SIDE 1

PHINEOUS TROUT: We interrupt the Orphan Annie Radio Hour to bring you this important news flash. A third Golden Ticket has been found in Snellville, Georgia.

(VIOLET’S Golden Ticket lights.)

PHINEOUS TROUT: And what is your name, young lady?

(VIOLET steps forwards, loudly chewing gum into an old-fashioned Decca microphone. VIOLET and her mother are dressed exactly alike.)

VIOLET: Violet. Violet Beauregarde.

MRS. BEAUREGARDE: Violet, quit chewing your gum so loudly. Remember what your therapist said about acting out—

VIOLET: Ah, can it, Ma! You flap your jaws as much as I do…

PHINEOUS TROUT: Now tell us, Violet, how did you find your Golden Ticket?

VIOLET: I’m a gum chewer, normally, but when I heard about Wonka’s contest, I laid off the gum and switched to candy bars. Now of course I'm right back on gum. In fact, I’ve been working on this piece for over three months solid. I’ve beaten the record set by my best friend, Cornelia Prinzmetel. Hi, Cornelia…listen to this…(VIOLET chews loudly into the microphone.) That’s the sound of you losing! Listen some more… (VIOLET chews even more loudly adding smacks and pops.)