The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1963): Season 1, Episode 6 - The Sweet Singer of Central High - full transcript

♪ DOBIE ♪

♪ DOBIE ♪

♪ DOBIE ♪

♪ WANTS A GAL WHO'S DREAMY ♪

♪ DOBIE ♪

♪ WANTS A GAL WHO'S CREAMY ♪

♪ DOBIE ♪

♪ WANTS A GAL TO CALL HIS OWN ♪

♪ IS SHE BLONDE? IS SHE TALL? ♪

♪ IS SHE DARK? IS SHE SMALL? ♪

♪ IS SHE ANY KIND OF
DREAMBOAT AT ALL? ♪



♪ NO MATTER ♪

♪ HE'S HERS AND HERS ALONE ♪

♪ DOBIE! ♪

♪ DOBIE ♪

- THIS IS WHERE I COME TO
THINK OUT MY PROBLEMS.

MY PROBLEM RIGHT
NOW IS PRETTY BIG.

IT'S THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.

NOW, DON'T GET ME WRONG,
IT'S A GREAT COUNTRY,

AND THAT'S NO SNAP JUDGMENT.

I MEAN, I'VE BEEN THINKING
ABOUT IT FOR 17 YEARS.

IT'S THE GREATEST.

YOU TAKE ABE LINCOLN
OR THOMAS JEFFERSON,

ANY AMERICAN BOY
CAN BECOME PRESIDENT.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT ANY
AMERICAN BOY CAN'T BECOME.



THE STEADY BOYFRIEND
OF THALIA MENNINGER.

THALIA, MY LOVE,
MY HEART'S DESIRE,

MY DELICIOUS, MY
DELIGHTFUL, MY LIVING...

- SHH.
- WHAT ARE YOU READING?

- A VERY INTERESTING ARTICLE.

HOW ELVIS PRESLEY SOUGHT
THE BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS.

- DID HE FIND IT?
- HE CERTAINLY DID.

- OH, YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO WRITE HIM A FAN LETTER?

HIM? WHEN I'M
SITTING RIGHT HERE?

ME, A REAL LIVE, VITAL,
THROBBING, PULSING AMERICAN BOY.

- $775,000 A YEAR.
- ANYHOW, HE'S IN THE ARMY.

- THAT'S $83 A MONTH MORE.

- I HAVEN'T EVEN GOT A NICKEL.

ALL RIGHT, THALIA,
TAKE HIM. I STEP ASIDE.

- IT PROVES ONLY ONE THING.

THERE'S JUST ONE
WAY AN AMERICAN BOY

CAN MAKE A FORTUNE FAST.

- YEAH? HOW?
- BECOME A POPULAR SINGER.

- ME?
- WELL, WHY NOT?

LOOK AT ALL THE
GUYS WHO'VE MADE IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE TALENTED.
- THALIA. THALIA.

- YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE
TO BE GOOD-LOOKING.

- YEAH. I...

YEAH? YEAH.

YEAH, I BELIEVE YOU'RE RIGHT.

YEAH... QUITE RIGHT,
THALIA, MY DARLING.

♪ LOVELY LADY ♪

♪ I'M FALLING MADLY IN LOVE ♪

♪ WITH YOU ♪

- ♪ IT'S A FEELING
BEYOND CONCEALING ♪

♪ WHAT CAN I DO? ♪

- OH, MILTON. WHY, I NEVER
KNEW YOU COULD SING LIKE THAT.

THAT WAS JUST WONDERFUL.

- YES, IT WAS RATHER, WASN'T IT?
- AND YOU'RE TALL AND HANDSOME.

- I EXPECT YOU
COULD CALL ME THAT.

- OOH, I BET YOU COULD
BE A BIG SINGING STAR

IF I PUT YOUR MIND TO IT.

- WELL, I COULD BE ANYTHING
THAT YOU WANTED ME TO BE.

- AND I COULD BE YOUR MANAGER.

- AND WE COULD GO STEADY.
- YEAH.

- OH, LISTEN, I CAN
SIGN AS GOOD AS HIM.

- OH, SURE, AND IS MR. MENIFEE
PESTERING YOU TO JOIN THE OCTET

LIKE HE'S PESTERING
ME TO JOIN THE OCTET?

- WHAT'S THE OCTET?

