Writer’s Block (2014)
by Jeff Darge, Fargo Tbakhi

91 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Milo (lead character)		[struggling immensely to write a comedic play]	McClintock High School	1
Robert (lead character)	aestholatry	Asian [struggling immensely to write a drama play]	McClintock High School	1
Maddie		[struggling, unpublished writer]	McClintock High School	1
Actor 1		[physically manifests plays playwrights are thinking up]	McClintock High School	1
Actor 2		Asian [physically manifests plays playwrights are thinking up]	McClintock High School	1
unnamed landlord		Hispanic [playwrights Milo, Rob "rented" from him (rarely paying)]	McClintock High School	1
F. Jackson Hewitt		[successful; very wealthy; knows Milo, Rob from college]	McClintock High School	1
Professor (flashback, pg. 3, 8)	aestholatry	[taught drama writing to Milo and Rob in college]	McClintock High School	1
unnamed young woman		[went on a date w/playwright Rob; offered sage advice]	McClintock High School	1
unnamed young woman		[went on a date w/playwright Milo; goofy]	McClintock High School	1
Macbeth Ghouls (cameo, pg. 14)	ghoul	[attack people who say title "Macbeth" in a peformance space]	McClintock High School	1
Fargo Tbakhi (cameo, pg. 1)		McClintock High School [introducer and metafictional "character" in play he wrote]	McClintock High School	1
Jeff Darge (cameo, pg. 1)		McClintock High School [introducer and metafictional "character" in play he wrote]	McClintock High School	1
stagehands (cameo, pg. 5)  Hewitt: "...my newest play, The Life and Times of The Karashians: The Musical... is... very good, although we've been having some problems with the stagehands..." Actor 1: "So... let me get this straight. What, exactly, did you do with all the programs?" Actor 2: "Well, I took 'em! And I threw 'em on the ground. And then! I stomped on 'em..." When F. Jackson Hewitt mentions to Milo and Robert that his play is good but there have been problems with the show's stagehands, the two Actors briefly portray the Stagehands on stage.		[occupation]		2
Jerry (voice only)  Jerry lives next door to Milo and Rob. Throughout the play he is occasionally heard speaking to them thu wall. Seen only during curtain call.	bagels?	[lives next to Rob and Milo; talks thru wall about bagels]	McClintock High School	1
Bella Swan (behind the scenes)  Maddie: "I haven't written much either. I mean I had a little fluff piece published by this online publisher, but I think they publish anything they get. It was about vampires going on a rampage of killing people." Robert: "What was it called." Maddie: "'Twilight.' I think the editor may have made some changes to it before publishing." [more]	vampire (convert)	[high school student]	Little, Brown and Company	48
McClintock High School (behind the scenes)  Although not specifically referenced within the play, McClintock HS is where the play debuted and the school the playwrights (who appear as characters) attended at the time.		[school Jeff and Fargo attend]	McClintock High School	1
Starbucks (behind the scenes, pg. 7)  Robert: "...Hewitt came down here earlier and he was, y'know... Hewitt." Maddie: "Yeah, he came to the coffee shop today too. He comes about once a month and orders a ridiculous amount of complicated drinks just to make me struggle." According to background notes in the script, supporting character Maddie "has had little luck in the writing world, signified by her current job as a barista at a local coffeeshop."		[global coffeehouse chain]		1
Nazis (mentioned, pg. 7)  Milo: "Well.. there's always..." Robert: "Don't say it..." Milo: "Just imagine: Broadway presents a new play... Tony award winner... pulitzer prize winner... The triumphant return of... 'Nazi Werewolves from Space!'" Robert: "NO. We are not writing Nazi Werewolves from Space." Milo: "But I have the outline right here!" Desperate to come up with an idea for a play to write, Milo suggests an idea he has worked on, but discarded, an idea his writing partner Milo hates.	Nazi	[generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
