Doo Wah DiddyA Jukebox Journey

A musical written by Christopher Davies

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CAST2014Daniel Lead Boy (Brady) Courtney Fakiki 3Sandra Lead Girl (Mack) Madeline Vivian 21964 SURFERSFinn Lead Boy (Tanner) Cameron Mur 4Moondog Surfer Boy (Seacat) Brayden Nunn 4Gidget Surfer Girl (Giggles) Rebecca Bernal 3Dax Sufer Boy (Rascal) Jeremiah Cabrera 31964 BIKERS – “Yellow Jackets”Wheels Biker Dude (Butchy) Erik McGuire 2Veronica Lead Girl (Lela) Renee Clydesdale 4Jimmy Biker Sidekick (Lugnuts) Joel Newman 22Jo-Jo Biker Girl 1 (Chi-Chi) Isobel Estopey 3Babs Biker Girl 2 (Struts) Ruby Stoeckhardt 11964 JOCKS – “Sharks”Lucas Jock Boy (Baller dude) Travis Stuckey 23Mary-Lou Cheerleader Chloe Sutherland 4Betty-Jo Cheerleader Paris Hastings 23Bobby-Pin Cheerleader Brodie Hendy 231964 NERDSMarty Nerd Boy Elijah Attrill 22Susie Nerd Girl Mackenzie Rapson 31964 VILLIANSMiss Val Crowe Villian 1 (Camembert) Laticia Olivo 4Professor Von Zipper Villian 2 (Dr Fusion) Arina Melnikova 3 1964Doc Brown Crazy scientist Daniel Generowicz 2Tilly Waitress Taimania Graham 42014 adultsMiss Shakespere Drama Teacher Jesse Small 2Mrs Dee Mother Melanie Kearney-Buza 22

LEAD SINGERSHaley Woods 22 Lily Greness 22 Paige deGroot 23Nada Ragab 4 Katie Summers 23 Megan Lees 2Devni Arambawela 4

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BANDSThe WavesJason Sullivan 4 DrummerRobbie Kuzek 2 Bass GuitarKye Howarth 2 Guitar 1Delcan Curran 2 Guitar 2Benson Hoareau 2 PercussionDanushi Godakanda 3 Keyboard 1

Keyboard 2Marvel Eleven as “The Rockets”Jamie Mattsson DrummerBlaze Homan Bass GuitarLuke Hatfield Guitar 1Luke Attrill Keyboard 1

Keyboard 2Guitar 2

Keeley Mitchell Vocalist

BACKSTAGEMini-D Jake Goodes 5L22Lighting Luke Waddell 6W4A.V. Sean Harris; 6W4

Jackson Rozen-Lincoln 6W4Sound Dawson Hiscock 5H23Mr Wakeling Alex Tisi 6RC3

Brodie Prinzi 6S2Trevor Davenne 5L22

Mr Payne Jordan White 5L22Ariana Hollis 6S2

Green Room Alisha Liddle 5L22Props Master Brodie Pendlebury 5L22

Kyle Wayman 6S2Photography & Video John Sgnoun 6RC3

Tony Van 6W4Maddison McKay 6RC3

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SCENES & MUSICAL SEQUENCES1. 2014 Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow

Polka Dot Bikini2. The Diner Surfin’ Safari

Little Honda3. Shindig at Arnold’s Peppermint Twist

Leader of the PackStupid Cupid

4. Secret Hideout5. Couples I Want to Hold Your Hand6. Doo Wah Diddy My Boyfriend’s Back

Fun, Fun, FunDoo Wah Diddy

7. The Blob Wake Up, Little Susie8. The Next Morning Doo Wah Diddy – reprise

9. Hanging Ten Hawaii Five-O10. Sock Hop Da Doo Ron Ron

The Hand Jive11. Villians12. Together Chapel of Love

I Get Around13. Villians Undone Along Came Jones14. Back to the Future15. 2014 Land of 1000 Dances

BOWSFINALS 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: Come on, we don’t want to be late for rehearsals.SANDRA: Okay, okay. Daniel, …I’m not even on stage. I’m crew.DANIEL: But you should be, Sandra. We’d be so good on stage together.SANDRA: Actually, Daniel, I have something I need to tell you…DANIEL: Later, come on.

(BLACKOUT. House Curtains open. MIDS are closed, AV screen down)

SHAKESPERE: Okay, everyone…beach scene. Places everyone! Music.

