In the Tiki Room -- The script (mostly)
dfh
<davendean...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>This isn't guaranteed perfect, but for a Polynesian-themed party at a
>convention that's coming up, one of the organizers asked me to provide a
>tape of the whole Tiki Room show as background music. I looked for a
>complete script as a guide for putting together all the CD tracks,
>cassette tape recordings, MP3s and WAVs into the total show, and when I
>found that there weren't any good ones out there, I made one myself,
>taking dictation from a scratchy complete tape recording I made at DL a
>few years back, and rechecking it against the CD tracks. If anyone can
>supply any corrections, I'd appreciate it (now it's just a matter of
>fine-tuning it before I submit this to, say, Bertino's site).
>
>Also, I'm looking for a photo of Pierre (the blue French parrot). I have
>a large plush blue parrot that I'd like to make a name badge for, and I
>need a head shot of Pierre for his photo ID. Yeah, it's silly, but hey.
>Don't post it here, post it to alt.binaries.multimedia.disney, or email
>me (remove the HATESPAM).
>
>Anyway, here's the Enchanted Tiki Room script:
>======================================
>
>
>Maui: "My name is Maui. Natives call me the mighty one. I tamed the
>playful sun and gave my people time. Now they set their clocks by mine,
>for I am Tropic Standard Time."
>
>Koro: "Aloha, <Hawaiian>. I am Koro, Midnight Dancer. Today my magic
>feet no move, my head sore, but last night, all tiki gods have big time,
>[zow?] luau. When drums begin to pound, my head full, biiig sound."
>
>Tangaroa-Ru: "They call me Tangaroa-Ru, the East Wind."
>Hina Kuluua: "And I am Hina, Goddess of Rain"
>Tangaroa-Ru: "We often travel together, wind and rain, through tropic
>lands across the seven seas!"
>Hina Kuluua: "Come closer, so that you may see what magic there is in
>fantasy."
>
>Pele: "I am Pele, Goddess of Fire and Volcanoes. Some say I torment poor
>Ngendei, the Earth Balancer, for when my violent temper rises, the Earth
>trembles on its foundation!"
>Ngendei: "Legends say I'm balancing the Earth, but sad to say I'm just
>hanging on."
>Pele: "I'm the one who's really sad, when I smile it comes out mad!"
>
>Rongo: "<Hawaiian> Me Rongo, God of Agriculture. My land so good to me,
>I got time for sport. I fly kite. Me number one kite flyer. Too bad I no
>have key, then me, I find electricity."
>
>Tangaroa: "I am Tangaroa, Father of all Gods and Godesses. Here in this
>land of enchantment, I appear before you as a mighty tree. Stand Back!
>Oh, mystic powers, hear my call, from my limbs let new life fall."
>
>Narrator: "<Hawaiian> Ladies and Gentlemen. {(Cut:) A small reminder
>before entering the Tiki Room. We ask you to refrain from smoking
>inside, and please do not carry any food or drink into the Tiki Room.
>And oh yes, no flash bulbs please. Our performers are tempermental and
>easily upset. Thank you for your cooperation. And now, ladies and
>gentlemen,} come with us to a world of joyous songs and wondrous
>miracles: Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room."
>-----------------------
>Jose: "Aaah, buenos dias, senorita. My siestas are getting are getting
>chorter and chorter. Oh, look at all the people. Welcome to Walt
>Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room. Hey, Michael, mi amigo! Pay attention,
>it's showtime."
>Michael: "So it is, and what darling people I have sittin' under me.
>Pierre, you rascal you! Let's put on the show."
>Pierre: "Mon ami, I am always ready, as you say, to put on ze show.
><whistle> Oh pardon, madame, that whistle was for my good friend Fritz."
>Fritz: "Ach tu lieber! I almost fell out of my [upper?] perch. Glad to
>see you all aboard... uh, ashore... or heeheehee! verever you are. Mein
>goodness, you're all shtaring at us. We'd better shtart the show
>rolling!"
>Michael: "Wait! Wait! We forgot to wake up the glee club!"
>Jose: "Ole, Ole, it's showtime!"
>
>All: "In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room, in the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki
>Tiki Room,"
>Jose: "All the birds sing words"
>Michael: "And the flowers croon"
>All: "In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room."
