What do you think of Mousse as Jefferson?  "He plays with martial toys..."
or something like that.

But wasn't it Franklin, Adams, and Jefferson's wife (whose name escapes me)
who sang "He Plays the Violin" ?

Martha Jefferson.  Yeah, but the song is *about* Jefferson...  Hmmmm...
who could we map onto Martha J.?

        Martha IS Kasumi Tendo.  However, that would require Thomas J
to be... Dr. Tofu, perhaps?

Hmmmm.  I could live with that.  And it might be easier to structure the
lyrics for the good Dr. T.

        And of course, the messenger 'must' be Ryouga... imagine the
messages...

"The Hibikis of Old Virginia"?  Hmmmmm....

        Soun gets Hancock.

"If we're arrested now, my name is still the only one on the damn thing!"
<breaks into tears at the thought>

        Anyway, the whole thing can be a remake for the exclusive use
of Japanese high schools - american history, don't you know.  We can 
have a prolog from our own history professor to be, John Biles.  Or
use Mr. Biles as a third party narrator (ala 'Rocky Horror Picture
Show').

"I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey..."
(Audience yells "How strange was it?")
(No, on second thought, let's *not* go there....)

        Food for thought.....

Where do we fit Nabiki in?  And is Ranma going to be Adams, or will Akane?
Nabiki as Mr Thomson, maybe, with Ukyou as McNair...

"McNair!"
"Your okonomiyaki!"
"Well, where did you go for it, man, Nerima?"

-- Bob