The Back Room: 2 Monologues

Tomato Butt and Trapshooting

TOMATO BUTT

(Many old listeners have told me this is their favorite Lake Wobegon story, which is disappointing to me as a writer — it strikes me as juvenile and cartoonish and somewhat pointless — but it’s not a good idea toinsult someone who has just complimented you so I don’t. I much preferred the pontoon boat story, which I told dozens of times on t…