Fantick by Jenny Erdahl
MiSTed by "Average Joe" Barlow  (jbarlow@earthling.net)

THE MESSAGE:
A young fanfic writer by the name of Jenny Erdahl,
whose enthusiasm for writing is matched only by her
ignorance of grammar and punctuation, sends out a
desperate request for folks to "come misty my
stooories!!!!" [sic]

HOST SEGMENTS:
Prologue: Having just seen "When Harry Met Sally", Crow
and Gypsy discuss whether men and women can remain
friends without becoming romantically interested in
each other.  It gets very nasty.

Invention Exchange: Dr. Forrester converts Frank into an
electric postman, to make sure he [Dr. F] doesn't miss any
important packages.  Mike and the Bots invent "nothing",
which is the perfect gift to give to the person who has
"everything"!

Segment One: Mike and the Bots reflect upon the horrid writing
in what may well be the shortest message they've ever riffed.
Jenny Erdhal (the author of the message) visits the ship,
and Mike introducers her to Dr. Forrester.  The good doctor
is too busy for chit-chat, however, because Electric Postman
Frank has short-circuited and is running amuck in Deep 13.

Stinger: Jenny toots her own horn.

REFLECTIONS:
Sad, really.  Yes, this is a real piece of e-mail that I
received shortly after my Star Wars MiSTing was released
to the Internet.  You'll be pleased (and not terribly
surprised) to know that I graciously turned down Jenny's
invitation to riff more of her work.

In all honesty, I have to say that Ms. Erdahl was a great
sport about the whole thing, and she told me later (in her
typical broken sentences) that she had really enjoyed
reading my version of "Fantick".  At least, I *think* that's
what she was saying.  It's hard to tell with her.

                                                      AJB