Holiday Inn Page #3

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- Were you happy?

- Yes.

Then your father was a very

successful man. Hope I can do as well.

I came out here for a job.

Could you use me?

I might find a spot for you.

What can you do?

Oh, I sing a little and dance.

Couldn't guarantee any salary at first.

Right now I've got the ledger

in an iron lung.

- I don't care if you pay off in eggs. Just give me a chance.

- Let's see what you can do.

- Thanks a lot.

- I've written special music for each holiday.

This gives me a chance to keep

a little promise I made to myself.

I said I was going to sing

this song at the Inn tonight.

I said I was going to sing

this song at the Inn tonight.

# I'm dreaming #

# Of a white Christmas #

# Just like the ones #

# I used to know #

# Where the treetops glisten #

# And children listen #

# To hear #

# Sleigh bells in the snow #

# I'm dreaming #

# Of a white Christmas #

# With every Christmas card #

# I write #

# May your days #

# Be merry and bright #

# And may all your #

# Christmases #

# Be white #

# I'm dreaming #

# Of a white Christmas #

# Just like the ones

I used to know #

Where the treetops glisten.

# Where the treetops glisten #

- And children listen.

- # And children listen #

- # To hear #

- # To hear #

# Sleigh bells in the snow #

# I'm dreaming #

# Of a white Christmas #

# With every Christmas card #

# I write #

# May your days be merry #

# And bright #

# And may all #

# Your Christmases #

# Be white #

# Happy holidays #

# Happy holidays #

# While the merry bells

keep ringing #

# May your every wish come true #

# Happy holidays #

# Happy holidays #

# May the calendar

keep bringing #

# Happy holidays to you #

# If you're burdened down

with trouble #

# If your nerves

are wearing thin #

# Park your load down the road #

# And come to Holiday Inn #

# If the traffic noise

affects you #

# Like a squeaky violin #

# Kick your cares down the stairs #

# And come to Holiday Inn #

# If you can't find

somebody who #

# Will set your heart awhirl #

# Get in your car and motor to #

# The home of Boy Meets Girl #

# If you're laid up

with a breakdown #

# Throw away your vitamin #

- # Don't get worse #

- # Grab your nurse #

# And come to Holiday Inn #

# Happy holidays #

# Happy holidays #

# May the calendar

keep bringing #

# Happy holidays to you #

Happy New Year, Ted.

No!

- Francois, have you seen Mr. Hanover?

- Twice, sir.

- What happened?

- The first time, sir,

he came from his room

with a telegram in his hand.

- He ordered Scotch and soda, a bottle of each.

- I know. What then?

The second time, he asked

which way is Connect-i-cut.

- Connecticut.

- Connect-i-cut.

He said he has a friend there

who knows about women too.

Why didn't you stop him?

How could I stop him, sir, when I don't

know which way is Connect-i-cut?

Who said Holiday Inn

wouldn't work?

- We're gonna divvy up a stack of money tonight, huh?

- Man, man!

I've got a landlady who's gonna ask

for your autographed picture.

Everybody get somethin'?

- Go to bed now. It's gettin' late.

- Good night.

- Good night.

- Good night.

Look, it's almost time.

It's practically

straight up, isn't it?

It's practically

straight up, isn't it?

# One minute to midnight #

# One minute to go #

# One minute to say good-bye #

# Before we say hello #

# Let's start the New Year right #

# Twelve o'clock tonight #

# When they dim the light #

# Let's begin #

# Kissing the old year out #

# Kissing the New Year in #

# Let's watch the old year die #

# With a fond good-bye #

# And our hopes as high #

# As a kite #

# How can our love go wrong #

# If we start the New Year right #

- That's it, that's midnight. I'll see you out on the floor.

- All right.

Come on, everybody! Happy New Year!

Get your partner and dance.

Happy holiday.

Happy New Year.

- I forgot my check.

- You won't need that, but you'll need your coat.

- Happy New Year.

- Happy New Year.

- Same to you. Many of them. I gotta...

- Come on, Jim, you gotta dance.

- Oh, you gotta dance with me. Come on, you gotta dance.

- No, I can't. Oh!

- Why, Mr. Hanover!

- That's Ted Hanover.

- Wait a minute. I gotta go.

- I don't want Ted Hanover.

- I want you. This is New Year's, kid.

- I know.

Ted!

- He wasn't drunk. It's a gag.

- What happened?

Ted Hanover with his new partner.

They were great!

New partner?

- You'd better get back.

- I'm sorry. If I'd known how he was...

Oh, he'll be all right in a week

or ten days. You'd better hurry.

Ted! Ted!

Ted! Oh. How is he?

He's out cold.

Hot or cold, he can keep

his dancing shoes in my office.

- Did you hear that applause?

- Yeah, it went pretty good.

- And I was worried about his losing Lila.

- Losing Lila?

Yeah, she eloped tonight

with some Texan from Texas...

with Ted's engagement ring

on her finger.

But who cares? You lose one girl,

you find another. That's life.

- That's good, huh?

- Here we go again.

Come in! Oh.

- Good morning, Ted.

- Good mor... Ooh.

- Got a little head?

- Say, where am I?

- You're in Holiday Inn.

- How'd I get here? Who brought me?

You were clinging to

the undercarriage of a jeep, I think.

Here, have a slug out of the mug.

- You mean, you don't remember anything?

- Uh...

let's see, I had a wire from Lila...

telling me she was gonna marry

some millionaire or something.

- Yeah.

- I remember that all right. Uh, then I had a drink.

A drink?

Boy, you were fractured.

And then, uh, I decided

I had to talk to my old pal Jim.

- You don't remember anything else?

- No, that's all.

Except that I must have been killed

on the way out here or something.

You really come up empty, huh?

Too bad about Lila.

I think you're better off doing

a single. You're a born soloist.

Oh, no, no, Jim. I've got to have

a partner. And when I find her...

Yeah, I know,

you'll fall in love with her.

- Happy New Year!

- Oh, don't do that.

Why didn't you tell me?

Letting me worry

about his losing Lila,

and all the time he's got

this girl on the leash.

- What girl?

- Boy, you must've been high.

Doing a complete dance routine

with your new partner and you...

You don't know who she is?

I danced with a new partner?

When? Where?

Here! Last night!

Think, Ted.

Remember?

Wait a minute. I remember.

I got here just about midnight.

There was a girl.

We danced.

What'd she look like?

Oh... I don't know.

All I saw was a vague outline.

Can't you remember

anything about her?

Well, I remember dancing with her.

If I ever dance with her again,

I'd probably recognize her.

Great. That takes care of

everything but finding her.

- You were here. Why ask me how she looked?

- I only saw her from the back.

She was a... about this...

She had a...

If I ever saw her from the back again,

I'd recognize her.

Well, that's fine.

After I've danced with her,

I just turn her around for your okay.

This should be a cinch.

You saw her.

- Describe her.

- Who, me?

Well, I wasn't watching

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