demons (mentioned, pg. 4)  Milo: "Okay so here's how I think it should go... their house... explodes one night randomly, and we jus see the baby like, grinning and stuff. And then they go to the grandma's house... and one night they hear screaming... and Jr. is just like, stabbing grandma in the face! And it turns out he was possessed by a demon..."	demon	[generic unnamed demons]		2,000
vampires (mentioned, pg. 8)  Maddie: "I haven't written much either. I mean I had a little fluff piece published by this online publisher, but I think they publish anything they get. It was about vampires going on a rampage of killing people." Robert: "What was it called." Maddie: "'Twilight.' I think the editor may have made some changes to it before publishing." [more]	vampire	[ 1st app: (DC) New Fun #6 (Oct. 1935): "The Vampire Master"; (Marvel) Marvel Mystery Comics #35 (Sep. 1942): "The Banquet of Blood" ]		1,801
U.S. Army (mentioned, pg. 4)  Robert (describing his idea for a play): "So then the son writes an essay about it, and he wins the Nobel Peace Prize. But he's not content. The essay can't bring his father back. So he joins the army, and goes to Vietnam. And when he comes back, he's paralyzed. But he's still gay, and he's also paralyzed and he has PTSD."		[military unit]		1,801
Mafia (mentioned, pg. 5, 14)  [pg. 5] Robert: "Oh sweet tapioca oceans! It's the landlord again, and he's probably got some Mafia goons! Or a tank! Or ..." Milo: "An eviction notice?" Robert: "Yes!" [pg. 14]: "I've known you since kindergarten when we wrote that skit about them mafia."		[crime syndicate]		118
miscellaneous aliens (mentioned, pg. 6)  Robert: "Okay, okay, I can see it. An intense character in loneliness--" Milo: "--and then he finds out that it's fill with mutants! Who've tamed the dinoaurs that also live there and now want to harvest his brain to power their spaceship!" Robert: "That's ridiculous."	alien	[generic listing for miscellaneous aliens]		100
Ronald Reagan (mentioned, pg. 10)  Milo: "...And that's how Romeo and Juliet was born." Girl 2: "You know, that reminds me of the time I dated Woody Allen--" Milo: "Wait. You know Woody Allen?" Girl 2: "Of course. I ended up leaving him for Ronald Reagan though. Much better actor." Milo: "You-- That is awesome. I think I'm gonna like you."	Presbyterian (raised in Disciples of Christ)	Reagan's Raiders; X Presidents	, etc.	583
Franklin D. Roosevelt (mentioned, pg. 4)  Robert: "So he joins the army, and goes to Vietnam. And when he comes back, he's paralyzed. But he's still gay, and he's also paralyzed and he has PTSD. And it ends up with him running for president, but being assassinated by his father... And then it turns out that this was the incredible true story of Franklin Delanor Roosevelt." Robert tells his play premise about a gay man who joins army, fights in Vietnam, comes back paralyzed and with PTSD, etc., then says it is FDR, despite the story being nothing like real FDR's life.	Episcopalian	[U.S. President]		422
Jules Verne (mentioned, pg. 11)  Milo: "Are you alright? You haven't said a word this whole session. Not even when I suggested '40 Bazillion Leagues Under the Sea.'" The title of Milo's idea for a play is derived from Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.	Catholic	[famous writer]		31
Mark Twain (mentioned, pg. 15)  Maddie: "I've got an idea. Somebody once said 'write what you know,' right?" Milo: "Tim Burton." Robert: "Mark Twain." Maddie: "...Right. Well, what do you two know better... than you?"	Presbyterian	[writer]		106
William Shakespeare (mentioned, pg. 3-4, 9-10, 14)  Professor: "We are going to be continuing our study of Old English literature this week by examining William Shakespeare's writing style in the Scottish Play." Milo: [raises hand]; Professor: "Yes, you?" Milo: "Don't you mean Mac-" Professor: "Don't! As long as we use this room to peform we do not use the name of that play." Rob: "Why?" [more] More discussion of Shakesepare and Macbeth. Other references to Shakespeare in later scenes.	Catholic/Anglican	[actor; poet...]		83
Hamlet (mentioned, pg. 10, 12)  Girl 1: "Make something you'd enjoy watching. That's art. People remember Shakespeare, sure. But if you said to someone 'Hey, wanna watch Hamlet? Or Dumb and Dumber?' You know which way they'd answer." [more]	Lutheran	[prince]		188
