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Doo Wah Diddy
A Jukebox Journey
A musical written by Christopher Davies
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CAST
2014
Daniel
Lead Boy (Brady)
Sandra
Lead Girl (Mack)
1964 SURFERS
Finn
Lead Boy (Tanner)
Moondog
Surfer Boy (Seacat)
Gidget
Surfer Girl (Giggles)
Dax
Sufer Boy (Rascal)
1964 BIKERS – “Yellow Jackets”
Wheels
Biker Dude (Butchy)
Veronica
Lead Girl (Lela)
Jimmy
Biker Sidekick (Lugnuts)
Jo-Jo
Biker Girl 1 (Chi-Chi)
Babs
Biker Girl 2 (Struts)
1964 JOCKS – “Sharks”
Lucas
Jock Boy (Baller dude)
Mary-Lou
Cheerleader
Betty-Jo
Cheerleader
Bobby-Pin
Cheerleader
1964 NERDS
Marty
Nerd Boy
Susie
Nerd Girl
1964 VILLIANS
Miss Val Crowe
Villian 1 (Camembert)
Professor Von Zipper Villian 2 (Dr Fusion)
1964
Doc Brown
Crazy scientist
Tilly
Waitress
2014 adults
Miss Shakespere
Drama Teacher
Mrs Dee
Mother
LEAD SINGERS
Haley Woods 22
Nada Ragab 4
Devni Arambawela
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Lily Greness 22
Katie Summers 23
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Courtney Fakiki 3
Madeline Vivian 2
Cameron Mur 4
Brayden Nunn 4
Rebecca Bernal 3
Jeremiah Cabrera 3
Erik McGuire 2
Renee Clydesdale 4
Joel Newman 22
Isobel Estopey 3
Ruby Stoeckhardt 1
Travis Stuckey 23
Chloe Sutherland 4
Paris Hastings 23
Brodie Hendy 23
Elijah Attrill 22
Mackenzie Rapson
3
Laticia Olivo 4
Arina Melnikova 3
Daniel Generowicz 2
Taimania Graham 4
Jesse Small 2
Melanie Kearney-Buza 22
Paige deGroot 23
Megan Lees 2
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BANDS
The Waves
Jason Sullivan 4
Robbie Kuzek 2
Kye Howarth 2
Delcan Curran 2
Benson Hoareau 2
Danushi Godakanda 3
Drummer
Bass Guitar
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Percussion
Keyboard 1
Keyboard 2
Marvel Eleven as “The Rockets”
Jamie Mattsson
Drummer
Blaze Homan
Bass Guitar
Luke Hatfield
Guitar 1
Luke Attrill
Keyboard 1
Keyboard 2
Guitar 2
Keeley Mitchell
Vocalist
BACKSTAGE
Mini-D
Lighting
A.V.
Sound
Mr Wakeling
Mr Payne
Green Room
Props Master
Photography & Video
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Jake Goodes 5L22
Luke Waddell 6W4
Sean Harris; 6W4
Jackson Rozen-Lincoln 6W4
Dawson Hiscock 5H23
Alex Tisi 6RC3
Brodie Prinzi 6S2
Trevor Davenne 5L22
Jordan White 5L22
Ariana Hollis 6S2
Alisha Liddle 5L22
Brodie Pendlebury 5L22
Kyle Wayman 6S2
John Sgnoun 6RC3
Tony Van 6W4
Maddison McKay 6RC3
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1. 2014
2. The Diner
3. Shindig at Arnold’s
4. Secret Hideout
5. Couples
6. Doo Wah Diddy
7. The Blob
8. The Next Morning
9. Hanging Ten
10. Sock Hop
11. Villians
12. Together
13. Villians Undone
14. Back to the Future
15. 2014
BOWS
FINALS
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SCENES & MUSICAL SEQUENCES
School Days
Surfin’ Safari
Little Honda
Peppermint Twist
Leader of the Pack
Stupid Cupid
I Want to Hold Your Hand
My Boyfriend’s Back
Fun, Fun, Fun
Doo Wah Diddy
Wake Up, Little Susie
Doo Wah Diddy – reprise
Hawaii Five-O
Da Doo Ron Ron
The Hand Jive
Chapel of Love
Help Me Rhonda
It’s My Party
Land of 1000 Dances
Rock Around the Clock
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SCENE 1: 2014
(House Curtains are closed. Spotlight on DANIEL and SANDRA enter via foyer doors.)
DANIEL:
SANDRA:
DANIEL:
SANDRA:
DANIEL:
SANDRA:
DANIEL:
Come on, we don’t want to be late for rehearsals.
Okay, okay. But I don’t get why we had to dress up.
Just for some fun. Live in the moment.
Daniel, no one else will be in costume, and…I’m not even on stage. I’m crew.
But you should be, Sandra. We’d be so good on stage together.
Actually, Daniel, I have something I need to tell you…
Later, come on.
(BLACKOUT. House Curtains open. MIDS are closed, AV screen down)
SONG: SCHOOL DAYS
SHAKESPERE:
Okay, people. That’s looking okay. Not great, but okay! (sees Sandra)
Miss Dee, you chose to work backstage…again. So kindly remove yourself from
the stage.
DANIEL:
But she’s good. At least put her in the ensemble.
SHAKESPERE: She made her choice.
SANDRA:
It doesn’t matter. It’s just a silly rock’n’roll surfie show, set in a Happy Days 50s
era.
DANIEL:
Silly? Surfers, bikers, cheerleaders. They must have been great times.
SANDRA:
You don’t find the 50s just a bit silly?
SHAKESPERE: What I find a bit silly, Miss Dee, is your naivety. This era defined an entire
culture.
DANIEL:
Take this script. A surfer guy and a biker girl share a secret love while trying to
unite their rivaling gangs as a greedy business mogul tries to turn their hangout
into a shopping mall, by building a weather machine which blows up, creating a
massive thunderstorm. Silliness, really?
SANDRA:
Okay, I’ll read the riveting script later…but I really need to talk to you.
DANIEL:
Look! (opens script and acts out scene) “Get your soggy surfin’ mitts off my
sister.” “And you get your lazy greasy biker hands of my buddy.” (chuckles) So
good.
SANDRA:
But they burst into song for no reason. I just don’t get musical theatre sometimes.
SHAKESPERE: Well, while you ponder that thought, go into the set store and get the jukebox
out. Let’s start building this stage.
(as Sandra starts to walk off, MUM walks in)
SANDRA:
Mum!
MOTHER:
Surprise!
SANDRA:
What are you doing here?
MOTHER:
We need to start packing, Sandra. (everyone is surprised) Oh, you haven’t told
them yet?
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DANIEL:
MOTHER:
Told us what?
Her new life begins next week, at the renowned and academic Clint Eastwood
High School. This singing and dancing has come to an end.
DANIEL:
What?
(SANDRA runs to corner upset)
SHAKESPERE: Well, this is an interesting development.
(BLACKOUT – cast exit)
(LIGHTS Corner DL. While scene plays out Jukebox is wheeled out under AV screen.)
DANIEL:
Why didn’t you tell me?
SANDRA:
I’ve tried a few times. I just…couldn’t.
DANIEL:
You’re just going to, up and go. I thought you liked it here at Rydell. This is where
you grew up. This is where your friends are. This is where I am.
SANDRA:
I was really lucky to get in. It’ll pave the way for my future. I know you’re upset.
But I just didn’t know how to tell you.
DANIEL:
It’s the other side of the state. Aren’t you happy here?
SANDRA:
Of course I am, but no one else in my family had this chance. I have to take it. I
have to do it for them.
