The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1963): Season 2, Episode 28 - Like Mother, Like Daughter, Like Wow - full transcript
Beautiful party girl Hazel Grimes thinks Dobie is a bit of a bore, that is until she finds out who he is. That's because she is the daughter of Helen "Bubbles" Grimes née Corrigan, the two who have just moved back to Central City where Bubbles lived twenty years ago. Hazel is a chip off the old block as Bubbles was a good time party girl who Herbert had his eyes on - and perhaps more - in high school, and visa versa. Winnie doesn't like what Hazel represents, more in terms of her own marriage to Herbert than how it will affect Dobie. Winnie arrived into Herbert's life after Bubbles left town, and based on stories she's heard, she believes that Herbert and Bubbles would have gotten married if Bubbles didn't leave town twenty years ago. The truth behind Herbert and Bubble's relationship and the strength or weakness of the Gillis' marriage is brought to the surface when Bubbles does end up searching for "Herbie", her high school party boy.
- AH, MY DEAR, YOU
DANCE LIKE A FEATHER,
LIKE A SEA BREEZE,
LIKE A WOOD NYMPH.
- SO HOW COME YOU'RE ALL
THE TIME STEPPING ON MY FEET?
- OH, HO, HO, A SENSE OF HUMOR.
I LIKE THAT, NOT ONLY
BEAUTY AND GRACE,
BUT ALSO WIT.
AH, HOW I LOOK FORWARD
TO THE LONG LAZY DAYS AHEAD,
YOU AND I, MY
DEAR, HAND-IN-HAND,
WALKING THROUGH LIFE
WITH A SONG IN OUR HEARTS.
- BOY HAVE YOU GOT
A WRONG NUMBER.
LOOK, BUSTER, I COME HERE
AND DANCE WITH YOU SERVICE
GUYS BECAUSE IT'S MY PATRIOTIC DUTY.
BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS IT GOES.
SO YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO FORGET
THIS "WALKING THROUGH
LIFE HAND-IN-HAND."
WE'LL FINISH THIS FOXTROT
OR, OR WHATEVER IT IS
YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING.
GOODBYE, CHARLIE.
- UH, DOBIE, NOT CHARLIE.
DOBIE, THAT'S MY NAME.
- AND THAT'S THE BREAKS.
LOOK, PAL, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T
NOTICED, THE MUSIC STOPPED.
SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST FLAKE OFF
LIKE A GOOD LITTLE
SOLDIER. OKAY, CHARLIE?
- YEAH, DOBIE GILLIS, THAT'S
MY NAME, DOBIE, DOBIE GILLIS.
- FINE, DON'T CALL
ME, I'LL CALL YOU.
DID YOU SAY DOBIE GILLIS?
- THAT'S WHAT I
SAID, DOBIE GILLIS.
- YOU'RE SURE?
- SINCE I WAS A BABY.
- YOU'RE REALLY DOBIE GILLIS?
- SURE, WHY?
- HERE'S WHY.
♪ DOBIE ♪
[SCATTING]
♪ DOBIE ♪
[SCATTING]
[SCATTING] ♪ DOBIE ♪
[SCATTING]
- IN MY HOMETOWN THERE'S A
SERVICEMEN'S RECREATION CENTER
WHERE US G.I.s GO WHEN
WE'RE HOME ON LEAVE.
IT'S A NICE PLACE.
THEY'VE GOT DANCING,
AND COOKIES, AND DONUTS.
AND THE HOSTESSES ARE
FRIENDLY, VERY FRIENDLY.
- DO YOU MIND?
DO YOU MIND? PLEASE, PLEASE.
UH, PLEASE DON'T THINK I'M
UNGRATEFUL MISS, MISS, UH
- HAZEL GRIMES.
- UH, MIS GRIMES.
- CALL ME HAZEL.
- UH, HAZEL.
LIKE, I SAY, PLEASE DON'T THINK
I'M UNGRATEFUL,
BUT I DON'T GET IT.
