A little background first...

A few weeks ago, Peg and I went to the theater, to see a production of
"You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown."  This particular production was being
done as a tribute to Clark Gesner, the author of the show, who died last
summer, and who had been a friend of ours for many years.

Anyway...

Anyway, on to the titular fic idea. This came less from the play than from
one of the prop/set pieces -- Lucy's psychiatry booth. I remembered a scene
from one of the cartoons, where a coin was dropped in her jar, and she spent
several minutes shaking it and rhapsodizing on the money and the sound it
made... and I thought, "you know, that's so very Nabiki."

I thought about it for much of the first act, then discussed the idea with
Peg at intermission. We argued a bit over the implementation (Peggy retracting
her objections to one of my suggestions when she saw the number "Suppertime"),
and kept discussing it for a couple days afterward.  A few days after that,
I put the following concept up on my discussion board; I'm only now getting
around to sharing it with the FFML.

So, enjoy.



You're A Good Man, Ryoga Brown
by Clark Gesner and Rumiko Takahashi

Dramatis Personae:
Ryoga Brown
Nabiki Van Pelt
Tatewaki Van Pelt
Peppermint Ukyou
Mousse Schroeder

Featuring Ranma Saotome as Snoopy, and "Ranko" Saotome as The Little
Red-Headed Girl.

See Ryoga get depressed and go to Nabiki for advice.
See Nabiki plan to make enough money to buy herself a queendom.
See Tatewaki attempt to live without his bokken and fail miserably.
See Ranma cower in fear at the sight of the cat next door.

Thrill to such immortal dialogue as Peppermint Ukyou's "We had okonomiyaki
at our house three times this week!" and Nabiki's "My aunt Marion was right.
Never discuss marriage with a magician!"

Don't miss songs like Ryoga's "The Fight Song", Tatewaki's "My Bokken and
Me", Ranma's big number "Suppertime", and the classic ensemble piece "Martial
Arts is..."

Coming soon to an anime-Broadway martial arts fusion theatre near you.

-- Bob

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