(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
(ALARM RINGING)
(SLURPING)
(LIGHTSABERS BUZZ)
(EXPLOSION)
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
(SINGING) Sacramento girl...
TOM: First, there was the Alan Twitty Project.
(SINGING) The bunny in my brain...
TOM: Then there was the Louis Stevens Experience.
The coming together of these two musical forces
begat the super group the Twitty Stevens Connection.
(SINGING) Stop, don't go There's something you've got to know...
TOM: But the band broke up temporarily
when bassist Artie Ryan's mom made him take pottery lessons.
Hello. I'm Thomas Gribalski, rockumentary filmmaker.
Two weeks ago, Louis Stevens came to me
and asked me to videotape what happened
when the Twitty Stevens Connection got back together.
Louis felt that since the group was going to be
rich and famous someday
it'd be nice to go back behind the scenes and capture those "little moments."
Unfortunately, they'd find that the road to success is a bumpy one.
Very bumpy indeed.
(SINGING) But when you walk into the room.
My heart's beating wild and crazy.
I can't speak when I look at you.
My tongue gets tied And my mind is hazy
(DRUM SOLO)
(DRUM SOLO CONTINUES)
- What are you doing? - I do not remember this piece
having a 45-minute drum solo.
It's called a groove... you either get in, or you get out. Give me my sticks.
- Artie, wake up. - Is he done yet?
Listen, what you call "groove"
other people call "a splitting migraine."
You guys, come on, remember you said
if we got back together,
you guys would be okay with each other?
BEANS: Can I say something?
LOUIS: Where is he?
Beans!
How did you get in here?
Beans is like that policeman in Terminator 2.
You know who I'm talking about?
I swear, he goes liquid, he can fit through cracks in windows
under doors, through little keyholes.
I'm hungry. Let's get a sandwich.
Hey, Beans, this is big person time, okay?
Whatever.
Look, I like your sound, but you've got one problem.
Hi, what's your name?
- Artie. - Artie, you're horrible.
I remember Beans riding Artie pretty hard that day.
It got ugly.
Artie, read my lips. Take a lesson.
I don't have to take this.
I'm Artie Ryan!
LOUIS: Artie, hold on.
TWITTY: Dude.
Artie, come on. Come on.
LOUIS: We're all behind you, Artie.
We're behind you.
Artie, no, don't go!
Aah!
What?
I was thinking about quitting the band, anyway.
I didn't like the direction it was going:
nowhere.
Since then I started my own band:
Artie Ryan and the Funky Cats.
Hey, I had some promotional materials made up.
Tom, you want a free one?
No, thanks.
Thanks a lot, Beans. Hey, who made you an expert on the bass?
May I?
(PLAYS BASS)
Yeah, Beans!
- Nice, Beans! - All right!
- Nice, buddy. - Dude, dude, dude, Beans.
You're in the band, bro. You are in the band.
But, um, next time don't lick your guitar. It's kind of gross.
Cool.
TWITTY: With Beans in the band there was, like, this whole new energy.
Everyone was pumped and working on new stuff, you know.
(PLAYS RIFF)
And... and Louis and Ren even wrote a song...
together.
That was freaky.
REN: "All my troubles just go away..."
Two, three, four...
(SINGING) It's a perfect... BOTH: Day...
Perfect day...
I like that chorus. Yeah, let's try another verse, though.
Okay, how about...
(SINGING) Hit the snooze button twice.
It's way too early.
Uh... Shower's cold as ice.
Ch-ch-ch-chilly.
"Chilly" doesn't rhyme with "early," though.
- But kind of, right? - Okay, I like it.
Mom, Dad, get in here, quick.
STEVE: Donnie, hang in there. You've got five minutes left
on that hot oil treatment.
Dad, it's Louis and Ren.
I think they're getting along.
It was just the sweetest thing.
I mean, I wanted to hug them.
But I didn't want to ruin my hair.
Wait, wait, um... that sounded stupid.
Don't use that, okay?
Is that true? Are you two getting along?
BOTH: Yeah, I guess.
(GASPS)
Hot nuggets!