ONE MINUTE YOU TREAT ME
LIKE I WAS A CASE OF SHINGLES.
AND AS SOON AS I TELL
YOU MY NAME'S DOBIE GILLIS,
LIKE, WOW.
- LIKE, WOW.
- HAZEL, UH, I'M A
FOOL FOR ASKING,
BUT, UH, HOW COME?
- I PROMISED MOTHER.
- OH, HUH?
- WELL, YOUR NAME IS GILLIS,
ISN'T IT?
- YEAH.
- AND YOU'RE THE ONLY
GILLIS FAMILY IN TOWN.
I CHECKED IN THE PHONE BOOK.
SO, UH, YOU MUST
BE HERBIE GILLIS' SON,
TRUE?
- TRUE,
BUT NOBODY HAS EVER KISSED
ME FOR THAT REASON BEFORE.
- WELL, LET ME EXPLAIN.
YOU SEE, MOM AND I
JUST MOVED INTO TOWN.
WE'RE LIVING AT THE
SHADY REST TRAILER COURT.
BUT MOM USED TO LIVE
HERE A LONG TIME AGO,
AND SHE AND HERBIE, YOUR FATHER
RAN AROUND TOGETHER WHEN
THEY WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
- YOUR MOM AND MY DAD?
- MM-HMM,
AND SHE TOLD ME
TO GIVE YOUR FATHER
A BIG KISS HELLO FROM BUBBLES
IF I EVER RAN INTO HIM.
- BUBBLES?
- THAT'S MOM'S
NICKNAME, BUBBLES.
- BUBBLES.
- WELL, ANYWAY,
SHE TOLD ME TO GIVE YOUR
FATHER A KISS FOR HER,
BUT SINCE I'VE NEVER
MET YOUR FATHER,
I'M GIVING YOU THE KISS
SO YOU CAN DELIVER IT.
SEE?
- I SEE.
UH, BUT, HAZEL, MY
DEAR, IF YOU DON'T MIND,
I'LL JUST GIVE MY
FATHER A FIRM HANDSHAKE
AND KEEP THE KISS FOR MYSELF
BECAUSE KISSES
FROM THOSE SWEET LIPS
ARE TO BE TREASURED LIKE RUBIES,
LIKE DIAMONDS, LIKE PEARLS
FROM THE DEEP BLUE SEA.
- YOU'RE KIND OF CUTE.
- YOU ARE THE SUN AND THE MOON.
- OH, YOU'RE REAL CUTE.
- COME, MY SWEET,
LET ME TAKE YOU TO A
FUNNY LITTLE PLACE I KNOW
WHERE THEY SERVE
PANCAKES TILL THE WEE HOURS.
- OH, I'D LOVE IT, BUT
HAVEN'T YOU NOTICED,
EVERYBODY ELSE HAS GONE HOME?
DON'T YOU SOLDIERS
HAVE SOME SORT OF RULES
ABOUT CURFEW, OR SOMETHING?
- RULES, MY DEAR, ARE
MADE TO BE BROKEN.
NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU AT LAST,
DO YOU IMAGINE THAT
THERE IS A POWER ON EARTH
STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP US APART?
- DOES THAT ANSWER
YOUR QUESTION?
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY BABY?
- MADAM, I'M DELIVERING
HIM SAFE AND SOUND
TO THE BOSOM OF HIS FAMILY
INSTEAD OF THROWING HIM INTO
THE CLINK FOR VIOLATING CURFEW,
WHICH I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO.
CALL ME SENTIMENTAL IF YOU
WILL, BUT IF I WERE A MARRIED MAN
WHICH HEAVEN FORFEND,
I MIGHT HAVE A SON THIS OLD.
MAYBE EVEN THIS DUMB.
AND I WOULD NOT LIKE TO
THINK OF HIM LYING IN THE POKEY
WITH HARDENED CRIMINAL TYPES
LEARNING INTEMPERATE LANGUAGE
AND PICKING ANTI-SOCIAL HABITS.
