JEFF What if this dialog were set to music? What if what we’re saying could be said in a song?
HUNTER Hey, that’s not a bad idea perhaps we could use it Music in a musical, how can we go wrong?
BOTH We could Ask significant questions We could Get important points across
Like…
HUNTER Are we writing for art
JEFF And is art a springboard for fame
HUNTER And will fame get folks to trust us
BOTH But will they trust us If it’s just us Me and you Two nobodies in New York
HUNTER Hey, I think it’s working we’re discovering choices Lots of things to think about when writing a show
JEFF Yeah, creating a vehicle to showcase our voices And I don’t mean our vocal cords, I mean what’s below
HUNTER Uh-huh
BOTH We could Ask significant questions We could Get important points across
Like…
HUNTER Are we writing for art
JEFF And is art a springboard for fame
HUNTER And will fame get us a paycheck
BOTH But will a paycheck mean that we’re sellouts And if we sell out Will they yell out Me and you Two nobodies in New York
HUNTER Key change
JEFF Maybe someday our show will get a theater And if not this festival then somewhere out west
HUNTER TV actors in our show, what could be better?
JEFF/HUNTER Sweeter/ We could…
HUNTER What?
JEFF Sweeter, we’ve been over this. You know the lyric is sweeter.
HUNTER But here’s the deal. One of them sounds like it’s two syllables and the other sounds like it’s three syllables, so it’s like: sweeter, the-ater. Does that rhyme?
JEFF Yes. Sorry, Larry, from the key change. A-five, six, seven, eight!
Maybe someday our show will get a theater And if not this festival then somewhere out west
HUNTER TV actors in our show, what could be swee-ater?
JEFF Thanks. Great.
We could get that woman who was on Empty Nest
HUNTER Dinah Manoff, she’s awesome!
JEFF Yeah
HUNTER She was in Grease
JEFF Yeah!
BOTH And Leader of the Pack!
We could Ask significant questions We could Get important points across
Like are we writing for art And is art a springboard for fame And will fame get us a sitcom And will a sitcom get us on Ellen
And will Ellen get folks to like us And if they like us Will they mike us Me and You