The Idolmaker Page #2

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You'll see.

Oh, yeah!

Come and get it.

Everybody's feelin' here tonight

Everybody's feelin' all right

I know what you're waitin' for

Let's not wait no more

Yeah you know I ain't lyin'

Ladies and gentlemen,

the boy with the big blue eyes...

...Jimmy Ryan!

Yeah!

Thank you.

Thank you!

Hey, right!

Yeah!

Thinking about that.

Yeah!

Yeah!

Shelly, you got me rockin'

Shelly, you got me feelin'

Shelly

You got me wanting you

Shelly

You got me tossing

Shelly, you got me turning

Shelly, what else can I do?

Everytime the nighttime comes

Hey, Vinnie!

Wait up!

So what do ya think of

Jimmy Ryan? Pretty good, huh?

Well, it's like I said.

He's limited.

Why didn't you tell me

you could sing?

It's a joke, huh?

But don't laugh too hard, Vaccari.

You'd be surprised how many

chicks are turned on by it.

I do all right.

-I'll bet ya do.

Listen, I'm lookin' for somebody

good to record my stuff,...

...and I think you're it.

-Me?

Ya gotta be kiddin'!

I ain't no singer!

Don't say ain't.

It's bad English.

-Aw, come on!

-Besides, you got it, Tommy.

I saw it in there.

You know somethin'?

With the right handling,

you can go all the way.

Is that right?

Hey, Vaccari, tu sei pots,

you know what I mean?

I ain't no rock'n roll star.

I'm Italian from Arthur Avenue,

like you.

Tomaso di LaRusso, capisce?

-Tomaso di LaRusso.

-That's right.

Just a fart in the breeze.

When you gonna wise up,

huh, Tommy?

What do you want to do? Play backup

sax in juke joints all your life?

Hustlin' dimes from the

neighborhood kids?

You could be somebody.

You could be Tommy Dee.

Tommy Dee!

Who the hell's Tommy Dee?

Okay, okay, be a jerk off.

That's right.

You want to know somethin',

kid?

You got the look.

You know the guys in the

fan magazines? That's it, Tommy.

They got it. I can make it

happen for ya, if ya want it.

What's it gonna be?

Pizza or caviar?

Sa what's caviar?

Hey, Vinnie, wait!

I'll do it!

I mean, I'll try it.

Be at my house tomorrow

morning at nine a.m. Sharp.

Vinnie, I don't get out of here

till five thirty!

Suit yourself. If you're five

minutes late, forget about it.

I'll be there.

What's your name again?

Tommy Dee.

Tommy Dee?

Nine a.m.

I been up, I been down

I been played with

and pushed around

I been in, I been out

-Oh, God.

Baby, this time there ain't no doubt

Here is my love

-Cut, cut.

Watt a minute! Where do you

think you're gonna be singing?

In a w..rehouse?

Kid!

Hey, relax! I know what

you gotta give the chicks.

Ya gotta give 'em

a thrill every once in a while.

Ya gotta give it to 'em.

Okay, Pistolero,

this is a junior high school.

You do that, and you're gonna

scare them half to death.

They don't want a rapist. They want

Prince Channing, ya know?

Somebody cute and safe.

Okay?

This time we're gonna lighten it up.

We'll do it from the top, all right?

Ready?

Two, three, four!

I been up, I been down

-Yeah! Smile!

Lighten it up, baby.

There you go.

I been played with

and pushed around

Look- look at baby!

Take the hand movements away.

Yeah!

Smile, baby!

Hey, smile! Yeah!

Here comes the background vocals.

Here is my love

Here is my love

Here is my love

Yes, here is my love

It's in your hands now, baby

So take it to your heart

Yes, here is my love

Oh yeah

Here is my love

Vinnie.

Come on in, come on.

Yeah!

Can we play it again, Thorn?

Don't play it again, Vinnie.

That's the one, man.

We're not gonna get

any better than that. It's a hit.

It's nothing yet, Gigi.

First we gotta get a record

company to put it out.

Then we see what happens.

Uncle Tony, come on.

Let's get out of here before

I burn this place down.

-Any luck?

-Son of a b..ch.

He tried to rape me.

No advance, quarter cent royal ties.

If the record was a hit, I

would have had to owe him money.

On top of that, he wanted

to keep all the publishing.

Can you believe it?

At least that's more than

most of them, Vinnie.

He wanted to hear it, right?

It's far s..t, Tony.

Nobody's gonna listen to anything

unless I got something to sell.

If I could get my hands on

some dough, I could press,...

...a few hundred singles,

I could send Tommy out...

...on the road,

I could make a move.

Don't look at me, Vin.

I'm broke.

I know you didn't want to

hear this, but...

-Go ahead, set it up.

-What?

-What?

-What?

The meeting with my old man.

Set it up.

Just make sure it's at Mario's.

If I have to meet him,

it's gonna be on my turf.

Grazi, Carlo.

Take the rest of this wine to the

chef with my compliments, please.

Si, prego.

Your brother serves

a very adequate calamari.

The sauce could be hotter,

but very adequate.

If we talk, we talk alone.

Sheila...

...I'll see you later.

Sit. Come sta, Tony?

Bene, Frank.

Molto bene.

So drink a little wine, whiskey?

No.

You look very good, Vincent.

It's a long time I haven't seen you.

What are you now?

Twenty eight? Twenty-nine?

-Twenty- seven.

-Twenty- seven.

That's a nice age, twenty seven.

When I was twenty- seven,

I was an old man, Tony?

Lots of grey hairs.

You tell him about the old days,

Tony?

Yeah.

He told me you were a thief.

A thief?

Yeah, sure, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, me and your Uncle Tony,

yeah, we did sane bootlegging.

We stole.

We survived.

But you don't remember

'cause you were a baby.

I remember.

I remember how...

I remember.

I remember how. you dumped me

and Ma and I remember how you,...

...didn't give a damn about us.

That's right, I remember.

All you gave a damn about

was money and young tomatoes.

That's all you gave a

damn about and it still is.

I remember.

I remember.

Sure, now you're a big man.

Big union man.

Big deal.

You didn't do it for us. You didn't

do it for anybody but yourself.

So you know what I say?

I say so what?

You through?

He's a hard-a..s, huh?

That's good. I like that.

That's a nice surprise.

What I got to tell you.

The way you were sick

all the time...

...I never thought he'd be

around long enough to shave.

You're talking but you're

not saying anything.

Ten grand, that's what

I'm saying, yeah.

That's what I gave your

brother to open this room.

I pulled a few strings.

He pays all the rent, the overhead

and the rest he pockets.

Yeah. He plays his cards right,

he's set for life.

So that's what I got for you.

Ten grand.

It ain't much,

but things are a little tight.

Guilt money.

Easy.

This kid's all balls

and no brains.

You want to be a waiter

all your life?

-I do all right.

-How?

On tips?

Come on, take the ten grand.

Success has no conscience, Vincent.

I'll take it as an investment.

You invest in my record company.

You know, your brother

offered me nothing.

Why are you so good to me,

Vin cent?

'Cause I'm better than you, Pop.

Let's shake on it.

You son of a b..ch.

There was no way you were gonna

leave here without no money, hah?

Come on, come on.

Carlo, bring some wine.

Come on, we celebrate.

Nothing's changed.

Take it easy.

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