(LAUGHING)
It was amazing. It was as if
the music brought them closer together.
Yeah, those were the happiest days of our lives.
It was bliss.
Sheer bliss.
TOM: And it was.
Louis and Ren had found a new level in their relationship.
It seemed like the fun would go on forever.
(SINGING) I just close my eyes and say.
Another perfect day.
And all my troubles just go away.
Another perfect day Another perfect day.
TWITTY: Okay, now, it was catchy enough, but I thought
if we just put some really good backup vocals in there
a super cool guitar line like, uh...
(PLAYS GUITAR RIFF)
The song could be huge.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYS)
So, since we have a hit on our hands,
I propose that we get the news out on the Twitty Stevens Connection:
It's back, it's hot, and it's ready to rock.
(OTHER CHEERING)
Here's what we do.
I think that we should throw a free concert.
But not just any free concert.
This free concert will be on the school roof.
That is sweet. You know what, dude? That's not a bad idea
'cause the Beatles did a free concert on the roof once.
So did U2.
And now the Twitty Stevens Connection.
So, Friday, we sneak up on the roof at lunchtime
and we jam the bricks off this little school of ours.
Ooh, sweet. Hands in.
Yeah.
- ALL: Break! - LOUIS: Whoo!
Louis had this idea of giving a free concert
and free publicity was a great idea in theory.
But, um, doing it on the school roof...
WEXLER: Students on the roof...
strictly forbidden.
Why do you ask?
Um, just double-checking my list of forbidden things.
Tom, why are you filming this?
- What's up, guys? - What's up, dude?
All right, so here's what I'm thinking.
I think we should get here really early, right? Really early.
Like, before-school-starts early, all right?
We get our stuff, our equipment, we set it up on the roof.
Sweet. Hey, what if we wear camouflage?
You know, Twitty, that is a brilliant idea.
What if we, uh, dress up as giant metal vents
to blend in with the roof decor?
Yeah, now that I hear it out loud, it does sound kind of stupid.
Hey, Sis! Right here.
Right here, saved you a seat.
"Sis."
I told you it was freaky.
Anyways, um, we were just wondering
if you knew about the rooftop entrance.
Any locks, doors, funny business kind of stuff?
And then, tragedy struck.
That roof thing isn't going to work, guys.
It's, um, it's forbidden.
So?
So, I was thinking we could do the concert in the park.
You know, the one with the, uh, monument shaped like a big onion.
And, you guys, I called the park officials
for a permit just to keep them abreast...
Ren, you're chickening out.
- I'm not chickening out. I'm not... - Yeah, you are.
If I was chickening out, it would be for a good idea.
And trust me, this roof thing is a bad idea.
Jiminy H. Crickets the Third, Junior, Ren!
We're not robbing the bank, or anything.
We're singing on the roof, that's all.
So, for once in your life, take a little risk.
You know what?
If you want to get in trouble, that's fine with me
but you are not bringing me into it.
We don't need you!
We don't need her.
What's living if you never
pull your shorts down and slide on the ice, Ren?
I heard my uncle say that to my dad once.
I immediately fell in love with the phrase.
Just... it's great imagery, you know?
"Ice..."
"Shorts at your ankles..."
TWITTY: So, Ren's out of the band?
Yes, she's out of the band.
(SINGING) We said that we'd always be friends
I guess we won't say that again.
And now I need to get out of here, out of here...
TOM: The band thought they had hit rock bottom
but they still had a long way to fall.
TOM: The Twitty Stevens Connection was a band in crisis.
Ren Stevens was gone.
(TOM GRUNTING)
I am so sorry, Tom.
It's okay.
Hi, honey, how was your day?
Don't ask.
Ren ruined everything!
That's so not true.
- (LOUIS' DOOR SLAMS) - (REN'S DOOR SLAMS)
Well, I guess the fun is over.
Little did Ren know that her defection from the band
would lead her on a journey to self-discovery.
EILEEN: Ren?
Honey, are you okay?
Um, Mom, I... I kind of have to ask you something.
Okay.
TOM: Oh, sorry.
I thought the right thing to do
would be to let mother and daughter have a private moment alone.
