“El Dinosaurio”

Testing.

1, 2, 3.

Is this thing on?

I don’t think it’s on.

Oh, it is?

We’re live?

Oh shi-

Hello, and welcome to our show.

This segment is called- uh- what does that say?

Oh, “The Reading Hour with Jason.”

The Reading Hour with Jason?

I’m your host and today we’ll be discussing- uh-

Dune by Frank Herbert?

Wait, the reading hour? Jerry, why is it called the reading hour? I have to do this for an hour?! Who put this teleprompt together? I am not doing this for an hour, Jerry. Yes, I know it’s impossible to talk about Dune in anything under an hour, but the audience doesn’t want to hear that. Their attention spans: sub 3 minutes. 10 seconds actually. Did you learn anything in marketing school, Jerry? We’ve got to be quick and to the point. You didn’t go to marketing school? What is the point of you, Jerry?

I refuse to do this for an hour. I don’t care if that makes your job harder. Jerry, I’m not even sure what you do around here. All you do is nag and tell me, “You’re doing it wrong. That wasn’t in the script. Why do you hate me?” I don’t know why I hate you. Maybe it’s your face. Your face bugs me. Now go micromanage a bed of tulips or something.

ahem- And we’re back!

Sorry about that Folks!

Just some creative differences between me, the host of the show, and a useless person who didn’t even go to marketing school.

 Anyways, this segment is called-

The Reading Minute?

The Reading 30 Seconds?

I don’t know. Name pending.

We’ll get to that later.

Today we’re talking about-

Dune?

How long is Dune?

400 pages?

No, let’s do something else.

What’s the shortest book ever written?

Oh, that’s perfect.

Today we’re talking about “El Dinosaurio” by Augusto Monterroso.

Here’s the story:

When he awoke, the dinosaur was still there.

“El Dinosaurio” by Augusto Monterroso

Beautiful.

Stupendous.

Outrageous?

Yes, quite outrageous.

So much to be said about this story.

So much happening.

Why was he sleeping?

But, more importantly, how did he fall asleep with a dinosaur in the vicinity?

And its “still there?”

Did he fall asleep expecting the dinosaur to leave?

Was the dinosaur just watching him sleep?

Kinda creepy.

So many questions so little time.

The reading minute is almost up.

My review:

I like this story. Its quick and to the point.

Unlike, Jerry.