pause- Stage: Jungle 2 (as in scene before)
- Setting:
- Section: A, B
- Puppets: Poke, Rolling Stone (Tigerseye), Oooga (Eisfuchs), Booga (Tani), Bolga (Lynard), Policeman 1 (Xan), Policeman 2 (o'wolf), Wolf (Zefiro)
- Props: crashing Tree with Poke and Parachute, Chest, music stone No. 3, Water Bottle, Speed Trap Photo, Mocha Flask, bush, Policecar (Fin Farenath)
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Poke: "Hello? Hello! I'm still up here! Hey, come back! hrrmm! It's always the same! Hey, you assholes! If you don't want me to be with you, why don't you just tell me? We are all grown-up people, aren't we? Hey, come on, give me a chance! I bet, I can be a good prisoner, too! Ah, shit, I got to get down here by myself then!"
0801 - struggling
Poke: "*gnn* hrrg Ah, I give up! I'm completely tangled in this fucking parachute! Shit! I'm stuck! Aaah! Lionel! Mika! Come back and get me down! Lionel? Mika? Uh - Lori? sigh How am I ever supposed to get down this fucking tree?"
0802 - stone rolling
Stone (off): "Oooooh! Out of my way! I can't stop! Aaah!"
the stone comes rolling in from section B
Stone: "Oooooh! Step aside! Incoming! (...)"
the stone disappears
0803 - Crash, wood creaking and crackling
Poke (off): "Oh oh ..."
0804 - Falling tree
Poke: "TIMBER!"
The tree falls into the scene from section A, Poke tied to a branch with the parachute, disappearing below
Poke (off): "Urrgh! Fuck ..."
Poke comes up, struggling with some leftover ropes, leaving the parachute lying on stage
Poke: "Hey, what's up with you? Have you been living in a cave? Huh ... And I thought Lori was a bad driver. Oh well, at least I am on the ground again. I mean, I like bondage but this is ridiculous!"
Poke looks around
Poke: "Okay ... Now what? These trees look all the same ... should I go this way? Or that way? Or ... what about the way back? hrsn Come on, Poke, time to think."
Poke starts walking to and fro
Poke: "Come on, Poke, you must think to find a way out! Think! Come on, think! Think! THINK! THINK!"
0806 - string snap
Poke falls to the ground
Poke: "Aaah! I must have snapped a muscle in my brain! Man, that hurts! I guess I'll just lie down here and think a little more carefully. Think ... think ... think ..."
AMB-07 - Jungle Night
slow fade to night, stars, full moon
Poke: "Think ... think ... think ..."
Ooga, Booga and Bolga run through the stage from B to A, behind Poke. Oooga and Booga are carrying a chest, Bolga a bottle
Ooga, Booga, Bolga: "Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga ..."
Bolga wheezes
0807 - pounding
Ooga, Booga and Bolga disappear
Poke looks after them, shaking his head
Poke: "Think ... think ... think ..."
Ooga, Booga and Bolga run through the stage again
Ooga, Booga, Bolga: "Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga ..."
Bolga wheezes
0807 - pounding
Ooga, Booga and Bolga disappear
Poke growls after them
Poke: "Think ... think ... think ..."
Ooga, Booga and Bolga run through the stage again
Ooga, Booga, Bolga: "Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga ..."
Bolga wheezes
0807 - pounding
Ooga and Booga disappear
Bolga stops at the end of stage A, breathing heavily
Poke: "Hey! Can't you see here's a genius at work? How am I supposed to think with all this Ooga-Booga stuff going on?"
Bolga (out of breath): "Hey, stop complaining! We're doing an important job! Does it look like we're running about just for fun? Who are you, anyway?"
Poke: "Hey, that's funny, I just wanted to ask you the same thing."
Bolga (important): "We are the honorable carriers of the sacred chest of the old ages! And who are you?"
Poke: "I'm Poke."
Bolga: "You're a Poke? I've never heard of a Poke. What is a Poke?"
Poke (important): "I am Poke! I am the dick in ridiculous."
0808 - fanfare
Bolga: "You're the what in the what?"
Poke: "Ah, forget about it. So you're the fucking carriers of the fucking something. What the heck are you doing?"
Bolga: "We are carrying the sacred chest of the old ages. Isn't that obvious?"
Poke: "Okay, I can see that. But what for? Why are you running around all the time?"
Bolga (ironically): "Hm ... Could it be, to make sure that nobody gets the chest?"
