Hello again, everyone! I'm back once again! Yay! And yes, it is FINALLY now time for Scene 1 of Act 1 of this brand-new Broadway musical script story of mine! This scene will not only mark the beginning of the show, but it'll also be the scene containing the musical's very first song! Yep, you all heard me right! This first scene of the show contains the important and attention-catching opening musical number! Opening numbers in a Broadway musical usually mean the diffreence between a happy audience or a disappointed and ripped-off audience. And yes, the real-life musical that the song is based off of will be mentioned and given credit to after the scene within the concluding author's note. This is to make sure no one thinks I'm stealing songs without crediting the original versions. So, without any more further delays, let's all begin Scene 1 of Act 1 of this brand-new Broadway musical script story of mine!
(As the rest of the theater lights dim and turn off, the lights above the front part of the stage (in front of the curtain/banner) light up, revealing a child actress playing Elmyra appearing on the left side of the stage from left aisle, smiling and waving excitingly at the enter audience. As she appears, the entire audience cheers and claps very loudly for her appearance and the show starting. After 30 seconds, the cheering and clapping dies down, and Elmyra begins to speak very loudly and annoyingly...)
Elmyra: HELLO EVERYONE! (waves and jumps wildly) IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL HERE TONIGHT! (does a quick little tap dance) I'm Elmyra Duff and I'm here to say to all of you that I'M SO EXCITED TO BE MEETING PINKY AND THE BRAIN LIVE ON THIS VERY STAGE! (stops tap dancing) And while these mice are up here on stage, not only will I be getting their autographs, but I'll also be taking a photo with them, making them play dress-up, giving them makeovers, and even letting them watch TV with me! Some people have called me ANNOYING as a "Tiny Toons" or "Animaniacs" character in the past, but I'm here to PROVE those stupid meanies wrong! You see, I just LOVE animals and I would do ANYTHING AT ALL to care for them and help them! (squeals with excitement) So, to start off, I'm going to find these mice and...
(Suddenly, 2 actors dressed up as security guards appeared onstage on the left from the left aisle, approaching Elmyra as they did. Both of them are holding a flashlight and one of them has a walkie-talkie on their belt. As they approached Elmyra, Elmyra stopped, looked over at them, and smiled...)
Elmyra: Oh...hello! (smiles and waves to the guards)
Security Guard 1: Hello...how'd you get up on stage?
Elmyra: Uh...that's a little secret of mine! (stops waving but continues to smile)
Security Guard 2 (pulls out flashlight): Young lady, you got to get off the stage! The show is about to start.
Elmyra: Oh, I know that! And I'm very excited! I'm about to see Pinky and Brain right here on stage! As you can see, I'm their biggest fan!
Security Guard 2: That's nice kid, but you can't be on the stage.
Security Guard 1 (pulls out flashlight, too): Yeah, the stage is off limits to the general public, young lady.
Elmyra: B-B-But...
Security Guard 1: What's your name, kid?
Elmyra: Elmyra Fudd, security lady.
Security Guard 2: Well, you'll have to take your seat before the show starts.
Elmyra: Oh, this stage IS my seat! You see, I need to be as close to the stage as possible for being Pinky and Brain's number one fan!
Security Guard 2: That's very nice kid, but the stage isn't a real seat.
Security Guard 1: Yeah, you can't be up here Emily.
Elmyra: Uh, that's ELMYRA, NOT EMILY! (folds arms) You can't even pronounce my name right, so you don't seen like people I should fear or listen to! (turns away from them) Looser!
Security Guard 1: Young lady, you might want to rethink this nasty attitude of yours. We don't and will NOT tolerate that type of behavior in this theater!
Elmyra: Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah! Blah! (pulls out camera from her pocket and turns towards audience) Who wants a group photo?! (pauses before continuing) You all do!? Yay! (Holds camera up and snaps a photo of the entire audience) Ah, there we go!
Security Guard 2: Young lady, put away the camera! There's no filming or flash photography allowed in here!
Elmyra (turns to the security guards): Oh, its no big deal! I'm just taking photos of the show for my scrapbook at home! (Smiles)
Security Guard 1 (fed up): Young lady, that is illegal! (turns to Security Guard 2) That's it, I'm done with her. Get her out of here!