DANIEL:
No, you don’t. Sandra, you can be anything you want. What about us?
SANDRA:
We’ll still be friends. We’ll skype.
DANIEL:
It won’t be the same.
SANDRA:
I don’t have a choice. The show will still go ahead.
(lights up C on jukebox.)
(DANIEL shakes his head in frustration. Walks to Jukebox as a distraction from the conversation)
DANIEL:
Here it is. It looks rather old.
SANDRA: (pleading) Daniel.
DANIEL:
I wonder if it still works. (picks up the power cord which is laying on the ground)
SANDRA:
Daniel, this has been fun. I’ve enjoyed doing this with you, and now…. now I wish
I would have done at least one performance on stage with you (she walks over and
puts her hand on the jukebox). I don’t want it to end like this.
DANIEL:
Me too.
(DANIEL plugs the jukebox into the wall and turns it on.)
LIGHTS FLASH. MUSIC BLARES.
BLACKOUT
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SCENE 2: The Diner
The set is a 50s diner, with chairs/tables, a booth, band area, bench & server doors, and jukebox.
SANDRA & DANIEL are beside the jukebox in the same pose as earlier. MARTY & SUSIE are
engrossed in a book or academic works. TILLY enters to wipe down the bench as lights come up.
(spot light)
SANDRA:
What did you do?
DANIEL:
I just plugged it in. That’s all.
SANDRA:
You nearly electrocuted me.
BRADY:
Nothing happened. Everything’s okay. Gee.
(LIGHTS DIM UP to FULL STAGE – 6 seconds.)
SANDRA:
(seeing a new scene) Daniel?
DANIEL:
Yeah?
SANDRA:
Daniel! (suggesting he look about)
DANIEL:
(seeing the malt shop) Yeah.
(ENTER excitedly: CHEERLEADERS, LUCAS, FINN, MOONDOG, GIDGET, DAX & Class
Surfers.)
GIDGET:
Let’s have some music, Dax.
DAX:
Sure thing. How about Presley? (on his way to jukebox he sees Daniel and
Sandra. He gives them a curious look.)
MOONDOG: I prefer Buddy Holly .
GIDGET:
I like the Beach Boys.
DAX:
You got it, Gidget.
LUCAS:
Shake those pom-poms, girls.
CHEERLEADERS: Goooooo Sharks.
(music starts. All cheer)
SONG: Surfin’ Safari (lead by Finn & Dax)
DANIEL:
I love this song.
SANDRA:
(willing him to not sing) Daniel. Daniel!
(During song characters will introduce themselves)
DANIEL:
That was awesome! I mean, insane! Um…what’up, dog.
MOONDOG Far out, he thinks we’re animals.
SANDRA:
No, no…it’s an expression. It means…yeah, he’s right. It does sound ridiculous.
MOONDOG And where are you cats from?
SANDRA:
Oh, so cats is okay, but dogs is weird?
DANIEL:
Just follow my lead.
SANDRA:
Is it leading us home?
DANIEL:
We’re from….far away. Um…not far away.
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SANDRA:
We’re from….not far away. Oh…far away.
DANIEL:
Right. Not too far away…
SANDRA:
…but far. A close far.
MOONDOG: Hey, Dax.
DAX:
Yeah, Moondog?
MOONDOG: It seems to me we’ve got a couple of uninvited hodads…
DAX:
Hodads!
MOONDOG: …that we need to put the kibosh on.
DAX:
Kibosh!
DANIEL:
No, no! You’ve got it all wrong.
MOONDOG: This is Arnold’s. Our place! And we don’t jelly
DAX:
Jelly!!
MOONDOG: ….roll to outsiders.
(motorbike sfx. SURFERS look with fright and all run to hide at side of diner. DANIEL & SANDRA
run behind the bench with Tilley)
SANDRA:
What’s happening?
TILLY:
Bikers, honey. And the surfers and bikers don’t get along. This could be messier
than a two year old eating spaghetti.
(Bikers enter, in a very choreographed entrance and sequence).
TILLY:
That’s Wheels. The leader of the Yellow Jackets.
DANIEL:
That’s so cool.
WHEELS:
Surfers. Thought I smelt something fishy.
MOONDOG: Yellow Jackets. I thought I heard an annoying buzz.
GIDGET:
I thought you Yellow Jackets were all exterminated.
JIMMY:
I thought you surfers was all washed up.
WHEELS:
Yeah, cause clearly youse are all drips.
JIMMY:
I don’t get it.
JO-JO:
You should all make like the ocean, and wave goodbye. ‘Cause Wheels wants this
place all to himself.
BABS
Yeah, Wheels wants this place all to himself.
WHEELS:
They does not lie.
MOONDOG: Well, Arnold’s is a perfect hangout. And we want this place to ourselves.
WHEELS:
Well, I’m so very sorry, but that might not probably happen. (pokes MOONDOG).
FINN:
Excuse me. Excuse me. (makes his way to front). What?
WHEELS:
I’ll show you what. (clicks fingers – VERONICA bumps the jukebox)
SONG - Little Honda lead by Wheels
Surfers & Bikers go to their sides of the diner.
SANDRA & DANIEL sit in front of the bar.
SANDRA:
Oh, great. So we’re in the middle of a surf’n’turf war. Tell me, (looks at name
badge), Tilly. Where are we?
TILLY:
You’re in Arnold’s. Best burgers this side of town.
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SANDRA:
No, no. Um. When are we? What’s the date today?
TILLY:
It’s the 17th September, dear. And it will be all day.
SANDRA:
(calm, to DANIEL) Okay.
TILLY:
1964.
SANDRA & DANIEL: 1964? What?
(SANDRA drags DANIEL DC)
SANDRA:
Remember that musical about aliens who could only play S-Club7 music. And they
enter a Worst Band Competition and win, only to be tricked and exiled where they
meet their rock god and then come back and save the universe by playing music
by Twisted Sister.
DANIEL:
Yeah.
SANDRA:
That makes more sense than this.
DANIEL:
I have an idea. I’ll use iphone.
SANDRA:
In 1964.
DANIEL:
Yeah, to call my folks…who haven’t even been born yet. Right.
SANDRA:
We have to get out of here, wherever “here” is, right now!
DANIEL:
C’mon on, it could be fun to hang for a bit. No drama teacher yelling at us. No
pushy mum putting pressure on us about school and our futures.
SANDRA:
I only have one week to finish everything up. Well, one week and fifty years. And I
just want it to be a memorable week.
DANIEL:
So, maybe to get back home, we have to work out how we got here in the first
place.
SANDRA:
Okay. We were in the set store getting the jukebox.
DANIEL:
I plugged it in to see if would work.
SANDRA:
Music started playing…
DANIEL:
Then flashes of light, like electricity and lightning bolts.
(MARTY overhears this and makes his way forward cautiously)
SANDRA:
Right. Right! So we just have to wait for another jukebox to blow a fuse.
DANIEL:
But we’re in luck because there is a jukebox over there.
SANDRA:
Right, because jukeboxes do that all the time. Right?
MARTY:
It would if it got a bit hit of electricity. Like lightning.
(SURFERS come forward. MARTY scurries away).
MOONDOG: Hey, we’re having a shreddin’ shindig here tonight. You should come join us.
DANIEL:
That’d be blastin’!
SURFERS: Cowabunga! (they all exit)
SANDRA:
We’re stuck in another dimension and your idea of a good use of time is to party? I
need some fresh air to think. (she exits, followed by DANIEL).
TILLY:
Lucas, how’s the team doing this year?
BOBBY-PIN: He’s hit lots of touchdowns
LUCAS:
I play basketball, Bobby-Pin. We score baskets.