- VIOLATING CURFEW.
SON, I AM DISAPPOINTED
IN YOU. A BOY LIKE YOU
COMING FROM A MILITARY
FAMILY THE WAY YOU DO.
I WAS IN THE BIG
ONE, YOU KNOW, WWII.
I WAS A FIRST SERGEANT,
WITH A GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.
- HEAPED AS YOU ARE
IN MILITARY TRADITION,
PERHAPS YOU CAN
TEACH THIS YOUNG MAN
THAT 2400 HOURS
MEANS 12:00 MIDNIGHT,
AT WHICH TIME HE'S SUPPOSED
TO BE OFF THE STREETS,
AND TUCKED INTO HIS
LITTLE TRUNDLE BED.
- SURE SARGE, AND THANKS
FOR BRINGING HIM HOME.
- FORGET IT.
- YEAH, THANKS, SARGE.
- THAT'S ANOTHER SERVICE OF
YOUR FRIENDLY MILITARY POLICE.
GOODNIGHT SARGE,
GOODNIGHT MA'AM,
GOODNIGHT, YOU WAYWARD BOY.
- SUCH A NICE MAN. WHAT
A SHAME HE ISN'T MARRIED.
- YEAH, THE POOR DEVIL.
NO FAMILY, NO RESPONSIBILITY,
NO NAGGING, NO BILLS PILING UP.
KIND OF GETS YOU RIGHT HERE.
- NOW, HERBERT.
- NEVER MIND THE NOW HERBERT'S.
HOW ABOUT A FEW, NOW DOBIE'S?
- NOW, DOBIE, WHAT DO YOU
MEAN BY BREAKING CURFEW,
AND OH, WHAT A STUPID QUESTION
THAT IS. WHAT'S HER NAME?
- AH, SHE'S A
WONDERFUL GIRL, DAD.
YOU PROBABLY KNOW THE FAMILY.
HER MOTHER WENT
TO SCHOOL WITH YOU.
- OH, NO KIDDING,
WHAT'S HER NAME?
- HAZEL AND SHE COMES
RIGHT UP TO HERE ON ME.
AH, SHE'S A DOLL, DAD.
- I DON'T MEAN THE
DAUGHTER, THE MOTHER.
- OH, HERBERT, YOU'RE CUTE.
- WELL, IT'S KIND
OF A FUNNY NAME.
OH, YEAH, I REMEMBER,
UH, BUBBLES.
- OH, BUBBLE... UH,
SHE MUST MEAN SOME
OTHER HERBERT T. GILLIS.
UH, I DON'T REMEMBER
ANYBODY NAMED BUBBLES.
WELL, I BETTER GET TO BED. I
GOT A BIG DAY'S WORK TOMORROW.
- HERBERT, THINK HARD,
HERBERT, BUBBLES.
SURELY THAT SWEET,
LOVELY INNOCENT NAME
MEANS SOMETHING TO YOU?
- NO, I USED TO KNOW
A GIRL NAMED FRIEDA
USED TO WHISTLE SUWANEE
RIVER THROUGH HER TEETH
AND EAT SALTWATER
TAFFY AT THE SAME TIME,
BUT BUBBLES, NO. WELL,
I BETTER GET TO BED.
- HERBERT, THAT NAME BUBBLES
SURELY MEANS SOMETHING TO ME.
BUBBLES CORRIGAN?
- NOPE, DOESN'T RING A BELL.
- YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE THE NAME
THAT WAS FAMOUS ALL OVER TOWN,
ALONG WITH THE NAME
OF HERBERT T. GILLIS?
- NOPE, WELL, I
GUESS I BETTER...
- THE BUBBLES CORRIGAN
WHO WAS CAUGHT SPOONING
WITH A CERTAIN GAY YOUNG BLADE
IN A RUMBLE SEAT OUTSIDE
OF THE SENIOR DANCE
AND THE PRINCIPAL
TURNED ON THE SPRINKLERS?
