Wiz… Leslie Jones
Tinman… Jay Pharoah
Coward lion… Kenan Thompson
Dorothy… Sasheer Zamata
Scarecrow… Michael Che
White scarecrow… Ryan Gosling
[Starts with video clips of film studios]Male voice: Now, NBC presents an exclusive Cut For Time scene from this week’s The Wiz, LIVE!
[music playing] [Cut to four characters singing]All: Don’t you carry nothing, that might feel low
come on, even down, even down the road
Wiz: Who dare disturbs me, the all and powerful Wiz? I was just back there on my iPad.
[Cut to everybody]Dorothy: Wow, that’s so modern.
Wiz: Well, I’m glad you noticed. Now, what do you want?
Coward Lion: We’re sorry to disturb your greatness. I’m here because I need some courage.
Scarecrow: And I need some brains.
Tinman: And I need the heart.
Dorothy: And I need to go home.
White scarecrow: And so do I
[White scarecrow jumps in]Oh, oh! Hello.
Dorothy: Who are you?
White scarecrow: Me? Well, I’m a scarecrow, of course. Anybody know how I can get back to my friends.
Scarecrow: Well, where are you coming from?
[Cut to White scarecrow]White scarecrow: Well, west hours, you know, near the meadow?
[Cut to Tinman, Scarecrow and Dorothy]Tinman: Oh, you way off, man! This right here is east hours. How did you even get here?
[Cut to White scarecrow]White scarecrow: Well, I don’t know. Let me see. I fell asleep on the train. And then now, here I am.
[Cut to White scarecrow, Scarecrow and Tinman]Who are you?
Scarecrow: Well, I’m a scarecrow. exactly like you.
White scarecrow: But your hair is so wild and wonderful. [Cuts to Dorothy] And your hair…
Dorothy: Don’t!
White scarecrow: Okay.
[Cut to everybody]Very well, I’m looking for my friend Dorothy.
[Cut to Dorothy]Dorothy: Oh, my name is Dorothy too. Does your friend know how to whip, dab and do the nae-nae?
[Cut to White scarecrow. He is silent.]White scarecrow: Ya, I have no idea what those words are.
[Cut to Tinman, Dorothy and Coward Lion]Dorothy: it’s dancing.
Tinman: And we sure do a lot of dancing.
Coward Lion: Yeah. Three hours worth, minus about 150 commercials.
[Cut to White scarecrow]White scarecrow: Oh, I love to dance. Watch.
[Cut to everybody] [music playing] [White scarecrow starts dancing] [singing] I will not be just a nothingmy head all full of stuffing
and my heart all filled with pain
I would dance and be married
Live would be dignitary
if I only had a brain
I mean… A brain. [Cut to Wiz]
Wiz: Man, that was corny as hell.
[Cut to Dorothy and Coward Lion]Coward Lion: Yeah, I’m sorry young man. We appreciate you coming by but this hours is not for you.
[Cut to White scarecrow]White scarecrow: Well, I didn’t think that it would be, you know. But now that I’m here it’s really great. There’s so much color.
[Cut to Tinman, Coward Lion, Dorothy and Scarecrow]All: Hey! Hey!
Tinman: Watch yourself, man!
[Cut to White scarecrow]White scarecrow: No, no. I just meant in the world. You know, there’s a lot of heart and soul here. I love it. It’s– It’s much better than where I’m from.
[Cut to Tinman, Coward Lion, Dorothy and Scarecrow]Dorothy: Oh, yeah. We heard about West Hours. That place is terrifying.
Scarecrow: Yes, there’s trees that grab you.
Tinman: Yeah, and tornado.
[Cut to White scarecrow]White scarecrow: Oh, don’t forget about the flying monkeys.
[Cut to Tinman, Coward Lion, Dorothy and Scarecrow]All: Whoa!
Coward Lion: No, we don’t call them that here. We call them winged warriors. Yeah, we had a lot of meetings about that.
[Cut to Wiz]Wiz: Plus, ya’ll got a wicked witch over there and she is halla’ scary. She will set your ass on fire.
[Cut to White scarecrow]White scarecrow: Oh, she’s not- she’s not around anymore.
[Cut to Dorothy and Coward Lion]Dorothy: What?
Coward Lion: Oh, my god! What happened?
[Cut to White scarecrow]White scarecrow: Oh, we threw some water on her and killed her.
[Cut to everybody. All of them are shocked]All: Oh!
Tinman: Damn!
Dorothy: What?
Scarecrow: Damn!
[Cut to Coward Lion and White scarecrow]Coward Lion: Well, Scarecrow, I didn’t know you had it in you. This here man is a G.
White scarecrow: Well, gosh. I hope that’s a good thing.
[Cut to Tinman, Dorothy and Scarecrow]Dorothy: It is. You can roll with us anytime you like, scarecrow.
[Cut to Coward Lion and White scarecrow]White scarecrow: Really? Well, I’d love that more than anything in the world.
[Cut to Tinman, Dorothy and Scarecrow]Dorothy: Alright, then come on and dance with us. It’s 2015, do the dab.
[Cut to Coward Lion and White scarecrow]White scarecrow: Wonderful!
[Cut to everybody] [music playing. Everybody is dancing and White scarecrow is learning to dance]All: [singing] Come on in, even down, even down the road
don’t you carry nothing that might feel low
Come on in, even down, even down the road
Coward Lion: Yeah, keep trying. You get it.
[The End]