from The 2003 Morning Show Holiday Pageant and Variety Show

Act II

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Georgia Bailey—Beth Gilleland
Clarence the Angel—Bubby Spamden (Jim Ed Poole)
Mr. Potter—Bud Buck (JEP)
Uncle Billy—Captain Billy (JEP)
Mr. Gower—Larry Kyle (JEP)
Don Reed—Tony Bennett (JEP)
Guy 2 , Neighbor, Cop—Jim Ed Poole
Gal 1, Mom, Mrs. Banks—Marcy Marxer
Gal 2, Donna—Cathy Fink
Franklin, Guy 1, Lackey, Inspector, Ted—Dale Connelly
Piano—Dan Chouinard
SFX—Alan Frecthman

(music: theme establish and under)

Clarence: So ... I'm Georgia Bailey's guardian angel! But hasn't she needed one before now?

Franklin: We can't come swooping in every time something goes wrong! We have to wait for a low spot. Soon, Georgia Bailey will wish she had never been born. By comparison, this is a much happier, simpler time.

(music: theme swell and fade out)

Georgia: Hi mom, Hi Uncle Captain Billy! I'm home!

Billy: Ahoy there, Georgia! Come aboard! Yer mom made meat loaf.

Georgia: Thanks mom! (begins eating sloppily)

Mom: You've become such an energetic, lovely young woman ...

Billy: Who eats like a longshoreman.

Georgia: (chomping) I need lots of fuel to go see the world! .

Mom: (sigh) Your Uncle Captain Billy here has seen the world and he'd rather be here, helping at the dry cleaners and running his little importing business on the side. Isn't that right, Uncle Billy?

Billy: Aye! There ain't a thing in the world ta make ya's happy if you ain't already satisfied in yer own backyard. Ain't that right boys?

(sfx: angry men up and down) (cd 2A1)

Georgia: Thanks, Uncle Captain Billy, and boys ... but I'm after adventure! You've already been around the world with your smelly old friends.

(sfx: angry men up and down) (cd 2A1 >)

Billy: Now Georgia, they's more than friends. They's business partners.

Georgia: Business! I forgot! There was a package on the step for you.

Billy: A package, boys! Go git it off'n the step!

(sfx: angry men up and down a bit, , but not out) (cd 2A1 >)
(sfx: shop door w/ bell open) (cd 2B1)

How exciting! We never knows what's comin' from the Shanghai branch ...

(sfx: shop door w/ bell close) (cd 2B2)

Oooh, and it's a big one, it 'tis. Open it boys! Tear it open!

(sfx: paper tearing, box opening) (live)
(sfx: angry men out) (cd 2A1 >)
(sfx: hand scooping, tiny ringing) (live)

Why ... it's a box of little bells, it is! Tiny bells boys!

Georgia: You know what they say, don't you? Every time you hear a bell?

Billy: Stop, you Robber!

Georgia: No!

Billy: Halt, Thief!

Georgia: No!

Billy: Shoot him, somebody!

Georgia: No, no! Every time you hear a bell, an angel gets his wings!

Billy: They sets off alarms for that now? How 'bout that, boys?

(sfx: angry men up and hold) (cd 2A1 >)

Y'can't get away with nothin' anymore, not even in heaven! (fade) Let's take this here box down to the store room, then ...

(sfx: angry men fade out) (cd 2A1 >)

Mom: Georgia ... I'll just SAY it ... I wish you would give up this notion of going away and take over the dry cleaners.

Georgia: Mother, no! If you want to retire, sell it!

Mom: Mr. Potter is the only one in town with enough money, and he'd close it for sure to force people to buy NEW clothes at his department store.

Georgia: Then let Uncle Captain Billy run it.

Mom: Uncle Billy is an international fugitive from justice. And a clutz.

Georgia: How about Harriet?

Mom: Oh Georgia, your sister Harriet ... can't add.

Georgia: Mom, I've been talking about leaving town all my life. I'd look silly if I stayed. When I was ten, little Donny Reed used his allowance to ...

Mom: I know. He bought you that thing to keep punks from stealing your car! That was so sweet. Maybe he'll be at the dance!

Georgia: The dance! I almost forgot! Can't miss the dance!

Mom: Keep an eye on that gym floor, dear! There's a pool underneath it!

(sfx: footsteps off, quick) (live)

Georgia: (fading) I heard! See ya later, mom!

(music: dance music "buffalo gals" establish and under)

Gal 1: Georgia! Georgia, over here!

Georgia: Hi girls! Where's the band?

Gal 2: They cut back to a piano player. Weight restrictions.

Gal 1: There's a swimming pool underneath the floor.

Georgia: Hey, is that Don Reed over there? Little Don Reed?

Gal 2: I thought he was the singer.

Georgia: That's Don. I'm going to dance with him.

Gal 1: Be sure to tell him about the pool under the floor!

(music: shift to romantic, building through scene)

Georgia: Well, well! If it isn't Don Reed! My soda fountain friend.

Don: (lovestruck) Georgia Bailey! Marry me yet?

Georgia: What about your date? Is that her by the gymnasium control panel, with her hand on the key, glaring at us?

Don: Forget her. I didn't give her ... The Club!

Georgia: And I still have it. I'm planning to use it.