Security Guard 2: Yes, ma'am. I'll do just that. (puts flashlight away into his pocket and grabs Elmyra's left arm) Come on young lady, you're out of here! (tries to drag her off the stage)
Elmyra: But...but I want to see Pinky and Brain! (struggles to stay onstage) You can't kick me out!
Security Guard 2: Actually, I can...(grabs her other arm and begins dragging her off the stage) And I'm doing it now!
(As Security Guard 2 drags Elmyra off the stage and down the left aisle towards the exit doors of the theater, Elmyra let's her body drop close to the floor, screaming and throwing a tantrum in an attempt to get her way, but to no avail...)
Elmyra (Struggling to break free): NO! NOOOOOOOO! LET ME GO! NO! PUT ME DOWN! NO! YOU CAN'T STOP ME FROM SEEING PINKY AND BRAIN! I WANT TO SEE THEM! YOU'RE A STUPID MEANIE! YOU'RE A DUMMY-HEAD! YOU'RE A CHILD HATER, AREN'T YOU?! THIS IS CHILD DISCRIMINATION! NO, NO, I WONT GO! NO, NO I WON'T GO! NO, NO, I WON'T GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
(At this point, Security Guard 2 reaches the entry door at the back of the left aisle of the theater. He then uses his back to shove the entry doors of the theater wide open, all before dragging Elmyra out of the theater, and closing the doors behind him. As he did this, the entire audience cheers and claps very loudly, and Security Guard 1 stands in the front-center of the stage, looking at the entire audience. As the cheering and clapping dies down after 30 seconds, Security Guard 1 speaks to the entire audience...)
Security Guard 1: Alright everyone, settle down! Settle down now! (puts flashlight back into her pocket) Now, what you just saw was not only an annoying little brat with no business being in or near the show whatsoever, but what you also saw was an example of what can happen to you if you don't follow the rules during the performance. So, I'm here to tell you that its time to turn off all your cell phones, your Ipods, your Ipads, and no Facebooking or Instagraming during the show! Please, turn off all of those devices now, and don't send that last text to your friends or family members now. They can wait for you to reply back in 2 hours, and it's not as important as the show you paid an arm and a leg to see! And don't worry, we've seen the LAST of Elmyra and she won't be back in here again. (smiles) Now, you all enjoy the show! (exits off the stage on the right, walks down the aisle on the right, and exits the theater through the doors at the back)'
(As Security Guard 1 exits the theater and closes the door behind her, the entire audience cheers and claps loudly once again. After 30 seconds, the cheering and clapping dies down again. As the cheering and clapping dies down again, the stage lights at the front dim, and a spotlight shines down at the front-center of the stage. As this happens, an actor wearing a grey suit and pants, and a brown tie appears stage left by walking out in front of the front curtain/banner from the right wing of the stage, all before walking over to the front-center of the stage. This actor is playing a character simply named Narrator, and he is holding a large thick brown book in both of his hands. He looks at the entire audience, gets his book ready, opens it, and flips to the first page. As he does, the Narrator begins a narration to begin the musical...)
Narrator: Now, this story will be unlike any other story or fairy tale you've read or heard of before. (clears through) Mice...mice are cute creatures. They squeak, they run very fast, they make great house pets, and they LOVE cheese! (turns page) But this story is about 2 mice out there, kept as lab mice in a cage within a laboratory called "ACME Labs", both of which are considered...well...intelligent! (coughs) Well...mostly intelligent. Uh...I meant that...well...ONE of them is. (turns page) These lab mice both have a name. One is named Brain, and one is named Pinky. (turns page) One of them is a genius and the other one is...well...insane! (smiles) Now, as to which one was the genius and which one was insane, this page says that...(goes to turns page, but instead gets a perplexed look on his face) what the...(notices a missing and torn-off page) A page is missing! (flips the next page back and forth, looking for the missing page) Uh oh...this isn't good! I don't even remember who is a genius and who is insane now! (shrugs and sighs) Oh well...I guess we'll never know, huh? (turns page) A-Anyways, our story begins within a cage inside of "ACME Labs", which closed every night at 5:00pm, Monday through Sunday. (steps over to the left side of the stage)
(At this point, as the Narrator steps over to the left side of the stage, the orchestra pit begins to play the instrumental theme music of the original "Pinky and The Brain" cartoon series. As this song plays in the background, the Narrator continues to speak to the entire audience some more...)
