From: kathyli@sdcrsi.cray.com (the Rev. Mom)
Subject: REPOST: SDCC info on ALADDIN, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST lyrics [LONG]
Organization: CRS San Diego UUCP Gateway
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 20:58:50 GMT

Hi! I posted two monster Disney-animated type articles a while
ago, right after the San Diego Comic Con, and I'm not sure they
made it out, so I'm reposting them.

--Kathy Li aka the Rev. Mom

--------------------
At the San Diego Comic Convention, there were two Disney
presentations.  One was given by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
about the making of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. The other was given by
Eric Goldberg, Tom Sito, and Raul Garcia (supervising animator and
animators, respectively) of the Genie in ALADDIN.

Several little tidbits were let drop, and they showed us four
clips.  Little stuff outta the way first.  While these three guys
were at the Convention, other Disney animators were roaming the
San Diego Wild Animal Park to sketch animals as reference for
KING OF THE JUNGLE, [1993 release].  It will also be a musical,
with a score by Elton John and Tim Rice, feature an "all-animal"
cast, and be about the coming of age of a young lion.  The 1994
project is POCAHONTAS, which will also be a musical (they never
mentioned who'd be writing the songs), and will be directed by
Goldberg and Mike Gabriel. Wise and Trousdale have (tentatively)
been slated for the 1995 picture, whatever it will be--they don't
know, yet.

ALADDIN is being directed by John Musker and Ron Clements [THE
LITTLE MERMAID, GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE] and has a score by Alan
Menken.  Howard Ashman did the lyrics for three of the five
songs; the other two have lyrics by Tim Rice [EVITA, JESUS CHRIST
SUPERSTAR, CHESS].  They told us which ones, but I'm not telling
until the movie comes out in case people want to have fun
guessing which is whose. 

Most of the character animation has been finished, and the
effects guys are the ones putting in the hours and ordering the
Domino's right now. ALADDIN is slated for a Thanksgiving release,
and has been previewing in "undisclosed venues", and kids like it
a lot.  Abu's their favorite character. :-)

My tape recorder's @#&!@% batteries went ten minutes into the
presentation, so I can only remember that Glen Keane [Beast,
Ariel, Ratigan] is doing Aladdin and that Duncan Marjoribanks
[Sebastian] is doing Abu, Aladdin's sidekick monkey.  I be*lieve*
James Baxter's doing Princess Jasmine, and that Adreas Deja got
Iago, the Parrot or possibly Jaffar, the villain, but I'm not
sure about that.  Other names they mentioned that I can remember
were David Pruiksma [Chip] (the flying carpet?) and Nik Ranieri
[Lumiere].

Next time I'll remember to put the fresh batteries in before the
panel starts. :-)

Voices are:

Aladdin (speaking): Scott Winger
Aladdin (singing): victim of the dead batteries. <sigh>.
Jasmine (speaking): Linda Larkin
Jasmine (singing): Lea Salonga [MISS SAIGON]
Abu: Frank Welker
Jaffar: Jonathan Freeman
Sultan: Douglas Seal
Iago : Gilbert Godfrey

and, of course, Robin Williams is voicing the Genie. 

They described the movie as not being a romance, like BEAUTY AND
THE BEAST, so much as a comedy/adventure/musical film with a
romance in it. :-) They also said that the color design is
phenomenal (with which I'll agree) and that everybody was just
watching the color dailies and just basking in it.  They *have*
shifted the style and have heard complaints of turning into
Warner Bros/Tex Avery, rather than using "the Disney style", but
Goldberg feels it's just a shift in styles like any of the style
shifts you see between the first five Disney films.

The guys explained about how they put together a working print
with a scratch track, demo tracks, and storyboards and then
replace it bit by bit with pencil animation, then cleaned
animation, and finally with color and effects as each scene is
done individually, it's spliced in, which is why some of the
clips we'd be seeing would go from pencilled art to painted art.

The first clip they showed us was of Aladdin going down into the
Cave of Wonders with Abu to fetch the lamp for Jaffar. They've
been warned not to touch anything, but Abu's a kleptomaniac. 
They meet the Flying Carpet (very funny sequence where the carpet
teases Abu), which shows them where the lamp is.  While Aladdin
gets the lamp, Abu sees a jewel he can't resist, touches it, and
all hell breaks loose.

