THE CAMEO’S

Blooper Reel

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“Glimpses in the Future” universe

 

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Fools | Ain’t Too Proud to Beg

 

 

 

Bloopers from “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?”

 

Scene 3, Take 1

Jim:

(talking to florist on cell phone while driving very quickly to Sleepyside)  What do you mean you’re out of orchids?! No, I don’t want carnations! I need an orchid corsage, and I need it now!

 

April:

Cut!

 

 

 

Scene 5, Take 1

Honey:

(hugging Trixie)  Sometimes love is the greatest mystery of all!

 

Trixie:

*gagging and giggling madly*  Can I have some pancakes to go with that syrupy line?

 

 

 

Scene 6, Take 1

Trixie:

(Trixie leans back in her office chair and props her feet on her cluttered desk. She leans back too far, and the office chair tips backwards and lands on the floor)

 

*kicking her feet*   HOLP! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!  *giggle*

 

 

Scene 9, Take 1

Jim:

The other kind of girl didn’t dress up just to impress me or any other boy. She never does. She’s my choice of the two. Right now her sandy curls need combing, and she sure could use some lipstick.

 

Trixie:

Genuine?! Comfortable?! What do you mean by that, James Winthrop Frayne?! (poking Jim’s supple chest with her finger)

 

Jim:

(stuttering)  I-I-I didn’t m-mea---

 

Trixie:

My curls need combing?! (slapping away Jim’s freckled hand)

 

Jim:

That’s a good thing. They look se---

 

Trixie:

Sure could use lipstick?!  (whacking Jim’s firm bicep) *sniff, sniff* I’ll be in my trailer!

 

Jim:

(running after her) Trix!!!

 

April:

Uh… cut.

 

 

Scene 11, Take 1

Trixie:

Tell me.

 

Jim:

It means that you’re my special girl, Trixie. As if you didn’t know that already. (leans in for that long-awaited kiss)

 

April:

Cut! No kissing yet, Jim.

 

Jim:

But you promised me kissing in the future uni!

 

April:

Yes, but this is a flashback scene. Don’t blame me. I didn’t write that part.

 

Jim:

If I don’t get some action soon, me and my fond glances are outta here!

 

 

Scene 18, Take 1

Trixie:

And why would I subject myself to such torture?

 

Honey:

Because you love Jim, and you want to remove him from the clutches of that high-class bi---

 

April:

Cut! Madeleine G. Wheeler! I’m surprised at you! Where’s that legendary tact? The word is ‘hussy.’ Follow the script.

 

 

Scene 20, Take 1

Trixie:

I can’t breathe! This dress is cutting off my circulation!

 

Honey:

You don’t need to breathe; just smile.

 

(Trixie attempts a bright smile. Suddenly, she sneezes and RIIIPPPPPPP!!!)

Trixie:

I told you this dress was too small!

 

April:

Cut! Call wardrobe! And keep Jim outta here!

 

 

Scene 22, Take 1

Jim:

(hugging Trixie) Wow, Trix! You look fantastic!

 

Trixie:

(seductively whispering in Jim’s ear) Clean up pretty good, don’t I, Frayne?

 

Jim:

(Holds Trixie even tighter and starts nuzzling her neck and whispering in her ear. Suddenly, he picks her up and carries her away.)

 

Trixie:

*giggling* Why, Jim! This is all so sudden!

 

April:

Cut! Get back here, and stick to the script, Frayne!

 

 

Scene 25, Take 1

Amanda:

Oh, it’s so busy! I just got a big contract to decorate a senator’s mansion. He is a close personal friend of Daddy’s. It’s important to have the right connections. The senator mentioned giving Jimmy a big, fat check for his school. Isn’t that wonderful? (batting her eyelashes repeatedly) There is nothing more important to me than  *eyes tightly shut*  AAARGHH!!! OMIGOSH! I CAN’T MOVE MY EYES! SOMEBODY PUT SUPERGLUE IN MY MASCARA! AAAYYY!!! IT BURNS!!!

