THE STORIES: In the first play,
The Whiz Bang Cafe, the setting is a truck stop in Throckmorton, Texas, a dusty little town on the edge of nowhere. Mary Nita, the long-suffering owner-cook-waitress has become resigned to the oddball regulars who frequent her cafe, including a house painter turned evangelist and a dozing truck driver, but she perks up at the arrival of Walter and Ann Simmons, an out-of-town couple heading west on vacation. Small towns being what they are, there are no secrets for long, including Walter's long cherished desire to hit the road in a two-ton semi—a lifelong wish which is at last gratified in a most unusual and hilarious manner. (3 men, 2 women.)
In the second play,
The E.Z. Snooz Motel, the action moves to Throckmorton's leading hostelry, a rundown motel which the townspeople use largely for immoral purposes. On this particular night the customers include a swaggering macho type who turns out to be a pushover when the hitherto meek desk clerk (in defending a lady's honor) flattens him with one punch; a would-be singer who seems to actually believe the lies put forth by a toupeed little man who claims to be Conway Twitty's road manager; and the wife of the man who escaped on a trailer truck in the first play. Again the action is fast and funny and studded with telling observations—but, as before, there is also true wit and wisdom to leaven the fun. (3 men, 2 women.)