People: - Director: Cheetah - Script: Cheetah, Eisfuchs - Lights: Nightfox, Loewi - Sound: Cheetah, Jaryic - Set Design: Tani, Cheetah - Backstage Support: Reesa Puppeteers / Actors: - Lionel Scritchie (Lion, bow tie, white jacket, shades): Lynard - Lori (Fox, evening gown, jewelry): Eisfuchs - Poke (Ferret, feather boa): Fairlight - Mika (Snow leopard, evening gown, jewelry): Tani - Driver (Panda, newspaper): Tigerseye / Fairlight PreRec - Phantom (Phantom, dark cloak, hat): Tigerseye / Eisfuchs PreRec - Ray (Fox Rod puppet, baseball cap): Lynard - Cockroach (Cockroach, lab coat): Tigerseye / Cheetah PreRec - Storyteller: Uncle Kage - Shirt: Fairlight - Tie: Eisfuchs - Ghost_1 (2.3): Fairlight - Ghost_2 (2.3): Tani - Announcer Airport: Tani PreRec - Announcer (3.3): Cheetah PreRec - Crowd for the Gala (3.3): all available - Bats (1.1): Stage hands - Eyes in the dark - Lionel (1.4): Xan - Eyes in the dark - Mika (1.4): Xan - Eyes in the dark - Poke (1.4): Zefiro - Eyes in the dark - Lori (1.4): Zefiro - Eyes in the dark red left (1.4): Stage hands - Eyes in the dark red right (1.4): Stage hands - Eyes in the dark green (1.4): owolf - Bottles left (2.3): Xan - Bottles right (2.3): Zefiro - Leader (Tiger, 3.1): Tigerseye - Bodyguards (Golden Retriever, 2 x Raccoon, 3.1): ? - Stage Hand white glove (3.1): Xan Props needed: -> and organized by - White jacket and bow tie (Lionel) -> Reesa - blue feather boa (Poke) - Evening gown (Lori) -> Reesa - Evening gown (Mika) - Dark cloak and hat (Phantom) - 2 Mirrors, nails and hammer (Intro) - Newspaper on a stick (or two) (1.1) - 4 Opera tickets (1.1) -> Reesa - Bank note (1.1) -> Reesa - Red Buzzer Button (1.2, 3.4) -> Cheetah - Conductors desk (1.2, 3.4) - Conducting stick (1.2) -> Reesa - 4 Eyes in the dark white (1.4) - 8x 2 Rat eyes - red LEDs (1.4) -> Reesa - 1 Ray's Eyes - green LEDs (1.4) -> Reesa - Small microphone (1.4) - Sunflowers with faces (2.3) -> Nightfox - Sun with face (2.3) - Brush and dust cloth (2.1) -> Reesa - Colorful clothes (2.2) - Lab coat (2.2) - Shirt with price tag (2.2) -> Reesa - Tie with eyes, mouth and price tag (2.2) -> Reesa - Shirt and tie in pieces (2.2) -> Reesa - Bottles on sticks (2.3) -> Nightfox - Bottle of wine (2.3) - Ghost_1 (2.3) - Ghost_2 (2.3) - Desk and diary (3.1) - Trapdoor with handle (3.1) - Confetti and other flying stuff for trapdoor (3.1) -> Nightfox - White gloves (3.1) - Vase and flowers (3.2) - Mikrophone with stand (3.3) - Vegetables (3.3) -> Nightfox - Wine for Kage (real!) (3.3) - Dark cloak in pieces (3.3) - Silly clothes for the puppeteers (3.3) -> Themselves Stages: - Stage 1: Airport backdrop "London Heathrow" in blacklight colors and taxi inside view - Stage 2: Opera hall: view to the stage, conductors desk, red button on the right - Stage 3: Below stage: boxes, pipes, path to the sewer - Stage 4: Sewer: rubbish - Stage 5: Wardrobe: Clothes left and right - Stage 6: Wine cellar: Bottles left and right - Stage 7: Office: Desk and diary - Stage 8: Corridor: Picture, Flowers Songs: - SONG 001 - Bohemian Rhapsody - SONG 002 - Phantom of the Pawpet-Show - SONG 003 - Who wants to live forever - SONG 004 - Medley - SONG 005 - Muppet Show Theme Ambiences: - AMBIENCE 001 - airport - Airport Sounds - AMBIENCE 002 - opera house 1 - Soft rain and thunder noises - AMBIENCE 003 - opera house 2 - Soft distant wind ... very distant thunder - AMBIENCE 004 - ray - dripping & rats scurrying - AMBIENCE 005 - sewer - Sewer, burbling, dripping & rats scurrying - AMBIENCE 006 - clothes - Very distant wind, clothes rustling, moths flying - AMBIENCE 007 - cellar - Stones crackling, low wind whistling around corners, rats scurrying, bottles clanking - AMBIENCE 005 - sewer - Sewer, burbling, dripping & rats scurrying - AMBIENCE 008 - - Low humming, distant rain, Big Ben in the distance - AMBIENCE 009 - - distant voices, wood creaking, distant rain, very distant thunder - AMBIENCE 010 - - audience murmuring - AMBIENCE 011 - birds - Birds chirping ------------------------------------------------- Act 1 - Arrival Scene 1.1 - Airplane! (ca. 8 min) - Puppets: Lori, Poke, Lionel, Mika, Driver - Props: newspaper, opera tickets, bank note, torch behind stage - Stage: 1 (Airport and Taxi) - Sections: B (Taxi), C (Airport) - Music: SONG 001 - Bohemian Rhapsody - Setting: Airport backdrop visible "London Heathrow", Driver sits in the dark taxi - Sounds: - SFX 001 - Driver: "Hey you! Need a taxi?" - SFX 002 - Driver: "I can arrange that, but it costs extra." - SFX 003 - Driver: "Okay, get in!" - SFX 004 - Car door opens - SFX 005 - Car door closes - SFX 006 - "Hey guys! I haven't got all night!" - SFX 007 - "Who cares? Now tell me, where do you wanna go?" - SFX 008 - "Oh, we have lots of opera houses ..." - SFX 009 - "Oh! That's interesting. Nobody wanted to go ..." - SFX 010 - Engine starts and the ride starts - SFX 011 - "You have arrived at your destination! *bwahahaaaaa!*" - SFX 012 - Door creaks & slams ! Tickets on stage in taxi for Mika to show them to the driver O Light on for Airport (Blacklight only) * Taxi is on stage, but invisible (dark), Tickets on stage @ AMBIENCE 001 - Airport Sounds @ Ding-dong @ Announcer: "Passengers for flight 834 to Northern Elbonia please prepare for boarding at gate 5. Uh - Correction: Gate 6 ... Gate 7 ... Gate 8 ... Gate 9 3/4" @ Descending airplane @ Crash! @ Ding-dong @ Announcer: "Boarding to flight 834 to Northern Elbonia will be delayed due to technical difficulties. Thank you for your patience." @ Descending airplane @ Ding-dong @ Announcer: "Flight 394, American Airlines, from Kansas, United States, has arrived at gate 2." @ Fade in street ambience O Taxi fades into view * Taxi driver sits in taxi, reading a newspaper * Mika, Lionel, Poke, Lori come from the left, wearing best evening gown Lionel: "Taxi! Taxi!" * Taxi driver puts down the newspaper $ SFX 001 - Driver: "Hey you! Need a taxi?" Poke: "No, we're waiting for a callboy! Can't you see the lust in the face of this proud gay lion?" $ SFX 002 - Driver: "I can arrange that, but it costs extra." Lionel: "No! Poke! That's not funny." Poke (Beavis): "Hrr hrr hrr!" $ SFX 003 - Driver: "Okay, get in!" $ SFX 004 - Car door opens Poke: "Anytime, honey!" * The four get into the taxi $ SFX 005 - Car door closes Lori: "Oh, I hate flying, the jet lag is killing me, and my stomach feels like it's still 500 feet high above the ground." Poke: "500 feet? That's still closer than your sex life. That must be somewhere in outer space." Lori: "Oh, I'm still feeling so sick. The plane went up and down and up and down and up and down and ..." * Lori bounces up and down while talking * The other puppets look up and down at her Poke: "Well, if up and down and up and down is a problem for you it's no wonder you never get laid." Lori: "Ooohh, you ...!" Lionel: "Will you two shut up!" $ SFX 006 - Driver: "Hey guys! I haven't got all night!" Mika: "Hey, you don't sound British!" $ SFX 007 - Driver: "Who cares? Now tell me, where do you wanna go?" Mika: "To the opera house, please." $ SFX 008 - Driver: "Oh, we have lots of opera houses. Big ones, small ones, old ones, new ones, some have more seats, some have less seats, so could you be a tad more specific?" * Lionel looks at the audience Lionel: "Mika, show him the tickets." * Mika shows the Driver some tickets $ SFX 009 - Driver: "Oh! That's interesting. Nobody wanted to go to *that* place for a *long* time. Who sold you these tickets?" Lionel: "Lori took part in the gemini croquet contest and made the first price!" Poke: "You mean these charcoal bricks from those commercials with that incredibly green reporter guy with the dildo haircut?" Lori: "No, I didn't take part in any contest. I hate gemini croquets! They're so incredibly greasy and make my skin bloom with pimples all over. And even weeks afterwards I still feel ..." Lionel: "Thank you Lori! That's exactly what we wanted to hear ... NOT!" Lori: "I thought it was Poke who won the tickets." Poke: "Do I look like I can read and write? Writing is for nerds. And even if I had won I'd rather have taken the guy's haircut." * Poke looks at Mika Poke: "It was Mika." Mika: "Uh ... No, it wasn't me either ... Isn't that a bit strange? If nobody of us did take part in this game, why did we get the tickets in the first place?" Lionel: "I don't think it matters now. We are here. My guess is that it was Poke, and he was just too drunk to remember." $ SFX 010 - Engine starts and the ride starts * The