Young at Heart Page #5

"I know we can can.

Yes, we can."

[ Laughs ]

- Oh, yes, we can, I know we can can

Yes, we can can -

- Why can't we if we wanna

Yes, we can can -

- [ Stephen ] Can you do it?

- No!

- I think I can can can

I think I can can if I wanna -

- I can can, think I can

Yes, I can, yes, I can -

- I know darn well I can

Yes, I can can -

Them words are too hard

to put there!

You know,

I'm ready to scrap this thing.

- [ Laughing, Chattering ]

- But, um-

But here is the thing.

If you guys will learn the whole song-

everybody learn the whole song.

It's one of those things you've gotta

commit to. Learn the whole song.

I've learned it.

You can't scrap it. We're gonna

throw you out if you scrap it.

- I'm ready to scrap it unless you learn it.

- No. No.

Here's what- Here's what-

The only way- Do you wanna do this song?

Of course! Its a great song!

A lot of energy.

I don't know about that song.

I love that song. I love the feel of that song.

I love what it has to say.

But I just feel like- Wow.

It's a foot-stomping,

hand-clapping kind of thing.

The audience will love it.

We love it. I love doing it.

It's got a lot of life.

That's what we have- a lot of life.

-- [ Pop ]

[ Singing Along With Stereo ]

- The world in which we live -

[ Stephen Narrating]

Steve Martin is an ex-Marine...

whose zest for life

is positively mind-blowing.

He drives a 1 30-mile-an-hour

Chrysler convertible...

works out three times a week...

and hes got Mary Lou,

the girlfriend he calls his squeeze.

- -- [ Singing ]

- I'm having a hard time

remembering hes nearly 80.

- Try to find peace within -

- Without steppin' on one another -

- And do respect

the women of the world -

[ Stephen ] I've seen a little statuette

you've got downstairs which says...

- "You sexy beast"!

- [ Laughing ]

I got that-

I got that from Mary Lou...

so youll have to

ask her about that.

I think she's been the recipient

of some of my physical activities.

[ Chuckles ]

So that's another clich we could explode,

isn't it, about older- older people?

Al I that bah, hum bug.

Just stay healthy and-

[ Chuckling ]

Does life in that department

stop at 70, or-

Hel I no!

It gets better.

Takes longer and you have more fun.

- [ Chattering ]

- -- [ Guitar]

Ooh, yeah!

[ Laughs ]

[ Chorus ]

- Golden years -

- Ohh-oh, wop-wop-wop -

- Golden years -

- Go, wop-wop-wop -

- Golden years -

- Gold, wop-wop-wop -

- Don't let me hear you say

Life's taking you nowhere -

- Angel -

[ Chorus ]

- Come, get up, my baby -

- Look at that sky

Life's begun -

- Nights are warm

and the days are young -

[ Chorus ]

- Come, get up, my baby -

- There's my baby

Lost, that's all -

- Once, I'm begging you

save her little soul -

[ Chorus ]

- Golden years -

- Gold, wop-wop-wop -

- Come, get up, my baby -

- Last night they loved you -

- Opening doors

and pulling some strings -

- Angel -

[ Chorus ]

- Come, get up, my baby -

- I n walked luck

and you looked in time -

- Never look back

Walk tall, act fine -

[ Chorus ]

- Come, get up, my baby-

- I'll stick with you, baby

for a thousand years -

- Nothin's gonna touch you

in these golden years -

[ Chorus ]

- Go-o-o-o-o-old --

-- [ Funk ]

[ Stephen Narrating ]

With each new rehearsal...

"I Feel Good"

is rapidly going backwards.

Dora still cant get the timing...

while Stan keeps getting stuck

on the same two lines.

- And I'll hold you in my heart -

- I want- Nothing can do-

You know- -

[ Bob ]

- My love cant do you no harm -

- [ Grunts ]

- - My love can't do you no harm -

There's two lines,

and you just gotta get it.

You're holding the song

back right now.

Um-

- When I hold you in my -

You know what? Stan, take the mike

and just give it to us real big.

- [ Stephen ] Bob can be pretty tough on you.

- Yeah, Bob can get tough.

Bob can get tough, and a lot of 'em

gets kinda upset when he holler at 'em.

And I looked at 'em, I says,

" He holler at you, holler back."

[ Chorus, Bob ]

- So good, so good-

- I got you -

Aaah!

- I feel nice -

- - Like I knew that I- -

- Like sugar and spice!

You know what? Forget it.

We'll just- Im giving up on this one.

All right, let's go to the next one-

"Nothing Compares 2 U."

A-Actually- Okay?

Uh-

[ Stephen ]

He's a tough guy, isn't he, Bob?

Oh, yeah.

He chews nails and spits rust.

[ Chattering ]

But Im tough too.

I can handle it.

We have five or six songs we're hoping to

try to present that are brand-new here...

and, um, I'll be surprised

if two or three make it, so-

But we're working really hard.

That's the important thing. And, uh- uh-

- So, where are we right now?

- We're in hell.

[ Stephen Narrating]

Later that evening...

it's something of a relief

to escape the hothouse rehearsals...

when Fred and his wife Barbara

invite me over to their house.

[ Stephen ]

How long have you two been married for?

[ Both ]

Fifty-four years!

You heard m e say the other day

that we stayed together for the kids-

she didn't want 'em, neither did I.

That wasn't true.

That's just his silly-

And we did things romantically.

We went dining and dancing

twice a week.

I went Tuesday, she went Thursday.

Wh- And then-

And then we had-

Our marriage was built

on faith and trust.

She had no faith in me

and I didn't trust her.

[ Stephen ]

That's a beautiful picture.

[ Fred]

Our first dance as Mr. and Mrs.

[ Stephen ]

Did he used to sing, Barbara?

- Oh, sure.

- Yeah?

- Was this a big thing for him to sing, or not?

- Yeah. He loved to sing.

Where did he used to sing?

- I n the bathtub.

- I n the john. [ Laughing ]

[ Stephen Narrating ]

It's the Thursday before Easter...

and my last chance to catch up with the

chorus before they break for the holidays.

The first song on the agenda

is "Fix You. "

Nobody knows why, but Bob Salvini

didnt make it to yesterday's rehearsal.

Today hes back, but I'm s truck by how weak

he looks since I last saw him five days ago.

I don't know which is worse to watch,

you getting down or Stan getting up.

That was a rough landing.

-- [ Piano ]

[ Weakly ]

- When you try- best -

-- [ Slurring Words ]

- You get what you want

but not what you need -

-- [ Piano Continues ]

[ Bob ]

Try it from the beginning.

- your best

but you don't succeed -

- - When you get - No.

- You gotta wait.

-- [ Piano:
Melody]

- Tired, but you cant sleep -

- Stuck in reverse -

That's great! Do that again.

Stuck- That sounds great.

- Do that again?

- Yeah, I like that.

- Stuck in re- -

You surprised yourself.

- Stuck in reverse -

Can you go just a little bit-

- Stuck in rever-er-erse -

- Id like to.

- Don't think so?

- Stuck in rever- er- -

No.

Okay. That's all right.

- Stuck in reverse -

That's fine.

Bobby, it sounds great.

- Really?

- It really sounds great.

You can't do anything

wrong here, Bob.

Al I right.

[ Stephen Narrating ]

Only afterwards do we learn...

that Bob had been in hospital yesterday,

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