Food for Thought story
The Great Zambini, an abusive and mentally unstable circus performer with psychic abilities and a passion for cooking, attempts to read the mind of his wife and assistant, Connie, as she can already read his. When he is finally able to read Connie's mind, he does so just as she is in the middle of an affair with the show's fire-eater, Johnny, causing Zambini to go insane with jealousy. Also starring Phil Fondacaro. Directed by: Roman Flender. Story by: Larry Wilson.
16 total · 1 choice · 7 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| romantic jealousy | choice | Zambini was unhinged and extremely jealous of his wife's attentions. When he telepathically sensed that she was cheating on him he responded by lighting the cuckolder on fire and letting him burn to death. |
| controlling partner | major | Connie lived in fear of her abusive and mentally unstable husband, Zambini. He controlled her social interactions and threatened her with violence. |
| domestic violence | major | Connie lived in fear of her abusive and mentally unstable husband, Zambini, who threatened her with violence and gave her a black eye at one point. |
| husband and wife | major | Connie was under the thumb of her abusive and mentally unstable husband, Zambini. He coerced her to perform fellatio as he gorged himself on chocolates, controlled her social interactions, and gave her a black eye at one point. |
| mind reading ability | major | Connie had psychic abilities that enabled her to read Zambini's mind. Zambini manifested his own ability to read minds toward the end of the story and through it learned that Connie was cheating on him. |
| murder | major | Zambini doused the fire eater in a flammable liquid and set him ablaze. Connie got revenge by arranging for Zambini to be eaten by a gorilla. |
| romantic infidelity | major | Connie took up with the fire-eater, Johnny, to the ire of her jealous and abusive husband, Zambini. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | Zambini doused the cuckolding fire eater in a flammable liquid and set him ablaze. Connie got revenge by arranging for Zambini to be eaten by a gorilla. |
| compassion | minor | Johnny took compassion on the caged gorilla by chiding the midget for tormenting it. He later handed the gorilla a pity banana. |
| conjoined twins | minor | Two identical twin sisters, who were fused at the chest, were an attraction at the circus. |