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SCENE 10 - At the Zero Club

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As the lights black out on Ned's Office, there's a sudden spotlight on Octavia at the Zero Club. She wears a glittering blue evening gown and a red-white-and-blue Uncle Sam top hat. Tonight is the dress rehearsal for the big rally and the Zeros are practicing their Medley of Mass Destruction. Octavia, as Uncle Sam, begins the introductions:

The bomb! Oh the bomb!
Others may speak of her powers.
But I was the first to know her!
When she was mine alone, lord how I boasted.
I swaggered as I passed each jealous suitor
And his brother.
And how I rue the day I learned the naked truth:
That hussy went and gave her secret powers to another!

And oh, how I had tried to protect those secrets!
I’d hoarded them and vowed to never share ‘em
So when she revealed her promiscuity I finally said.
"Alright! Give yourself to just anyone you slut!"
I’ll show you! I’ll start my very own bombshell harem!
And I did!

And now I live in nuclear polygamy!
Proliferating right and left as fast as I can go.
But let me introduce you to my nuclear family.
Ahem! Attention! On with the show!

Abruptly, the spotlight shifts to reveal three scantily clad Zeros with excessive amounts of makeup and wearing extremely dangerous-looking stilletto heels.

MUSIC CUE: Bombshells

 

xxxxxx Alternate Audio (Studio Demo)

The scene shifts to Molly, Ned & Pete outside the Zero Club. Ned is disguised as an English diplomat. When they enter the club, Octavia greets them and Molly introduces Ned as Mr. Jones. Octavia immediately suspects who he really is and why he's come to the club. She turns the full force of her charm on him. For his part, Ned can barely take his eyes off Octavia.

"You seem like a man who loves power," Octavia purrs.

"Oh, yes!" Ned drools.

"Well then, I think you'll appreciate this next number. Take it away, Zeros!"

MUSIC CUE: "15b through f: (titles as below)

And in comes a bluesy, low-down-looking character with sunglasses and a harmonica. He begins the "Medley of Mass Destruction"


The following audio is all songs 15a thru 15f. In addition, there are links for the individual sections (15a, 15b, 15c, etc) below.

 

 

 

"Medly of Mass Destruction" (15a through 15f)
This audio is the complete audio of the following songs. I repeated the audio links for individual segments of the medley where possible.
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No Lyric Sheet yet


The following happens during the various songs 15a through 15f:
After his introduction, out onto the stage sashays a tall gal with a hat like Carman Miranda's, but instead of fruit, it's filled with multicolored bombshells. She sings ....

Song 15c: Carmen Mirvanda (audio deleted)

As Carmen leaves the stage, in comes a smokin' looking character in a silver jacket and a smokey voice. He sings ..

SONG: 15d. "Cruisin' Little Cruise Missile" (audio deleted)

As the Cruise Missile does a back flip off the stage, 3 ballerinas dance in, holding huge pink beach balls. They sing ...

SONG: "15e. I Am A Ballistic Missile" (audio deleted)

Octavia muscles her way back in as Uncle Sam and sings...

SONG: "15f. Now You've Met My Family" and "15g. Strip My Defenses" [No individual audio for this songs yet]

SONG 15f: "Now You've Met My Family" and 15g "Strip My Defenses" - no separate audio for this part of the sequence yet.

Octavia throws off her hat and, all woman, she strides over to Ned, grabs him by the folds of his disguise and pulls him up onto the stage. Once in the spotlight, Ned falls completely under Octavia's spell and they dance and sing ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SONG 16: "Tell Me Your Nightmares (And I'll Tell You Mine)"
xxxxxxxxx Alternate Audio: studio version (composer singing)
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