puppets mimic engine vibration * Short pause ... Poke: "Ah, London ... City of l'amour!" Lionel: "That's Paris, Poke." Poke: "D'oh. Anyway. I'm going to the 'All you can yiff' buffet after the show. Lori, do you come, too?" Lori: "No, I'm going to see 'Big Ben'." Poke: "He he! If you want to see 'Big Ben' I can show it to you, right here!" Lori (speechless): "*hrmpf*" # SONG 001 - Bohemian Rhapsody # chorus: "Is this the real life / Is this just pawpetry / Caught on a cab ride / Far away from reality" # chorus: "Could not decide / Who won the prize / Not me ... (and not me! And me neither!)" # Lori: "I'm just a poor girl" # Poke: "With No sexuality!" # Lori: "POKE!" # Poke: "Because I'm easy come, easy go!" # Chorus: "Poke shut up! We all know!" # Chorus: "Anywhere this trip goes / Doesn't really matter / We'll see!" # Cab Driver: "You'll see!" # Lori: "Too late! / My time has come! / Sends shivers down my spine!" # Poke: "Singing bullshit all the time!" # Lori: "Ngggrrrg!" # Mika: "Cheer up, everybody! / It will be alright! / We'll see the show / And have a lot of fun!" # Poke: "Lori! Huu-hu-hu-huuuu! / Don't forget to cry! / I sometimes wish / You'd never been born at all!" # Cab driver: "HEY! CUT IT OUT! YOUR CONSTANT QUARRELING IS DRIVING ME CRAZY!" # Poke: "Hey, sweetie, keep cool! As soon as we'll arrive, we'll be gone!" # Cab driver: "Oh, good! Then let's speed this up!" * Car Speeds up --- vrooom! * Pawpets getting squashed in back of car because of the acceleration O Light goes more and more mad while driving - Fade out blacklight / blue, white, yellow * Car Brakes --- screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek! * Pawpets getting squashed in front of car because of the sudden stop # Song Ends O Devilish light from below for the driver (torch behind the stage) $ SFX 011 - Driver (bewitched voice): "You have arrived at your destination! *bwahahaaaaa!*" O Strobe * The puppets flee in fear to the right All: "Aaaaaah!" * Pause ... * Lori comes back with a note in her mouth and gives it hesitantly to the driver Lori: "Keep the change!" * Lori runs away $ SFX 012 - Door creaks & slams O Light out ---------------------------------------------------- Scene 1.2 - The Opera House (7 min.) - Puppets: Poke, Lori, Mika, Lionel. Later in the middle: Phantom - Props: Mirrors left and right, chandelier, conductors desk, conducting stick, red button, Bats - Stage: 2 (Opera Hall) - Sections: B - Music: SONG 002 - Phantom of the Pawpet-Show - Setting: Opera backdrop, conductor's desk on the left, red button on the right (unused), Mika, Lori, Lionel and Poke are on stage. - Sounds: - SFX 100 - Door creaks & slams - SFX 101 - Strange echoing back (surround fx) - SFX 103 - Orchestra sounds - Ta-da-damm - SFX 104 - Orchestra sounds - left-right-left - SFX 105 - Orchestra sounds - upwards - SFX 106 - Orchestra sounds - downwards - SFX 107 - Orchestra sounds - downwards with hit - SFX 108 - Orchestra sounds - silly melody - SFX 109 - Imperial march part 1 - SFX 110 - Imperial march part 2 - SFX 111 - Orchestra tuning - SFX 112 - Dallas theme - SFX 113 - swish-left - SFX 114 - swish-right - SFX 115 - Crickets chirping - SFX 116 - Thunder O Lights out @ AMBIENCE 002 - Soft rain and thunder noises $ SFX 100 - Door creaks & slams O Light red, white (strobo for the lightning) Lionel: "Whoa, that was spooky." Poke: "Man, is it possible that the Brits are really strange people?" Lori: "Poke! Stop being so discriminating! We are their guests!" Poke: "Like being a guest at Anthrocon! Strange people around you, strange food at the hotel bar and their host is a cockroach." Lori: "But did you see this strange glow in his eyes?" Lionel: "I'm sure our minds are just playing tricks on us. It was a long flight, it must be the jet-lag." Poke: "Yeah, Lori knows all about it." Lori: "About what?" Poke: "Jet-lag." Lori: "Why's that?" Poke: "'Cuz you're here but your brain's still delayed! But don't worry. Fed-Ex will send it after you free of charge." Lori: "Why you ... you ..." * Lori struggles for words Poke: "See what I mean?" Mika: "Uh, guys? Aren't there supposed to be some more people here?" Poke: "Yeah! Yeah! So, where is everybody? Hello? Hello-o-o?" $ SFX 101 - Strange echoing back (surround fx) Lori (whimpers): "Oh, what a scary place this is." Poke: "Yeah, cool! It seems like it's coming right out of a second class ghost movie." * Poke walks over to the conductor's desk while the others are talking * Lionel looks around Lionel: "The seats are all empty, the stage is empty, too. But the lights are on. What's going on here? Mika, are you sure you got the date right?" Mika: "Date? I have no date planned for ton ... Oh, that! Yes! The tickets are for tonight." Lionel (thoughtful): "I don't get it." * Poke picks up the conducting stick Poke: "Hey, look! I'm a conductor!" Lori: "Poke! Put that down! You will get us into trouble again!" Poke: "Who cares? There's nobody here!" * Poke waves the stick around $ SFX 103 - Orchestra sounds - Ta-da-damm Poke: "Whoa! Lionel! Look what I can do!" $ SFX 104 - Orchestra sounds - left-right-left $ SFX 105 - Orchestra sounds - upwards $ SFX 106 - Orchestra sounds - downwards $ SFX up/down repeat a couple of times $ SFX 107 - Orchestra sounds - downwards with hit Poke: "This is friggin' cool!" $ SFX 108 - Orchestra sounds - silly melody * Poke stops waving Lionel: "Stop being silly!" Mika: "Give me that! You have no sense for music, let me try it." Lionel: "But there is no orchestra!" Poke: "It works anyway." * Mika takes the stick from Poke * Mika waves the stick O Light - blue $ SFX 109 - Imperial march part 1 Mika: "My favorite!" $ SFX 110 - Imperial march part 2 Lori: "Oh! Oh! Let me try it! I want to try it, too!" * Lori goes to Mika and takes the stick * Mika leaves to stand next to Lionel * Lori clears her throat $ SFX 111 - Orchestra tuning * Lori waves the stick $ SFX 112 - Dallas theme All others: "Aaargh! Noo! Make it stop!" * Lori stops waving Lori: "Aww ... Come on, I was *just* getting into the mood." * Lori sniffs Poke: "I bet all your fantasies are about J. R. Ewing ... and his Big Ben!" Lori: "Hmpf!" Mika: "Lionel! Now you give it a try." Lionel: "Okay ... If I really have to ..." * Lionel takes the stick from Lori * Lionel waves the stick $ SFX 113 - swish-left $ SFX 114 - swish-right $ SFX repeat as long as Lionel waves * Nothing happens * Lionel waves the stick $ SFX 113 - swish-left $ SFX 114 - swish-right $ SFX repeat as long as Lionel waves * Lionel stops waving $ SFX 115 - Crickets chirping Lionel: "Um ... It stopped working. Now let's get out of here." * Lionel throws the stick behind himself $ SFX 113 - swish-left $ SFX 116 - Thunder O Light out O Blacklight on # SONG 002 - Phantom of the Pawpet-Show * The phantom appears. Lionel and Mika leave the stage, Lori and Poke move closer to the middle % Spot on Phantom * Bats flapping # Phantom: "Welcome to my world! You will never get out of here unless you do what I want you to do! You are doomed! I'm gonna show you! I'm gonna show all of them!" # Phantom: "I lured you here to me / What will you do / In dreams you haunted me / Now I haunt you / Will I be free again? / For now, you'll find / The Phantom of the Pawpet-Show is there / Inside your mind ..." * Lori and Poke move to the center of the stage # Lori: "Why are we standing in / These haunted halls / I should have stayed at home ..." # Poke: "And scratched my balls!" # Lori: "Poke!" # Lori: "We must get out of here ..." # Poke: "Save our behinds!" # Lori: "Poke!" * Lori slaps poke HARD. # Poke: "OUCH!" # Lori: "The Phaaaaaaaantom of the Pawpet-Show is there / Inside your mind!" ! Mirrors break and chandelier crashes on the stage when Lori sings O Lights out ---------------------------------------------------- Scene 1.3 - Haunted House (4 min.) - Puppets: Lionel, Lori, Poke, Mika - Props: Dust cloud - Stage: 2 (Opera hall) - Sections: B - Music: none - Sounds: - SFX 200 - Tam-ta-dam-dam (Dragnet Jingle Part 1) - SFX 201 - Tam-ta-dam-dam-daa ((Dragnet Jingle Part 2) - SFX 202 - THUD & Birds chirping - SFX 202b- FUMP - SFX 203 - thunk - SFX 204 - sirrrrrrr klunk - SFX 205 - thump - SFX 206 - crackle, crackle - SFX 207 - crashhhhhhh !!! - SFX 208 - heavy impact (Thump!) * Lori cries and cries O Lights fade in - blue, red, white @ AMBIENCE 003 - Soft distant wind ... very distant thunder Lori: "Why me! Trapped in a haunted opera house, with an evil Phantom going after us! *Waahaaaa*" Lionel: "You know