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Play there,

not have to litt a tinger,

But there's only one guy

who can tront this band,

I know... Jimmy, right?

No, me, and it I go,,,

the band goes,

It's game over, You know it,

You sure you won't have

a little taste?

- No, you have it,

- Oh, beautitul, I will,

Maybe Jimmy,,,

would consider,,,

You said he's good,

You think he's good,

He's not only good, baby,

he's a b*tch,

He blows a barrel

tull ot tenor,

Oh, but he's some kind

ot pain in the ass,

- I don't want to start this argument,

- All right, okay, all right,

But he's a top pain in the ass,

and that's the truth,

A top pain in the ass,

You want to say it once more...

three times tor luck?

Three would groove me,

It's my tavorite number,

Top pain in the ass,

Well, maybe you're right,

but he's good,

I'm sorry, Mr, Doyle,

It's not quite what I had in mind,

Yeah, sorry, tellas,

He wants garbage,

I don't know,

Look, Mr, Horace,

I know it's not Frankie Harte,

We can do that stutt too, man,

but this is a ditterent sound,

I think you should listen to it,

Just give us another chance,

This guy must be crazy,

I made a deal with

Frankie Harte and his orchestra,

not Jimmy Doyle

and his tlying zacamaniacs,

But this is Frankie Harte

and his orchestra, without Frankie Harte,

In tact, it's even better,

Frankie wouldn't give us the band

it he didn't think it was gonna work out,

That's true,

You know how Frankie is,

What do you have to lose?

Come on, give me a chance,

What do I have to lose?

What does this look like to you,

a peanut gallery here?

Looks like a place that

needs someone like me,

that's what it looks like,

Give us halt a chance,

Where's the girl singer

you're supposed to have?

Is she stunning?

Blonde? What?

She's stunning, blonde, everything,

She walks, she talks, dances,

She'd better be good,

All right, tellas,

get on number 358,

Horace, have you gone crazy?

You've already listened to the band,

You didn't like 'em,

Why do you want to listen to a singer?

Ot course I'm crazy, How do you think

I wound up in this business?

Hello, Mr, Morris,

Okay,

When the mellow moon

begins to beam

Every night,

I dream a little dream

And, ot course,

Prince Charming is the theme

The he tor me

Although I realize as well as you

It is seldom that a dream comes true

To me, it's clear

That he'll appear

Someday he'll come along

The man I love

And he'll be big and strong

The man I love

And when he comes my way

I'll do my best to make him stay

He'll look at me and smile

I'll understand

And in a little while

He'll take my hand

And though it seems absurd

I know we both won't say a word

Maybe I will meet him Sunday

Maybe Monday

Maybe not

Still I'm sure to meet him one day

Maybe Tuesday

will be my good-news day

He'll build a little home

Just meant tor two

From which I'll never roam

Who would? Would you?

And so all else above

I'm waiting tor

The man

I:

Love

Thank you, Francine Evans,

"But the real winner is

singer Francine Evans,

"a spirited tilly who sports musical paces

as smooth as her torm,

Miss Evans seems headed

straight tor the winner's circle,"

Jimmy, did you see this?

Yeah, I saw it,

I saw that, yeah,

The guys are all excited,

Everybody's all buzzing around

and everything,

and Paul had a good idea,

He said that we should

take one ot the quotes...

like the best quote

about the... your band...

and put it outside,

Maybe even take something

in Downbeat or Variety.

Very good idea,

Yeah, that's a good,

This is a good thing, We might get

another week out ot this hotel with this,

Did you get ahold

ot that trumpet player?

The trumpet player,

did you get ahold ot the,,,?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I called his wite,

He's in Virginia on some gig,

She'll give him the message

when he calls,

It he's not gonna call,

let's go with Charlie Baxter,

Yeah, I like him,

Okay,

I don't know it he's

gonna go tor the money

that we're gonna be able to pay him,

Well, that's your problem,

You get him, That's your department,

Okay, I'll see you later,

Thank you, Paul,

We've never made the papers

like this betore,

It's really wondertul,

Thank you,

It's really good, It's great,

Here I go again

I hear the trumpets blow again

I'm all aglow again

Taking a chance on love

Here I slide again

I know, I know, I know, I know,

Hold it, tellas,

Jerry, you're not cuttin' it, man,

You are not cuttin' it,

It you...

- What is the problem?

- It you'll just...

Excuse me,

You're not cuttin' it, man,

Do it as written, okay?

How do you really

want it to sound?

The way it's written, and the way

I explained it to you, Come on,

I'll try,

No, don't try, do it!

Don't try, do it, do it!

- You playin' by yourselt?

- I don't think so,

'Cause I can put you

in a room somewhere,

you can play all by yourselt,

You sound like

you got hooks tor hands,

Funny,

Funny, I know, but you're being tunny,

and you're costing us a lot ot time,

That's a little rough, wasn't it...

hooks tor hands?

You'd get much more out ot him...

- Are you the bandleader?

- No, I'm not,

Okay, you're not the bandleader,

theretore don't tell me how to do it,

- 90% ot all drummers are crazy,

- I know that,

Look, Jimmy, we only got

15 more minutes in this room,

then we gotta get out,

I gotta do my hair,

I gotta press your shirt,

we gotta call Tony, I gotta do my nails,

I got a lot to do,

so we should really go ahead,,,

don't you think?

- Ready?

- Yeah,

1, 2, 1-2-3-4,

Here I go again

I hear trumpets blow again

I'm all aglow again

Taking a chance on love

Here I slide,,,

Where on earth

are you going, Nicky?

You're rushing that thing like we're

at the racetrack or something,

Listen, I'm pickin' up

the tempo trom you,

Did you have a tight

or something today?

- No, I didn't,

- Well, then, what's wrong?

You're not pickin' up

the tempo trom anybody, man,

You're doing exactly

what you're always doing,

Your wite is slowin' it down,

- What am I doing?

- Wait a minute, Stay out ot this,

- What am I doing?

- Wait a minute!

- She is slowing it down?

- Yes,

- I am not slowing it down...

- I can handle it, I can handle it,

She's not

slowing down anything, man,

We have been through this

50 million times,

You always do this, man,

You always give me a hard time,

Can't you read this

and just do it right?

Now I can't read, huh?

You can't read

it you can't do that,

Listen, I studied

at Brooklyn Conservatory

and the Staten Island Conservatory

ot Music tor three years!

You did?

Well, it doesn't show, man!

It does not show?

Well, maybe this'll show,

I'm packin' my axe and my hooks,

and I'm cuttin' out!

That shows, Okay, I'm gonna

show you something now,

I want to show you something, See?

Okay? Happy?

Yeah, I'm happy,

Are you happy?

Yeah, now I'm happy,

That's tunny, I'm happy, too,

Got it all out ot my system,

- Feel better?

- Yeah, much better,

It's very good out, now,

Okay, get your drums ready,

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