Johnny Mercy, Richard Lennox

SCENE INFORMATION: Are artists really more sensitive than normal people? Biology Professor Richard Lennox means to find out in his latest experiment by tickling art student Johnny Mercy. The student "volunteer" is tied securely in bondage for all the class to see while Professor Lennox begins tickling his feet through his socks with his fingertips. Johnny certainly does seem to have a stronger reaction than many of the other victims - er, volunteers. An astute observer of the human condition, Johnny struggles to keep the professor from removing his socks, because he knows how much more intense the tickling will be. Especially with that feather duster! But there may be a flaw in the professor's tickling experiment: Is Johnny's fear of the electric toothbrush based on his ticklish feet, or on a bohemian aversion to hygiene?