It's Your Writing, Charlie Brown

Good Grief.

Charlie Brown needs to write the following thing...

## Act 1

* **Lucy:** OK, Charlie Brown. You must write something nice for the Little Red-Haired Girl.
* **Charlie Brown:** Good Grief.
* **Lucy:** Due tomorrow. And remember, work hard and no goofing off.
* *[back at Charlie Brown's house]*
* **Charlie Brown:** OK, no goofing off! I am about to write the greatest thing of all time. Like most great writing, it will be written on paper. Even more important than the paper is *[holds up a pencil]* the pencil. A pencil as sharp or as dull as I like. Hmm.. funny... as my ideas grow, you shrink. Well, I couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day to write an essay. *[looks at window, it's colorful outside]* OK, here we go. What. Not. To do. At. A. Spotlight. Hey this is easy! By Charlie Brown. Hah! This essay is pure gold! And now pencil, get ready to do your stuff because here we go! *[Charlie Brown's clock is shown.]* Oh Brother, this is harder than I thought... *[looks outside. Ernie and Bert are on Skateboards. Violet is suntanning. Cookie Monster is eating ice cream. Grover and Big Bird are playing tennis. Elmo is riding on a ball and playing a horn. Marcie is rubbing Linus with sunscreen]*
* **Marcie:** Come on Charles!
* **Snoopy:** *[holding his bowl]* Charlie Brown, I'm starving.
* **Charlie Brown:** I Will bring you food Snoopy. I know I have something to write! Now come on, Snoopy. *[Opens a can of dog chow and pours on Snoopy's Bowl]* I've got to make sure you have your nutrition Snoopy, so I'm not leaving until you eat every single bite. *[Snoopy quickly eats it]* Snoopy, are-are you sure you don't want some ice cream? Oh Well, No more fooling around! I've gotta get back to work! OK, Girl, I say... prepare to be written! *[Begins active writing]* I'm doing it! I'm doing it! Yeah...yeah...yeah! And some of these, and some of these...Almost there and...done. Now lets see how it looks so far. "The-" *[shows he has only written "the" in fancy lettering]* Break time! Pacing always helps me think! Let's see... Think Charlie Brown, Think! *[The Phone Rings]*
* **Peppermint Patty:** Hello?
* **Charlie Brown:** Hey, whatchya up to?
* **Peppermint Patty:** Some message from Barney before you hang up.
* **Charlie Brown:** Tell me.
* **Barney:** I have invited characters to the party.
	+ **BJ:** I Have Misty, Vicky, Frankie, Wendy, and Pacifica.
	+ **Baby Bop:** Scooby-Doo, Floopa-Loo, Where Are You?
	+ **BJ:** Well, I Got Topsy and Tim, Roland and Rattfink, Zig and Sharko, Charlie and Lola, Remy and Boo, Ivy and Bean, Wombat and Rabbit, Bunny and Claude, Noodle and Doodle, Stella and Sam, YaYa and Zouk, Toopy and Binoo, Tom and Jerry, Rick and Morty, and on and on and on.
	+ **Baby Bop:** Why not Hoot Kloot, Noot Noot, Boomerang and the June Bugs.
	+ **BJ:** Wait, Is it Sprout and the Troublesome Trucks or Baggypants and the Nitwits?
	+ *[Both BJ and Baby Bop Laugh]*
* **Charlie Brown:** *[gasps]* That does not make sense!
* **Barney:** Well, I'm listening.
* **Peppermint Patty:** Aaugh! *[hangs up]*
* **Charlie Brown:** Yeah, well I gotta get going. *[hangs up phone]* Good Grief. Can't he see that I'm busy? *[goes to the kitchen and drinks water]* That was a close one.
* **Lucy:** *[Off-Screen]* You have to complete his message for the Little Red-Haired Girl, and yet you continued to goof off. *[Charlie Brown gets frightened]* When will you learn, Charlie Brown?
* **Charlie Brown:** Oh, Lets see where are we? *[holding his paper with a word "The" is still there, puts the paper down on the desk]* How am I supposed to know what to do with my Girlfriend? Feeding your pet is something to do when hungry! *[Writing]* And making a cereal, and listening to jazz music, and drinking water, and flying kites, and kicking a football, and winning the baseball game, and collecting rocks...
* *[1 Day Later]*
* **Charlie Brown:** *[Looking into his Mailbox]* Nothing in here. *[Sigh]*
* *[A Letter falls on the floor]*
* **Charlie Brown:** What's This? *[gasps in excitement]* It's From the Little Red-Haired Girl!
* **Lucy:** See you at The Little Red-Haired Girl's Home!
* *[Charlie Brown runs off excited]*