Tonight and Every Night Page #6

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it's worse than the Blitz?

Well, who'd you expect,

Bing Crosby?

Are you ready, maestro?

Let's torture the customers.

Wait a minute. Wait.

Save the wood, boys,

it may be a cold winter.

And now I'm going to play

Pop Goes the WeaseI

for you with sound effect.

Pop Goes the WeaseI

with sound effect.

Wait a minute.

I'm gonna let you

pop the bag.

I'm gonna let you

pop the bag.

You take the bag. You

take the bag. Take the bag.

I'll play the music.

When I give you the cue,

you pop the bag.

Whoopee!

AUDIENCE:
Whoopee!

Thank you, folks,

thank you.

He didn't do it.

Look, give me the bag.

Give me the bag.

You don't get the idea.

Look here.

Give me the bag.

How do you expect to pop

without blowing it up?

Now watch.

Okay.

Whoopee!

AUDIENCE:
Whoopee!

Thank you, folks,

thank you.

What's the matter?

Are you too good to pop?

Say, maybe you'd like to hear

Listen to the Mockingbird?

AUDIENCE:
No!

You're going to

get it anyhow.

Oh, listen to the mockingbird.

Ah. Wait a minute.

I'm gonna give you

another chance.

Here. You take

the bird whistle there.

You take the bird whistle.

Take the bird whistle.

In this number, when I say,

"Oh, listen to

the mockingbird... "

"Oh, listen to the mockingbird"

is the cue for the bird whistle.

Do you get it?

Yes.

Whoopee!

AUDIENCE:
Whoopee!

Thank you, folks,

thank you.

I forgot to mention,

in this number,

I do a very clever imitation

of the mockingbird in flight.

Do you like it?

Here it is.

Well, what did you want

me to do? Break me leg?

Oh, listen to

the mockingbird

Oh, listen to

the mockingbird

The guy's balmy.

But I'm all right.

Look, the time to pop is over.

Now it's the bird effect.

The bird effect.

Oh, listen to

the mockingbird

Oh, listen to the mocking

Give me the bird.

That is the last straw!

Take it easy.

Take it easy.

Take it easy now.

Oh, all right,

all right. Whoopee!

AUDIENCE:
Whoopee!

Thank you, folks.

Thank you.

Boys, a chord in D.

And now I...

I've lost me dickey.

I have a very beautiful thing

and I'm gonna play for you.

A number from our show

called Anywhere.

When you hear me play this,

you'll wish you were

anywhere but here.

Are you ready, professor?

Let's give them one.

You can believe it or not,

but one night,

I played 108 choruses of this.

Give them another one, boys.

Miss Bruce?

This way, sir.

Come in.

How do you do?

I'm Paul's father.

I know. This is

my friend, Miss Kane.

Her best friend.

And I'm staying.

Oh, I'm sure if Miss Bruce

doesn't obJect, I don't.

I'm very much afraid I've

taken on a difficult task.

You'll be surprised

how easy it's going to be.

Sit down, Mr. Lundy.

Judy.

Have you heard from my son

in the last two weeks?

Well, I haven't kept track

of the time exactly. I...

You know I haven't,

Mr. Lundy.

Neither have I.

You haven't?

But he's here in London,

isn't he? His friends were...

Oh, no.

No. He was detailed for a

special mission of some sort.

That much I did learn.

Something quite important,

I believe.

Important enough to take him

away from his own squadron.

I received a trunk

with books

and personal belongings

yesterday.

You mean something's

happened?

Oh, no. No.

I believe that

during his absence,

his squadron is being moved

to another station, that's all.

Oh!

Uh, yes.

Among the things

he sent home

was this Bible.

The one I gave him

when he enlisted.

This is precisely

the way it came.

Your photograph,

with a page of

the theater program.

See where he's written?

"This is for her. "

What's he trying to suggest?

Rosalind needs a Bible?

Quiet, Judy.

I didn't disturb a thing.

Here is where

your picture was,

in First Corinthians.

First Corinthian is

one of Paul's epistles.

The Saint Paul.

My Paul was named after him.

Hopefully.

Do you think he's trying

to tell me something or...

She means maybe it's a,

you know, a code

or something.

Maybe. Let's see now.

"In concerning

the things whereof,

"defraud ye not

one the other,

"for I would that all men

were even as I was.

"Therefore I say,

tis better to marry... "

What was that last one?

"Tis better to marry... "

Mr. Lundy, look!

The words "This is for her"

come right opposite

"Tis better to marry. "

Do you suppose that...

That's the way

I translated it.

Well, I'll be...

I admit it is an extraordinary

way to propose to a girl.

What do you think?

What do you think?

I hope you're

going to accept.

Oh, dear.

The last time I proposed

was 27 years ago.

I seem to have

lost my technique.

Will you marry us, Rosalind?

Of course, I will.

Tolly, Angela,

Toni, Joan, Tommy!

Apparently your betrothal

is being announced.

It has every sanction

I know.

Goodbye, my dear.

Goodbye.

What I've learned about

the theater tonight

has made me very humble

and very proud.

It's nice to know that

my daughter is a soldier,

as well as my son.

Tommy, Tommy!

Have you heard...

Why, what's

the matter, Tommy?

Nothing.

I'm wondering what's gonna

happen to the deal we all made

to stick to the Music Box

for the duration.

But I'm not going to

leave the Music Box.

Paul's got his Job

and I've got mine.

Don't make me laugh.

All Mr. Paul has to do

is raise his finger

and you'll come running,

wherever he is.

Tommy!

You're kidding, aren't you?

The only person I've

been kidding is myself.

I had a lot of

funny ideas about you,

only they're

not so funny now.

I never got around

to telling you, Roz, but,

I'm in love with you.

Or thought I was,

or used to be...

I don't know,

you sort it out.

Paul's back, isn't he?

No, Roz,

it's his group captain.

He's waiting

in your dressing room.

Oh, Sam!

Now, now, take it easy.

Is he... Did anything...

Good morning, Miss Bruce.

I'm sorry.

You can tell me.

I only wanted to tell you that

Paul's back in the country

and he'll be here

tomorrow, Miss Bruce.

Oh!

And to explain that he's

been on a secret mission.

You read about

the conference overseas?

Now, when a personage like

that has to be flown somewhere,

we choose a pretty

good pilot to fly him.

And your Paul's a pretty

good pilot, Miss Bruce.

You must think

I'm awfully silly,

but I saw the car outside,

and I...

I had to be in London

for the day,

so I thought I'd save you

24 hours of worry.

Thank you.

Thank you ever so much.

Roz, Roz.

I'm all right.

I'm not crying, I'm laughing.

Oh, Judy.

Paul's coming back.

Oh!

Anywhere

As long as you are there

Anywhere

Just start the chase

I'll go where you are, dear

It doesn't matter

how far, dear

I'd take a trip

To a star, dear

For that warm embrace

Just say you care

And I'll go anywhere

Anytime

And anyplace

Oh, boy, I have

no magic carpet

I'm willing to swear

That kiss of yours

Could take me anywhere

Roz, the Air Ministry

have agreed.

Hello.

Hello, Tommy. How are

you? So you're back, eh?

A fine welcome too.

That's a nice...

What would you do with a

girl who turns you down?

Turns you down?

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