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Detective Cool Cat A young girl is crying and screaming. Everybody runs toward her to see why she is upset. Little B.B. always has some kind of problem. Most of the time no one believes her . B.B. (crying) I saw a dead person over there! KAREN (laughing) Girl! You must be dreaming again! I don't see no dead person. D-BOW That's why no one ever believes you, B.B. PEACHES Yes! How many stories have you told us ---and none are true?! PEE WEE B.B.! You need to get your act together! The scripture says, "love your neighbor." But you are making it very hard for us to do that! LITTLE H B.B.! Do you know what time it is?! It's 4 o'clock in the morning! B.B. (points at the dumpster) I know what I saw! I'm not lying! A man dumped a body in the dumpster. Right outside my window! Ya'll didn't hear all that noise this morning?! KAREN (serious) Girl! Nobody is up this time of morning! Even the murderers and criminals are sleep at 4 o'clock in the morning! EVERYBODY (pauses and look at each other) B.B.! You know what?! You need some professional help! For real! B.B. (cries) Nobody believes me! Not even the police! They told me to wait until the sun comes up! If Detective Cool Cat was here, he would believe me! To be continued |
| Rehearsal Time! Three girls are sitting in the studio discussing their up-coming performance in New York City. Their names are Doris, Aretha and Alicia. ALICIA Do you think we are ready for New York City? DORIS I'm kind of nervous.......... ARETHA Yeah.....New York is a long ways from Texas. You what I'm saying? ALICIA You know those people at the Apollo Theater going to boo us if we hit the wrong note. DORIS Come on girls! Cheer up! Listen to ourselves. We are good singers. Let's not get the cold feet. Anyway, our manager, Mack has confidence in us. ARETHA Do you think Aretha would hate us for singing one of her songs at the Apollo Theater? DORIS If you want my opinion, I think she would be delighted since your name is Aretha too. To be continued |
The Camp Out! Three girls and three boys are on a camping trip. They are from the big city and this is their first camping trip. JA-NE (scared) I don't think this camping out was a good idea. Suppose we see a snake around here or funny little creatures...... JASMINE Now, Ja-ne! Why did you say that? There are no snakes around here. TREE TOP Anyway, one snake can't scare us. It's six of us and remember, we have the boys to protect us.....Isn't that right boys?! ICE That's right! I'm not scared of anything walking, crawling, flying or running! I remember one time I ran a big Rattle snake away with a big stick. REGGIE Girls! Listen up! Don't worry! Big Time is here and I'm not scared of anything. No matter how scary it looks. One time I was swimming in this river in Louisiana-----and this big alligator came out of nowhere toward me. He opened his mouth and I jammed a large tree branch in his mouth.......He was helpless and couldn't hurt me after that. BIG TIME Hold up! Hold up! Ya'll need to be real! Everybody is really scared but me. I've been camping before. I'm just playing like I haven't. So just stick with me.......... TREE TOP You see girls! We are in good hands. All the boys are our protectors.....So lets bed down for the night. EVERYBODY Okay! Okay! Let's do it! This is going to be fun! BIG TIME (screams) AHHHHH! AHHHHH! EVERYBODY (scared) What's wrong Big Time?! BIG TIME (points) Something is crawlin over there! I'm gone! To be continued! |