In the previous year, Henson had produced a documentary for NBC Experiment in Television, "Youth '68".
A stool is brought in by a maintenance man named Arnie who discovers it covered in strawberry jam as he wipes it down.
His first visitor is a woman named Margaret who claims that the man is her husband Ted as she appears with parents are also present.
Arnie exclaims that the only trouble with this establishment is that there is no organization and The Man wouldn't believe the weirdos that run it.
They find different things in the panels of the Cube like smuggled diamonds in the chocolate rabbit, a stack of gold bullion from the Bank of Munich, vital plans of the X-74 (which was classified top secret), microfilm documenting the entire National Security System, an arsenal (consisting of machine guns, sten guns, dynamite), and a bound and gagged Dr. Kingsley (who was missing for two weeks as part of a ransom).
She then changes her mind and wants tangerine paint as the Man struggles to get his leg out from the position the handcuffs have him in.
Arnie states to the Man that he is actually spraying deodorant and that Miss Bix can't tell the difference.
After the band leaves, Mr. Thomas briefly enters telling the Man that the "Rest Period" is over.
When the Man states that if he re-enters his Cube where he won't get out again, Watson ranted about having to depend on the squares.
A seductress named Cora enters as a couch and a liquor cabinet suddenly appear.
As they make out, a physician named Dr. Bradowski enters with Dr. Bingham (Moe Margolese) and a nurse (Jean Christopher) run some medical tests on the Man while Cora leaves.
A female partygoer named Mrs. Stratton (Alice Hill) exclaims that Mr. Thomas is projected and states that nobody having a party in the Man's Cube is real.
Arnie fixes the hole and leaves stating that the scientist is a real pain in the neck.
Mr. Thomas leaves stating that the Man is getting pretty good at predicting these things.
Before leaving, the monk gives the Man an orb called the Ramadar which is supposed to hold the meaning of life.
The Man smashes it with the stool to find that inexplicably it is made of strawberry jam inside.
As the credits roll, the Man wanders around the room one last time and then sits down on the floor apparently resigned to his fate of never getting out while the band's song is reprised in the background.
In 2007, the German Fringe Theater troupe Glassbooth presented a live stage adaptation of The Cube titled KUBUS, directed by Roger Hoffmann and starring Jens Dornheim.
[1] In 2012, Tale of Sand, a graphic novel co-written by Henson and Juhl, was released utilizing similar set pieces and sight gags.