Remember that flying sequence at the beginning of RESCUERS DOWN
UNDER?--well this is the next generation version, and it's like a
roller coaster ride.  There's a wave of molten lava that makes
the storm in THE LITTLE MERMAID look tame. And the cool part
about seeing the pencil-art version of Aladdin and Abu zooming
through the cave's tunnels on the Magic Carpet, is that I could
see the computer gridwork for the tunnel walls.  >-)

The carpet itself is an incredible blend of hand-drawn and
computer animation.  Look again at the trailer that's on the
front of the 101 DALMATIONS tape: the carpet's movement and
personality bits are all hand-drawn, but computer texture-mapping
has been used to put the intricate Persian design on it.  Niiize.

The second clip that was shown was the song "Friend Like Me",
which is a Cab Calloway sort of show-stopping number, and is
bound to plaster itself all over the ads the way that "Be Our
Guest" did.  Continuing from the first scene, Aladdin rubs the
lamp, and out pops a Genie w/Robin Williams voice saying, "Oi!
Ten thousand years will give you *such* a crick in the neck!" and
who then proceeds to do shtick that involves impersonating (in
quick succession) a game show host, Arnold Schwarzanegger and Ed
Sullivan.  He then breaks into "Friend Like Me", the lyrics of
which I would post, except that I can't figure out what the hell
they are from my tape because everybody was laughing too hard and
Robin Williams tends to tear around his vocal range.

If, however, you've seen the 101 DALMATIONS trailer, it's the
scene where he sings:

   Well, Ali Baba had them forty thieves
   Scheherazade had a thousand tales...

The only verse I can actually make out entirely is:

   Mister Aladdin, sir, what will your pleasure be?
   Let me take your order, jot it down
   You ain't never had a friend like me!

Yes.  Williams ad-libbed.  Goldberg says they've got enough
material left over for 5 more Genie movies.  Rated PG-13 and
worse. :-)  Also that a common cry from Williams was "I can't say
that--this is a Disney movie!".  It looks great.

The third clip was a making-of montage, showing people working on
their respective bits of the movie, while the soundtrack is a
love duet that Aladdin and Jasmine sing while riding on the magic
carpet.  That one I can tell all of the lyrics, except for two
words.  It's a very sweet melody, sort of 6/8-time-ish, and Lea
Salonga just nails it beautifully.

=================== "Whole New World" =======================
ALADDIN:

I can show you the world:
Shining, shimmering, splendid.
Tell me, princess, when did
You last let your heart decide?

I can open your eyes,
Take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways, and under
On a magic carpet ride.

A whole new world!
A new fantastic point of view.
No one to tell us, "No."
Or where to go--
Or say we're only dreaming
                              JASMINE:
                              A whole new world!
                              A dazzling place I never knew.
                              But now from way up here
                              It's crystal-clear
                              That now I'm in a
                              Whole new world with you!
Now I'm in a
Whole new world with you!
                              Unbelievable sights!
                              Indescribable feeligs!
                              Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
                              Through an endless diamond sky!
                              A whole new world!
Don't you dare close your eyes!
                              A hundred thousand things to see!
Hold your breath,
It only gets better           
                              I'm like a shooting star
                              I've come so far
A whole new world             I can't go back to where
                              I used to be
The new horizons
You'll perceive               Every time I (?) (?)
Every moment gets better.

          BOTH:
          I'll chase them anywhere
          There's time to spare    
          Let me share this
          Whole new world with you.

A whole new world
                              A whole new world
That's where we'll be    
                              That's where we'll be!
A thrilling chase
                              A wondrous place
          For you and me...

=============================================================

The fourth clip shown was a trailer that will be showing up on
the BEAUTY AND THE BEAST video.  It's pretty close to the 101
DALMATIONS one, with some added footage and a slicker voiceover.

In summary, I'd say it looks like a winner, and I have no idea
how the hell I'm going to be able to wait until Thanksgiving.

--Kathy Li aka the Rev. Mom


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Subject: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST songs (LONG)

Well, I just got back from the San Diego Comic Con where there was a
panel with Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise talking about BEAUTY AND THE
BEAST.

