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Woman:

THIS LOVELY HOSTESS GOWN IS NAMED THE ATHENA

AFTER THE GREEK STATUE

FROM WHICH IT WAS ADAPTED.

THE CREATION IS:

SUITED TO THE SMALL, INFORMAL RESORT DINNER.

THIS EXCLUSIVE GOWN IS

PARTICULARLY ADAPTED

TO A BRUNETTE.

HOWEVER,

IF MADAME IS BLONDE,

YOU COULD PLACE:

A SPECIAL ORDER.

I WOULD SUGGEST THA WE MAKE IT UP FOR YOU

IN NILE GREEN:

AND GRAY TULLE.

Jumbo:
THAT'S THE DAME

I MET IN TIJUANA!

Johnny:
HEY.

IT'S FOR SALE,

AIN'T IT?

JUST THE ROBE.

DON'T YOU KNOW

YOU AIN'T SUPPOSED

TO HANDLE:

THE MERCHANDISE?

ESPECIALLY:

WITH SOMEBODY IN IT.

Woman:
IS THERE

ANYTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU GENTLEMEN?

Hank:
WELL, YEAH.

I'D LIKE TO BUY

A BIRTHDAY PRESENT FOR A MOUSE.

A MOUSE?

I MEAN, A DAME.

HAVE YOU ANYTHING

SPECIFIC IN MIND--

A PURSE, PERFUME,

COSTUME JEWELRY?

HEY, HANK, HOW ABOU SOME UNDERWEAR?

COULD WE SEE:

SOME MODELS?

SHUT UP, JUMBO.

PERHAPS THE LADY

WOULD LIKE SOMETHING IN A ROBE.

Hank:
WELL, OK.

TROT 'EM OUT.

OH,

MISS BREWSTER?

OH, MISS BREWSTER?

UH, NEVER MIND,

MISS BREWSTER.

MRS. COPELAND,

WILL YOU SHOW THIS

GENTLEMAN SOMETHING IN ROBES AND NEGLIGEES?

CERTAINLY.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

A ROBE AND A NEGLIGEE?

A ROBE COVERS:

YOU UP.

WELL, THEN,

LET'S LOOK AT THE NEGLIGEES.

IF YOU GENTLEMEN

WILL BE SEATED,

I'LL HAVE SOME

VERY NICE ITEMS MODELED FOR YOU.

Johnny, what about

the underwear?

WHY DON' YOU SIT DOWN AND RELAX?

WHAT, AT A TIME

LIKE THIS?

I'LL TELL YOU

WHAT I DO.

I THINK I'LL

MOVE AROUND,

SEE IF I CAN FIND

SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO BUY.

WILL YOU GENTLEMEN

HAVE A CIGARETTE?

UH, NO THANKS.

THANK YOU.

LET'S GET THIS

OVER WITH AND BEAT IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHA I'M DOING IN HERE ANYWAY.

WELL, YOU GO BETTER TASTE THAN ME.

YOU KNOW WHA FAY WOULD LIKE.

YOU BEEN SEEING:

THAT DAME TOO MUCH.

NOW, LISTEN, JOHNNY,

DON'T LET'S GO INTO THAT AGAIN, WILL YOU?

SHE'S A GOOD KID.

YEAH, I KNOW--

FRESH OUT OF:

FINISHING SCHOOL.

WELL, SHE'S HAD

TOUGH BREAKS.

A BARGAIN-BASEMENT DAME

TURNS ON THE CRYING ACT, AND YOU MOP IT ALL UP.

YOU BUY HER AS MUCH AS

A CHOCOLATE SODA, YOU'RE BEING A SUCKER.

WELL, SHE RATES

THE BEST I CAN BUY.

WAIT A MINUTE.

YOU'RE NOT GOING INTO

THAT HEARTS-AND-

FLOWERS ROUTINE OVER THAT DAME, ARE YOU?

WHO, ME, WITH ALL

THE NELLIES I GOT ON THE STRING?

I'M STRICTLY A LOVE 'EM

AND LEAVE 'EM GUY.