Don: Good. I'm glad. (whispering) Not really. Don't go!

Georgia: Please stop whispering into my bad ear!

Don: Sorry. I'm a little nervous. I've wanted to tell you. All these years. You gotta know ... (he can't say it) Um ... there's a pool under this floor.

Georgia: Do you mean to say there's a pool of sweet romance under this hard, unyielding surface, which is really just a metaphor?

Don: Metal? No. It's a wood floor. But it's got some give to it. You can feel it moving. Kinda rumblin'. Feel it?

Georgia: I do. Hold me close. (inhale) Mmmmm. You smell like chlorine!

(music: Piano mimics falling)

Don and Georgia: (falling) Aaaaaaaaaaah!

(sfx: splash, splash) (cd 2A2)

(music: out)

Clarence: I don't get it. She could've used a guardian angel there to keep her from falling in the pool! Why didn't you call me then, when ...

Franklin: Shhh ... Look how well it turned out!

Don and Georgia: (laughter fades up)

Georgia: Hey, look. There's the old, run down Hubbard mansion. They say if you make a wish and then pick up a rock and successfully vandalize this place from the street ... your dream will come true, especially if it's your dream to make the neighbors call the police.

Don: Georgia, don't ...

Georgia: (effort) Here ... goes!

(sfx: breaking glass) (cd 2A3)

Neighbor: (off) Hey, knock it off! I'm gonna call the police!

Georgia: Ha! See?

Don: Wow. What'd you wish for?

Georgia: That I could quit this town, attend the college of my choice, see the world, move to the city, get a job ... (sigh) ... and become a nameless cog in the big machine. Same as always. (pause) Hey, what're you doing?

Don: (effort) Watch this! (long pause) Wait for it!

(sfx: breaking glass) (cd 2A4)

Georgia: What'd you wish for, Don? To see the world?

Don: Nah. I can see the world fine. It's all right here. If you care to look.

(sfx: police car w/ siren approach and stop) (cd 2B3)

Georgia: Huh. I guess he DID call the police!

Cop: Georgia! It's your mother! She's had a severe allergic reaction to Rayon! They've taken her home, away from the clothes and chemicals. She's a blotchy mess, and she's asking for you!

Georgia: Don, I've got to go!

Don: Sure. Go. Go!

(sfx: car peels out) (cd 2B4)
(music: Theme establish and under)

Clarence: Will Georgia's mother be all right?

Franklin: Her mother will be forced out of the dry cleaning industry.

Clarence: But Uncle Billy needs the job and the family needs money.

Franklin: Yes, that's why Georgia Bailey has to put her dreams on hold.

(music: out)

Georgia: Oh, what a lovely black dress! I'm sure we can get that spot out, Mrs. Generic. Come back in three days.

(sfx: shop door w/ bell open and close) (cd 2B5)

(calling off) Uncle Billy? Come take this order!

(sfx: footsteps with peg fade up) (live)

Billy: (fade on) Well now, I'd say the business seems to be doin' fine since your mother retired, Georgia. Ain't it fine, boys?

(sfx: angry men up and down) (cd 2B6)

Georgia: My mother has many loyal customers, Uncle Billy. We have to work hard to keep their trust.

Billy: Aye, and your mother's a peach for sendin' over sandwiches so's we don't have to break for lunch. We can eat while we work, eh boys?

(sfx: angry men up and down) (cd 2B6 >)

Uh oh! I splooped grape jelly on Mrs. Generic's dress. Paper towels, boys!

(sfx: angry men up and down) (cd 2B6 >)

Georgia: Hold it, hold it. This will come out.

Capt. Billy: Gimpy spilled some peanut butter on there too.

Georgia: It's OK. But be careful. If people stop trusting us ...

Capt. Billy: Sorry. Ain't we sorry, boys?

(sfx: angry men up and down) (cd 2B6 >)

Ooops! Sorry again! Sorry, sorry.

Georgia: (sigh) I know you mean well. (fade) Here, let me help.

(music: bridge establish and under)

Clarence: That Georgia Bailey. She's very forgiving.

Franklin: It's in her nature. But there are people who would take advantage of that generosity of spirit. And they're hard at work.

Clarence: You mean Mr. Potter, don't you! (pause) I looked ahead.

(music: bridge ends)

Potter: I need sales numbers! How is my mens' department doing?

Lackey: Not so good, Mr. Potter. The whole store is suffering ... people aren't buying new clothes - they're cleaning and fixing the old ones!

Potter: It's that Georgia Bailey!

Lackey: People trust Georgia Bailey. They liked her mother too. Even though that Uncle Billy character is a known felon.

Potter: A felon, eh? Get me the phone! I have to place an order! An order for a case of India Ink!

Lackey: Ink? You need to do some printing?

Potter: Printing? No ... smearing is more like it. Hah hah hah hah hah.

(music: Theme under)

Clarence: What a meanie! And Georgia and Don Reed? Did they ever ...?

Franklin: Yes they did indeed!

(music: segue to wedding march)

Crowd: Yay, hurray! Congratulations, Georgia and Don! (etc.)

Clarence: They look happy! And the honeymoon? Did they finally go to the exciting, exotic places Georgia wanted to see?

Franklin: No, the honeymoon was delayed. In fact, they never left town.

(music: end)

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