Frisco Pigeon Mambo

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Frisco Pigeon Mambo
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Author C.D. Payne
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAIVIA Press
Publication date
2000
Pages186
ISBN 1882647246

Frisco Pigeon Mambo is a 2000 absurdist fiction novel by author C.D. Payne.

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Plot Summary

The plot revolves around a group of pigeons who were raised in a scientific lab and forced to smoke cigarettes and drink sherry [1] . Because they have only interacted with humans, they assume they are human. [1] They are extremely happy living in captivity, and their lives are upturned when a clueless animal rights group frees them from the lab. [2] In revenge, the birds wreak havoc on San Francisco in order to maintain their smoking and drinking habits. [1] [2]

Film Adaptation

In 1999, the book entered pre-production to be made into an animated film called Frisco Pigeon Mambo by the Farrelly Brothers for 20th Century Fox Animation. [3] In 2000, the project was moved to Blue Sky Studios due to layoffs at 20th Century Fox Animation and the then-closure of their original studio. [4] [5] By 2003, Seth MacFarlane had been added on as a writer, and the project was renamed as Party Animals. [6] [7] The film was never released for unknown reasons.

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