- THE OCTET, DEAR BOY,

IS A SINGING GROUP
OF EIGHT STUDENTS.

- THAT'S SISSY STUFF.
IF YOU WANT TO BRAG,

WHY DON'T YOU DO SOMETHING
IMPORTANT LIKE FOOTBALL?

- MILTON IS THE
FOOTBALL CAPTAIN.

- WELL, I'M GOING TO
TRY OUT FOR THE OCTET.

- YOU?
- WHY NOT?

I'M AN AMERICAN, AIN'T I?
- SO?

- SO ANY AMERICAN
BOY CAN DO ANYTHING.

- EXCEPT SING.
- WE'LL SEE.

♪ LOVELY...

Both: ♪ LADY I'M
FALLING MADLY IN LOVE ♪

♪ WITH YOU ♪

- ♪ OH THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT ♪

♪ ON MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME ♪

♪ HOME. HOME ♪

♪ HOME ♪

- MR. GILLIS.

- YES?
- NO.

- NO?
- NO.

- OH.

- GILLIS, I JUST DON'T
UNDERSTAND IT.

I MEAN, YOU ARE AN AMERICAN BOY.

- LISTEN, SMART GUY.
- YEAH?

- I'D KILL YOU, ONLY...
- ONLY WHAT?

- ONLY HE'S TOO BIG AND STRONG.

- YEAH, YOU'RE TOO
BIG AND STRONG.

- TRUE.

- NEVER MIND, DOBE.

DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION
TO THAT OBLONG.

- WHAT'S AN OBLONG?
- TALL, THIN SQUARE.

- MILTON ARMITAGE?
- YES, SIR.

- A FEW PEAR-SHAPED
TONES, PLEASE.

♪ OH THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT ♪

♪ ON MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME ♪

♪ ON MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME ♪

♪ FAR AWAY ♪

- BRAVO. BRAVO.
FINE. FINE. YOU'LL DO.

WELL, THAT MAKES SEVEN.

ONE MORE AND WE'LL
HAVE THE OCTET.

- SIR?
- YES?

- YES?
- NO.

- NO?
- NO.

- OH.

- NOW, I WANT YOU

TO PRACTICE VERY HARD.
PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE.

NEXT MONTH, AS YOU KNOW,

WE COMPETE AGAINST
WEBSTER HIGH SCHOOL

FOR THE PEETRY HEDDEN TROPHY.

- SIR?
- NO, MR. GILLIS.

WE'D LIKE TO WIN THE TROPHY.
THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA, WINNING.

GOODBYE, MR. GILLIS.

- WHAT DO YOU CARE, DOBE?

"MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME"?
HOW RICKY TICKY CAN YOU GET?

- LISTEN, JEROME. I'M
GOING TO MAKE THAT OCTET.

I'M GONNA PRACTICE,
PRACTICE, PRACTICE.

[ SINGING SCALES ]

- I GOTTA KILL THAT
BOY. I JUST GOTTA.

- NOW, HERBERT, I
THINK IT SOUNDS LOVELY.

- LOVELY? HE'S CHASING
CUSTOMERS OUT OF THE STORE.

DOBIE? DOBIE! COME OUT HERE.

- GO BACK TO YOUR
PRACTICING, DEAR.

YOUR FATHER WAS JUST TEASING.

- IT'S ALL RIGHT, MOM. MY
THROAT'S KIND OF SORE ANYWAY.

- OH?

LET ME SEE.

GOODNESS! YOUR TONSILS,
THEY'RE ALL SWOLLEN AND INFLAMED.

- TEETH, HAIRCUT, TONSILS,
THE UPKEEP IS BREAKING ME.

- HERBERT, I'M
SERIOUS. TAKE A LOOK.

- ALL RIGHT. OPEN YOUR
MOUTH, BUT DON'T SING.

- WHY HIS TONSILS, THEY'RE
ALL SWOLLEN AND INFLAMED.

BOY, YOU'RE GOING TO BED.

- OH, I'M ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T WANT TO GO TO
BED. I CAN'T LOSE THE TIME.

- YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING
TO LOSE THOSE TONSILS.

- BUT I GOT TO
PRACTICE MY SINGING.

- OH, NO, YOU DON'T.

WINNIE, CALL THE GOOD DOCTOR.
THIS WILL BE WORTH THE MONEY.

[ NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE ]

- HI, DOBIE.

HOW DO YOU FEEL?
- OKAY, THANKS.

- OH, GILLIS, GILLIS, ON
BEHALF OF THE OCTET...

- YEAH?

- I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
GETTING YOUR THROAT CUT.

- MAN, FORGET THAT CHICK.

THE WORLD'S,
LIKE, FULL OF GIRLS.

- LIKE WHO?
- OH, PEGGY LEE,

ELLA FITZGERALD, JUNE CHRISTY.

♪ LOVE MY UNCLE, LOVE MY AUNT ♪

♪ LOVE MY COUSIN MAX ♪

- THOSE AREN'T
THE LYRICS, JEROME.

- HOW DOES IT GO? CLUE ME.
- I CAN'T SING.

- WELL, JUST FAKE
IT, GOOD BUDDY.

- ALL RIGHT.

♪ LOVE ME TENDER LOVE ME SWEET ♪

♪ NEVER LET ME GO ♪

THAT WAS ME?

- I DON'T KNOW, BIG
DADDY. LET'S TRY IT AGAIN.

- ♪ LOVE ME TENDER ♪

♪ LOVE ME SWEET ♪

- SHH.
- ♪ NEVER LET ME GO ♪

♪ YOU HAVE MADE
MY LIFE COMPLETE ♪

♪ AND I LOVE YOU SO ♪

♪ LOVE ME TENDER ♪

♪ LOVE ME TRUE ♪

♪ ALL MY DREAMS FULFILLED ♪

♪ FOR MY DARLING ♪

- SHUT UP.

- ♪ I LOVE YOU ♪

♪ AND I ALWAYS WILL ♪

- NOT BAD. NOT BAD.
NOT BAD. NOW, I'LL SING.

- DOBIE'S NEW VOICE
SOUNDS LIKE HONEY.

- LIKE HONEY? YOU
MEAN LIKE MONEY, HONEY.

- I SUPPOSE YOU'RE
WONDERING ABOUT MY VOICE.

WELL, THE DOCTOR SAYS
IT'S CAUSED BY SCAR TISSUE,

YOU KNOW, FROM MY TONSILLECTOMY.

IT MAY LAST ALL
MY LIFE, IT MAY NOT.

BUT MEANWHILE, I'VE GOT
THALIA, AND THALIA'S GOT ME,

UNDER CONTRACT.
SHE'S MY MANAGER.

♪ LOVE ME TENDER
LOVE ME SWEET... ♪

- ARE YOU STILL ON
THOSE PICTURES, JEROME?

HURRY UP, WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO.

- WHAT'S IN THERE?
- HMM?

- WHAT'S IN THERE?
- OH, THESE?

THEY'RE SOUVENIR BUTTONS
FOR DOBIE GILLIS'S FANS.

GENUINE BUTTONS
RIGHT OFF HIS OWN SHIRT.

- WHAT ARE THESE?

- THEY'RE GENUINE DOBIE
SCARVES AT $4 A PIECE.

- $4? I SAW ONE DOWN ON
THE CORNER YESTERDAY

FOR $1.98.
- NOT A DOBIE SCARF.

- HEY, WHAT ARE THESE?

- TICKETS.
- FOR WHAT?

- TO DOBIE'S RECORDING
SESSION. I RENTED A STUDIO,

AND DOBIE'S GOING
TO MAKE A RECORD,

AND I'M GOING TO SEND THE RECORD
TO A BIG RECORDING COMPANY.

DOBIE'S GOING TO GET A CONTRACT

AND BE A BIG, RICH
RECORDING START.

- THALIA?
- YEAH.

- YOU THOUGHT ANY
ABOUT JOINING THE MAFIA?

- YES, SIR. THALIA'S THE BEST
LITTLE MANAGER A MAN EVER HAD.

OVERNIGHT SHE
MADE ME A CELEBRITY,

THE IDOL OF EVERY GIRL IN TOWN.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING,

IT'S GOTTEN TO
BE A BIT OF A BORE

HAVING GIRLS CHASE
ME ALL THE TIME,

BUT STILL AND ALL,

I SUPPOSE A PUBLIC FIGURE
HAS CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS.

- WOULD YOU PLEASE?
- WHY NOT, LITTLE ONE?

- OH, THANK YOU, SIR.