WHO ARE YOU CONNING?

THIS IS JOHNNY:

YOU'RE TALKING TO.

WELL, UH...I WOULD BE.

ANYWAY, I'M JUS BUYING HER SOMETHING

OUT OF REMEMBRANCE

TO HER OLD MAN.

WELL, BEFORE YOU GE ANY DEEPER,

THERE'S A FEW THINGS

YOU OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT HER.

I KNOW EVERYTHING

I WANT TO KNOW.

NO, YOU DON'T.

WELL, I HATE TO

SPILL THIS, HANK,

BUT I GUESS:

I'D BETTER.

YOU MEAN ABOUT A YEAR

IN THE COOLER?

WHO TOLD YOU?

WELL, SHE DID.

NOW YOU SEE WHA A STRAIGHT-SHOOTING DAME SHE IS?

ALL I CAN SEE IS THA SHE WAS SMART ENOUGH TO BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH.

THE YOUNG LADY:

WILL BE RIGHT OUT.

DO YOU LIKE THE LONGER DRESSES

THEY'RE WEARING THIS YEAR?

DON'T BOTHER ME NONE.

I GOT A GOOD MEMORY.

THERE YOU ARE.

LISTEN, DO YOU THINK

I JUST COME IN OFF THE FARM?

I'M ALL RIGHT WHEN I'M

IN THAT CLIP JOINT SPENDING MY DOUGH,

BUT HERE I'M A DOPE.

I DIDN'T SAY IT.

LAST NIGHT I WAS

A GREAT GUY-- 65 BUCKS' WORTH.

SURE, YOU'LL MEET ME

WHEN YOU GET THROUGH WORK.

I SAW YOU:

DUCKING OUT WITH THAT GIMP.

NOW, LISTEN.

WHEN I'M AT THE CLUB,

MY TIME BELONGS:

TO ANY CHUMP WHO WANTS TO PAY FOR IT.

AT HOME, I PICK MY FRIENDS.

BREEZE, MUZZLER.

HEY, WHO DO YOU THINK

YOU'RE SHOVING AROUND?

CAN'T PULL

THAT LADY-THROATING PUSH ROUTINE WITH ME.

STOP IT, HANK.

YOU'LL KILL HIM!

GET OUT OF HERE, YOU CREEP!

DID HE HURT YOU?

OH, NO, I'M USED TO

THOSE WRESTLERS.

A NICE GIRL:

LIKE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING ALONE

BOTHERED BY TRAMPS

LIKE THAT.

YOU OUGHT TO QUI THAT CLUB

SO YOU WOULDN' MEET SUCH GUYS.

AND WHAT WILL I DO--

GO ON RELIEF, LIVE ON A VACANT LOT?

WELL, I COULD

TAKE CARE OF YOU.

I...UH...

HERE.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

WHO SAID IT WAS:

MY BIRTHDAY?

WELL, UH,

SOME DAY'S GOT TO BE YOUR BIRTHDAY,

SO I'M EITHER

EARLY OR LATE.

YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH

BUYING THINGS FOR ME.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I GOT A KICK OUT OF IT.

I HOPE YOU LIKE IT.

LOOKED GOOD:

ON THE DUMMY--

I MEAN,

IN THE STORE.

OH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL...

AND EXPENSIVE.

WELL, WHAT'S MONEY FOR,

EXCEPT TO BE SPENT?

WHAT'S GOING ON?

WHAT IS ON YOUR MIND?

NOTHING.

DOES A GUY HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING ON HIS MIND

WHEN HE GIVES A DAME

A PRESENT?

COME ON, HANK.

I'M OLD ENOUGH. YOU CAN TELL ME.

WELL, UH...

I, UH...

WELL, YOU'RE A SWELL

GIRL, YOU KNOW,

AND JUST LIKE:

I SAID, YOU KNOW,

YOU OUGHTN'T BE

LIVING HERE ALONE.

OH, SO YOU'RE SUGGESTING

I SHOULD MOVE IN WITH YOU?

