Moonstruck Page #3

Mr. Johnny considers this a point well taken.

BOBO AND HIS NEPHEW EDDIE STAND NEAR THE KITCHEN

Which can be seen through a serving window. They can look

out over the restaurant tables. Bobo is melancholy and

philosophical. EDDIE is a young waiter.

EDDIE:

What'samatter, Uncle Bobo?

BOBO:

Tonight Mr. Johnny's gonna propose

marriage.

EDDIE:

How you know that?

BOBO:

He arranged it with me. When he asks

her, then he'll wave to me and I'll

bring champagne. Good bachelor

customer for twenty years. But who

knows? Maybe he'll lose courage.

EDDIE:

Heavy duty stuff.

PERRY, FEELING NO PAIN, COLLARS THE SHY WAITER

He holds out his empty glass.

PERRY:

Can I get another one of these?

SHY WAITER:

Definitely!

Perry takes his arm.

PERRY:

May I presume to ask you a question?

SHY WAITER:

Sure!

PERRY:

Do you have a girlfriend?

SHY WAITER:

I am alone in the world.

Perry lets go of his arm. He and the Shy Waiter commiserate

a moment. Then, wordlessly, the Shy Waiter goes.

PERRY:

That's very sad.

BOBO IS CLEARING THE REMAINS OF MR. JOHNNY'S DINNER. He's

already cleared Loretta's.

BOBO:

How's things?

LORETTA:

Fine, Bobo. We'll take the check.

MR. JOHNNY

No, I want to see the dessert cart.

BOBO:

Very good.

Bobo goes. Loretta is surprised.

LORETTA:

You never have dessert.

MR. JOHNNY

Never is a long time.

Mr. Johnny is uneasy. He massages his head.

LORETTA:

What's the matter?

MR. JOHNNY

My scalp is not getting enough blood

sometimes.

Loretta looks at him strangely. Bobo rolls up the dessert

cart. WE SEE Loretta and Mr. Johnny through the frame of the

dessert cart. They turn and look at the desserts.

MR. JOHNNY

Have Something.

LORETTA:

I shouldn't.

MR. JOHNNY

Will you marry me?

LORETTA:

What?

MR. JOHNNY

Will you marry me?

LORETTA:

Bobo, take the cart away.

He does.

LORETTA:

(continuing)

Are you proposing marriage to me?

MR. JOHNNY

Yes?

LORETTA:

You know I was married and that my

husband died. But what you don't

know is I think he and I had Bad

Luck.

MR. JOHNNY

What do you mean?

LORETTA:

We got married at the City Hall and

I think it gave bad luck the whole

marriage.

MR. JOHNNY

I don't understand.

LORETTA:

Right from the start we didn't do it

right. Could you kneel down?

MR. JOHNNY

On the floor?

LORETTA:

Yes, on the floor.

MR. JOHNNY

This is a good suit.

LORETTA:

I helped you buy it. It came with

two pairs of pants. It's for luck,

Johnny. When you propose marriage to

a woman, you should kneel down.

MR. JOHNNY

Alright.

Mr. Johnny slowly gets out of his chair. There's not enough

room for him to kneel down. He has to ask two off-duty PRO

WRESTLERS who are eating dinner to move their chairs. They

do so with bemused expressions. Their names are BOB and MOOK.

SHY WAITER BRINGS PERRY A FRESH GLASS OF VODKA ASKS THE SHY

WAITER:

PERRY:

Is that man praying?

MR. JOHNNY ON HIS KNEES ADDRESSES LORETTA

JOHNNY:

So. Will you ma...

LORETTA:

(interrupting)

Where's the ring?

MR. JOHNNY

(at a loss)

The ring?

BOB AND MOOK ARE WATCHING MR. JOHNNY'S PERFORMANCE

They are deadpan mugs.

BOB:

(to Mr. Johnny)

A ring. That's right.

MOOK:

I woulda sprung for a ring if it was

me.

BOBO AND EDDIE STAND NEAR THE KITCHEN WATCHING

BOBO:

She's got him on his knees. He's

ruining his suit.

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