Poke: "O-kay ... Wouldn't it be easier to simply guard the chest? I mean, without moving?"
Bolga: "No! What a foolish idea! Everybody knows, guards can be overwhelmed!"
Poke: "Well, then ... what about locking it away? In a crypt or in a vault or something."
Bolga: "That would be an even more foolish idea! Everybody knows, locks can be broken!"
Poke: "Huh? Are you sure, you still got all marbles ..."
Bolga: "Listen! We've been doing this for two thousand years. Do you really think we never thought about all this? Okay, I'll explain it to you: Let's pretend we made all the effort of putting up guards and walls and locks and traps and stuff. This takes ages! And now some adventurer comes along and tricks the guards and breaks the locks and defeats the traps ... and in the end, only option you're left with is grabbing the artifact and run away as fast as you can! Now, if running away is your only option, what was the point in setting up all these barriers in the first place?"
Poke: "Uh, yes, but ..."
Bolga: "So the high council of Ooga-Booga has decided to save our energy for the really important matters. We skipped the whole effort and just started running away right from the start. And we've proudly been doing so for two thousand years. It's the most efficient way to protect the artifact. End of discussion!"
Ooga and Booga run through the stage
Ooga, Booga: "Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga ..."
0807 - pounding
Ooga and Booga disappear
Poke: "Okay ... What's inside this chest that makes it worth running to and fro for two thousand years? And what's that pounding noise?"
Bolga: "We don't know exactly. All we do know is that it must be a very mighty artifact ... and ... well ... that it's obviously making very strange noises. The high priest gave it to us to make sure that only the chosen ones may get hold of it."
Poke: "And what's your job in this affair?"
Bolga: "I am the apprentice of the honorable chest carriers. Once I'll be grown-up, I'm going to be a chest-carrier, too! But before I can become one, I'll have to complete a highly sophisticated and challenging two-year training program."
Poke: "And what kind of highly sophisticated trainig is that? What do you have to do?"
Bolga (embarrassed): "Well, I've got to run after them and bring them water when they're thirsty."
Poke (amused): "That's all? *giggle* That's Ooga-Booga university? Ha ha ha!"
Bolga: "Hey, wait! This is not as easy as it seems! Being a chest carrier requires highly trained skills! It's very hard to run at precisely the right speed, you know? If you go too slow, someone could catch up with you and steal the artifact."
Poke: "Yes, and running too fast will make you pass out."
Bolga: "Well, uh, that's actually not the problem. The catch is, you've got to stay below the speed limit."
Poke: "What? There's a speed limit in the jungle?"
Bolga: "Hey! Think about it! This is the Brazilian rain forest. If everyone was allowed to go as fast as they wanted, there wouldn't be a single tree left."
0809 - screech, crash
Bolga: "Oh oh, there goes another one. sigh Ah ... one day, I'll be one of the honorable chest carriers ... running through the forest, swiftly like the wind, listening to the birds and the pounding in my chest."
0810 - Lionel's words: "Always remember the lines from the book! I hear a pound, pound, pounding in my chest ..."
Poke: "Wait! Wait a minute! That sound coming from that box ... I mean ... uh .... How shall I say ... uh ... I think I need that artifact!"
Bolga: "Hah! Yeah, sure! But only the chosen ones may approach the chest."
Poke: "And how can you tell if someone is the chosen one?"
Bolga: "We don't know. We're supposed to recognize them when they come."
Poke: "Here I am! I must get the chest!"
Bolga: "But you can't. You don't look like a chosen one."
Poke: "*grrr* Okay ... So let's pretend I'm not the chosen one. Would there be any other way to get the artifact?"
Bolga (thoughtful). "Mmmmh ... Maybe - maybe not."
Poke: "Come on, you can tell me! Everything will be cool! I can keep a secret!"
Bolga: "Well ... I probably could tell you if there is a way to get the artifact, but ... there is no such thing as a free lunch, if you know what I mean."
Poke: "Okay. I'll bite. What do I have to do?"
Bolga: "The carriers are thirsty, and it is my duty to bring them water. But I'm feeling pretty exhausted, you know. And I thought, maybe you could give me a hand. All you've got to do is take this bottle of water and run after them, so they can have something to drink!"
Bolga shows him the bottle
Poke: "Alright, and then you'll tell me if there is a way for me to get hold of the artifact? Well, fair enough. That sounds easy. Give me that bottle."