what I think? Someone is playing a very very bad practical joke on us. You know what we are going to do? We will just turn around and leave this place." * Lionel turns around and stops Lionel: "Uh ... wait ... the door is gone." $ SFX 200 - Tam-ta-dam-dam (Dragnet Jingle Part 1) * Pawpets turn to the audience $ SFX 201 - Tam-ta-dam-dam-daa ((Dragnet Jingle Part 2) * Pawpets turn to the right, then open mouth Mika: "This must be an optical illusion. I'm not going to fall for it." * Mika runs for the invisible door and slams into the wall Mika: "Waaaaahhhhh!" $ SFX 202 - THUD & Birds chirping * Mika falls on the side $ SFX 202b - FUMP Mika (in pain): "On the other hand it might be worth reconsidering my theory." * Lori screams in panic Lionel: "Oh, Lori, stop crying. There *must* be a way out of here. Everybody: Get looking!" * All puppets go to the elevator positions * Poke walks around a bit and jumps up and down a bit $ SFX 203 - thunk $ SFX 203 - thunk $ SFX 203 - thunk Poke: "Hey guys, the stage sounds hollow! And there's a button here!" Lionel, Mika, Lori: "NO! Don't press the ..." * Poke presses an invisible button below the stage and gets lifted down. * Lori, Mika and Lionel look to the hole $ SFX 204 - sirrrrrrr klunk Lionel, Mika, Lori: "... button." Lori: "Poke? POKE!" $ SFX 204 - sirrrrrrr klunk * Poke reappears Poke: "Cool! It's a stage elevator. And there are even more of them over there." Lionel: "Uh, where?" * Lionel descends $ SFX 204 - sirrrrrrr klunk Lionel: "Whoa!" * They fool around with the elevators, descending and reappearing, but never making it to get all of them downstage $ SFX 204 - sirrrrrrr klunk $ SFX repeats until ... * Finally all elevators are up again Lionel: "Very funny... but how are we going to get all of them down at the same time?" Poke: "I don't know! I tried every fucking button there is on this STINKING ..." * Poke curses and thumps at the floor $ SFX 205 - thump Poke: " ... SHITTY ... " $ SFX 205 - thump Poke: " ... STUPID ... " $ SFX 205 - thump Poke: " ... ROTTEN ... " $ SFX 205 - thump $ SFX 206 - crackle, crackle Lionel: "Be careful or you might ..." $ SFX 207 - crashhhhhhh !!! All: "AAAAAAAH!" * All puppets fall down Lionel (far away): "Thank you, Poke!" Poke (far away): "You're welcome!" $ SFX 208 - heavy impact (Thump!) * Dust cloud Lori (far away): "Ouch!" O Lights out ---------------------------------------------------- Scene 1.4 - Ray, the Stand-Up Comedian (6 min) - Puppets: Lionel, Mika, Poke, Lori. Later Ray on the left - Props: Boxes, pipes, 4x Eyes in the dark, red eyes, green eyes, Microphone - Stage: 3 (Below Stage) - Sections: B - Music: none - Setting: Drain leading down on the right side. Four pairs of EYES IN THE DARK, old stuff like boxes and pipes and rubbish - Sounds: - SFX 300 - squish - SFX 301 - Scurrying / hissing and murmuring / steps / "Is it *him*? ..." - SFX 302 - Fozzie Bear theme - SFX 303 - Drum Hit - SFX-304 - kick & slide - SFX-305 - splurt! - SFX-306 - Fozzie Bear theme 2 ! Puppets are not on stage yet! ! The microphone for Ray must already be up to make things easier @ AMBIENCE 004 - dripping & rats scurrying O Light - Blacklight Lionel (groans): "Nice job, Poke! Really nice." Poke: "But you wanted to go downstairs, didn't you?" Lionel: "Is ... uh ... everyone alright?" Lori: "Eww ... I landed in something wet and smelly." Poke: "Yeah, you're standing on my tail!" Lori: "Oops!" $ SFX 300 - squish * Lori steps aside Mika: "Is that you, Lori? I can't see a thing down here. Did your breasts shrink since last time?" Poke: "I don't know, but - oooh - feel free to continue, until I find my pants!" Mika: "Eww! Yuck!" * Several pairs of red eyes (Rats) come on stage from both sides $ SFX 301 - Scurrying sounds Mika: "Did you hear something?" $ SFX continues: hissing and murmuring noises from the rats * Poke, Lionel, Lori and Mika crouch together in the middle of the stage, whimpering Lori: "They're coming right at us! Go away, go away!" * The red dots get closer and closer * A pair of green eyes (Ray) appears from the left and approaches the group $ SFX continues: hard steps Lori: "What's that?" $ SFX continues: Rats: "Is it *him*?" - "Could it be *him* ?" - "Oh no, it's *him*!" * Rats flee to both sides $ SFX continues: Rats: "Aaaaaah!" ! Puppets must now stand behind their respective Eyes in the Dark Ray: "Yes, it's me! Please welcome ..." * Eyes from the dark disappear, puppets are now visible % Spot on Ray - yellow, white O Light - white, red, yellow $ SFX 302 - Fozzie Bear theme @ Silence Ray: "Ray, the Stand-Up Comedian! Did I tell you the one about the man with the light-bulb in his nose? Well, he was light-headed! Ha ha ha!" $ SFX 303 - Drum Hit * The microphone disappears % Spot out * The puppets stare at him, motionless Poke (groan): "Who the heck are you?" Ray: "I'm Ray, the Stand-Up Comedian!" % Spot on Ray - yellow, white $ SFX 302 - Fozzie Bear theme * A microphone appears from downstage Ray: "By the way, my friend asked me the other day if I took a bath that day and I asked him, Why? Is there one missing? Ha ha ha!" $ SFX 303 - Drum hit * The microphone disappears Spot out Poke (groan): "Wha ... *argh!* Ok, *where* are we?" Ray: "You are on stage with Ray, the Stand-Up Comedian!" % Spot on Ray - yellow, white $ SFX 302 - Fozzie Bear theme * A microphone appears from downstage Ray: "Oh, do you know why the man put a sweater on his hot dog? Because it was a chili dog! Ha Ha ha ... ha ... ha ..." $ SFX 303 - Drum hit * The microphone disappears % Spot out * Lori, Poke and Mika groan in pain * Ray looks around Ray: "Well? This is supposed to be funny! Why aren't you laughing? *sob* No-ho-body likes my jo-ho-kes!" * Ray sobs Mika: "Do you know what's going on in here?" Lori: "Yes, please! *sob* We're lost, and we can't find a way out." Ray (softly): "There *is* no way out." Lori: "Oh no! We're cursed!" Ray: "Cursed? Yes. We are all cursed! This whole *place* is cursed!" Mika: "But why? Can you tell us why we are here?" Ray: "No, I can't. But I *can* tell you why I am here. In the old days, when the sun was still shining, I used to be a performer on this stage. It was my dream to make people laugh ..." * Ray breaks down, sobbing. Ray (desperate): "But I *failed*! *sob* *cry* And now I'm cursed and forced to live down here forever, until I *can* make people laugh. But I *still* fail! We have all failed! The only one laughing at me is this black hooded creature that's haunting this place, but for all the wrong reasons!" Mika: "The black hooded creature! That's the one who brought us here!" Ray: "The Phantom? Why should it bring *you* here?" Mika: "We hoped, *you* could tell us." Ray: "If you want to know something about the Phantom, there's only one person in this theater who knows more about it than I do. In fact, he is probably the only one who really knows something about what's going on here." Mika: "But if you know all this, why don't you just ask *him* how to get out of here." Ray: "He likes to talk, but it's hard to get anything useful out of him." Mika: "Well, we don't have any choice, do we?" Lori: "Oh, please! Tell us, where can we find him?" Ray: "You just have to go down the drain and you will find him. He's living in the sewers ... alone." * Lori looks into the drain Lori: "Oh no! I'm not going down there! I bet it's smelly and dirty and crawling with bugs and spiders!" * Poke kicks Lori $ SFX-304: kick & slide Lori: "Aaaah!" * Lori disappears into the drain Poke: "See? Wasn't that hard, was it?" $ SFX-305: splurt! * Poke flinches Lori (far away): "Ewww!" Poke: "Eww ..." Lori (far away): "Okay, I'm in the sewers now. Are you coming with me?" Poke: "Yuck! No! Do I look like I'm crazy? Of course not! I'm going to stay right where I am!" % Spot on Ray - yellow, white $ SFX-306: Fozzie Bear theme 2 * A microphone appears from downstage Ray: "Hey! Do you know that one? A naked vixen comes into a bar, with a poodle under one arm and an incredibly long salami under the other." All: "Oh no, no more jokes!" Poke: "Run for your lives!" * Mika, Poke ans Lionel panic and jump down the hole Mika: "Aaaaah!" Poke: "Aaaaah!" Lionel: "Aaaaah!" Ray: "The barkeeper asks her, I suppose you don't want anything to drink. And the vixen says ..." * Ray looks around Ray: "Oh ... never mind." $ SFX-306: Fozzie Bear theme 2 * The microphone disappears % Spot out * Ray disappears. O Lights out ---------------------------------------------------- Act 2 - The Riddle Scene 2.1 - The Storyteller (4 min.) - Puppets: Poke, Lori, Mika, Lionel, on the right Cockroach - Props: wine rack, pipe, cloth and brush, rats - Stage: 4 (Sewer) - Sections: B, C - Music: none - Sounds: - SFX 401 - Splash! - SFX 402 - Splurt! - SFX 403 - Slosh! - SFX 404 - *groan* Hey! Who's singing? I'm trying to get some sleep!" - SFX 405 - "I thought I had finally found the place where I could get some rest." - SFX 406 - "Sure. Which way did you come in?" - SFX 407 - "So, who are you? I've never seen *you* around here before." - SFX 408 - "Well, look at me! Do I look as if I'd like to be here? ...." - SFX 409 - "Oh, good Lord! Make her stop..." - SFX 410 - "I know, I know ... But there *is* no way out..." - SFX 411 - "Alright. You seem to be new around here..." - SFX 412 - "Well ... There are two things a good storyteller needs..." - SFX 413 - "It's in the wardrobe, number 42..." - SFX 414 - "And you two give me a hand cleaning this place up..." - SFX 415 - wiping - SFX 416 - wiping * An empty wine rack is on the right, a big pipe on the left O Lights out @ AMBIENCE 005 - Sewer, burbling, dripping & rats scurrying $ SFX 401 - Splash! Poke: "Argh" $ SFX 402 - Splurt! Mika: "Eeek" $ SFX 403 - Slosh! Lionel: "Urgh" ~ Some fog O Light - green, white Poke: "Oh, nice. Welcome to Sewerland, the smelliest place on earth." * The Puppets have spider webs in the fur, tin cans and other stuff Lori: "Look at me, I'm all soaked with goo!" Lionel: "I wonder which hideous creatures might be living in a place like this." Poke (singing): "I am the great mighty poo and I'm gonna throw my shit at you ..." Lori: "Poke, please, whatever creature *does* live down here I'm pretty sure you don't want to wake it up." $ SFX 404 - Cockroach (off): "*groan* Hey! Who's singing? I'm trying to get some sleep!" * The Cockroach enters the scene from the right, sitting on the wine rack $ SFX 405 - Cockroach: "I thought I had finally found the place where I could get some rest." Lionel: "Excuse me. Could you help us out?" $ SFX 406 - Cockroach: "Sure. Which way did you come in?" * The Cockroach looks around Lionel: "Uh, no ... I mean ..." $ SFX 407 - Cockroach: "So, who are you? I've never seen *you* around here before." Lionel: "Ray, the Stand-Up Comedian told us we would find someone here who could tell us something about this haunted place and ..." Poke: "And this cheesy Phantom guy." Mika: "We've been trapped here, and we would very much like to find a way to leave as soon as possible." $ SFX 408 - Cockroach: "Well, look at me! Do I look as if I'd like to be here? There's no way to leave. Now, go. Let me sleep." Lori: "No ... way ... out ... ? But who is gonna water the flowers? And my hairdresser will be waiting for me next Wednesday!" * Lori sobs Lionel, Poke, Mika: "Oh, oh ..." * Lori starts to cry * The others try to calm Lori down $ SFX 409 - Cockroach: "Oh, good Lord! Make her stop, before she starts flooding the sewers!" Mika: "Oh, please! You must help us to get out of here!" $ SFX 410 - Cockroach: "I know, I know ... But there *is* no way out. It's all just stories and myths." * Lori stops crying and merely sobs Lionel: "If there's a story behind it all, please tell us! Anything might be of help." $ SFX 411 - Cockroach: "Alright. You seem to be new around here. But I don't *feel* like telling a story right now." Lionel: "Is there anything we can do to *make* you feel better?" $ SFX 412 - Cockroach: "Well ... There are two things a good storyteller needs. A bottle of wine, and a lab coat. If you get me those, I can tell you a story." Lionel: "Alright. I'll go and get your coat. Where is it?" $ SFX 413 - Cockroach: "It's in the wardrobe, number 42. And you, little vixen, are going to get me a bottle of wine from the cellar." Lori: "The cellar? But it's dark down there and I bet it's ..." Lionel: "Lori! You heard what he said. If you want to get out of here, just go and get the bottle." Lori: "Uh ... Okay ..." $ SFX 414 - Cockroach: "And you two give me a hand cleaning this place up until they come back." Mika: "Alright." Poke: "Alright." * Mika and Poke fetch some cloths and start to scrub at the stage $ SFX 415 - wiping $ SFX 416 - wiping Poke (sings): "I'm just a little ferret, cleaning up this shit." $ SFX 415 - wiping $ SFX 416 - wiping * Lori and Lionel leave, the others keep cleaning up O Lights out ---------------------------------------------------- Scene 2.2 - Benetton (5 min.) - Puppets: Shirt and Tie on the left, Lionel on the right. - Props: shirts, clothes, lab coat, Shirt and Tie in pieces - Stage: 5 (Wardrobe) - Sections: B - Music: none - Sounds: - SFX 501 - door opens, closes - SFX 502 - door slam, thunder - SFX 503 - "ha hu ah weh ha ho ho ho ..." (loops) - SFX 504 - "HA!" - SFX 505 - "Make him pay for it!" - SFX 506 - "Benetton! *hu ha ha*" - SFX 507 - "A magician's shirt! *hu ha ha*" - SFX 508 - "Revenge! *hu ha ha*" - SFX 509 - "Shut up!" - SFX 510 - "Hummmmmmm..." - SFX 511 - "Yeah!" - SFX 512 - "Ouch!" - SFX 513 - "We! hate! people!" - SFX 514 - "Follow the leader! He is our past, our present, our future! *hu ha ha*" - SFX 515 - "Traitor ... traitor ..." - SFX 516 - ripping - Setting: Some pieces of colorful clothing hanging in the room, invisible for now, the Shirt and Tie are on the left side of section B, below the stage @ AMBIENCE 006 - Very distant wind, clothes rustling, moths flying * Lionel enters the wardrobe from the right and looks around O Lionel gets lit from behind - yellow, white, main stage is off ~ Some fog $ SFX 501 - Door opens, closes Lionel: "Hello? Is this the wardrobe?" Shirt (off): "Yes!" Lionel: "I'm looking for a lab coat from coat rack number 42. Can you help me finding it?" Shirt (off): "No!" Lionel: "Why not?" Shirt (off): "Because you are going to die." $ SFX 502 - door slam, thunder O Light - Flash, Strobe * Clothes appear (turn around) O Light - red, white ~ Some fog $ SFX 503 - Clothes: ha hu ah weh ha ho ho ho ... (loops) * Clothes bounce in time with the chanting * The Shirt with big-eyed Tie is swaying around Lionel Shirt: "Uuuuhuuuuuu ..." * Lionel crouches and shivers Lionel: "Aah, no! I don't want to die!" * Shirt waves it's arms and boo-hoos Shirt: "Wooooooohoooooo ..." * Shirt makes a move towards Lionel Shirt: "You!" $ SFX 504 - Clothes: HA! * Lionel startles Lionel: "*gasp!*" Shirt: "You have entered our realm and now we're going to make you pay for it!" $ SFX 505 - Clothes (bouncing): "Make him pay for it!" Lionel: "Who are you?" Shirt: "We are the United Colors of Benetton!" $ SFX 506 - Clothes (bouncing): "Benetton! *hu ha ha*" * Lionel screams but suddenly stops Lionel: "Hey! Wait a minute! You are a shirt!" * Shirt stops swaying around Shirt: "Yes! I am the shirt of the great magician Ali Bek Navi! Never underestimate a magician's shirt!" $ SFX 507 - Clothes (bouncing): "A magician's shirt! *hu ha ha*" Lionel: "Yes. You're a shirt and I am a lion! How's a lion supposed to get killed by a shirt?" Tie: "I am his tie and I'm gonna strangle you!" Lionel: "And how would you do that? Make me wear you?" Tie: "Isn't he supposed to be scared?" Shirt: "Shut up!" Tie (facing Lionel): "Yes, shut up!" Shirt: "Not him ... YOU!" Tie: "What?" Shirt: "Ah, forget it!" Lionel: "So, why are you supposed to kill me?" Shirt: "We've been hanging here for thousands of years, unused, forgotten, gathering dust. And now, we're taking revenge!" $ SFX 508 - Clothes: "Revenge! *hu ha ha*" Lionel: "Revenge, what for?" Tie: "Yeah, what for?" Shirt: "Will you shut up?" $ SFX 509 - Clothes: "Shut up!" Shirt (angry): "SHUT UP!" $ SFX 510 - Clothes: "Hummmmmmm..." * Brief pause Shirt: "We hate people!" $ SFX 511 - Clothes: "Yeah!" Shirt: "First they cut our patterns out of a piece of fabric and stitch us together with pointy needles!" $ SFX 512 - Clothes: "Ouch!" Shirt: "Then they throw us into boiling hot water and swirl us around! They bleach us and beat us, dry us with searingly hot air! They torture us with hot irons and fold us into unthinkable shapes, stacking us in dark lockers!" * Shirt breathes Shirt: "We! Hate! People!" $ SFX 513 - Clothes: "We! Hate! People!" Shirt: "I still remember my first washing! I could not breathe, I could not move! The bleach was burning in my eyes, and they spun me around, and around, and around! *wheeze* *wheeze*" * Shirt puts its arms over its neck hole Tie: "Yes, he wakes up every night, screaming, tormented by horrible nightmares!" Shirt: "So I founded the United Colors of Benetton, the league