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| - Narrator: It was a bright, sunny morning in Tarrytown, and Revvin' Evan was making his usual deliveries.Evan: (singing; under previous) I'm revvin', I'm revvin' I'm revvin', Revvin' Evan Narrator: Suddenly, he hit a bump in the road. Evan: WHOAAAAAAA!!! Narrator: At that moment, high up above, little Snuffy the Skywriter saw everything. Snuffy: (gasps in shock) Oh no! (Cut to Evan.) Evan: Hey! Snuffy! Am I glad to see you! I'm stuck, and I need hellllllp!!! (Back to Snuffy.) Snuffy: Hang on, Evan! I'll get help fast! (He turns around.) Narrator: Snuffy knew exactly what to do. Jay Jay: It's an emergency! Somebody's in trouble! (Big Jake comes out of the hangar.) Big Jake: What's wrong, Jay Jay? Jay Jay: (glancing upward) Look, Big Jake! (Old Oscar and Savannah join.) It's Snuffy's emergency signal! Narrator: Sure enough, Snuffy had skydrawn the signal for help. He drew it to help his good friend Revvin' Evan. (Cut to Big Jake.) Big Jake: It looks like Snuffy's signal is above Old Boulder Highway.(Cut to Savannah.) Savannah: I'll be there in a heartbeat! Big Jake: Come on! Our help might be needed, too! Narrator: Evan was sure happy that he had such good friends who'd cared about him. Evan: (from o.s.) Whoa. I knew I count on you guys! Brenda: Hey, look here in the Tarrytown newspaper! (sits down on a stool) It's the story about how you all helped Revvin' Evan! Jay Jay: Wowwee! Tracy: No kidding! Brenda: Yes! It tells all about how Snuffy drew his S.O.S. in the sky. And then it says, "A big boulder started to roll down a hill toward Evan, but Savannah's big sonic boom took care of that. It shook the boulder into little pebbles. Then, Big Jake lifted Evan up and placed him back onto the road." Tracy: Boy, Big Jake sure can lift really big things. Brenda: (gasps) Oh, look! Tracy, it mentions you! It says, "When Big Jake lifted Evan up in the air, some boxes in his cargo hold fell out. Then, Tracy—" (She looks briefly at Tracy, who smiles.) "—and Old Oscar had to do some fancy flying tricks to catch those boxes before they got smashed." And it says here, that Herky hovered in and caught one, too! Jay Jay: Hey, Brenda. What does it say about me? Brenda: (scanning newspaper) Uh...let's see. Must mention you in here somewhere...uh... (Looks back at Jay Jay) Well, Jay Jay— (Jay Jay's wings droop.) —it looks like it doesn't say anything about you. Tracy: Um...maybe they just forgot. Jay Jay: (sadly) Well...I suppose. But...what if they didn't write about me because...I didn't do anything special? Tracy: Huh? What are you talking about? Jay Jay: See? Everybody else did something special: Savannah used her sonic boom, Tracy, you and Oscar did fancy flying tricks, Herky hovered—but I never thought about it before, but...I don't do any of those things. I'm always just bein' old me. Brenda: So? What's the matter with that? We all happen to think you're wonderful. Jay Jay: Well...thanks, Brenda. But I bet I'd be more wonderful If I had done something special, too. (gasps, raises wings) I just had a great idea! Why don't I learn how to do the kind of things that my friends do? Then, I get to be in the news, too! Yeah, that's it! I'm gonna do that right now! Brenda: (grunts) But Jay Jay—! Tracy: (from o.s.) But Jay Jay— (She taxis up to him.) I think you're fine, just being you. Jay Jay: (shaking head) Nope! That's not enough, Tracy! Jay Jay: Hey, Tracy! Tracy: Yeah? Jay Jay: You're just the best at bein' friends [Hey, thanks!] Short flute section after last line; short horn section on next mention (Close-up of Jay Jay; he stretches his wings in time.) Big Jake's got STRENGTH that never ends Jay Jay: I need a special something Jay Jay: Agreed? Tracy: No. Jay Jay: It's the one thing that I need Tracy: You're perfect the way you are. Jay Jay: I am not! Jay Jay: Just look at Herky, who can stop on a dime [Yeah, but --] (He does a somersault...) And sweet Savannah makes her sonic booms (...and jitters in place in time.) Jay Jay: And then there's Snuffy, puffin' pretty pictures all the time [Well...] (He flies side to side, facing forward.) And Old Oscar's zigging-zagging as he zooms [Just be yourself.] Jay Jay: There's Revvin' Evan, whose siren BLARES [That's true.] And Brenda Blue does THOUSANDS of repairs [Okay, but --] Jay Jay: I need a special something [Jay Jay...] Satisfaction guaranteed I need a special something [You've got it already.] It's the one thing that I need Jay Jay: I've got an idea! Snuffy: Are you sure you want to learn how to skywrite, Jay Jay? Jay Jay: You betcha. It's gonna be the new special thing that I do. I'm gonna be...Jay Jay the Skywriting Jet Plane. Snuffy: Okay then. (He flies directly in front of Jay Jay.) First, you puff like