Narrator: And as we all transition to said cage within "ACME Labs", I must mention to you all that not only are these mice "intelligent", but they also can speak. (turns page). And for those of you asking yourselves "How can mice speak?", I will be happy to mention that there is one reason as to why these mice can speak...(turns page) Gene splicing! (exits stage left)
(As the Narrator exits stage left and disappears from view, the spotlight shinning over him turns off. Then, the instrumental "Pinky and The Brain" theme music continues playing for another minute, all before finally ending. As the theme music stops playing, the entire audience cheers and claps very loudly for the song. After 30 seconds, the cheering and clapping dies done. As the cheering and clapping dies down, some suspenseful character introduction music begins to play in the background, keying up little by little. As it does, the front curtain/banner of a painting of the exterior of "ACME Labs" slowly goes up, revealing a massive set resembling the inside of Pinky and Brain's cage home, not only complete with the metal bars of the actual cage itself, but also with a drinking bottle for rodents, a large empty food dish, and a large stack of oversized blueprints in a corner. Metal cage bars surround the back, side, top, and front of the setting, and behind the bars are some additional set pieces (giant test tubes and beakers, a giant computer screen, an enlarged interior lab wall panel, and a large window with a city backdrop painting outside), all creating the illusion that the audience is seeing things from a mouse's point of view. The actors playing Pinky and Brain are also in view, as this first scene is their reveal to the audience. Both mice actors have white and pink-bellied fur suits on their bodies, covering everything from their shins, their upper arms, their chest and stomach, and up to their necks. On the lower arms and other half of their shins, they have prosthetic mice fur covering everything else, including their individual fingers, and all of their bare feet and toes. Their fur suits also have pink prosthetic tails coming out from the but are of their fur suit costume, and both have white makeup covering most of their faces. They also have large mice-like prosthetic ears attached to their real ear lobes, and have a fake round red prosthetic nose covering their real noses. The actor playing Brain also had a prosthetic large head coming up from his head and forehead, creating the illusion of him having a larger head twice the size as normal (but still humanized-like), making him the most intelligent mice around. Pinky was running on the large exercise wheel on both his legs and hands, and Brain was simply facing the entire audience, smiling deviously. As Pinky and Brain were revealed, the entire audience cheers and claps very loudly once again. After about 30 seconds, the cheering and clapping dies down, the banner/curtain disappears out of view way above the stage, the front metal bar panel of the cage splits in half and slides out of view on the left and right. Once the front bars of the cage set moved out of view, the music begins to play in the background, all while Brain begins to speak...)
Brain: Ah, what a night. (puts hands on his hips) Its a full moon outside tonight. And I'm thankful for one thing, and one thing only. The humans might've done one too many painful experiments on me, but I can be glad for the one thing that they've given me...a brain! (points to his head) Yes...YES! This brain was the best thing that the humans could have given me! And with this brain of mine, I, The Brain, will do the one thing that keeps me going every night!
Pinky (stops spinning on the wheel): And what is that thing, Brain? (steps off the wheel) Narf! (laughs)
Brain (sighs and turns around to face Pinky): That "thing" is the same thing we try to do every night, Pinky...try to take over the world!
Pinky: But Brain...won't some people think of you as...e-evil for doing that? (looks confused)
Brain (frowns): Oh, come now, Pinky...You know perfectly well that my intentions for taking over the world aren't "evil". My intentions are based around the fact that the world will be a much better place under my rule and my intelligence!
Pinky: Oh...but Brain, you try to take over the world with my help every night, and we never succeed! Poit! Hahahahaha!
Brain: Pinky, please don't mention all of our past failures! Each failure is simply another open opportunity to create an even BETTER plan for world domination!
Pinky: But Brain...when we do eventually take over the world, will the citizens take us seriously as...well...their leaders?
Brain (rubs both hands together): Oh yes...YES! You'll see, Pinky...
(At that point, the suspenseful background music keys up some more, and Brain sings the very first musical number of the entire show...)
Brain (singing): We might just be mice...
We might be so tiny...
And we both might be,
Just two mice in a cage in a lab!
To kids we look cute...
To adults we look nasty...
But I can assure you all,
We just want what is best,
For all of you!
Think about what the world will be like...