BOBBY-PIN: Touchdowns, baskets, strikes…they all win games.
LUCAS:
I think we’re the best team in the league. (does a couple of star jumps) And
we plan on taking out that Championship game this week.
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(does a couple of push-ups then checks his biceps. The cheerleaders go crazy)
MARY-LOU: Don’t worry, Lucas. We’ll be there to support you.
BETTY-JO: All the way.
CHEERLEADERS: West High, West High, All the Way
West High, West High, Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Bas…ket….ball.
Goooo Sharks. Yay!!
LUCAS:
That’s great, girls. Nearly as good as these. (Cheerleaders go crazy at his
biceps again as he poses). And when we win, we’re coming back here to
make this our hang-out. Those surfers and bikers have had long enough
to decide. (they all exit)
MARTY: (turns to SUSIE. This is obviously a painful experience for him.) Hi, Susie.
SUSIE: (looking up) What did you say?
MARTY:
Oh, I was just wondering. (pause) How’s the book?
SUSIE:
It’s….ah… a good book.
MARTY:
I’ll have to try reading sometime. (quick correction) Read it. Um, I can read. I
don’t need to try reading. I meant…oh, gee. (hands to head. Big breath. He gets
up and walks to her table.) Can I sit here?
SUSIE:
Sure. (MARTY sits. They both react awkwardly nervous.)
MARTY:
I sit at the counter a lot.
SUSIE:
I know. (shys away after saying this)
MARTY:
(excited) You do? (big smile) Susie, um, there’s this new movie opening
tomorrow.
SUSIE:
That’s close.
MARTY:
Yeah. Um, it’s called The Blob.
SUSIE:
It sounds romantic. (they both blush)
MARTY:
(nervous chuckle) yeah.
SUSIE:
(eager) I’d like to go. (pause) But I might be busy.
MARTY:
Oh yeah. Me too. (pause. Stand.) Say, can I take you home?
SUSIE: (stand) That would be nice.
MARTY:
(sits, remembering) Oh!
SUSIE: (sits) What’s the matter?
MARTY:
I rode my bike. Don’t suppose you want to ride on the handlebars? (SUSIE
shakes her head, with an embarrassed smile). Oh heck. I can come back for it.
(They exit)
BLACKOUT
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SCENE 3 - Shindig at Arnold’s
SURFERS are at tables. CLASS 50s are scattered.
SONG: PEPPERMINT TWIST by The Waves
SANDRA:
DANIEL:
JIMMY:
WHEELS:
JO-JO:
WHEELS:
(SANDRA and DANIEL are sitting at table up front)
So, this is a Shindig.
Yep!
(bikers enter)
So, boss, how we gonna get Arnold’s to be just a biker joint?
Shut up, I’m thinking.
How long’s that gonna take?
Oh great, now I’s got two things to think about. (clicks fingers, they walk)
(YELLOW JACKETS sit at the table)
SONG: LEADER OF THE PACK by “The Waves”
VERONICA:
WHEELS:
VERONICA:
JO-JO:
BABS:
JIMMY:
WHEELS:
VERONICA:
Sodas for everyone.
Thanks, sis. Those surfers weren’t bothering you, were they?
No. Of course, not. You know, they’re not so bad.
All surfers is bad.
Yeah, all surfers is bad.
Except for the ones that are very bad.
They’re even worse. (he laughs. They all laugh. Click fingers to stop)
It’s time. Come on. Let’s go. (she drags Babs & JoJo with her)
SONG: STUPID CUPID lead by Veronica (Babs & Jo-Jo support)
DANIEL:
Come on, let’s dance.
SANDRA:
No, sorry.
SANDRA:
Look, I can’t wait around, I’m going to see if I can find someone to help.
(as she exits, she bumps into FINN and he starts dancing with her)
( at end of song, DANIEL sees VERONICA slips and he catches her. She gazes and smiles)
VERONICA: You saved my life.
DANIEL:
Not really. The most you would have done is broken a nail.
VERONICA: I’m Veronica. Who are you?
DANIEL:
Daniel, Your-Knight-In-Shining-Denim.
VERONICA: Wow, that’s a really long last name. (both give a nervous sigh.)
FINN:
Heyyy! Nice of you to bump into me.
SANDRA:
Sorry, I didn’t see you.
FINN:
Now that you do, do you like what you see?
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SANDRA:
Sure, umm, it’s really nice to meet you. Excuse me for one moment. (goes to
DANIEL) Umm, Daniel. Can I just have a moment with you? A really quick
moment.
DANIEL:
Excuse me, Veronica.
VERONICA: Thanks for saving me. It was really nice meeting you.
(SANDRA drags DANIEL DC)
SANDRA:
The mannequin with six rows of teeth just asked me out. (he smiles)
(Everyone on stage stands around, looking lost and confused.)
DANIEL:
Sandra, something’s not right.
SANDRA:
There’s a lot of things that aren’t right.
DANIEL:
No, no, look. Nothing’s happening. It’s like they don’t know what to do next.
SANDRA:
They look lost. Like they’ve all forgotten their lines.
(look at each other with realization. DANIEL pulls script from back pocket and runs to the corner)
(LIGHTS DOWN. Corner Spot. DL)
DANIEL:
(reading the script) Oh, gee! Oh, wow! No way!
SANDRA:
Please don’t tell me…
DANIEL:
THIS is the script. This is our play.
SANDRA:
I told you not to tell me.
DANIEL:
This is the part in the script where the two leads get together. It’s the start of our
journey home. Veronica and Finn meet at this shindig. Finn is supposed to stop
Veronica from falling and they sing a duet together.
SANDRA:
And after that.
DANIEL:
They fall in love and an instant dance battle breaks out. (look about, worried) And
they didn’t meet because I caught Veronica and you danced with Finn.
SANDRA:
I did not “dance” with him. I bumped into him…so, there’s no turf war.
DANIEL:
Right.
SANDRA:
So, we changed the script?
DANIEL:
We changed the script.
SANDRA:
We changed the script.
DANIEL:
Yeah.
SANDRA:
Well, will it change anything.
DANIEL:
It changed who they fell for. Who knows what else it could effect.
SANDRA:
(composing herself) Okay. Daniel, back in the theatre, you said there’s a storm at
the end of the movie.
DANIEL:
Yeah, three days after they meet.
SANDRA:
And that guy, (pointing to MARTY’s chair), said we could blow a fuse with a hit of
lightning…from a storm.
DANIEL:
(starting to catch on) Yeah!.
SANDRA:
I’m going to ask you something, even though I know, and I know you know I don’t
want to know, is there anything that happens in the next three days that could
somehow effect that storm.
(get script out and read. React badly. )
DANIEL:
Desperate to get Arnold’s, Val Crowe hires a mad scientist to build a weather
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machine. I remember reading this the other night. Val wants to buy out Arnold’s, and use this
property to build a shopping mall. When Arnold’s says no, he makes other plans. (sfx and light
flash. DANIEL point) No way. It’s Val Crowe’s secret hideout.
SANDRA:
It’s not hidden very well to be much of a secret.
BLACKOUT
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SCENE 4 - The Secret Hideout
Weather machine sits centre stage. VAL & VONZIPPER are standing beside it. AV reads Secret
Hideout. DANIEL & SANDRA sneak in and hide behind a box.
DANIEL:
That’s Val Crowe. She sounds all British and proper, but really she’s just from
Narre Warren.
SANDRA:
And who’s that?
DANIEL:
And that’s Professor Von Zipper. A scientist with degrees in engineering and
meteorology.
SANDRA:
Wow, detailed character analysis. And what’s that?
DANIEL:
That is the Diabolical Weather Altering Machine.
