The lights have come out.
HannahOh. A dozen squid was just about to start.
Oh, no. My hair’s gonna look like straw.
Your hair always looks like straw.
Look. Just got to sit down and try and work this one out.
Hannah
Jo! Stop trying to sit on my lap!
Sorry, Hannah. I can’t see anything.
Hannah
Obviously, you didn’t realize there’s a little bowl of guacamole in my lap.
What is going on down here?
Oh my gosh! If Joni finds out about this, we’re out.
I have a strange feeling. She will find out.
I can’t even see to sit down.
Yes we can. (turning the flashlight on) Heh. Allow me to show you to your seats. (to Rachel) Madam, please no talking. (to Hannah) Chew quietly. (to Paul and Tina) Sir, madam.
Show consideration for the other patrons…and enjoy the show.
What’s that noise coming from outside?
1N1st Neighbor
What’s going on? My lights have blown!
2N2nd Neighbor
So are mine.
I’m really sorry, but I think… I think it was us that blew the lights.
2N2nd Neighbor
Oh, great. It was the Brits.
1N1st Neighbor
Oh! I might have known.
2N2nd Neighbor
Well, let’s gang up on them. Throw them out.
1N1st Neighbor
Yeah. We did it in 1776 and we can do it again.
Hold on. You just wait a minute. If it’s our fault, we’ll fix it. Alright?
Hannah
See? Wally will repair it! Everybody knows Wally. Wally’s a qualified electrician. You are qualified, aren’t you, Wal?
Hannah
Excellent!
So, Wally will repair it and there’ll be no need to tell Joni that we blew out her entire building. Deal?
2N2nd Neighbor
All right.
Well, I’m glad to see it’s all been sorted out.
WWally
Uh, not really. We haven’t worked out my fee.
Oh, yes. Your fee. Okay, Wally, come on. Give us a wall park figure.
WWally
Well, rewiring an entire building, replacing dozens of junction boxes, scores of power points. It’s a big job. It’s a very big job. I’d say conservative estimate. 90,000,000.
Hey, have you seen it’s a massive roller parked outside?
I wonder what it belongs to.
Hannah
Bradley brought that home.
Yeah. Well, I had to. I finished at the restaurant. It was closed. The customers are left. There’s one car left over, so I thought I’d bring it home for safety.
Well, a little bit more stupid than Zena, but less stupid than Wonder Woman.
Rachel, I had no idea. When did you join the Power Rangers?
Shut up, Jon. I lost the cloaked avenger’s dog and now I have to take her place.
Well, then shouldn’t you be fetching sticks and wearing up trays?
Hannah
Hello?
I have to take her place when he opens some tire shop tomorrow and until I find his dog, I have to keep on taking her place every time. He appears in public… and I have to wear this stupid costume.
Hannah
Okay. Um, Bradley? I’ve got the manager at cafe goffi on the phone. He wants to know if you’ve got any idea what’s happened to his car. A Rolls-Royce?
Hello, Mr. Riskin. Yeah, it’s perfectly safe as good as new. Well, apart from the little mayonnaise stain when I went for the driving.
RMr. Riskin
(talking to him on the phone)
Yeah, but it wasn’t my fault. The cheerleaders were hungry! But they wanted to ride. This isn’t sounding too good, is it? Yeah, Yeah. Okay, I’ll ask him. (putting it back) (to his band mates) That was Mr. Riskin. He said he’s too busy to come over, but he wants one of you lot to fire me.
Bradley, you’re fired. Now get a job.
Hannah
Come on! Hurry up, otherwise we’ll be late for Joni’s exhibits.
Yeah, and we’re due at the cloaked Avenger’s wedding at 3pm. Can’t wait see what the cloaked wedding dress looks like.
I can’t believe Joni’s got the nerve to try and sell her paintings. Already, I mean she’s only been going to that art class for 2 weeks.
Yeah, I can’t believe we’re not DJs anymore. I don’t understand it. Every day at 2 o’clock Jerry would go off and be gone for at least an hour. Why did he have to come back at five past?
Yeah. Well, we’ll never know, will we? Best not to think about it.
Well, the main thing is that we raised the $200 and Wally repaired the building and Joni’s none the wiser.
Hannah
Hmm. It has the certain naive charm. A primitive appeal that evokes cubism surrealism, and yet, remains defiantly…
A picture of Brad holding a dog over his.
Hannah
Exactly.
This is so embarrassing, I mean, who’s gonna buy this, huh?
Well, according to the ticket, it’s already been sold.
Man’s Best Friend. You know, this was the first one to sell. I was gonna spend the money today on rewiring our building because, well, it was a bit of a death trap, but then when I came and looked this morning, I found that somebody had already rewired it. So I think I’m gonna spend all the money on myself. Oh. Gotta go.
Who the heck will pay $1,000 for a picture like that?
Come on, Tina. Look. Look. It’s obvious.
Hannah
Yeah, a dog lover.
Hey! My mum’s just bought my dad a new extension lead for a strimmer. Now he can really get stuck into that scruffy bit of more grass behind the shed. Isn’t that
WOWoman on TV
I don’t know who to dress.
I think we’re getting into a rut here. I mean we’ve been in L.A. for months now and nothing seems to be happening for us.
Yeah. I think we need a change.
Joni Alert! Joni Alert! Joni Alert!
I thought she was in an assertiveness workshop!
I’m sorry, but that woman needs assertiveness like the desert needs sand.
Look at this place! It’s a tip!
Hannah
Ah!
Gosh, she’s gonna kill us!
Yeah, do you remember the last time she saw this place in a mess?
This place is a mess! Look at it! I mean don’t you ever clean it up? It’s disgusting! (to the rest of the band mates) Listen up, everybody! The terms of your lease say that this place must be kept clean or I can throw you out at any time.
I’ve got to go and see a man about the goose.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no you don’t! No!
Erm. How was the assertiveness course?
Hmm? What course? All that. No. I didn’t go, didn’t go, I couldn’t. Not since I tried meditating while driving and, oops, ran my car into the ditch.
Car was the total right off. So, place is looking good, by the way.
Are you alright? You’re not injured. Anything not.
Especially like in the brain.
Oh, no. I’m okay. As a matter of fact, I’ve never been more okay and all my life. Especially since I met the tow truck guy. Yep, loves me a truck.
Okay, Joni. What’s his name? What does he do and where does he come from?
His name is Jim who lives in Arizona and he doesn’t just drive a tow truck. He raises snakes for the movies.
Hannah
Wow That’s…weird.
And that’s not all. We’re getting married!
Yeah. Isn’t that great? Jim Bob and I were so in love. We’re just gonna sell up and start at this snake ranch in Tucson.
Sell up? You can’t do that. What’s gonna happen to us?
Don’t be selfish, Bradley. Congratulations. It’s amazing here.
What is gonna happen to us now?
I think we should give it one more try.
Yeah, okay. We should just go straight up to our so-called agent and say “Amish. Either things starts to happen.” or “We’re outta there.”
And then they’ll be begging us to stay.
TRTina, Rachel, Bradley and Hannah
Yeah.
Okay, so I’ll call him and see if he’ll meet us at the cafe.
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