If it was all controlled under my rule!
The money will be controlled to a T,
And you'd save a penny here and there!
Oh Pinky my friend...
Don't you see the future?
The world will be a much better place...
Under my rule!
Under my ruuuuuule!
Under my rule,
Is how the world,
Will become an entirely better place!
Under my rule...
Under my ruuuuuuule...
Under my rule,
Is how the world,
Is meant to be!
Pinky: Narf! Poit! Narf! (laughs) Hey Brain, watch me do a cartwheel! (does a handstand and attempts to do a cartwheel, but fails miserably as he just topples over on his left side) OW! Narf! HAHAHAHAHA! (gets back up)
Brain (turns around and sighs; singing): As you can see here,
My friend Pinky...
Isn't really the brightest of the bunch!
But that doesn't matter to me...
As Albert Einstein wasn't that sane either...
Despite his intelligence,
Being just like mine!
Under my rule...
Under my ruuuuuuule...
Under my rule,
Is how this world,
Should be operated under!
Pinky (walks over and stands next to Brain on the left): Brain, if we take over the world, can I have control of all of the sweets made in the world?! (smiles)
Brain (looks over at Pinky with a perplexed look on his face): Oh come now, Pinky. Why on Earth would you want to have control of that? (folds arms)
Pinky: Well, so I can eat as many as I want to be fast and zany! Narf! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Brain (eyes widen): Are you serious?
Pinky: Of course I'm serious, Brain! Narf!
Brain (makes a fist and whacks Pinky on his head out of annoyance)
Pinky (doesn't cry or scream in pain but laughs): HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Brain (looks over at audience; singing): This is what I have to deal with...
On a daily basis...
A mouse partner,
With only a brain,
The size of a pea!
But that won't matter soon...
Because when I take over the world...
Everything will be under my rule...
Under my ruuuuuuuule...
Under my rule,
Pinky and I can do whatever we want,
No matter our differences,
In terms of intelligence!
Pinky might say "Narf" or "Poit",
But of course I can't ditch him!
Because with out me...
Where would he be right now?!
Pinky might not be too bright,
But he's my great and only friend...
And he's the one,
Who sometimes points out my plan's flaws!
Under my rule...
We can control the hospitals...
The veterinarians, and dentist offices...
We can control all restaurants,
Both family-run and chain franchises!
We can rule all of the libraries,
The local parks, too!
We can control all theme parks...
Domestic and overseas, of course!
We can rule all of the retail stores,
And local gift shops full of souvenirs!
Think about us having t-shirts made...
With both Pinky and I,
Plastered on them, front and back!
And we can even rule...
All chain and family-run movie theaters,
Any outdoor concert venues,
And Broadway theaters as well!
Under my rule...
Oh, under my ruuuuuuuule…
Pinky (singing): Under Brain's rule...
Brain (singing): Under my rule...
The rule of Pinky and I...
Pinky (singing): Brain knows for a fact...
Brain (singing): That the world will be a much better place...
Under my rule...
Under my rule...
Oh under my...
Pinky (singing): Under his...
Brain (singing): Under my...
Both Pinky and Brain (in unison): RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULE!
(The music stops playing in the background. As it does, the entire audience cheers and claps very loudly for the completing of the show's first musical number. After about 1 minute, the loud cheering and clapping from the entire audience dies down. As the cheering and clapping dies down, the next scene of the musical begins to take place. As it does, the Narrator enters stage left, faces the audience while standing on the far-left side of the stage, and flips of a page of his book once again, before continuing to speak to the audience some more...)
And that was the amazing and funny conclusion of Scene 1 of Act 1 of this brand-new Broadway musical script story of mine! This scene introduced the characters of Pinky and Brain, showing off the impressive makeup designs for each of the actors playing the 2 mice. Since this is Broadway theater and not a theme park show, no foam/walkaround character suits are used to bring the characters to life. Look at the popular Broadway musical "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical" to see my inspiration for the half-human/half-mice character designs for both Pinky and Brain. Anyways, the song featured in this scene is based off of the real-life song called "When You're An Addams" from the Broadway show "The Addams Family". Anyways, in the next scene, you'll see just what type of world domination scheme Brain has in mind for today! So, let's all move on to Scene 2 of Act 1 of this brand-new Broadway musical script story of mine!