- OH, THAT BUBBLES...
- THAT BUBBLES CORRIGAN.
WELL, I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN
THAT RUMBLE SEAT INCIDENT,
NOT IN 20 YEARS, I
HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN IT.
- AND FOR 20 YEARS I
HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU
THAT THAT STORY IS ALL WET.
- DO YOU DENY THAT THE PRINCIPAL
TURNED ON THE SPRINKLERS,
AND THAT FIVE MINUTES LATER
YOU AND BUBBLES CORRIGAN
WERE FOUND STANDING
ON THE LAWN, DRIPPING WET?
- NO. GOODNIGHT, WINNIE.
- HERBERT T. GILLIS,
DON'T YOU DARE WALK OUT ON ME.
- NOW, LISTEN.
- BECAUSE I AM
WALKING OUT ON YOU.
- SON, YOU BELIEVE
ME, DON'T YOU?
[SLAM]
- WELL.
- LOOK, THIS WHOLE THING
IS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
[SLAM]
- I WAS STANDING ON THE LAWN
WHEN THE PRINCIPAL
TURNED ON THE SPRINKLERS,
SO NATURALLY... [SLAM, SLAM]
- SHE MUST BE GOING
THROUGH THE HOUSE TWICE.
WE AIN'T GOT THAT MANY DOORS.
[SLAM]
- MORNING DAD.
LOOK, I DUG OUT YOUR
HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL
TO SEE WHAT HAZEL'S
MOTHER LOOKS LIKE. SHE'S CUTE.
- WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH
YOU? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?
- WHY DID THEY CALL HER BUBBLES?
- SHH, QUIET, YOUR MOTHER.
- WHAT ABOUT YOU AND HER IN
THAT RUMBLE SEAT, HUH DAD, HUH?
- I TOLD YOU THAT WASN'T ME.
IT WAS SOMEBODY AND BUBBLES,
BUT IT WASN'T ME.
- AH, COME ON, OLD DAD,
YOU CAN TELL ME.
I'M IN THE ARMY.
- AND YOU'RE GOING TO
BE A HOMEFRONT CASUALTY
IF YOU SHUT-UP AND
GET OUT OF HERE.
- OH.
- AND FORGET ALL THIS STUFF
ABOUT BUBBLES, WILL YOU?
- I GOT TO GO MEET HAZEL,
BUT, UH, YOU CAN TELL
ME LATER, OLD DAD.
- I'LL TELL YOU.
I'LL DRILL A HOLE IN
YOUR HEAD AND POUR IT IN.
HA, HA, OH, YOU...
- HERBERT, WHAT'S GOING ON?
- MUST HAVE BEEN A GOOD BOOK
THE WAY YOU WERE LAUGHING.
- OH, YEAH, JUST LOOKING
AT THE ACCOUNT BOOK.
ALL BUSINESS IS GOOD.
IT MAKES A GUY WANT
TO LAUGH, HA, HA.
- YOU WERE LOOKING AT
YOUR HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL.
- I WAS? SAY HOW ABOUT THAT.
OH, YES, I WAS LOOKING
AT THAT, TOO, YEAH.
I WAS LOOKING AT OUR
OLD BASKETBALL PICTURES.
BOY, WERE WE FUNNY-LOOKING.
- YOU KNOW, I SAW A
VERY INTERESTING THING
ON ONE OF THOSE DETECTIVE
SHOWS ON TELEVISION.
YOU PUT A BOOK DOWN LIKE
THIS AND YOU LET IT GO AND IT
DROPS OPEN RIGHT TO THE PAGE
WHERE IT'S JUST BEEN OPENED.
- OH, WINNIE, THEY
DREAM UP A LOT OF JUNK
ON THOSE DETECTIVE SHOWS.
- RIGHT HERE TO BUBBLES
CORRIGAN'S PAGE.