SONG: ITSY BITSY TEENY WEENY YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKINI She was afraid to come out of the lockerShe was as nervous as she could beShe was afraid to come out of the lockerShe was afraid that somebody would seeOne, two, three, four, tell the people what she wore

It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikiniThat she wore for the first time todayAn itsy, bitsy, teentie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikiniSo in the locker she wanted to stayTwo, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more

She was afraid to come out in the openAnd so a blanket around she woreShe was afraid to come out in the openAnd so she sat bundled up on the shoreTwo, three, four, tell the people what she wore

It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikiniThat she wore for the first time todayAn itsy, bitsy, teentie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikiniSo in the blanket she wanted to stayTwo, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more

Now she is afraid to come out of the waterAnd I wonder what she's gonna doNow she is afraid to come out of the waterAnd the poor little girl's turning blueTwo, three, four, tell the people what she wore

It was an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikiniThat she wore for the first time todayAn itsy, bitsy, teentie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikiniSo in the water she wanted to stay(From the locker to the blanket)(From the blanket to the shore)(From the shore to the water)Guess, there isn't any more

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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?DANIEL: Told us what?MOTHER: 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.)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?

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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.(DANIEL shakes his head in frustration.)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 DinerThe 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)ALL: Let's go surfin' now

Everybody's learning howCome on and safari with me

FINN & DAX: Early in the morning we'll be startin' outSome honeys will be coming alongWe're loading up our woodyWith our boards insideAnd headin' out singing our song

ALL: Come on (surfin') baby wait and see (surfin' safari)Yes I'm gonna (surfin') take you surfin' (surfin' safari) with meCome along (surfin') baby, wait and see (surfin' safari)Yes I'm gonna (surfin') take you surfin' (surfin' safari) with me

Let's go surfin' nowEverybody's learning howCome on and safari with me

Lead characters line up to introduce themselves & pose for 8 beats.Cheerleaders only 4 beats each.

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*I’m Finn (smile)*Moondog (thumbs up)*Gidget (shake)*Dax (arms cross, nod head)*Mary-Lou *Betty-Jo*Bobby-Pin (three girls in a line, Lucas break through)*Lucas (kiss guns, girls cheer)*(excited) Daniel*(confused) I’m Sandra

Let's go surfin' nowEverybody's learning howCome on and safari with me

DANCE BREAK

FINN, DAX: At Huntington and MalibuThey're shooting the pierAt Rincon they're walking the noseWe're going on safari to the islands this yearSo if you're coming get ready to go

ALL: Come on (surfin') baby wait and see (surfin' safari)Yes I'm gonna (surfin') take you surfin' (surfin' safari) with meCome along (surfin') baby wait and see (surfin' safari)Yes I'm gonna (surfin') take you surfin' (surfin' safari) with me

Let's go surfin' nowEverybody's learning howCome on and safari with meCome on and safari with me

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.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

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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 WheelsI'm gonna wake you up early Cause I'm gonna take a ride with you.We're goin' down to the Honda shop,I'll tell you what we're gonna do.Put on a ragged sweatshirt,I'll take you anywhere you want me to.

WHEELS, BABS, JO-JOFirst gear, it's all right (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster)Second gear, I'll lean right (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster)Third gear, hang on tight (Honda, Honda, go faster, faster)Faster, it's all right.

(DANIEL comes running forward)

DANIELIt's not a big motorcycle, Just a groovy little motorbike.SANDRA: Daniel!?It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys,That two-wheeled bike.We'll ride on out of the townTo anyplace I know you like.SANDRA: What?!

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[Chorus]

WHEELS & DANIELIt climbs the hills like a Matchless,Cause my Honda's built really light.When I go in to the turnsBetter hang on tight.I'd better turn on the lightsSo we can ride my Honda tonight.

[Chorus][Chorus]

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.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.

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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 touchdownsLUCAS: 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. (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.

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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’sSURFERS are at tables. CLASS 50s are scattered.

SONG: PEPPERMINT TWIST by The WavesWell they've got a new dance and it goes like this(Bop shoo-op, a bop bop shoo-op)Yeah the name of the dance is Peppermint Twist(Bop shoo-op, a bop bop shoo-op)Well you like it like this, the Peppermint Twist(Bop shoo-op, a bop bop shoo-op)

It goes round and round, up and downRound and round, up and downRound and round and a up and downAnd a one two three kick, one two three jump

2 beats then…

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah)Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah)Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah)

(SANDRA and DANIEL are sitting at table up front)SANDRA: So, this is a Shindig.DANIEL: Yep!

