Don't Drop The Potato

Dont Drop the Potato is the story of a sixteen-year-old boys search for meaning in a world of chaos. A place to sleep something to eat sex drugs and rock n roll music drag Chip along lifes journeyA broken home with a father in prison forces Chip along with his mother and brother to move from California to Arizona to live with relatives. Chips mother picks a fight with her sister-in-law which lands them on the street only to hitchhike back home to California. Harassed by hoodlums while hungry cold and worn out they end up sleeping on a park bench in the dismal town of El Centro. Chips mother and brother fall asleep leaving Chip alone to stare into the abyss. Emotionally broken a grief-stricken Chip realizes there is no God and that hes alone. When hes kicked out of school for fighting Chip hooks up with two other outcasts Steve and Frank. One day as the boys are sitting around Franks house they come up with the wild and desperate idea to free the prisoners from the Bay of Pigs. Bonded by this grandiose scheme they steal a car and head east to Key West Florida in search of freedom and glory. Their impulsive adventure forces them to face lifes challenges and one another in ways they never imagined. Through laughs rage and tragic loss Chip barely manages to survive clinging to his sanity via a precious hope to not give up--to not drop the potato.