Shock Treatment Page #4

Synopsis: Following on from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", this musical is set several years later in Brad and Janet Majors' hometown - which has become a giant TV station; residents are either participants or viewers. They are married now, but their romance has fallen on the rocks. Ostensibly to fix their marriage, Brad is imprisoned on the program "Dentonvale" (the local mental hospital) while Janet is conscripted to become a new star. As Janet is entranced by the high life, she forgets Brad. Who is trying to woo her away?
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Director(s): Jim Sharman
Production: 20th Century Fox
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
PG
Year:
1981
94 min
Website
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A stately pleasure home indeed.

Oh, I adore Coleridge Taylor.

As a matter of fact...

"It is an ancient Mariner...

"and he stoppeth one of three.

"By thy long gray beard

and glittering eye...

now wherefore stop'st thou me?"

I feel the heat

from your skin

And the stubble

on your chin

You're no good

You're no good

You've got dirt

on your hands

And everybody understands

You're no good

You're no good

Oh, what a joke

What a joke

You feel like choking

You play for broke

You play for broke

He leaves you smoking

Oh, romance is not

a children's game

But you keep going back

It's driving you insane

Drift into the treacle deep

Slip into its silent depths

Go to sleep

With your everything akimbo

Float into

the sandman's limbo

Night, night

Night, night

It's time for bye-byes

It's been a great day

Thanks a heap

Now it's time

For everyone

To go to sleep

Night, night

It's time for bye-byes

It's been a great day

Thanks a heap

Now it's time

For everyone

To go to sleep

"He went like one that hath been stunned...

" and is of sense forlorn.

"A sadder and a wiser man...

he rose the morrow morn."

Does this bird belong to you?

Janet?

Are you decent, Janet?

Hoopla, Bert!

Nice to see you up and about.

- Mac's waiting in the wardrobe, Janet.

- -Huh.

Care tojoin me

in an on-set snack?

Good morning.

I wanna see Brad.

Look at yourself.

You're beautiful.

The most desirable creature

that ever walked.

Oh, if only Brad could have found it within

himself to say those things to me.

He will, but it's up to you

to reawaken his feelings.

Farley's given you that chance.

You can use

the Breakfast Show...

to knock Denton dead.

Do you really think so?

Everybody needs you.

But what'll I do? What'll I say?

What'll I wear?

Ever since I was

a little boy

Dressing up has always been

my greatest joy

But when it's time

to be discreet

There's one thing

you just can't beat

And that's a strapless

backless, classical little black dress

Well, first you go

rip, rip, rip

Then you go

snip, snip, snip

Then you whip

in a zip, zip, zip

And split it up

to the hip, hip, hip

And as you

strip, strip, strip

You shiver and quiver

For that soft caress

As you slip, slip, slip into that little black dress

- Hoopla!

Ever since I was

the ein kleiner herren

It was the Cordon Bleu

for which I am most carin'

And the one taste treat

so sweet

That really can't be beat

Is what we have, ja How you are,

caviar That little black mess

- Voil!

- But how?

Well, first you go

rip, rip, rip

Then you go

snip, snip, snip

Then you whip

in a zip, zip, zip

And split it up

to the hip, hip, hip

And as you

strip, strip, strip

Oh, you quiver and shiver

For that soft caress

As you slip, slip, slip

into that little black dress

That minimal Minimal

Criminal Criminal

Cynical little black dress

Let's face it, Mac

That basic black is coming back

Let's face it, Mac

That basic black is coming back

Let's face it, Mac

That basic black is coming back

That minimal Minimal

Criminal Criminal

Cynical

Little black dress

Good morning, Denton. Rise and shine.

She'll be here any second now.

So let's give her a great big hand.

Come on now.

Oh, Janet, I can't tell

you how excited I am... for you.

We've got the band

and dancers and dry ice standing by.

Betty Hapschatt is indisposed,

so Macy will have to do the introductions.

I don't need introductions.

The fabulous, the golden...

the very wonderful...

- I knew it! Janet, Janet,

Janet Janet, Janet

- I knew it! Janet, Janet,

Janet Janet, Janet

There's just the two of me

Alone at last together

We've got the luck so far

We are my lucky star

Star, star, star, star,

star, star, star, star.