- COULD I HAVE AN EXTRA
ONE FOR MY COUSIN ETHEL?

- OH, SORRY, COOKIE,
JUST ONE TO A CUSTOMER.

- OH, PLEASE, SIR? SHE
JUST HAD HER APPENDIX OUT.

- WELL, IN THAT CASE.

- THEY DON'T CALL YOU THE
GREAT DOBIE FOR NOTHING.

- YES, MY DEAR?

- I... CAN I WHISPER IN YOUR EAR?
- BE MY GUEST.

WELL, JUST ONE.
- OH!

- WELL, THIS GIVES
YOU A ROUGH IDEA

OF HOW IT IS, ALL THE
TIME. ALL THE TIME.

YES, MY CHILD?
- I AM NOT YOUR CHILD.

- FOR THIS RELIEF, MUCH THANKS.

WHAT'S ON YOUR
SO-CALLED MIND, SONNY?

- MR. MENIFEE, YOU REMEMBER
HIM, THE SINGING COACH?

HE ASKED ME TO TELL YOU THAT
THERE'S A REHEARSAL TODAY.

- YES. I REMEMBER
MR. MENIFEE, THE SIGNING COACH.

BUT DOES MR. MENIFEE,
THE SINGING COACH,

REMEMBER THAT MY VOICE IS A
DELICATELY TUNED INSTRUMENT

AND SHOULD NOT BE
UNNECESSARILY STRAINED.

- All: UH-UH.

- YEAH. NOW, YOU
JUST SCAMPER BACK

ON YOUR LITTLE FAT LEGS

AND TELL MR. MENIFEE,
THE SIGNING COACH,

THAT DOBIE GILLIS DOES
NOT REHEARSE TODAY.

- LITTLE FAT LEGS?

- ALL RIGHT. BIG FAT LEGS.
NOW, OFF YOU GO, CHAPPY.

YES, MY DEAR?

ADULATION, SWOONING, AUTOGRAPHS,

DAY AND NIGHT, NIGHT AND DAY.

IT WAS ALL VERY NICE, OF COURSE,

HAVING ALL THOSE FANS,
ESPECIALLY ONE FAN.

ONE FAN I NEVER DREAMED
WOULD BE A FAN. I MEAN...

- WELL, THIS IS HERBERT
GILLIS, FATHER OF DOBIE GILLIS.

DOBIE. DOBIE GILLIS, THE
NEW SINGING SENSATION.

WELL, DID YOU KNOW THAT
TONIGHT IS A SINGING CONTEST

BETWEEN CENTRAL
AND WEBSTER HIGH?

OH, YOU DO KNOW, HUH?

WELL, WHAT DO YOU MEAN
BURYING A BIG STORY LIKE THAT

BACK ON PAGE 8?

OH, IS THAT SO? WELL,
CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION.

ONCE IN A GENERATION A
VOICE LIKE DOBIE'S COMES ALONG

AND THEY STICK THE
STORY ON PAGE 8.

- TWO WEEKS AGO YOU
WERE CALLING HIM A BUM.

- WINNIE, IT TAKES A BIG MAN
TO ADMIT WHEN HE'S WRONG,

AND THAT'S WHAT I AM, A BIG MAN.

AND WINNIE, YOU'RE A BIG WOMAN.

YOU BE BIG IF YOU WANT
TO. LEAVE ME OUT OF THIS.

- HEY, WHAT'D I DO WITH MY SONG?

- YOUR WHAT?
- MY SONG.

WHY SHOULD DOBIE MAKE
SOME OTHER SONGWRITER RICH?

- SOME OTHER SONGWRITER?
- OH, HERE IT IS. NOW GET THIS.

♪ HOLD ME, KISS ME, WRAP
YOUR LIPS AROUND ME ♪

- WRAP YOUR LIPS AROUND ME?

IT'S POETRY, HERBERT.

- WELL, THE KID'S GOTTA GET
HIS TALENT FROM SOMEPLACE.

[ GIRLS SCREAMING ]

- LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT AWAY CLEAN.

- ALMOST.
- OH!

OH, I THINK IT'S JUST TERRIBLE

THOSE GIRL SNATCHING AT
YOUR CLOTHES ALL THE TIME.

- WHAT'S SO TERRIBLE ABOUT IT?

MY SON IS A STAR,
AREN'T YOU, SON?

