Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas Page #4

BROTHERS...

( Cheers & Applause )

BOYS, YOU WERE

WONDERFUL!

DID IT SOUND:

ALL RIGHT, MA?

YOU WERE:

BETTER THAN BEST!

YOU'RE CERTAIN

TO WIN!

WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

THATWASTO HAVE BEEN

OUR LAST ACT.

NORMALLY WE WOULDN'T ALLOW

ANY LAST-MINUTE ENTRIES,

BUT THESE KIDS:

HAVE COME A LONG WAY...

ALL THE WAY:

FROM RIVERBOTTOM!

YES,

THESE RIVERBOTTOM BOYS...

COME ON, LET'S

CLEAR A WAY NOW, HUH?

COME ON,

CLEAR IT OUT!

WHERE DO YOU:

WANT THIS STUFF?

YEAH, HOW ABOU THAT RIGHT THERE, HUH?

YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.

Mayor Fox:

SO LET'S WELCOME, PLEASE,

TONIGHT'S LAST CONTESTANTS...

HERE THEY ARE,

THE ROCK GROUP:

KNOWN AS "THE NIGHTMARE!"

( Heavy Metal )

Together:

WE TAKE WHAT WE WANT.

WE DO ANYTHING THAT WE WISH.

WE GOT NO RESPEC FOR ANIMAL, BIRDIE OR FISH.

THE GRASS DOES NOT GROW

ON THE PLACES:

WHERE WE STOP AND STAND.

RIVER BOTTOM:

NIGHTMARE BAND!

( Musical Interlude )

WE KNOW WE'RE A MESS.

OUR TYPE DOES NOT LIKE

TO BE CLEAN.

NO, NO, NO, NO...

WE DON'T BRUSH OUR TEETH

'CAUSE OUR TOOTHACHE

CAN HELP US STAY MEAN.

YEAHHHH!

WE DON'T WISH TO LEARN

BUT WE HATE:

WHAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND.

RIVER BOTTOM!

WHEN YOU SEE US COMIN',

YOU BETTER START A-RUNNIN'.

WE'RE ALWAYS

STARTIN' TROUBLE

AND WE'RE HAPPIES WHEN THINGS ARE OUT OF HAND.

OOH! AHH!

OOH! AHHHHH!

TEMPERS ARE FOR BOILIN',

PARTIES ARE FOR SPOILIN'

WE EITHER LIKE:

TO SIT AND POU OR ELSE GO OU AND TERRORIZE THE LAND.

OOH-HOO-HOO!

RIVER BOTTOM NIGHTMARE BAND!

( Music )

AHHHHH!!!

WE LAUGH IN YOUR FACE

OR WE PRACTICE:

OUR GROWL AND OUR SNEER.

YEAHHHH!

WE BREAK UP YOUR PLACE;

WE ARE DANGEROUS

WHEN WE ARE NEAR.

AND WHEN WE ARE DONE

WITH OUR SONG:

WHO WILL GE THE BIGGEST HAND?

WHO?

RIVER BOTTOM:

NIGHTMARE BAND!

RIVER BOTTOM:

NIGHTMARE BAND!

WHA-HAA!!

OOOHHH!

( Musical Flourish )

( Cheers & Applause )

AND SO THE WINNER

OF OUR FIRST ANNUAL

TALENT CONTEST IS...

THE NIGHTMARE!

( Applause )

EMMET...

I HOCKED:

THE TOOL CHES TO GET THE MATERIAL

FOR MY COSTUME.

OH?

OH...

WELL, YOU CAN SEE

WHAT I DID TO YOUR WASHTUB.

YEP.

EVENING,

MRS. OTTER...

EVENING, BOYS.

( Murmur Greetings )

I THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW

THAT THE JUDGES WERE IMPRESSED

BY BOTH OF YOUR ACTS.

THEY JUST NEEDED...

WELL, THAT LITTLE

SOMETHING EXTRA.

KEEP WORKING ON IT.

YES, SIR.

WELL, GOTTA BE

GETTIN' TO WORK;

THE RESTAURANT'S

BUSY TONIGHT.

AND MERRY CHRISTMAS!

MERRY CHRISTMAS,

SIR.

( Heavy Sigh )

WELL, BOYS...

LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE

CLOSING THINGS DOWN.

BETTER HEAD FOR:

THE RIVER.

QUICKER TO GET HOME

IF WE WALK ON THE ICE.

YOU KNOW, EMMET...

IF I'D HAVE WON

THAT CONTEST,

I'D HAVE GIVEN YOU

THAT GUITAR:

WITH THE MOTHER-OF-PEARL

INLAYS.

WOULD YA:

REALLY?

MM-HMM.

GOSH, I WAS GONNA

GET A PIANO FOR YOU.

A PIANO?

WERE YOU REALLY?

YES'M.

OH, EMMET,

THAT'S ABOU THE NICEST PRESEN ANYBODY EVER TRIED

TO GIVE ME.

YOU KNOW, EMMET...

I GUESS I SHOULD

FEEL PRETTY BAD.

BUT THE FUNNY THING

IS THAT I DON'T.

I FEEL PRETTY GOOD.

SO DO I...

I DON'T KNOW WHY,

BUT I DO.

I GUESS IT'S

'CAUSE WE DID

JUST WHAT PA:

WOULDA DONE.

( "Snow on the Rooftop" )

Ma:

MIGHTY NICE:

KAZOO BLOWING, HARVEY.

YEAH, IT WAS

A GREAT-SOUNDIN' SONG.

WE SHOULDA WON.

WELL, IT JUST DIDN' TURN OUT THAT WAY.

I THOUGHT MA'S SONG

WAS NICE, TOO.

