Dream Girls

## Synopsis

The four older teenage daughters decide to casually sing and record their own versions of a few classic songs - including *"Rock Around the Clock"*, by Bill Haley & His Comets - in a professional studio, just for fun. A cynical Graham warns them that they could never make a valid living as singers. Discouraged by their father's apparent lack of support, the girls set out to prove him wrong, which they eventually succeed in doing.

Soon after the casual recording session in the studio, the "Lubbock Babes" perform at "Amateur Night" at the local pizzeria. It turns out that everyone loves them, so they officially form a singing quartet. The restaurant owner is so impressed that he immediately hires the four girls to headline as live entertainment at *Danny's Pizzeria*. The girls' success, along with the audience's enjoyment, leads to the quartet landing a regular gig singing on-stage two nights per weekend at the pizzeria.

Naturally, the four girls are all too eager to accept the gig, but they don't know how to inform their skeptical parents - mainly Graham - of their "big break", so they decide to keep it a secret.

That weekend, while frantically searching for their car that Graham and Elizabeth believe was stolen, Sherry sarcastically points out an obvious oversight that her parents missed. This makes the two adults realize that the four older teenage daughters blatantly lied to them about their whereabouts for that evening. After receiving some unsolicited help from Sherry, the parents now want to confront the teenagers.

Clearly aghast at the reality of the situation at hand, angry Graham and Elizabeth rush to commandeer Duane Johnson to drop his own plans for that evening. Since the "Lubbock Babes" apparently drove the car without permission, Duane is forced to drive both Graham and Elizabeth to locate the girls and the car.

It turns out that the parents may have overreacted once they see their daughters performing on-stage. The girls are even more shocked to see their mother and father present at the pizzeria, and they fear that trouble is on the horizon.

To their surprise, Graham proudly stands up and claps to give his daughters a rousing ovation, in addition to his new-found belief - and full support - of their amazing skills. Unfortunately, Graham also happens to interrupt a policeman who had been called to investigate a report of a stolen vehicle that was discovered at the pizzeria. He ends up being mistakenly arrested for the crime, but not before the "Lubbock Babes" finally get the recognition they deserve and covet.

*Rock Around the Clock - BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS*
*Born to be Wild - STEPPENWOLF*
*Dancing In the Streets - MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS*
*Unchain My Heart - JOE COCKER*
*Between Like and Love - BILLY VERA & THE BEATERS*
*The Ballad of Sweeney Todd - STEPHEN SONDHEIM*

## Guest Appearances

*Johnny Dark* as Danny

*David Hall* as Max

*Rich Reinhart* as Rich

*Michael Gilbert Lewis* as Policeman

## Memorable Quotes

**Wendy**: "*You don't want to go to the Academy Awards on the arm of Kirk Cameron?*"

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**Connie**: "*I don't want to be famous. I want to be a writer.*"

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**Sherry**: "*Cindy and Wendy at church on a Saturday night? Mom, think about that.*"

**Elizabeth**: *(angrily)* "*Graham!*"

## Trivia

* First appearances of Johnny Dark as Danny, Danny's Pizzeria, & the "Lubbock Babes" official singing quartet.
* The reference to Kirk Cameron is a subtle nod to the parent series, *Growing Pains*.

## Mistakes

### Factual Errors

* The police officer is all too quick to arrest Graham before the situation could be fully explained.