Romeo (mentioned, pg. 10)  Milo: "So then I said to him, 'Look, Bill. If you want to do a play about two 13-year-olds who get married, that's fine. Just make sure that it has some good lines, cause otherwise no one'll see it.' And that's how Romeo and Juliet was born."	Protestant	[Juliet's beloved]		105
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (mentioned, pg. 12)  Robert: "Wait, what are you doing you can't just walk in here." F. Jackson Hewitt: "Well, why if it isn't Matthew Henson and the Olsen Twins." Milo: "But there's only two--"		[actress]		82
Juliet (mentioned, pg. 10)  Milo: "So then I said to him, 'Look, Bill. If you want to do a play about two 13-year-olds who get married, that's fine. Just make sure that it has some good lines, cause otherwise no one'll see it.' And that's how Romeo and Juliet was born."	Catholic	[famed star-crossed lover]		86
Scooby Doo (mentioned, pg. 5)  F. Jackson Hewitt: "Well, well, well, well..." Milo: "Well?" F. Jackson Hewitt: "Well, if it isn't my two would-be rivals, Tweedle-dee and Scooby Doo." Robert: "What do you want, Hewitt?"	anthropomorphic animal	dog; Mystery Inc. [mystery-solving dog (Great Dane)]	, etc.	532
Woody Allen (mentioned, pg. 10)  Milo: "So then I said to him, '...Bill. If you want to do a play about two 13-year-olds who get married...' And that's how Romeo and Juliet was born." Girl 2: "You know, that reminds me of the time I dated Woody Allen--" Milo: "Wait. You know Woody Allen?" Girl 2: "Of course. I ended up leaving him for Ronald Reagan though. Much better actor."	Orthodox Judaism (lapsed); agnostic	[actor; film director]		236
Bill Clinton (mentioned, pg. 9)  Milo: "Do you still have that eHarmony account?" Robert: "Uh... well... you see..." Milo: "I'm not judging." Robert: "Yes. What about it?" Milo: "Got any matches?" Robert: [checks on smart phone] "Uh... not any I haven't looked at before. Let's see... J. Jackson, H. Smith, B. Clinton... Wait a minute. Here's a new one." "J. Jackson" and "H. Smith" were meant by the writers simply to be random names. "B. Clinton", although a non-famous woman in the context of the play, humorously evokes the name of Pres. Bill Clinton	Baptist	[U.S. President]		646
Steven Spielberg (mentioned)  Milo: "...we're on the verge of makin' it big. In fact, we have been approached to turn our latest script into a movie." Landlord: "Oh yeah?" Milo: "Yes indeed... [answers phone] What's that? Oh, Mr. Spielberg! How nice of you to call again. Yes, I've considered your offer, but 10 million seems a little short..." [more] Milo's landlord comes to collect his VERY late rent. To postpone being evicted, Milo fakes receiving a phone call from Steven Spielberg.	Jewish	[film director]	American Film Institute	422
werewolves (mentioned, pg. 7-8)  Milo: "Well.. there's always..." Robert: "Don't say it..." Milo: "Just imagine: Broadway presents a new play... Tony award winner... pulitzer prize winner... The triumphant return of... 'Nazi Werewolves from Space!'" Robert: "NO. We are not writing Nazi Werewolves from Space." Milo: "But I have the outline right here!" [more] Desperate to come up with an idea for a play to write, Milo suggests an idea he has worked on about werewolves. Later Maddie says she's writing about vampires and werewolves.		[generic listing]		7
Tweedledee (mentioned, pg. 5)  F. Jackson Hewitt: "Well, well, well, well..." Milo: "Well?" F. Jackson Hewitt: "Well, if it isn't my two would-be rivals, Tweedle-dee and Scooby Doo." Robert: "What do you want, Hewitt?"		[1st app: Original Ditties for the Nursery (1805)]	J. Harris	64
zombies (mentioned, pg. 8)  Milo: "I had this idea [for a play] about the attack of the Zombie Bears." Robert: "Milo, we're discussing good ideas, not your brand of insanity." Milo: "Give me 58 good reasons that Attack of the Zombie Bears is not a good idea." Robert: "Give me two hours, a notepad, and a juicebox."		[generic listing]	, etc.	1,325
Citizen Kane (Charles Foster Kane) (mentioned, pg. 9)  Girl 1: "Your favorite movie, what is it?" Robert: "Uh.. I don't know... Citizen Kane." Girl 1: "No. You're thinking too much. What movie have you enjoyed the most? Don't think about it, just let it come to your mind." Robert: "Well... to tell the truth... Dumb and Dumber, actually."		[owned 37 newspapers, radio station]	RKO Radio Pictures	4
