Tuesday – Anything Possible – Finger Point Prompt – Bugs Bunny

~ John W. Howell

Since Keith Channing is off doing NaNoMo stuff, I decided to do a finger prompt. This is where I grab a book and randomly open it and point to a page without looking. Today’s book is Eternal Road – The last stop by that bon vivant, internally acclaimed, and humble author John W. Howell. The page is 141, and the word closest to my finger is Bugs Bunny. Here we go.

Bugs Bunny by John W. Howell © 2021

“Who are you meeting with today?”

“The head of a major film studio.”

“Why?”

“They have some interest in doing a movie using one of my books.”

“Wow, that’s great. Which one?”

“I never heard of it.”

“What?”

“I never heard of the studio,”

“I mean, which book?”

“Oh, they didn’t say. They just said we should take a meeting and figure out the details.”

“Okay, this sounds strange.”

“Why?”

“I never heard of a studio just inviting an author to come in and discuss making a movie unless he’s Matthew McConaughey.”

“There is always the first time.”

“Did you call them?”

“No, I got an email and was told to call a number.”

“So you called.”

“Yup, and the studio head got right on.”

“Well, what can I say? Make sure you get a contract.”

“They said we would sign it after the option money is paid.”

“That’s odd. You usually sign the contract before the option money is paid.”

“I guess they handle it differently. So nice that they will take my check.”

“Wait a minute. You are paying them.”

“Yeah. Only thirteen hundred dollars, and they will do all the work.”

“What work?”

“Getting the pitch deck together, media kit, bio video, and trailer.”

“This sounds a lot like what an agent does for no money as part of their job. This doesn’t sound like a studio. You use all those things to get a studio to buy the option rights.”

“Oh. Maybe I misunderstood about the studio,”

“Yeah, maybe. What was the guy’s name you talked to?”

“Mr. Bunny.”

“Mr. Bunny?”

“He said I could call him Bugs.”

“You haven’t sent any money yet, have you?”

“No.”

“Good. Cancel the meeting.”

“Why?”

“You do know that Bugs Bunny is a cartoon character, right?”

“This guy sounded real.”

“Please shoot me in the face.”

78 thoughts on “Tuesday – Anything Possible – Finger Point Prompt – Bugs Bunny”

  1. Hahaha. Nice one, John.

    I’m in mourning at the moment. One of the characters in my WIP has died, the autopsy couldn’t establish a cause of death (the doctor said he just stopped living) and now the bunch of aliens who found him want to do their own autopsy on the basis that he died in their domain!

    Just so you don’t think I’m having an easy time of it.

    On the plus side, I have written more than 18300 words so far.

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      1. Thanks, Liz. It’s a trial – somehow, I have to deal with the legal, moral and religious ramifications of handing a body for examination to a group of aliens who may (or may not) be technologically and intellectually up to it, but whose religious and moral base we don’t know and who, for goodness’ sake can’t speak a word of English!

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        6. That may be part of it, although I think in many areas prices at the farm gate are depressed by the price-wars supermarkets engage in, as well as the insistence of many of them on visually perfect fruit and vegetables to make their displays prettier. Small farmers can’t hope to compete with the massive agribusinesses that dominate some markets, and when trade deals are struck that allow the easy importation of meat produced cheaply and at lower standards of accountability and animal welfare than are required of domestic producers, they are constantly undercut and forced to sell their product at a loss. Add in the effects of climate change on crop cycles and I, for one, wouldn’t want to be in that business.

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  5. Great story, John. There are a few folks out there that walk and talk like they are real and promise all kinds of stuff, but something tells me they’re up to no good. At least Bugs can offer a smile. 😁

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  15. Good one, John! I read your finger prompt for a hint as to how you imagined this one, but I got no clue. Love how you can take a word and spin a story around it. Best of luck to Keith on his NaNo — I’ve never geared up for that and probably never will, as this is just the busiest time of year to hole up and ignore life while I write!

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