>
>Jose: "Welcome to our tropical hideaway, you lucky people you! If we
>weren't in the show starting right away, we'd be in the audience too."
>All: "All together! In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room, in the Tiki
>Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room"
>Jose: "All the birds sing words"
>Michael: "And the flowers croon"
>All: "In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room."
>
>Michael: "I sing so beautiful, I should sing solo"
>Jose: "Si, so low we can't hear you!"
>Pierre: "My voice may not be so marvelous, but my profile is out of zis
>world."
>Fritz: "Ya vol, but the trouble is it's not far enough out of this
>world. Isn't that right, Herr Schmidt? Oh ho, I see, Schmidt has no
>hair!"
>Jose: "Mi amigos, stop the clucking, you sound like a bunch of old hens.
>There's a lot of birds waiting to go on. For instance..."
>
>Michael: "The boys in the back are kam-i-kaze."
>Jose: "Because of their claws?"
>Michael: "No, because they're macaws! And our fine feathered friend is a
>jolly toucan, and two can sound better than one toucan can."
>
>Jose: "The Bird of Paradise is an elegant bird. It likes to be seen and
>it loves to be heard. Most little birdies will fly away, but the Tiki
>Room birds are here everyday."
>All: "In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room, in the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki
>Tiki Room"
>Jose: "All the birds sing words"
>Michael: "And the flowers croon"
>All: "In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room.
>
>{(Cut:)
>Michael: "Our show is delightful, we hope you'll agree. We hope that it
>fills you with pleasure and glee. Because if we don't make you feel like
>that, we're gonna wind up on the lady's hat."
>All: "In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room, in the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki
>Tiki Room"
>Jose: "All the birds sing words"
>Michael: "And the flowers croon"
>All: "In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room.}
>
>Jose: "Our magnificent production is yet to come, so strum the guitar
>and beat the drum. We've been a hit and we know you adore us, so come on
>and join us in another chorus."
>All: "In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room, in the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki
>Tiki Room, all the birds sing words and the flowers croon, in the Tiki
>Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room."
>Jose: "A little softer"
>All: "In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room, in the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki
>Tiki Room, all the birds sing words and the flowers croon, in the Tiki
>Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room."
>Jose: "A little louder"
>All: "In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room, in the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki
>Tiki Room, all the birds sing words and the flowers croon, in the Tiki
>Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room."
>
>Jose: "Let's give the little birdies a great big hand!"
>Pierre: "Oui! Applause, applause!"
>Fritz: "Ja! You down there! Mit both hands!"
>Jose: "And now senors and senoritas, please place your eyes into the
>center. Of the room, that is. We present the enchanted fountain."
>Fritz: "Ach! Ja! And the wonderbar Birdmobile. Which has birds on it.
>And it goes round and round. Und dat's why they call it a Birdmobile."
>Michael: "Look, here comes the girls!"
>Pierre: "Madames et monsieurs. Introducing the lovely ladies of [your
>song?]. Just like the Follies Bergeres with all the feathers. There's
>Collette! Allo, Collette. Suzette! Allo Mimi! Gigi! Fifi!"
>Jose: "I wonder what happened to Rosita."
>
>Birdmobile: "Let's all sing like the birdies sing,
>Tweet, tweet tweet, tweet tweet.
>Let's all sing like the birdies sing,
>Sweet, sweet sweet, sweet.
>Let's all warble like nightingales,
>Give your throat a treat.
>Take your time from the birds,
>Now you all know the words,
>Tweet, tweet tweet, tweet tweet."
>
>Jose [as Bing Crosby]: "Let's all sing like the birdies sing, Buhbuhbuh,
>buh buhbuhbuh buh buh"
>Fritz [as Louis Armstrong]: "Let's all sing like the birdies sing, Tweet
>tweet tweet, my, that bird sings sweetly"
>Pierre [as Maurice Chevalier]: "Let's all warble like nightingales, ah
>Mimi, c'est magnifique! Take your time from ze birds, now you all know
>ze words, sing along with us!"
>
>Jose: "Now we want you people down there, to sing along with us birds up
>here. All together now. Let's all sing like the birdies sing."
>All: "Let's all sing like the birdies sing"
>Jose: "Tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet"
>All: "Tweet, tweet tweet, tweet tweet."
