The ladies star in the school play when Dorothy's first-graders come down with the measles.
Tropes:
- Clap Your Hands If You Believe: Parodied; Rose, Blanche, and Dorothy play Henny Penny, Goosey Loosey, and Turkey Lurkey in a grade school production, and Rose hates the ending in which the characters are eaten by Foxy Loxy. At the conclusion of the performance, she rushes back onstage and tells the children that they can choose to save the characters if they applaud. None of the kids do it, and Rose resorts to insulting the children and threatening them with bad dreams as Dorothy and Blanche drag her off:
- Rose: There are monsters hiding under all of your beds!
- Inadvertent Entrance Cue: Dorothy finds out that her cast has all been quarantined because of a case of measles; rather than cancel, she suggests to the director that adults play the roles instead. The director is reluctant: "Where are we going to find an adult with the childish naivete to play Henny Penny?" At that point, Rose walks in and happily declares that she just saw a cloud that looks exactly like a ball of cotton. The director: "My God, she IS Henny Penny!"