against cruel treatment of evening attire." Lionel (doubtful): "So ... you got washed, and burned, and ironed and stuff?" Shirt (miserable): "Yes!" Lionel: "And that made you the leader of the coat rack?" Shirt: "Yes!" $ SFX 514 - Clothes: "Follow the leader! He is our past, our present, our future! *hu ha ha*" Lionel: "Now, wait a minute. What is that? Is that a price tag?" Shirt: "Oh, that? Ah, no ... that's only ... nothing ..." Lionel (to the Tie): "And you still have your price tag, too. You're fresh. You two have never been worn at all, let alone having been washed! You two are lying to me!" Tie: "Oh, oh!" Shirt: "We ... we were sold second hand!" Tie: "Yes, second ... thingie ... what he said ..." $ SFX 515 - Clothes: "Traitor ... traitor ..." * The clothes gather around the Shirt and Tie and rip them apart, tearing them from the string. More small pieces of clothing come jumping from below and attack the Shirt and Tie Shirt: "No! No! I can explain! Please! Stop! No, nooo!" $ SFX 516 - ripping * Parts of fabric fly from below the stage into view * There's a lab coat hanging behind the Shirt * Lionel takes the coat from the string Lionel: "Strange creatures ..." O Lights out. ---------------------------------------------------- Scene 2.3 - The Wine Cellar (7 min.) - Puppets: Lori from the left, Ghost1, Ghost2 - Props: Sunflowers, Sun, Bottles - Stage: 6 (Wine cellar) - Sections: A, B, C - Music: SONG 003 - We're trapped in here forever - Setting: Lots of bottles on the stage and in the background. Two bottles (Ghosts) are standing in the middle of the stage. - Sounds: - SFX 600 - Small World - SFX 601 - hiss, plopp - SFX 602 - bottle rustling sounds - SFX 603 - hiss, plopp II - SFX 604 - Bottles scraping - SFX 605 - Bottles toppling over - SFX 606 - Bottles clanking and crashing on the ground, spilling fluid - SFX 607 - "She spilled them! She spilled them!" - SFX 608 - "Aaah!" / bottles shivering and clanking in panic / fleeing bottles - SFX 609 - Bottles shivering with fear ... *shiver*shiver*clank*shiver* - SFX 610 - Waaah! / bottles shivering and clanking in panic / fleeing bottles - SFX 611 - Bottles shivering with fear ... *shiver*shiver*clank*shiver* - SFX 612 - *grrrrrrrrrrr* / Bottles: "Come on guys! Together we are strong!..." - SFX 613 - bottles crash O Light - green, red @ AMBIENCE 007 - Stones crackling, low wind whistling around corners, rats scurrying, bottles clanking * Lori enters the stage from the far left. Lori: "Oh, no ... It's scary and dark ... What did Momma say? When you're alone in the dark and scared, sing a song. But what should I sing?" * Lori clears her throat and starts singing. # SONG 003 - Who wants to live forever # Lori: There's no time for us / There's no place for us # Lori: Why did they send me down this dungeon / To get wine for us # Lori: We're trapped in here forever / We're trapped in here forever / Uhhhhuuuhhuuuuuuuuu # Lori: We're lost in here forever / Oooooohooooohoho # Lori: We're all gonna dieeeeeee! * Lori starts to cry Lori (sobbing): "No ... this is not going to cheer me up. *sniff* I've got to find another song." - SFX 600 - It's a small world starts playing aggressively * Sunflowers with faces waving around, a big cheeky sun is hovering above Lori (gasping): "Aaaah! No, not that one! Make it stop, make it stop!" * Lori gasps and pants # Song stops with a BANG! * Lori reaches the left side of section B Lori: "Well, this must be the wine cellar. I'll just grab a bottle and run!" * Lori grabs Ghost_1's bottle and tries to run away, but the bottle would not move Lori: "*hrrrrgh* *gnnnh*" ~ Some fog * Ghost_1 comes out of the bottle $ SFX 601 - hiss, plopp Ghost_1: "Hey you! Can't you just knock like everyone else?" $ SFX 602 - bottle rustling sounds * Lori screams and runs a few steps Lori (scared): "Who are you?" Ghost_1: "Isn't that obvious? I'm a ghost in a bottle. Never heard of us before?" $ SFX 602 - bottle rustling sounds Lori: "Uh ... no." Ghost_1: "Well where have you been living? A hole in the ground?" $ SFX 602 - bottle rustling sounds Lori: "No. Kansas." Ghost_1: "Well, close enough." $ SFX 602 - bottle rustling sounds * Ghost_2 comes out of the bottle $ SFX 603 - hiss, plopp II Ghost_2: "Look, who's talking! I know of someone who has been sitting inside a bottle for all his life!" Ghost_1: "Very funny, very funny. I've only heard this joke about five hundred times." Lori: "Uh ... Excuse me ... Could I please have a bottle of wine?" Ghost_1: "What do you want it for? Give me one reason why we should let you. This wine cellar is ours. Get lost!" Lori: "The cockroach needs it! So he can tell us, how to get out of this place." Ghost_2: "Nobody knows how to get out of here. Take me for example. My butt has been stuck inside this bottle for two thousand years now! A hundred and fifty years ago I was put onto the other shelf and for me that felt like a *vacation*!" Lori: "I could put you anywhere you like." Ghost_1: "Hey, and what about me? That bitch over there has been moved around three times now within the last thousand years. That's more than I could ever dream of!" Ghost_2: "If you're gonna move him, could you place him somewhere out of my hearing range?" Ghost_1: "Alright. We'll make a deal. You help us move, and we will give you a bottle of wine." Lori: "Okay." * Lori lifts up Ghost_1 and tries to move him, but he is very heavy. $ SFX 604 - Bottles scraping * Lori stumbles around, knocks it over and spills the second ghost as well in the process Ghost_2: "Easy! Careful!" $ SFX 605 - Bottles toppling over Ghost_1: "Woaa aaaah!" $ SFX 606 - Bottles clanking and crashing on the ground, spilling fluid * The other bottles turn around and gasp in horror $ SFX 607 - Bottles: "She spilled them! She spilled them!" * One half of the bottles starts huddling on one side, the other half on the other side of the stage $ SFX 608 - Bottles: "Aaah!" / bottles shivering and clanking in panic / fleeing bottles Lori: "Whoops! I'm so sorry!" * Lori tries to go over to the group of bottles in section C Lori: "I only need one bottle of wine." $ SFX 609 - Bottles shivering with fear ... *shiver*shiver*clank*shiver* * The bottles gasp in fear and run past Lori to the other side, joining the other group $ SFX 610 - Bottles: *GASP* Waaah! / bottles shivering and clanking in panic / fleeing bottles Lori: "Hey! Wait!" * Lori runs over to the other side and all bottles run past her again $ SFX 611 - Bottles shivering with fear ... *shiver*shiver*clank*shiver* Lori: "Oh, please!" * The bottles start growling at Lori $ SFX 612 - *grrrrrrrrrrr* / Bottles: "Come on guys! Together we are strong!" / *rrrrRRRRRRRRRAAAAARGH* / bottles growling and running * The bottles start chasing after Lori Lori: "Aaaah!" * Lori flees * The bottles and Lori disappear from the stage $ SFX 613 - bottles crash O Light out Lori (off): "Ouch!" ---------------------------------------------------- Scene 2.4 - The Story - Puppets: Mika, Poke, Lionel, Lori, on the right: Cockroach with coat - Props: wine rack with bottle - Stage: 4 (Sewer) - Sections: B, C - Music: none - Setting: Back at the Cockroach's sewer. The Cockroach wears his coat and sits on a wine bottle in the rack. There's a complicated drain pipe construction on the left side - Sounds: - SFX 701 - "Oh, thank you for the wine and the lab coat..." - SFX 702 - Moody Music - SFX 702b - "Nobody knows, why this place exists, but ..." - SFX 703 - "I don't know. All I know is that on every full moon..." - SFX 704 - "Nobody knows a way out. But still, some people..." - SFX 705 - Cockroach: "Follow this drain pipe and take the third intersection to the left. Then go up until you reach the bathroom. From there it's the hallway to the right." - SFX 706 - Cockroach: "The pleasure is all mine. *bwahahaa*" - SFX 707 - Cockroach: "Oh, I'm sorry. Happens to me all the time." @ AMBIENCE 005 - Sewer, burbling, dripping & rats scurrying O Light - green, white, blue $ SFX 701 - Cockroach: "Oh, thank you for the wine and the lab coat. Now I really feel like telling a story." * The puppets make themselves comfortable Lori: Oh yes ... tell us a story, Uncle Cockroach! $ SFX 702 - Moody Music $ SFX 702b - Cockroach: "Nobody knows, why this place exists, but for some reason, it does. This is the *Opera House of the Damned*. A long time ago there were a great number of performers in this house, offering all kinds of entertainment: plays, music, operas, even variety shows. But the good actors soon left