The biggest news about BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is that the 70%
complete version that the New York Film critics (and San Diego
Comic Con attendees :-) got to see before the film was released
will be available on laserdisc, letterboxed and CAV. No date was
given for the actual release.  This version moved from painted
animation to pencil art, to clean-line-drawings (unpainted) and
storyboards and back again. Really neat look at the process,
as well as getting a new perspective on the picture.

I also managed to pick up a first draft of Woolverton's script for the
movie, and found all sorts of interesting changes, which I thought
people might like to read about.

The first is, of course, that "Be Our Guest" was originally much
earlierin the movie, and was supposed to be sung by all the
castle objects to Maurice when he arrives in the castle. Wise and
Trousdale said that it was changed to focus on Belle, because it
slowed the beginning of the film, and took the focus away from
the main characters.  The lyric changes are mostly "sirs" changed
to "cheri", "ma'am", etc.  But there is one substantial change:

   Yes, you're cold! Yes, you're wet!
   But we'll help you to forget
   You won't know outside it's storming
   When the silverware's performing...

"Gaston" also had substantially more lyrics than you hear on the
CD.  After the egg-eating sequence, ther was:

All:
    Who plays darts like Gaston?
    Who breaks hearts like Gaston?
    Who's much more than the sum of his parts--
    Why, Gaston!

Gaston:
    When I hunt, I sneak up with my quiver
    Beasts of the field say a prayer!
    First I carefully aim for the liver
    Then I shoot from behind.

Lefou:
    Is that fair?

Gaston:
    I don't care!

All:
    No one shoots like Gaston...

----
And in the reprise:

BOTH:
    Let's go!
    No one plots like Gaston

GASTON:
    Takes cheap shots like Gaston

LEFOU:
    Plans to persecute harmless crackpots like Gaston.

GASTON:
    Yes, I'm endlessly, wildly resourceful

LEFOU:
    As down to the depths you descend.

Gaston:
    I won't even be mildly resourceful.

BOTH:
    Just as long as I (you) get what I (you)
	want in the end!

ALL:
    Who has brains like Gaston?
    Entertains like Gaston?

Lefou:
    Who can make up these endless refrains like Gaston?

All:
    And his marriage we soon'll be celebrating!...

-----

But the *MOST* substantial change was from "Human Again" to
"Something There."  I'm typing this in late at night, so forgive
any spelling errors.  This is a long, 9.5 minute mini-opera (in
the words of Kirk Wise) which was very Sondheim-esque, and was
removed right before the actual track was recorded.  A demo track
and the storyboards for the sequence exist.

The reasons for scrapping the sequence, and getting Ashman and
Menken (who really didn't like the change) to write "Something
There" to replace it, were that 1) the number was much too long
2) it pulled the focus away from Belle and the Beast, and 3) it
made all the castle object characters seem much too mercenary: a
sort of "Hurry up and fall in love, so we can be human again!"
sentiment, which was the wrong message.

Additional notes on minor characters that Wise and Trousdale
mentioned were that there was a character who was a Music Box
(he's next to Lumiere right before the objects act the castle
invaders), and the Wardrobe (Joanne Worley's voice) also had much
more substantial roles.  The Music Box, however, gave up most of
his plot functions to Chip.

Anyways, here's "Human Again".  The lyrics are in caps, dialogue
in lower-case. Enjoy. 

--Kathy Li aka the Rev. Mom

-----

This scene occurs right after Belle binds the Beast's wounds.

ON A NEARBY SHELF

Teapot, Candelabra and Mantleclock have found a good place to
observe unobtrusively.

Teapot: (getting excited)  Bless my soul...Dare I say it?
    I think they're starting to like each other.
Mantleclock:  Hmph.  She's merely dressed his wound, Mrs. Potts.
    Nothing to get steamed up about.
Teapot: Yes,  but the way she dressed it.  Kind and gentle and
   the look in her eyes...
Candelabra:  Ah, oui...my friends, the day we have waited for may
     be at hand!
Teapot: If only that were true, Lumiere.
Candelabra: Ah, human again.
Teapot: Human again.
Candelabra: Yes.  Thank what that means!
     (sings)
     I'LL BE COOKING AGAIN
     BE GOOD-LOOKING AGAIN
     WITH A MADEMOISELLE ON EACH ARM
     WHEN I'M HUMAN AGAIN
     ONLY HUMAN AGAIN
     POISED AND POLISHED
     AND GLEAMING WITH CHARM
     I'LL BE COURTING AGAIN
     CHIC AND SPORTING AGAIN

