{"id":15592,"date":"2004-08-05T15:10:55","date_gmt":"2004-08-05T19:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=15592"},"modified":"2025-02-27T12:09:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T17:09:30","slug":"the-magician-and-the-pirate-by-robin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=15592","title":{"rendered":"The Magician and the Pirate (by Robin)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary:<\/strong>\u00a0 Strangers arrive in Virginia City who turn out to be, who\u00a0else,\u00a0old-time friends of Ben.<\/p>\n

Rating:\u00a0 T\u00a0 (2,980 words)<\/p>\n

Author’s Note:<\/strong> \u00a0The REALLY Losts are satires of the series written with much affection, eye rolling,\u00a0\u00a0and winks. \u00a0And can be somewhat risque’.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Magician and the Pirate<\/strong>
\nA Really Lost Episode<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The four thirsty Cartwrights were having hard-earned drinks in the Rusty Bucket. Ben was enjoying a well-mixed Brandy Squash, his favorite drink. Adam was sipping a glass of Rossi\u2019s Vino de Ponderosa Blanc. Hoss was enjoying a frosty cold beer and Joe was sucking down a jug of pulque.<\/p>\n

Just then, a pirate and a magician walked into the saloon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, would you look at them two?\u201d Hoss observed. \u201cWonder if they think it\u2019s Halloween,\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOr perhaps Purim?\u201d Adam wondered multiculturally.<\/p>\n

He and his brothers celebrated the festive Jewish holiday with Rebecca and Aaron Kaufman. Everyone dressed in costumes and had a carnival and read the story of Esther from the Bible. Hoss particularly liked the traditional triangular hamentashen cakes filled with fruit filling and had devoured 18 dozen in one sitting. When Ben apologized for his middle boy\u2019s enormous appetite, Aaron Kaufman said it was truly a Purim miracle, since most of them were filled with prunes and Hoss had no adverse reaction.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho do you think they are?\u201d Hoss asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt ain\u2019t Halloween or Purim or even Mardi Gras which my dead Mama, Marie Mylove DeMarigny Cartwright adored,\u201d said Little Joe reaching for his third jug of pulque. \u201cSomeday I\u2019m going to Mardi Gras in New Orleans and I\u2019ll dress as the prince of the Ponderosa.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam and Hoss rolled their eyes and shrugged. When Joe got to drinking pulque, he got sentimental and grandiose.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho do you think the pirate and the magician are?<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are strangers to me.\u201d Joe shrugged and swigged the last swallow of pulque. Had they been pretty gals, the brothers would have paid more attention, but a pirate with an eye patch, peg leg and hook hand and a magician in a top hat and red satin lined cape didn\u2019t merit that sort of close attention.<\/p>\n

Ben took a second look at the pair of strangers and suddenly recognized them. Ben Cartwright exclaimed, “My goodness! It\u2019s my long lost old friends Pirate Pete & Max the Magician! \u201c<\/p>\n

Adam, Hoss and Joe groaned as it was the 43rd time that year that their father ran into long lost old friends…and it usually meant having to wear clean shirts to dinner and someone would wind up digging a bullet out of some part of their body.<\/p>\n

\u201cPete! Max! These are my sons, Adam, Hoss and Little Joe,\u201d Ben introduced his sons to his long lost old pals, the pirate and the magician.<\/p>\n

Everyone shook hands all around and made polite but manly chitchat about how lucky Ben was to have not only the magnificent dream ranch but three such handsome, virile sons etcetera etcetera and so on and so forth, and wasn\u2019t it a goldarn crying shame that all three of Ben\u2019s wives had croaked but wasn\u2019t he mighty lucky that, in addition to his three handsome cowboy sons, he didn\u2019t even have to pay alimony.<\/p>\n

Har Har.<\/p>\n

For some reason, Joe shuddered at that prospect, imagining if he got married 3 times and had an entire flock of children. What might happen to his fortunes? Pa always said that truth is stranger than fiction. Or was that Tirza who said that?<\/p>\n