CROWE:
I’ve always dreamed of having my own shopping mall since I was a little girl. And
to do it through diabolical methods just makes it so much more exciting.
ZIPPER:
So much more exciting!
CROWE:
When we alter the weather patterns, the ocean will sit flat with no waves to ride,
the humidity will be so dense it’ll rust every piece of their chrome machines and the
basketball courts will warp and be too slippery and bumpy to play on.
ZIPPER:
The bikers will ride to get the best burgers on the other side of town. The surfers
will hang ten elsewhere. The ballers and their cheerleaders will dunk and pyramid
at another school.
CROWE:
And I will triumph!
ZIPPER:
And the nerds will go back to studying in the library.
CROWE:
Yes…but I will triumph! Triumph I say.
ZIPPER:
And you shall have the last laugh.
CROWE:
I’ve always been weary of having the last laugh. What if it’s only moderately
funny?
(banter with laughs. ZIPPER finish with big Ha)
SANDRA:
(sarcastic) I’m surprised this script hasn’t been produced on Broadway.
DANIEL:
Sandra, in the script, Veronica and Finn discover Val Crowe’s plan. They unite the
bikers and surfers and ruin their plans. They destroy the machine, which creates
an explosion, and that’s what creates the storm.
SANDRA:
So, if Veronica and Finn don’t get back together, like the script says they should…
DANIEL:
…then the chain of events that create that storm won’t happen.
SANDRA:
There’ll be no lightning, we’ll be stuck here and never get home.
DANIEL:
Don’t worry. We’ll figure it out.
BLACKOUT
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SCENE 5 - Couples
Back inside Arnold’s. Bikers are sitting together at the booth. FINN sits to side with a guitar.
DANIEL & SANDRA enter. VERONICA runs to DANIEL. Meet C.
VERONICA:
Thanks again for catching me. (sees SANDRA) Oh, bonkers! Are you two
together? I would never take another girl’s boy. That would be stealing. And
probably very hard to return.
SANDRA:
No, we’re not together. We’re friends.
DANIEL:
Veronica, this is Sandra.
VERONICA: So, you wouldn’t mind if Daniel and I had a soda together?
SANDRA:
Please, sodas are meant to be shared, that’s why they’re called sodas.
VERONICA: You guys are strange. I like that. Um, I’ll get us a table, Danny. (turns to SANDRA)
Oh, it is very nice to meet you.
SANDRA:
Danny? (she chuckles) She's crushing on you and that’s good.
DANIEL:
Well, yeah. But why is that good?
(SANDRA points to FINN. Daniel shakes his head, clueless)
SANDRA:
I can explain it to you, “Danny”…but I can't understand it for you.
DANIEL: (trying to work it out) So the way to get her to like him, is for me to deflect her affections
off of me and on to him.
SANDRA:
I really hope so. I'm gonna do the same with Finn.
DANIEL:
All right. Make the girls not like me. Don’t know what that’s like, but I’ll give it a go.
(SANDRA shakes her head, then walks to FINN. DANIEL goes to VERONICA)
DANIEL:
So, Veronica, how come you bikers don't get along with the surfers?
VERONICA: Call me Ronny. Well, Danny, it's always been like that. We're not supposed
to have a lot in common. Plus, we both want Arnold’s to be ours.
DANIEL:
Some of them seem pretty cool, like, um, that guy Finn.
VERONICA: It was very courageous of you to charge the stage like that, and save my life.
DANIEL:
Courageous? No, no, no. Maybe. I mean, I'm sure anyone would've done the
same. Even a surfer.
VERONICA: You're my hero.
DANIEL:
Hero? I mean... Listen, Ronny...It's amazing spending time with you, but it's not...
I'm not what you think.
SANDRA:
Hi.
FINN:
Hi.
SANDRA:
Um, do you mind if I join you?
FINN:
Of course not. I'd wanna join me, too. So, hey, I've never seen a chick quite like
you.
SANDRA:
Chick? Really? Hold on while I lay some eggs.
FINN:
Okay.
SANDRA:
No, that was, um... Never mind.
FINN:
Ok.
SANDRA:
So you play the guitar.
FINN:
I know.
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SANDRA:
FINN:
SANDRA:
FINN:
SANDRA:
FINN:
SANDRA:
FINN:
SANDRA:
FINN:
SANDRA:
FINN:
SANDRA:
FINN:
SANDRA:
No, I mean...Are you good?
I feel a little tired, but...
At playing guitar.
Well, sure, when something inspires me. "If music be the food of love, play on".
Was that Shakespeare?
Huh? No, that was me. Sometimes I talk low for effect.
Oh, well, it works.
Thanks. I can do... High...also, but chicks really dig low better.
(awkward) Yeah.
You know, I dig you, Sandy. You're different than other girls around here.
Sandy? Hmph, okay! Actually, no. I'm not different. I'm totally the same.
The same as what?
As everyone that isn't different.
You mind if I write a song for you?
Uh, yes. What word rhymes with Sandy? Mandy? Grandy? That's a terrible song.
Look, Finn, this isn’t what it seems. It won’t work. And you what’re thinking…
(FINN get’s guitar ready) Oh, good. A song anyway.
SONG: I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND lead by Finn, Veronica, Daniel & Sandra
(DANIEL & SANDRA meet DC)
DANIEL:
Thinkin' that didn't go as well as we hoped.
SANDRA:
Oh, no. You know the script. What do we do?
DANIEL:
Uh, (flicking through the script) The next thing to happen is...The biker girls all have
a pajama party, and the surfer guys all hang at Arnold’s. Maybe we need to get
ourselves invited.
SANDRA:
Yeah.
(VERONCA walks past)
SANDRA:
Veronica! (she grabs her) You know what I have never done?
VERONICA: Kissed a squirrel? Dance with Mr Payne?
SANDRA
All exciting things, but no. I've never had a pajama party.
VERONICA: We do them all the time. We're having one tonight.
SANDRA:
You don't say.
VERONICA: Sure, I do. I just did.
(FINN walks by)
DANIEL:
Finn, what are you guys doing later?
FINN:
Hangin' at Arnold’s. Wanna come?
DANIEL:
Sure.
FINN:
Cool. (he walks to other surfers)
DANIEL:
Girls tend to over complicate things. Hey, Ronny, you should totally invite Sandra
to your sleepover.
VERONICA: Oh, great idea. How about it, Sandra?
SANDRA:
I wouldn't miss it.
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(VERONICA spins about with a “wee”, FINN comes forward and pose. TILLY comes forward to
clean the table.)
DANIEL:
I’m hungry. Tilly, what’s on the menu tonight?
TILLY:
Oh, it’s just a little sauce. I’ll wipe it off. Would you like anything?
SANDRA:
I’m just going to sit here and steam.
TILLY:
That’s nice. I hear it’s good for your sinuses.
(LUCAS and the CHEERLEADERS enter)
LUCAS:
Tilly, have you seen my playbook?
TILLY:
Is that like a workbook?
BOBBY-PIN: No, it’s his script silly. His “play book.”
LUCAS:
If I lose it, the coach will kill me.
TILLY:
Oh, he can’t do that. It’s against the law.
LUCAS:
Ah, here it is. (CHEERLEADERS cheer). Now I can learn my moves.
Take it at ‘em.
MARY-LOU: Go, Lucas!
LUCAS:
Fake left, and crossover right.
BETTY-JO: Go, Lucas!
LUCAS:
Get into a power stance and knock that shot downtown!!
CHEERLEADERS: He’s got style, he’s got game.
Lucas, Lucas, that’s his name!
Gooooo Lucas!!
