I'd Rather Eat Pants

What do fast-talking, New York octogenarians Abe and Mabel do when their life-long grocery store, Pepperstein Produce, is driven out of business by Wonder Food? They embark on the ultimate road trip to Los Angeles with a nineteen-year-old stoner named Wisdom to become actors, of course.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast production featuring:

Edward Asner as Abe Pepperstein

Jonathan Banks as Jimmy Jimmy

Ed Begley Jr. as The Cop

Emily Bergl as Pleasant Voice/Grunge Girl/Becky

Dan Castellaneta as Barney Kikkle/Manager

Derek Cecil as Wisdom

Bob Edwards as Himself

Clea Lewis as Melbaleine

Anne Meara as Mabel Pepperstein

Kendall Schmidt as Seymour

Susan Stamberg as Herself

Directed by Gordon Hunt. Recorded live before an audience at the Museum of Television and Radio, Beverly Hills in November of 2002.