(SNICKERING) But this was just too juicy.
Mom, uh, do you think I'm afraid to take risks?
Oh, well, um...
Oh, you think I'm a caution freak.
I didn't say that.
I... I'm only saying that you are
an extremely sensible person.
- EILEEN: Everybody wave! - (NOISEMAKER BLOWS)
Okay, now, everybody into the pool!
Guys, wait. We can't swim yet. We just ate.
Ren, sweetie, it's been over three hours.
I think it's safe to go in now.
Wait a minute.
I just had a potato chip.
I should wait another 20 minutes.
What was I thinking?
I wasn't completely wrong.
That kid that ate all that macaroni salad?
We had to drain the pool.
Ren, don't get defensive.
I'm only saying that, at some point in time,
you are going to find something worth taking a risk for
and then you'll just go for it.
You will.
LOUIS: 'Scuse me, 'scuse me.
TOM: It was the day of the concert.
Could Louis pull it off without Ren?
Twitty, let's go. Bro, come on.
Oh, yeah, Lou, uh... I can't make it
to the roof concert tomorrow.
Twitty, no, no, no. You have to make it, dude.
Today is the day. You got to make it.
I'm sorry, but I got a dentist appointment.
You know, see, I got a note.
- Got a note? - Oh, yeah.
- Oh, of course. - Totally. It's official.
Right. "Please excuse Alan Twitty.
Today he has a dental examination..."
Right. Examine... teeth...
- "Dr. Marvin Heard." - Yeah, Heard.
Well, I guess you got to go, right?
Okay, now, I thought my note was great.
Except for one thing.
Twitty, I wrote that note for you last week!
I know what happened.
Ren got in your head, and now you're backing out.
- Just listen, listen, listen, listen... - Don't tell me anything else!
Listen, okay? She does have a point, all right?
If we go up there, we could get in trouble
and I'm already maxed-out on detention.
(VOICE BREAKING) Do you hate me?
Twitty, I can't talk to you about feelings right now, buddy,
because me, Tawny and Beans have
a rock show to prepare for, all right?
You have fun at that dental appointment.
You... hmm!
(SIGHS)
Tom, could you just get out of here, okay?
Hey, don't take it out on me just 'cause you weenied out.
(TOM SHUDDERS)
(VELCRO RIPPING)
Whoa, Louis! How'd you get
all this stuff up here without Wexler seeing?
I had Tom keep him busy for me.
Does this look too causal, Tom?
No, it's fine. Keep going.
After I realized the Navy wasn't for me,
I sort of drifted for a while.
(MAN SINGING SCAT)
(SINGING CONTINUES)
Hey!
What are...?
Oh, you, uh... you kids filming me?
Oh, no. The red light? It just means "off."
Right, Tom?
Oh, then what are you doing up here?
Oh, we, uh, we heard some noises
so we thought it might be a wounded animal.
But now we see you're just grilling sausage.
Ah, they're tofu dogs.
You think this chiseled body
would be eating fatty sausages?
Okay, well, now that we have that whole
"wounded animal" thing cleared up, we'll be going.
Hold it!
The roof is a restricted area.
Consider this your first and last warning. You got that?
Yeah. Yeah.
Oh, and Coach?
Just out of curiosity,
are you going to be eating lunch on the roof today?
(SCOFFS) No.
I grill up here, then go eat in the back seat of my car.
I'm no goofball.
And Coach?
Your tofu dogs are on fire.
Oh, mother of pearl!
Anyways, soon as Coach Tugnut leaves we're home free.
Look, Louis, I think I'm starting to have second thoughts about this whole thing.
Why? He's going to be gone in ten minutes.
Well, it's not just Tugnut. I mean...
Look, maybe Ren's right.
This whole roof thing is kind of crazy.
You're backing out, too? Why?
I'm sorry, Louis. I really am.
But I'm going to go now.
(SIGHS)
(VELCRO RIPPING)
Well, I don't think it's crazy, and neither does Beans.
So, I guess it's just the two of us. That's fine.
(PHONE RINGS)
Roof.
Hey, Beans.
