Thank Your Lucky Stars Page #3

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but it's like a different world.

Here's where we all live, honey.

Not classy, but it's enough

when you're on short dough.

Well, this is something

even Ripley wouldn't believe.

Didn't cost us a dime.

We built the whole thing

out of old discarded movie sets.

- Quaint, isn't it?

- Well, it's either very quaint or very corny.

Quaint or corny, I love it.

Good old Gower Gulch.

Kind of hate to leave it.

But... Well, it's hardly the right address

for a radio star.

What do you do on the radio?

What do I do?

I sing.

Songs? Popular songs?

I don't mean "Shortnin' Bread. "

Oh, gosh. Oh, I suppose you sing whatever

they tell you to, though, don't you?

Me? Not a chance. I sing what I like.

Really? Any song you want?

- They're not gonna tell Tommy Randolph.

- Oh, that's wonderful. Look...

I'm gonna pick all my tunes exclusively

from the hit parade.

I'm smart enough to sing nothing

but hits.

Now, here's a piece of furniture

with a reputation.

- Oh, is it?

- Sit down?

- All right.

- Yes, sir. This is really something.

Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino...

...played a terrific love scene

right in this thing.

My, still warm, isn't it?

Kind of romantic here, all right.

The moon and the stars and the moon.

Come on, sit down.

You know, my latest song

was about the moon.

- Would you like to hear it?

- Some other time.

When Bogart was making love to Lupino

right on this bench...

...he put his arm around her.

Yes, that was wonderful.

But I think Ida was much better in

Give the Little Girl a Break- Did you see it?

Not that I remember.

There was one scene where she goes

to the home of this great singer.

She pleads with him. She pleads.

She says:

"You've got to listen to my song,

do you hear? You've got to.

You've been putting me off long enough.

'Yes, Miss Dixon. No, Miss Dixon.

I've got to go, Miss Dixon. '

Don't you think I know you're not interested

in my song? Or the moon, for that matter?

You've got it all figured out, haven't you?

You've been awfully smart, haven't you?

Well, get this:
I wrote that song for you.

For you, do you hear?

You made me do it.

Yes. Yes, that's it. You made me do it. "

And then she sings that beautiful song

about the moon.

I don't remember that picture at all.

Come on.

I'll show you where Joe and I live.

Here we are.

Home, sweet home. Cozy, isn't it?

"Home, Sweet Home. "

That's a good song.

Yeah. Step inside and look around.

All right.

Well, not much privacy, is there?

That's us. Always open house.

We salvaged this from The Roaring Twenties-

Remember Jimmy Cagney in that picture?

Do I remember Jimmy Cagney?

He was wonderful.

That big scene where he backs the crooked

producer up against the wall and he says:

"Look here, sonny boy.

Are you gonna listen to this kid's song? Or

do I slap you in the kisser with a grapefruit?

So it's not on the hit parade.

It's not on the hit parade.

So what? You're gonna put it there, see?

Because little Jimmy told you to, see?

When you sing it, you're not doing me a

favor. No. You're doing yourself a favor.

But just the same, my mother thanks you,

my father thanks you...

...my sister thanks you and I thank you. "

And then he does

that terrific dance routine.

All right, don't knock yourself out.

I'll listen to your song.

- Oh, swell. You'll love the title. I call it...

Tommy.

- Tommy Randolph? Tommy.

- Yeah?

Come on back, will you?

- Who are we throwing this party for?

- Okay.

- Hurry. Hurry up.

- Let's go.

Wait, aren't you gonna listen

to my song?

You heard what Charlie said. Come on.

Here he is now.

- Okay, okay, do you want action?

- Yes.

- All right. We'll give it to you.

- Yeah.

- Let them have it, Spike.

- All right.

Sprinkle me with perfume rare

And I'll be on my way

Stick some slickum on my hair

I may be gone all day

Oh, I'm ridin' for a fall

Dudin' up, dudin' up

In my shirts and ties

For the gal with the big blue eyes

Oh, I'm ridin' for a fall

Dudin' up, dudin' up

In my two-tone shoes

For the gal with the baby blues

Oh, yes, I know

She's a dangerous critter, I know

She's a dangerous critter, I know

She's a dangerous critter, I know

But I can't quit her

I'm ridin' for a fall

Dudin' up, dudin' up like I wasn't wise

To the gal with the big blue eyes

Oh, yes, I know

She's a witch of a woman, I know

She's a witch of a woman

I know, she's a witch of a woman

I know

But I'm so human

I'm ridin' for a fall

Dudin' up, dudin' up like I wasn't wise

To the gal with the big blue eyes

Oh, yes, I know

People died of her cookin', I know

People died of her cookin', I know

People died of her cookin'

But, oh, she's so good-lookin'

I'm ridin' for a fall

Dudin' up, dudin' up like I wasn't wise

To the gal with the big blue eyes

- Oh, yes, I know

- Oh, yes, I know

- She's a quick on the trigger, I know

- Oh, yes, I know

- She's a quick on the trigger, I know

- Oh, yes, I know

- She's a quick on the trigger

- I know

But, oh, that figure

I'm ridin' for a fall

Dudin' up, dudin' up like I wasn't wise

To the gal with the big blue eyes

Oh, yes, I know

- She'll be spendin' my sugar

- I know

- She'll be spendin' my sugar

- I know

- She'll be spendin' my sugar

- But, oh

Oh, you can't rhyme sugar

I'm ridin' for a fall

Dudin' up, dudin' up like I wasn't wise

To the gal with the big blue eyes

- Yes, I'm ridin' for a fall

- Yes, I'm ridin' for a fall

Dudin' up, dudin' up like I wasn't wise

To the gal with the big blue eyes

Dudin' up, dudin' up like I wasn't wise

To the gal with the big blue eyes

Dudin' up, dudin' up like I wasn't wise

To the gal with the big blue eyes

You made the mistake of your life

signing up with that Cantor.

He'll clip you somehow.

Joe, will you just take me to

the man's home? I can take care of myself.

I'll breeze in, knock the old boy dead

with numbers.

- After we settle the billing...

- You'll sing him "Moondust. "

- Yeah.

- "Moondust"? What's "Moondust"?

Well, that's my song.

Tommy's gonna sing it for his new boss.

Yeah, I kind of promised Pat last night.

Why not?

- If a guy's got influence, he should use it.

- That's right.

If you'll sing that song,

you'd better get familiar with the lyric.

Go ahead. Read them.

Let's see, now.

"Moondust" by Irving Dixon.

- That's my pen name.

- Irving?

- Well, Berlin did all right with it.

- Yes, he did all right, yeah.

I'll just give you the first chorus.

"Moondust, you shone from above.

Moondust, you lit up my love.

Moondust, you gave love a shove

right into my arms. "

Solid, huh?

- Yeah, yes, very good.

- Yeah, that's good. That's good.

"Moondust, why did I fall?

Moondust, why did love call?

Moondust, you had so much on the ball.

That you made me fall for his charms. "

- Arms and charms, that's nice rhyme.

- Yeah?

- Quite unusual. It's like moon and spoon.

- It's solid.

Now, dig this finish.

"Though he looked like grade A

beneath that old Milky Way, he left me.

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