Saturday Night Live Transcripts
Season 2: Mardi Gras Special
Stella!
Stanley Kowalski…..John Belushi
Black Man…..Garrett Morris
Stella…..Laraine Newman
[ open on exterior, city street at night. Pan across to reveal a torn-shirted Stanley Kowalski stepping off of a streetcar line and staggering toward a row of apartments while clutching a can of beer. ]
Stanley Kowalski: [ glances upward ] Stellllllllaaaaa!!! Stelllllllllll-aaaaaaaaaaa!!!
[ a light turns on in a second-floor window ]
Stanley Kowalski: STELLLLLLLLLL-AAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
[ Black Man steps out on second-floor balcony from window ]
Black Man: Hey, uh – listen, pal – there’s no Stella here.
Stanley Kowalski: STELLLLLLLLLL-AAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Black Man: Hey! Look, uh, I-I’m trying to tell you, baby – there’s no Stella here, uh —
Stanley Kowalski: I know Stella’s there! [ falls to his knees ] STELLLLLLLLLL-AAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! This is my HOUSE! I know Stella’s up there! STELLLLLLLLLL-AAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Black Man: Look – look – look — you – you want Desire and Elysian Fields, right? Huh?
Stanley Kowalski: [ stands ] Right.. yeah.
Black Man: Well, this is Desire and Royal. You’re two blocks too far south, baby.
Stanley Kowalski: [ comprehends this information, shakes his head ] Oh — [ smacks his forehead ] Ohhh, wowwwww! Oh! [ shakes his head ] Hey, I’m really sorry, I-I —
Black Man: Hey, that’s okay, that’s okay —
Stanley Kowalski: I was a little juiced up tonight, and I-I thought this was my house and —
Black Man: I-it’s okay.
Stanley Kowalski: Wow! Wow! [ walks off, mumbling incoherently to himself ]
[ a lightly-dressed white woman steps onto the second-floor balcony to join the black man ]
Stella: Who was that, honey?
Black Man: Stanley.
Stella: Oh, I should have known! come on back to bed, huh? [ wraps her arms around him ]
Black Man: Okay, Stella!
[ they re-enter the apartment. Audience cheers. ]
[ fade ]
