Originally posted on Jix on 04/05/2014 in response to a challenge by Chey (a member of Jix. Just realized it was never transferred to the blog.
I loved Rocky Horror Picture Show, a campy cult movie favorite from the 1970's. Not making any profit from the use of this reference in this story.
Hey, what is this? Mart was looking at a paper bag on the table in the BWG clubhouse.
Dan took the bag and looked inside. He dumped the bag on the table.
“Rice. Newspaper. Water pistol. Glow-stick. Rubber gloves. Noise makers. Confetti.
Toilet paper. Toast? Party hats. Bell. And a deck of cards.
Condoms? What the heck is this stuff?”
Mart took a strange box down from the shelf and looked inside. “I have a sneaking idea, because here is a maids uniform and a gold sequined tuxedo. But neither of these would fit any of the girls. I don’t see any corsets, do you see any corsets or fishnet stockings?”
“What the heck are you talking about Mart? What are those for, and why would there be corsets or fishnet stockings?”
“You mean to tell me you really don’t know? You have never been to a midnight showing of Rocky Horror?”
Dan blushed. “No, I couldn’t ever see any point.”
“Oh there’s a point all right. But it can’t be explained. You have to be there. Get ready Dan. We are going to the midnight showing tonight in White Plains.”
“Mart, I know it is supposed to be a campy salute to the old horror movies of the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. Do you mean you have seen it?”
“Yeah, I went a couple of times in college and once on a dare, I even dressed up as Brad.
“I don’t know. I have heard there is other weird stuff in that movie too. Not sure I want to get mixed up in that.”
“Don’t worry Dan. Rocky virgins aren’t supposed to know a darn thing. It is just like in sex, you can only have one first time.
We need to make the most of it. I promise you don’t have to dress up, and neither will I. And you have to be stone cold sober to get the jokes and double entendres. We can’t swipe this prop bag, or whoever it belongs to will know they have been discovered. Besides, until you’ve seen it once, if you are trying to mess with the props, you miss most the jokes.
Later that night, Mart and Dan paid the price of admission and went in to the largest theater and found seats fairly close to the stage..
“Ok Dan, there are a few things I need to tell you. Those props we saw on the table? Let me tell you about them.
The rice will be thrown during the wedding scene at the beginning of the movie. Then people will start shooting water guns and other people will put newspapers over their heads just like the girl in the movie. The glow-sticks are popped when the song, “There’s a light” starts. Rubber gloves will be snapped during the creation speech and the noise- makers at the end of the speech. The rolls of toilet paper will be tossed when Dr. Scott enters the lab. You know, scott toilet paper...get it? Ok. Those are the biggest jokes, so just sit back and relax and enjoy.”
The opening credits started rolling and during the wedding and raining scene Dan decided that it was bearable.
He was surprised a few minutes later, when the live cast appeared, to hear Mart choking in horror. He looked to where Mart was pointing to the live Frankenfurter dressed in a garish corset and fishnet stockings dancing around on stage. Then he heard Mart gasp,
“That’s Bobby!”
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