Okay but now I want fic of Steve’s time (weeks? months? years?) with the travelling show. Who wanted to break into Broadway, or the talkies? The guy he’d punch out every show, was that one guy with one role, or did the band and stage crew take turns? Did the showgirls take Steve out drinking afterwards and use him to win bets because he can drink anyone under the table now? Did he ever let anyone see his sketchbook?
Did he do his own stage-make-up for the shows, and get so flustered when someone else came after him with a brush for the short film segments? Do the showgirls brag about him to the film actors?
And did he get so, so awkward over “fondue” because he was absolutely sure he’d heard every euphemism under the sun by now?