(SUSIE and MARTY enter. MARTY is carrying maps and a telescope.)
LUCAS:
Hi Marty. Hi Susie.
MARY-LOU: Where are you going with all that stuff?
MARTY:
Oh, we’ve been to Lookout Point.
BETTY-JO: You got there pretty quick.
MARTY:
We sure did. It’s a great place to look at the stars. (cheeleaders all sigh) We saw
all the constellations.
SUSIE:
Yeah, it was very nice.
TILLY:
So that’s what they mean by star struck.
MARTY:
(embarrassed) I guess we’d better keep moving, if we’re going to catch that
movie. Did you want to get something to eat?
SUSIE:
Oh, no. I’m too excited. We’ll get something to eat later. (to the others) We’re
going to see the Blob.
(MARTY & SUSIE exit. TILLY exits into kitchen. LUCAS poses, the CHEERLEADERS cheer,
then they exit.)
BLACKOUT
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SCENE 6 – Doo Wah Diddy
½ side stage each.
GIRLS:
Rug on floor with big pillows. One chair. A mirror table.
BOYS:
Pool table? Jukebox?
Babs starts clapping the intro to song
JO-JO:
What are you doing? (smiles when she realizes & joins in)
Babs sings first line, then all girls join in.
SONG: MY BOYFRIEND’S BACK lead Babs & Jo-Jo
(VERONICA comes forward holding a blue dress in front)
VERONICA: What do you think?
JO-JO:
Oh, my gosh.
VERONICA: Okay.
BABS:
It's beautiful.
VERONICA: Should I wear this to go see, Danny? He loves to surf, and the water's blue, and
this dress is blue...So the next time he goes surfing, he'll see the blue water, and
he'll think of me.
JO-JO:
Oh, my gosh, I love it.
SANDRA:
Why should a boy influence what you choose to wear? Or anything you do?
BABS:
Simple. A girl will look at your dress, a boy will look at how you look in your dress.
JO-JO:
What's the matter with lettin' a boy be in control of things?
SANDRA:
It's your life. You can decide what to do.
BABS:
I decide to let boys decide.
JO-JO:
To ask us out.
SANDRA:
Why don't you just ask them out?
BABS:
Has the spark come off your plugs?
JO-JO:
Yeah, we don't ask anyone out.
SANDRA:
We can do anything a guy can do.
VERONICA: I don't know where you're from, but around here, you have to ask a boy out without
asking him. You know. Like, with your eyes. (lots of giggling)
DANIEL:
MOONDOG:
DANIEL:
MOONDOG:
DANIEL:
FINN:
DANIEL:
What's up?
It's wigged out. I keep missing.
What are you trying to do?
It's this game I play. Where I shoot stuff, and I try to hit that angry bird.
Wait a minute, Angry...Ha. (walks to others) So all you guys do around here is
hang, eat, surf and sing?
Is there any other way?
Sounds perfect.
SONG: FUN, FUN, FUN lead by Finn & Daniel
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DANIEL:
DAX:
DANIEL:
DAX:
FINN:
DANIEL:
FINN:
Sure are some nice chicks around here, like that girl Veronica.
The Yellow Jacket? We don't date no bees.
You wouldn't take out a girl just because she's a biker?
The tide wouldn't take out a girl just because she's a biker.
Don't listen to those guys. Doesn't matter if a girl's a surfer or a biker, or a
bookworm.
What do you like?
Well, a girl's gotta have something special, ya know?
SONG – Doo Wah Diddy Diddy lead by Finn and Veronica
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SCENE 7 – The Blob
Two chairs are facing the AV screen. MARTY and SUSIE are sitting up watching the movie.
The screen shows “the blob” and teachers being devoured.
SUSIE jumps up and faces the audience.
MARTY: (coming forward) What’s wrong, Susie?
SUSIE:
I’m just a bit shaken, that’s all.
MARTY:
Yeah, me too? I think I’ve had too much fizzy drink.
SUSIE:
No. Marty, I’m just a little scared.
MARTY:
Yeah, I still get scared in the dark too!
SUSIE:
No, not that. I thought The Blob was, well…a nice movie.
MARTY:
Oh. Yeah. Me too. And I’m not that scared of the dark. I don’t really need a light
on to sleep. I mean, I sleep lightly but in the dark. Because you can’t sleep darkly,
right. (breathe relief)
SUSIE:
Sure. Maybe you could comfort me when I’m feeling scared.
MARTY:
Maybe I can comfort you if you’re feeling scared.
(they both give an embarrassed chuckle)
SUSIE:
That would be nice. (she returns to her seat)
(MARTY does a “what do I do now dance” then begins to breathe heavily and gets out his inhaler.
Then returns to his seat)
After two attempts, he awkwardly reaches behind and crawls his fingers up the chair and onto her
neck. SUSIE screams and jumps up, scaring MARTY who does the same.
SUSIE:
MARTY:
SUSIE:
MARTY:
SUSIE:
What was that?
Oh! Um? That was me.
Are you trying to scare me more?
(embarrassed to admit) Um, no! I was trying to comfort you.
Oh! Maybe you should try again.
(return to seats. MARTY pats her shoulder. Watch more of movie. They both fall asleep in
awkward positions and snore at “The End” comes up. MARTY awakes with snorts and sniffs.)
MARTY:
(proud) Huh. I guess I can get to sleep in the dark. (realization) Oh, no! Susie.
The movie’s over. (he gently pokes her) Susie. Wake up, little Susie.
SONG: WAKE UP LITTLE SUSIE
BLACKOUT
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SCENE 8 – The next morning
Diner. FINN is holding a surfboard, other SURFERS around him. VERONICA is polishing her
bike, with other BIKERS around her.
DANIEL:
SANDRA:
DANIEL:
SANDRA:
DANIEL:
SANDRA:
DANIEL:
SANDRA:
DANIEL:
SANDRA:
DANIEL:
SANDRA:
Hey, look at you!
Yeah, look at me. How'd last night go?
So cool being one of those guys, even for a night, ya know? They look out for each
other.
Well, I couldn't get Veronica to talk about Finn. I don't think we're any closer than
we were before.
Not really, no.
What if we can't get them together? We could be stuck here forever.
That wouldn’t be so bad. (SANDRA glares at him) Maybe we just need to
get Veronica and Finn to spend more time with each other.
Right, so they get to know each other as people, and not just rivals.
Yeah. How are we gonna do that?
I think we’ll just have to show more interest in the things they do.
Like singing? (music starts)
Well not just…oh, there it is.
SONG: DOO WAH DIDDY - reprise
BLACKOUT
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ACT TWO
SCENE 9 – Hang Ten
DANCE: Hawaii Five-O
Curtain close – AV on – Dancers come out Beach ball dance.
GIDGET: (pointing to AV screen) Dax. Look!
DAX:
Wah-hoo, Wahini!
FINN & SANDRA surf against AV
Other SURFERS join in – backstage bring out blue sheet for water to cover knees & below.
FINN:
SANDRA:
FINN:
I've never been beaten on the waves before, especially not by a girl.
I think that girls can do anything guys can do.
If I was gonna think something right now, I think...I think that people aren't always
what I think.
SANDRA:
Does that go for bikers, too?
FINN:
The truth is, bikers aren't that bad. They want the same thing we want. We just
want it better.
SANDRA:
So why all the conflict between you?
FINN:
I don't know. It's sort of what everyone expects. Like, it's the way it's always been, I
guess. It’s like your heart's telling you one thing but...
SANDRA:
You feel like you have to do something else.
FINN:
Yeah. I feel like, it's just the "something else" that always gets in the way.
SANDRA:
You're a pretty smart guy.
