THE FUTURE WAS TOMORROW

               #4 in a series of daily one scene, one-act plays



[ACT I, Scene I, Los Alamos Desert, a corporate party to launch a sattelite]


TEXACO CEO [smashes champagne bottle against satellite]: I hearby christen thee, X-25437-P9!

[quick countdown & satellite roars into space; crowd cheers]


SCIENTIST: Goodbye, my son.


TEXACO CEO: Due to budget cuts, I'm sorry, but you're all fired.

                                           
                                             (curtain)