- NOT YET, DAD. NOT QUITE YET.
- LIKE HECK YOU'RE NOT.

THAT MAN FROM THE RECORD COMPANY

IS COMING DOWN HERE
TO HEAR YOU SING TONIGHT.

THE REST WILL BE HISTORY.

- DAD? MOM?

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT NO
MATTER HOW HIGH AND FAR I GO,

I'LL NEVER FORGET
MY HUMBLE ORIGIN.

- THANK YOU, DOBIE.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.

I KNOW WE'RE JUST
GRUBBY LITTLE NOBODIES,

AND IF YOU WANT US
TO STEP OUT OF THE WAY,

WHY, WE'LL UNDERSTAND.

- OH, NO. NO, MOM.
GRUBBY OR NOT,

YOU'RE STILL MY MOTHER
AND YOU'RE STILL MY FATHER,

AND I KNOW THAT IN YOUR OWN
WAY YOU TRIED YOUR BEST FOR ME.

- I GOTTA KILL THAT
BOY. I JUST GOTTA.

- QUIET, WINNIE. SON,
I WANT YOU TO KNOW

THAT WE'RE NOT GOING
TO BE THE ORDINARY TYPE

OF SHOW BUSINESS PARENTS.
- MM-HMM.

- I MEAN, WE'RE NOT
JUST GOING TO SIT BACK

AND REAP THE BENEFITS.

I'M GOING TO HELP YOU.

IN FACT, I'M THINKING
OF CLOSING THE STORE

AND HANDLING YOUR
CAREER PERSONALLY.

- HM.
- YOU KNOW,

THERE ARE A LOT OF
GIMMICKS IN THIS BUSINESS,

FOR INSTANCE...

- GEE, THANKS, DAD, BUT I
DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY IT.

- FAKE IT, BOY. FAKE IT.

ALL THE BIG SINGERS HOLD GUITARS

AND GIVE IT PLENTY OF
THIS STUFF, YOU KNOW.

YOU GOTTA KNOW HOW TO SELL
A SONG, BOY. NOW, WATCH THIS.

♪ I WANT TO KISS,
I WANT TO CLING ♪

♪ BUT, BABY, THERE'S A TIME
AND PLACE FOR EVERYTHING ♪

♪ SO PLEASE, PLEASE
COOL IT BABY ♪

♪ SHOW THE GANG
YOU AIN'T NO SQUARE ♪

♪ COOL IT BABY, WE DON'T
WANT NO HEADS TO STARE ♪

♪ OH, COOL IT, COOL IT, BABY,
MAKE LIKE A POLAR BEAR ♪

THE END, HUH?

- DAD?
- YEAH.

- DON'T SELL THE STORE.

♪ NITA ♪

♪ JUANITA ♪

♪ BE MY OWN FAIR BRIDE ♪

- THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.

THERE WILL NOW BE
A BRIEF INTERMISSION.

- NO! NO!

- WE WANT DOBIE! WE WANT DOBIE!

WE WANT DOBIE! WE WANT DOBIE!

- THE CENTRAL HIGH SONG.

- ♪ ABOVE THE SCHOOL
WE LOVE SO WELL ♪

♪ OUR PRECIOUS CENTRAL HIGH ♪

♪ AND THERE THE BRAVE
OLD CENTRAL BELL ♪

♪ RESOUNDS ACROSS THE SKY ♪

♪ IT RINGS...
- BING BONG ♪

- ♪... IT SINGS...
- BING BONG ♪

- ♪ OF DEAR OLD
HIGH SCHOOL DAYS ♪

♪ IT RINGS...
- BING BONG ♪

- ♪ IT SINGS...
- BING BONG ♪

- ♪ A MIGHTY SONG OF PRAISE ♪

♪ AND THOUGH WE JOIN ♪

♪ THAT COUNTLESS THRONG ♪

♪ OF THOSE WHO SAID FAREWELL ♪

♪ OUR VOICES LIVE ON ♪

♪ IN THE MIGHTY SONG ♪

♪ OF THE DEAR OLD CENTRAL BELL ♪

♪ BING BONG - BING BONG ♪

- ♪ BING BONG - BING BONG ♪

- ♪ ALL HAIL THE CENTRAL BELL ♪

- [ APPLAUSE ]

- MY BOY, I'VE BEEN CONDUCTING
THESE CONCERTS FOR 20 YEARS

AND NEVER, NEVER HAVE I
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

IN THE VERNACULAR, DOBIE,
YOU'RE THE CAT'S PAJAMAS.

