poe-like life of incipient madness and brooding despair, beset by his demonic companions THE RABBIT and THE MOOSE, who attempt to convince him that he is mad and should kill himself. Every episode or so, poor Dreamer is sent over to the Admiral's Place on some errand or other, where he is horrified by the atmosphere of dread and evil that surrounds the place.
There will, of course, be more crazy characters and wildness. Who knows what will happen in this zany universe? I don't.
So far, we have one and a half episodes written. The first, Mister Rogerz' Goddam Hippie Neighbors Meet the Green Team, is now quite out of date, but if your memory stretches all the way back to the uproarious days (should that be "daze"?) of Bill Clinton I think you'll dig it.
The second, A Goddam Hippie Halloween, is well on its way. Enjoy!
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