Teapot:
    WHICH SHOULD CAUSE SEVERAL HUSBANDS ALARM

Both:
    I'LL HOP DOWN OFF THIS SHELF
    AND TOUTE SUITE, BE MYSELF
    I CAN'T WAIT TO BE HUMAN AGAIN

INT. BELLE'S ROOM

Wardrobe, Brush, Comb, Atomizer and the other beauty accessories
are having similar longings.

Accessories:
    WHEN WE'RE HUMAN AGAIN
    ONLY HUMAN AGAIN
    WHEN WE'RE KNICK-KNACKS AND WHATNOTS NO MORE
    WHEN WE'RE HUMAN AGAIN
    GOOD AND HUMAN AGAIN

Wardrobe:
    AH CHERIE, WON'T IT ALL BE TOP DRAWER?
    I'LL WEAR LIPSTICK AND ROUGE
    AND I WON'T BE SO HUGE
    WHY I'LL EASILY FIT THROUGH THAT DOOR
    I'LL EXUDE SAVOIR-FAIRE
    I'LL WEAR GOWNS, I'LL HAVE HAIR
    IT'S MY PRAYER TO BE HUMAN AGAIN!

INT. THE LIBRARY

We see the Beast's clawed hand push open a door covered in dust
and cobwebs.  He stands to the side for Belle to enter.  She
gives him a curious look before stepping inside.  It's a long
abandoned library filled floor-to-ceiling with books.  Belle
gasps with joyful surprise and gives the Beast a big thankful
smile. He shrugs it off.

Outside in the hall, the Objects crowd around to watch.  A
time-passes transition.

Objects:
    TICK TOCK, THE TIME GOES
    THE DAYS PASS, THE CLOCK CROWS
    THEY KEEP GETTING CLOSER
    WELL DON'T THEY?
    TICK TOCK, THE TIME FLIES
    A FULL MOON, A SUNRISE
    THEY KEEP DRAWING NEARER AND NEARER
    TOGETHER

    AND AS THEY DRAW NEARER
    THE DAY DRAWS NEAR TOO
    THE DAY WE'VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR 
    IS DUE...

INT. THE MORNING ROOM

During an ORCHESTRAL section, Belle and the Beast are having
breakfast together in a cheery corner room. Beast is hunched up
in a chair much too small for him.  His knees bump the
table...the Objects hang on. Teapot totters and attempts to pour
tea for him, but she realizes Chip isn't in his saucer.  She
glances around...and spots him talking to Salt Shaker.  She
glowers.  Chip quickly scoots over to his saucer.

Belle picks up her spoon and begins to eat her porridge.  Beast
watches her curiously for a moment.  He shrugs and buries his
head in the cereal bowl.  He slurps it and leans back, full and
happy...with porridge dripping from his muzzle.  He wipes it off
with the back of his hand and glances over at Belle.

She has an appalled and disgusted look on her face.  Candelabra
picks up a spoon, hides it behind his back and saunters
nonchalantly over to the Beast.  With a big smile to Belle,
Candelabra slips the spoon to him.  Beast picks up the spoon in
his big clumsy paw and attempts to scoop up some cereal.  It
spills out.  Chip giggles.  Teapot gives him a stern glare.
Beast tries agin, but he can't get porridge anywhere near his
mouth.

To save him further embarrassment, Belle lifts her bowl with both
hands.  She holds it up fro all to see and tips it to her mouth.
Beast gives her a grateful smile.  He picks up his bowl with both
hands and "toasts" her with it.

