Stand Up and Cheer! Page #5

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Got me goin' around in circles.

I'm headin' for my last roundup.

That's what I am.

Yeah, you sure is in with your circumstances,

all right. Imagine that.

The last of the Durantes.

The last of the Durantes!

I'm gonna do somethin' to help you.

What are you gonna do?

Heave to! Let go!

Let go! What are you gonna do?

What are you tryin' to do?

Imagine. Imagine.

In the hands of a slavey- a black Friday.

Mr. Durante,

you oughtn' talk like that.

I have to put you

in the meetin' room.

Where ya takin' me?

I came in with a girl! Where is she?

See what your boys

in the backroom have had.

Now, you don't wanna call me slavey

and black Friday, 'cause I'll put you in there.

- You don't wanna go in there, do you?

- Not in there! I beg you!

I'm pleadin', not in there!

Oh, my public- my people.

What are they gonna say?

Let go! Let go, I tell ya!

You'd have never won that fight

if you hadn't pulled a knife on me.

That's what ya did.

You pulled a knife on me.

Got to let you go. Come on.

I gonna have to do somethin'for ya.

- You gonna like that.

- You'll rue the day. You'll rue the day.

Rue de Lappe. As the French say,

"Erin go bragh. "

You just be nice like that. I'm gonna do

somethin' to figure out how I can help you.

Now, what in the world-

I know.

I'll put you up here on this dictionary,

'cause you use so many big words.

- That might help.

- Call my congressman. I want my congress-

One, two, three-jump.

Hotch-cha- Hotch-cha-cha-cha-cha-

Hotch-cha-cha-cha.

And, see, I've-

Mr. Durante, don't do nothin' rash, hear?

Don't jump in there!

Oh, Lor-

Ohh! Don't drown yourself,

Mr. Durante.

Hey, Mr. Durante. Gonna do somethin'

for you. Mr. Durante, don't do-

I didn't know you like fish.

Don't bite that one

there in the middle.

That's Lizzie.

They have 'im trained.

That's Lizzie, huh?

Well, Lizzie doesn't live here anymore.

Maybe that's what's wrong with you.

Wait a minute.

Let me see.

- That might be showin' love.

- What, no halibut?

It's mutiny.

That's what it is. It's mutiny.

I'm mortified myself.

There is halibut there, Mr. Jimmy.

I don't care. I'll show ya.

I... seen one there. Couldn't miss it.

What are you gonna do?

What are you gonna do?

Here's one! Oh, here! Here!

Here's one, Mr. Jim!

- Is that a halibut?

- No!

No, that ain't no halibut.

I don't believe no halibut in here.

No! No, that ain't no halibut.

I guess you right, Mr. Jimmy. I got to

figure somethin' out to help you then.

I come here for halibut

and what do I get?

Kippered herring. Take me to Garbo.

Take me to Garbo.

Flash!

An unverified report from Washington states...

that Lawrence Cromwell

is about to leave that city.

He's admitted complete defeat, and his

resignation as secretary of amusement...

is expected within

the next 48 hours.

- Did you tell anyone I was leaving Washington?

- No, sir.

- Listen to that thing.

- This is a victory for those citizens...

who have worked to prevent Cromwell

from turning this country...

- into a nation oflaughing hyenas.

- What station is that?

- The Bluenose Hour I think, sir.

- Bluenose Hour.

That's all.

Thank you.

A wire just received in

this station verifies our last announcement.

Lawrence Cromwell will definitely

leave Washington this evening.

- He will, will he?

- The country can be thankful for the downfall of this man.

- I'm not down!

- He has proven himself a weakling and an empty windbag.

Come on over here

and tell me that to my face!

Once more the people may put their shoulders

to the wheel with dignity and courage.

- Shut up!

- Cromwell is dead. Long live our happy land!

So I'm licked, am I?

The Department of Amusement's

a failure, eh?

After tonight the bluenosers'll sing

their song of victory. Is that what you mean?

All right,

let me tell you something!

I'm not through!

I'm not licked!

I've never fallen down on the job,

and I'm not gonna fall down on this one!

- How was the budget meeting, Miss Adams?

- Oh!

- Well, we have to think up some new programs.

- New programs?

Radio stations everywhere

are reporting thousands of letters daily...

asking for more

of our Children's Hour.

Here's one that says homes are happier

because children are happier.

- Does Mr. Cromwell know about these?

- No, not yet.

Oh, I must tell him.

That's the first good news we've had.

- Larry, what do you think?

- I think I'm gonna stay right here in Washington.

- Oh, I knew you would.

- It hasn't anything to do with you or what you said.

If you think I'm gonna quit and give those

bluenoses a chance to laugh at me, you're crazy!

- I don't think that.

- Yes, but you did think it.

- No, I didn't- - No, don't give me

an argument. I'm in no mood to argue.

Mary, I'm gonna cut this department

down to a skeleton basis.

I'm going to keep three or four assistants,

and we'll use all our funds for one final effort.

Oh, Larry, I know you'll do it. Why,just now,

down in the Children's Department-

Oh, Mary, I'm sorry, but the Children's

Department is one of the first to go.

You understand that, of course.

The Children's Department to go?

Why certainly.

You know this is no game for children.

I only tolerated the department

this long, Mary, to keep you around.

- Flash.!

- Remember what I said now.

Washington is agog over a statement

just made in the Senate.

Completing his report on the Department

of Amusement, Sen. Tompkins said...

that the country owes a vote

of thanks to Lawrence Cromwell...

especially for his foresight

in creating a children's division...

and through the eternal

spirit of youth...

effecting a new era of good cheer

and healthy mindedness...

that already has seen itself throughout

the length and breadth of the land.

Excuse me, Mr. Cromwell.

The president's on the phone.

- The president?

- Yes, sir.

Hello?

Yes, Mr. President.

Hello?

Yes, Mr. President.

I'm greatly honored.

I shall stand by the department

as long as you have need for my services.

The real credit for our success should go to

Miss Mary Adams, head of the children's division.

Yes, Mr. President.

Thank you.

Mr. Cromwell,

I've got great news for you!

- What's the excitement?

- The depression is over!

- The depression is over?

- Over! Do you realize that?

Factories are opening up!

Men are goin' back to work by the thousands!

Our farm products

are being sold the world over!

Savings accounts are heaping up!

The banks are pouring out new loans!

There is no unemployment.

Fear has been banished, confidence reborn.

Poverty's been wiped out.

Laughter resounds throughout the nation!

The people are happy again.

We're out of the red!

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