bears (mentioned, pg. 8)  Milo: "I had this idea [for a play] about the attack of the Zombie Bears." Robert: "Milo, we're discussing good ideas, not your brand of insanity." Milo: "Give me 58 good reasons that Attack of the Zombie Bears is not a good idea." Robert: "Give me two hours, a notepad, and a juicebox."	N.A.	[animal species]	Longmans, Green & co.	200
lions (mentioned, pg. 11)  Maddie: "No, I mean what are we doing? This, all of this... I mean, we wanted to be astronauts when we were kids, and obviously that's ridiculous. I wanted to be a rock star, I wanted to be a goddam lion tamer. For real! I had it all planned out, I read books on it. That all seems so stupid now..."	N.A.	[animal species]		80
horses (mentioned, pg. 5)  F. Jackson Hewitt: "You know, I always knew you two would amount to nothing. I knew from the first day of that college writing class, when I saw you with nothing but a piece of paper each and a box of crayons to share." Robert: "You came into class on horseback." F. Jackson Hewitt: "And a fine, thoroughbred horse it was."	N.A.	[animal species]		100
dinosaurs (mentioned, pg. 6, 9)  Robert: "Okay, okay, I can see it. An intense character study in loneliness--" Milo: "--and then he finds out that it's filled with mutants! Who've tamed the dinoaurs that also live there and now want to harvest his brain to power their spaceship!" Robert: "That's ridiculous." [more]	N.A.	[animal species]		2
Michael Bay (mentioned, pg. 5)  Robert (lying): "Well you know what? We've just sold a script to a very famous Hollywood director. For quite a bit of money." F. Jackson Hewitt: "Oh? Really? Who is it. I've probably loaned them money." Robert: "It's... um... It's Michael Bay!" F. Jackson Hewitt: "...I see."		[film director; film producer]	unknown	63
unnamed landlord's wife (mentioned, pg. 2)  Landlord (to Milo and Robert): "Alright you lousy punks, I've given you more extensions than our hairdresser has given my wife! Where is my money!?"		[1st app: Writer's Block (2014)]	McClintock High School	1
unnamed hairdresser (mentioned, pg. 2)  Landlord (to Milo and Robert): "Alright you lousy punks, I've given you more extensions than our hairdresser has given my wife! Where is my money!?"		[hair stylist]	McClintock High School	1
The 5th Street Gogurt Boys (mentioned, pg. 3)  Landlord: "Now you two better have the money by next week, or I'll cut you up into little pieces and feed you to that gang of vicious preschoolers that hangs out around 5th Street." Rob: "Not the 5th Street Gogurt Boys!"		[child; gang]	McClintock High School	1
Quentin Tarantino (mentioned, pg. 3)  Rob: "What are we gonna do? That lie will only work for so long!" Milo: "What do you mean, lie? That was a real phone call." Rob: "No it was not." Milo: "Alright, I'll admit I lied about who it was. It wasn't Steven Spielberg." Rob: "See, I told you-" Milo: "It was Quentin Tarantino." Rob: "...Right. Well, we need to write something..."	religious	[film director]	Lucida Films; Channel 4 (UK)	211
The Chicago Cubs (mentioned, pg. 4)  Milo: "Macbeth." [rioting noises are heard in background; sound of breaking glass; symbolic Actor 1 appears on stage]; Actor 1: "The Cubs just won the World Series!" Professor: "You see what you've done! What did you think was going to happen?! This is your doing! You have unleashed the foul, unspeakable evil of the curse onto the world!" Because Milo uttered the name of the play "Macbeth," a curse associated with the play caused something horrible to happen: The Cubs winning the World Series, despite their fabled inability to do so.		[oldest pro sports team in U.S.]		2
Macbeth (Mac Bethad mac Findlaích) (mentioned, pg. 3, 8, 14)  Milo: "Don't you mean Mac-" Professor: "Don't! As long as we use this room to perform we do not use the name of that play." Robert: "Why?" Prof.: "Bad things have happend at the hands of that play. There is a curse... The story goes that Shakespeare stole actual curse from a witches coven when writing the play..." Milo: "Macbeth." [more] A recurring gag revolves around theatrical avoidance of saying the name of the play "Macbeth." When the characters say the word, terrible things happen. This includes (possibly) the Professor's death.	Christian (medieval)	[star of Shakespeare's "Scottish Play"]	Reginald Wolfe	72