this. Snuffy: Jay Jay, what's wrong? Jay Jay: (grunts, nasal voice) It's the smoke! (stutters) It's making me... (Another sneeze.) Sneeze. Snuffy: Um...maybe you shouldn't try to be a skywriter, Jay Jay. Jay Jay: (stutters) No, no. I can do it, I can— (More stuttering; he sneezes three times and groans.) Snuffy... (He wheezes a bit.) Maybe you're right... Herky: So you don't think you'r-r-re cut out to be a skywriter-r-r, huh? Jay Jay: (no longer nasal) Nah, I'm gonna try something else. Herky: What could you lear-r-rn how to do to make you special? Jay Jay: Say, Herky...is it uh, hard to...go up and down, you know, like you do? (Herky hovers about for a moment.) Herky: Nah, it's easy for helicopter-r-rs. See? Jay Jay: That's it! That'll be my new special thing to do. I'll be...Jay Jay the Jet-copter. Herky: Huh? Jay Jay: (from o.s.) Okay! (Pull back to frame him.) Here goes! Jay Jay: Herky, look! Herky: Thataboy, Jay Jay! Jay Jay: Whoaaaaaaaa!!! Herky: Jay Jay, you'r-r-re spinnin' too much! Watch wher-r-re you'r-r-re— Herky: Jay Jay, ar-r-re you alr-r-right in ther-r-re? Jay Jay: (dizzy) Yeah...but...who turned the airport upside down? Narrator: Well, poor Jay Jay didn't know what to do. (Jay Jay enters the hangar, wings wilted.) Nothing he tried made him feel special. (He sighs.) Nothing that is, until... Tracy: (Zips into the scene) Oh no! This is terrible! Jay Jay: (raising his wings, exits hangar) What's wrong, Tracy? Tracy: I went in the workshop to look for Brenda, and she's not there, but her radio's on, and the announcer just said that there's a man lost in Crystal Cave! Jay Jay: (gasps) Oh no! That's bad! Tracy: Somebody's got to rescue that poor lost man before it gets dark! I'm going to find help! (She taxis away.) Narrator: Well, Jay Jay knew that Crystal Cave could get cold and dark, but there was a man lost there, so he decided to rescue him. Jay Jay: I'd better go do it myself! Big Jake: Are you sure you heard right, Tracy? 'Cause sometimes Brenda's radio can have lots of static. Tracy: Well, I think I heard the announcer say there was a man lost in Crystal Cave. Radio Announcer: I repeat: For those of you who missed it— (Close-up of Big Jake.) —there is a bad frost in Crystal Cave! Big Jake: Did I just hear him say "bad frost" instead of "man lost"? (Close-up of the radio.) Radio Announcer: Yes folks, that's right. I said, "a bad frost". (Cut to Tracy.) Tracy: (stifled gasp) Hey. He didn't say there was a man lost in Crystal Cave. (Cut back to the radio.) Radio Announcer: No, I said there's a bad frost in Crystal Cave! (Cut back to Tracy.) Tracy: He said there's a bad frost in Crystal Cave. That just means that it's cold. (chuckles) I didn't hear right. Big Jake: So nobody's stuck in Crystal Cave—now that's great news. Tracy: Yup. I made a mistake. Narrator: Yes, Jay Jay was on his way to rescue a person— (He swoops o.s.) —who really wasn't there. Jay Jay: Oh boy. Well...this is it, Jay Jay, old buddy. (He looks around.) Oh...it sure looks dark inside....well, I have to go in...if I don't, I won't be able to rescue that poor guy. Jay Jay: Hel-looooo?! I've come to rescue you! Are you in here?! (low volume) Hm, no answer. (He shivers a little.) B-boy, it sure is c-c-c-cold...th-there's a really b-b-bad f-f-frost in here! (He moves forward a little.) Narrator: But as Jay Jay moved inside a little more, suddenly, his wheels got stuck. Jay Jay: Hey, why c-can't I m-move? Yikes! M-my wheels have gotten s-stuck on this — (Extreme close-up of his wheels.) — f-frozen ground! Oh no... (Pull back to frame all of him.) Now I need to be r-r-r-r-rescued! I guess I'd b-b-b-b-better call s-somebody on my r-r-radio before I get any c-c-colder! (into his radio) C-calling all...p-planes! C-c-calling all...planes! Is any...body...th-there? Radio Announcer: It seems that little Jay Jay had made a mistake. Radio Announcer: He thought there was someone in Crystal Cave that he needed to save. (Close-up of the radio.) But even though it was a mistake, we here at the Tarrytown Radio Station— (Widen to frame Jay Jay, beginning to understand it all.) —think Jay Jay is a special little plane for racing so bravely to the rescue! Tracy: See, Jay Jay? You don't need to be a hero to be special. (Cut back to Jay Jay.) Big Jake: (from o.s.) Absolutely. (Widen to frame he and Tracy.) You always care for others and do nice things for people. And Jay Jay, that's the most special thing of all. Jay Jay: (infatuated) Awwwwwwww! Narrator: In the end, Jay Jay learned that we don't have to be heroes— (widen to frame the others on the end of this.) —or perform big rescues to be special. (Close-up on him.) He just needs to be himself, and that's just what he is to everyone.
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