Bolga gives him the bottle
Ooga and Booga run through the stage
Ooga, Booga: "Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga ..."
Poke: "Hey wait! Hey guys, I've got water for you!"
Poke runs after the chest carriers
0807 - pounding
Ooga, Booga and Poke disappear
Ooga and Booga run the other way through the stage
Ooga, Booga: "Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga ..."
Poke runs after the chest carriers, panting hard
0807 - pounding
Ooga, Booga and Poke disappear
0811 - bottle open, hiss, slurp, gulp
Ooga, Booga: "Ooga! Booga! Aaaaah!"
Poke comes back to Bolga, panting heavily, carrying the bottle
Poke: "Man, that was more exhausting than being the guest of honor on a rabbit swinger party!"
Bolga: "I told you it's harder than it looks."
Poke: "Okay ... I carried the water for you. Now you must tell me if there is a way for me to get hold of the artifact."
Bolga: "Yes, you're right. Now I can tell you: There is no way to get hold of the artifact."
Poke: "What? But you promised-"
Bolga: "Yes, I promised to tell you, if there is a way. And there is no way. I told you, just like I promised."
Poke (angry): "What?"
Bolga: "And I just found something out about you: you are precisely as dumb as you look. He he he he! Thanks for doing my work, ferret!"
Poke starts getting more and more furious
Poke (furious): "What? Maybe I look dumb, but you can't imagine how you are gonna look after I broke your nose! I was fast enough to catch up with your Ooga-Boogas, and I'm certainly fast enough to catch up with you, too! (/more/)"
Bolga (mocking): "Well, catch me if you can! *blblblbl*"
Bolga runs away
0812 - Roadrunner: "Meep Meep!" + Racing car
Poke chases Bolga one way, then the other way over the stage
Poke (inbetween): "When I catch you I'll stick your bloddy artifact up your god-damn arse! Aaaah!"
Poke chases Bolga off stage (section B)
0813 - flash + camera motor!
red flash
Poke: "Aaargh!"
Poke comes stumbling back in
Poke: "Uuuh ... uuuh ... What was that ... A speed trap? In the middle of the jungle? What the fuck? I think I'm blind ..."
Cop 1 and Cop 2 (Ooga-Booga Policemen) come in from the other side (section A)
Cop 1: "Ooga oga booga! (Hey, you!)"
Poke turns around
Poke: "Who, me?"
Cop 1: "Ooga oga booga! (You have been going too fast!)"
Cop 1 moves a bit forward
0814 - racing car
Cop 2 mimes a camera
0813 - flash + camera motor
Cop 2 shows the speed trap photo
Cop 1: "Ooga oga booga! (We fine you 50 bucks!)"
0815 - ka-ching
Poke: "How much? You guys must be joking!"
Cop 1: "Ooga oga booga! (We're not joking!) Mmh mhh!"
Cop 2: "Ooga oga booga! (We're not joking!) Mmh mhh!"
Cop 1 and Cop 2 shake their heads
0815 - ka-ching
Poke: "But ... But ... I don't have any money! I just fell out of a plane! I don't have anything ... except for a bottle of arabian mocha. So, now what?"
Cop 1 and Cop 2 turn to each other, discussing
Cop 1: "Ooga booga!"
Cop 1 jumps and disappears down
Poke looks after him
0816 - impact/crash
Cop 1 comes back and shakes his head
Cop 2: "Uh-uh! (nope)"
Cop 2 jumps and soars slowly downstage
0817 - falling leaf
Poke looks after him
Cop 2 comes back
Cop 1: "Ah-ha! (yes!)"
Cop 2: "Ta-daa!"
Poke: "Ah! I get it! You guys want my parachute?"
Cop 1, Cop 2 (joyful): "Oooga Booga! Booga! Para-Choot! Ga!"
Poke goes over to the parachute
Poke: "Okay ... it's pretty messed up, but ... here it is ... If it makes you happy ..."
Cop 1 and Cop 2 go over to the parachute, constantly babbling, picking up the thing and leaving
0815 - ka-ching
Poke looks after them
Poke: "Have fun with the parachute!"
Poke sighs
Poke (calmer): "Ah, I can't believe that this little sucker escaped! If I ever meet that guy again ... This is getting worse and worse. Oh well ... At least, I was lucky. They took my parachute, and not my precious coffee."
Poke puts the coffee flask on the stage
Poke (singing): "There's an awful lot of coffee in Brazil."