Lloyd Christmas (mentioned, pg. 10, 12)  Girl 1: "What movie have you enjoyed the most? ...just let it come to your mind." Rob: "...to tell the truth... Dumb and Dumber, actually." Girl 1: "I think I rest my case. Make something you'd enjoy... People remember Shakespeare, sure. But if you said to someone 'Hey, wanna watch Hamlet? Or Dumb and Dumber?' You know which way they'd answer." Robert's date asks him his favorite movie. He initially says "Citizen Kane," but when pressed admits he likes "Dumb and Dumber" better.		[limousine driver]	Motion Picture Corporation of America	14
Harry Dunne (mentioned, pg. 10, 12)  Girl 1: "What movie have you enjoyed the most? ...just let it come to your mind." Rob: "...to tell the truth... Dumb and Dumber, actually." Girl 1: "I think I rest my case. Make something you'd enjoy... People remember Shakespeare, sure. But if you said to someone 'Hey, wanna watch Hamlet? Or Dumb and Dumber?' You know which way they'd answer." Robert's date asks him his favorite movie. He initially says "Citizen Kane," but when pressed admits he likes "Dumb and Dumber" better.		[dog groomer]	New Line Cinema; Motion Picture Corporation of America	16
witches (mentioned, pg. 3)  Professor: "As long as we use this room to perform we do not use the name of that play." Robert: "Why?" Professor: "Bad things have happend at the hands of that play. There is a curse... The story goes that Shakespeare stole actual curse from a witches coven when writing the play. The witches cursed the play as a result of the theft..."	witch			708
unnamed husband (mentioned, pg. 4)  Robert: "It's about a husband and wife, but the husband is abusive. But then they have a baby. But it turns out that the mom dies during childbirth. But then an earthquake destroys their house... and it turns out [the baby is] gay. Oh, and his dad is super religious. So he doesn't know what to do... they go on a meaningful road trip.." [more] character featured in play idea described Robert and acted out on stage by two Actors	super religious	black [abusive; father of US President; star of Robert's play idea]	McClintock High School	1
unnamed wife (mentioned, pg. 4)  Robert: "It's about a husband and wife, but the husband is abusive. But then they have a baby. But it turns out that the mom dies during childbirth. But then an earthquake destroys their house... And then it turns out this was the incredible true story of Franklin Delanor Roosevelt."" Character featured in play idea described Robert and acted out on stage by two Actors. Robert's final line about play states the unnamed wife's son is FDR, but that can't be taken too seriously.		[mother of US President; featured in Robert's play idea]	McClintock High School	1
unnamed son (mentioned, pg. 4)  Robert: "It's about a husband and wife... they have a baby... the baby grows up, and it turns out he's gay... the son writes an essay about it, and he wins the Nobel Peace Prize. But he's not content... So he joins the army, and goes to Vietnam... And then it turns out this was the incredible true story of Franklin Delanor Roosevelt." [more] Character featured in play idea described Robert and acted out on stage by two Actors. Robert's final line about play states the unnamed wife's son is FDR, but that can't be taken too seriously.	LGBT; possessed by demon	black; U.S. Army [paralyzed, PTSD Vietnam vet; featured in Robert's play idea]	McClintock High School	1
unnamed grandma (mentioned, pg. 4)  Robert (describing his idea for a play): "It's about a husband and wife, but the husband is abusive. But then they have a baby. But it turns out that the mom dies during childbirth. But then an earthquake destroys their house, and they have to leave, and they go to live with their grandma, who was in the Holocaust."	Jewish	[was in Holocaust; in Robert and Milo's play idea]	McClintock High School	1
Eddie Murphy (mentioned, pg. 4)  Robert: "Dude, that sounds really intense." Milo: "Oh nah, man, it's an outrageous comedy. See, the dad's gonna be played by Eddie Murphy and hte mom will be Robin Williams in drag, nd the baby will be Gary Coleman." Robert: "That's a terrible idea..."	Baptist	black	Showtime	195