Deep in the heart of me

I love every part of me

All I can see in me

Is the danger and ecstasy

Yeah, one thing

there couldn't be

Is any more me in me

This is the me of me

Me, me, me

Me, me

Me, me, me

Me, me, me

I am my destiny

I'd never lie to me

I'd be willing to die

pour moi

I'll pray every day to me

And here's what

I'd say to me

This is the me of me

Me, me, me

Me, me

Me, me, me

Me, me, me

Me, me, me - Aah!

Ooh, me, me

Me, me, me - Yeah!

Whoa, me, me

Look at me

Moi, moi

Janet! Janet!

Janet!

And you can see

and hearJanet tonight...

on Faith Factory, brought

to you by Farley Flavors.

All right, Janet.

- You were far out.

- Terrific.

Out of self came selfessness!

You revealed yourself,

the real you, the secret you.

- And you liked what you saw, didn't you, Janet?

- Well, I must say...

- How's Brad?

- Well, if he caught my act, he'll be lookin' good.

It seems I'm his medicine,

so we're off to give him another spoonful.

Check you later, Betty.

I gotta freshen up.

Hey, how about that?

Janet was a knockout!

- Thank you.

- Yeah, she was terrific.

- Sexy!

- What?

At the same time fresh,

untouched, you know.

- Hey, how's Brad?

- He's fine.

Lucky dog, with a pretty girl

like that for a wife.

Yeah, he sure is.

No sugar. Thanks, Kirk.

Well, I'll sugar his daughter's...

Coffee, Kirk. I'm dying for it.

R.I.P., Betty.

You're off the air.

What's happening here?

Janet's on the Breakfast Show...

Brad's committed

to a nowhere series, and we've been...

Written out?

Dentonvale.

The Mission of Mercy.

Starring the increasingly

popularJanet Majors.

Hi, Mommy. Hi, Daddy.

- Hi, Brad. I've just come to

tell you how fabulous I am.

Janet, where's that

lovely dress I made you?

Oh, Mac just whipped up

this little crowd-pleaser.

Well, you're practically naked!

I can't wear anything under it, Daddy.

It would spoil the line.

My God, Janet. How can you say such things? Look at Brad.

Look what they've done to him.

- Janet's parents?

- Are you the doctor?

- Yes.

- There's gonna have to be an investigation.

- There are regulations about this sort of thing.

- It's for his own good.

- Hoopla, Janet!

- Bert! Sweetheart! Oh, it's fabulous!

- What's going on here?

- You're wearing your black.

- Yes, of course.

- I adore that color.

Patient was in great danger

of doing himself a mischief.

We only want what's best for him.

As parents, you must understand.

No. No, I don't!

Brad doesn't need to be trussed up like a turkey.

There are drugs to keep him quiet.

- We used them. All of them.

- And none of them worked?

- No.

- Then double the strength.

- We did.

- We know our job.

We also know how you feel.

We're not strangers to confusion.

- We're not confused.

- Well, I am, goddamn it!

You trust Brad

with this crowd-pleaser?

I'm not a locum with

motive to suture myself

I've been a cynic

for too many years

Playing doctor and nurse

It can be good for your health

I've seen clinics with

those gimmicks in Tangiers

But if you open your heart

to a smooth operator

- Ooh. He'll take you

for all that you've got

He'll hand you a curse

that'll be with you later

It'll shake you

the way he takes off

Like a shot

You need a bit of

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Richard O'Brien

Richard O'Brien (born Richard Smith; 25 March 1942) is a British-New Zealand actor, television presenter, musician, writer, voice artist and theatre performer. After a long and successful career based in the United Kingdom, he gained dual citizenship with New Zealand in 2011, where he resided in Tauranga. O'Brien wrote the musical stage show The Rocky Horror Show, which has remained in almost continuous production. He also co-wrote the screenplay of the film adaptation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show released in 1975, appearing in the film as Riff Raff. O'Brien also appeared in the hugely popular ITV series Robin of Sherwood in 1984-1986, as Gulnar, alongside Jason Connery. He presented the television show The Crystal Maze for Channel 4 from 1990 to 1993 and is the voice of Lawrence Fletcher, the title characters' father in Phineas and Ferb. more…

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