A man answers the front door of his home to a surprise. Another guy, holding a parakeet in a cage, has come to date his wife. “Are you her brother?” asks the clueless suitor.
Cut to the outraged husband confronting his wife with a dead parakeet in his hand. She is aroused by his anger, and leads him to the bedroom.
Later, another guy comes to the door, this one with a small dog. Another husband-wife confrontation with similar results as the first one. Then, one more guy … with a tiger. You see where this is going.
This absurdist scenario of a woman desperately trying to reignite the passion in her marriage is the set-up of “We’re Boring, Harold,” a comic short that comes in just under six minutes, available on YouTube. This remarkably well-produced and funny pillow mint of a film is also a peek into the comic sensibilities of Santa Cruz writer/director/actor Drew Crocker.