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| As we saw in Part 2,
a brave Andy Griffith was unbearably close to a demise most heinous! The demon reptiles
were hurtling towards him at inhuman speed! A few feet remained between him and certain death. Would this be the end of Sheriff Griffith? |
| No, no, a thousand
times, no! Just before he was set upon by the crazed serpents he was, um, let's see, ...
um, he was beamed up by an Alien Spaceship, yeah that's it, an Alien Spaceship, and taken
to the planet Zblgnsghrtp, where the only other human beings were Gary Coleman and Ethel
Merman. After a period of adjustment they settled into a daily routine of simulating
various episodes in the life of the 23rd President of the United States, Martin Van Buren. For example, here is Simulation #453: "President Van Buren crosses the Alps with Hannibal in 150 B.C."
Dramatis Personae Hannibal is played by Ethel
Merman. Scene 1 From a point far in the Alps, Hannibal, dressed in scuba gear and carrying his ever-present set of bagpipes, turns towards his men and says, "Well, what say we head back?" The end. And there you have it, another exciting re-creation of an actual episode in President Van Buren's life. But...what about the snakes? Find out in the next
spine-tingling episode of ...
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