>Jose: "Let's all sing like the birdies sing"
>All: "Let's all sing like the birdies sing"
>Jose: "Sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet."
>All: "Sweet, sweet sweet, sweet sweet."
>Jose: "Let's all warble like nightingales"
>All: "Let's all warble like nightingales"
>Jose: "Give your throat a treat"
>All: "Give your throat a treat"
>Jose: "Take your time from the birds"
>All: "Take your time from the birds, now you all know the words, Tweet,
>tweet tweet, tweet tweet."
>
>Jose: "Everybody whistle!"
>
>
>Jose: "Applause applause, that was so good!"
>Fritz: "Wonderbar, wonderbar! Give yourself a hand!"
>Pierre: "Ah, zat was magnifique!"
>Jose: "Si, no one laid an egg but me."
>
>
>{(Cut:)
>Fritz: "Ja ja, ja ja!"
>Pierre: "Ecoutez! Ecoutez! [Elisez! Elisez! ?]"
>Jose: "I think maybe it's music."
>Fritz: "Ja, it is Offenbach!"
>Michael: "You stay off of my Bach, and I'll stay off of your Bach!"
>Jose: "Shh! Let's be quiet and listen."
>
><Offenbach>}
>
>
>Michael: "And now, ladies and gentlemen, we have something really big
>for you."
>Fritz: "Ja, the birds schtand schtill, und the Tiki Room flies away!"
>Pierre: "Mon ami, quit talking while I'm interrupting. Ladies and
>gentlemen, now we present direct from the islands, a musical luau!"
>
><Hawaiian War Chant>
>
>
>Fritz: "Ach, somebody has schtolen my thunder!"
>Jose: "I think someone has left the chower running."
>Michael: "Be careful, me fine friends. The gods have been angered by all
>the celebratin'. But, me buckos, every cloud has a silver lining."
>Pierre: "Monsieurs et madames, it's time to say adieu, but we hope you
>will always remember the amazing things which happened here in Walt
>Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room."
>
>All: "The birdies had their fling."
>All: "You’ve heard the flowers sing."
>All: "Tikis play the drums."
>All: "Hear them do the chant."
>All: "Farewell and aloha to you!"
>
>
>Jose: "Ole, ole! Applause! Let's give the birds a standing ovation!
>Applause! Up, up down there! Applause! Everybody stand up on your feet!
>Ole!"
>Michael: "And now, as long as you're all standin'..."
>Jose: "We have a wonderful magic trick for you."
>Fritz: "Ja, a wonderbar trick. Everybody face the door, und the trick is
>ve gonna make you all... disappear!"
>
>All: "Heigh ho, heigh ho, it's out the door you go.
>We hope you've all enjoyed the show, Heigh ho, heigh ho
>
>Heigh ho heigh ho, heigh ho, keep marching in a row,
>Don't stop to look or read a book, Heigh ho, heigh ho
>
>Heigh ho heigh ho, heigh ho, just lift your feet and go,
>We'll sing this song, you march along, Heigh ho, heigh ho
>
>Heigh ho heigh ho, heigh ho, step lively, not so slow,
>Come back again, we'll see you then, Heigh ho, heigh ho
>
>Heigh ho heigh ho, heigh ho, make room for our next show,
>There's folks outside, go take a ride, Heigh ho, heigh ho
>
>Heigh ho heigh ho, heigh ho, it's out the door you go,
>We hope you've all enjoyed the show, Heigh ho, heigh ho."
>-------------
>
>Jose: Wally Boag
>Michael: Fulton Burley
>Fritz, Tangaroa, Ngendei: Thurl Ravenscroft
>Pierre: ?
>Maui, Narrator: ?
>Koro, Rongo: ?
>Tangaroa-Ru, Hina Kuluua, Pele, Birdmobile: ?
>
>"The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room"
>Words and Music by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (1963)
>"Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing"
>Words and Music by Robert Hargreaves, Tolchard Evans, Henry B. Tisley,
>Stanley J. Damerell (1932)
Matthew Periolat
Sing... That and I BELIEVE Rongo was voiced by Disney frequent and Jack Benny
sidekick Phil Harris. But you'd have to check.
All and all, well done.
Matt
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