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A [[fannish musical]]. This is a parody of ''The Music Man'' that takes place July 1912 in an alternate universe where [[SF]] became the mainstream of American Literature. Prof. Abie Dick comes to Nova City in the State of [[Gafia]] to sell [[reproduction]] supplies, priming the pump by promising the children that they will produce [[Hugo award]]-winning [[apazines]]. He gets around the mayor's wife and her clique by converting them into a [[science fiction convention committee]] (NoCon). Just when things seem worst, true love wins out.
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A [[fannish musical]] put on by a group that called themselves the '''Null A Players'''. It was a parody of ''The Music Man'' that takes place July 1912 in an alternate universe where [[SF]] became the mainstream of American Literature. Prof. Abie Dick comes to Nova City in the State of [[Gafia]] to sell [[reproduction]] supplies, priming the pump by promising the children that they will produce [[Hugo Award]]-winning [[apazines]]. He gets around the mayor's wife and her clique by converting them into a [[science fiction]] [[convention committee]] (NoCon). Just when things seem worst, true love wins out.
  
 
Lyrics by: [[Debbie Notkin]], [[Eli Cohen]], [[Moshe Feder]]; music by Meredith Willson.  It was published in ''[[Quo Davis]]'' in 1974.
 
Lyrics by: [[Debbie Notkin]], [[Eli Cohen]], [[Moshe Feder]]; music by Meredith Willson.  It was published in ''[[Quo Davis]]'' in 1974.
  
Known performances:
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[https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/MimeoMan/ Script]
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===Known performances:===
 
* [[PgHLANGE VI]] in 1974
 
* [[PgHLANGE VI]] in 1974
* [[Minicon 11]] in 1976 – Download the {{link | website=http://mnstf.org/minicon11/The_Mimeo_Man/The_Mimeo_Man_at_Minicon_11.flac | text=audio .flac file}}
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* [[Minicon 11]] in 1976 – Download the {{link | website=https://mnstf.org/minicon11/The_Mimeo_Man/The_Mimeo_Man_at_Minicon_11.flac | text=audio .flac file}}
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At the premiere at [[PgHLANGE VI]], the cast and crew were:
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*[[David Emerson]] as Abie Dick
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*[[Ted Greenstone]] as Rex Rotary
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*[[Susan Palermo]]
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*[[Moshe Feder]]
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*[[Jerry Kaufman]]
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*[[Suzanne Tompkins]]
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*[[Gene DiModica]]
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*[[Linda Lounsbury]]
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*[[Hank Davis]]
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*[[Linda Bushyager]]
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*[[Asenath Hammond]]
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*[[Jon Singer]]
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*[[Paul Jordan]]
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*[[Matt Schneck]]
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*[[Hope Liebowitz]]
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*[[Barry Curlovitch]]
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*[[Ben Poindexter]]
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*[[Ron Bushyager]]
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*[[Morris Keesan]]
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*[[Jim Freund]]
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*[[Ross Pavlac]]
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*[[Stu Shiffman]]
  
At the premier at [[PgHLANGE VI]], the cast and crew were:
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[[David Emerson]] as Abie Dick
 
[[Ted Greenstone]] as Rex Rotary
 
[[Susan Palermo]]
 
[[Moshe Feder]]
 
[[Jerry Kaufman]]
 
[[Suzanne Tompkins]]
 
[[Gene DiModica]]
 
[[Linda Lounsbury]]
 
[[Hank Davis]]
 
[[Linda Bushyager]]
 
[[Asenath Hammond]]
 
[[Jon Singer]]
 
[[Paul Jordan]]
 
[[Matt Schneck]]
 
[[Hope Liebowitz]]
 
[[Barry Curlovitch]]
 
[[Ben Poindexter]]
 
[[Ron Bushyger]]
 
[[Morris Keesan]]
 
[[Jim Freund]]
 
[[Ross Pavlac]]
 
[[Stu Shiffman]]
 
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{{show | year=1974}}
 
{{show | year=1974}}
 
[[Category:US]]
 
[[Category:US]]

Latest revision as of 08:57, 29 November 2022

A fannish musical put on by a group that called themselves the Null A Players. It was a parody of The Music Man that takes place July 1912 in an alternate universe where SF became the mainstream of American Literature. Prof. Abie Dick comes to Nova City in the State of Gafia to sell reproduction supplies, priming the pump by promising the children that they will produce Hugo Award-winning apazines. He gets around the mayor's wife and her clique by converting them into a science fiction convention committee (NoCon). Just when things seem worst, true love wins out.

Lyrics by: Debbie Notkin, Eli Cohen, Moshe Feder; music by Meredith Willson. It was published in Quo Davis in 1974.

Script

Known performances:[edit]

At the premiere at PgHLANGE VI, the cast and crew were:

The Mimeo Man online at fanac.org


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