- IT'S LIKE I SAID,
THEY DREAM UP A LOT OF JUNK
ON THOSE DETECTIVE STORIES.
- "HELEN CORRIGAN, THE
BUBBLES, MOST POPULAR GIRL."
- HMM, YEAH, IT SEEMS TO
ME SHE DID WIN THAT YEAR.
WELL, I GOT A LOT OF WORK...
- WHERE DID THEY TAKE
THIS POPULARITY POLL,
IN LOVER'S LANE?
- NOW, WINNIE,
DON'T GET JEALOUS.
- DON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW,
I'VE BEEN JEALOUS
OF BUBBLES CORRIGAN
EVER SINCE I STARTED
GOING WITH YOU.
- WINNIE, BUBBLES GOT MARRIED
AND MOVED OUT OF TOWN
BEFORE I EVER MET YOU.
- YES, AND IF SHE HADN'T GOTTEN
MARRIED AND MOVED OUT OF TOWN,
YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE MET ME.
- I ALWAYS KNEW YOU HAD MORE
FUN WITH BUBBLES AND THAT CROWD
THAT YOU WENT AROUND WITH
THAN YOU EVER HAD WITH ME.
AND NOW I KNOW THAT
ALL OF THESE YEARS,
YOU'VE BEEN WISHING THAT YOU
WERE MARRIED TO
HER INSTEAD OF TO ME.
- YOU ARE THE ONLY GIRL
I EVER REALLY CARED
FOR, HONEST AND TRUE.
- YOU MEAN THAT?
- WELL, OF COURSE, I MEAN IT.
AND IF THIS OLD THING
DISTURBS YOU THE...
IT DOES DISTURB YOU.
INTO THE TRASH CAN,
THERE, SEE? NOTHING TO IT.
- HERBIE, DARLING.
OH, NOW I FEEL BETTER.
NOW, I CAN FACE THE HOUSE.
- OH, THE MORNING GLORIES
ARE GLORIOUS IN
THE MORNING AND...
- LIKE, HI, GOOD BUDDY.
- HI, MAYNARD.
- HEY, DOB, WHERE YOU
BEEN KEEPING YOURSELF?
- YEAH, LOOK, MAYNARD,
NO OFFENSE, BUT I...
- I'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER FOR
YOU. YOU MISSED THE WHOLE THING.
MAN, WHAT A PROFOUND GAS.
- MISSED WHAT WHOLE THING?
- YOU'RE JOSHING
AIN'T YOU, DOBE?
- THEY TORE DOWN THE OLD
ENDICOTT BUILDING YESTERDAY.
THEY GOT ONE OF THESE,
THESE GREAT BIG GIANT
IRON BALLS HANGING ON...
- MAYNARD, LISTEN.
- A LONG WIRE.
THEY SWING IT AND IT GOES.
- MAYNARD, MAYNARD,
MAYNARD, ENOUGH, ENOUGH.
MAYNARD AS I WAS SAYING,
MAYNARD ARE YOU FINISHED?
- JUST ONE MORE.
- IS THAT IT?
- THAT'S IT, GOOD BUDDY.
OF COURSE, THE OLD
ENDICOTT BUILDING
IS JUST A HEAP OF RUBBLE NOW.
MAN, WHAT AN AGE WE LIVE IN.
IN THE MORNING THERE
WAS THE ENDICOTT BUILDING,
A MAGNIFICENT SKYSCRAPER,
THREE STORES TALL,
AND 12 HOURS LATER
NOTHING. AND YOU MISSED IT ALL.
- MAYNARD, THERE'S SOMETHING
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.
PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT.
YOU, FOR EXAMPLE,
LIKE TO SEE BUILDINGS TORN DOWN.
ME, ON THE OTHER
HAND, I LIKE GIRLS.
- YOU'D BE BETTER OFF
WATCHING BUILDINGS TORN DOWN.
