Future Performer Gifts

"You should learn how to play the guitar. It'll give you something to fall back on."

'How are the ventriloquist lessons going?'

The fate of the emigrant

In the future, human thought will enter an age of clarity and purity never before dreamed of.

'Believing any filming experience may help launch acting careers, some even stage their appearances before closed circuit cameras.'

"I did the best dental health poster in the class. I just hope Mr. Tooth Decay doesn't hold a grudge."

"College basketball recruiters are after him."

"My mom says I can start a rock band if I call it 'I Love My Mommy.' You in?"

Standard endings for sci-fi movies...

"... And his piano teacher says that he definitely has Van Gough's ear for music."

Drummer

'I have a feeling one day when he grows up he'll be an artist of some kind.'

Exercising

"What do you want to be when you blow up?"

'We'll send you to acting class when you're older. For now, get up and get ready for school.'

Danae's Celebrity Career: 'Don't you know who I am?...I've decided to pursue a career as a celebrity, so I'm developing the basic language skills used in the industry.'

'I wish his guidance counselor spent more time on college plans and less time suggesting names for his band.'

Violin Player

Danae's Celebrity Career: 'I don't know where to begin in deciding what I want to be when I grow up...I want people to shut and leave me alone, and I need lots of attention, so...'

"If there is no more American Idol what am I going to do to become famous?"

X Factor contestant dressed as a 'Y'.

"'How to Buy Tickets on Bezos' Spaceship so You Can Live to See Your Teens,' by Chloe Butler."

"That' a wonderful picture, sweetheart. You know, maybe we should keep all of this garbage, in case you become a famous artist."

'In the future, that should produce thousands of PhD theses.'

"I couldn't get a signal while I was at the mall. I can now relate to those songs that sing about the blues."

"Someday our robots will have all our anxieties for us."

"Man, how to you guys get that great new flying saucer smell in here?!'

'But Marvin, you can't be a college graduate for a living!'

'There is NO way I can perform under that kind of pressure!'

'When I grow up, if I don't become a pro basketball player, about about 'spin doctor'?'

"It's a time machine. I came to show it to you next week but you were busy."