(bikers enter)JIMMY: So, boss, how we gonna get Arnold’s to be just a biker joint?WHEELS: Shut up, I’m thinking.JO-JO: How long’s that gonna take?WHEELS: 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”4 beats The Leader of the Pack4 beats4 drum clicks

My folks were always putting him down (down, down)They said he came from the wrong side of town(whatcha mean when ya say that he came from the wrong side of town?)They told me he was badBut I knew he was sadThat's why I fell for (the leader of the pack)

One day my dad said, "Find someone new"I had to tell my Jimmy we're through(whatcha mean when ya say that ya better go find somebody new?)He stood there and asked me whyBut all I could do was cryI'm sorry I hurt you (the leader of the pack)

4 beats The Leader of the Pack

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4 beatsThe Leader of the Pack

VERONICA: Sodas for everyone.WHEELS: Thanks, sis. Those surfers weren’t bothering you, were they?VERONICA: No. Of course, not. You know, they’re not so bad.JO-JO: All surfers is bad.BABS: Yeah, all surfers is bad.JIMMY: Except for the ones that are very bad.WHEELS: They’re even worse. (he laughs. They all laugh. Click fingers to stop)VERONICA: 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.Stupid cupid, you're a real mean guy (stupid cupid)I'd like to clip your wings so you can't fly(stupid cupid)I'm in love and it's a cryin' shame (stupid cupid)And I know that you're the one to blame (stupid cupid)Hey, hey, set me freeStupid cupid, stop pickin' on me

I can't do my homework and I can't think straight (stupid cupid)I meet him ev'ry mornin' 'bout a half past eight (stupid cupid)I'm actin' like a lovesick fool(stupid cupid)You even got me carryin’ his books to school (stupid cupid)Hey, hey, set me freeStupid cupid, stop pickin' on me

You mixed me up but good, right from the very startHey, go play Robin Hood with somebody else's heart

You got me jumpin' like a crazy clown (stupid cupid)And I don't feature what you're puttin' down(stupid cupid)Since you gone and made our stars align (stupid cupid)I’m just waiting for some kind of sign(stupid cupid)Hey, hey, set me freeStupid cupid, stop pickin' on me

Hey, hey, set me freeStupid cupid, stop pickin' on me

( 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.

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FINN: Now that you do, do you like what you see?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 machine. I remember reading this the other night. Val wants to buy out Arnold’s, and use this

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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 HideoutWeather 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.

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SCENE 5 - CouplesBack 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.SANDRA: No, I mean...Are you good?FINN: I feel a little tired, but...SANDRA: At playing guitar.

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FINN: Well, sure, when something inspires me. "If music be the food of love, play on".SANDRA: Was that Shakespeare?FINN: Huh? No, that was me. Sometimes I talk low for effect.SANDRA: Oh, well, it works.FINN: Thanks. I can do... High...also, but chicks really dig low better.SANDRA: (awkward) Yeah.FINN: You know, I dig you, Sandy. You're different than other girls around here.SANDRA: Sandy? Hmph, okay! Actually, no. I'm not different. I'm totally the same.FINN: The same as what?SANDRA: As everyone that isn't different.FINN: You mind if I write a song for you?SANDRA: 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 & SandraFINN (acoustic) Oh I'll tell you something

I think you'll understandWhen I say that somethingI wanna hold your hand

(BAND KICKS IN)I wanna hold your handI wanna hold your hand

VERONICA: Oh please say to meThat you will be my manAnd please say to meYou'll let me hold your handNow let me hold your handI wanna hold your hand

FINN & VERONCIA: And when I hold your hand I’m happy inside It's such a feeling that my love

FINN: I can't hide, (walk away dramatic)VERONICA: I can't hide, (spin away happy)BOTH: I can't hide

DANIEL Oh yeah, you need a manWho’s hair is really grandAnd he will smile brightlyAs he holds your handHe’ll wanna hold your handHe’ll wanna hold your hand

SANDRA: Oh yeah, you need that girlWho likes to sing with the bandSo please say to meYou'll go and hold her handNow let her hold your handOh let her hold your hand

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It's such a feeling that my loveFINN: I can't hide, (walk away dramatic)VERONICA: I can't hide, (spin away happy)BOTH: I can't hide

Daniel to Finn; Veronica to SandraALL: Yeah you, got that something

I think you understandWhen he/she feels that somethingHe’ll/She’ll wanna hold your hand

Finn back to Sandra; Veronica to DanielI wanna hold your handI wanna to hold your handI wanna hold your hand

(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.(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.”

