Shock Treatment Page #2

Synopsis: Following on from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", this musical is set several years later in Brad and Janet Majors' hometown - which has become a giant TV station; residents are either participants or viewers. They are married now, but their romance has fallen on the rocks. Ostensibly to fix their marriage, Brad is imprisoned on the program "Dentonvale" (the local mental hospital) while Janet is conscripted to become a new star. As Janet is entranced by the high life, she forgets Brad. Who is trying to woo her away?
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Director(s): Jim Sharman
Production: 20th Century Fox
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
PG
Year:
1981
94 min
Website
343 Views


and cooked their goose,

step this way, please!

- You!

- That's us, Brad.

Come on. What's cooking up there?

Come on down, you guys.

Let's feel you.

- I'm not going, Janet.

- You've got to. Everyone's watching.

Face the cameras.

Face the cameras.

Now introduce yourselves.

- My name is Brad-

- I am Janet-Oh. Sorry.

I'm Janet Majors,

and this is my husband Brad.

Hey, Brad, we've been hearing some

bad things about you. Haven't we, Janet?

- Haven't we, Janet?

- Yes, he needs help.

Help? Let's face it, Janet.

Brad's an emotional cripple.

I know, I know.

It looks like Rest Home for

this stupid old marriage, eh?

Tell me, Janet.

Do you watch Dentonvale?

Yes, I've caught it

once or twice.

That's right. DTV's

most popular hospital series...

featuring those perennial favorites,

Nation and Cosmo McKinley.

Neuro-specialists

par excellence.

I recommend, if you

pardon my French, Janet...

that you send Brad

to them for treatment.

Well, I know he's a little boring,

but neuro-specialists.

- That sounds a little drastic.

- It's no use pussyfooting around, Janet.

We have to cut quick and deep.

McKinley? McKinley?

- Bert brought them over from Europe.

- Oh?

They had a very popular series together.

It's still rerun in a lot of countries.

- You must have seen them in Dentonvale?

- No, I never watch that.

I'm afraid there's only one

solution. Isn't there, folks?

One, two, three.

Dentonvale!

Hoopla! Don't go away!

We'll be right back to see

if Brad and Janet want to play or pass.

Great.

Congratulations. I think

you've made a wise decision.

- But-But I-

- Janet?

- I'm not going.

- What do you mean, you're not going?

You'll ruin the show.

Bert's made all the arrangements.

But I don't need treatment.

But you do need glasses, eh, stupid?

Doesn't he?

I am sick of being humiliated by you!

Bert's right. You're going.

It looks like Brad and Janet Majors

have a big decision to make.

Here's some more prizes

to amaze here on Marriage Maze.

Dear blender

- You won't blend into the background...

Won't you help

a first offender

Oh, toaster

- Pop up in the popularity ratings...

Don't you put

the burn on me

- Just look at this.

Refrigerator

Why are we always

sooner or later

Bitchin' in the kitchen

or crying in the bedroom all night

Living on a knife edge?

Dear knife drawer

- Stay sharp with this keen knife.

Now won't you help me

to face life more

Oh, trash can

- You can-can with the trash can.

Don't you put

the dirt on me

Oh, percolator

Why are we always sooner or later

- No toil, no trouble.

Bitchin' in the kitchen

or crying in the bedroom all night

Everything used to be okay

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Richard O'Brien

Richard O'Brien (born Richard Smith; 25 March 1942) is a British-New Zealand actor, television presenter, musician, writer, voice artist and theatre performer. After a long and successful career based in the United Kingdom, he gained dual citizenship with New Zealand in 2011, where he resided in Tauranga. O'Brien wrote the musical stage show The Rocky Horror Show, which has remained in almost continuous production. He also co-wrote the screenplay of the film adaptation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show released in 1975, appearing in the film as Riff Raff. O'Brien also appeared in the hugely popular ITV series Robin of Sherwood in 1984-1986, as Gulnar, alongside Jason Connery. He presented the television show The Crystal Maze for Channel 4 from 1990 to 1993 and is the voice of Lawrence Fletcher, the title characters' father in Phineas and Ferb. more…

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