DISSOLVE TO:
THE WEST WING HALLWAY

We follow Footstool down a long corridor as he struggles to
balance a tall pile of towels which have been stacked on his
cushion to the once-forbidden West Wing.  As he passes Tables,
Portraits on the wall, Statues and Art Objects, they sing:

Objects:
    WHEN I'M HUMAN AGAIN
    ONLY HUMAN AGAIN
    WHEN I'M NOT JUST A MERE QUELQUE CHOSE

Side Table:
    WHEN I'M MORTAL AGAIN
    WILL I CHORTLE AGAIN
    WHEN I'VE GOT ONE, WILL I THUMB MY NOSE

Female Portrait:
    I'LL SAY SORRY MY DEAR
    THIS OLD DAME'S OUTA HERE

Male Portrait: (dryly)
    THOUGH YOU'LL VISIT SOMETIMES I SUPPOSE

All:
    WON'T THE WORLD BE IN TUNE
    ON THAT SWELL AFTERNOON
    COMING SOON, WHEN WE'RE HUMAN AGAIN!

INT. THE BEAST'S LAIR

Footstool finally arrives in the West Wing where the Beast's
erstwhile filthy lair is alive with busy Objects cleaning,
sweeping, scrubbing, mending.  Teapot is in charge.  The Objects
take clean towels from Footstool's pile.

All:
    SO SWEEP THE DUST FROM THE FLOOR
    LET'S LET SOME LIGHT IN THE ROOM
    I CAN FEEL, I CAN TELL
    SOMEONE MIGHT BREAK THE SPELL
    ANY DAY NOW...

    SHINE UP THE BRASS ON THE DOOR
    ALERT THE DUSTPAIL AND BROOM 
    IF IT ALL GOES AS PLANNED
    OUR TIME MAY BE AT HAND
    ANY DAY NOW!

Teapot:  Throw those musty old curtains away, child!  We've no
   use for them.  What do you think of the floral print? Lovely!

The room begins to gleam.  The old curtains are pulled from the
windows.  The light streams in.

Girls:
   OPEN THE SHUTTERS
   AND LET IN SOME AIR

Teapot:
   PUT THESE HERE AND PUT THOSE OVER THERE

Candelabra and Mantleclock enter and stand, amazed at the
transformation:

Candelabra: Sacre bleu!  Mrs. Potts, you are a genius.
Teapot: Go on.
Mantleclock:  But will the Master approve of all this?
Teapot: He wants to be human again, doesn't he? Then he can't
   live like a beast!

All:
   SWEEP UP THE YEARS, THE SADNESS AND TEARS
   AND THROW THEM AWAY!

The musical cleaning continues.  Objects change the sheets, sweep
the mess, shake the carpet, scrub the walls.  It's almost a
dance, and then it is a dance, with animated cleaning supplies
waltzing around.  Perhaps Feather duster very carefully dusts the
new bell jar covering the rose.

Suddenly, Beast looms in the door!  The Objects hold their
collective breath.  Will he be angry at their intrusion?

Beast moves to the wall, reaches up...and straightens a tilted
painting.  He flashes a grin of approval and exits.  The Objects
let out a collective sigh of relief.

INT. THE HALLS OF THE CASTLE

The cleaning celebration continues and splls out into the rest of
the place.  Everything is transforming from dark to light, from
forboding to welcoming.  And the Objects we pass continue to
express their hopes and dreams.

All:
   WE'LL BE HUMAN AGAIN
   YESSIR HUMAN AGAIN
   'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE HE JUST MAY COME THROUGH
   SOMETHING'S STIRRIN' AGAIN
   REOCCURRIN' AGAIN
   I'VE A SNEAKING SUSPICION, DON'T YOU?
   LITTLE PUSH, LITTLE SHOVE
   THEY COULD--WHOOSH!--FALL IN LOVE
   AND WE'D FINALLY BE HUMAN AGAIN

EXT. GARDEN

A time-passes transition.  Day to evening.  Late winter to early
spring.  Inside, a light goes on in the library.

Objects (o.s.):
   CLOUDS PASS THE SUNDIAL
   THE DAYS MOVE AND MEANWHILE
   THEY KEEP GETTING CLOSER WELL DON'T THEY?

   SANDS FILL THE HOURGLASS
   THE MOONS WANE, THE SUNS PASS
   AN EVENING, A MORNING, A WEEK INTERVENES
   THEY KEEP GETTING CLOSER
   YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!

INT. THE LIBRARY -- NIGHT

Moonlight streams through the window shining on Bell who sits
reading aloud to the assembled Objects.