FINN:
Yeah, but more pretty.
CHEERLEADERS run in
BOBBY-PIN: Come on, you two!
SANDRA:
What’s happening?
MARY-LOU: Lucas and his team won the Championship game.
BETTY-JO: And Arnold’s is having a celebration…now! (They all exit)
BLACKOUT
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SCENE 10 – Sock Hop
THE ROCKETS set up as band. Everyone is in the diner.
The HOST and LUCAS are on stage. Lucas is holding a trophy.
VON ZIPPER and CROWE are seated in the back corner.
BABS:
Geez, these surfers sure know how to fill a place.
JIMMY:
They are takin’ over the joint, Wheels.
WHEELS:
Yeah, they are. And I ain’t likin’ it one bit.
JO-JO:
So, what are we gonna do?
WHEELS:
We’s are gonna do nothing, but sit back there and protect ours territory.
(he laughs. They all laugh. Click to stop. Then walk off.)
JIMMY:
I don’t get it.
HOST:
LUCAS:
HOST:
Hey there all you cats and kittens. Before we get those socks a’hoppin’, let’s hear
it for the West High Sharks. Winners of the Basketball Championship.
And a big thanks to Arnold’s for putting on this celebration tonight.
I want you all to dance like your champions. So, let’s take it away with The
Rockets and “Da Doo Ron Ron”.
SONG – DA DOO RON RON
HOST:
The band’s just going to take a short break, but they’ll be right back.
SANDRA & VERONICA move DR
SANDRA:
How are things with you and Daniel?
VERONICA: Danny? Good, I guess. How are things with you and Finn?
SANDRA:
Good, I guess.
VERONICA: You know, sometimes...I think that boys don't tell us what they're thinking just
because telling us would involve more thinking. But they make up for it by being
cute...And boys.
SANDRA:
You're not at all what I thought you'd be.
VERONICA: Yeah. I'm not as much like me as people think. (pause. Smile) You know, it's
funny. I feel like I could tell you anything.
SANDRA:
Yeah, I know, it does feel like that, doesn't it?
VERONICA: I have a secret I've never told anybody.
SANDRA:
Well, you can tell me if you want
VERONICA: Okay. Okay. Ready? (Sandra nods) I wanna surf.
SANDRA: (loud) Surf? (Veronica hushes her). Cool.
VERONICA: I mean, like a pro. It's absolutely insane, I know. And if my brother ever found out,
he would blow a gasket. Plus, no girl’s ever surfed like a boy before, I mean, until
you, but that's...That's what I wanna do. It's crazy, huh?
SANDRA:
Veronica. Never let anyone tell you what you can and can't do in life.
VERONICA: But...How do I do that?
SANDRA:
It's not always easy, believe me, but...
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VERONICA:
SANDRA:
So...You think I should surf?
You definitely should surf. Know what? Daniel could even teach you. Or maybe
Finn? You’ve seen how good he is.
VERONICA: You really think Danny would do that?
SANDRA:
Yeah. Or Finn. It's a perfect plan. I'll set it up.
VERONICA: Okay! Woo! Surfing with Danny. (she hugs SANDRA)
(MARTY & SUSIE come forward.)
MARTY:
So, uh, you wanna, uh…I don’t know…um
SUSIE:
Wanna what?
MARTY: (underbreath) I don’t know. Just, uhh (bites lip) ummm (scratch head awkward) I don’t
know we could, uh, or we could just do something else, we could, uh, we could…
SUSIE:
Yeah.
MARTY:
Yeah?
SUSIE:
Yeah.
MARTY: (shocked) Really?
(CHEERLEADERS come forward)
MARY-LOU: Just ask her out.
MARTY:
What?
BETTY-JO: Ask her, “Will you go steady with me?”
MARTY:
No.
BOBBY-PIN: If you want her to be your girlfriend…
MARTY:
Girlfriend? Gosh, no. I was just hoping Susie would be my lab partner.
SUSIE: (overcome with emotion) Yes. Yes, I’ll be your lab partner.
(CHEERLEADERS sigh sweetly, then look at each other and “huh” disappointingly)
HOST:
All right, guys and girls. Are you ready to rock?
ALL:
Yeah!
HOST:
Are you ready to roll?
ALL:
Yeah!
HOST:
Are you ready to Hand Jive?
SONG: HAND JIVE
VAL CROWE and VON ZIPPER come DC
CROWE:
This is exciting!
VONZIPPER: I know. I love a good sock hop.
CROWE:
No, not this. THIS (big gesture. VONZIPPER looks around unsure) The happy
boys and girls. The joyful music.
VONZIPPER: And THIS is exciting because…?
CROWE:
I’m going to crush it. Squash it! Destroy the soul of Arnold’s.
VONZIPPER: But maybe we can get just one more burger before we do that?
CROWE:
They do have good burgers here.
VONZIPPER: And maybe a shake?
CROWE:
And a shake. (change of tone) Mwah, hah, hah.
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(evil maniacal laughter banter again. With lightning & thunder. The whole diners stops to look at
them.)
CROWE:
I think we may have drawn too much attention to ourselves.
VONZIPPER: Yes, the thunder crack may have been too much.
(they sneak out)
SANDRA:
Wasn’t that…
DANIEL:
Professor Von Zipper and Val Crowe. Yes. This can’t be good. (he gets the script
out). There’s only a few pages of the script to go.
SANDRA:
Then we have to step up our plan. We have to get Finn and Veronica together
tomorrow morning.
DANIEL:
We have to make them find out about Val Crowe’s machine, and have them
destroy it before it destroys them. So, I’ll get Ronny to meet me at the beach.
SANDRA:
And I’ll get Finn to think he’s meeting me at the beach, but really it’ll be Veronica.
DANIEL:
Yeah. (Finn walks past) There’s Finn.
SANDRA:
Finn. (Daniel walks over to Veronica) Hey, Finn, so you know what I would love?
FINN:
A floral headband using flowers indigenous to this region which would look...So rad
on a foxy babe like you.
SANDRA:
Um, okay, but also, a morning walk on the beach.
FINN:
Cool. So how about that walk now?
SANDRA:
Um, no, no. In the morning.
FINN:
You know, my teeth sparkle as the moonlight reflects off the waves.
SANDRA:
I’m sure they do.
BLACKOUT
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SCENE 11 – VILLIANS
The villians lair.
CROWE:
ZIPPER:
Is it ready to be tested, Doctor?
Momentarily. This machine will create enough humidity to cause excessive
precipitation. Inducing torrential rains. As well as lots of frizzy hair and stinky pits.
CROWE:
Good. The more "hoomidity," the better.
ZIPPER:
Humidity.
CROWE:
Hmm?
ZIPPER:
Hu.
CROWE:
Hmm?
ZIPPER:
Hu.
CROWE:
What about me?
ZIPPER:
Not hoo, hu.
CROWE:
Me what?
ZIPPER:
You said hoo.
CROWE:
No, you said hu.
ZIPPER:
No, it's not hoo, it's hu.
CROWE:
Yes, I know it's me. Why would I not know who I am?
ZIPPER:
Now, we just flip this switch. Ha! (Lights brigher) There, that's better. It was getting
dark in here. Now, we just flip this switch, ever so delicately...To protect the
intricate inner workings of the machine, and...
(Machine SFX and lighting effects)
CROWE:
Bravo. You're a wizard of weather. A jet stream genius rising to the occasion
under intense barometric pressure.
ZIPPER:
Oh, go on.
CROWE:
Your mother must be so proud.
ZIPPER:
I'm just like her, you know. I even have her eyes. Of course, I let her keep the rest
of her face. We've only got one mother.
