| MUSIC:
"Libiamo" from "La Traviata" (Verdi) |
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There are two large stands nearby, with the NOBEL LAUREATES handing
out fish and brains to a group of MINGLING CUSTOMERS. One stand
has a sign on top saying "FISH." The other stand, just a few feet
away, is topped with a big sign that says "BRAINS."
At the end of this song, when the couple sing about "fishbrains,"
the stands are pushed together so they are topped by a single
hybrid sign that says "FISHBRAINS."
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| NARRATOR
(spoken): |
Years have passed since we
saw our happy couple. Perhaps inevitably, publicity
for their simple diets has caught the public's imagination.
Our couple became genuine celebrities. Unfortunately, the brains
SHE ate came from mad cows, and she contracted Mad Cow Disease.
The fish HE ate were contaminated with mercury, and he came down
with Mad Hatter's disease. But their love deepened. Yes, they
were mad for each other.
Let's join them now as
they find a way to reconcile their differences...
and as they come up with the world's next big diet fad!
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HE:
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It's clear
Fish and brains are not merely
a fad
And if only the two of us
weren't so intelligent
My dear
Then by now I would surely
be mad
As a hatter and you would
be madder than a cow
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SHE:
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The public seems to be wanting
brains and fish
They always ask for the latest
diet
And they don't stop, not until
they buy it
Of course they must try it
right away
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BOTH:
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Our dream has come true
Both for me and for you
We could not bear it
If we don't share it with
the world
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SHE:
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I know
Now, my darling, it's you
I adore
And your I.Q.
There's no one like you
In all the world today
And so
Minor side effects we can
ignore
Like conniptions and heebie-jeebies
and maybe death
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| HE: |
Perhaps these diets'll be
pass
some day
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| SHE: |
Perhaps we could re__ __ __ fine
them
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HE:
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Or better yet, com__ __ __
bine them [music slows and
stops]
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| [spoken:]
HE: |
.......Fish?......
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| SHE: |
......Brains?....
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| HE:
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.......Fish?......
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| SHE: |
......Brains?....
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| BOTH:
(get the idea together) |
Fish brains!!!
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| [sung:]
BOTH: |
Hooray!
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| HE: |
You are brilliant, my dear
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| SHE: |
So are you
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| BOTH: |
So let's stop singing
And begin bringing you [slow down] fish-----(hold
the note)
Brains!
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[Everyone else on stage has been swelling the ranks of the
MINGLING CROWD as the following happens: The two vending stands
are pushed together, forming a single sing at the top that says
"FISHBRAINS." The NOBEL LAUREATES, with the happy approval of
the MINGLING CUSTOMERS, fling fishbrains into the audience.]
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| CHORUS: |
Oh, yes, please, for Godsake stop singing!
Please!! Now it's time to start flinging
Fish.......brains.......to........you!!
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