Our Story begins with two cast aways, having just crawled onto the shore of a deserted isle:
Dick: (crawling onto stage) Water….water…..must have fresh water…..
Jane: (walking in behind him with a cool blue drink in her hand) Why not just have drink from the bar (waves vaguely at the bar) to audience- They’re only 3 bucks a glass.
Dick: Are you kidding……that’s why I need the water!
Entering from stage left, the Grand Poo-Baa, replete in grass skirt and pooka shell necklace, approaches them.
GPB: Ah Ha Ka Na Ka NEE Kee Agahha. Oookalooka. (He is jovial and appears to be greeting them in some native dialect. As he continues he comes up between them and before putting a meaty arm around each of them, he stops mid sentence, takes a quick drink from Jane’s glass, thin with a nod of approval, continues to babble on)
Jane: hush, we don’t understand…we just got here, do you speak English?
Dick: of course he doesn’t speak English…. (To GPB) HELLO….WE ARE SHIPWRECKED….NEED WATER (with each word, he adds pantomimes to aid in translation.
Jane: oh that’s much better. Thank God you’re bilingual.
Dick: to Jane WELL…. AT…. LEAST….well at least I’m trying!
Jane: You don’t have to shout at him.
GPB: She’s right ya know.
Dick: SHE IS? oH!!! Um I mean she is? Wait, you speak English.
GPB: Of course! I learned it from our many other visitors here on the Isle of okallllammmmahhhhlalhalahalahalalalalala.
Dick: Wow that’s great, we’re saved! Say, can I get a drink of water?
GPB: Why not just have drink from the Bar?
Dick: For three bucks! That’s outrageous!!
GPB: (under his breath) Cheap Tourists.
Jane: Can we meet some of these other visitors?
GPB: Sure, but you have to call them up with the Ancient Native Signal of Greeting.
Jane: What’s that?
GPB: Demonstrates by clapping his hands, wiggling his hips and making some kind of wild cat call.
Jane and repeats, but GPB says Dick has to do it too.
Note- This is a good optional way to get some initial Audience participation. The grand Poo-Baa can claim that they do not have enough island spirit and insist that the audience must help. We can also save that for a later time as before each song and dance bit the Ancient call must be made.
First bit enters