The Family Drive-in
​ A musical comedy - book/music/lyrics by Jerry Hunt
In a small Southern town in the late 1960s, a young boy, Jerry, lives with his dysfunctional family in a small house directly below a drive-in movie screen. Jerry and his older sister, Sandra, try to prevent their parents from breaking up while the movie screen is a portal to fantasy and comfort through the crisis.
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Jerry seeks advice from his guardian angel while his mother, Nancy, endures a string of disastrous dates.
Nancy and Pat explain to the kids why their divorcing.
A guardian appears and gives the boy advice.
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Meanwhile, Nancy dreams of a new future after a visit to the zoo.
Nancy shares her regrets with Pat and why they must break up.
Pat has a few beers and sings his regrets.
Nancy's new husband, a redneck fisherman, comes to dinner.
The last guardian angel, famed director, Stanley Kubrick, gives Jerry advice to move on.