Belle: (reading) "...when Guinevere heard that Arthur was slain
   she stole away to a convent.  And no one could ever make her
   smile again."
      (closing the book)
   The End.

Candelabra throws himself onto Mantleclock sobbing dramatically.

Candelabra:  Oooooohhhhhhoooo!! That was beautiful!
Mantleclock (cont.): (shooing them out) Oh, see here. That's
   entirely enough of that!  Now back to your duties!  C'mon back
   to work!

As the objects leave, we see that in the shadows behind the door,
the Beast has been watching and listening to the story.  He steps
shyly out of the shadows and approaches Belle.

Beast: (hesitant) Belle...d'you think you could...teach... me?
Belle: To do what?
Beast: (gestures to the bookshelves) Er...that.
Belle: (surprised) To read? You never learned?
Beast: (sadly) Just a little and long ago.
Belle: (a smile) Well, at least we have something to start with,
   then.  Come here, sit by me.

Belle opens the book and gestures for Beast to sit beside her.
M.O.S., the lessons begin.  Outside, the moonlight gives way to
dawn.  Offscreen voices continue to sing.  A "time-passes"
transition.

Objects (OS):
    TICK TOCK THE TIME GOES
    THE DAYS PASS THE COCK CROWS

    TICK TOCK THE TIME GOES
    THE DAYS PASS THE COCK CROWS

    COMING TOGETHER, CLOSER AND CLOSER
    ...MOVING TOGETHER
    ...GETTING CLOSER

(dissovle to)
INT. KITCHEN--SOME TIME LATER

Belle and the Beast sit at the kitchen table.  She points to
words as he struggles with them.

Beast: ...rrrr....
Belle: That's right.
Beast:...rrrrrr.... (evolving into a frustrated growl) I can't!
Belle: Oh, yes.  You almost had it!
Beast: Rrrrrrran. (triumphant) ...ran up the...
Belle: Very good!

Another time passes transition

Objects:
    TICK TOCK THE TIME GOES
    THE DAYS PASS, THE COCK CROWS

    COMING TOGETHER..ALWAYS CLOSER...

EXT. THE CASTLE GROUNDS -- SOME TIME LATER

Belle and the Beast sit under a tree.  It's still chill outside,
but nice.  Belle wears a shawl and beams at her pupil's progress.

BEAST:  Jack and Jill went up the hill/ To fetch a pail of...

He gets stuck...struggling to say the word.  Belle urges him on
silently.  With great difficulty, he finally manages to put the
sounds together and finally the whole concept clicks in his head.

Beast: (a joyous, triumphant bellow) WATER!

Bell throws up her hands victoriously.

EXT. ANOTHER PART OF THE GROUNDS

Spring is in the air.  Candelabra and Mantleclock sit on the
windowsill of a potting shed as Lawn and Garden Implements
prepare to begin work:

Objects:
    WHEN I'M HUMAN AGAIN
    ONLY HUMAN AGAIN
    WHEN THE WORLD ONCE MORE STARTS MAKING SENSE

Mantleclock:
    I'LL UNWIND FOR A CHANGE

Candelabra: (sarcastic)
    REALLY, THAT'D BE STRANGE
   
Mantleclock:
    CAN I HELP IT IF I'M T-T-TENSE?
    IN A SHACK BY THE SEA
    I'LL SIT BACK SIPPING TEA
    LET MY EARLY RETIREMENT COMMENCE
    FAR FROM FOOLS MADE OF WAX
    I'LL GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS
    AND RELAX

Objects|:
    WHEN I'M HUMAN AGAIN!

The Outdoor Objects dance as they begin to clean up the grounds.
A primitive Hedge Clipper clips the hedges.  A Bucket dumps water
on the terrace...a Mop mops it up.  A Rack meticulously rakes the
fallen leaves into a pile.  What used to be overgrown and spooky
turns friendly and inviting.

Objects:
    WHEN WE'RE HUMAN AGAIN
    ONLY HUMAN AGAIN
    WHEN THE GIRL FINALLY SETS US ALL FREE
    CHEEKS A-BLOOMIN' AGAIN
    WE'RE ASSUMIN' AGAIN
    WE'LL RESUME OUR LONG LOST JOIE DE VIE
    WE'LL BE PLAYIN' AGAIN!
    AND WE'RE PRAYIN' IT'S A.S.A.P.
    WHEN WE CAST OFF THIS PALL
    WE'LL STAND STRAIGHT, WE'LL WALK TALL
    WHEN WE'RE ALL WHAT WE WERE
    THANKS TO HIM, THANKS TO HER
    COMING CLOSER AND CLOSER AND CLOSER AND CLOSER AND...