the place for the big stages, and all that was left is what you're seeing here: amateurs, third grade actors, tone deaf musicians. The performances dropped in quality and even got so bad that the people demanded their money back. On one day, in a fit of anger and disappointment, the audience literally started a riot. They tore the place apart, smashed the windows and suddenly the house went up in flames. There was a huge panic, a lot of people died on that day. Before he passed away, the manager of the theater swore an oath: The souls of all the actors shall be damned to dwell in this place, unable to find peace, until they finally will have learned their craft, proving themselves worthy in the reigns of true artists." Lionel: "And the Phantom? Who is he?" $ SFX 703 - Cockroach: "I don't know. All I know is that on every full moon - at midnight - there is a large gala performance, where the Phantom lets all of the actors prove their skills on stage. And if they are good enough, their souls will find peace. Until now, this has never happened, it seems that the actors still have a lot to learn until they can finally leave this place." Lori: "And what about us? We are no actors. How can we get out of here." $ SFX 704 - Cockroach: "Nobody knows a way out. But still, some people have disappeared, and rumor has it, that they went through a secret passage hidden in the office of Eric, Eric the Evil Executive. Nobody has been talking to Eric for a long time, and his office is heavily guarded by his men, because he fears the wrath of his former employees." Lionel: "Where do we find the office?" $ SFX 705 - Cockroach: "Follow this drain pipe and take the third intersection to the left. Then go up until you reach the bathroom. From there it's the hallway to the right." Lori: "Oh, thank you so much!" $ SFX 706 - Cockroach: "The pleasure is all mine. *bwahahaa*" Lionel: "What was that?" $ SFX 707 - Cockroach: "Oh, I'm sorry. Happens to me all the time." * The puppets leave to the left O Light out ---------------------------------------------------- Act 3 - Resolution Scene 3.1 - Eric, the Evil Executive - Puppets: Lori, Mika, Poke, Lionel, Leader, Bodyguards - Props: Torch below the trapdoor, confetti thrower, desk, book, trapdoor, wall - Stage: 7 (Office) - Sections:A, B and B, C - Setting: The bodyguards are standing on the middle of the stage, a wall to their right, the bureau is in section C - Music: none - Sounds: - SFX 801 - rumble, Rumble, RUMBLE! - SFX 802 - Bullet time swoooosh, heartbeat - SFX 803 - Poomph ... uaaaaaargh - SFX 804 - Poomph ... raaaaaaargh - SFX 805 - Poomph ... hueeeeaaarg - SFX 806 - Reverse Bullet time swooosh - SFX 807 - Office door opens - SFX 808 - Eric: "June 23rd: I don't know what to do. What ever I try to make it better only makes it worse. The people are mad at me. This whole place is cursed, and that's just because of me. I sat down and thought it over. What was I thinking, becoming a theater manager? I should have become a butch-" - SFX 809 - Screek - SFX 810 - POOOOF! "AaarraarlrlrlllglglgllY!" - SFX 811 - slam - SFX 812 - Screek - SFX 813 - "Hey! You!" - SFX 814 - "ARrrrrrrrrrr" - SFX 815 - Slam! - SFX 816 - Screek - SFX 817 - Slam & Phantom of the Opera music / "Muahahahaaa! I fooled you! ..." - SFX 818 - Screek - SFX 819 - slap O Light - red, white @ AMBIENCE 008 - Low humming, distant rain, Big Ben in the distance * Puppets enter the stage from the left, approaching the bodyguards Leader: "Stop right where you are. This is the office of Eric, the Evil Executive. What's the secret password?" Poke: "The secret password is 'Fuck You'!" Leader: "Easy, little one. We don't want to hurt you." Lionel: "We want to see Eric." Leader: "How interesting. Do you have an appointment?" Lionel: "No." Leader: "Problem solved. Good bye." * Lionel turns to his friends * They retreat a few steps: Lionel walks between Lori and Mika Lionel: "It seems we're not getting far this way. These guys seem to be tough." Lori: "So, what are we going to do now?" Mika: "Hm ... I think I have an idea ... Trust me, and play along." * Mika turns to Poke. Mika: "Hey Poke!" * Poke turns around Poke: "What?" Mika: "Did you hear that?" Poke: "No. What do you mean?" Mika: "That guy over there called you a fruitcake!" * Lionel and Lori start giggling Poke: "So?" Mika: "Well, uh, he said, that you are the most boring, close-to-normal fruitcake he ever saw. Rather lame!" Poke: "What? Which one of them said that? This guy's asking for trouble." Mika: "The one in the front. And the other guy said, that your Momma is so ugly, when she joined an ugliness contest they said 'Sorry, no professionals!'" * Lionel and Lori giggle Poke: "Well, my Dad was blind, so he couldn't care less." Mika: "Okay ... and he said, that she must have put you into a catholic kindergarten because you're looking so well-behaved." Poke: "WHAT?! *rrrrrrr* Catholic? Well-behaved? So they think I'm just the average nice guy from the neighborhood?" Lori: "Ah, well, actually that's pretty close to what the third one said." Poke (angry): "*grrr* *rrrrhh* *hrrrnn*" Lionel: "Poke! Are you going to swallow that?" Lori: "You can't let them be so mean to you!" $ SFX 801 - rumble, Rumble, RUMBLE! Poke (mad): "That's enough! I'll show them! I'll show them how harmless I am! Aaah!" $ SFX 802 - Bullet time swoooosh, heartbeat * Poke runs and knocks the first guy over like a bowling pin, in bullet time. (Guy on sticks fly away) $ SFX 803 - Poomph ... uaaaaaargh * Poke runs and knocks the second guy over like a bowling pin, in bullet time. (Guy on sticks fly away) $ SFX 804 - Poomph ... raaaaaaargh * Poke runs and knocks the third guy over like a bowling pin, in bullet time. (Guy on sticks fly away) $ SFX 805 - Poomph ... hueeeeaaarg $ SFX 806 - Reverse Bullet time swooosh Poke: "Ha! Was that harmless enough for you losers? *gasp* *pant*" Mika: "Alright, the coast is clear! Let's move in!" * They enter the office $ SFX 807 - Office door opens * Switch positions: Poke, Mika, Trapdoor, Lionel, Lori, desk O Light on the office - green, white Lionel: "Nice move, Poke. But ... where is Eric?" Mika: "Obviously he's not here. The office is deserted." * Lori looks at the desk. Lori: "There's a diary on the desk. It's still open." * Lionel joins Lori at the desk Lionel: "Let's see, what it says." * Mika starts searching the office. $ SFX 808 - Eric: "June 23rd: I don't know what to do. What ever I try to make it better only makes it worse. The people are mad at me. This whole place is cursed, and that's just because of me. I sat down and thought it over. What was I thinking, becoming a theater manager? I should have become a butch-" * Lori looks harder at the diary, but there's nothing more to see * Lori turns to Lionel Lori: "A butch? What's a butch?" Poke: "Yeah ... Sounds kinky." Lionel: "I think he meant 'butcher' ... But there it stops. That's the last word. There are only empty pages after that." Lori: "Very strange." Mika: "Look what I found! There's a trapdoor under the carpet!" Lionel: "That must be the secret passage leading out of here!" Poke: "Okay! Who goes first?" Lori: "Always the one who asks!" Poke: "Uh ... mh ... alright ..." * Poke goes over to Mika and the trapdoor Poke: "Here we go, then ..." * Poke opens the trapdoor $ SFX 809 - Screek O main lights dim O glaring light from the trapdoor (torch from below the trapdoor) $ SFX 810 - POOOOF! "AaarraarlrlrlllglglgllY!" * Lots of confetti flying from the trapdoor * Lori screams * Poke jumps back * Trapdoor slams shut S SFX 811 - slam O main lights on Poke (screams): "Aaah! I'm not going to touch that again! Never, ever!" * Poke hides behind Mika Lori: "Yes, Poke. That's the first time we have the same opinion about something." * Poke trembles Lionel: "But we must get through the trapdoor. Let's try it again." Lori, Poke: "After you." * Lionel grunts and goes to the trapdoor, opening it. S SFX 812 - Screek * Stage hand comes from the trapdoor, "looking" around. $ SFX 813 - suiiiii - Stage_Hand: "Hey! You!" * Stage_Hand attacks and strangles Lionel $ SFX 814 - Stage_Hand: "ARrrrrrrrrrr" Lionel: "Aaarraarlrlrlllglglgllg!" * Stage_Hand shows the audience the middle finger and disappears again, slamming the trapdoor shut $ SFX 815 - poing - suiii - Slam! Lionel (coughing): "Poke, I think you're right." Mika (sighs): "Oh well ... It's always the same. You want something done, you've got to do it yourself." * Mika opens the trapdoor and jumps inside