CROWE:
So, now that we've temporarily caused these changes in the weather,
how do we make them permanent so we can get rid of these kids for good?
ZIPPER:
We need to magnify the power.
(open box DL. A puff of smoke. DANIEL AND SANDRA sneak in up the back)
CROWE:
Plutonium?
ZIPPER:
Lime soda.
CROWE:
Strawberry soda?
ZIPPER:
Plutonium. (CROWE spits it out) In two hours' time...This liquid will turn green,
and reach a boiling point of 3228 degrees. Or as we scientists like to call it, wow,
that's hot! Ha!
CROWE:
How did you manage to get your hands on plutonium around here?
ZIPPER:
I have contacts with my crazy scientist friends.
CROWE:
All right, I see.
(DANIEL knocks a box over)
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CROWE:
Who’s there?
(DANIEL and SANDRA run around the machine, but are stopped as VONZIPPER
points a laser gun at them.)
VONZIPPER: Freeze. Spread ‘em.
DANIEL:
What?
VONZIPPER: I always wanted to say that.
CROWE:
What are you kids doing here?
SANDRA: (annoyed) The element of surprise, you said. Sneak in and stop the machine,
you said.
DANIEL:
I know karate. And, like, two other Japanese words.
VONZIPPER: Well, I do yoga classes… and have a Death Ray Gun.
DANIEL: (sheepishly) You win!
CROWE:
Tie them up and throw that ghastly hippie headband out the window.
SANDRA:
This was given to me by my b…(thinks confused for a moment) …my friend. He
said I would look rad in it.
VONZIPPER: And you do. It brings out your eyes.
CROWE:
Enough!
VONZIPPER: (taking the headband) Sorry. (she tosses it off-stage)
DANIEL & SANDRA: Noooooo (following the headband.)
(All actors stand frozen in memory of the headband)
CROWE: (urgent)
In mere moments, in less time than it takes for me to steal this scene...This
machine will change the weather patterns, I shall take possession of Arnold’s. And
all your friends will disappear forever, or longer.
SANDRA:
Yeah well, there's one flaw to your plan.
CROWE:
Oh, really? And what might that be?
SANDRA:
Daniel, what does the script say?
DANIEL:
I don’t know, this is off-script. This doesn’t really happen.
CROWE:
Well, I'm off to measure the beach for a resort parking lot. (he exits)
BLACKOUT
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SCENE 12 – TOGETHER
The beach.
FINN:
VERONICA:
FINN:
VERONICA:
FINN:
VERONICA:
FINN:
VERONICA:
FINN:
VERONICA:
FINN:
VERONICA:
FINN:
VERONICA:
FINN:
VERONICA:
FINN:
VERONICA:
FINN:
VERONICA:
BOTH:
VERONICA:
FINN:
VERONICA:
Oh, hey.
(after a pause) Oh. Are you waiting for Sandra?
Yeah. (yet another pause) You waiting for Daniel?
Yeah. (pause) We're gonna surf.
What? You like to surf?
I know. It's like riding a cloud, except the cloud is water.
No way! I said the same thing, except not right now.
I know that bikers aren't supposed to like surfing, but I don't care. Oh, my gosh. I
don't care.
You don't? Hey, you know what?
No, I don't know that either.
I've always wanted to ride a motorcycle.
Are you serious?
No, I'm Finn.
I grew up riding.
Is that why you're (deep voice) “stunning as a moon, lighteth up a day.”
Who said that?
I just did.
Wow. I really like your low voice.
Thanks. I can do ♪high, too.
Yeah. You know, who would've thought that a biker and a surfer could have so
much in common?
Not me. Stop. Okay, I'll stop.
Did you ever think that maybe...The person you thought was perfect for you, isn't
as perfect for you as, the perfect person for you?
You mean...You?
And...You.
SONG: CHAPEL OF LOVE
(FINN & VERONICA freeze. Lead Singers enter and other characters with toilet paper bridesmaid
and bowties – all sing and bridal step)
VERONICA:
FINN:
Wait. What are we going to tell Sandra and Danny?
Yeah. Where are they, anyway?
(Headband flies in from off-stage and lands at Finn’s feet)
FINN:
I gave this to Sandy. She was wearing it.
VERONICA: Then why did she take it off?
FINN:
Something's not right.
(thoughtful poses. Look at each other and take turns to gasp)
VERONICA: We need to get help.
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(They get on motorbike, face audience and ride, FX & AV, as the scene changes around them.)
SONG: HELP ME RHONDA
FINN:
VERONICA:
FINN:
VERONICA:
FINN:
VERONICA:
FINN:
VERONICA:
FINN:
BOTH:
TILLY:
VERONICA:
WHEELS:
DAX:
JIMMY:
VERONICA:
FINN:
Everyone listen.
Val Crowe wants to destroy us.
She's built a weather machine that will stop the tide. (Surfers react)
And rust all of our bikes. (Bikers react)
And warp your courts. (Jocks & cheerleaders react)
And you’ll have to go back to reading in the library. (Nerds shrug shoulders)
Just to get rid of us.
Plus, she has Sandra and Danny held captive in a secret location.
We don't know where it is because it's...
A secret!
Oh, Lordy!
We need your help.
Us or them?
Us.
I think she meant us.
I mean all of us.
Our only hope is to work together, free our friends, and destroy that weather
machine before it (dramatic) destroys our world.
WHEELS:
Why should we do anything with them?
MOONDOGGIE:
We didn't wanna do anything with you first.
FINN:
Together, we can help each other.
WHEELS:
Why should we listen to you?
FINN:
I never thought I'd have anything in common with a biker. That is... Until I took a
ride with one.
VERONICA: In fact, all that fighting ever did for us was stop us from seeing...What we all have
in common.
FINN:
Arnold’s, the beach, and...(they hold hands) Us.
(WHEELS approaches, big and gruff, takes out a tissue and wipes away a tear.)
WHEELS:
I love you, sis. Now let's do this...
THREE:
Together.
EVERYONE: Together!
TILLY:
Hallelujah!
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SCENE 13 – VILLIANS UNDONE
Villian’s Lair
DANIEL:
Could be worse. At least my favorite movie wasn't Snakes On A Plane. (SANDRA
laughs silly) Okay, you've lost it.
SANDRA:
If we hadn't have come here..I'd be heading off to some...private school to become
something that...I really don't wanna be.
DANIEL:
You don't, do you?
SANDRA:
I've spent this entire time telling Veronica, to follow her heart and do what she
loves. And she did. She's more courageous than I am.
DANIEL:
That's not true. You're braver than anyone I know. So you're glad we came?
SANDRA:
I couldn't be more glad. It's, like, I'm tied up, but at the same time...I've never felt
more free. You were right. What's the hurry to move on? When I could be stuck
in 1964 with you.
SONG: CHAPEL OF LOVE (only sing the first few bars by Lead Singers)
SANDRA:
No!! No! No! No!
VONZIPPER: We only have one loose screw left, and then, we'll be ready to change the world!
DANIEL:
Do you really wanna do this? Ruin the lives of all these people?
SANDRA:
Just because you can magnify the power of nuclear plutonium to 3228 degrees,
doesn't mean you have to.
DANIEL:
What?
SANDRA:
What? Well, I read some of the script.
VONZIPPER: How did you know that? Who are you?
DANIEL:
We're from the future, and you're not real. You're just a villain in a musical we got
stuck in somehow.
VONZIPPER: No.
DANIEL:
Yep.
VONZIPPER: I'm nothing but a...a character in a script? A name on a page?
SANDRA:
Yeah, pretty much.