Ben smiled proudly and explained to his sons how the Pirate Pete and Max the Magician were his pals back years ago when they sailed together.<\/p>\n

Adam swiftly finished off the remainder of Ben\u2019s whiskey squash and tossed Hoss the perky maraschino cherry that loitered lazily in the bottom of the glass. Joe gave him a dirty look as it really was his turn to sip the dregs of Pa\u2019s drink.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey!\u201d Joe complained pulque-liciously.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou got to be fast boy, quick,\u201d Adam chided.<\/p>\n

Hoss nodded as he flossed his teeth with the cherry stem, then spit in a nearby brass spittoon.<\/p>\n

ssPOINGggg!<\/p>\n

\u201cDid you meet Pa on my grandfather Abel Stoddard\u2019s ship before he married my beloved dead mother, Elizabeth Mylove Stoddard Cartwright?\u201d Adam asked morosely.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,” said Max. \u201cYour Pa and I were briefly were together on the crew of the Pacific Princess with Captain Merrill Stubing.\u201d<\/p>\n

All three Cartwright boys simultaneously lifted their left eyebrow. They had never heard of this chapter in their Pa\u2019s youthful adventures. \u201cREALLY!?!?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAhhhhhhh, yes!\u201d smiled Ben nostalgically, recalling the adventure. \u201cThe Pacific Princess!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThose were the days!\u201d said Pete the Pirate and Max the Magician.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndeed!\u201d smiled Ben Cartwright with a nostalgic sigh. \u201cSIGH!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe never heard about Pa being on that ship,\u201d said Hoss.<\/p>\n

Joe nodded in agreement with Hoss and simultaneously shook his head indicating he had never ever heard this story. Joe was quite agile.<\/p>\n

\u201cNever?\u201d said Pete with a sly grin.<\/p>\n

\u201cNever!\u201d said Adam, who had the memory of a not-yet-invented Commodore 64 Computer.<\/p>\n

\u201cNEVER? Didn\u2019t your Pa tell you how the three of us competed for the affections of the pert and perky Julie McCoy?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNever ever!\u201d Hoss shook his head.<\/p>\n

\u201cBen never ever told you about pert and perky Julie McCoy?” Pirate Pete\u2019s one good eye widened in amazement.<\/p>\n

\u201cPERT AND PERKY JULIE McCOY!\u201d Adam, Hoss and Joe grinned. \u201cNEVER EVER!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWowza!\u201d said Max the Magician. \u201dJulie McCoy was HOT!\u201d He put his index finger on top of the bar and hissed loudly as if he had touched a hot griddle. \u201cTttss ssssssssssssssssssssSSss!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHOT TttssssssssssssssssssssssSSss!!\u201d The three boys nodded their heads like a chorus of \u201cBonanza Giveaway Bobble Heads\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe never heard THAT!\u201d exclaimed Adam. The Cartwright boys loved to hear about HOT gals. The last story they heard about HOT gals was the tale Joe told about how he dated the Olsen Quadruplets \u2013 Mary Kate, Ashley, Nellie and Merlin. He took all four to the annual Barn Dance and Chicken Flicking. They were so hot that subsequently Doc Martin had to sit Joe in a tub of ice for three and a half days and lectured Joe on the dangerous of sparking four hot quads and how Merlin was rarely the name of a girl and the risks that might bring.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s have another round!\u201d said Max, swinging a shiny red silk handkerchief over the bar. Suddenly six beers appeared. \u201cTADA!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, I haven’t seen you in quite a while. What happened, Pirate Pete? You look terrible!” Ben said, quickly changing the subject from Julie McCoy. It was far too sad as Julie McCoy had come to a tragic end (as did most of the women who got romantically involved with the Cartwrights) when she lost her perky spunk in a snow cloud and was washed away to oblivion and obscurity.<\/p>\n

