<P> In January 1959, Look, Charlie: A Short History of the Pratfall was a chaotic off - Broadway comedy staged by Silverstein, Jean Shepherd and Herb Gardner at New York's Orpheum Theatre on Second Avenue in the Lower East Side . Silverstein went on to write more than 100 one - act plays . The Devil and Billy Markham, published in Playboy in 1979, was later adapted into a solo one - act play that debuted on a double bill with Mamet's Bobby Gould in Hell (1989) with Dr. Hook vocalist Dennis Locorriere narrating . Karen Kohlhaas directed An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein, produced by New York's Atlantic Theater Company in September 2001 with a variety of short sketches: </P> <Ul> <Li> "One Tennis Shoe"--Harvey claims his wife is becoming a bag lady . </Li> <Li> "Bus Stop"--Irwin stands on a corner with a "bus stop" sign . </Li> <Li> "Going Once"--A woman auctions herself . </Li> <Li> "The Best Daddy"--Lisa's daddy shot the pony he got for her birthday . </Li> <Li> "The Lifeboat is Sinking"--Jen and Sherwin play a game of Who - Would - You - Save - If--the family was drowning . </Li> <Li> "Smile"--Bender plans to punish the man responsible for the phrase "Have a nice day". </Li> <Li> "Watch and Dry"--Marianne discovers her laundry has not been cleaned . </Li> <Li> "Thinking Up a New Name for the Act"--Pete thinks "meat and potatoes" is the perfect name for a vaudeville act . </Li> <Li> "Buy One, Get One Free"--Hookers offer a golden opportunity . </Li> <Li> "Blind Willie and the Talking Dog"--Blind Willie's talking dog argues they could profit from his talent . </Li> </Ul> <Li> "One Tennis Shoe"--Harvey claims his wife is becoming a bag lady . </Li> <Li> "Bus Stop"--Irwin stands on a corner with a "bus stop" sign . </Li>

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