In My Skull
starring
SSG Joe Jacob, USMC, as the Assistant School of Music Master-at-Arms
and
MU1 Frank Mullen, USN, as the Piano Instructor
Time: Early 1980s.
Setting: School of Music quarterdeck.
At rise: SSG Jacob is sitting in the Master-at-Arms's shack. He wears bulky headphones and is humming.
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(Enter MU1 Mullen from the C-wing passageway. As he turns the corner, SSG Jacob sees him, takes off the headphones and steps out onto the quarterdeck. He is carrying the headphones in one hand and a little box in the other.)
JACOB
Hey, Frank, check this out.
MULLEN
Check what out? A pair of headphones? What's that little thing they're plugged into?
JACOB
This? Don't worry; just put the headphones on.
MULLEN
Don't fuck with me.
JACOB
Would I fuck with you?.
MULLEN
Jesus H.
(He puts on the headphones.)
Yeah, okay, so what am I supposed to--
JACOB
Hang on a sec.
(He presses something on the little thing in his hand.)
Get ready.
MULLEN
Get ready for what? I--Whoa... How is...Oh, my God, it's Sinatra...
(He speaks louder.)
He's singing "Under My Skin" in my head! Not through my ears; actually in my head!...No, my skull!
(He's yelling now.)
Frank Sinatra is singing in my skull! In! My! Skull!"
(He pulls the headphones off.)
Damn...How...What is this?
JACOB
It's called "Walkman."
----- Curtain ---