(CROWE comes running in)
CROWE:
Bad news, bad news, bad news! The surfers, the bikers, the whole Happy Days
gang have united together in order to destroy us and save you two.
SANDRA:
How's that bad news?
DANIEL:
Bad news for you.
CROWE:
Really? Doctor.
VONZIPPER: Hm?
CROWE:
Professor Von Zipper, it's time.
(Lights down. GANG run across apron)
FINN:
Look, a lighthouse. That must be where they are.
WHEELS:
I gotta be honest with you. I'm not big on lighthouses. It's kind of a thing. For some
people, it's snakes, for some people, it's heights. For me, it's lighthouses.
MOONDOGGIE: Oh, you can do this. We're all with you. What do ya say?
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WHEELS:
Whoa! My fear is gone. Let's go!
(as the others turn to run UC, he stays still. He then turns to run the other way but Gidget, Babs &
JoJo are behind him. He reluctantly follows the others. Lights full stage.)
DANIEL:
Ronny!
SANDRA:
Finn!
FINN:
Sandy!.
VERONICA: Danny!
MUSIC: Summer Nights play first few bars
CROWE:
This is not the time for a song. (music stops)
VERONICA: We are here to save you.
SANDRA:
Look at that, Daniel. They got together all by themselves.
VERONICA: He’s my stompy wompy blonde haired real gon surfer boy.
FINN: (smiles) We're here to save you. Oh, yeah!
WIPEOUT while chase and try to stop machine and catch villians and tie them up.
VONZIPPER: I'm not sure I like the way this script ends.
CROWE:
Script? What script?
VONZIPPER: Glad you asked. It seems we're all in this musical, and we're the villains. And we
lose.
CROWE:
What? Tell me more.
CAST:
“Tell me more, tell me more, did you get very far?”
VONZIPPER: Nope.
CROWE:
I think I might cry.
SONG: IT’S MY PARTY (and I’ll cry if I want to)
WHEELS:
Time to pull this thing apart.
BABS:
But I just painted my nails.
DAX:
A surfboard doesn’t have that many parts.
JIMMY:
Neither does my bike.
JO-JO:
That’s ‘cos you’re still on training wheels, Jimmy.
JIMMY:
Huh? I don’t get it.
GIDGET:
Yeah, looks tricky.
VERONICA: Not for me, it isn't. (she puts some wires. It starts to fuse and smoke.)
FINN:
Ronny, watch out! (she falls and he catches her)
WHEELS:
Look out. This whole thing's gonna blow. Let's get outta here.
(they all run out. CROWE & VONZIPPER look at each other)
CROWE:
Drat!
(SFX explosions.)
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SCENE 14 – BACK TO THE FUTURE
The Diner is empty except for Tilly behind the bar and DOC BROWN standing near the jukebox
facing upstage. ALL enter)
DAX:
We did it.
GIDGET:
The diner’s safe.
DOC: (turning around) You’re late. Do you have no concept of time?
SANDRA:
Did you seriously just ask that question?
SUSIE:
Marty, Isn’t that the crazy scientist who lives in the mansion on Riverside Drive?
MARTY:
Yep. This is doctor Emmett Brown. One of my friends and a pioneer in time travel.
DOC:
Enough jibber-jabber. I’ve filled the jukebox with plutonium.
MARTY:
Are you telling me that this sucker is nuclear?
DOC:
No, no no. This sucker’s electrical, but I need a nuclear reaction to generate the
1.21 gigawatts of electricity necessary for time travel.
JIMMY:
Wheels, I don’t get it.
WHEELS:
Don’t worry, Jimmy. Neither does Babs.
MARTY:
Doc, you don’t just walk into a store and – and buy plutonium! Did you rip that off?
DOC:
Never! (looks about suspiciously) I got it from a friend who had some spare. She
was working on a backyarder, some weather experiment. Which reminds me, the
lightning rod. Marty, come give me a hand.
(MARTY and the DOC exit).
SANDRA:
So, apart from that, whatever THAT was…the musical’s back on track.
DANIEL:
Yeah.
SANDRA:
We can leave.
FINN: (ignoring the previous statements; to Veronica) You did it.
VERONICA: Of course! Because girls can do anything boys can do. (acknowledges Sandra)
DANIEL:
We gotta get back home.
VERONICA: What? No. Stay. You'll love it here. It's always just like this. Perfect.
FINN:
Perfect.
SANDRA:
Where we're going, it's perfect, too. I'm gonna make sure of it.
WHEELS:
Hey, you guys saved Arnold’s. And for that, we are, to you, gratefully grateful.
LUCAS:
And to think, after we won the championship, the basketball team was gonna take
over Arnold’s and kick you guys out.
ALL:
What?
LUCAS:
But it was lost plot point. Mentioned back in scene two. Doesn’t matter.
Everyone’s happy. (pose. Cheerleaders cheer for him.)
FINN:
Come here. (group hug) Cowabunga.
ALL:
Cowabunga.
(MARTY and DOC BROWN enter)
DOC:
Right. The storm’s getting ugly which means lightning should be on soon.
DANIEL:
What do we do?
DOC: (positioning Daniel & Sandra) Stand just there, and there. Hands on the jukebox. And we
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wait…(he steps back, continually looking up – waiting for lightning.)
SANDRA:
DANIEL:
I can’t wait to see my mum again. She must be so worried.
Yeah, a whole week. They’ve probably turned that whole set store upside down
looking for us.
DOC:
No, no. Time travel happens in the blink of an eye. In that time, you’ve only been
gone moments.
SANDRA:
Let’s hope so.
(a moment passes. All smile to each other)
VERONICA: We’re gonna miss you.
FINN:
Stay cool, groovy chick.
(wait a few moments)
DANIEL:
So how long do you reckon before……
BLACKOUT – sfx - music
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SCENE 15 – 2014
DANIEL & SANDRA are standing by the jukebox at C.
SANDRA:
DANIEL:
We did it.
We did. Well, now to see if the Doc’s right.
BLACKOUT
Everyone out on stage. MRS SHAKESPERE and MRS DEE are talking. No time has passed.
DANIEL:
Look at that, no time has passed. It's exactly as we left.
MS SHAKESPERE: Where’s my jukebox, Sandra? Oh, and I see you’ve had a play around in the
costume department too. (Sandra just smiles at her, happy) What?
MRS DEE:
Sandra, we need to go. We have things to do.
SANDRA: (going to her mum.) Mum, I love you. And it makes me very happy that you care so
much. But, I want to stay here at this school. I want to be on stage with Daniel.
(to Ms Shakespere) I want to be on stage. (to mum) And later, I don't know what.
But the thing is...I don't have to know Please, I want to stay at Rydell.
MRS DEE:
Fine. Have it your way. (to Ms SHAKESPERE) She’s quite headstrong. Gets that
from me.
(SANDRA and her mum hug. LIGHTS, SFX, smoke Left. VERONICA, FINN, MOONDOGGIE,
DAX, GIDGET, JO-JO, BABS, WHEELS, JIMMY enter looking lost.)
VERONICA: Where’s Arnold’s?
MOONDOGGIE: Where are we?
JO-JO:
I’m feeling dizzy
FINN:
Is my hair still good?
SANDRA:
Veronica?
DANIEL:
Finn?
FINN:
Sandy.
VERONICA: Danny.
ALL: (pointing to sign) Rydell. (all turn to smile & nod at the audience)
JIMMY:
I don’t g….oh, I get that!
DANIEL: (to Finn) What? How?
SHAKESPERE: Alrighty, enough distraction, you all know what we need to do.
(all look at each other and grin)
ALL:
Sing!
SONG: LAND OF 1000 DANCES
BLACKOUT
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