Abruptly Amy... the Musical?
Originally, the part in "A New Beginning" where Amy sells the happy dough was
going to be all in song. But then I thought: "That would be too over the
top"...
MAN: (singing)
Saw your sign
What's this I hear?
You've got the baked good
Of the year?
Some happy dough
Some snappy dough?
Some scrumptious and
Lip-smacky dough?
RUTH: (singing)
Ask Am-ee
She'll give you the scoop.
RITA: (singing)
She invented
This miracle goop.
AMY: (singing)
Oh you guys
You're too kind.
But please, dear sir
If you don't mind --
May I ask you a question?
MAN:
Whatever for?
AMY:
May I ask you a question?
MAN:
All right -- sure.
AMY:
What kind of problem
Do you have today?
What kind of problem
Could we take away?
MAN:
Well I don't know
If I should tell you.
But what the heck --
My marriage is through.
My wife plans to sue.
My tire just blew.
My dog's at the vet 'cause
She couldn't poo.
RUTH/RITA/ANDREA:
Ewwwwwwwwwwww!!!
AMY:
Well, dear sir
Then this is for *you*.
(She hands him a spoonful of the dough, which he eats slowly. Then, after
several seconds, his face lights up, and he jumps in the air and spins around in
a circle.)
MAN:
WHOOOO-HOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Oh... My God
That was *amazing*.
Lady, you're a genius!
This is the best
That I have felt in *years*!
Please, I must
Know your secret.
I'll pay you a *fortune* --
AMY: (smiling serenely)
I've got a better idea -- how 'bout we put you on a running
tab?
(Cut to shot of the outside of the bakery. The man bursts out the door
smiling, as the jazzy music picks up once more. He runs up to the first person
he meets.)
MAN:
Buy it *now*
Before it goes stale.
The miracle dough
At the Bake Sale!
WOMAN:
The old Bake Sale
That thing's still here?
Thought that Big Harv
Made it disappear.
MAN:
Oh no, it's here.
It's very much here.
MAN 2:
What's that, you say?
WOMAN:
He said the Bake Sale.
MAN 2:
The Bake Sale is what?
MAN:
I said
It hasn't gone
A-waaaay.
And it has dough
That you *have* to try.
MAN 3:
What kind of dough
Could be worth this cry?
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