EXT. HOWARD THEATRE—BACKSTAGE ALLEY. DAY.

An angry DOTTIE confronts the slightly bewildered HAROLD.

                        HAROLD
                (startled)
       What brought this on?  Did I say 
       something wrong?
 
                        DOTTIE
       Hello?  Miss me like crazy?  That's 
       rich.  You didn't even know I existed
       until yesterday, and now you're gonna 
       "miss me like crazy."  Yeah.  Right. 
 
                        HAROLD
       But it's true.  I can't get you outta
       my mind.  
 
                        DOTTIE
       Well, whoop-tee-do and puh-lese pass 
       the coconut bonbons.
 
                        HAROLD
       Huh?

GERI and FAYARD watch DOTTIE and HAROLD squabble at a distance.  They are highly amused.

                         GERI
       That's the stuff, Dottie.  Show him
       you're no pushover.