One Photo: One Story; Stand Still Will Ya!!!! It's Easter.
Scene: Easter Sunday, April 6, 1969. Cherry Blossoms in full bloom,
Location: Belleville, New Jersey.
Cast:
Mom, Dad (Bill), Aunt Angela,
5 kids: Mark, Billy, Paul, Tuney (Arlene), Buster (Thomas) and the dog, Rufus.
7:05a
Mom: “Up and at ‘em. Let’s go. We have to go to church. Mark, take the dog out".
7:10a
Dad: “Get out of the bathroom”.
7:15a
Mom: “Mark, get up, take the dog out. Billy socks. Paul no sneakers, it’s Easter Sunday”.
7:19a
Dad: “I gotta get in there, get out of the bathroom”.
7:21a
Mom: “Mark, GET UP”.
7:25a
Mom: “Tuney, How did you get all of these knots in your hair?”
Tuney: (huffing and on the verge of tears) “I…..Don’t…Knowwwww and YOU’RE hurting me.”
Mom: “Shut Up, I’ll give you something to cry about”.
7:30a
Dad: “ WHO THE HELL IS IN THIS BATHROOM?”
Aunt Angela: “ ME, Take ass, I’ll be right OUT!”
Dad: “ Mumbles”.
7:35a
Mom: “Mark, Get your ASS out of Bed!”
7:50a
Billy: “Ma, Paul’s looking at me!!”
Paul: “Duh, So. (Repeats Billy) Ma, Paul’s Looking at me!”
Billy: “Shut up, Paul.”
Paul” “Shut Up, Paul.”
Dad: “WILL YA BOTH SHUT UP! ANGELA, I GOT TO GET IN THAT BATHROOM”.
7:55a
Mom: “Mark, take the dog out NOW.
Dad: “Mark, Don’t make me drag you out of bed. We are leaving for church in 2 minutes”.
Mark: “OK”!
7:58a
Mom:
Mark, Did the dog poop?”
7:59a
Mom: Mark, Did the dog poop? Did you brush your teeth and change your underwear?”
8:00a
Mark: “Yes, yes, and YES"!
Dad: “Everybody in the Car”.
Mom: “Mark, I hope the risen Jesus himself will forgive you on Easter Sunday”.
St. Peter’s Mass begins.
8:07 We arrive at Mass late. We must stand in the rear of the church and we are all Angels.
9:15a We wish everyone at church a Happy Easter!
Some of us are running around with our friends.
Mom: “Don’t get dirty we’re taking family pictures in the park now”.
9:17a
Dad: “Get in the car”.
9:19a
Dad: “ Come ON! Everyone in the car!”
9:20a
Dad: “Get in the GODDAMN CAR!”
Mom: “BILL!!”
9:30a
Everyone piles into the car.
9:30:30a
Buster: “Paul, you’re touching me”.
Paul: “I am not”.
Buster flicks Paul’s leg. Paul flicks back. This continues for the duration of the 3-minute ride home.
As we get out at home Buster flicks Paul one more time and Paul punches Buster.
Dad: “Will YA STOP!”
Mom: “Mark, Get the dog we’re going for pictures in the park”.
9:45a
Dad: “Ok, everybody under the tree.
Mom: “Billy, Get out of the friggin tree”.
Billy: “No, I wanna stay here.”
Dad: “WILL YA LET HIM STAY IN THE TREE!”
Mom: “Ok, But if he falls, I’ll break his neck!”
Dad: “Everybody say ‘Cheese’”.
Paul: “Look a Squirrel”. Everybody looks.
*** Snap
9:48a
Dad: “Billy, get out of the Goddamn tree. Ok, one more time try to look at me".
***Snap
9:50a
Angela: “I don’t want to be in the picture, Bill, I’ll take the next one, get over there”.
9:52a
Dad: “We’re Ready Ang….1, 2, 3 Everybody say “Horse Shit”!
Mom and Angela: “BILL”!
*** Snap
9:55a
Mom: “Can we please get one good photo for Easter? Oh, and maybe the Easter Bunny came when we were at church”!
Kids: “Yay”!
***Snap
Mom: “Let’s go, I have to make lamb, Grandma and Grandpa are coming over”.
Dad: “Need more Beer”.
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