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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.)

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SCENE 6 – Doo Wah Diddy½ 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 songJO-JO: What are you doing? (smiles when she realizes & joins in)Babs sings first line, then all girls join in. My boyfriend's back and you're gonna be in trouble

SONG: MY BOYFRIEND’S BACK lead Babs & Jo-Jo(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)When you see him comin' better cut out on the double(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)

You been spreadin' lies that I was untrue(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)So look out now 'cause he's comin' after you(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)

And he knows that you've been tryin'And he knows that you've been lyin'

He's been gone for such a long time(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)But now he's back and things will be fine(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)

You're gonna be sorry you were ever born(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)'Cause he's kinda big and he's awful strong(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)

(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?

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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: What's up?MOONDOG: It's wigged out. I keep missing.DANIEL: What are you trying to do? MOONDOG: It's this game I play. Where I shoot stuff, and I try to hit that angry bird.DANIEL: Wait a minute, Angry...Ha. (walks to others) So all you guys do around here is

hang, eat, surf and sing?FINN: Is there any other way?DANIEL: Sounds perfect.

SONG: FUN, FUN, FUN lead by Finn & DanielWell she got her daddy's carAnd she cruised through the hamburger stand nowSeems she forgot all about the libraryLike she told her old man nowAnd with the radio blastingGoes cruising just as fast as she can now

And she'll have fun, fun, funTill her daddy takes the t-bird away

Well the girls can't stand her'Cause she walks, looks, and drives like an ace now

(You walk like an ace now, you walk like an ace)She makes the Indy 500 look like a Roman chariot race now

(You look like an ace now, you look like an ace)A lotta guys try to catch herBut she leads them on a wild goose chase now

(You drive like an ace now, you drive like an ace)

And she'll have fun, fun, funTill her daddy takes the t-bird away

(Fun, fun, fun till her daddy takes the t-bird away)

DANIEL: Sure are some nice chicks around here, like that girl Veronica.DAX: The Yellow Jacket? We don't date no bees.DANIEL: You wouldn't take out a girl just because she's a biker?DAX: The tide wouldn't take out a girl just because she's a biker.FINN: Don't listen to those guys. Doesn't matter if a girl's a surfer or a biker, or a

bookworm.DANIEL: What do you like?FINN: Well, a girl's gotta have something special, ya know?

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FINN: There she’ll be just a-walkin' down the street, singin' BOYS: "Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do"FINN: Snappin' her fingers and a shufflin’ her feet, singin' BOYS: "Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do"

She’ll look good (look good), look fine (look fine)She’ll look good, look fine, it’ll prob’ly blow my mind

It’ll prob’ly blow my mind.VERONICA: There he’ll be just a-walkin' ‘long the beach, singin' GIRLS: "Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do"VERONICA: Clickin’ his fingers and a shuffle in his feet, singin' GIRLS: "Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do"

He’ll look good (look good), look fine (look fine)He’ll look good, look fine, it’ll prob’ly blow my mind

It’ll prob’ly blow my mind.VERONICA: Before I know it he’ll be walkin' next to me, singin'

"Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do"FINN: She’ll be holdin' my hand just as natural as can be, singin'

"Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do"GIRLS: We’ll walk on (walk on) BOYS: To my door (my door)ALL: We’ll walk on to my door and there we’ll talk a little more

BOYS & GIRLWhoa-oh, and there they’ll be falling in loveFINN & VERONICA:Yes we will, and then we’ll talk about the things we’ve been dreamin' of

[A / D] BOTH: And we’ll be together nearly every single day, singin'

"Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do"BOTH: We’ll be so happy and that's how it’s gonna stay, singin'

"Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do"BOYS: Well I'm hers (yeah yeah), GIRLS: He's mine (sure is)ALL: I'm hers, she's mine, wedding bells are gonna chime

wedding bells are gonna chimeDo wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do, sing itDo wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do, oh yeah, Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do, so fine.

