The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Page #9
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- 1982
- 114 min
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what a great institution it is.
- No need to bring that up.
- I ain't threatenin' you.
Whatever you say, I'll do.
But think of the people.
I've known Miss Mona for 12 years.
You'll never meet a finer woman.
She never refuses a charity.
Hospital fund, new swimmin' pool,
even the Little Leaguers.
She bought 'em uniforms so they wouldn't
have to play in their overalls.
Well...
I wasn't aware of her civic generosity.
- But the law is the law!
- Sometimes it's gotta be changed.
I been fightin' crime all my life,
but let's not confuse crime with sin.
You can't legislate morality.
Those girls have never caused any trouble.
They're healthy, taxpayin',
law-abidin' citizens...
...who supply a demand and provide
an economic asset to the community.
Whew! Ed Earl!
You ever think about
runnin' for office? Huh?
I swear, you make that whorehouse sound
like a damn nonprofit recreational facility.
Governor, if the citizens who elected me
found it necessary to close it down...
...I would close it down.
If Miss Mona and the girls
that work for her...
...were jeopardisin' the health
or morals of the community...
...I would close it down.
If the place was just a piddlin' nuisance,
an eyesore, a fire hazard...
But there's nothin'!
No reason except the goddamn cries...
...of a muckrakin' sensationalist
on television.
Here they are, Governor.
What you've been waitin' for.
Oh, I'm sorry, Ed Earl.
42 to 37, with 21% undecided.
- What is that?
- The polls.
You can't expect me
to go against the polls.
Melvin still outside?
Maybe I can catch the cameras.
- Good seein' ya.
- But it's not what my people want.
Show's over, Sheriff.
Close it down!
- Hooray!
- Ha-ha!
# Melvin Thorpe
has done it once again
# He's shone his light and now we see
# Melvin Thorpe will go
through thick and thin
# And lead us on to victory
# Ooh, I love to dance
a little sidestep
# Now they see me, now they don't,
I've come and gone
# And ooh, I love to sweep
around the wide step
# Cut a little swath
and lead the people on
# Melvin Thorpe
has done it once again
# He's shone his light and now we see
# Melvin Thorpe will go
through thick and thin
# And lead us on to victory
# Melvin Thorpe
has done it once again
# He's shone his light and now we see
I'd love to see
that sheriff's face right now!
That Chicken Ranch
is gonna get it in the neck!
And Miss Mona, she's gonna get hers too.
# Melvin Thorpe will go
through thick and thin
# And lead us all to victory
Sorry son of a b*tch.
Hello.
Mona, this is an official call.
As the Sheriff of Lanville County,
it's my duty...
Why don't you just get to the point,
Sheriff?
- I gotta close you down.
- I see.
How long do we have?
Be better to do it
as soon as possible.
I understand.
Mona.
About the other night.
I lost my temper.
I said some things
I shouldn't have said.
I want to apologise.
Oh, it's all right, Ed Earl.
I think we both said
a whole lot of things we regret.
If there's anything I can do...
No, thank you.
I think you've done all you could.
I have to tell my girls.
Well, the news has come.
Just got a call from the sheriff...
...and we are closed down.
Immediately and permanently.
Oh... What'll we do?
Well... Las Vegas, here I come.
Damn! I thought when the sheriff
went to speak to the governor...
...we'd get a reprieve.
- What did you say?
- Didn't you know about that, Miss Mona?
- He drove up last night.
The whole town's talkin' about
the way he fought for you.
Didn't he tell you that?
No. No, he didn't.
# Hey, maybe I'll dye my hair
# Maybe I'll move somewhere
# Maybe I'll get a car
they'll all lose track
# Maybe I'll lose some weight
# Maybe I'll just get drunk
on apple wine
# Me, I'll be just fine and dandy
# Lord, it's like a hard candy Christmas
# I'm barely gettin' through tomorrow
# But still I won't let
sorrow bring me way down
# I'll be fine and dandy
# Lord, it's like a hard candy Christmas
# I'm barely gettin' through tomorrow
# But still I won't let
sorrow bring me way down
# Hey, maybe I'll learn to sew
# Hey, maybe I'll just lie low
# Maybe I'll hit the bars
until the dawn
# Me, I will go on
# Maybe I'll have some fun
# Maybe I'll meet someone
and make him mine
# Me, I'll be just fine and dandy
# Lord, it's like a hard candy Christmas
# I'm barely gettin' through tomorrow
# But still I won't let
sorrow bring me way down
# I'll be fine and dandy
# Lord, it's like a hard candy Christmas
# I'm barely gettin' through tomorrow
# But still I won't let
sorrow bring me way down
# I'll be fine and dandy
# Lord, it's like a hard candy Christmas
# I'm barely gettin' through tomorrow
# But still I won't let
sorrow bring me way down
# I'll be fine
# I'll be fine
# I'll be fine
So the girls left, and it was
a sorry day for Lanville County.
Kinda like the end of an era.
You know, like when you graduate
from high school?
Things are just never the same again.
Ed Earl's up in the state legislature now...
...and I became the sheriff.
I suppose you're wonderin'
what happened to Miss Mona.
Well, Ed Earl drove up there
on her last day.
- Hey, Sheriff.
- Good morning, Jewel.
I'm so pleased to see you.
I knew you couldn't let me leave...
...without a sweet goodbye
for your old Porky.
- Goodbye, Jewel.
- Goodbye, Sheriff.
I sure hope you come up north
to visit Miss Mona and me.
- Where is she?
- Inside.
See you're takin' the old juke with you.
Now, you know I couldn't leave
without my bell and my box.
Ed Earl?
This old place looks
kinda funny, don't it?
Ben Sawtuck bought all my furniture and
Langston downtown's gonna sell the rest.
- Mona, I wanna tell you somethin'.
- I want you to thank your boys for me.
Those reporters would have got outta hand
if it hadn't been for your deputies.
- You know me better than...
- Ed Earl, the thing to do...
...is to put this whole thing behind you
just as quick as you can.
I've made a little money, I've laughed,
I've danced to the music.
It's just time to pay
the fiddler, that's all.
Mona, we've been together a long time.
Sometimes I think you know me
better than I know myself.
You know how hard
this is for me to say.
I love you.
Will you marry me?
Oh, Ed Earl, I've loved you
since I was 16 years old.
But I've thought about this
for a long time.
And as much as I'd love
for it to work...
...I know deep down in my heart
- Didn't you hear what I said?
- I did, darlin'.
But it's gonna always be
just like it is.
There just ain't no way
in this world it can work.
We could make it work.
Just have to give it a chance.
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