HMM...I HADN'T THOUGHT OF

THAT OLD SONG IN YEARS.

BUT WHEN I DID,

IT JUST FELT RIGHT.

( Humming with Kazoo )

SAY...THOSE TWO SONGS

COULD FIT TOGETHER.

HOW DO YOU MEAN,

MA?

UH, HERE.

BOYS, BOYS...

I'M GONNA STAR SINGING MY SONG,

AND YOU COME IN SINGIN' YOURS

WHEN I SHOW YOU, OKAY?

OKAY.

YEAH.

WE'RE CLOSER NOW

THAN EVER BEFORE.

HOW MUCH ALIKE:

WE ARE.

PERHAPS WE'RE

LONG, LOST BROTHERS.

THERE'S LOVE IN OUR WORLD

AND WE'RE SHOWING IT MORE.

WE EVEN THINK THE SAME,

YOU KNOW,

THERE MAY BE OTHERS.

OUR WORLD SAYS,

"WELCOME, STRANGER,"

EVERYBODY'S A FRIEND.

WE CAN ALWAYS:

USE A FRIEND.

FAVORITE STORIES

DON'T END.

WELCOME, BROTHER...

Together:

IN OUR WORLD.

GEE, MA,

THAT SOUNDS FINE!

IT SURE DOES,

EMMET.

SOME SAY OUR WORLD

IS GETTING TOO SMALL.

SO MANY THINGS TO LEARN,

BUT WE'LL ENJOY

EACH LESSON.

I SAY WITH KINDNESS,

"THERE'S ROOM FOR US ALL."

PROBLEMS DON'T WORRY US

WHEN HALF THE FUN IS GUESSIN'.

OUR WORLD:

IS ALWAYS CHANGING,

EVERY DAY'S A SURPRISE.

LIVE A LIFETIME OF SURPRISE.

LOVE CAN OPEN YOUR EYES.

BROTHER, LOOK AROUND.

Together:

IN OUR WORLD.

WHEN NIGHT LAYS SAD

UPON YOU,

GO WATCH A SIMPLE SUNRISE.

SEE WONDER IN YOUR EYES.

LOVE CAN OPEN YOUR EYES.

WELCOME, BROTHER...

TO OUR WORLD.

( Applause )

THAT'S FINE MUSIC,

FOLKS!

I THOUGHT YOU NEEDED SOMETHING

A LITTLE EXTRA,

BUT IT APPEARS TO ME

THAT WHAT YOU NEEDED

WAS EACH OTHER.

WELL, WE'RE MIGHTY HONORED

YOU LIKED IT.

YOU WOULDN'T CONSIDER WORKING A THE RIVERSIDE REST, WOULD YOU?

( Excited Chatter )

Ma:

NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.

IS THE PAY REGULAR

WHEN WE PLAY REGULAR?

SURE IS.

AND MEALS:

ARE ON THE HOUSE.

GOODY!

YOU GOT MASHED POTATOES?

SURE...AND YOU CAN

START TONIGHT.

( Group Gasps )

PEACHY KEEN!

EMMET,

WHAT DO YOU SAY?

SOUNDS BETTER'N

SELLING SNAKE OIL.

WELL, SURE!

NOBODY WANTS TO OIL

A SNAKE THESE DAYS!

( Jug-Band Begins )

WE'RE CLOSER NOW

THAN EVER BEFORE.

HOW MUCH ALIKE WE ARE.

THERE'S LOVE IN OUR WORLD,

WE'RE SHOWING IT MORE.

YOU KNOW,

THERE MAY BE OTHERS.

OUR WORLD SAYS,

"WELCOME, STRANGER."

EVERYBODY'S A FRIEND.

FAVORITE STORIES DON'T END.

WELCOME...

Together:

TO OUR WORLD.

Ma:

I SURE ENJOYED:

OUR FIRST NIGHT'S WORK.

GONNA ENJOY:

THE REST OF 'EM, TOO.

GONNA LOVE:

THE MASHED POTATOES!

LET'S FACE IT, MA.

WE'RE BETTER

AT SINGIN' AND PLAYIN'

THAN WE ARE A LAUNDRY AND ODD JOBS.

( Chuckles )

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, BOYS, I'D LIKE

TO DO A SONG FOR PA,

RIGHT HERE AND NOW.

HE TOOK A CHANCE

ON SNAKE OIL:

AND YOU TOOK A CHANCE

ON A WASHTUB.

OKAY BY ME, MA.

( Hymn Style )

WHEN THE MOUNTAIN

TOUCHES THE VALLEY

ALL THE CLOUDS:

ARE TAUGHT TO FLY.

THUS OUR SOUL:

SHALL LEAVE THIS LAND

MOST PEACEFULLY.

PEACEFULLY.

THOUGH OUR MINDS

BE FILLED WITH QUESTIONS

IN OUR HEARTS:

WE'LL UNDERSTAND

WHEN THE RIVER:

MEETS THE SEA.

PATIENCE,

MY BROTHERS,

AND PATIENCE,

MY SONS.

IN THAT SWEE AND FINAL HOUR,

TRUTH AND JUSTICE

WILL BE DONE.

LIKE A BABY:

WHEN IT IS SLEEPING,

IN ITS LOVING MOTHER'S ARMS,

WHAT A NEWBORN BABY DREAMS

IS A MYSTERY.

A MYSTERY.

BUT HIS LIFE:

WILL FIND A PURPOSE

AND IN TIME:

HE'LL UNDERSTAND,

WHEN THE RIVER:

MEETS THE SEA,

WHEN THE RIVER MEETS

THE ALMIGHTY SEA.

( Fast Country Style )

CAPTION TECHNOLOGIES INC.

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