Holiday Inn

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# Happy Holiday #

# Happy Holiday #

- Merry Christmas, Bud.

- Thank you. Merry Christmas to you.

Okay. Hi, chief.

Come in.

Hello, honey.

Well, this is our last night

in show business. Some feeling, huh?

- Some feeling.

- I got the ring and the license.

- Honey, we're ready.

- Oh.

Say, there's a hook leftover

at the top here. Should that be?

Never mind that, dear.

I'll take care of it.

- Jim.

- Huh?

Well, I think that tie is terrible.

- Who cares? Tomorrow I'm a farmer.

- You'd better go change it.

Honey, when you flip 'em those twinkle

toes, who's gonna be looking at my tie?

- You only have five minutes. Hurry.

- Okay, I'm on my way.

- What'd he say?

- I didn't tell him.

Why not? We love each other.

You want to continue dancing.

I know, but... he gets a look.

Oh, he's always had that look.

It doesn't mean anything emotionally.

It has to do with his liver.

Tell him you've made a mistake.

You don't want to give up your career

and live on a farm.

But he's already bought the farm

and the license and the ring.

Oh, I can't tell him.

All right. I will.

Right after our number.

Listen, darling, don't weaken.

Think of our life together.

Think of diamonds, of sables,

of your own little penthouse.

Is that a promise?

Well, just think about them

for the time being.

- Ready, Miss Dixon.

- Oh, thank you.

- This thing didn't come out even.

- Oh, I'll fix it.

- We have to hurry.

- I love you.

I love you... and Jim.

I love Jim too. But after all,

I mean, let's not be too chummy.

# Here she comes

Down the street #

# My, oh, my

Ain't she sweet #

# Why, here comes

my hot toddy #

# Over my dead body #

# I'll capture her heart

singing #

# Just wait until she gets

a load of my dancing #

# Just wait 'til I start

singing #

# I'll take her strolling down the road

with my dancing #

# I can't go wrong

A tender song #

# And she'll discover my charms #

# Some fancy taps

and she'll collapse #

# And fall right into my arms #

# I'll capture her heart

singing #

# Oh, no

You haven't a chance #

# When I go into my dance #

# I'll take you

through life singing #

# La-da-da-di, la-da-da-di

La-da-da-di #

# Boom boom

Boo-boo-boo-boo-boo-boom #

# I'll make you my wife

dancing #

# If you could dance

instead of sing #

# I'd learn to love you somehow #

# If you could sing

instead of dance #

# I'd take you home with me now #

# Boom boo-boo-boo-boom

Boo-boo-boo-boo-boom #

# Boo-boo-boo-boo, bo-ba-bi-bo-bo #

# The way you sing

don't mean a thing #

# You'd better stick

to your dance #

# And as for you

Your dance won't do #

# You'll have to sing for romance #

- # I'll capture her heart #

- # I'll capture her heart #

- # Singing #

- # Dancing #

Not much of a Christmas present

for you, is it?

I mean, both of us

walking out on you.

Don't worry about me, kid.

I'll do all right.

What a chump.

Can't you see what we're walking out on?

The grind, 365 days a year.

- When was the last time you had a day off?

- I don't know. Maybe last year.

Did you ever hear of Thanksgiving

or Labor Day or the Fourth of July?

- Vaguely.

- You know what they are, don't you?

They're holidays, days of rest.

There's lots of 'em.

They mark 'em in red on the calendar

so you can't miss 'em.

What happens in show business

when a holiday comes along?

You give an extra performance.

Not for me, brother. Lila and I are

going up to that farm in Connecticut.

We're gonna live by the calendar.

- Say, Jim.

- Hmm?

Uh, there's something

you should know.

Oh, I know, Ted.

I feel the same way about you.

You know, we've had

our ups and our downs.

- We've fought a little over women, but...

- I know, but...

Sorry, Jimmy boy, but that's life.

If I'm not the best manager in the

business, I'll eat a mechanic's shirt.

Fifteen weeks at the Park Club,

sight unseen, for you and Lila.

Two hundred dollars a week more than you

were getting with the farmer thrown in.

- What's the matter?

- I haven't told him.

- You haven't told him?

- You haven't told him?

Haven't told me what?

What's the news?

Well, don't be upset, Jim dear.

It isn't that I don't love you.

I do.

I love everybody.

But when Ted explained

how much he loved me and...

All at once we both realized

that we belonged together.

The two of us, dedicating our lives

to making people happy with our feet.

The two of you, huh?

Dedicating your lives

to making people happy with your feet.

That's sweet. Well, I guess that kick

I just got was a good start, huh?

Sorry, Jimmy boy, but that's life.

It's best you found out now.

You wouldn't want to make Lila unhappy.

Oh, no, no, I wouldn't

want to make Lila unhappy.

Not now, now that I really know her.

What a narrow squeak that was.

What do you mean by that?

Oh, nothing, honey.

I'm happy you're happy.

That little speech sounds like

the crackle of Confederate money.

Well, kids, I'm still

going to rejoin the human race.

I hope you get a lot of work,

holidays included.

Dance yourselves

into beautiful nervous breakdowns.

If you ever want to look me up,

you know where to find me.

Midville, Connecticut, under

a large shady tree, just being lazy.

# Lazy #

# I want to be lazy #

# I long to be out in the sun #

# With no work to be done #

# Under that awning #

# They call the sky #

# Stretching and yawning #

# And let the world go drifting by #

# I want to peek through the deep #

# Tangled wild woods counting sheep #

# 'Til I sleep like a child would #

# With a great big valise full #

# Of books to read

where it's peaceful #

# While I'm killing time #

- # Being lazy #

- Whoa! Whoa!

So Lazy Acres

was a snare and a delusion, huh?

Oh, brother!

There's the hardest work in the world.

Maybe you'd be happier

back in town, Jim.

If you get that agricultural urge again,

you can raise a geranium.

Oh, no.

Wait 'til you hear.

- I think I've dreamed up the greatest idea I ever had.

- And you've had some pips.

Oh, but this can't miss.

I'm turning the farm into an inn!

But what an inn.

Here, read up, brother.

"Holiday Inn.

Midville, Connecticut.

Get off the highway

and relax on a farm.

Dancing, entertainment, home cooking.

Open holidays only. "

- Open holidays only? How many

of those are there? - Mm-hmm.

Oh, there's about 15.

- That gives me 350 days a year to kick around in.

- You would think of that.

Did you get your discharge

from that sanitarium?

Oh, don't you worry.

This is going to work.

I'm having auditions every day.

If you run into any talent,

will you send 'em out?

Sure, as soon as I get back.

I'm flying down

to Miami Beach tonight...

to set an engagement

for Ted and Lila. Lila.

You forgot the flowers.

Don't get excited. There's

a flower shop out at the airport.

I guarantee to have orchids

before her first number.

Boy, you'd better. This kid even

expects presents on Father's Day.

Well, good luck, Jim. So long, Ted.

Have a nice trip.

I mean, yeah, thanks, I will.

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