“What do you mean?” the pirate replied, “I’m fine.”<\/p>\n

Ben said, “But what about that wooden leg?\u201d<\/p>\n

Pete took a swallow of his beer. \u201cMy wooden leg?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou didn’t have that before,” added Ben. He was carefully picking his words trying not to sound rude or politically incorrect.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore drinks?\u201d asked Cosmo the bartender who was coincidentally played by an actor named Cosmo.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll buy another round,\u201d said Max the magician.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks!” chorused the Cartwrights politely and thirstily.<\/p>\n

\u201cTADA!\u201d said Max, taking two quarters out of Hoss\u2019 ear and paying for their five beers. \u201cKeep the change, Cosmo!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy thanks!\u201d smiled Cosmo the bartender, wondering how the stranger knew his name and not realizing he had read the script of this week\u2019s episode on the not-yet- invented internet. A dime tip would buy a lot in those days. He was saving up for a not-yet-invented Commodore 64 computer so he could be as smart as Adam Cartwright and play not-yet-invented pong when the saloon was slow on Sundays.<\/p>\n

The magician swirled his colorful silk hanky over the bar and a dove appeared. \u201cTADA!\u201d Cosmo was impressed but hoped the bird wouldn\u2019t poop in the saloon as it was enough work to empty the cuspidors.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow did you lose your leg, Pete?\u201d Hoss asked. He hoped the story wasn\u2019t too gory as he was feeling a bit puny and queasy after devouring a bowl of what he had thought was fancy potato chips on the bar but later found out was potpourri that one of the saloon gals had placed their in an attempt to add class to the place. Now Hoss\u2019 breath smelled of lavender and he feared his brother\u2019s would tease him for smelling like a flower or the doomed French gal Fifi La Fleur that Adam had dated in episode 68, \u201cWilted Lavender Love\u201d.<\/p>\n

“Well,” said the pirate, “we were in a battle at sea with the Royal Viking Sky in the Gulf of Mexico\u2026 and a cannon ball hit my leg. But the surgeon, Doctor Adam Bricker, fixed me up, and I’m fine, really.”<\/p>\n

Hoss wondered if his Mexican Viking Uncle Gunnar was involved in that melee but didn\u2019t want to interrupt the story.<\/p>\n

“But what about that…that metal\u2026hook?\u201d Ben asked eyeing Pete\u2019s hook hand. The hook closely resembled the running iron that Ross Marquette had used to change the brand on Ponderosa cattle or the not-yet-invented electric curling iron that he secretly used to poof up his silver pompadour on damp days. Ben liked to look spiffy even when riding the range or burying dead gals or reading the script hidden inside his ledger or newspaper rather than memorizing the lines. \u201cThe last time I saw you, you had both hands,” said Ben, waving both his hands in the air like jazz hands.<\/p>\n

Adam, Hoss, and Joe put down their beers and waved their hands in unison following Pa\u2019s dynamic musical lead. They always followed Pa\u2019s lead.<\/p>\n

For the last month, the four Cartwrights were secretly rehearsing a jazzy dance number for the Virginia City Community Theatre production of the not-yet-invented musical \u201cChicago\u201d with Roy Coffee in the Roxie Hart role. Deputy Clem Foster was his reluctant understudy. Adam was directing and thought it would be an interesting interpretation to have the female roles played by men and the male roles played by women.<\/p>\n

His father had easily mastered the dance routines but his two brothers were having a hard time with the choreography. Adam had brilliantly decided that the best solution was for them just to follow Ben\u2019s lead and that was working out perfectly.<\/p>\n

Abigail Jones was playing Billy Flynn, the corrupt lawyer, and Adam had convinced Hoss to stretch his talents and take on the role of Mama Morton, the villainous jail matron who gives favors for bribes. Adam knew Hoss would bring down the house in \u201cWhen You are Good to Mama.\u201d Hop Sing was sewing some not-yet-invented lycra panels into his costume so he could dance without worrying about his bustle busting. If everything came together, it would be awesomely spectacular. Adam didn\u2019t want to even consider the disaster the performance could be if it didn\u2019t all come together. (Could that be why he left the series after season 6???)<\/p>\n

