(UCLS grounds at night) Mauldy: Huuwaa huuwaaa! Floyd: Shut Up Mauldy. Mauldy: Ah that’s insane! Look! Professor Keith has a drawer full of black nylon ankle socks! Aw! Sick! Huuwaa! Huwaaa! Floyd: Mauldy! Mauldy: Ah bite the fist Mauldy! Be quiet! You’re in University College Loughfeg State. Floyd: You’ll get us caught. Mauldy: Hurry up and find it will ya! What’s this?! Ha, Mauldy turn on the Bunsen burner, heh, don’t give a shit. Floyd: Turn that off! Ah! Here you are… I knew he’d hide it in his lab. Mauldy: Look at the size of the flame! Huwaaa! Towering inferno! Huwaa! Huwaaa! Ahhhh the sickness!! That’s insane… Floyd: Mauldy- Mauldy? Mauldy! Where are ya? (Door creak, footsteps) Shit! Eh, hello? Em… I was in detention and they forgot about me so eh- Mauldy: What are you saying? Floyd: AHH! Holy crapo- you nearly made me drop the bong man! Mauldy: Get some of those Pyrex jugs too. And big jugs! Not like your sister’s. Huwaaa! Look in there. Floyd: Dude, I swear I just saw Professor Keith, he was sitting on that wardrobe, looking at me. Mauldy: In black nylon ankle socks? Floyd: Yeah! No! What? Mauldy: That skunk I got you is workin’ so huwaaa! Huwaa! Hurry up! Keith’s at home. It’s 9pm, he’ll be watching ‘Big Brother’. Get those jugs! Here, ah, Mauldy’s getting hot, that’s insane. Floyd: Pyrex jugs. Ok, are you in here Mrs Jugs? (Opens cardboard box) Hmm, what’s this? It looks like bags of… Keith is a drug dealer?! Oh, oh, no, heheh- seeds. Ooh what kind? Maybe they’re… Uh, no. Day-tura Stra-mon-ium. Datura Stramonium? Uh, ah look, it’s called the “Devil’s Weed!” Hahaha! No WAY! (Glass breaks distance) (Fire starts in next room) Floyd: Mauldy? He’s not disappeared again. Mauldy? OH NO. (Fire Alarm) Floyd: Fire! Fire! Bad! Bad! Mauldy!! What have you done? Mauldy: Huwaa! Huwaa! (Distant) Floyd: Fire extinguisher! Quick! No no no no no no! Bad sounds! Mauldy! (Explosion) Floyd: MAULDY! ARGHHGH! (Coughing) Ungf. Urrr. I can’t breathe. Esus, I see- trees of green… red roses too… Professor? … I see them bloom for me and you… And I think to myself… (coughs) what a won- der- ful... KEITH! (Hazy voices “It’s ok, it’s ok, take my arm, it’s ok, it’s ok”, blurry sounds). Voice: A&M Presents, an A&M Production, starring; George: Accursis ‘Ace’ Byrne, Floyd Frisbane, Brian ‘Bubbles’ Waterbury, Professor Keith Chiselton, Norman Tash, Richard Soupe, Peter ‘Wubba’ O’Toole, Sinead Chiselton, Mauldy… Voice: U. C. L. S. Ucls… Hogweed, hogweed, hogweed,… George: Ah Hello! Welcome back, to our U.C.L.S. friends! It’s year 3 at University College LoughFeg State. And it seems Floyd Frisbane has made a new friend. Judging by the goings on last night at the main college building, he may find him too hot to handle! Todaytime has us with Accursis ‘Ace’ Byrne and Brian ‘Bubbles’ Waterbury, as they endure Saturday morning detention by planting seeds. Ace: Pass me more seeds Bubbles will you? Brian: Call me Brian please. Ace: Oh yes, sorry, you are growing up now. Brian: Why are we doing this? Ace: Saturday morning detention. Same as every Saturday for months now. Brian: Ever since I fucked his daughter, Professor Keith is out to get me. Ace: Just because you’re paranoid… Brian: No, just because I fucked his daughter. Now I have to plant seeds on a Saturday. (Inhaler) And that rubbery lipped cunt “Wubba” is doing the moves on Sinead as well. Ace: I hear she is studying for medicine at UCD. Anyway, I don’t care. Brian: Are you thinking about Floyd? Ace: No, not really. Brian: What then? Ace: Your headphones. Brian: What about them? Ace: They are huge. And red- Brian: Dr Dre’s Beats are the best! Ace: Fuck this, let’s go visit Floyd in hospital. (Hogweed!) Brian: Do you know which ward he’s in? Ace: The Burnt Ward. Brian: Wasn’t he in Batman? Ace: He was Robin. Brian: That’s what they’re sayin’ Floyd was doing last night in the school. (Scratches) I hope he’s alright. Ace: Speak of the devil and he shall- Floyd: Hey boys. Where are my flowers? Ace: We’ve some seeds if you want. What the fuck are you doing smoking outside? Brian: Floyd! Thank god. Are you alright? Any skin grafts? Floyd: Nah, I’m tip-top, only some fume inhalation. Heheh. Good to see ya. Ace: Nothing like a Friday night with Mauldy hmm? Brian: Ace thinks he’s a prick. Floyd: Does he? Well, he IS a moral authority on such things. Ace: You two were stealing weren’t you? Where’s that gobshite now? Floyd: There was a fire, we saw it, I tried to- and then, I- I can’t remember. Ace: Convenient. Who burnt it? You? Him? Smell of cordite off your fingers I’d say. Floyd: Woah! No! You’re all mixed up as usual. That scarf restricting your blood flow again. If you want to know my opinion, I’d say it was Keith. I saw him. I think. Brian: The professor? Dirty bastard. He’s a cu- Ace: Don’t listen to him Bub- Brian. He’s still tripping from his pyromania. Floyd: You are being very hostile my friend. Ace: How many times Floyd, how many times… Brian: Not this again! Ace: I find what you did it morally offensive! It’s a violation of the- Floyd: Morally Offensive! Gotta get me some of that action! Listen, go put on your Huey Lewis albums and pont- pontiff- pon- Ace: ‘Pontificate’ you mean to say: ‘to moralise, pronounce, lecture’, whatever, you need it. Floyd: I know what I saw! Keith was there man! Brian: And he’s coming here now. Sshh. Floyd: Speak of the actual devil… (cough). Keith: Hrmmm, the wheel is turning but the hamster is dead. Glad to see you are still with us Floyd Frisbane. Floyd: Hey, it’s, it’s an honour, that you came to, listen, thanks for coming, it means a lot. Keith: I’m not here to see you, you pointless cretin! Half the school is burnt down and you… pulled like a vulture from its ashes. Ace: I think that’s a phoenix. Keith: Vultures! You should all be in detention! Not only am I deputising for his UCLS-ness Broadleaf O’Hara but I’m here to see that: No, not a single scratch lies upon your pasty emaciated frame? Floyd: I’m doing well, thanks Keith. Keith: Same can’t be said for your saviour, it would seem. I’m sure you’ve been in to thank him for your life? Floyd: Hmm, my what? Ace: So you weren’t so high you could fly? Keith: (Chortle) you are occasionally funny. Follow me and we will see, who it is, that set you free. Brian: Hi Mr Keith. (Inhaler) Keith: You seem to be sweating, a lot. Of course, I would be too if I was wearing those monstrosities you call headphones. Floyd: I hate the smell of hospitals. (Elevator opens onto ward) Floyd: Who’s this guy? Bert: Ah, ah, here they are now, Brian: Oh my god! Keith: Ah, Mayor Kavanagh, it’s a pleasure to meet you. Brian: That’s the fuckin’ mayor! Floyd: Is not! Bert: The doctor’s said he has to rest, only 43% burns. Fully bandaged for a few days, no facial scarring though. Floyd: Dude, who is it, Nikki Lauder? Brian: It’s a mummy. Keith: Mayor Kavanagh, this is Floyd Frisbane, he’s the one that was ‘saved’. Bert: Ah, we were wondering where you’d got to. Glad you made it out unscathed. Floyd: Um, yeah, I- who-? Keith: (whispers) You, are an asshole. Bert: You, hah, hah, missed the committee and Toni Murph from the newspaper. We’d pictures taken. He’s a very brave man and he’s been awarded a medal for it so he has. Forged by Matty Gerhaghty who is lucky to be alive himself! Last week in the storms, he had a close call with a fallen cable. Floyd: That’s a nice medal. Bert: Hoho, isn’t it though? I tell you son, you owe a debt of gratitude to Mr Tash so ya do. Floyd: Woah! Mr Tash! I didn’t, oh, Ace man, it’s- Ace: Your English and Geography teacher saved you Floyd. Floyd: (coughs) Fuck, oh, you are my hero man. Keith: Norman, are you with us? Brian: (Under breath) or against us… Tash: Ooh, hello, by my father’s leather belt, it’s good to see you all. Bert: You’re the star Mr Tash. Floyd: I-I don’t know what to say. Keith: That’s a first. Norman, everything is being taken care of, you rest up and we’ll see you soon, right, all of you, back to school. Ace: Eh, what school? Bert: Youse have school on Saturday? Keith: Caretaker Richard Soupe assures me there is still half the main building left and the prefabs will be up by Monday. Now! Stop infecting the air in here, we have seeds to plant! Floyd: Man, I’m, I’m sorry… Keith: As you should be. Now, amazingly, there are jobs ready for you. Tash: Ace. Ace? Come back a moment would you. Ace: Me? Yep, I’m here, what’s on your mind, other than- Tash: Ace, keep an eye on Floyd will you? I think he’s a little lost these days. Ace: Sure thing Mr. Tash. I’ll do that. I’m on for that. Nice medal by the way. Tash: Thank you. How do I look? Ace: Like an invisible man. Keith: Get in the elevator! We’re going! Bert: Good luck now! Thanks for everything! Don’t forget, vote’s coming up in Autumn! Ho, ho. (Hogweed) George: Geography teacher Norman Tash is the hero of the hour. And he gets a medal for it! Science Professor Keith Chiselton meanwhile bristles with hardly concealed hatred for all of peoplekind. Come Monday morning, he’s at UCLS gates exchanging unpleasantries with UCLS janitor Richard Soupe. UCLS III (Hogweed) is an Amplevoicepod ear-film production. A feature-length and full-foley aural feast. Welcome back to our U.C.L.S. friends! It’s year 3 at University College LoughFeg State. And it seems Floyd Frisbane has made a new friend and judging by the goings on last night at the main college building, he may find him too hot to handle! Todaytime has us with Accursis ‘Ace’ Byrne and Brian ‘Bubbles’ Waterbury, as they endure Saturday morning detention by planting seeds. Geography teacher Norman Tash is the hero of the hour. And he gets a medal for it! Science Professor Keith Chiselton meanwhile bristles with hardly concealed hatred for all of peoplekind. Come Monday morning, he’s at UCLS gates exchanging unpleasantries with UCLS janitor Richard Soupe. Professor Keith Chiselton: Loving father and comic obsessive. For his daughter Sinead, after her Year One online virginity auction, she’s studying to be a Doctor! Afterwards we go to LoughFeg’s Lough Feg where Accursis, Brian and Floyd gaze at their lint-filled navels. Dick harbours delusions of grandeur with powerful molestation as a UCLS teacher. While at Chiselton Manor, Sinead Chiselton is pumping out the sweat before large-lipped lampoonery leads Peter 'Wubba' O'Toole into launching himself under a wardrobe. Well, it's action-packed isn't it? And there's so much more in this 90-minute audio comedy adventure. Manna for the ears. Amplevoicepod: Podcasting done right.