Young at Heart Page #9

- Yeah -

- Im staying alive -

- Im staying alive --

[ Stephen Narrating ]

It's four days before the show...

and I'm joining Lenny for breakfast.

I'm keen to see how he's getting on

with "Life During Wartime "...

before the choruss

final rehearsal this afternoon.

But the latest news on

his singing partner Joe isnt good...

and it's now almost certain he wont

be well enough to make the show.

I understand he, uh- he's back-

He's got pneumonia, and, uh...

that's something you don't, uh,

push off.

You know, that can be disastrous.

I'm hoping that he's got a strong enough

immune system to offset it.

[ Stephen ]

Joe is on the center of that poster, isn't he?

That's right. That's right.

We're gonna miss him.

Well, let's hope he's gonna be

well enough to actually be there.

- Yes.

- Okay.

- Do you wanna put it up?

- H uh?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

There we go.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Stephen Narrating ] Fifteen minutes

after Lenny puts up the poster...

he receives a phone call

from Bobs assistant Diane.

She tells him that

Joe died early this morning.

Last night, he checked himself

into hospital with breathing problems.

His worst fears had been realized.

The cancer had come back

and had entered his blood.

He died just a week

after Bob Salvini.

- Its been seven hours -

- And 1 5 days -

- - Since you took your love away -

- - Love away -

- I go out every night -

- And sleep all day -

- - Since you took your love away -

- - Love away -

- Since you've been gone -

- I can do whatever I want -

- I can see whomever I choose -

- I can eat my dinner -

- In a fancy restaurant -

- But nothing -

- I said nothing can

take away these blues -

- - 'Cause nothing compares -

- - Com pares -

- Nothing compares to you --

H e was just the most sweetest guy.

He never had a bad word

to say about anybody.

He made you happy.

There's gonna be a giant hole here.

I don't know-

There's nobody ever gonna fill that.

[ Stephen ]

How are you guys bearing up?

N-Not well.

After the initial

shock and sadness...

we sort of got together

and decided...

that we would go on with the show.

But we've all said that about ourselves.

I've always said...

"If I collapse on the stage, just drag me off

and continue with the show...

because I'm only one person."

[ Stephen ]

Do you think it's very difficult for you...

to go on and do this concert?

No, it's not difficult for me, um...

because I knew him so well...

that he would want it to go on.

You know, he would definitely

want it to go on.

Absolutely positive.

And I would-

If anything happened to me...

I wouldn't want everybody to fall apart

and say, "Oh, we can't go on."

Um, I'd expect them to go on,

because I always tell people-

For years, I've told 'em- I said...

"When I pass on,

I shan't go out of your life.

"I shall be sitting up on a rainbow...

"looking down watching you.

"So keep doing what

we've always done together...

because I'll be there."

I n the first act

it'll be one, two and three...

although I kind of want

me and Johnny near each other.

- I think it kind of works

with a pair and a single one.

- Okay.

We lost a lot of light there.

Wanna sharpen it up, make it look-

No, it looks sharp.

[ Stephen Narrating]

At the end of the week in which Joe died...

the day of the show has arrived.

A t 8:
00 tonight, the curtain goes up

at the Academy Theater.

-- [ Humming ]

[ Man ]

That's good!

- [ Stephen ] What happens in the next hour?

- U h, I pace.

You know, I just-

I burn the rug here.

I just keep on going

back and forth...

and thinking about what it is that

we're going to be doing here tonight.

- I feel nice -

It's sold out. The person I was

supposed to go with couldn't make it.

My friends couldn't even get in.

Eight people, 1 0 people-

I'm by myself.

You might want to try the balcony.

- To a great show. For Joe Benoit-

- Great show.

-Joe Benoit and-

- Right.

- And Bob.

- To Joe and Bob.

- And Bob. God bless them.

- Salud. Salud.

- Have fun.

- Good show, everybody.

Good show.

Come on.

Let's give 'em hell.

- [Audience Cheering ]

- Give 'em hell. Let's do it.

-- [ Pop ]

- Well, no one told me about her -

[ Chorus ]

- The way she lied -

- Well, no one told me about her -

- How many people cried -

- But it's too late

to say you're sorry-

- How would I know

Why should I care -

- Please don't bother

trying to find her -

- She's not there -

- Well, let me tell you about the way

she looked, the way she'd act -

- And the color of her hair -

- Her voice was soft and cool -

- Her eyes were clear and bright -

- But she's not there -

-- [ Continues ]

- Thank you for coming.

It's the Young At Heart chorus!

- [Applause ]

On piano, Ed Wise.

On accordion, Chris Haynes.

On guitar, Freddie Johnson.

On drums, Billy Arnold.

On violin, Miriam Leader.

--[ Ends ]

[ Applause ]

We're working on a new show...

and we've got some new music

we're gonna try on you, if that's okay.

So we are going to try

to do a song by Sonic Youth.

[ Stephen Narrating ]

Over the last six weeks...

Bob has driven the chorus in ever

weirder directions with "Schizophrenia. "

Not even they quite know

what they're doing with the song.

So what the audience will now

make of it is anybody's guess.

-- [ Rock ]

- I went away -

- T o see an old friend of mine -

- H is sister came over -

- She was out of her mind -

- Her light eyes were dancing -

- She is insane -

- Her brother says she's just a b*tch -

- With a golden chain -

[ Chorus ]

- She keeps coming closer -

- Saying, I can feel it in my bones -

- Schizophrenia -

- Is taking me home -

- Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah -

- Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah -

- Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah -

- Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah -

[ Elaine ]

- My future is static -

- - It's already had it -

- - Already had it -

- I could tuck you in -

- - And we could talk about it -

- - And we could talk about it -

- I had a dream -

- - And it split the scene -

- [ Chorus ]- Split the scene -

- But I've got a hunch -

- - It's coming back to me -

- [ Chorus ]- It's coming back to me -

-- [ Vocalizing ]

- Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah -

- Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah --

[Applause ]

[ Bob ] Steve Martin,

Elaine Fligman and Eileen Hall...

on "Schizophrenia. "

[ Woman ] That was great, Louise.

You rocked my world.

[ Bob ]

Good job, guys. Really good job.

H ad fun in that first act.

Once we get out there,

we give it all we can. [ Laughing ]

[ Stephen Narrating ]

"Schizophrenia" was a triumph...

but the second act is yet to come...

and Bob is now

a complete bundle of nerves.

Hes still got

three songs to get through-

"Yes We Can Can "

with its 7 1 "cans "...

"I Feel Good, " and "Fix You"...

which began as a duet

and is now a solo.

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