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Why?

Why?

Well, for crying out...

Do you know who that stoop Hot

Shot had lined up for the job?

Lover Boy!

A lady wrestler wouldn't be

safe with that octopus,

let alone a babe

in arms like you.

Oh, well, thank you very much,

but I can take care of myself.

Besides, what's it to you?

To me? Nothing.

Why should it be?

Just a good paying job,

and besides, with the plans

I've got lined up...

I could use some easy cash.

I see.

Relax. Listen, I can play Romeo

as well as Hot Shot any time.

You trust old Moondoggie, baby.

I'll fake it fine.

But, I...

Look, it's okay. Hot Shot

briefed me on the setup.

You want to get a certain

guy jealous, right?

You don't have to tell me who

it is till after we get there.

Come on.

Got a cute little girl

And I call her Cinderella

I'm so in love with her

I'm the lucky guy

That she calls her fellow

And she always will I'm sure

We can dance all night

At the record-hop

Dance all night Up to 12:00

We can spend the night

Jumping

But my head would be

A-thumping

If I didn't get her home

On time

I'd lose my love sublime

And maybe this head of mine

I'm her own Prince Charming

And her beauty's so alarming

When I pick her up at 8

Cinderella's so fine

And she's always mine

For a regular weekend date

She's real clean

When she climbs aboard

Her royal coach

My hopped-up Ford

Then away we fly

Cinderella and I

To our favorite

Drive-in show

And at 12:
00 It's home we go

But we drive home very slow

Listening to the radio

In the book it says

That the clock struck 12:00

And the magic of her beauty

Was gone

Well, the girls compare

But it stops right there

'Cause my Cinderella's magic

Goes on

I may have to lose her

At 12:
00

But my Cinderella's beauty

Won't ever stop

If you want to see

She's the one with me

She's the one

That makes my life complete

She's pretty and soft

And sweet

How can anyone be so neat?

Mm-hmm, mm, mm, mm...

It looks like every surfer from

here to San Onofre turned up.

Hundred to one, they never

set foot in the ocean.

Hey, Gidget, where's that steak?

Oh, that's all right, honey.

Go have a ball.

All right, do you

want to spill it now?

Who's the poor innocent joker

you're out to hook?

Do you have ask?

Well, let's say

I can make a guess,

but anyway, I've got a part

to play, haven't I?

Well, boy, I just hope

you're a better actor

than student of human nature.

What?

Practically any fool

could have seen,

the whole summer long,

the one I'm gone on.

Kahuna, of course.

Kahuna?

Well, who else?

Why, you must be kidding.

He's twice your age.

Oh, I know,

Oedipus and all that.

It's called a father complex.

Only, the way I feel

about Kahuna...

well, it's just not daughterly.

You sure could've fooled me.

Nobody can help you

make him jealous.

Take it from me.

I know the Kahuna.

Look, you weren't hired

for advice.

Now, do you want the job, or do

I have to find someone else?

What'll the boss lady

have first?

Well, I-I-I guess we could

begin by holding hands.

All right, what next?

Well, all we need to do

for a while,

till Kahuna takes notice,

is pretend like we're mad

for each other.

On the surface only, of course.

Oh, yeah, on the surface

only, of course.

The Gidget stuck

on the great Kahuna...

Well, I'm no different

from any of them...

except for one thing.

Understatement of the year.

Look, when I make up my mind

to get something, I get it.

I mean it. I'd do

anything to get Kahuna.

Now, Gidge, you listen to me.

I mean, as... as a friend, I've

got to straighten you out.

Kahuna's okay, I suppose,

but for a kid like you...

Yes?

Well, uh, don't you find the

Kahuna on the lazy side?

Love makes room for faults.

Anyway, I have hopes

for the Kahuna.

He could make something

of his life.

Oh, boy, now, that is hilarious.

And what makes you such

an authority on Kahuna?

Because he and I

are two of a kind.

Aw, Gidge...

Look, what I said, it's...

it's nothing personal.

I mean, a girl like you...

you're a real responsibility.

You take a guy who believes

in no strings attached,

a guy like me, even...

I mean, if I...

if I were ever to,

uh, to let myself go...

Yes?

Well, say, for example,

right now, right this minute...

I mean, if this... if this

weren't just a job for pay...

Um, could you put them back?

I mean, only because

I think Kahuna's looking,

and we could make it look

real, couldn't we?

Sure.

Is he looking now?

Mm, I'm sure of it.

There's no such thing As the

next best thing to love

No substitute

Or facsimile thereof

Just try and do without it

Go see how far you get

Why don't we face it?

What can replace it?

Nothing

They've thought of yet

There's no such thing

With the very same appeal

And nothing like When you

fall in love for real

Whether it be the real thing

This much I'm certain of

There's no such thing As the

next best thing to love

There's no such thing as

The next best thing to love

No substitute

Or facsimile thereof

How can we disregard it?

How can we not take heed?

Just like the inner

Craves for the dinner

Love is a human need

There's no such thing As the

next best thing to love

Necessity gave

A cold, cold hand a glove

Likewise someone to cling to

When there's a moon above

There's no such thing as

The next best thing to love

Oi! Hey, hey! Hey, Moondoggie, baby.

Break it up.

Come on, it's five after 12:00.

You're off duty.

Uh, I hope Moondoggie here

gave you your money's worth.

Oh, don't worry, he...

he gave a great performance.

Hey, hey, hey.

What is it, little one?

What, did you... did

you lose Moondoggie?

Yeah, I lost him, all right.

It's about the best thing

that ever happened to me.

Oh...

Oh, well, I think

I'll cut out too.

Uh, will you give me a lift?

Sure. Where to?

A friend of mine, uh, has

a shack down the beach.

I figured I wouldn't get

any sleep here tonight,

so I borrowed it.

You sure you want

to leave so soon?

Yeah, I'm sure.

I'll wait for you in the car.

Hey, Gidge, listen, Gidge,

about that money...

Forget it. Wait a minute!

I'm sorry, but

the Kahuna's waiting.

We just happen to be on our way

to a certain beach shack.

Beach shack? Who else is going?

Just Kahuna and me.

Don't underestimate your

performance back there, Barrymore.

It sold the Kahuna 100 percent,

and you earned

every penny of it.

Listen, maybe the Kahuna's

gone off his rocker,

but you, on one of his

little private parties?

Gidge, you don't know

what you're getting into.

Well, a girl has to

get started sometime,

and the Kahuna has always

been a great coach.

You've been awful quiet, angel.

What is it? Moondoggie?

Moondoggie? Oh...

No, I've forgotten

all about him.

Okay. Good night, angel.

Uh, I suppose, uh, well,

you and he talk a lot

about your dates

and things, huh?

Yeah, we're pretty close. Why?

Anything I can do?

Is there!

Oh, well, no, not

about Moondoggie.

I... I mean, golly, who

cares about him, but...

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