Poke drinks a bit
0818 - gulp & caffeine bzzzzt!
Poke shivers
Poke: "Wow! Suddenly everything is so clear! Now I understand everything! My brain, it works! I can think! The powers of caffeine! I-"
0819 - empty purifier
Poke: "Oh ... shit. It's over. But... hey! I've got an idea! Now I know how to get to the chest! Ha! I'll prove those guys that I look much dumber than I really am! Ha ha!"
Ooga and Booga run through the stage
Ooga, Booga: "Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga ..."
0807 - pounding
Ooga and Booga disappear
Poke looks after them
Poke (shouting): "Hello-o! Are you thirsty again? I've got something special for you! Here, Oogey-Boogey! Come on!"
Poke runs off
Ooga: "Aaah! Ooga Booga!"
0820 - glub glub caffeine bzzzzt fireworks
Ooga (high pitched): "Wo hoo! Ooga booga!"
Booga (high pitched): "Wo hoo! Ooga booga!"
Ooga and Booga run through the stage at full speed
Poke comes running in, but stops in the middle of the stage
Ooga, Booga: "Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga, Ooga-Booga ..."
Poke: "Okay! Everybody say 'Cheese'!"
Ooga and Booga disappear
0813 - flash + camera motor
red flash
Ooga (off) "Aaah!"
Booga (off) "Aaah!"
Poke hides at the far corner of the stage, behind a bush
Ooga and Booga come stumbling backwards on stage, stopping in the middle and putting the chest down
Ooga, Booga "*groan*"
Cop 1 and Cop 2 (Ooga-Booga Policemen) come in
Cop 1: "Ooga oga booga! (You have been going too fast!)"
Cop 1 moves a bit forward
0814 - racing car
Cop 2 mimes a camera
0813 - flash + camera motor
Cop 2 shows the speed trap photo of the carriers
Cop 1: "Ooga oga booga! (We fine you 50 bucks!)"
0815 - ka-ching!
Ooga (surprised) "Ooga Booga!?"
Booga (surprised) "Honga Tonga!?"
Cop 1 (nodding): "Uh-huh!"
0815 - ka-ching!
Ooga: "Ooga Booga!"
Ooga pretends to be the speed trap
0813 - flash + camera motor
Booga smashes Ooga
0821 - SMASH! Shatter!
Ooga, Booga: "Ha ha ha!"
Cop 1 and Cop 2 move towards the chest
Cop 1: "Ooga oga booga!"
Cop 1 points to the chest
0815 - ka-ching
The cops try to pick up the chest
Ooga and Booga push the cops away
Ooga, Booga (shaking their heads): "M-hm! Ooga!"
Cop 1: "Ooga oga booga!"
0815 - ka-ching!
The cops try to pick up the chest again
they start a melee
Cop 2 steps aside, gets out a huge whistle and blows it
0822 - whistle
Cop 2: "Ooga Booga!"
Cop 2 whistles again
0822 - whistle
Cop 2: "Ooga Booga!"
0823 - police car approach
A police car comes in from section A, a howling wolf at the steering wheel
Cop 1 and Cop 2 arrest the Ooga Boogas
0824 - handcuffs click
Cop 1 and Cop 2 pull the Ooga Boogas into (behind) the car
0825 - car door shut
police sound on
0826 - police car leaves
The car drives out
Poke looks after them and unhides
Poke: "Hello? Is everybody gone? ... He he he!"
Poke steps up to the chest
Poke: "Now look what we have here."
Poke opens the chest and looks inside
Poke: "Oooh! Shiny thing!"
lift up the musical stone
0827 - stone music 3
Poke looks at the stone
Poke: "Wow, cool! This is what we've been looking for? It's round and flashy and shiny ..."
Poke grabs the stone and sits on it
hide the stone
Poke (gollum): "It's beautiful and .. it's mine! Nobody shall have it! It's mine, mine alone! My motherfucking precious! hiss I must not let them have it! He he he!"
Poke shakes himself
0828 - caffeine buzz
Poke: "Whoa ... caffeine-flashback."
Poke gets himself ready
Poke: "All right. Lionel, here I come! Never underestimate the power of arabian mocha! Poke wins, Carrier lost! Yaay!"
Poke slides to the end of the stage
Poke (singing): "That's the way -uh hu uh hu - I like it - uh hu uh hu ..."
lights out
0813 - flash & camera motor
red flash
Poke (off): "Shit!"