 

(Trixie stifles a grin and sneaks off the set…)

 

 

Scene 31, Take 1

Di:

(popping appetizers into Mart’s mouth)

 

Trixie:

Oh, brother! You two are going to make me lose my appetite if I have to sit here and watch this all evening. You’re as bad as Moms and Dad. If I wanted to be sub… What’s that word?

 

April:

Subjected. Let’s try it again. Scene 31, Take 2! Action!

 

Di:

(popping appetizers into Mart’s mouth)

 

Trixie:

Oh, brother! You two are going to make me lose my appetite if I have to sit here and watch this all evening. You’re as bad as Moms and Dad. If I wanted to be subjacent---

 

April:

Cut! That’s subjected, Trixie! Take 3! Action!

 

(Mart burps as Di sticks yet another appetizer into his mouth)

 

Trixie:

Oh, brother! You two are going to make me lose my appetite if I have to sit here and watch this all evening. You’re as bad as Moms and Dad. If I wanted to be subjoined to---

 

April:

Cut! The word is subjected, Trix. Let’s try it again.

 

Trixie:

Sorry. I’m having trouble remembering that.

 

April:

No problem. Let’s take it again from the top. Take 4!

 

Di:

(holding out another appetizer for Mart…)

 

Mart:

(suddenly belches loudly and covers his mouth) No more smoked salmon cream cheese pinwheels! (hastily exits scene)

 

Di:

*giggle* I never thought I’d see Mart run away from food!

 

Trixie:

How many of those things did he have?

 

Di:

(peers onto plate) Well, I started out with twelve, and the cameraman refilled my plate twice, so I guess Mart’s had about 30 or so.

 

Trixie:

*chuckles evilly* Death by hors d’oeuvre.

 

Di:

But what better way for Mart to go!

 

April:

Cut! Someone go check and see if that awful hurling sound is coming from Mart’s dressing room.

 

 

 

Preparing to shoot Scene 33, Take 1

April:

Jim Frayne! Brian Belden! Where are you? JIM! BRIAN! Get your butts on the set!

 

Assist. Dir.

April, I found them! They are in the extras’ dressing room!

 

April:

(angrily stomps to the extras dressing room and opens the door)

 

Jim:

(arm is around Kaye, he’s looking at her fondly and  he’s tugging on a strand of hair) You know, Kaye, I really go for blonds.  How about you dump the politician and be my special girl?

 

Brian:

(stroking Kathy’s cheek) You know, I’m not really a doctor, but I play one on TV. Mind if I practice my bedside manner on you?

 

April:

JAMES WINTHROP FRAYNE the Second! BRIAN PETER BELDEN! Stop fraternizing with the extras and get back on set!

 

 

Scene 61, Take 1

Trixie:

Is Mart keeping the ‘Cackling Witch with a Capital B’ occupied?

 

 

(Di looks uncomfortable and quite confused.)

 

April:

Cut! Di, you’re supposed to look perplexed, then smile as you figure it out. Let’s try it again. Scene 61, Take 2! Action!

 

Trixie:

Is Mart keeping the ‘Cackling Witch with a Capital B’ occupied?

 

 

(Once again, Di looks confused and scratched her chin, as if deep in thought.)

 

April:

Cut! Are you having problems, Diana?

 

Di:

Well, uh… I just don’t get it. Witch doesn’t start with a ‘b’. It starts with a ‘w.’

 

April:

I know sweetie. That’s the joke. Trixie is really giving a more accurate description of Amanda’s personality without actually saying it. Get it?

 

Di:

(Shakes her head slowly, staring in confusion) Not really. She’s a witch with a capital B?

 

April:

Think, Di! Take away the ‘w’ in ‘witch’ and replace it with a ‘b’.

 

Di:

*giggling* Oh, I get it! That’s funny!

 

Trixie:

*sigh* Did you eat a lot of paint chips as a child, Di?

 

Di:

*batting violet eyes in confusion* Why do you ask?

 

 

Scene 65, Take 1

Jim:

Finally, I want to acknowledge another special person, Amanda Woodward. *nods to Amanda* (She does not come on stage.)

 

April:

Cut! Where’s Amanda? Was she backstage, Jim?

