Strike Up the Band Page #4

to get that whole band to Chicago.

No, I've figured it out.

To get the band there and back by bus

and two days in Chicago...

...it'll cost about $200.

That's if nobody eats heavy.

Oh, Jimmy, that's an awful lot of money

even if we have it.

- Yeah, it is quite a bundle.

- But it's not impossible.

When's bank night?

You're pressing.

Say, suppose we went over

and we had a little talk with...

- Mr. Judd.

- The school board will do anything he says.

- He was crazy about our band.

- We out to get him...

...while he's in a good humor.

- What are we waiting for?

I'm sorry. And I'm still sorrier

to have to disappoint you.

But I couldn't give my consent.

It would be impossible for the school

to finance a venture of this kind.

But, if you'd only tell them

what it would mean.

The publicity for Riverwood High School

and how big it was.

That's one of the troubles.

I'm afraid they think it's too big already.

I might as well tell you, Jimmy.

There have been complaints

from parents of the boys in the band.

Interfering with studies, late hours.

No, I'll have to veto this, Jimmy.

Definitely.

Well, I'm sorry

to have bothered you, Mr. Judd.

That perfectly all right, Jimmy.

You come to see me any time you want.

- Goodbye, Mr. Judd.

- Goodbye, Mary.

- Jimmy.

- Goodbye. Thanks.

Well, he was nice about it, anyway.

Yeah, but a kind heart

will never get us to Chicago.

Well, Phil, there's more than one way

of spinning a top.

- Yeah.

- Maybe the school board is content...

...with having Riverwood remain a little

red dot on an auto map, but not me.

We packed them in last night.

We gave them a good time

after we got them in, didn't we?

- Yeah.

- All right.

I've been thinking ever since we left

Mr. Judd's house how we can raise $200.

- Yeah.

- We've got a terrific band.

It's hot merchandise.

Oh, we'll get to Chicago if we have to

crawl on our hands and knees...

...and blow out every lamp on the way.

I think Annie's good and sore.

Yeah, she's really burned up, all right.

Annie. Annie. Annie!

Is that all I get out of you is Annie?

- Aren't you interested in the band?

- Sure.

Don't you realize we only got six weeks

to raise the money to get to Chicago?

This is terrific, there's bands from

all over the country. This isn't baby talk.

- I'm with you, all the way. You know that.

- All right, all right.

So we've got to raise $200.

How we gonna do it?

How about some punchboards?

Punchboards, sure, sure.

- And we'll give Annie away as a prize.

- Yeah.

- Lf you're gonna be a wise guy.

- Oh, I was only kidding, Phil.

I mean, we got to keep in there punching.

Wait a minute. Why couldn't we

make a deal with the Elks Club...

...to give a dance

at their Milk Fund Bazaar?

- Well, it's only a month away.

- Oh, they don't give dances at any...

Say, that's not a bad idea.

We could put on our own show.

That'd be different.

We could make up our own specialties,

sketches, dance routines.

Great, I like it already.

Say, what's the number one Elk?

- Who is he? The whatchamacallit?

- Mr. Mollison, and he owes my dad money.

- That's our man.

- I'll get after it right away.

Mr. Mollison? Gotta make a list

down here, we gotta get costumes.

Cot Mollison. Mollison.

- You know what, Jimmy?

- What?

I think I ought to call Annie.

You're still making valentines again.

When Annie's sore at me,

it throws me all off key.

I just can't stand talking to a guy

with a one-track mind.

Well, wait'll you're in love with somebody.

You'll know what I'm going through.

Women to me are just people.

- Oh, Miss Hodges, I'm sorry to disturb you.

- It's perfectly all right, Mr. Judd.

I'd like you to meet a new student,

Barbara Frances Morgan.

- How do you do, Barbara Frances?

- I'm delighted to know you, Miss Hodges.

My, what a nice, bright classroom.

Mr. Morgan wants Barbara Frances

to finish out the term here.

- I've selected this as her homeroom.

- We're happy to have her.

I'm sure you won't have any difficulty

getting into the swing of things.

I'm sure I won't.

- Thank you, Miss Hodges.

- Don't mention it.

Now, let me see.

Where shall we put you?

Oh, yes. Suppose you sit

in that empty chair over there.

Thank you.

And if you're happy there,

you may keep it permanently.

I'm sure I will be.

- She's touched it up.

- Yeah.

Oh, James, I wonder if you'd take

Barbara Frances to the supply room...

...and help her with her text books.

- Would it inconvenience you terribly?

No, not at all.

Have you traveled very much?

- Me, travel?

- Yes, travel.

Well, a little.

That is, my uncle took me to Chicago

three years ago to see the World Series.

Oh, no. I mean the continent.

- Which one?

- Oh, you must see the Riviera.

- Must I?

- Cannes, Nice, San Raphael, Juan-les-Pins.

- Juan-les-pins is simply wild.

- It is, huh?

I met the most wonderful man there.

Almost too beautiful.

But he turned out to be a duke,

and you know what they are.

Yeah, yeah,

you've got to watch those dukes.

Oh, there goes the bell.

We're gonna be late for our classes.

Oh, dear. And we were just getting

to know each other.

You're cute.

Are you going right home now, Mary?

No, honey,

I have to work at the library today.

I had a talk with my dad

this noontime.

He thinks he can fix an appointment

with Mr. Mollison for us.

He can? Oh, that's swell.

Good work, Phil.

- Well, I've got to meet Annie. So long.

- Annie, so long.

Oh, Jimmy, Jimmy. Looking for me?

Well, no, not exactly.

- Come on, jump in. I'll drive you home.

- Thanks anyway, Barbara.

- I don't think l...

- oh, come on, jump in.

Stuck.

Hey, Jimmy,

how's the weather down there?

Get a load of that.

Say, that Barbara Frances

doesn't waste any time, does she?

How about Jimmy? He's doing all right.

Just give me the word, Mary,

and I'll slug him.

Oh, the county fair, wonderful.

- The fair, are you going?

- Oh, yeah, sure. I never miss the fair.

- I wish I could go.

- Well, why can't you?

Well, I don't know many young people,

and a girl can't very well go there alone.

I wouldn't worry about that

if I were you. Somebody will ask you.

Oh, Jimmy, isn't that sweet of you?

Oh, no, no, well, I can't...

You're really a dear.

You have the cutest way of saying things.

- Hello, Mary.

- Hello, Jimmy.

- What you doing?

- Just putting these books away.

Gosh, there's an awful lot of them,

aren't there?

- Yeah.

- You read them all?

Only up to here.

Mary, about that fair...

What about it?

Well, I thought that you and I...

...we had an understanding

that we were going together to the fair.

Well, I got myself all tied up and...

oh, there was really no definite

understanding that we were going together.

Besides, I'm pretty busy.

And fairs, they're just a bunch of livestock

and a merry-go-round.

I've seen all that.

Besides, they're really for children.

Oh, you wouldn't like

anything like that, huh?

Oh, I'd like it all right.

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