Have You No Selpurcs?
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[edit] Summary
Curt Stevens and Lucy Cunningham-Schultz find out what "selpurcs" are by playing a game of Whit's design.
[edit] Plot
Lucy and Curt Stevens are waiting for Lucy's mom to pick them up from Whit's End. While they wait, Connie gives them a test she's come across in a magazine that measures your "HQ" - Honesty Quotient. Whit walks up just as they finish. To no one's surprise, Curt fails miserably. Lucy, on the other hand, scores a perfect 100 percent. She rubs Curt's nose in it a little bit, then the two of them leave as Lucy's mom pulls up.
Whit is intrigued by the test. He's not only dismayed that Curt scored so poorly, Whit's also upset that Lucy enjoyed pointing it out to everyone. So John Avery decides to come up with a game for Lucy and Curt based on the test. The game is called "Selpurcs." All Curt and Lucy have to do is follow the instructions contained inside a series of envelopes scattered around Odyssey. If they adhere to the directions, and if they figure out what "selpurcs" means, they are promised a fabulous surprise at the end of the game.
Curt and Lucy agree. Instantly, they are faced with a series of moral dilemmas involving Connie and a mail-order scarf, a quart of orange juice, Lucy's neighbor's newspaper, and a movie called Betsy the Bumblebee. At each turn-and in typical fashion - Curt makes the wrong choice or helps others to make the wrong choice. By the end of the game, things are a mess. But the two have learned some things. Curt realizes that the disastrous results are due to the lousy choices he's made. Lucy is reprimanded for her prideful attitude - and both of them have figured out what "selpurcs" means. Have you?
[edit] Discussion Questions
- What should Lucy have done when Curt made the wrong decisions?
- Why did Lucy need to learn a lesson?
- Have you ever faced any dilemmas like the ones Curt and Lucy faced?
- If so, what did you do?
[edit] Cast
| Characters | Actors |
|---|---|
| Connie Kendall | Katie Leigh |
| Curt Stevens | Fabio Stephens |
| John Whittaker | Hal Smith |
| Mr. Johnson | Jeff Parker |
| Lucy Cunningham-Schultz | Genni Long |
| Peter Holt | Katie Leigh |
[edit] Notes
- Betsy the Bumblebee has a sequel: Me and My Honey which shows up in The Mailman Cometh.
- Apparently, there is a Zappazoids movie. Strangely, it is rated "G".
- On the official summary of the episode on whitsend, the movie is titled 'My Little Unicorn'.
- This episode was originally titled: Have You No Selpurks?
[edit] Quotes
Curt Stephens: See? They don't even look at [the date on the expired coupon].Grocery Store Clerk: You can't use this; it's expired.
Curt Stephens: Oh? Really? Well -- can't you just sorta pass it on through?
Grocery Store Clerk: P-p-pass it on through? No I can't pass it on through, that would mean a loss of money to the store! It might reflect on my paycheck, are you trying to take food out of my mouth or something??
Curt Stephens: No! Forget the coupon, here's a twenty.
Grocery Store Clerk: Much better. Kids these days....Hope [this envelope he just gave them] doesn't have any coupons in it.