Robin Williams (mentioned, pg. 4)  Robert: "Dude, that sounds really intense." Milo: "Oh nah, man, it's an outrageous comedy. See, the dad's gonna be played by Eddie Murphy and hte mom will be Robin Williams in drag, nd the baby will be Gary Coleman." Robert: "That's a terrible idea..."	Episcopalian	[actor; comedian]	HBO	417
Gary Coleman (mentioned, pg. 4)  Robert: "Dude, that sounds really intense." Milo: "Oh nah, man, it's an outrageous comedy. See, the dad's gonna be played by Eddie Murphy and hte mom will be Robin Williams in drag, nd the baby will be Gary Coleman." Robert: "That's a terrible idea..."		black [star of sitcom "Different Strokes"]		131
Arthur Miller (mentioned, pg. 4)  Robert: "Don't you want to make people think? To create a work of enduring, intellectual art? ...to create a masterpiece? Something that in 400 years will be known and respected? Something like Shakespeare, like O'Neill, like Wilder, like Arthur Miller? Don't you want to ranked with them?" Milo: "Not really. I just want to entertain people."	Jewish agnostic	[wrote "Death of a Salesman", "Crucible", ec.]		66
Eugene O'Neill (mentioned, pg. 4)  Robert: "Don't you want to make people think? To create a work of enduring, intellectual art? ...to create a masterpiece? Something that in 400 years will be known and respected? Something like Shakespeare, like O'Neill, like Wilder, like Arthur Miller? Don't you want to ranked with them?" Milo: "Not really. I just want to entertain people."	Catholic; agnostic	[widely considered greatest American playwright]	unknown	10
Thornton Wilder (mentioned, pg. 4)  Robert: "Don't you want to make people think? To create a work of enduring, intellectual art? ...to create a masterpiece? Something that in 400 years will be known and respected? Something like Shakespeare, like O'Neill, like Wilder, like Arthur Miller? Don't you want to ranked with them?" Milo: "Not really. I just want to entertain people."	Congregationalist; LGBT	[wrote "Our Town", "The Eighth Day", etc.]	Jezebel Productions; Zeitgeist Films	1
John Hewitt (mentioned, pg. 5)  Milo: "What do you want, Hewitt?" F. Jackson said: "Ah, that is F. Jackson Hewitt the Fourth, to you." Milo said: "Hewitt, you added that number yourself. Your father's name was John. His father's name was Jack."		[father of F. Jackson (rival/associate of Milo and Robert)]	McClintock High School	1
Jack Hewitt (mentioned, pg. 5)  Milo: "What do you want, Hewitt?" F. Jackson said: "Ah, that is F. Jackson Hewitt the Fourth, to you." Milo said: "Hewitt, you added that number yourself. Your father's name was John. His father's name was Jack."		[grandfather of Hewitt (rival/associate of Milo & Robert)]	McClintock High School	1
Mrs. Hewitt (mentioned, pg. 6)  F. Jackson Hewitt: "Well. It's been nice talking to you two, you dithering pond scum, you." Milo: "Your mother never loved you."		[mother of F. Jackson (rival/associate of Milo and Robert)]	McClintock High School	1
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (mentioned, pg. 10)  Milo: "Wait. You know Woody Allen?" Girl 2: "Of course. I ended up leaving him for Ronald Reagan though. Much better actor." Milo: "You-- That is awesome. I think I'm gonna like you." Girl 2: "You'd better. Wanna watch 'Killer Klowns from Mars Attack... Again!" Milo: "Was there ever any other choice?"	alien	[alien race that resembles evil clowns]	Chiodo Brothers Productions; Trans World Entertainment	2
The Kardashians (mentioned, pg. 5)  Milo: "Look, why are you here, Hewitt?..." F. Jackson Hewitt: "Well, I came to inform you that my newest play, The Life and Times of The Karashians: The Musical is opening in two days. You are both invited. The show is, of course, very good, although we've been having some problems with the stagehands..."	Christian (denomination unknown)	[entertainer]		116
mutants (mentioned, pg. 6, 9)  Robert: "Okay, okay, I can see it. An intense character study in loneliness--" Milo: "--and then he finds out that it's fill with mutants! Who've tamed the dinoaurs that also live there and now want to harvest his brain to power their spaceship!" Robert: "That's ridiculous." [more]		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		100
