Tuba-Goose

My objective with the Tuba-Goose Stories

I want the audience to learn a new appreciation for the absurd and find virtue in people who frustrate them.

Method

I am trying manipulate the audience into being annoyed and cynical, in a parallel with the antagonists, and then shift their emotions to wistful after they understand Tuba-Goose’s struggle. When they revisit or recall the story, they become one of the protagonists, understanding and accepting the absurd.

Scenarios

Day Job

• Tuba-Goose hijacks a hotdog stand.

A hot-dog vendor puts up a "back in 1 hour sign" and walks off talking on the phone. Tuba-Goose hops up onto the vendor's stool and starts to open the cart back up (only top of his tuba is visible, and the sound of rustling is heard). 

A man walks up and asks for a hot-dog with the works, with a $5 in his outstretched hand. Tuba-Goose's head pops up with the dog, slips it into the man's hand and snatches his money before he can react. Tuba-Goose shoves the money into the cart, his head pops back up, and he says "Henkuh". The man looks baffled as a mother walks up talking to her daughter. 

Her head is down, so she is unaware of what is going on. She says "We'll take 2 dogs with mustard, mayo, and"

She glances up as she is handing her money, realizing he is a goose, as she says "ketch..up...?''

Tuba-Goose snatches the money his head goes down, and the adults look at each other confused and down at the goose out of site in bewilderment. Tuba-Goose's head pops back up dropping the dogs on the counter one at a time. He honks "Heunkah", and the woman says "What is going on here?" 

A homeless man sleeping on a nearby bench says "He said have a nice day" the hobo pulls a newspaper back over his head muttering something about "bunch of morons", and  "trying to sleep here". 

Tuba-Goose says "Heunkuh", and the little girl grabs the dogs and says "Thank you, you too." she starts to walk off and her mother chases after saying, "DO NOT PUT THAT IN YOUR MOUTH!"

Animal Control sees the goose and tries to catch him to take the tuba off, because they think it is a piece of trash that he is tangled in. Tuba-Goose sees the 2 people slowly stalking toward him with a net, and he says "Henkah???" (a what the hell is the matter with you tone), they start coming faster and tuba goose runs off.

The hot-dog vendor returns to his cart (it is trashed; there are feathers ketchup goose footprints all over the place). He Says "What the h" (jump cut to black)

It's Cold, We're Old, That Sucks

• Tuba-Goose is trying to organize a protest against the cold weather. (He is a goose, they don’t really understand how winter works or protests). He enlists the aid of the residents of a retirement home (“we’re old, it’s cold, that sucks!”), but staff calls Animal Control. Tuba-Goose runs out, leaving the residents confused.

Acceptance

• Tuba-Goose goes to ComFest. After a long day of everyone understanding him, dancing with painted people, glitter, then night falls and it's empty Solo cups and crushing isolation once again. Tuba-Goose takes a good long look at the pond, then the sky, then the tuba. He adjusts the tuba, turns, and walks back down the path toward the suburbs.