Meat Street is having a complete facelift!

Rocky Horror meets Cuckoo's Nest...

Dr. Frick’s Home for the Mentally Unique is a darkly funny, emotional, and entertaining adaptation of the original musical, Meat Street—a story of a planet that’s lost its soul. In 2001, a workshop of Meat Street finished literally, days before 9/11. America was reeling. It wasn’t the time for a show with a controversial subject: how all of life’s problems were mental diseases and the solution was a little orange pill called NoZone. But, now it’s back—and more relevant than ever. Prepare to be shocked!

Meat Street began as a double-CD set, with a booklet containing the synopsis and lyrics [there wasn’t even a script yet]. However, the score was a hit, with show music hosts raving about the songs. One of them stated: “But while all these facets are impressive it is the message that allows it to stand out from the mass.” And that’s what motivated Neal Fox to revive the musical, but this time, as an animated “bed-time” story called, Dr. Frick’s Home for the Mentally Unique.

Young Orson can’t fall sleep. The bad news on TV is keeping him up. Finally, he calls out for his Uncle Neal to tell him a story. Well, this isn’t your usual family. Orson is a precocious five year-old, and his uncle is a wee bit eccentric. So the story his uncle reads to him, is a real nail biter.

Three best friends, under totally difference circumstances, end up as patients at Happy Hills. Tony worries about the world and thinks he’s saving mankind by selling Lo-Flow toilets. Danielle, his rather timid fiancee, is making the world a better place by painting pretty pictures. And, Flo, a pre-op trans woman, lost in her own problems, is having second thoughts about her surgery. A collision of crises lands them on Dr. Frick’s doorstep seeking help. But there’s a darker side to Dr. Frick, which links him to Tony, a mysterious book, and man called Jon. Q. Public.

While there is a single narrator for the main story-telling, the musical parts and dialogue within the lyrics, were previously recorded by a very talented group of [non-cast] singers.

The feature-length film is scheduled for release in 2026. Meanwhile the audiobook, the script of the audiobook, and 26-song score are available on Amazon (and other digital outlets).

Note: This is not appropriate for young children as it is not an actual children’s bed-time story.

Audiobook script, Dr. Frick’s Home for the Mentally Unique,©2024 Neal Fox.

All songs written and produced by Neal Fox, ©Foxalot Music — BMI