- NO, YOU WOULD SAY
THAT IF YOU KNEW HAZEL.
- THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT.
- THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT.
- YEAH, I KNOW DOBE, I KNOW
THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY EVERY TIME.
- NOW, ALL RIGHT, SO
I HAVEN'T BEEN LUCKY
WITH GIRLS IN THE PAST.
BUT THIS TIME IT IS DIFFERENT.
WHY? BECAUSE,
I'M DIFFERENT. HOW?
- BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN YOUR MISERABLE LIFE,
YOU GOT SOME
MONEY IN YOUR POCKET,
THANKS TO THE
UNITED STATES ARMY.
- MAYNARD, ARE YOU SUGGESTING
THAT HAZEL'S AFTER
ME FOR MY MONEY.
- HI, DOBIE, DEAR.
- HELLO, HAZEL, MY LAMB.
- HI, I'M MAYNARD G. KREBS
AND I WOULD LIKE TO
ASK YOU A QUESTION.
HOW MUCH IS ENLISTED MAN'S PAY
SCALE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY?
- MAYNARD, LOOK.
- $83.20 FOR PRIVATES,
$85.80 FOR PFC'S,
$99.37 FOR CORPORALS,
AND A $122.30 TO $175.81
FOR THE FIRST THREE GRADES.
- AND HOW MUCH ARE THE
QUARTERS AND RATIONS ALLOTMENT
FOR MARRIED PERSONNEL?
- MAYNARD.
- $51.30, PLUS FREE MEDICAL
AND DENTAL EXPENSES,
PLUS PX PRIVILEGES.
- YOUR WITNESS.
- MAYNARD, YOU'VE GOT
A VERY SUSPICIOUS MIND.
I'M ASHAMED OF YOU.
- FUNNY, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
ALLOTMENTS FOR MARRIED MEN.
I WAS JUST THINKING OF
THE SAME THING MYSELF.
- OH, ALLOTMENTS?
- MARRIAGE, SILLY.
- I, LIKE, REST MY CASE.
- MAYNARD.
- WOULDN'T IT BE WONDERFUL
TO COME AFTER A HARD DAY
OF MARCHING AND DRILLING
AND FIND SOMEONE
WAITING FOR YOU?
- SOMEBODY LIKE YOU?
- SOMEONE EXACTLY LIKE ME.
- GEE, IT'D BE WONDERFUL.
- THERE'S, LIKE, A PROBLEM.
- WHAT'S THAT?
- THEY DON'T ALLOW
GIRLS IN THE BARRACKS.
- NEVER MIND.
- YEAH, SWEETIE, I
HAVE A WONDERFUL IDEA.
LET'S YOU AND I GO
LOOK AT FURNITURE.
I KNOW THIS STORE THAT HAS
SOME OF THE CUTEST STUFF.
- ALL RIGHT MY ANGEL.
- OH, AND DOBIE,
WAIT TILL YOU SEE FIVE
WHOLE ROOMS OF FURNITURE
FOR JUST PRACTICALLY
NOTHING DOWN.
- FIVE WHOLE ROOMS, UH,
DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT
YOU AND YOUR MOTHER
LIVED IN A TRAILER.
- UH-HUH.
- SURE MUST BE A
BIG SON OF A GUN.
- MAYNARD, YOU'RE DESTROYING
A BEAUTIFUL ROMANCE.
- COME, DEAR.
- YES, MY SWEET.
- MAYNARD, GO HOME.
- HEY, WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?
- HE'S BEEN FOLLOWING US
AROUND ALL DAY. IT'S DISGRACEFUL.
- THEY'VE BEEN
LOOKING AT FURNITURE.
THAT'S, LIKE, DISGRACEFULLER.
- MAYNARD.
- LOOKING AT FURNITURE?
- DOBIE, DEAR,
AREN'T YOU GOING TO INTRODUCE
ME TO THESE NICE PEOPLE?
