Several years ago, the writers at Yard Dog Press came up with an idea for a collection of humorous stories about a plague called Yuppie 25 that kills off most of the people on Earth and turns them into brain-eating, yuppie zombies, or "Yumbies." The only survivors of the plague are the "Bubbas," the redneck, white-trash, trailer park denizens who are rendered immune to the virus by the ingredients in the cheap barbecue sauce that they put on everything they eat
The first collection of stories was called Bubbas of the Apocalypse, followed by The Four Bubbas of the Apocalypse: Flatulence, Halitosis, Incest, and . . . Ned and International House of Bubbas. A fourth collection, .Houston: We've got Bubbas, is currently in the works.
(Still with me? Good. If you're not, it's not going to get any clearer. Sorry.)
"The Merlene Show" was intended to be the Bubba version of "The Martha Stewart Show"--arts and crafts and home decor with a redneck, white-trash twist, plus a beauty pageant between a couple of trailer park beauty queens, Harley Dee and Nova Dawn. The final production was loud, raunchy and incredibly funny, and I hope whoever took the video of the show will post it on the net sometime soon. (If I see it posted anywhere, I'll post a link here or send it out by e-mail, or both.)
Here's the cast:
Merlene--Sherri Dean
Billy Dee--Bill Allen
Nedina--Selina Rosen
Security guards--M.H. Bonham and Rie Sheridan
Rhonda Lee--Rhonda Eudaly
Harley Dee--Audree Hitchcock
Nova Dawn--Sally Allen
Pearl Mae Ledbetter--Susan Satterfield
Glen Tirwiliger--Glenn Sixbury
David Lee Anderson--playing himself
Bennie Grezlik--also playing himself (I think)
Plus the Stonebender Sisters:
Cary On--Cary Osborn
Berly Ann--Beverly Hale
Katie Ellen--Katharine E. Kimbriel
Ruby Sue--Kristi Hutson-Price
If you have any questions about "The Merlene Show," SoonerCon, or any of the pictures I posted, please e-mail me or leave a comment and let me know.
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