(clap only – get audience in)Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do, sing itDo wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do, oh yeah, Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do, so fine.4 drum hits

[B / E]"Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do"

Before I know it he’ll be walkin' next to me, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do"Holdin' my hand just as natural as can be, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do"

Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy DO

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SCENE 7 – The BlobTwo 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: What was that?MARTY: Oh! Um? That was me.SUSIE: Are you trying to scare me more?MARTY: (embarrassed to admit) Um, no! I was trying to comfort you.SUSIE: 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 SUSIEWake up little Susie, wake upWake up little Susie, wake up

We both fell sound asleepWake up little Susie and weepThe movie's over, it's four O'clockAnd we're in trouble deepWake up little Susie, wake up little Susie

Well, what are we gonna tell your mama?What are we gonna tell your pa?What are we gonna tell our friends

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When they say "Ooh la la"?Wake up little Susie, wake up little Susie

Well we told your mama that we'd be in by tenWell Susie baby looks like we goofed againWake up little Susie, wake up little SusieWe gotta go home

Wake up little Susie, wake upWake up little Susie, wake upThe movie wasn't so hotIt didn't have much of a plotWe fell asleep, our goose is cookedOur reputation is shotWake up little Susie, wake up little Susie

Well, what are we gonna tell your mama?What are we gonna tell your pa?What are we gonna tell our friendsWhen they say "Ooh la la"?Wake up little SusieWake up little SusieWake up little Susie

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SCENE 8 – The next morningDiner. FINN is holding a surfboard, other SURFERS around him. VERONICA is polishing her bike, with other BIKERS around her.

DANIEL: Hey, look at you!SANDRA: Yeah, look at me. How'd last night go?DANIEL: So cool being one of those guys, even for a night, ya know? They look out for each

other.SANDRA: Well, I couldn't get Veronica to talk about Finn. I don't think we're any closer than

we were before.DANIEL: Not really, no.SANDRA: What if we can't get them together? We could be stuck here forever.DANIEL: 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.SANDRA: Right, so they get to know each other as people, and not just rivals.DANIEL: Yeah. How are we gonna do that? SANDRA: I think we’ll just have to show more interest in the things they do.DANIEL: Like singing? (music starts)SANDRA: Well not just…oh, there it is.

SONG: DOO WAH DIDDY - reprise"Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do"

Before I know it he’ll be walkin' next to me, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do"Holdin' my hand just as natural as can be, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy do"

Do wah diddy diddy dumb diddy DO

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ACT TWO

SCENE 9 – Hang Ten

DANCE: Hawaii Five-OCurtain close – AV on – Dancers come out Beach ball dance.

GIDGET: (pointing to AV screen) Dax. Look!DAX: Wah-hoo, Wahini!

FINN & SANDRA surf against AVOther SURFERS join in – backstage bring out blue sheet for water to cover knees & below.

FINN: I've never been beaten on the waves before, especially not by a girl.SANDRA: I think that girls can do anything guys can do.FINN: 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 inBOBBY-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)

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SCENE 10 – Sock HopTHE 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.BIKERS enter

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: 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.

LUCAS: And a big thanks to Arnold’s for putting on this celebration tonight.HOST: 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 DRSANDRA: 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 wantVERONICA: 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...VERONICA: So...You think I should surf?

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SANDRA: 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…umSUSIE: 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 JIVEBefore I was born late one nightMy papa said everything's alrightThe doctor made my Mama laid downWith her stomach bouncing all around'Cause the bebop stork was about to arriveMama gave birth to a hand-jive

I could barely walk when I milked a cowWhen I was three I pushed a plowWhile chopping wood I moved my legsAnd they saw me dance when I gathered eggsThe townfolk clapped, I was only fiveOut-dance 'em all, he was born to hand-jive!

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah - everybody

Born to hand-jive, babyBorn to hand-jive, babyHand Jive, Hand Jive

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Hand jive, Hand Jive, Hand JiveBorn to Hand Jive, oh yeah.

How low can you go?How low can you go?How low can you go?How low can you go?

Higher!Higher!Higher!And higher, yeah!

Now can you hand jive, baby?Oh can you hand jive, baby? Oh yeah can you hand jive, baby?Oh can you hand jive baby? Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah

Born to hand jive, oh yeah!

VAL CROWE and VON ZIPPER come DCCROWE: 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.(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.

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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.

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SCENE 11 – VILLIANSThe villians lair.

CROWE: Is it ready to be tested, Doctor?ZIPPER: 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 humidity the better.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)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

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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)

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SCENE 12 – TOGETHERThe beach.

