Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for June 29, 2023

Then keep them away from the ice cream.

Oh, is THAT what the kids are calling them these days?

From Burning Man to burning hands, beware of greasy kid stuff.

A choreographed quip.

New ones available this week at the Places Drug Store’s fire sale.

Hell coming down from Canada’s

Fire.

…oven mitts will never replace socks…

…cooking shows…

…it had to be cooking shows…

…I Hate it when I can’t read the righting on the wall…

…I can read tidbits…

…but that’s all…

…darn it…

Been there.

It started strong, but the limited range of Oven Mitts made it a flop after a few nights on stage. It was meant to be a joke, the lack of range, but the audience never made the connection. It lasted two weeks on Broadway. You can still catch it, occasionally, in communities that have community theater. But even there, it suffers for various reasons. The choreography and set designs are prohibitive. Although, one community dinner theater did a fairly good job of it, producing it with a limited set and absent the complex choreography. This allowed the basic premise to shine, or smolder, as it were.

Better the quilted oven mitts than your average quilted TP!

Mr, Whipple is spinning in his grave….the mere mention of “quilted” awakens his aura.

And so they dance. Is that like Nero fiddling while Rome burned?

I can’t tell if it’s me or the comic…

The roar of greasepaint, the smell of burnt mitts …!

I don’t think that’s what Bruce Springsteen meant, but yeah, we know you’re a liar.

I had a job that involved handling red hot metal sometimes. We wore special padded cotton gloves. They never caught fire but sometimes got grill marks. I did set my shirt in fire once, Fortunately I was able to smother it with my gloves.

Well, why did you leave them in the oven?

Just as long as their bath mats aren’t incinerated.

Let the mitts in the quilted oven cope! Fire is fundamental.

Meanwhile, Let’s Dance!

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