On the Town Page #6

Yes, on and off.

What shall we drink to?

Let's drink to New York.

New York.

It must be so exciting in the Navy.

You go all over the world

from one big city to another, and...

...you see all kinds of strange places...

...and you meet all kinds of girls.

Yeah, well, when you only spend

a short time in some place you...

...don't want to get too involved

with any one particular girl.

I mean, you might never see her again.

Of course, it's best to just have

a good time and not think about tomorrow.

Yeah, when we push off tomorrow,

I guess this'll all seem like a dream.

That's why I think it's silly to get

too involved, because...

I know.

Getting involved, it's so...

...so involving.

Oh, Ivy.

Wait! Don't tell us.

You were just asking this young lady

where you could find Miss Turnstiles.

- Look! Champagne.

- The guy just come over and said:

"Champagne for Miss Turnstiles.

Compliments of the house."

Real champagne?

Yeah, not cream soda, not celery tonic,

but real champagne.

This is great.

I never had champagne before.

Ozzie, if you say the bubbles

tickle your nose, I'll drown you.

- Let's have a toast.

- All right. This one's for the boys.

Here's to the girls we found

in the great big city.

And this one's for the girls.

Here's to being found.

"That's all there is, folks

So goodnight to you

"We hope you liked our little

Dixieland Revue"

Come on, let's dance.

We'd just go out and get crushed to death.

What a way to die.

Ivy, I didn't mean what I said

about not getting involved with a girl...

...I may never see again.

No?

No. This isn't just one of those things

where a sailor picks up a girl...

...for just one day. I have a feeling

I'm going to see you again.

I'm so glad you said that...

I know you're glamorous and famous, Ivy,

and maybe you came along tonight...

...just to be nice to a guy on leave...

- That's not true, Gabey.

I came along tonight

because I wanted to be with you...

...more than anything else in the world.

Honest?

Yes, Gabey.

Then I know we're gonna see

each other again.

In the meantime, we have the whole night

ahead of us.

- It's only 11:
30 now and...

- 11:
30!

Yeah. What's the matter, Ivy?

Gabey, I don't know

how to tell you this but...

Ivy, what is it?

Gabey, I've something to tell you.

Hey, Gabe, Gabey!

Hiya, Gabe.

Hey, Simpkins, Kovarski.

Say, there are two guys from my ship.

Ivy, I want them to meet you in person.

Wait here, I'll bring 'em right over.

- But Gabey...

- I'll only be a second.

Hiya, fellas.

How's the big town treatin' ya?

- Not bad, not bad. Daisy, Ella, Gabe.

- Hello, girls.

How's the Meadowville menace doin'?

I hit the jackpot today.

Nothin' much, just the most famous girl

in New York City.

Who, the Statue of Liberty?

Twice as famous, Miss Turnstiles for June.

- Yeah? Who's that?

- Who's that? Are you kiddin'?

Her picture's up all over the subway...

Where is she?

Over here. Come over to the table.

I'll introduce you.

- Excuse us, girls. We'll be right back.

- Excuse us.

The grass is always greener,

if you know what I mean.

How'd you meet a dame like that?

Magnetism, boys, sheer magnetism.

She was drawn to me...

- She must have gone to powder her nose.

- Oh, sure. Yeah.

I'll introduce you later, fellas.

Gabe.

- I just stepped out for a bit of air.

- Yeah, we read the note.

Too bad, Gabe.

What do you mean? As a matter of fact,

I'm kind of relieved.

You know these famous gals,

so stuck on themselves.

Who needs 'em? Now that I'm on my own,

I'll have me a real time.

So long, girls.

See you back on the ship, guys.

Why don't you stick with us?

You could get another date.

Claire'll get you a date.

Claire, how about a girl for Gabe?

I don't know any girls.

I can get you a date.

My roommate, Lucy Shmeeler.

What?

She's a nice girl.

She hasn't been out in years.

- She's swell. You'll like her.

- You'll like her.

How about it? I can phone her right now.

Sure. Why not? The night's young.

Come on.

We'll paint this town pink,

green and yellow.

Get in there. Come on.

"That's all there is, folks

So goodnight to you

"We hope you liked our little

Shanghai Revue"

- How you doin', Gabe?

- Great.

Not thinking about that Miss Turnstiles,

are you?

Who's that? Never heard of her.

Bottoms up.

Where's that heavy date you promised me?

- What's keeping Miss Shmeeler?

- She should be here by now.

When I told her about Gabey, she was

out of the house before I could hang up.

- Playin' hard to get, huh?

- Where is she?

Hello, Lucy.

Hello. Oh, hello, Chip.

Well, now we've all got dates.

Lucy, this is Claire, and this is...

Don't tell me. I know.

I'll bet you're Gabey.

No. He's the lucky fellow.

The luck of the Irish.

- Won't you sit down, Miss Shmeeler?

- Thank you, thank you. Yes.

Gesundheit.

That's the nicest thing

anybody ever said to me.

Here. You got a cold, huh?

It's just a little sniffle.

Nothing a ton of penicillin won't cure.

But it's not catching.

No, not even if you get real close.

Come on, Hildy. We'd better dance.

Let's go, Claire.

Have a drink, Miss Shmeeler.

I don't mind if I do.

You know, I was planning

a quiet evening at home...

...but when Hildy called and said that

the Navy was in distress, well, I just flew.

Hildy can tell you

I'm just "a streetcar named impulsive."

- Well, here's to...

- Here's to us.

My, that's strong.

- Did you see The Lost Weekend?

- See it? I feel as though I was in it.

I mean, until you came along, Lucy.

That calls for a real toast!

Let's pretend this is champagne.

Champagne?

Yes, and we'll do the real

old-fashioned champagne toast.

- Let's interlock arms...

- No, really...

Come on. It's so Viennese!

Hey, Gabe!

Hiya.

- It's a small world.

- Hello, fellas.

- How about that introduction?

- Go away. Can't you see I'm busy?

Give us a break. We want to see

the most beautiful gal in New York.

We wanna meet the little bombshell.

- Come on, fellas. You know how it is.

- Gabey, you're smothering me.

Hello.

Miss Shmeeler, this is First Class Seamen

Simpkins and Kovarski.

- Pleased to meet you, miss.

- Yeah. We been lookin' forward to this.

It'll give us a lot to talk about

back on the ship, won't it, Gabe?

Yeah.

Well, so long.

Goodbye.

Magnetism, that's what it is.

Sheer magnetism.

Goodbye.

Oh, they're sweet.

Excuse me a minute, Lucy.

I gotta get some cigarettes.

I don't think Gabey's very happy

about this.

Amazing. Amazing deduction.

Look!

Drinkin' alone, partner?

We don't like that around here!

We don't cotton to it nohow.

Looks like you're trying to ditch us.

You can't get away with it.

Reckon you're stuck with us.

Yep! We're your pals, pal!

"Oh, when you feel downhearted

You must remember this

"Things never are as bad as they could be

"When friends have all departed

There's one you'll never miss

"I'll be right with you

You can count on me

"Yeah!

"You can count on me

"You can count on me

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