It Should Happen to You Page #7

- There's one thing you forget.

- What?

- It's a fake.

- oh, come on.

- Not only that, it's dishonest.

- Well, don't worry about it.

- And it's not dignified.

- Well, isn't tomorrow dignified?

- What tomorrow?

- The Air Force.

I got them to name a plane after you

and your picture taken...

...with generals and colonels and

everything. Isn't that dignified?

Well, yes, but this isn't.

Well, will you let me run it, baby?

Ive done a lot of things in my life,

some stupid, but never crooked.

okay.

And certain people I know,

they're gonna know it's a fake.

- What do you care?

- I don't mean everybody.

ut a few people. one.

I care what they think. Him. He.

I don't even know where he is,

but wherever he is-

Will you close your mouth?

I wrote a speech for you for tomorrow.

You have to memorize it.

And wear something simple

and dignified.

ecause tomorrow is dignified.

Yeah, but today isn't.

- What do you say?

- All set.

okay, clear it.

Here we go, Gladys.

Let's have the pose.

Let's see a smile now.

oh, no! A real smile!

Think of the money.

Think of not doing this anymore.

Good! Hold it!

To think that of all

the girls in America...

...you have-

No. You men of the...

...military air transport service...

...have chosen me "the girl

we would most like to...

...be up in the air with. "

And all I can say,

from the bottom of my...

- From the bottom of my...

- Heart.

From the bottom of my heart.

Let me read it from the paper.

" Gen. Dunkley, Col. Wiley

and all you fine men. "

This has been

the greatest day of my life.

To think that of all the girls

in America...

...you men of the military air

transport service...

...have chosen me "the girl we would

most like to be up in the air with. "

- Hold it! Hold it!

- Move in closer, fellas.

Put your arms on them.

Everyone look at her.

Quiet, will you, please? We're trying

to tape this. Start again, Gladys!

Gen. Dunkley, Col. Wiley

and all you fine men-

iss her, somebody! iss her!

one on each side.

- Look like you enjoy it!

- Quiet! Quiet! Start again, Gladys!

Gen. Wunkley, Col. Diley

and all you fi-

Fine men...

...to think that of all the girls in

America, you men of the military...

...air transport service

have chosen me:

"The girl you would most like to be

up in a plane with. " And naming this...

...magnificent plane after me, I can

only say, from the bottom of my...

Heart. From the bottom

of my heart, this means...

It's all right. She's just nervous.

Stay there. We'll be back.

She's okay, nothing to worry.

- What's the matter?

- I don't know.

- You sick?

- No.

What are you trying to do?

This wasn't easy to set up.

- I don't care.

- You don't care?

Who are you not to care? Now,

come on. Pull yourself together here.

Get through with this, or

I'll drop you like a hot potato.

I wish you would. I wish everybody

would drop me. Just leave me alone.

Where do you come off throwing

temperament around here? You cluck!

- What?

- You heard me.

You're a nobody that

Ive blown up into a property.

You haven't done so much,

Mr. Clinton.

- You just made me a freak.

- You were a freak...

...when I first met you, only I'm

showing you how to cash in on it.

- Youve been doing all right too, right?

- Sure, sweetie.

Weve been doing all right,

and we can continue.

And we can do better,

only you have to stay in line.

- No!

- Why " no"?

ecause it's all over, the whole thing.

The whole goofy thing.

There's no sense to it,

no nothing.

What's the good of being

above the crowd all the time?

What's wrong with being part

of it?

- What is all this?

- Well, if you don't understand...

...I'm just sorry for you, that's all.

It isn't just making a name.

What's that?

It's making a name

stand for something...

...even on one block, instead

of for nothing all over the world.

- Now, wait a minute-

- What most people want is privacy.

That's about the greatest thing

anybody can have.

You know what's the trouble with you?

You're not real.

- I'm real enough to pop you one.

- Try it.

All right. Now we blow off the steam.

Now let's get down to the facts.

The fact is...

...there's only one thing I want.

- Like what?

- You can't get it for me.

I don't even think

I can get it myself.

ut I'm gonna have to try.

- What's happening?

- Just a spin. e right there.

- Roger.

- Yeah, yeah, roger.

- Now, listen, Gladys-

- okay, I'll do it.

Thattagirl.

Now, look, kid.

I'll forget everything you just said...

...and you forget everything

I just said. Fair enough?

Look, honey, don't conk out on me.

We got all this stuff going for us.

And listen, Gladys, the way

the dough is rolling, I figure-

Hold it, fellas.

Ladies and gentlemen...

...on behalf of Gladys Glover,

she just wants me to say that, well...

...she was a little overwhelmed,

but she's all right now.

Gen. Dunkley, Col. Wiley...

...and all you fine men...

...this has been

the greatest day of my life.

Not only because you wanna

name a plane after me...

...but because today I found out

I don't want you to.

And why?

I'm nobody to name a plane after.

I don't stand for anything.

ut that plane does...

...and so do you fellas.

That makes you somebody,

even if nobody knows your names...

...whatever they are. ecause every

one of you are one of the crowd.

Hey, that's an idea.

Why don't you call your plane

one of the Crowd?

ecause that's what it is,

and that's what makes it great.

Gen. Dunkley, Col. Wiley...

...and all you fine men...

...hooray.

That's it. Laugh it up!

That's it. Don't go away, anybody.

So I really appreciate

your help, folks.

You see, the idea is this.

We're making this picture...

...on how the people who come here

look to the animals. See what I mean?

Now, the shot that we're trying for

is you looking at the chimp, you see?

okay, here we go. Now, everybody

watches me just as if I'm the chimp.

You see what I mean?

You know?

Everybody's looking up at me.

That's it!

That's it! Everybody watches me.

Let's go, kids.

All right. Somebody down front, throw

a peanut at me, would you? That's it.

one at a time.

Take it easy, will you?

That's it. Take it easy! Take it easy.

one at a time. one at a time.

That's it.

Everybody's watching

the chimpanzee.

Every...

Well, wouldn't you know it?

Just as we're getting it going almost.

Hey, Pete! Look, will you?

I figure we can make it

to Pittsburgh before dark.

Like to get just past

and get a nice little room...

...in one of those motels

and get right to bed.

Then in the morning, get in an hour

on the road before breakfast.

Can't we have breakfast first?

I'll tell you what. I will get up first and

bring you back your breakfast in bed.

How about that, Mrs. Sheppard?

Fine.

What are you looking at?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

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