unnamed castaway (mentioned, pg. 6-7)  Robert: "Okay, okay, I can see it. An intense character in loneliness--" Milo: "--and then he finds out that it's fill with mutants! Who've tamed the dinoaurs that also live there and now want to harvest his brain to power their spaceship!" Robert: "That's ridiculous." Milo an Robert have an extended discussion about their ideas for a play about a castaway, while the Actors silently portray the actor and these scenes live on stage.		[1st app: Writer's Block (2014)]	McClintock High School	1
Chuck Noland (mentioned, pg. 6-7)  Milo: "How about... a guy gets stranded on a desertd island... And he gets lonely so he paints a bunch of faces on coconuts and makes a new life with them." [more] Milo an Robert have an extended discussion about their ideas for a play about a castaway. Many of their ideas are based on Tom Hanks' characacter in "Cast Away" (2000).		[castaway stranded alone on island]		3
Nazi Werewolves from Space! (mentioned, pg. 7)  Milo: "Well.. there's always..." Robert: "Don't say it..." Milo: "Just imagine: Broadway presents a new play... Tony award winner... pulitzer prize winner... The triumphant return of... 'Nazi Werewolves from Space!'" Robert: "NO. We are not writing Nazi Werewolves from Space." Milo: "But I have the outline right here!" Desperate to come up with an idea for a play to write, Milo suggests an idea he has worked on, but discarded, an idea his writing partner Milo hates.	Nazi aliens	[subject of play Milo has outlined extensively]	McClintock High School	1
George Lucas (mentioned, pg. 8)  Maddie: "How have you guys been?'; Milo: "Oh, yo know, we just sold another script to George Lucas. He really likes this one. He thinks it could be a real--" [Maddie gives him a look] Milo: "We haven't written anything, per se."	Buddhist Methodist	[wrote "Star Wars"]		277
The Zombie Bears (mentioned, pg. 8)  Milo: "I had this idea [for a play] about the attack of the Zombie Bears." Robert: "Milo, we're discussing good ideas, not your brand of insanity." Milo: "Give me 58 good reasons that Attack of the Zombie Bears is not a good idea." Robert: "Give me two hours, a notepad, and a juicebox."	N.A.	bear; zombies [subject of Robert's idea for a play]	McClintock High School	1
eHarmony (mentioned, pg. 9)  Milo: "Do you still have that eHarmony account?" Robert: "Uh... well... you see..." Milo: "I'm not judging." Robert: "Yes. What about it?" Milo: "Got any matches?" Robert: [checks on smart phone] "Uh... not any I haven't looked at before. Let's see... J. Jackson, H. Smith, B. Clinton... Wait a minute. Here's a new one."		[online dating website]	McClintock High School	2
J. Jackson (mentioned, pg. 9)  Milo: "Do you still have that eHarmony account?" Robert: "Uh... well... you see..." Milo: "I'm not judging." Robert: "Yes. What about it?" Milo: "Got any matches?" Robert: [checks on smart phone] "Uh... not any I haven't looked at before. Let's see... J. Jackson, H. Smith, B. Clinton... Wait a minute. Here's a new one."		[woman online dating site eHarmony "matched" Robert with]	McClintock High School	1
H. Smith (mentioned, pg. 9)  Milo: "Do you still have that eHarmony account?" Robert: "Uh... well... you see..." Milo: "I'm not judging." Robert: "Yes. What about it?" Milo: "Got any matches?" Robert: [checks on smart phone] "Uh... not any I haven't looked at before. Let's see... J. Jackson, H. Smith, B. Clinton... Wait a minute. Here's a new one."		[woman online dating site eHarmony "matched" Robert with]	McClintock High School	1
B. Clinton (mentioned, pg. 9)  Milo: "Do you still have that eHarmony account?" Robert: "Uh... well... you see..." Milo: "I'm not judging." Robert: "Yes. What about it?" Milo: "Got any matches?" Robert: [checks on smart phone] "Uh... not any I haven't looked at before. Let's see... J. Jackson, H. Smith, B. Clinton... Wait a minute. Here's a new one."		[woman online dating site eHarmony "matched" Robert with]	McClintock High School	1
unnamed man (mentioned, pg. 10)  An unnamed man and woman (a couple) were the subject of an idea for a "play" Jerry told Milo and Robert. The Actors portrayed the couple on stage, acting out Jerry's description of events.		[subject of play idea (or joke) Jerry told Milo and Robert]	McClintock High School	1
unnamed woman (mentioned, pg. 10)  An unnamed man and woman (a couple) were the subject of an idea for a "play" Jerry told Milo and Robert. The Actors portrayed the couple on stage, acting out Jerry's description of events.		[subject of play idea (or joke) Jerry told Milo and Robert]	McClintock High School	1
