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The Inventions of the Idiot 
by John Kendricks Bangs 


lt was before the Idiot's marriage, and in the days when he was nothing 
more than a plain boarder in Mrs. Smithers-Pedagog's High-class Home 
for Single Gentlemen, that he put what the School-master termed his 


aaa a eels kamen oe "alleged mind" on plans for the amelioration of the condition of the 
THE INVENTIONS | l civilized." This humorous story by the editor of Puck magazine describes 
n | how the Idiot sets out to improve the lot of civilized man through his 


IHE IDIO I~ By | inventions - the lot of barbarian man already being well tended to by 
A PENERE ET e. ; a | missionaries and other do-gooders. (Total running time: 2:37:54) 


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Narrator - peac 

The Idiot - Algy Pug 

Mr. Pedagog(aka The Schoolmaster) - Adam Bratcher 

Mrs. Smithers Pedagog - TriciaG 

The Doctor - Raken 

The Bibliomaiac - Availle 

Mr. Poet - Matthew Reece 

Mr. Whitechoker(aka The Minister) - Aidan Brack 

The Genial Old Gentleman who occasionally imbibed - om123 


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