For Me and My Gal Page #5

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I'll push his face in.

The time I've wasted. Why didn't you

tell me I was in love with you?

I didn't know,

and I can hardly believe it now.

I'll make you believe it, all right.

Hey, what's this?

Look! "Palmer and Hayden

booked into Palace New York...

...first week in September.

Congratulations, Eddie. "

- Harry!

- Is this our lucky day, or isn't it?

First we fall in love, and now this!

We're on the big time, baby.

We're on the big time.

We're gonna play the Palace!

- The Palace!

- It would have been wonderful anyway...

...but now it's even more wonderful!

Oh, Harry, look out!

Know what we'll do

after the first matinee?

- Have dinner?

- We're gonna get married.

Married. Harry!

Oh, darling!

- Well, here you are at last.

- Take a look at it. Amateur night is over.

Take the elevator

to your dressing room.

- Thank you very much.

- Jimmy!

- Hey, Jo!

- Hello!

- Well, I'll be two ifs and a but.

- Hello!

- Glad to see you!

- Are you opening here today too?

- What do you mean, "too"?

- What do you know?

After all this time,

we're all playing the Palace.

- I hope you have to follow us on!

- Listen to him.

We'd better get

our dressing room key.

Palmer and Hayden, please.

And after the matinee,

we'll just be using one dressing room.

Say, you don't mean to tell me

you're gonna marry this lug?

- Well, only for 150 years or so.

- What do you know?

Open at the Palace, and close

at the little church around the corner.

My gosh, Harry, that's swell.

And I hope you're a hit in both places.

Thanks, Jimmy.

- Isn't anybody gonna give a party?

- Sure, somebody's gonna give a...

I'm gonna give a party after the show.

- Wonderful! Danny will be in from camp too.

- There's no Palmer and Hayden here.

- What?

- I don't see the name.

It's gotta be, we open this afternoon.

Well, it is not on my list...

Oh, Mr. Waring?

- He won't give us our keys.

- We're Palmer and Hayden.

Palmer and Hayden?

You're not booked in here.

- We're not booked?

- There must be some mistake.

- Well, so here we are.

- Eddie.

Hello, Harry. Hello, Jo.

Say, you must have got in early.

What do you think of our big boy?

You wired us we were to play here,

and they never heard of us.

- I wired you what?

- Go on, show it to him.

Here.

This says "Palmer and Hayden booked

into the Palace New York. "

- I know it does.

- Would I say the Palace New York?

Would anybody except a stenographer

who wasn't paying attention?

- What do you mean?

- Well, there's only one Palace.

Nobody has to tell you where that is.

You meant...

- You meant some other Palace?

- Certainly. I said it. The girl got it wrong.

It's the Palace over in Newark.

You open there Wednesday for a split week.

A split week.

In Newark.

It's all right.

Why did you say "congratulations,"

"great opportunity," and build it up?

Because it is a great opportunity.

Newark's so close.

These circuits send scouts.

One might catch your act and like it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's a great chance.

Don't give me that.

Gee, I'm sorry, kiddo.

Gee.

Gee, Jo.

Maybe you should have stayed with him.

You could be going up in that elevator too.

I'd rather stay

on the ground floor.

Well, they still got us booked

at the little church around the corner.

Still want to?

We gotta open somewhere.

Harry...

I'll marry you now.

I'll marry you anytime you say, but...

...we always agreed that we'd get married

after our first matinee at the Palace.

Let's keep it that way, huh?

Tell me why night's are lonesome.

Tell me why days are blue.

Tell me why all the sunshine

comes just at one time

when I'm with you.

Why do I hate to go, dear.

and hate to say goodbye.

now somehow it's always so, dear,

and if you know dear,

- please tell me why.

- And then this girl said to me,

She said, "Where'd you

ride horses this summer?"

I said, "The same place

I did my ice skating last winter. "

Well, fellas, here's to...

Well, here's to...

Here's to.

Say, I wonder where Danny is.

I don't know. He was supposed

to be here a long time ago.

Here he is now!

Hiya, Danny.

You know everybody, don't you?

- What kept you so long?

- Why, we got our sailing orders.

- When do you have to go?

- Right away.

- Right away?

- Yeah, I just got time to say goodbye.

Well, I guess I'm holding up the Army.

So long, Danny.

- Good luck to you, kid.

- Thanks.

- Bye, corporal.

- Bye, Sid. Goodbye.

- Take care of yourself, soldier.

- Yeah.

I sure wish I could postpone

the war long enough...

...to hear you sing again.

Well...

- So long, everybody.

- So long, Danny.

Smile the while you kiss me sad adieu.

When the clouds roll by

I'll come to you.

Then the skies will seem more blue

down in lovers lane, my dearie.

Wedding bells will ring so merrily.

Every tear will be a memory.

- So wait and pray each night for me. - See

you at the Palace, kid. - It's a date... doctor.

Till we meet

Again

We don't want the bacon.

We don't want the bacon.

What we want is a piece of the Rhine.

We'll crown "Bill the Kaiser"

with a bottle of Budweiser.

We'll have a wonderful time.

Old Wilhelm Der Gross

will shout Vas is Los?"

When we hit that Hindenburg line.

Fine!

The Army and Navy forever.

Three cheers for the red, white and blue.

- Boy, is he hokey. - But they

like it. - We don't want the bacon.

We don't want the bacon.

What we want is a piece of the Rhine.

They're yours.

What's left of them.

- Come on, let's show them.

- You bet we'll show them.

From coast to coast,

from Canada to Mexico,

they're doing a new dance

the tried and true.

Yes, it will sweep the land,

and you'll think it's so grand.

You'll have to learn how to do it,

so please don't poo poo it.

'Cause we got this little dance,

it's gonna rise to fame.

It's sure to put most

any other dance to shame.

The Turkey Trot, the

Bunny Hug, the Tickly Toe,

will be forgotten when

we start to go.

Mr. Leader, won't you start the syncopation,

and we'll begin our little demonstration.

Now, first, you put your

two knees close up tight,

then you sway 'em to the left,

and you sway 'em to the right.

Step around the floor kinda nice and light

then you twist around

and twist around with all of your might.

Stretch your lovin' arms

straight out in space,

then you do the Eagle Rock

with style and grace.

Swing your foot way

'round and bring it back,

now that's what I call Ballin' the Jack

Ballin' the Jack

[cheering and applause]

- Guys, I'm tired...

- Hey, you were great!

Yeah, in Newark. Where are the scouts

you said were coming?

- Well, here's one.

- Hey, were you out front?

You wanted the Palace.

Now you've got it.

The Palace, New York.

Keep it straight this time.

- Hey, you mean it?

- Your audience out there meant it.

Oh, boy!

If they cheer in Newark,

you can phone it in.

- Second week in October?

- Over a month away!

- I won't be able to sleep!

- All right?

- You bet it is!

- Bert, about the kids' salary...

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