At the TV studio it's near air-time. Conrad announces he's not going to appear. It seems that after his "funeral" he called a press conference to announce his recovery and millions of letters poured in. "The Citizens Committee decided not to nominate me for the Senate. They're going to let me run for President instead! And it wouldn't be proper for the next President to shake it up on TV!" There is consternation. The N.B.C. executive demands that Conrad Birdie "or a reasonable facsimile" be on that stage in 20 minutes or else. But no old record stars are available. Mae appears. "Would you take Delores Zepol?" she asks. "Zepol" says Mr N.B.C., "the toast of the Twenties? Sure I'd take her, but she disappeared fifty years ago." Mae coyly says, "She's back." A shocked Albert says, "Mamma, you, in show biz?" "Only until I married your father, sonny boy." And Mae steps in and saves the Grammy Show with her singing and dancing rendition of her 1925 hit. Albert gets his twenty thousand dollars. One surprise remains. "Zepol," mused Rose, "Unusual name." "Hungarian, I think," replies Mae. "Spelled backwards - Lopez!" says Rose. "Mae, you're - Spanish!" Mae, trapped, admits it. She embraces a very reluctant Rose as Conrad rushes on. "Albert, I couldn't let you down, old buddy! It means giving up the Presidency, but if the country can take it, so can I!" So Conrad goes on the show, and we hear his version of Bring Back Birdie. Against this Rose and Albert sing Twenty Happy Years followed by the song that brought down the curtain twenty years ago on Bye, Bye Birdie. CAST (in order of appearaance): • Storyteller • Albert • Rose • Mtobe • Hogan • Albert, Jr. • Jenny • Gary • Girl Friends: • Porter • Guard • Sunnie • Tourist • His Wife • Shopping Bag Lady • Indian Squaw • Indian Brave • Mae Peterson, (Delores Zepol) • Mayor C. B. Townshend, (Conrad Birdie) • Effie • Marshall • Filth Group • House Manager: Peter Oliver Norman. • Chorus Girls • Rose II • Reverend Sun • Reporter #1 • Reporter #2 • Reporter #3 • Street Cleaner • Cameraman • Stage Door Johnnies • Birdettes • Walter MUSICAL NUMBERS: 1. Twenty Happy Years - Rose, Albert 2. Movin' Out - Jenny, Gary, Kids 3. Half of a Couple - Jenny, Girl Friends 4. I Like What I Do - Rose 5. Bring Back Birdie - Mtobe, Company 6. Movin' Out (reprise) - Kids 7. Baby You Can Count on Me - Albert 8. A Man Worth Fightin' For - Rose, Cowboys 9. You Can Never Go Back - Conrad Birdie 10. Filth - Filth Group 11. Back in Show Biz Again - Albert 12. Middle Age Blues - Albert 13. Inner Peace - Rose, Porter, Sunnies 14. There's a Brand New Beat in Heaven - Mtobe, The Tucson Tabernacle Choir 15. Twenty Happy Years (reprise) - Albert 16. Well, I'm Not! - Rose 17. When Will Grown-Ups Grow Up? - Kids 18. Middle Age Blues (reprise) - Albert 19. Young - Albert 20. I Love 'Em All - Mae, Boyfriends 21. Bring Back Birdie (reprise) - Conrad Birdie, The Birdettes 22. Twenty Happy Years (reprise) - Albert, Rose
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