YEAH. WILL YOU?

HOW ABOUT IT, FAY? HMM?

LET ME THINK:

ABOUT IT.

WHAT'S THERE TO THINK ABOUT?

WE CAN TAKE OUT A LICENSE TOMORROW MORNING.

A LICENSE?

WELL, DON'T BLAME ME.

IT'S A STATE LAW.

THEY MAKE YOU GET ONE

BEFORE YOU CAN GET MARRIED.

HANK, YOU WANT ME

TO MARRY YOU?

SURE. WHAT DID

YOU THINK I MEANT?

I KNOW I AIN' NO BARGAIN,

BUT I'LL ALWAYS BE

IN THERE TRYING.

I'LL TAKE CARE

OF YOU GOOD,

AND I'LL DO EVERYTHING

I CAN TO MAKE YOU HAPPY.

NOW, HANK,

BEFORE YOU GET WOUND UP ANY TIGHTER,

LET ME TELL YOU THIS.

I'M WRONG FOR YOU.

WE'LL GET MARRIED;

THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT.

NOW, LOOK, BOUNCING

AROUND CLIP JOINTS

IS NOT THE BEST BUILD-UP

FOR A WEDDING MARCH.

YOU AIN'T DONE ANYTHING

THAT I HAVEN'T DONE.

I'M NOT IN LOVE

WITH YOU, HANK.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I'LL LOVE ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US.

Jumbo:
YOU THINK

YOU'RE A FISHERMAN?

NOW MY BROTHER CHARLIE,

HE'S THE FISHERMAN.

WHY, CHARLIE CAUGH THE BIGGEST FISH I EVER SEEN.

WHAT WAS IT--

A WHALE?

NO, CHARLIE USES

WHALES FOR BAITS.

HA HA HA HA!

HA HA.

DON'T SMELL

LIKE WHALE TO ME.

BET A BUCK.

HIYA, SQUIRRELS.

HEY, HANK!

WHAT'S COOKING?

OH, SOME DAME DOWN

IN SANTA MONICA'S

GOT A WASHING MACHINE

ON THE FRITZ.

TELL HER NOT TO:

WORRY. I'LL GO DOWN AND WASH HER.

WHY DON'T YOU TRY I ON YOURSELF?

EW, GOT BEA WITH THOSE.

KINDA HARD TO BEA THAT TIME, JOHNNY.

YOU GUYS EVER HEARD

THAT OLD SAYING:

THAT TWO CAN LIVE

CHEAPER THAN ONE?

YEAH, BUT IT'S WORTH

THE DIFFERENCE TO ME TO STAY SINGLE.

THE GUY THAT MADE UP

THAT CRACK NEVER HEARD ABOUT ALIMONY.

WELL, ME, I'M GONNA

GIVE IT A TRY AND SEE HOW IT WORKS.

YOU GONNA GE MARRIED?

NO ONE ELSE BUT.

THAT LITTLE BABE HAS

BEEN CHASING ME HARD, AND FINALLY I GAVE IN.

OH, THAT NEGLIGEE

MUST HAVE BEEN BETTER THAN WE THOUGHT.

Eddie:
WHO'S THE DAME?

I'LL BET HE GOT HER

OUT OF A CIRCUS.

HEY, HANK, WHAT ARE

YOU GONNA DO ABOUT HER BEARD?

YEAH, SHE GONNA WEAR I INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE COVERS?

HANK, WHAT MADE YOU

DECIDE TO TAKE THE LEAP?

HE'S AFTER HER

OLD-AGE PENSION.

WELL, I KNEW

THIS WAS A MISTAKE

TELLING YOU JERKS

ANYTHING.

YOU DON'T KNOW

THE MISTAKE IT'S GONNA BE.

HE LIED AND I LISTENED

THAT'S HOW

MY SIMPLE STORY GOES

YEAH, HE LIED

AND I LISTENED...

SHE'S GOT A GREA VOICE, HEY?

WHY DON'T YOU GE YOUR EARS TUNED?

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