- OH, SURE, HAZEL, UH, MOM
- NOBODY NEEDS TO
INTRODUCE ME TO YOU, MR. GILLIS,
BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST AS
CUTE AS MOM SAID YOU WERE.
- HAZEL, I WANT YOU
TO MEET MY MOM.
- HOW DO YOU DO, HAZEL?
- OH, HELLO.
MOM'S ALL THE TIME
TALKING ABOUT THE WONDERFUL
TIMES YOU AND SHE HAD TOGETHER.
SHE MUST HAVE A MILLION STORIES.
- OH?
- OH, THE KICKS THE TWO
OF YOU MUST HAVE HAD.
- OH.
- MY MOM SAID
WHEN YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL,
YOU WERE A DANCING FOOL.
- HA, HA.
- OH.
- WELL, UH, I BETTER GET HOME
AND GET MYSELF PRETTIED UP
FOR OUR DATE TONIGHT, DOBIE, LOVE.
- AHA, WE'RE GOING DANCING
ON THE PEABODY ROOF.
- DON'T LET HIM
GO THERE, MRS. G,
THAT'S CLOSE TO
CITY HALL WHERE THEY
DISH OUT THEM MARRIAGE LICENSES.
- MAYNARD.
- GOODBYE, MR. GILLIS.
SO NICE TO HAVE MET YOU.
THAT WAS FROM
MOM. BYE, MRS. GILLIS.
WELL, TA-TA, DOBIE,
LOVE. SEE YOU AT 7:00.
- AH, FAREWELL, MY LOVELY.
I SHALL COUNT THE SECONDS
UNTIL THAT GLORIOUS HOUR.
[GIGGLE]
- MWA.
- AH, ARRIVEDERCI, MY SWEET.
- YEECH.
- YEECH.
- YEECH.
- DON'T YOU "YEECH,"
YOU HYPOCRITE, YOU.
- WHO'S A HYPOCRITE? I
DON'T APPROVE OF HER, EITHER.
- A LIKELY STORY.
- LIKE, A LIKELY STORY.
- YOU STAY OUT OF THIS.
- DAD, YOU DON'T APPROVE OF HER?
WHY, SHE'S THE CUTEST AND
MOST POPULAR GIRL IN TOWN.
- THAT'S THE
TROUBLE. IT'S STUPID
TO CHASE AFTER A CUTE GIRL.
- OH?
- SURE. GET YOURSELF A
GIRL LIKE YOUR MOTHER.
- HERBERT!
- I MEAN, WHAT I MEANT WAS,
IF YOU GET YOURSELF A
GIRL LIKE YOUR MOTHER,
YOU NEVER HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT SOMEBODY TRYING
TO STEAL HER AWAY FROM YOU.
- HERBERT!
- WINNIE, YOU'RE GETTING
ME ALL FOULED UP.
LOOK, TAKE SOME ADVICE
FROM YOUR GOOD OLD DAD,
ANYBODY CAN CHASE AFTER A
CUTE BIT OF FLUFF LIKE HAZEL, SEE?
BUT THERE AREN'T MANY
THAT WILL CHASE AFTER A
GIRL LIKE YOUR MOTHER. OH.
- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[SLAM, SLAM, SLAM SLAM, SLAM, ]
- SHE MUST HAVE HAD A WHOLE NEW
SLEW OF DOORS PUT IN THE HOUSE,
THAT'S WHAT SHE MUST HAVE DONE.
- WINNIE, I'M TELLING YOU
FOR THE ONE JILLIONTH TIME,
BUBBLES CORRIGAN NEVER
MEANT ANYTHING TO ME.
YOU ARE THE ONLY GIRL WHO
EVER MEANT ANYTHING TO ME
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE, HONEST,
TRULY, HONEST AND TRULY.
- WINNIE, WILL YOU TALK TO ME?
YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN
TO ME IN 8 HOURS.
SAY SOMETHING, WILL
YOU? SAY ANYTHING.
