Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

And piano is the absolute bare minimum for this.

That seems like a really good place to start.

♪ If you're just an empty image ♪

before you just cut off my power?

Hey. Hi. You could have called first.

♪ The green, green dress What a pleasure to unwrap ♪

we are going to turn to the task at hand.

♪ You as the knight ♪

I would love to figure it out right now.

I need to leave. I need to walk out that door and go.

♪ Cloudy vision Test the water ♪

Except for the parts Jonathan made up.

- The right thing to do. - Ooh.

Well, that's good. Mm.

- Carolyn. - [woman 3] Can we get the check?

What are you doing with your life that's so noble?

I could just watch you dancing forever.

Your protagonist is either gonna go in this direction or that direction.

Uh, wait. How much does it pay?

while Broadway just churns out mega-musicals

[sighing deeply]

♪ So just forget Shakespeare Beckett, Molière ♪

♪ To know what I mean ♪

♪ Don't say the answer ♪

♪ You're on the air ♪

The oldest one was 27.

Good night. Wonderful work. Really wonderful work.

I've left multiple messages with your secretary.

- ♪ Me on the green, green dress ♪ - ♪ Green, green dress ♪

- Hi. - Welcome.

[Jon] Six months of rehab later, she's dancing again, it's just...

After the workshop.

I can't get married. I can't have kids.

♪ Bo-bo, bo-bo bo ♪

♪ His luck will never end ♪

Sorry, I just feel like I'm scared...

This is phenomenal. Look at the space, it's just phenomenal.

- [older woman] The right stuff. - Right stuff.

♪ Hands, no Shoulder, no ♪

- Richard. - Richard. How many?

- What am I doing here? - [ticking]

I will take a look at the budget

- Listen, sweetie, I gotta run. - I'm sorry, Rosa...

The first, and so far, only actual theater person

[Jon] This has never happened to me before. I... [sighs]

We haven't gotten a lot of RSVPs.

[Jon] The night I presented, people began to buzz

♪ If you're just an empty image ♪

♪ Never in the history of entertainment Will there be an affair quite like it ♪

- [Susan laughs] - How did he do that?

♪ The green, green dress ♪

[phone continues to ring]

[laughing] It's so funny because I was gonna say the exact same thing.

- ♪ That's the play game ♪ - ♪ That's the play game ♪

♪ You just wish you could run away ♪

[both chuckle lightly]

- ♪ Johnny can't decide ♪ - ♪ Johnny can't decide ♪

Rosa gave me this number, I hope it's okay to call you.

♪ I have to laugh ♪

[Jon] I think of our friends, so many.

♪ Soft long hair Baby, beautiful blue eyes ♪

that is just about to hit your shelves.

- Can we just talk for a second? - Mm.

The beating heart of the nation.

- ♪ What the green, green dress ♪ - ♪ Does to me on you ♪

No, baby, it's expensive to make art here.

- Whoo! - Yeah, Scott!

You're gonna write a great American musical in the next ten minutes?

Last week, I wrote a song about sugar. It took me three hours.

[ticking intensifies]

- This is the last time. Seriously. - I know. Thank you.

♪ Stop the clock ♪

♪ Prepare a speech For your photo opportunity ♪

♪ Why does it take catastrophe To start a revolution? ♪

A window looking out on a field.

Jon? Steve Sondheim here.

without a hint of even the slightest thing original

And it's been successfully tested on a number of mammals.

I find that very hard to believe. It was incredible this morning.

♪ Don't forget the neighbors Michelle and Gay ♪

No, it's not your life, it's advertising.

- [glasses clink] - [whispers] God...

♪ Two, three Oh, bite the... Thirteen ♪

I hope that you have an amazing workshop.

I know I don't have any right to ask this. It's just that...

♪ The glamour and style Have been replaced by gaud ♪

"I can't wait to see what he does next."

The first presentation of your musical is like having a colonoscopy in Times Square.

You know, Rosa's got another client. Craig Carnelia.

- [ticking intensifies] - [dialogue fades]

Why shouldn't I want those things, Jon? Not all of us have options you do.

- Any day now. - [light chuckle]

You need a new roommate, right?

What are you...? What is this? What do you want?

♪ So why do I want To play the play game? ♪

♪ But you've turned off the volume ♪

♪ Oh, why do we refuse To hang a light ♪

[Jon] Freddy, shit! I should go to the hospital.

First rate lyric and tune. Well done.

♪ She's through with competition ♪

[cheering, applause]