It's good to hear from you, buddy. Huh?
You can't make it to the concert
because you have a hamster cage stuck on your head?
You're lying, Beans! You're lying to me!
You're just afraid, like everybody else!
I wasn't lying.
I still can't get this thing off.
(VELCRO RIPPING)
TOM: And then it was just Louis, a man without a band.
Oh, hey, Ren.
Thought you might be happy to know
the whole band bailed, and it's all your fault.
Look, Louis... And Ren, what hurts the most
is yesterday, I called you "Sis."
Yeah, well, I'm ending that.
Oh, wait. Don't move. Don't move, Ren.
And this right here?
Our whole songwriting partnership?
I'm ending that, too. I'm ending it, Ren.
(SPITS)
Louis, you just ripped up your math homework.
Where's Louis?
I don't know. I think he's probably avoiding us.
Hey, did you hear what happened to that kid over at Cook Elementary?
Oh, yeah, that dude got stuck in a hamster cage.
(DRUMS PLAYING SLOW INTRO)
(SINGING) I know the feeling.
A-ring-a-ding-a-ling...
Yep, the dude finally lost it.
You guys, we are at school.
This is not a party.
Louis, what are you doing?
WEXLER: Louis Stevens, get down from that roof right now.
Ren, I just don't understand it.
Don't genetics mean anything?
I mean, you would never do something like this.
I guess that's 'cause I'm afraid to take risks.
Exactly.
I'm a caution freak who always plays it safe.
Yes, and that's what I love about you.
LOUIS: (SINGING) It's way too early.
Aw, looks like your brother's in big trouble.
Yeah, but you got to admit, he's got guts.
LOUIS: (SINGING) Uncool
(GUITAR PLAYING)
Whoo-hoo!
(SYNTHESIZER PLAYING)
Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
(BAS LINE THUMPS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(SINGING) Can't get out of my bed
I know the feeling.
Alarm clock next to my head.
A-ring-a-ding-a-ling.
Want to sleep instead of.
- Dealing with school. - School.
Hit the snooze button twice.
It's way too early Shower's cold as ice.
Ch-Ch-Ch-Chilly Spilled my crispy rice.
- That's so uncool. - Uncool.
Ruined my skirt, And my feet kind of hurt
'Cause I'm wearing two left shoes.
Wearing two left shoes.
Got a new zit But I ain't gonna quit
I know how to beat these blues
I just close my eyes and say...
- Another perfect day. - Day.
And all my troubles. - Away -Just go away.
- Another perfect day. - Day.
My schoolwork resembles a mountain...
This concert will cease as of now.
This is your final warning.
REN: (SINGING) eyes and say.
- Another perfect day. - Day.
And all my troubles. - Away -Just go away.
- Another perfect day. - Day.
Stop that dancing!
Stop that... You too, Tugnut!
Stop that dancing!
-REN: (CONTINUES SINGING) "...day" -Day.
And all my troubles just go away.
- Another perfect day. - Day.
Another perfect day (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
TAWNY: Oh!
Oh, there's some nasty stuff out here.
TWITTY: Okay, now, who would lose
a crusty, disgusting old sock?
LOUIS: Aw, nice, bro. Thanks.
I was looking all over for that.
- Good one. - WEXLER: There will be no chatting.
This is punishment, people.
Ren, I never thought I would be saying this to you.
Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Wexler but it's just something
- I felt I had to do. - Ren, don't speak.
You've already broken my heart once.
Mr. Wexler, um, I think I'm getting a blister.
Oh... You know what's good for a blister?
What?
Picking up more trash! Now move it, move it,
move it, move it, move it, move it, move it.
For the last time, Tom, get that camera out of here.
Best part about being Louis's friend?
It's never boring.
The downside?
Are you going to eat that?
Thanks.
I have never been in so much trouble before
but it was worth it.
I give Ren a lot of credit for stepping up.
It was very cool.
- But don't tell her... - I said that.
I would hate to admit
that I actually had fun with Louis.
(CHUCKLES)
- Another perfect day. - Day.
And all my troubles.
- Away. - Just go away.
- Another perfect day. - Day.