Suddenly, Seymour...gets chomped!

I gave my Little Shop of Horrors tape a workout when I was a kid, because at one point I watched it on a daily basis. I must have watched it at least 50 times. It was on there with Spaceballs, which got equal billing. But I do still have it and it probably works.

So yesterday, it came as a surprise to me that there is an alternate ending! And it is great! How did I miss this all these years? Still not sure if it would be better than the "happy" ending that made the final cut, but it is awesome. So this alternate ending is more in line with the stage show and the 1960 Roger Corman movie. Audrey and Seymour both get eaten by Audrey II, a business man harvests the little Audrey II plants and sells them. They become a fad item, like pet rocks and hula-hoops, and make it into American homes. They grow, eat people, get huge, and take over the world! Oh yeah, don't sleep on those allegories!

Since it was scrapped, it was never finished in post-production. So it is obviously a little raw. I think it is cooler this way, it looks old and campy...almost like a silent-film. Not sure how many of you watched it, or watched it enough to go ga-ga over an alternate ending...but I know of at least one person (hint: he watched the same tape as I). So for that reason alone, here it is...


The lyrics to the final song are hard to understand, so here they are...
>>Subsequent to the events you have just witnessed,
Similar events in cities across America
Events which bore a striking resemblance,
To the ones you have just seen- began occurring
Subsequent to the events you have just witnessed,
Unsuspecting jerks from Maine to California,
Made the acquaintance of a new breed of flytrap,
And got sweet-talked into feeding it blood.
>>Thus the plants worked their terrible will,
Finding jerks who would feed them their fill
And the plants proceeded to grow and grow,
And begin what they came here to do
Which was essentially to Eat Cleveland and Des Moines
And Peoria and New York and where you live!

They may offer you fortune and fame, Love and money and instant acclaim
But whatever they offer you, Don't feed the plants

They may offer you lots of cheap thrills, Fancy condos in Beverly Hills
But whatever they offer you, Don't feed the plants
Look out! Here comes Audrey Two! Look out!

Hold your hat and hang on to your soul, Something's coming to eat the world whole
If we fight it we've still got a chance, But whatever they offer you
Though they're slopping the trough for you, Please, whatever they offer you
Don't feed the plants
Don't feed the plants!

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oh yeah, and...

Was this done on purpose???