without hesitation $ SFX 816 - Screek Mika (shouting): "Geronimoooo!" * Trapdoor closes $ SFX 817 - Slam & Phantom of the Opera music O light out * Phantom appears on the right side of the stage % Spot on the Phantom - red, white $ SFX 817 continues: Phantom: "Muahahahaaa! I fooled you! You will never leave this place! But thank you! You've done exactly what I wanted you to do! Now, goodbye!" ~ Fog behind the Phantom * Phantom disappears O main lights * The trapdoor opens $ SFX 818 - Screek * Mika comes crawling out from the trapdoor Mika: "That's boring. There's absolutely nothing down there. This is a dead end." Lori: "A dead end? No ... way ... out?" * Lori starts to cry O lights out Lionel: "Oh, shut up!" $ SFX 819 - slap Lori: "Ouch!" Poke: "Thank you." ---------------------------------------------------- Scene 3.2 - Reflections - Puppets: Poke, Lionel, Mika, Lori - Props: Vase and flowers in the background - Stage: 8 (Corridor) - Sections: B - Music: none - Sounds: none The puppets enter the stage from the left O Light - red, yellow @ AMBIENCE 009 - distant voices, wood creaking, distant rain, very distant thunder Lori: "This way?" Lionel: "I think it was that way." Poke: "No, I think we should've gone the other way." Lionel: "I'm not so sure." Mika: "What's this?" Lionel: "Just another corridor." Lori: "Oh, jeez! Does this place ever *end*?" Poke: "We should have taken the way back through the sewers." Lionel: "Yuck!" Mika: "Eww!" Lori: "No way! My paws are still sticky and smelly from the first time we went through." Lionel: "I hate to admit it, but it seems, we are lost." Poke: "Nice work Mr. Smart-Ass." Lionel: "As if it was my fault! And it certainly doesn't help to sit around, bitching and whining." Lori: "You can't blame us for bitching and whining! We are lost in a haunted house, and the only clue we had turned out to be nothing more than a story. We're stuck here, with no idea where we are, where to go or what to do!" Poke: "Or when to shut up!" Lionel: "Look who's talking. You and your big mouth have caused us more trouble than anything else. I'm just trying to find a logical way out of this." Poke: "Uuuh, logical way! You're really such a smart-ass! Then why don't you get us out of here instead of talking? If we had just followed my nose we'd be home already!" Mika (louder): "Yeah right, back through the sewers, great nose of yours! Wait until I get this storyteller guy into my paws! Nobody messes with Mika!" Lori: "Oh, please, stop yelling! Does everything you do have to be so aggressive? You have been like this since I first met you and it freaks me out!" Mika: "Oh, and you have been a *ton* of help yourself, by the way. You're such a coward!" Lori: "Yes, I am a coward! And I am proud to be a coward! And I can't help it! Being a coward is not always a bad thing. I mean, who is the one with the bumps on her head? Me or you? I am, what I am!" Poke: "And so am I! I mean ... not like you." Lionel: "You know, I think you're right." Poke: "What? What did I say?" Lionel: "We are, what we are, we should get along with each other. We all have our merits and flaws and we shouldn't blame each other for that. I mean ... remember the comedian. I'm pretty sure even that guy has some skills, even if it's not telling jokes." Mika: "That's a very diplomatic way of putting it." Lionel: "Honestly, I think if there's something you know you're *bad* at, there is always something else you're *good* at. If you try to be something you aren't, you will fail, no matter what. And as it seems, *we* know our skills pretty well." Mika (thoughtful): "Hm, I see. At least it makes us different from all the people living here. So let's keep it that way." Poke: "Yeah, just look at them. Singers who can't sing, actors who can't play a role, comedians without any sense of humor ... I mean, why do they try to keep this up?" Lionel: "Remember what the cockroach said? Every month there is a big show and they want to pass the test, so they might be allowed to leave this place!" Lori: "Well, how are *we* supposed to leave then? Do we have to perform, too?" Poke: "I've never had performance problems, not even in public!" Lionel: "I believe the only one who can tell us what to do is the Phantom himself. He's the one who decides who must stay and who may go. There must be a reason to all of this." Mika: "So let's go!" Poke: "Go where?" Lionel: "Mh ... This way." Mika: "No, that way!" Poke: "What about the way back?" Lionel: "No! Don't you guys ever listen! We've got to find out when the next *show* is going to take place." Poke: "And how are we supposed to find out?" Lori: "Poke, we're in an opera house. We'll just go to the box office and ask. If they don't know, nobody does." Poke: "Okay, which way to the box office?" Lori: "This way." Mika: "No, that way!" Lori: "No!" Lionel: "Aaaaargh!" O Light out ---------------------------------------------------- Scene 3.3 - The Phantom Demasked - Puppets: Lionel, Poke, Phantom, Uncle Kage, Ray, Lori, Mika - Props: Microphone with stand - Stage: 2 (Opera hall) - Sections: B - Music: SONG 004 - Medley - Setting: Main hall, a microphone stands in the middle of the stage - Sounds: - SFX 901 - Announcer: "Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to our monthly show! ..." - SFX 902 - Audience: Booo! - SFX 903 - splurt, splosh - SFX 904 - crash & Fozzie Bear theme - SFX 905 - "That's all from Ray, the Stand-Up Comedian! ..." / Phantom of the Opera ... - SFX 906 - struggling, beating, ripping - SFX 907 - "Ooooh!" - SFX 908 - "No, nooo!" - SFX 909 - "I ... I ... I don't know ..." - SFX 910 - "No, I'm not." - SFX 911 - "Oh well ... *sigh* ... I don't know! Honestly! Sometimes, people ..." - SFX 912 - Sad Music / "All I wanted was to learn from you! That's why ..." - SFX 913 - "Yes, rub it in! Of course I am! I am a cockroach! ..." - SFX 914 - "Because it's my destiny. I descend from a family of actors ..." - SFX 915 - "And what would that be?" - SFX 916 - "Do you really think so? To be honest, I always liked ..." - SFX 917 - "Oh ... maybe you're right. I should stop trying to be an actor ..." - SFX 918 - (optional) "Yes! I'm going to be a storyteller! Thank you! I'm free! Yahooo!!!!" - SFX 919 - Smack kiss plopp O lights out % Spotlight searching around - white @ AMBIENCE 010 - audience murmuring O Moonlight $ SFX 901 - Announcer: "Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to our monthly show! As always we have a number of stunning performances for you. And let's start right away with ... Ray, the Stand-Up Comedian!" $ SFX 901 continues - Applause O Moonlight off * Ray enters the stage and steps over to the microphone $ SFX 901 continues - Fozzie Bear theme O Light - red, white dim % Spot on Ray Ray: "Hi everybody. Do you know the ..." * The audience starts booing and pelting Ray with vegetables $ SFX 902 - Audience: Booo! Ray: "Hey! What ... ? *argh*" $ SFX 903 - splurt, splosh * Ray falls backwards $ SFX 904 - crash & Fozzie Bear theme $ SFX 905 - Announcer: "That's all from Ray, the Stand-Up Comedian! Better luck next time! And now, welcome our host! The one, the only, the mighty ... Phantom of the Pawpet-Show!" $ SFX 905 continues - Phantom of the Opera theme $ SFX 905 continues - Audience applauds * The Phantom appears on stage O Light - red, blue $ SFX 905 continues - Phantom: "Muahaha! Welcome my dear artists! As every month tonight is the night of the great contest! Tonight will be determined, who will stay and who will go. And therefore now we will ..." * Lionel, Poke, (Phantom), Lori, Mika enter the stage through stage elevators $ SFX 905 continues - sirrr klunk Mika: "There he is!" Lionel: "Get him!" Poke: "Banzai!" Lori: "Aaaaaaah!" * They jump at the Phantom and tear his costume apart $ SFX 906 - struggling, beating, ripping * The Phantom is now the cockroach * A brief pause O Light - red, yellow, white Lionel: "What the hell?" Lori: "It's you?" $ SFX 907 - Audience: "Ooooh!" Mika: "You are the Phantom?" $ SFX 908 - Cockroach: "No, nooo!" Mika: "Who are you? And ... how do we get out of here?" Lionel: "Don't you dare to move! You owe us an explanation!" $ SFX 909 - Cockroach: "I ... I ... I don't know ..." Lionel: "But you are the big one here! You decide who must stay and who may leave! You are supposed to know the way out of here!" $ SFX 910 - Cockroach: "No, I'm not." Lionel: "If it's not you, who is? What happens to the people who pass the test?" $ SFX 911 - Cockroach: "Oh well ... *sigh* ... I