“But what about that…that metal hook?\u201d Ben asked again.<\/p>\n

“Well,” said the pirate, “we were in another battle and we boarded another competing ship. I was in a sword fight and my hand was hacked off but the surgeon fixed me up with this hook, and I feel great, really.”<\/p>\n

“Oh pshaw,” panted Hoss, perspiring and growing pasty and pale. He positively didn\u2019t want to say anything poignant or politically incorrect but his heart positively went out to Pa\u2019s pawless pal Pirate Pete.<\/p>\n

“What about that eye patch? You had two good eyes when we were on Captain Stubing\u2019s ship together, back years ago,\u201d Ben said.<\/p>\n

The bartender brought them all another beer. Joe burped melodically.<\/p>\n

Max pulled another two shiny quarters out of Hoss\u2019 ear and paid the bartender. \u201cTada!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWOW!\u201d everyone in the saloon gasped.<\/p>\n

\u201cKeep the change, Cosmo.\u201d Max winked. \u201cTell them how you lost your eye, Pete.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Well,” says the pirate, “One day when we were at sea, some birds were flying over the ship. I looked up, and one of them shat in my eye.”<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of them shat in your eye?\u201d Ben repeated.<\/p>\n

Hoss gasped. He had never heard Pa use such language.<\/p>\n

\u201cAye, matey! One of them shat in my eye!\u201d Pete repeated.<\/p>\n

Adam was quite impressed that the Pirate correctly conjugated the verb \u201cto shit\u201d. At Back East University, Adam was the best conjugater in his frat, as well as the best kisser. He was voted Male Student Who Thought Fastest With His Lips of both 1851 and 52. He was awarded a huge silver loving cup that Adam kept in his room on a shelf. He kept it filled with his valuable collection of rare hen\u2019s teeth.<\/p>\n

“So?” replied Joe, “what happened? You couldn’t have lost an eye just from some bird shit!”<\/p>\n

\u201cJoseph!\u201d Ben reprimanded. Joe wasn\u2019t sure his father was correcting his boldness with a guest, his use of the rude, bleepable word \u201cshit\u201d or the fact that Joe had both feet on the top of the bar. Before Pa could reprimand him, Little Joe quickly put both feet on the dirty pine floor of the saloon and almost knocked over the brass cuspidor that held Hoss\u2019\u00a0 discarded \u00a0maraschino cherry stems and cowboy phlegm.<\/p>\n

“Well,” explained the pirate, “I really wasn’t used to my hook hand yet…”<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are you doing in Virginia City?\u201d Ben asked his long lost pals.<\/p>\n

Adam, Hoss and Joe held their collective brotherly breath, hoping Pa was not going to invite this pair to stay on the Ponderosa. The Cartwrights had barely got over The Countess causing labor unrest, burning down the forest and bringing her crappy painting of a black haired Pa into the house to smash with a fire place poker. The last three long-lost pals of Pa had doomed misfit daughters who croaked in the guest room, and Cousin Muley sang to flea-bitten dogs. Hop Sing had to use 17 gallons of Febreeze and burn most of the bedding after that round of house guests.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to be performing my magic act at Piper\u2019s Opera House for two weeks, a week at the Shamrock Pub that some leprechauns opened over in Gold Hill, and after that I\u2019m booked into the cocktail lounge at the No Tell Motel over in Carson City.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe, Hoss and Adam all simultaneously blushed as the three brothers all knew the reputation of the notorious No Tell Motel in Carson City. That was where numerous married politicians carried on their shenanigans while in the state capitol.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you have a place to stay, fellows?\u201d Ben smiled hospitably.<\/p>\n