A big Orchestral section ensues, underscoring the following
visuals, which are choregraphed to the music:

EXT. THE STABLES

Phillippe stnads outside the stable as a young Horsebrush brushes
him down.  Horsebrush spots Rake's big pile of leaves and gets a
mischievous glint in his eye.  He takes a flying leap off
Phillippe's back...and dive-bombs into the pile...scattering
leaves everywhere.   On Rake's look of experasperation, we cut
to:

INT. THE BEAST'S ROOM

Beast stands at a mirror with a comb in his huge hand studying
his unkempt mane.  He attempts to comb through it, but the comb
gets snared on a knot.  He pulls...and pulls...wincing at the
pain.  With a mighty effort, he manages to drag the comb through.
With a relieved smile, he turns to the mirror to see the result.
One tiny combed lock out of an entire headful of tangles and
knots hangs down over his forehead.  The smile fades.  He gathers
his courage and returns the comb to the fray just as...

...Belle appears at the Beast's door with a book.  It stands
ajar.  She peeks in to see the Beast struggling to control his
unruly mane.  She watches him for a moment. There's something
endearing in his clumsy efforts to improve his appearance.

EXT. THE GARDENS

The Outdoor Objects are now working on the gardens.  Bees buzz
and birds flit overhead.  Hedge Clippers clips back the tangled
branches of teh rose bushes.  A Hoe digs up fresh dirt.  A
Watering Can waters the roots of the flowers.  Hoe sees something
really exciting and motions the others over for a look.  It's the
first bud of spring!

Rake has finally got his leaf pile back to its former condition.
There's one last stray leaf and...done!  Rake "smiles" with
satisfaction just as...

...Belle runs past...right through the pile...scattering them all
over again.  This is immediately followed by...

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The Beast who runs past, chasing her playfully into the maze.
Rake stares at the mess with disbelief.  After all that work!
Ther's only a teeny little pile of leaves left.

YAP...YAP...YAP...YAP!

It's Footstool chasing after Belle and the Beast.  He scatters
the last of it.  Poor Rake throws up his 'hands' and walks away
in defeat.

THE MAZE

Belle and the Beast play hide-and-seek in the confusing maze.
Belle hides behind a corner and leaps out to scare him.  Boo!
Beast jumps! She laughs and takes off again. Footstool goes
running eagerly through the maze.  Where'd they go?  He sniffs
the ground trying to searach them out...turns a corner
and...BOO!! They both jump out and scare him.  Footstool yelps
and takes off with his tail between his legs.  Belle laughs and
turns around to share the joke with Beast.  But he's disappeared.
Confused, Belle turns in a circle and...BOO! She screams!  And as
they both break into laughter the dancing Objects go waltzing by.
We lose Belle and the Beast and focus on the Objects as the
number concludes.  All the world seems to be singing and dancing.

Objects:
    WE'LL BE DANCING AGAIN!
    WE'LL BE TWIRLING AGAIN!
    WE'LL BE WHIRLING ABOUT WITH SUCH EASE
    WHEN WE'RE HUMAN AGAIN
    ONLY HUMAN AGAIN
    WE'LL GO WATZING THOSE OLD ONE-TWO-THREES
    WE'LL BE FLOATING AGAIN
    WE'LL BE GLIDING AGAIN
    STEPPING, STRIDING
    AS FINE AS YOU PLEASE
    LIKE A REAL HUMAN DOES
    I'LL BE ALL THAT I WAS
    ON THAT GLORIOUS MORN
    WHEN WE'RE FINALLY REBORN
    AND WE'RE ALL OF US HUMAN AGAIN!

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In case you're wondering, I asked Wise if they were going to put
the demo-track and the storyboards together for this one onto the
work-in-progress laserdisk.  He says he's plugging for it, but no
response. <sigh>.

--K.


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------------------------| Alfred: My heavens! You mean it *wasn't* you 
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