Episode 6 - "Five Minutes to Love"
Photos by Janna Hove
Synopsis by Jim Cej
Our Cast of Characters
Photos by Janna Hove
Synopsis by Jim Cej
Our Cast of Characters
Tom Edwards as Riff Van Winkel
-ex-WWI pilot, wing walker-
Delia Barnett as Daisy Darling
-showgirl, born in a trunk-
Mark Meer as Lou Tellegen
-famous actor-
Jesse Gervais as Lou Costello
-accountant ....
and guesser-
Chantal Perron as Betty Purtle
-of Purtle’s Amazing Pets-
Owen Bishop as Henchbuck Wrinklebrow
-Hollywood producer-
Vincent Forcier as Barnaby Toughbottom
-strongman-
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- November 25th, 1919-
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He tries to figure out who trapped him in the basement
under his 300 lb balls.
under his 300 lb balls.
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Henchbuck Wrinklebrow .
He has an idea for a new project.
Lou is worried about being typecast as a train.
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Betty introduces herself .
She is looking for the person to audition for.
She is looking for the person to audition for.
Her animals try to pull focus.
Riff tells her that she is should see Keaton Abbott.
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to nurse him back to health.
Barnaby misses his moustache.
Henchbuck Wrinklebrow wants to have a Lou Tellegen film festival.
Lou Tellegen goes over his contract demands with Henchbuck.
The first thing is a mirror with a reflection.
How much work would this film festival require?
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He is visited by Betty Purtle.
Betty tries to sell him on her act.
Her animals manage to upstage her from offstage.
She is just the thing that the Ferguson Theatre needs!
Lou tries to talk her into making her act more dangerous.
* * *
He tells them about a dream he had about the perfect show.
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Daisy is attracted to the big words that he uses.
He talks about his childhood. 
He is a polyglot, but he cannot speak the language of love.
We see a scene from Lou Tellegen’s film, The Black Wolf.
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In Lou Tellegen’s dressing room,
Barnaby Toughbottom looks for some advice.
Barnaby Toughbottom looks for some advice.
Barnaby’s strength has left him.
What should he do?
Lou asks if Barnaby has seen The Black Wolf.
The wolf is always within.
He must find his strength inside.
Barnaby will go to the one who holds all the money for the theatre
and show him what must be done.
He tells her about producing The Black Wolf.
He has an idea for a cinematic universe.
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Lou Costello has a date with Daisy Darling,
but she doesn’t know it’s a date.
but she doesn’t know it’s a date.
They order drinks.
He asks if she has ever done a dine-and-dash.
They pull one now.
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The waiter chases them.
Their waiter is still in pursuit.
* * *
Jesse Gervais apologizes for a scene
on top of a building that hasn’t been built yet.
He broke the world.
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Back at the film festival, we see a one minute movie,
The Victory of Conscience.
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Riff assembles his cast for the perfect show.
Betty’s animals will play the animals, instead of some white man.
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They think they are worked too hard.
They vote to strike.
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Betty and Henchbeck brainstorm ideas for a film
about a basketball playing Labrador.
Vince’s character is very meta.
* * *
Vince tries to sing a song,
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Daisy and Lou Costello come to the end of their date.
Lou wishes he could… There’s something he wants to…Does she know…?
Fractured thoughts… Unable to express…
Meanwhile, Betty and Henchbuck share a drink.
This whole night, Lou had lacked the courage to… Do you want to…
Lou asks is she wants to go out with him.
Henchbuck asks Betty if she wants to go into business with him.
They both say yes.
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Riff soliloquizes in his dressing room, Vince is his reflection.
Riff talks about the end of the war and becoming a wing walker.
How he became an entertainer. 
His reflection has more to say than he does.
We see three Lou Tellegen films:
The Explorer
The Explorer
What Money Can’t Buy
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in the first talkie to feature animals playing sports.
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Directed by Matt Alden
Music by Paul Morgan Donald
Lighting by Brad Fischer
Music by Paul Morgan Donald
Lighting by Brad Fischer