They held their breath as they waited for Pa to invite the pair to the Ponderosa, hoping against hope that he wouldn\u2019t. Joe, Hoss and Adam gritted their teeth and silently prayed, \u201cNO NO NO NO NOoooOOOO!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh Lawdy! I sure hope they do!\u201d Hoss whispered to his brothers.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe too!” agreed Adam.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe three!\u201d agreed Joe.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, don\u2019t bother, Ben! Pete and I are being put up in the luxury penthouse suite at the International Hotel,\u201d Max explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhew!\u201d sighed Adam, Hoss and Joe, collectively wiping their brows. Then, being good brothers, they wiped each other\u2019s brows. Adam spit on his hanky and wiped some potpourri crumbs off of Hoss\u2019 chin.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a hot tub at the hotel!\u201d Pete added.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe we should bunk with you!\u201d Joe suggested. Joe loved hot tubs, especially after that butt in the ice tub adventure.<\/p>\n

Everyone laughed at Joe\u2019s adorable remark, and Ben said, \u201cWell, we better head for the Ponderosa, boys. We have cattle to round up, fences to fix and gals to bury. Did you remember to pick up the gallon of Febrezze that Hop Sing wanted? And the new shovels?\u201d<\/p>\n

Hoss nodded and they all headed for home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWait!” called Max.\u201d Here\u2019s four tickets for my show on Saturday night!\u201d He handed Ben fist full of tickets. \u201cTADA!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll be there!\u201d Ben promised.<\/p>\n

**********<\/p>\n

A few days later, the Cartwrights went to see Max the Magician\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

Max was amazing. He made rabbits disappear and reappear when he said \u201cTADA!\u201d<\/p>\n

The audience cheered and applauded.<\/p>\n

He said \u201cTADA\u201d and a flock of doves flew out of his sleeve.<\/p>\n

The audience cheered and applauded. Pirate Pete stomped on the floor with his peg leg.<\/p>\n

Max swung his cape over his head and said \u201cTADA!\u201d and a horse appeared on the stage.<\/p>\n

After one especially amazing feat, a man from the back of the theatre yelled, “How’d you do that?”<\/p>\n

“I could tell you, sir”, the magician answered, “but then I’d have to kill you.”<\/p>\n

After a short pause, Joe yelled back, “Ok, then… just tell my brother Adam!”<\/p>\n

Ben glared at his son \u201cJoseph!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOk, don\u2019t tell Adam! Tell Hoss!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo!\u201d said Adam with a sarcastic twinkle in his eye. \u201cTell Laura Dayton!\u201d<\/p>\n

The audience applauded thunderously, particularly Cousin Will Zorro Cartwright who had heroically taken one for the Cartwright team when he \u201cstole\u201d Laura from Adam.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, I now will do my most famous trick,\u201d Max the Magician announced. \u201cI need the biggest strongest man here to assist me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHoss Cartwright!” everyone shouted. \u201cHOSS hoss HOSSSSSS!\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam and Joe pushed a reluctant Hoss up on the stage.<\/p>\n

“Hoss, I’d like you to take this 20 pound sledge hammer and hit me as hard as you can right in the head,\u201d<\/p>\n

Kind-hearted Hoss refused. \u201cI can\u2019t do that! I can hurt you!\u201d<\/p>\n

The magician then said, “Hoss, I am a professional. This is the Greatest Illusion. Besides, there are hundreds of witnesses. Hit me as hard as you can right in the head with the hammer.”<\/p>\n

\u201cGo on, Hoss! \u201c Adam and Joe urged.<\/p>\n

Hoss shrugged, did it, and the Magician went flying across the stage, rolled into the orchestra pit, bounced, hit the wall, and immediately fell into a coma. He was rushed to Doc Martin\u2019s office, and remained in the coma for years.<\/p>\n

Ten years later, Max the Magician finally came out of the coma, looked around, and said “TA DA!!”<\/p>\n

*****End*****<\/p>\n

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