The Idolmaker Page #4

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spend all my money,...

...just to have you flush it down

the toilet over some...

...fourteen-year-old jailbait.

You wanna get laid, from now on

you come to me and...

...I'll set you straight, okay?

-I didn't ask...

Shut up!

I don't ever, ever want to catch

you with an underage broad again.

Capisce?

Capisce?

-Yeah! Capisce.

What am I doing here?

Chop, chop.

Let's go Prince Channing.

You think you could put some

clothes on your back...

...before the sun goes down?

-Five more minutes.

No, this next number we've had

over two hundred requests for.

That makes it the number one

most requested record...

...on WQR Rochester.

This one's a smash.

Tommy Dee's Here Is My Love.

Vinnie, did you hear that?

It's on the radio. We got a hit!

We got a hit!

I'm telling you!

-Hey, hey, cane on, come on!

-We got a hit!

What's the matter with you? We're

not even a tenth of the way there.

But it's a beginning.

Hey, no!

No!

Are these for me?

Oh, they're beautiful, but are you

sure you have the right person?

Brenda Roberts. Right?

Yes.

Got the right person.

My name is Vinnie Vaccari.

Well, this is quite a way of

introducing yourself, Mr. Vaccari.

I can't take all the credit for

that. I stole it from Clark Gable.

See, in an old movie I saw with

Claudette Colbert, she was like...

...a high powered magazine editor

and old Clark needed a favor.

Oh, right, how can I be so stupid?

You guys are unbelievable.

Oh, come on, it worked for

Claudette Colbert.

Just leave your client's picture at

reception and we'll look at it...

...at our weekly editorial meeting.

That's all I can promise.

If you don't mind,

I'd like some privacy, please.

It's Tommy Dee.

He's very cute.

What does he do?

Singer? Actor?

He's a singer.

Got the number one song in

Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester.

Great. Just drop the picture and

a copy of his record at reception.

And if I like it, I'll give him

a mention in our next issue.

That's not good enough,

sweetheart.

I want the cover.

What?

-I want the cover.

-What? You want the cover.

I must have a hearing problem.

Just listen to me for a second,

okay?

I got a two-sided it in three

upstate cities and I don't have...

...a national distributor yet.

Now you know as well as I do

that some label's gonna...

...come along and they're gonna

cover us with a name artist and...

...I lose out on everything.

-I don't believe this.

Unless I could do something

big to break Tommy.

Now, I gotta get him on

National Bandstand, right?

Now you know as well as I do

that Ed Sharp is not gonna...

...book an unknown.

But if I can get Tommy on the

cover of Teen Scene, marone,...

He can't help but notice.

-It's a great idea, Mr...

-Vaccari.

-Vaccari.

-Call me Vince.

-Vaccari.

It's just that we're not in the

habit of putting a total...

...unknown on the cover of the

number one teen magazine...

...in the country.

But you need me

as much as I need you.

Oh, stop it.

You're being dumb.

Hey, I'm not dumb, eh?

You don't even know me,

you call me dumb.

You wanna know what's dumb?

The last eight covers in a row

that you did on Elvis...

...in the army with the badges.

That's dumb. And that's boring.

And you know why you did that?

Because there's nobody else around.

There's nobody else left to use.

The business needs a new teen

idol and Tommy's the one.

Look at that puss, will ya?

Look at that smile, they love him.

I mean this kid's got class.

Look at those teeth, huh?

What a face! This kid's

really got it, I'm tell in' you.

And you wanna know what else?

He can sing!

This kid can sing!

You're a pro.

You know what I'm talkin' about.

Are you always this pushy?

Is this the way you normally act?

Well, listen, if I had to go through

the proper channels I'd be...

...sittin' out on my thumbs, right?

-You bet you would.

Listen,

I'll tell you what I'm gonna do.

I'll meet with your Tommy Dee and

I'll decide for myself...

...if he's got what you say

he's got.

But I meet with him alone.

With you there, I don't think he's

gonna get a word in edgewise.

Hey, wait a minute.

He doesn't do interviews alone.

You don't have any choice,

Mr. Vaccari.

Shall we say tomorrow

at my office about four o'clock?

Four o'clock.

So the more you cooperate with us,

Tommy, the more we can do for you.

Sure, anything, Miss Roberts,

I want this really bad.

You understand

what I'm talking about?

Mr. Vaccari, I must be

out of my mind, but...

...I've decided to go

along with you.

I'm gonna put Tommy on the

next cover of Teen Scene magazine.

-Oh, wow.

-Hey, yeah.

-Congratulations.

-Thank you, Brenda.

Miss Roberts.

l knew you'd see it my way.

Ah, there's just a few things

that I'm gonna need to...

...cement the deal. I want,

one year's total exclusivity...

...on Tommy. And, of course,

we want fifty per cent of...

...Tommy's merchandising.

The pictures, the posters,

the souvenirs, the works.

Is that all?

Yeah.

Vincent.

Come on, this is business.

You're a pro.

You know what I mean.

Five, four, three, two, one.

Hello again.

And welcome to another edition

of Saturday Night Bandstand,...

...brought to you by Dannon yogurt.

This week, strawberry.

-Ease in on Ed.

-I'm sitting here with,...

-Margaret Kelly.

-That's it.

-Where are you from, Margaret?

-Hold it right there.

-Paramus, New Jersey.

-The great city of Paramus.

Well, Margaret, the first group

we're gonna see tonight...

...happens to hail from your

home state.

From Camden, New Jersey,

The Boys and The Girls singing.

A Boy and A Girl.

Camera one,

get me a full shot of the group.

That's it. Hold it right there.

Camera two,...

...close up of the lead singer.

We're just a boy and a girl

Living in a world of boys and girls

And it ain't easy

We're just a boy and a girl

Living in a world of boys and girls

That ain't easy

There are poor ones and rich ones

Diggin a ditch ones

Some that just can't get it straight

Shy ones bold ones,

Hot ones cold ones

Some that just can't get a data

But don't you wanna hold

one tight tonight?

Yes, we wanna hold

one tight tonight?

We're just a boy and a girl

Living in a world of boys and girls

Okay, remember,

forget the rehearsals.

We're gonna do it my way.

How d'ya feel?

I don't know.

Let's see how you look.

Come here.

Hey, Vinnie,

how come we're not doin'...

...Here Is My Love?

That's national television.

-'Cause you're doin' the flip side.

-Two minutes, Mr. Dee.

Okay.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Gotta take this tie off. Come on.

Take your jacket off, too.

-What about Ed Sharp's dress code?

Don't worry about the dress code.

Just, do it like I said.

Are you sure, Vinnie?

Hey, trust me, will ya?

Three, two, one.

Okay, camera two, camera three

set up for the, for this song.

-Our next guest is a new comer.

-Squeeze on the lever.

You got it.

Okay, audio stand by in playback.

There's gonna be a pause cross

over here.

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