- THANK YOU, MR. MENIFEE.
- HEY, I WANT TO KNOW

WHY HE DIDN'T HAVE
HIS GUITAR OUT THERE.

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING
TO DO, RUIN HIS CAREER?

- NOW, DAD.

- YOU BETTER GET DRESSED
FOR THE NEXT NUMBER.

- YES, SIR.
- AND LISTEN,

IN THAT NEXT NUMBER
YOU CARRY THIS THING

AND GIVE THEM SOME OF THIS, HUH?

- MR. MENIFEE, I'D LIKE
YOU TO MEET MR. BINFORD

OF THE APEX RECORDING COMPANY.

HE CAME FROM
CHICAGO TO HEAR DOBIE,

AND HE THINKS HE'S WONDERFUL.

- I'M HIS FATHER.
- HE'S BETTER THAN WONDERFUL.

- I HAVE A CONTRACT ALL READY.
- I'M HIS FATHER.

- AND YOU'RE A VERY
BRIGHT LITTLE GIRL

TO SEND ME THAT TAPE RECORDING.

- HERBERT T. GILLIS, THE
FATHER OF DOBIE GILLIS.

- OH, I'LL BET YOU THOUGHT
OF THAT NAME TOO.

THAT WAS A STROKE OF
GENIUS. NOW, LET'S SEE,

THERE'S LITTLE
RICHARD, CONWAY TWITTY,

AND NOW DOBIE GILLIS.

- HEY, LISTEN, YOU,
THAT'S HIS REAL NAME,

AND I'M HIS FATHER.

- OH, I BEG YOUR
PARDON. HOW DO YOU DO?

OH, HERE COMES OUR
NEXT SINATRA NOW.

- DOBIE, I'D LIKE YOU
TO MEET MR. BINFORD

OF THE APEX RECORDING COMPANY.

- OH, HOW DO YOU DO, SIR.
- PLEASED TO MEET YOU, DOBIE.

BUT YOU'RE GOING
TO SEE MORE OF ME.

I WANT TO TALK
CONTRACT LATER TONIGHT.

- CONTRACT? NO KIDDING.

GOSH, TO THINK ALL
THIS IS HAPPENING TO ME.

- IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED
IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR HER.

- YEAH, AND HE
WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED

IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR ME.

- NOW, NOW, GIRLS. DON'T PUSH.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE
HERE AT SCHOOL ALL WEEK.

- NOT US! WE'RE FROM
WEBSTER HIGH SCHOOL.

- WEBSTER?
- A RIVAL SCHOOL, WONDERFUL.

- WE JUST FORMED OUR
CLUB FIVE MINUTES AGO.

- PLEASE, PLEASE, AFTER ALL,
THEY CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES.

- DOBIE, YOU WERE WONDERFUL.

- MY FANS.

- DOBIE! DOBIE, I
WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

- EXCUSE ME, MY... AN
OLD FRIEND. EXCUSE ME.

- AN OLD FRIEND?

- WHY YES, THALIA.

- LISTEN, EVER SINCE
YOU WERE IN KNEE PANTS

YOU'VE BEEN WHINING
THAT YOU LOVE ME.

- SHH. EASY ON THAT LOVE STUFF.

- WHAT?
- NOW, LOOK, THALIA,

LOVE AND BUSINESS
JUST DON'T MIX.

NOT IN THIS BUSINESS ANYHOW.

WHEN THESE GIRLS BUY MY RECORDS,
EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS TO BELIEVE

THAT I'M SINGING
TO HER, HER ALONE.

THAT'S WHY I CAN'T HAVE ANY
ROMANTIC ATTACHMENTS IN MY LIFE.

I BELONG TO MY PUBLIC NOW.

- I SEE.
- I KNEW YOU WOULD.

I MEAN, A BIG IMPORTANT
HIT SINGER LIKE ME

HAS TO STAY FREE. NOW,
YOU TAKE RICKY NELSON.

HAS HE GOT A WIFE? NO.
OR ELVIS PRESLEY OR FABIAN,

FREE, EVERY ONE OF US.

- US?
- YEAH.

