A Date with Judy Page #6

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You can save your pity

For the folks who run around and scream

Oh, the country's quiet

Come along and try it

Down by the Old Mill stream

- We're strictly on the corn

- We're strictly on the corny side

Corny side, corny side

We're strictly on the corny side

And that's the place to be

Thank you, Judy.

Better run through it again, though.

I think we should leave them alone

while they rehearse.

Yeah, and there's a terrific moon

out tonight.

The moon has nothing to do with it,

Ogden.

I can hear you from out here.

Please don't go. I'd like to talk to you.

Go ahead, talk.

Don't you like me anymore, Judy?

Of course I do, Oogie.

But there comes a time when people

must find the way of their hearts.

And follow their hearts.

I know the way in my heart.

I know that someday

when I'm through school and have a job...

...well, then I'm gonna

ask you to marry me.

Jinkies, if I have to wait

for all that to happen...

...I'll be too old to marry.

Well, the least you can do when

a man asks you to marry him is be polite.

Mr. Pringle, I feel that I'm under

no obligation to you whatsoever...

...as far as marriage is concerned.

I'm an adult now

and I must conduct myself accordingly.

- What? Judy, are you hurt?

- You pushed me.

Pushed you?

How can you say such a thing?

Don't you ever speak to me again.

I should have pushed her.

Why did you bring Judy tonight,

Stephen?

She came back to the drugstore

this afternoon.

A lot of her girlfriends were there.

She said she had a date with me tonight.

- They said she didn't so I...

- So you said she did.

Well, you know how it is.

I can't say that I do.

Just how is it?

You're a funny girl.

You've got everything

any girl could possibly want.

You're beautiful.

It's almost too beautiful.

You have youth, education,

a lovely home.

With all these things, why do you

have to try so hard to impress people?

- Is that the way you feel about me?

- I'm afraid it is.

- Then I think you're very rude.

- And I think you're very spoiled.

I'm not interested in your

personal opinion, Mr. Andrews.

That's a good sign. It's the first time

I've seen you follow a natural impulse.

If I followed my natural impulse,

I'd push you in the flowerbed. Good night.

- Where's Judy?

- She's upstairs.

And will you tell her I didn't push her?

Women.

I know what you mean.

Look, Steve, you wouldn't take my girl

away from me, would you?

Why, you bet your life I wouldn't, Oogie.

I wouldn't have a chance

even if I wanted to.

No?

When a girl goes to all the trouble

Judy does to make you jealous...

...that's true love.

Gee, I never thought of that.

Steve, you're a man of the world.

Do you think Judy will be easier

to understand as she gets older?

Don't try to understand women, Oogie,

just accept them.

I guess that would be easier.

And, Oogie, would you mind taking

Judy home when she comes down?

- I gotta go back to work.

- Oh, glad to, Steve. Glad to.

- Tell Carol good night for me, will you?

- You bet. Come back again, Steve.

- Anytime, anytime at all.

- Thanks, Oogie.

- Good night.

- Good night.

Good night, Steve, old boy.

Oh, Jameson.

Could you fix me a double-decker

ham-and-cheese sandwich, please?

- I'll try, sir. And a glass of milk?

- Yeah.

Let's make it four-decker.

Four? Yes, sir.

Carol?

You know much more

about men than I do.

Tell me about them, will you?

There's little to tell, Judy.

If you know one man, you know them all.

Of course, Stephen's different.

Stephen's a man, Judy.

And once a person is a man,

there's nothing anyone can do about it.

Oh, I don't wanna do anything about it.

The pathetic part of it all

is they never improve with age.

In fact, they get worse.

Shakespeare once said,

"A man in his time plays many parts.

His acts being seven ages. "

Of course, I never did see

eye-to-eye with Shakespeare.

As far as I'm concerned,

there are but three ages:

Youth, middle age and infirmity.

It's the middle age we have to be aware of

because that's the critical age.

Oh, but Stephen's not middle-aged.

He isn't now, but he will be someday.

All men reach it.

My father did.

Believe me, Judy.

Then they are a problem.

Jinkies.

How do you know

when they reach that critical age?

Oh, by little things.

Sudden changes in their habits.

They start throwing money away like mad.

Maybe something as minor

as a sudden obsession for bright clothes.

In my father's case...

...it was a desire

for monogrammed silk shirts.

Oh, I had a terrible two years.

Oh, I think my father

skipped that critical age.

He doesn't do any of those things,

particularly throw money away.

But you never can tell, Judy.

Really?

With men, it can happen overnight.

One, two, three, shake hips.

One, two, three, shake hips.

One, two, three, shake hips.

One, two, three, shake hips.

Father.

Father, what are you doing up so late?

You should be in bed.

Oh, reading, just reading.

Trying to improve my mind.

But you never read

before you go to bed.

And it's so late.

Now, wait a minute, young lady.

I'm supposed

to ask the questions in this house.

What are you doing out so late?

Oogie took a shortcut and we got lost.

Oh, yeah.

I've heard that from before.

Time for you to go to bed, Judy.

Father, I'd like to ask you

a few questions if I may.

Sure, go ahead.

Please sit down.

Do you remember how you felt

when you first met Mother?

Sure, I felt fine.

Did you know right away

that you loved her?

Of course I did.

And did you tell her so?

Well, no, not right then.

After all, I didn't want her know

that I was that easy...

...so I just sort of let her tell me.

- Oh, I see.

- But, Judy...

...don't mention that to your mother,

will you, please?

And you were happy just to be alive,

weren't you?

And the whole world seemed brighter...

...and music sounded much sweeter.

Oh, yes, I was happy.

And Mother got the same way.

I know, she did.

- She told me so.

- She did?

She did.

Hey, what are you driving at, anyway?

Well, Father...

...I feel the same way now

as Mother did when she first met you.

I'm in love. Terribly in love.

I want to get married.

Well, Judy, you're kind of young,

don't you think?

And Oogie, well, his allowance

isn't enough to support a wife on.

Oh, Father, I'm not talking about a child.

I'm talking about a man, Stephen.

Stephen Andrews.

Has he asked you?

No.

Of course, I haven't give him

any encouragement.

But I'm sure he feels the same way

about me as you did about Mother.

When the right time arrives...

...I'll ask him.

Well, Judy, you're just a little child.

But Mother was only 17

when she married you.

Well...

This is terribly serious. L...

Coming especially at this time

when I really need your help.

Oh, Father, you know if you need me,

I'll stay.

Well, I was thinking about

that there radio program of yours.

You know, a little advertising

might be of great help to me now.

If you're leaving,

you won't be of any help.

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