New York, New York

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God bless America!

We made it back!

Times Square, believe me,

is wall-to-wall people,

human beings bent on having

the greatest party ever

and being in on a bit of this history.

What a night this is!

What a thrill!

Our boys are coming home,

and a lot of them are here right now,

right in the middle of this chaos.

I've talked to them.

They're from Arkansas, ;

Colorado, ; Seattle, Washington, ;

Los Angeles, ;

Aberdeen, Washington.

Looking around Times Square

at this very minute,

people are deliriously happy.

They're holding up newspapers

with huge 8-to-10 inch headlines...

"V-J Day," it says,

"War's End," "It's Over."

Now they're hugging

and kissing each other,

shouting words

of cheer and encouragement.

And still, paper by the torn keeps

flowing out of the windows

high, high above us.

...and the USO shows, too.

Our hats are off to all of those

people in show business

who traveled the world

entertaining our men and women

overseas and here at home.

Times Square is happy,

New York is happy,

the United States is happy,

and the world is at peace.

Tommy, I know all America

wants to thank you

and your wondertul organization

tor all the great war bond drives

you've put on,

and tor giving ot your time and talent

tor that wondertul radio show,

The Treasury Star Parade

starring T, D,

Thank you, It's been a pleasure

doing our musical bit

tor the peace ot the world,

We all love you,

- Swinging band, huh?

- Yeah,

Swinging band, man,

Really jumps,

- You here by yourselt?

- No,

- Aww,,, who you here with?

- My boytriend,

Oh,

Listen, it I wanted to get in touch

with you anyway, could I?

Let me take a minute ot your time,

I know you trom someplace,

We met a tew years ago at a party

or a dance, I can't remember,

We had a long conversation,

We really liked each other,

The problem is,

I want to see you again,

My mother and tather are down there,

my brother and sister,,,

Jimmy! Jimmy! Hey, Jim...

Hey, Jim!

Catch you later, right?

Hey, where you been?

Where's your unitorm?

I threw it out

the goddamn window!

Hey, look at those easy boxers!

Did you jump trom Hawaii

or what?

Jump trom Hawaii?

Man, I won these in a card game,

This guy had three deuces,

Little did the sucker know

that I had three 3s,

- Oh, three 3s, Yes!

- Three 3s? Three 3s?

- Three 3s!

- Card game, huh?

- Card game,

- Jackpot!

Jackpot! Jackpot!

Glad to have you back, boys,

Glad to have you back,

- I know you trom someplace,

- No,

- You don't remember me?

- No,

You don't remember

we met a tew years ago?

It was at party or a dance,

We had a long conversation,

- You can't remember that?

- No,

I just want to explain to you,

tirst ot all, my parents are over there...

my mother and tather,

my brother and sister,

I got to see them because I just was

two years in the service, you know,

so they haven't seen me,

Now, I want to get your phone number

so I can tell you tomorrow

about what I was thinking about,

There's something very, very important

I've got to talk to you about,

- No,

- No what?

- No what?

- No,

No, no, You don't understand,

Give me your number,

You got a pencil?

No,

I have a photographic memory,

Just give me your number,

and I'll remember it,

- No,

- Yes,

Can I meet you at Central Park?

I'm serious,

I know, No,

I mean, come on,

There's no way...

No!

That seat's taken,

I know it's taken, but I'm gonna

sit here and tigure out another angle,

You can skip it, because I've

heard every angle here tonight,

- Oh, yeah?

- Oh, yeah,

How about this one?

"Gee, that's a,,,

,,, swinging band,"

Look, I don't mean to be rude,

really I don't,

but I do have triends,

and they are coming back,

so why don't you just leave?

Why don't I leave

as soon as they come back?

Why don't you just leave now?

It I leave now,

I'll never get to know you,

I'll never get to know what

a wondertul, beautitul chick you are,

I'm serious, Even though

I'm giving you a line, I'm serious,

- And I know you know that,

- I know that,

And I mean that trom

the deepest part ot my heart...

which is not too deep,

Look, why don't you just go

someplace else and try it again, huh?

All right,

Pardon me,

Was that tellow in the Hawaiian shirt

and the white pants,

was he disturbing you?

'Cause I know him,

I see him around, He's a little crazy,

No, he's not crazy,

He's just pushy,

Well, you know what

he said about you over there?

What?

Nothing,

Stop it,

Look, all right,

all right, all right! Enough!

Look, I'm going to get serious,

When I walked in there

and I saw you,

I realized

I tought this war tor a reason,

When I was in my toxhole,

when I was, like, not knowing

whether I would live or die,

in the mud, dirty,

who the hell knew...

I didn't know anything,

Is it all right? Take only

a minute ot your time,

Now, when I walked in there,

I knew! I knew!

You knew what?

I knew that I wasn't

gonna get anywhere at this table,

Now I'm impressed,

Well, I guess a little small talk's

in order here now,

Can it get any smaller?

I can take a hint,

- Can you also take a walk?

- You want me to leave?

Yes,

- I'll leave right now,

- Bye!

You expect me to leave atter

the way you talked to me just now?

Will you go away?

I don't want to,

I want to stay here

and annoy you,

Go away!

Look, let's avoid all this, huh?

Let's get down to business,

It's getting a little tiring here,

Give me your phone number

and we'll avoid all this,

Why don't I not give you my

phone number and we'll avoid all this?

- What's to be avoided?

- You,

But that cannot be avoided,

It you had one ounce ot

a gentleman in you, you'd go away!

Well, I'm not a gentleman,

- Oh, well, that explains everything,

- Who said I was a gentleman?

Do I look like a gentleman

in this shirt and these pants to you?

Well,,,

Even a louse would go away,

Why can't you just

give me the phone number?

What am I gonna do with it?

Call it!

Please?

All right, look,

I give up, I give up,

I'll take a rain check,

Maybe next war,

What makes you think

you'll win the next one?

Hey, Evans!

Friend ot yours is calling you,

Remember me? Paul's triend,

- Uh,,, Troy, right?

- Arnold,

Arnold!

Oh, Arnold, I'm sorry!

"Arnold, I'm sorry,"

The Ray Bolger show, USO,

Hey, Evans! Evans! You should have

come with us to London,

We had a great time,

great hijinks,

- You're beautitul,

- Thank you, Arnold, How's Paul?

He's here,

I saw him a second ago,

- He's here?

- Yeah,

Where?

Paul! Hey, Paul!

Look who's here! Francine!

Hi, Paul!

Remember me?

I'll call you, tomorrow,

Keep on plugging, Francine!

Don't ever change!

You're beautitul!

Don't ever change, Francine,

You're beautitul,

Francine, I want you to meet

my new monkey,

- This is Eddie DiMaggio,

- That's Di Muzio,

Only you don't

look like a Di Muzio,

I said, it's tunny, you don't look like...

Skip it,

Oh, but he's a territic dancer,

I mean, he dips and everything,

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