WHICH MEANS THAT
EVERY GIRL IN THIS COUNTRY

LIVES IN HOPE, MAYBE SOMEDAY

SHE'LL BE THE LUCKY
ONE THAT CATCHES US.

- DOBIE, I ONLY HAVE
ONE THING TO SAY.

- NOW, I CAN'T PROMISE
ANYTHING, OF COURSE,

BUT WE'LL ARRANGE
MEETINGS FROM TIME TO TIME.

WE'LL FIND LITTLE OUT
OF THE WAY PLACES

WHERE I WON'T BE RECOGNIZED.

OF COURSE, THAT WILL
BE TERRIBLY DIFFICULT,

BUT MAYBE IF I PUT ON A
MUSTACHE OR DARK GLASSES.

ANYHOW, I'LL TRY TO WORK IT OUT.

NOW, I CAN'T PROMISE
ANYTHING, MIND YOU...

- I AM.
- AM WHAT?

- I'M PROMISING

THAT I WILL NEVER
SPEAK TO YOU - SHH! SHH!

AS LONG AS I LIVE.
- SHH!

I'LL NEVER LOOK AT THAT
SWELLED HEAD OF YOURS.

YOU... I AM THROUGH
WITH YOU, DOBIE GILLIS,

THROUGH, THROUGH, THROUGH!

- THALIA!

THALIA, WAIT!

- [ OVERLAPPING DIALOGUE ]

[ INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE ]

MY VOICE.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY VOICE?

- GET OUT THERE.
- I CAN'T.

- NEVER MIND YOUR COSTUME.

- THEY'LL NEVER
NOTICE YOUR COSTUME

ONCE THEY HEAR THAT
GLORIOUS GOLDEN VOICE.

- GO AHEAD. GO
ON. GET OUT THERE.

- FOR OUR FINAL NUMBER,

AND OLD, OLD COLLEGE FAVORITE

THAT I'M PROUD TO HAVE
ARRANGED ESPECIALLY

TO FEATURE THE
VOICE 0F DOBIE GILLIS.

THE BULLDOG ALMA MATER.

- ♪ OH, THE BULLDOG
ON THE BANK ♪

♪ AND THE BULLFROG IN THE POOL ♪

- [ FLAT ] ♪ OH, THE
BULLDOG ON THE BANK ♪

♪ AND THE BULLFROG IN THE POOL ♪

[ INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE ]

- ♪ OH, THE BULLDOG
ON THE BANK ♪

♪ AND THE BULLFROG IN THE POOL ♪

- ♪ OH, THE BULLDOG
ON THE BANK ♪

♪ AND THE BULLFROG IN THE POOL ♪

♪ POOL? POOL. POOL. POOL. ♪

♪ DOBIE ♪

- SO THIS IS AMERICA,

WHERE ANY BOY LIKE ME
CAN WIND UP WITH ABE LINCOLN

AND THOMAS JEFFERSON AND
WITHOUT THALIA MENNINGER.

WELL, IT WASN'T MY FAULT.

THE DOCTOR SAID IT
WAS SOME SCAR TISSUE

THAT CHANGED MY VOICE.

I JUST YELLED IT OFF.

BUT I'M NOT GIVING UP.

I KNOW THAT FAITH
CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS.

[ SINGING SCALES ]

AND I'M GOING TO COME HERE
AND PRACTICE EVERY DAY...

[ SINGING SCALES ]

UNTIL I'M GOOD.

[ SINGING SCALES ]

IF IT TAKES FOREVER.

[ SINGING SCALES ]

YOU KNOW, EVEN I CAN'T STAND IT.

♪ DOBIE ♪

♪ WANTS A GAL WHO'S DREAMY ♪

♪ DOBIE ♪

♪ WANTS A GAL WHO'S CREAMY ♪

♪ DOBIE ♪

♪ WANTS A GAL TO CALL HIS OWN ♪

♪ IS SHE BLONDE? IS SHE TALL? ♪

♪ IS SHE DARK? IS SHE SMALL? ♪

♪ IS SHE ANY KIND OF
DREAMBOAT AT ALL? ♪

♪ NO MATTER ♪

♪ HE'S HERS AND HERS ALONE ♪

♪ 'CAUSE DOBIE HAS TO
HAVE A GIRL TO CALL HIS OWN ♪

♪ DOBIE ♪