music by Dana P. Rowe
book and lyrics by John Dempsey
SCENE 2 - The NBN Television Studios
#16 COME JOIN US
(JONNY and EDDIE sit on the set of "Hard to Believe!" waiting for their turn on camera.)
VOICEOVER
This is the National Broadcasting Network....
STAGE MANAGER
Camera two...go!
RAMONA & THE MOTORWISE GUYS
COME JOIN US FOR THE SHOW, FOLKS.
COME JOIN US FOR A TALE OF CALAMITY.
COME JOIN US FOR THE SCOOP.
RAMONA
IT'S NO SURPRISE
THE WORLD RELIES
UPON THE GUYS
FROM MOTORWISE!
RAMONA & THE MOTORWISE GUYS
COME ALONG AND JOIN US!
RAMONA
¡Té Qiero, America!
RAMONA & THE MOTORWISE GUYS
COME JOIN US FOR THE GLOW, FOLKS,
RESULTING FROM A NUCLEAR TRAGEDY.
COME JOIN US IN THE GOOP.
RAMONA
THIS HIGH SCHOOL GOO
IS BROUGHT TO YOU
BY ALL THOSE WHO
WEAR....
MOTORWISE GUYS
GREEN AND BLUE!
RAMONA & THE MOTORWISE GUYS
COME ALONG AND JOIN US --
TONIGHT!
STAGE MANAGER
Camera three...go!
EDDIE
JONNY WARNER, AGE EIGHTEEN,
TELL US OF THIS AGE OLD SCENE.
BOY MEETS GIRL.
BOY GETS DUMPED.
BOY THEN TAKES A HEADLONG DIVE.
LEAVING ALL THE CRITICS STUMPED,
BOY COMES BACK FROM DEATH ALIVE!
GIRL'S UPSET.
BOY'S PERPLEXED.
NO ONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
SEEMS HIS HAPPY ENDING
IS...
...PENDING.
STAGE MANAGER
Ramona! Camera three...go!
RAMONA AND THE MOTORWISE GUYS
NOW JONNY'S FEELING LOW, FOLKS.
RETURNED, HE'S FOUND HIS LIFE'S A CATASTROPHE.
HE'S LANDED IN THE SOUP.
RAMONA
HIS LOVE IS TRUE
FOR YOU-KNOW-WHO,
AS OURS IS TOO
FOR SERVING...
RAMONA & THE MOTORWISE GUYS
YOU!
COME ALONG AND JOIN US --
TONIGHT!
STAGE MANAGER
Camera two...go!
EDDIE
SO YOU SAY YOUR GIRL'S IN A STEW, JONNY BOY,
PUT OFF BY YOUR TOXIC VENEER.
SO YOU SAY IT'S PROBABLY THROUGH, JONNY BOY.
BUT WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE?
WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE?
JONNY
(stammering)
Well, I...
ONSTAGE ANNOUNCER
We'll be back for that answer after this brief commercial
message! And here's Ramona Merengue with a word from True Blue
Cigarettes -- now with breath-freshening Menthol!!
RAMONA
TRUE BLUE --
ONLY ONE NICKEL A BOX....
TRUE BLUE --
FILTERED FOR YOUR HEALTH.
EDDIE
Hey you! Sweetheart! You know this place?
STAGE MANAGER
"Our Lady of Divine Masochism?"
EDDIE
It's a catholic orphanage. I need the phone number.
STAGE MANAGER
What do I look like? Your errand boy? Do it yourself.
RAMONA
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A TRUE BLUE SMOKE!
I love a True Blue...
(cough)
...Man!
EDDIE
(back on the air)
SO THE QUESTION, MR. WARNER,
NOW THAT PUSH HAS COME TO SHOVE --
SHOULD YOU GO ON CHASING DREAMS,
OR SHOULD YOU SAY GOOD-BYE TO LOVE? |
