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Video Clips of Bob Reese & Neil Sislowitz and Building The Perfect Candidate

Killing My Lobster Goes to the Polls - comedic vignettes for the comically disenfranchised

Executive Producers: Paul Charney, Marc Vogl

Production Manager: Alex Estrovitz

Associate Producer: Dory Weiss

Music composed by:Andrew Epstein

Writers: Paul Charney, Emily Helfgot, John Kovacevich, Kevin Shay, Marc Vogl, Gabe Weisert, Jon Wolanske

The Band: Becca Burrington (trombone), Andrew Epstein (piano), Kasey Knudsen(saxophone), Eric Perney (bass), Safa Shokrai (bass), Sara Webb (french horn, mandolin), Rolf Wilkenson (drums)

Set Design: Brian Herrick, Khuzema Hussain

Set Builders: Alex Estrovitz, Brian Herrick

Stage Manager: Laura Shlachtmeyer

Costume Design: Sally Thomas, Christo Verdosci,

Props Design: Giao Chau-Ly

Lighting Designer: Jon Brennan

Sound Designer: Craig Helmholz 

Choreographer: Jennifer Chien

Poster Designer: Divya Srinivasan

Program Designer/Graphics: Mumford

Video Producer: Hafsa Malik

Videographers: Daniel Cavey, Paul Charney, Michelle Dean

Animation: Matt Leunig, Nicole Socia - vocals

Lyrics to the songs:

THE OPENING NUMBER:

BOB REESE: As you can see, everybody brings their own hopes and biases into the booth with them. And that my friends…

Piano tinkle…

BOB REESE: (Singing) …is what makes American great.

It’s the second of November
In case ya didn’t remember
It’s time to gather
And time to say

Bob keeps singing, others hum underneath

You’ve got one vote
And know just what to do
You’ll vote the way
The guardian tells you to

Because its….

EVERYONE
Election Day! Election Day!
Here's your chance for you to say:
Stay four more or go away.
Election Day! Election Day!
Black or white,  straight or gay
Change the world in just one day

Transition to goovy section

WOMEN –
Catchy Slogans
Campaign Ads
Exit Polls --- uh-huh!
And Hanging Chads! Chads! Chads!
 
MEN
Concession Speeches
Campaign Stops
Focus Groups – that’s right!
And Photo Ops! Ops! Ops! Ops!
 
WOMEN
Terminator
Bureacrats
Propositions – sing it!
And Funny Hats! Hats! Hats!

EVERYONE
Calling Donors
Raising Funds
Waving Flags ---come on now!
And Banning Guns! Guns! Guns!
 
 Spoken interlude section over piano…

AGBY: I think handicap people should be put on their own special island. Do I have your attention now? Good! Because as a political consultant, I'm in the attention getting business.

SISLOWITZ: Unlike my opponent, I do not think we should ban guns.  Guns don't kill people. And the people who kill people with guns don't kill people either. You know how people die? When they're put in an ambulance. When I'm elected I'm going to stop the killing - I'm going to ban the ambulances!

WASHINGTON: I was just a mom who got sick and tired of picking up hypodermic needles at my neighborhood park. Then whammo! I got elected to the city council. Now they want me to run for the U.S. Senate!

DINKLEY: 22 years as a campaign advisor…and those are like dog years…if you fed your dog a whole bunch of methamphetamine. Which is to say, I've seen it all…with my one good eye.

LIZ: I still get a little confused about politics. I do like a candidate who's got a good poster.

BOB REESE: Covering a campaign is like making love to woman…sometimes it feels good and sometimes it makes you question your sexual orientation.

AGBY: I'm Suzanne Agby.

SISLOWITZ: I'm Neil Sislowitz

WASHINGTON: I'm Kerry Washington.

DINKLEY: I'm Warren Dinkley

LIZ: I'm Liz Dubinsky-Smith

BOB REESE: And I'm Bob Reese.

Back to the groovy section

EVERYONE
Voter Guides
People say
Pull the lever
It’s election day! Day! Day!

Big finish!

THE FINALE:

Liz: Wait! I’m not a dancer,  I’m a voter! And you’re Suzanne agby, and your neil sislowitz and warren dinkly and kerry Washington and you your Bob reese. Don’t you guys remember?

Catchy Slogans
Campaign Ads

ALL:     
Exit Polls (uh-huh!)
And Hanging Chads, Chads, Chads

ALL
Concession Speeches
Campaign Stops
Focus Groups (that’s right)
And Photo Ops, Ops, Ops

ALL
Election Day! Election Day!
Here’s your chance for you to say.
Cowboy Hat                    
Or French Beret                
Election Day! Election Day!

AGBY
Vagina Party

WASHINGTON
Or Baby Hands

SISLOWITZ
A trip to Persia

LIZ
I don’t understand

DINKLEY
Go balloons

BOB
And that’s the news

ALL
No matter what
Don’t forget to choose

ALL
Election Day! Election Day!
Stay four more or go away
Cowboy Hat
Or French Beret
Election Day! Election Day!

ALL
So this November
Start takin’ chances
And when you vote
Ban the ambulances!

ALL
Election Day! Election Day!
Cowboy Hat
Or French Beret
Change the world in just one day.
Election Day! Election Day!

On Election…..
Election…..Day!

Even bigger finish!