don't know! Honestly! Sometimes, people just disappear. I don't have a clue, when or why!" $ SFX 911 continues - Audience starts to murmur Lori (sobbing): "You don't know? Then why did you put us through all this? Why? And why us?" $ SFX 912 - Cockroach (broken, sad music): "All I wanted was to learn from you! That's why you're here. Each one of you has a special trait. You, Lori, were so fearful, Poke so violent! Mika's courage was extraordinary, and Lionel never failed to use his logic! I forced you into special situations that made each of you express their individual traits in a way, an actor would do ... but in reality. I wanted to see what violence looks like. I wanted to see, how a person with wits would think their way through a situation. I wanted to see how courage and fear are expressed! An actor like me has to know how to show emotions!" Mika: "But you are a *bad* actor!" $ SFX 913 - Cockroach: "Yes, rub it in! Of course I am! I am a cockroach! How expressive would *you* be if you had an exoskeleton?" Lionel: "So, if you know all this ... Why do you still try to be an actor?" $ SFX 914 - Cockroach: "Because it's my destiny. I descend from a family of actors and so I was meant to become an actor as well. But I'm a failure! Like everyone else in this rotten place! *sob* I have no talents, I'm worthless." * The cockroach breaks down in a heap * Lori steps over to the cockroach Lori: "No, you're not. Nobody's worthless. And you have talents. You wouldn't have been able to fool us without one very special talent." $ SFX 915 - Cockroach (weak): "And what would that be?" Lori: "I think you're a very good story teller. When you told us the tale of the haunted opera house, everyone went silent and listened to the end. That's a gift not many people have. You could make that your new profession!" $ SFX 916 - Cockroach: "Do you really think so? To be honest, I always liked to tell stories. It began when I was a little boy. I was inventing worlds and people and I ..." Lionel: "Sorry to interrupt you, but we don't have the time for another story right now." $ SFX 917 - Cockroach: "Oh ... maybe you're right. I should stop trying to be an actor. Maybe I should entertain people with my stories. I ..." ~ Fog comes up $ SFX 917 continues - MAGICAL POOF! * The cockroach disappears * Uncle Kage appears at the same position O Main light % Spot on Kage $ SFX 918 - (optional) Kage: "Yes! I'm going to be a storyteller! Thank you! I'm free! Yahooo!!!!" * Kage gives Poke a big kiss $ SFX 919 - Smack kiss plopp ~ Fog comes up * Kage runs off stage Poke: "Hey! Where did he go? Where is he?" Lionel: "Hmm, he's gone!" Mika: "Hey, do you remember the last sentence in Eric the Evil Executive's diary? It's the same thing! He also realized what his true talents were, and *poof*! He was gone!" Lionel: "Yes! That's it! That's the way people leave this place! Now all we have to do is tell everybody, and they will be free!" Poke: "Yeah! Let's get it on!" * Poke steps over to the microphone and taps on it # SONG 004 - Medley # Music starts with "Everybody needs somebody to love" # Poke: "Is this thing on? *thud*thud* We're so glad to see so many of you lovely people here tonight, and we would especially like to welcome all the representatives of the Eurofurence community who have chose to join us here in the Haunted Opera house at this time. We do sincerely hope you'll all enjoy the show, and please remember people, that no matter who you are and what you do to live, thrive and survive, there is one thing that you should never forget: You always have to know WHO YOU ARE! Now tell me, do you know who you are?" # Audience: "NOOOOOO!" # Poke: "You really don't know who you are?" # Audience: "NOOOOOO!" # Poke: "Then let me tell you: There is only one way to leave this miserable place! Stop being what you are not! Start being what you are! Don't be anything different!" # Audience: "HUH?" # Poke: "Everybody be somebody / Everybody be somebody else / somebody else" # Background: "(somebody else)" # Poke: "Stop being this!" # Background: "(Stop being this!)" # Poke: "It's hard to miss!" # Background: "(It's hard to miss)" # Poke: "Just be you you you / Just be you you you / Just be you you you / Just be you you you" # Poke: "Wohooo! Mika, Lori, Lionel! This is fun! Come on! Join in! Yeah! Let's sing another song! One, two, three, four!" # Song changes into "That's the way I like it" # Poke: "That's the way, a-ha, a-ha / I like it, a-ha, a-ha / That's the way, a-ha, a-ha / I like it, a-ha, a-ha" # Poke: "That's the way, a-ha, a-ha / I like it, a-ha, a-ha / That's the way, a-ha, a-ha ... Wohooo! And another one! Yeah!" # Song changes into "Born in the USA" # Poke: "Sitting lonely at the hotel bar / Not a piece of naked flesh so far / Then I took another magazine / And my heart went like a drum machine - yeah" # Poke: "PORN in the USA / I saw, PORN in the USA now! / PORN in the USA / PORN in the USA" # Song changes into "Born to be alive" # Poke: "I am the hottest guy in town / But I can't find someone to get me / Laid, laid, laid" # Poke: "So I have to satisfy my urge somehow / By hand before it gets to / Late, late, late" # Poke: "I need Porn! Porn! Porn to be alive! / I need Porn! Porn! Porn!" # Poke: "Now, everybody, sing with me:" # Poke: "We all yiff in a yellow submarine / Yellow submarine / Yellow submarine" # Poke: "We all yiff in a yellow submarine / Yellow submarine / Yellow submarine" # Lori: "Poke! Poooke! That's enough! And once again, you don't get it: This is the ending song! Ending songs are supposed to be noble and spectacular! And all you do is sing about porn and yiffing! Stop the music! I SAID, STOP THE MUSIC!" # music stops # Lori: "Now, be quiet, and let me show you how it's done!" # Music starts again with "Don't cry for me, Argentina" # Lori: "It was not easy, but as it seems / The efforts we made ... have paid off / We succeeded in freeing these souls that were lost" # Lori: "Now we can go home / Back to our friends we've been missing so much, for so long / Going home ..." # Lori: "Oh, Poke! Isn't this beautiful? I'm so glad we made it!" * Poke sneaks up on Lori # Poke: "Don't cry for her, furry fandom! / The truth is she never loved you! / With all your perverts / And all your fanboys / And all your flame wars / She never liked you" O lights out # Lori: "*hhhhrgns* Poke! That's not true! What shall the neighbors think? Pooooke! Come back! Poooooke! *raaaaaaaaaaargh*" ---------------------------------------------------- Scene 3.4 - The Red Button - Puppets: Poke, Lionel, Lori, Mika - Props: Red Button on the right, Puppeteers wear costumes! - Stage: 2 (Opera hall) - Sections: B - Setting: A red buzzer button is on the stage - Music: SONG 005 - Muppet Show Theme - Sounds: - SFX 1000 - Tam-ta-dam-dam - SFX 1001 - Tam-ta-dam-dam-daa - SFX 1002 - Klaxon sounds, motors running, buldup .... BANG! HISSSSS! CRASH! ! Puppeteers need hilarious outfits, the stage must be clean for the end scene. O Light - yellow, white @ AMBIENCE 011 - Birds chirping Lionel (looking around): "Hah! Look at this! They're all gone. Nothing but free souls!" Poke: "Yeah! Fucking great. They're all zapped home and *we* are still stuck here!" Mika: "Yes. How to get *ourselves* out of here is the only thing we didn't find out." Lori: "Uh, guys? The ..." Mika: "So, what are we going to do?" Lori: "But ..." * Nobody cares about Lori Poke: "The one important thing you should do when you're stuck is, have sex!" * Lori flinches Poke: "It might be your last chance, after all!" Lori: "Guys ..." Lionel: "Nice try, Poke." Lori: "But ..." Lionel: "What's the matter, Lori?" Lori: "The door is back." $ SFX 1000 - Tam-ta-dam-dam * Pawpets turn to the audience $ SFX 1001 - Tam-ta-dam-dam-daa * Pawpets turn to the right, then open mouth Lionel: "What?" Mika: "Oh ..." % Spotlight on the door Lionel: "So ... Alright! Then *now* let's get out of here!" Mika: "Finally!" Lori: "Yaaay!" ! unlock the front panel of the stage Poke: "Oh, look! Another button!" * Poke goes over to the red button Lionel: "Poke, don't even think of it! It's a *red* button. And I suppose it's red for a *reason*!" Mika: "No!" Lori: "Poke! Stop!" * Poke smashes the button and the stage falls down $ SFX 1002 - Klaxon sounds, motors running, buldup .... BANG! HISSSSS! CRASH! * Puppeteers sit behind the stage, wearing the most hilarious outfits you can think of O lights out * rebuild stage # SONG 005 - Muppet Show Theme * CURTAIN CALL!