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Scene 18: The Stadium: Tommy's
Holiday Camp
(Uncle Ernie stands with a megaphone on a bridge
made of videos and shamelessly works the crowd.)
Uncle Ernie: (spoken)
Hello there darlings!
I'm Tommy's Uncle Ernie,
And I welcome you to Tommy's Holiday Camp!
The camp with a difference!
Never mind the weather!
When you come to Tommy's, the holiday's forever!
Get your Tommy T-shirts and your stickers
And your Tommy mirrors to smash!
Don't rush…keep steady!
Have your money ready!
Buy your way to heaven.
That comes to one pound seven.
Bless you love.
Buy your shades and ear plugs here!
Keep in line. I've got a huge …supply.
Get your Tommy record.
You can really hear him talk!
Tommy pics and badges..
Half a nicker for the cork.
(spoken)Watch this then.
(He does a little dance while showing videos
of Tommy merchandise)
Uncle Ernie:
The camp with a difference!
Never mind the weather!
When you come to Tommy's, the holiday's forever!
Uncle Ernie (spoken)
This is your chance! Tommy's Holiday Camp is
coming to your town. At eight tonight - Tommy, live
on-stage! You lucky people!
(Tommy appears on video screens as
guards threatenly escort a somewhat sheepish
Uncle Ernie from the stage as Cousin Kevin watches
approvingly. He stays as we are introduced to the
Simpson household)
Scene 19: Sally's House/The Stadium
(The security guards are gathered at the edge
of the stage, confronting the audience. Tommy
is on the podium behind them with his back to
the guards and audience.)
Sally Simpson
Cousin Kevin:
Outside the house, Mr. Simpson announces
Sally can't go to the meeting.
He goes on cleaning his blue Rolls Royce
And she runs inside-a-weeping.
She gets to her room and cries on a picture,
Always keeps it by her.
She picks up a book of her father's life
And throws it on the fire.
(The videos show stadium crowds and Tommy's
face as a weeping Sally is joined at her dressing
table by her mother.)
Sally & Mr. & Mrs. Simpson:
She knew from the start,
Deep down in her heart,
That she and Tommy were worlds apart…
But her mother said "Never mind: your part
is to be
what you'll be."
Sally
Tommy's gonna beat his best tonight;
I just have to see him play.
I feel so bad; I'm sorry Dad.
Gonna sneak out anyway.
I've spent all day doin' up my hair;
I've gotta look exactly right.
Maybe he'll see that I can be free
And I'll get backstage tonight.
(Sally does herself up and rushes off past her parents)
Mr. & Mrs. Simpson:
She knew right then from the start,
Deep down in her heart,
That she and Tommy were worlds apart…
But her mother said "Never mind; your part
is to be
What you'll be."
(Sally, hair blowing in the wind, rides across
stage on her motor scooter.)
Two Guards:
She lands at six and the gig is a rocking;
The devil is out tonight.
The band cuts loose and the stage is a knocking
She grabs her chair- she's hot to dance
Right down their in the very first row.
Then a slick DJ who is pissing his pants
Runs on and says:
DJ
Here we go…
(Sally appears in the front row of the audience,
eager to jump up on stage)
Guards:
The crowd goes crazy
As Tommy hits the stage!
Little Sally is lost
As the police boss
The crowd back in a rage! Woooo!
(Tommy stands on a high podium doing his
act while his face appears on video screens.
The guards surround him in an unbreakable line.)
Sally Simpson:
A flash of fire - the whole place stops.
Tommy is a tranquilizer,
But Sally's so hot- she risks a shot
And jumps up on the riser.
(Sally rushes past the guards and climbs up
onto Tommy's podium, where she throws her
scarf around his neck.)
Cousin Kevin:
She's up there now - she's hit the top.
She brushes his handsome face.
Tommy whirls around as a uniformed man
Ushers her from the stage.
(Tommy turns
and inadvertently knocks
Sally from the stage and the guards below
grab her and beat her viciously)
The Guards:
She knew from the start
Deep down in her heart,
That she and Tommy were worlds apart.
But her mother said "Never mind; your part
is to be
What you'll be"
(Tommy leaps off the podium, pushes through
the security guards and kneels beside her, realizing
how completely out of hand everything's gotten.
He rocks her in his lap.)
Tommy:
Be…..
What you'll be,
What you'll be,
What you'll be,
What you'll be,
What you'll be,
(Tommy looks at the guards, and the crowd, which has gone silent.)
Tommy (to crowd)
I've had enough. I think I'm gonna go home now.
Suss everything out. I'm going home. But …you can
all come if you like. Yeah. You've all got your
families, right? Come and be a part of mine
for a bit. See what it's been like for me.
(The guards look dumbfounded at Tommy's invitation
to the crowd as the pieces of 22 Heathfield Gardens
assemble behind them.)