 

Jim:

*blowing kisses at Trixie* Uh… I didn’t see her.

 

April:

*to first assistant* Find the shrew.

 

 

(Ten minutes later…)

First

Assistant:

*Out of breath* She’s in her dressing room. She refuses to come out.

 

April:

 

Refuses to come out??!! Why?!

 

First

Assistant:

She says she’s sick of the hate mail and the boos and the rotten tomatoes. Her shrink told her to take a break, that this wasn’t good for her psyche.

 

April:

She knew she’d be hated when she took this role! Tell her to get her butt out here now, or I’ll give her part to Dot Murray!

 

 

Scene 66, Take 1

 

(Polite applause throughout ballroom. Camera slowly pans to Trixie, who has is supposed to be crying, but is not.)

 

April:

Cut! Where’s the tear, Trixie? I need a tear.

 

Trixie:

OK. I’ll do better next time.

 

April:

Scene 66, Take 2! Action!

 

 

(Polite applause throughout ballroom. Camera slowly pans to Trixie, who is squeezing her eyes together tightly in an attempt to force out a tear.)

 

April:

Cut! You look like your constipated, Trixie. Let’s try this again and think sad thoughts. Reddy being ran over. A shortage of orchids in florist shops around the world. No more fond glances. Dusting 24 hours a day, seven days a week! Scene 66, Take 3! Action!

 

 

(Polite applause throughout ballroom. Camera slowly pans to Trixie, whose lip is quivering, but still no tears.)

 

Mart:

Need me to kick her for you? That might bring a tear or two?

 

 

 

Scene 70, Take 1

Trixie:

I’m sure you and Mr. Wheeler are very pleased at his choice for a bride. Amanda is… very nice, and will… make a fine wife for Jim.

 

Mrs. Wheeler

I suppose so. She’s from an up--- *cough, cough, cough* (in a raspy, heavy New Jersey accent) Can somebody bring me a snoot of @*#% Jack Daniels? Gotta #%*@ frog in my throat. *cough, cough, cough* And maybe a cig… I need a $&%# cig…

 

April:

Uh… cut.

 

 

(Several minutes later…)

 

Mrs.

Wheeler:

*taking one last drink from her flask and putting out her cigarette* Aw right. Let’s get crackin’, missy. I gotta meet Maude at the @#%* Bingo Hall at seven %#@$ o’clock. (Mrs. Wheeler smoothes her hair, and once again begins speaking in her cultured voice.) Where was I? Oh, yes. I suppose so. She’s from an upstanding family…

 

 

Scene 72, Take 1

Regan:

Hunter green, emerald green, sage green! I feel like I’m at some sort of freakinCrayola convention. This would help if I wasn’t colorblind!

 

Dan:

(thumbing through wraps) Was Kathy’s shawl navy blue, royal blue, or midnight blue?

 

Regan:

(groaning) You’ve been watching too much ‘Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.’

 

Dan:

(doing his best sashay and waving his hands) *in a lispy voice* That’s my favorite show, Billy. I jus’ luuuve how they color coordinate.

 

Regan:

(attempting to stifle a chuckle and walking away with his head down)

 

Dan:

(skipping after Regan) Billy! Come back!

 

April:

(rolling in floor, laughing) Cut!

 

 

Scene 73, Take 1

Dan:

Mrs. Wheeler told us she had a phone call and had to leave.

 

Regan:

I thought Mrs. Wheeler was dead!

 

Dan:

No, you’re thinking about the What Might Have Been Uni. Mrs. W is still kickin’ in this uni.

 

Regan:

(muttering under his breath) Stupid director for having all these unis. What’s a ‘uni’ anyway?

 

April:

Cut! Regan, my office. NOW!

 

 

Scene 74, Take 1

Brian:

I was getting ready to leave. I thought maybe you decided to lock me out.

 

Honey:

I thought about it. (stepping aside to allow Brian to come in) Come on in.

 

Brian:

 

(sitting on couch, loosening his tie) *in his best Rodney Dangerfield voice* No respect. I get no respect.

 

April:

 

Cut!

 

 

Scene 75, Take 1

Honey:

(very angry) Brian Belden! What is wrong with you?

