Seymour: You remember that total eclipse of the sun about a week ago?
Crystal, Ronette, Chiffon: [singing] Da-doo!
Seymour: I was walkin' in the wholesale flower district that day...
Crystal, Ronette, Chiffon: Shoop da-doo.
Seymour: And I passed by this place, where this old Chinese man...
Crystal, Ronette, Chiffon: Chang, da-doo.
Seymour: He sometimes sells me weird and exotic cuttings...
Crystal, Ronette, Chiffon: Snip, da-doo.
Seymour: 'Cause he knows, you see, that strange plants are my hobby.
Crystal, Ronette, Chiffon: Da da da da da da-doo.
Seymour: He didn't have anything unusual there that day.
Crystal, Ronette, Chiffon: Nope, da-doo.
Seymour: So, I was just about to, you know, walk on by...
Doo-Wop Street Singer: Good for you.
Seymour: When suddenly, and without warning, there was this...
Crystal, Ronette, Chiffon: ...total eclipse of the sun!
Seymour: It got very dark, and there was this strange humming sound, like something from another world.
Crystal, Ronette, Chiffon: Da-doo!
Seymour: And when the light came back, this weird plant was just sitting there...
Crystal, Ronette, Chiffon: Whoop, see-doo.
Seymour: Just, you know, stuck in, among the zinnias.
Crystal, Ronette, Chiffon: Audrey II!
Seymour: I coulda sworn it hadn't been there before, but the old Chinese man sold it to me anyways, for a dollar ninety-five.”
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