A Random

SCIFI.radio story

Earth hosts a cosmic talent show for extraterrestrial performers who want to plug us into a power grid and use us as living batteries even though they can all do credible singing impressions of Ethel Merman who tend to stutter under pressure when confronted by the army, navy, air force, space force and/or marines but one cunning young man somehow convinces them that people are okay and they die anyway.
The End.