 

Brian:

(very angry, as well) Nothing! I’m just concerned about my baby sister!

 

Honey:

(growing more furious) Right now I’m more concerned about… *giggle, snort, giggle*

 

Brian:

(staying in character) More concerned about what? Learning your lines?

 

Honey:

(overcome with a fit of giggles) Sorry… *giggle* Brian just looks sooo*giggle* sooo serious…. *snort* and kind of mean… *giggle*

 

April:

Cut!

 

 

 

Scene 76, Take 1

Brian:

(holding Honey in his arms) Oh, Honey, I’m so sorry.

 

Honey:

About what?

 

Brian:

Everything. About not trusting Jim. About thinking Trixie was on the verge of suicide. About jumping on you in the ballroom. About being an obsessive, compulsive, psy… Hey, I’m not saying this! I’m not a psychotic whack job!

 

April:

We know you’re not, Brian. But just say the line.

 

Brian:

(calling off-stage) Somebody get El on the phone! Tell her to contact all the members of the Brian Belden fan club immediately and picket sound stage two! I’m boring, not psychotic! 

 

April:

(to her first assistant) Notify security that we’ll be dealing with some angry Brian fans. Call for back up.

 

 

Scene 77, Take 1

Mart:

Besides, you call her Mistress Squawkinhonker. I almost got a hernia trying to control my laughter when you called her that during the announcement.

 

Di:

(leaning down and kissing Mart’s neck) Poor baby.

 

Mart:

Then, to top it all off, Honey, Miss Congeniality of the… of the… Ooh, yeah. Right there. That feels…

 

April:

Shall we leave you two alone? *giggle* Need I remind you that this is Yellow Star?

 

 

Scene 79, Take 1

Mart:

(working himself up into a dander) Just thinking about it makes me want to go to the Manor House and see how Jim’s nose would look reattached to his forehead.  He’ll regret breaking my sister’s heart!

 

Di:

(in a sweet voice) I pity the fool who messes with your sister.

 

April:

Cut! Di, you’re supposed to do a Mr. T. impersonation with that line. *in a horrid Mr. T. voice that would absolutely make Mr. T cringe*  I pity the fool who messes with my sista’!

 

Di:

*batting her violet eyes in confusion* Who’s Mr. T.?

 

Mart:

*slapping forehead in disbelief* You don’t know who Mr. T. is? The A Team? Rocky? Hello?

 

Di:

I didn’t watch those shows. And shouldn’t it have been the T team if Mr. T. was on it?

 

April:

Don’t feel bad, Di. I didn’t watch that stuff either. I just knew who he was because he was a Johnny Bravo episode that Damon watched.

 

Di:

*nodding* Mart likes Johnny Bravo.

 

April:

I thought he might…

 

 

Scene 81, Take 1

Mart:

I’ve known she was crazy about him since I first read that letter we got from her while Brian and I were at camp. *assuming falsetto voice* Jim’s just about the most wonderful boy in the world…He’s simply super at all sports and woodcraft… Jim’s such a stud muffin… I just adore those freckled hands of his…

 

April

& Di:

 

*giggling madly*

 

 

Scene 82, Take 1

Mart:

And you…

 

Di:

And I what?

 

Mart:

And I am married to…

 

Di:

And I am married to the sweetest, most sensitive, most intelligent, handsomest, most charming, most loving, most wonderful, most adorable,…

 

 

(All over the sound stage, crew members begin throwing up…)

 

 

Scene 84, Take 1

Helen:

If I ever get pregnant again, I want the money back we spent on your father’s vasectomy.

 

 

(Everyone in the van bursts out laughing)

 

April:

Cut! We’re supposed to hear the sound of tires rolling on the pavement, people.

 

 

Scene 85, Take 1

 

(Bobby reaches behind Trixie with one of his long arms, and whacks Mart in the head. Mart then reaches over Trixie with his shorter arm, and whacks Bobby on the knee.)

 

Trixie:

 

Moms! Da---

 

 

*WHACK!!!*

 

Trixie:

 

*shrieking and holding her nose* You hit me! I’m bleeding!