On the Town Page #4

I didn't just drop in here accidentally.

I've been looking for you all day,

ever since I met you.

Really?

Yeah. And then finding you like this,

I guess I lost my head.

I threw that big-shot stuff at you...

...because I thought it was the only way

I could impress a big celebrity like you.

You probably got millionaires,

society guys running after you all the time.

Oh, yes.

By the droves.

Yeah. Well, I'm sorry I bothered you.

I guess I'm a little out of my depth.

Us small-town guys must sound silly

to a native New Yorker like you.

Oh, yes.

When one is a native New Yorker...

...small town seem so provincial.

Back home in Meadowville, Indiana,

we don't get to meet girls like you.

Meadowville?

- Yeah, did you ever hear of it?

- Oh, no.

I probably learned about it in geography.

I doubt that, the population's only 18,000.

That's not so small.

- They're all people, just like anyone else.

- That's right.

I think a small town's all right.

It's nobody's fault if they're from there.

They're usually born there.

We big-city folk must never forget

that "the small towns...

"...are the backbones

of the American civilization."

That's just the phrase Miss Hodges used

in my American history class.

Did you have Miss Hodges?

I mean, Miss Hodges is such a funny name.

Yeah.

Well, tell me more about this place,

Meadowville.

- You really want to hear about it?

- Yes.

"There's not much to tell

about my hometown

"Life is easy and the tempo slow

"But if you really want to find what's in it

"You'll learn in a minute

"All you have to know

"Let's go

"Come walkin' with me

"I want you to see our Main Street

"You'll know the whole town

"By just walkin down our Main Street

"There's the corner

where the boys hang out

"As each girl goes by they rate her

"Whistle and try to date her, later

"Baby, are you goin' steady?

"And then we can stop

and chat with the cop

"On Main Street

"He made an arrest way back in 1903

"He'll ask me, 'Who is the pretty stranger? '

"How proud I'm gonna be

"When you walk down Main Street

with me

"How proud I'm gonna be

"When you walk down Main Street...

"...with me"

Gosh, Ivy...

I mean, Miss Smith...

Do you think that...

Would you go out with me tonight?

Oh, no. I'm afraid a date is quite

out of the question. I'm busy.

One of your rich boyfriends?

Yes, one of them, or other.

But how long are you going to be in town?

Just today. I gotta be back on the ship

tomorrow morning.

Gabey, I'd love to go out with you tonight.

What?

I have a big society party to go to

but I'll break the engagement.

- You will?

- Yes.

- Shall I come and get you?

- Oh, no. I'll meet you.

- Good. 8:
30?

- 8:
30.

What is here going on?

- Is this a friend of yours?

- Well, not exactly...

Leave at once, young man.

Well, goodbye. About 8:30.

8:
30.

On your way, bell-bottom.

Madame Dilyovska, I'm going out

with him tonight.

Where?

We forgot to say where!

Top of the Empire State Building.

But it's so high up.

It won't seem high to me.

I'm in the clouds right now.

You will not keep that date. You will be

at your job at Coney Island tonight.

But Madame Dilyovska, just this once...

"Meadowville, Indiana.

Dear Mr. And Mrs. Smith:"

- What are you doing?

- I am composing letter to your parents.

I will be at Coney Island tonight at 12:00...

...and if you are not there at that time

I shall regretfully have to mail it.

Madame Dilyovska, you wouldn't do that!

Why not?

But I have to meet him.

I'll leave him at 11:30.

You would better leave him at 11:30 or...

Look, there's Grant's Tomb.

I can see it just like in the pictures.

Let me see.

It says it was built in 1897 and

more than 15 million people have seen it.

How do you like that?

Hey, this thing's quit.

Have you got another dime?

What do you want a dime for?

You can see me for nothing.

I got one.

Look, there's Symphonic Hall.

And it's so close, too.

You know, Hildy,

I feel kind of guilty about Gabey.

He's my pal and he looks after me.

I mean, maybe we should have looked

for Ivy Smith.

Here we go again. I tell you,

we never could have found her.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

There's the George Washington Bridge.

And the Music Hall.

Why didn't I come up here sooner?

I wasted my whole day away.

Thanks a lot.

Hildy, I didn't mean that. I'm sorry.

Get back to your telescope.

You two make a lovely couple.

I don't want to look through the telescope.

I'd rather look at you.

Whisper sweet nothings in my ear...

...like the population of the Bronx

or how many hot dogs were sold...

...last year at Yankee Stadium.

Please, Hildy, don't be mad. I like you.

I think you're very pretty.

You're the prettiest cab driver

I've ever seen.

Tell it to your guidebook.

It means more to you than I do.

There.

Chip, you care.

Why didn't you tell me?

Gee, I don't know.

"I'd like to whisper sweet nothings

"Those words that everyone knows

"But my thoughts get mangled

"And all the words get tangled

"But since you ask me, here goes

"You're awful

"Awful good to look at

"Awful nice to be with

"Awful sweet to have and hold

"You're nothin'

"Nothin' if not lovely

"Nothin' if not dazzling

"Nothin' but pure gold

"You're frightening

"Frightening me when you say

That you might go away

"You're boring

"Boring into my heart to stay

"You're cheap, dear

"Cheap at any price, dear

"Cheap for such a diamond

"Cheap for such a pearl

"What I said before I'll say again

"You're awful

"Awful nice to be my girl

"You're old, dear

"Old with worldly wisdom

"Old like Gorgonzola

"Old like vintage French champagne

"You're so-so

"So, so kind of charming

"So, so kind of witty

"So I can't explain

"Can't stand you

"I can't stand you

to give some fellow the eye

"Can't see you

"In the arms of another guy

"Who needs you

"Needs you to distraction

"Needs you till he's crazy

"Needs you rain or shine

"I'm the one who needs you

"And I think you're awful

"Awful nice to say you're mine"

Chip!

Hey, Oz! How are you?

Wow! What a view!

Glad I didn't join the Air Force.

Did you find Miss Turnstiles?

Not exactly. But I looked.

Yeah, I looked, too.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, tough luck not finding her.

This must be the place.

- Gabey!

- Hiya!

- How are you?

- How you doin'?

You'd think they hadn't seen each other

in years.

Hiya, Claire. Hiya, Hildy.

Gabe, I tried to find her.

We looked all over. But let's face it,

the town's too big.

Sure, sure. Say, what's the matter?

Did you get into a fight?

- How did that get there?

- You know, Gabe, I saw her, too.

- Yeah?

- Just for a flash.

- Where?

- In Yonkers.

A lot of photographers around her.

Just had a quick flash and then I lost her.

- The town's pretty big, Gabe.

- Too big, yeah.

Too big. Yeah.

Look, fellas, don't worry about me.

I'm all booked up for tonight.

Yeah? Nice girl?

Sure.

Ivy Smith.

- No! Miss Turnstiles?

- What're you trying to put over?

So help me, fellas, I found her.

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