FINN: Oh, hey. VERONICA: (after a pause) Oh. Are you waiting for Sandra? FINN: Yeah. (yet another pause) You waiting for Daniel? VERONICA: Yeah. (pause) We're gonna surf.FINN: What? You like to surf? VERONICA: I know. It's like riding a cloud, except the cloud is water.FINN: No way! I said the same thing, except not right now.VERONICA: I know that bikers aren't supposed to like surfing, but I don't care. Oh, my gosh. I

don't care. FINN: You don't? Hey, you know what? VERONICA: No, I don't know that either.FINN: I've always wanted to ride a motorcycle.VERONICA: Are you serious? FINN: No, I'm Finn.VERONICA: I grew up riding.FINN: Is that why you're (deep voice) “stunning as a moon, lighteth up a day.”VERONICA: Who said that?FINN: I just did.VERONICA: Wow. I really like your low voice.FINN: Thanks. I can do ♪high, too. VERONICA: Yeah. You know, who would've thought that a biker and a surfer could have so

much in common?BOTH: Not me. Stop. Okay, I'll stop. VERONICA: 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?FINN: You mean...You? VERONICA: 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)Goin' to the chapel and we're gonna get marriedGoin' to the chapel and we're gonna get marriedGee, I really love you and we're gonna get marriedGoin' to the chapel of love

Spring is here, the sky is blue, whoa oh ohBirds all sing as if they knewToday's the day we'll say, "I do"And we'll never be lonely anymore because we're

VERONICA: Wait. What are we going to tell Sandra and Danny?FINN: Yeah. Where are they, anyway?

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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.(They get on motorbike, face audience and ride, FX & AV, as the scene changes around them.)

SONG: I GET AROUNDI'm gettin' bugged driving up and down this same old stripI gotta finda new place where the kids are hipMy buddies and me are getting real well knownYeah, the bad guys know us but won’t leave us alone

I get aroundGet around round round I get aroundFrom town to townGet around round round I get aroundI'm a real cool headGet around round round I get aroundI'm makin' real good breadGet around round round I get aroundI get aroundRoundGet around round round ooooWah wa oooWah wa oooWah wa ooo

We always take the bike cause it's never been beatAnd we’re looking real cool as we’re riding streetSome of the gang is missing and it just isn’t rightSo now we gotta get together on a Saturday night

I get aroundGet around round round I get aroundFrom town to townGet around round round I get aroundI'm a real cool headGet around round round I get aroundI'm makin' real good breadGet around round round I get aroundI get aroundRoundAh ah ah ah ah ah ah ahOooo ooo oooGet around round round I get around

Get around round round I get around (repeat)

FINN: Everyone listen.VERONICA: Val Crowe wants to destroy us.FINN: She's built a weather machine that will stop the tide. (Surfers react)

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VERONICA: And rust all of our bikes. (Bikers react)FINN: And warp your courts. (Jocks & cheerleaders react)VERONICA: And the nerds willl have to go back to reading in the library. (Nerds shrug)FINN: Just to get rid of us.VERONICA: Plus, she has Sandra and Danny held captive in a secret location.FINN: We don't know where it is because it's...BOTH: A secret! TILLY: Oh, Lordy!VERONICA: We need your help.WHEELS: Us or them?DAX: Us. JIMMY: I think she meant us.VERONICA: I mean all of us.FINN: 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 UNDONEVillian’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?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.)

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DANIEL: Ronny!SANDRA: Finn!FINN: Sandy!. VERONICA: Danny!

MUSIC: Summer Nights play first few barsCROWE: 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: ALONG CAME JONESI plopped down in my easy chair and turned on Channel 2A bad gunslinger called Salty Sam was chasin' poor Sweet SueDeep down in the old abandoned mine Sweet Sue was having fits That villain said, “Give me the deed to your ranchOr I'll blow you all to bits!"And then he grabbed her (and then)He tied her up (and then)He lit the fuse to the dynamite (and then, and then...!)

(chorus):And then along came JonesTall thin JonesSlow-walkin' JonesSlow-talkin' JonesAlong came long, lean, lanky Jones

Commercial came on, so I got up to get myself a snackYou should've seen what was goin' on by the time that I got backSalty Sam was tryin' to stuff Sweet Sue in a burlap sackHe said, "If you don't give me the deed to your ranchI'm gonna throw you on the railroad tracks!"And then he grabbed her (and then)He tied her up (and then)He threw her on the railroad tracks (and then)A train started comin' (and then, and then...!)

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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 FUTUREThe 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 wait…(he steps back, continually looking up – waiting for lightning.)

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DANIEL: 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……

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SCENE 15 – 2014DANIEL & SANDRA are standing by the jukebox at C.

SANDRA: We did it.DANIEL: We did. Well, now to see if the Doc’s right.

BLACKOUTEveryone 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 dizzyFINN: 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

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