unnamed first astronaut (mentioned, pg. 12-13)  Milo tells Rob an idea for a play about two astronauts on Mars, killer Martian parasites and Space Vixens from Planet Hell. The Actors portray these characters and events on stage as the writers talk.		[went to Mars; subject of play Milo suggested]	McClintock High School	1
unnamed second astronaut (mentioned, pg. 12-13)  Milo tells Rob an idea for a play about two astronauts on Mars, killer Martian parasites and Space Vixens from Planet Hell. The Actors portray these characters and events on stage as the writers talk.		[went to Mars; subject of play Milo suggested]	McClintock High School	1
Evil Martian parasites (mentioned, pg. 12-13)  Milo tells Rob an idea for a play about two astronauts on Mars, killer Martian parasites and Space Vixens from Planet Hell. The Actors portray these characters and events on stage as the writers talk.	N.A.	[attacked astronauts in play Milo suggested]	McClintock High School	1
Space Vixens from Planet Hell (mentioned, pg. 12-13)  Milo tells Rob an idea for a play about two astronauts on Mars, killer Martian parasites and Space Vixens from Planet Hell. The Actors portray these characters and events on stage as the writers talk.	alien	[subject of play idea Milo suggested to Robert]	McClintock High School	1
Matthew Henson (mentioned, pg. 12)  Robert: "Wait, what are you doing you can't just walk in here." F. Jackson Hewitt: "Well, why if it isn't Matthew Henson and the Olsen Twins." Milo: "But there's only two--"		black [first black Arctic explorer]	Turner Network Television	2
unnamed sled team of orphans (mentioned, pg. 13)  F. Jackson Hewitt: [looking at his wrist] "Oh look at the time." Milo: "You don't have a watch on." F. Jackson Hewitt: "I have an innate sense of time. Nonetheless, the sled team of orphans I adopted begins to get antsy when I leave them out in the cold for too long, so I best be going."		[child]	McClintock High School	1
Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) (mentioned, pg. 13)  F. Jackson Hewitt: "Well I never. I would challenge you to a duel [were I not] already running late to my dinner plans with Pope Francis. He wants to tell me something about spreading my wealth or donating money to charity or something, and I'm going to give him a piece of my mind. Ta-ta!"	Catholic pope			11
Tennessee Williams (mentioned, pg. 14)  Milo [to Robert]: "Just accept who you are. You're not Shakespeare. You're not Tennessee Williams. You're you. Alright? Who cares if you're remembered or any of that crap. Just be you. Can you do that? Is that acceptable?"	Episcopalian (raised); Catholic (convert); LGBT	[wrote "The Glass Menagerie"]		30
Tim Burton (mentioned, pg. 15)  Maddie: "I've got an idea. Somebody once said 'write what you know,' right?" Milo: "Tim Burton." Robert: "Mark Twain." Maddie: "...Right. Well, what do you two know better... than you?"		[film director]		143

This play/musical/stage drama is also known as: Writer's Block, or The Cubs Just Won the World Series.

"Writer's Block" was first performed on 1 May 2014 as part of the McClintock High School drama department's annual "One Acts" program, a night in which three one-act plays are performed. The event is sponsored by the "McClintock Masque and Gavel" club. The program on this evening, which began at 7:00 p.m., consisted of "Arionette" (written by Jacob Unterreiner), followed by "Writer's Block," and finally "Lovers and Other Strangers: Bea, Frank, Richie and Joan" (written by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna). The performance of "Writer's Block" began at approximately 7:30 p.m.

Oddly enough, the printed program which accompanied this event featured the line "April 1, 2, 3 2014" on the cover, misidentifying the actual dates of the program. That is because the same digital template file was re-used from the year before without changing the month. The premiere performance of "Writer's Block" was on May 1st, despite what the printed program states.

Webpage for Writer's Block (2014) created 4 May 2014. Last modified 4 February 2018.

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