Up the River Page #7

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with towels and everything.

In the distance,

one sees the gray walls and towers...

of dear old Bensonatta.

- Home again, pal.

- Yeah, and I'm glad to get back.

Now have you got that poem

forJudy, ya half-wit?

Why, certainly.

I got it right here. There ya are.

[Mouths Words]

[Chattering, Shouting]

[Booing]

[Booing Intensifies]

How are ya, Bill?

How's your team?

We'll give you a game, all right.

If our pitcher hadn't busted out,

you wouldn't have a chance.

- Oh, yeah?

- Good luck.

- Same to you.

- [Booing Continues]

- [Indistinct]

- [Booing Continues]

Now, listen, fellas,

this game is gonna be on the square...

and be gentlemen at all times.

- Sure, sure. Where's your pitcher?

- There he is.

- Oh, is this your pitcher?

- Yeah.

- Now, remember, the game's

gotta be on the up-and-up.

- Okay.

- None of that, you know. And none of that.

- No?

- Not through the game.

- And none of this! See what I mean?

- Where's your pitcher?

- Right here, buddy.

Oh, uh, I've heard about you.

- You just heard the rules, didn't ya?

- Sure.

- None of that!

- Say, what's the idea?

- And none of that!

- Come on! Leave him alone!

And none of that!

- You don't have to show him that.

- No?

- Didn't I tell you there was none of that?

- Sure!

- And that?

- Well, how about this?

- Say, what's the idea? Leave that bat alone!

- Come on! Play ball, you guys!

All right, everybody ready?

Good luck.

- Come on!

- Lots of luck. Go right to it.

Over the fence.

- I'll get that ball for ya, Warden.

- Oh, let me get it.

[Bell Ringing]

[Ringing Stops]

Okay to come in?

[Ringing Resumes]

- [Ringing Stops]

- Good-bye, dear.

Good luck.

[Ringing Resumes]

[Ringing Stops]

St. Louis!

Hello, Danny.

Gee, I'm sorry to see

you kids back here again.

Oh, that's all right, kid. I told 'em

I'd be back, and I never break my word.

Besides, I'll tell ya, it wasn't so much fun

out there as you might think.

You know, travelin' around

by yourself all alone.

- Wasn't I with you?

- Yeah, that's what I mean.

Say, what are you gonna do, kid?

I don't know.

I'll go back to the old racket,

I suppose.

[Chuckling]

No, no. No, no.

You won't go back to the old racket.

You're goin' right to New England.

- New England?

- Sure.

- Steve's waitin' for you.

- [Chuckles] Steve's waitin' for me?

Well, I'm tellin' ya he's waitin'-

Listen, he gave us a message to give to you.

He- He told us to tell ya-

What was that message

that he gave us?

Well, he told us to tell you

all about the-

the birds and the-

the lilacs-

you know, flowers-

and the-the blue skies...

and, uh, the love

what comes but once-

Well, the meat of the whole thing

is you're to go back to New England.

Yeah, yeah. Now,

what he's trying to tell you is this.

You know.

You know, the birds are singin'...

and the- and the flowers...

and the river's kind of-

It's pretty, ain't it?

And it's all- It's-

Well, listen, here's the dough

for you to go back there with.

- I don't need it.

- Sure you do.

Them Chinese mannequin coats

cost a lot of jack.

- Chinese coats?

- Why, certainly.

Steve's gonna take you to China.

- We told you that, didn't we?

- Sure.

Tokyo, Honolulu-

All them Chinese towns.

Say, are you kiddin'?

[St. Louis]

No.

You mean Steve is...

really waitin' for me?

Say, what the heck-

Listen, baby.

I am tellin' ya on my word,

and I never break my word.

That's one thing

I'll say for the louse.

Hey, Sam.

Now here's your big chance.

We're gonna send you in there to hit that ball.

Do you think you can do it?

- Sure, Pop.

- That's a boy. Okay.

Now, listen. If ever you laid on

an apple in your life, lay on this one.

It's our only chance to win.

You'll do that for your old pals, won't you?

- Sure.

- All right. Do it for Pop.

- That's the boy.

- [Voices Overlapping]

Hello there, Warden.

So you're the fellow

that never breaks his word?

Oh, now, listen, Warden.

I'm sorry about that.

But I had to leave in such a hurry,

I just couldn't say good-bye.

You know that this

doubles your sentences, don't you?

- All right, I'll redouble.

- Gee, that makes me 286 years.

I won't need that.

- Take them to the cooler.

- Oh, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy.

Judy's gone, and we're

losing the ball game.

- Huh? Yeah?

- That's right, Chief. Three runs behind.

Take 'em to the cooler.

Send St. Louis and uncle Dan to the cooler

when we're losing the ball game?

Oh, now, listen, Warden.

You're not gonna do that.

With Jean and the gang waitin' for us

out there, we gotta win that ball game.

Look here, St. Louis.

Can I trust you and Dan...

to go out to that diamond

without leaving us?

I'll tell you what I'll do.

I'll give you my word...

and you know that

I never break my word.

- No?

- Well, never twice in succession.

Take 'em to the cooler.

After the game!

Why does a fireman

wear red suspenders?

- To keep his trousers up.

- [Laughing]

Say, St. Louis, you know that fellow

McDowell on the other side?

Now, don't give him a high ball.

Keep 'em down and close-

I don't care if there oas a rumble seat

on the car or if there oasn't!

If it hadn't been for you, we wouldn't

be spendin' a month in the cooler!

Will you shut up

about that rumble seat?

Take that cigar out of your mouth.

You're in training.

- All right!

- And I'm tellin' ya, there was a rumble seat.

I don't care.

Ever since I met you, I've been in trouble.

Yeah, well, you know,

you're no turning point-

[Arguing Continues]

? [Fanfare]

[Cheering]

[Cheering Continues]

[Man]

St. Louis! Say, ohat are you guys runnin'?

[Cheering]

? [Fanfare]

?? [All Singing]

? [Ends]

[Cheering]

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