- GO GET DRESSED, YOU'LL BE
LATE FOR YOUR LODGE MEETING.
- OH, SHE SPOKE TO ME.
OH, SHE SPOKE. OH,
WINNIE, YOU'RE DOLL,
OH, SHE SPOKE TO ME.
SHE SPOKE TO ME.
[KNOCKS]
- WE'RE CLOSED. WE'RE CLOSED.
WE'RE CLOSED.
- HONEY, IF YOU HAD
BEEN SLINGING HASH
LIKE I HAVE FOR 20 YEARS,
YOU'D BE ON TO THAT OLD TRICK.
ARE YOU MRS. GILLIS?
- YES, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE I...
- I'M BUBBLES GRIMES. USED
TO BE BUBBLES CORRIGAN.
MAYBE YOU HEARD OF ME.
HEH-HEH-HEH, YEAH,
YOU HEARD OF ME.
- I THINK I RECALL
THAT MY HUSBAND
MAY ONCE OR TWICE HAVE
MENTIONED YOUR NAME.
- I'LL BET HE DID,
THE OLD RASCAL.
HEY, WHERE IS OLD
CUDDLEBUNNY? UPSTAIRS?
- HE'S GONE TO A LODGE MEETING.
- OH, WHAT A PITY.
I WANT TO SEE HIM.
I MEAN, I FIGURE WE OUGHT
TO GET TO BE ONE BIG FAMILY,
NOW THAT DOBIE AND
HAZEL ARE HITTING IT OFF,
HUH, SISTER?
- HM.
- HEY, WHERE IS THIS MEETING?
MAYBE I'LL TROT AROUND THERE
AND HAVE A COUPLE OF LAUGHS.
- CLEVELAND.
- CLEVELAND? OHIO, CLEVELAND?
- IT'S A SORT OF A CONVENTION.
- OH.
- WINNIE, WHERE'S MY TIE,
THE HAND-PAINTED ONE?
- CLEVELAND GETS CLOSER
BY THE MINUTE, DON'T IT?
- OH, HERBIE.
- OH, CUDDLEBUNNY.
- CUDDLEBUNNY? WHO'S
THAT DOWN THERE?
- YOU'LL FIND OUT
IN A MINUTE, KIDDO.
THIS THE WAY TO
CLEVELAND, HONEY?
- HERBERT, YOU
REMEMBER MRS. GRIMES.
- HE MAY NOT
REMEMBER MRS. GRIMES,
BUT I'LL BET HE SURE REMEMBERS
LITTLE BUBBLES CORRIGAN.
HERBIE, BABY, HOW ARE YOU?
- HA, YEAH, I, UM, HEARD
YOU WERE BACK IN TOWN.
- YEAH, BACK TO STAY THIS
TIME. HERE, LET ME LOOK AT YOU.
YOU LOOK WONDERFUL.
- YEAH, WELL, YOU LOOK
PRETTY GOOD YOURSELF.
- FLATTERY WILL GET YOU
NOWHERE. I KNOW HOW I LOOK.
BUT YOU, YOU HAVEN'T AGED A DAY.
- OH, COME ON.
- NO, I MEAN IT.
- WELL, I'VE GOT TO
ADMIT THAT THE OLD BELLY
IS STILL FLAT AS A BOARD.
- HERB ALWAYS HAD THE
FLATTEST STOMACH IN HIGH SCHOOL.
- HOW NICE.
- YEAH, AND THE
BIGGEST CHEST, TOO,
IN MY WEIGHT CLASS, THAT
IS, LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT.
- LOVELY CHEST.
AH, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
YOU LOOK LIKE A BOY.
- OH, I GUESS I'VE BEEN LUCKY,
AND LIKE THE CROCKERY, ALL MINE,
NOTHING STORE-BOUGHT.
- LOVELY.
- OF COURSE, THE, UH, HAIR
HAS BACKED UP A LITTLE BIT.
- OH, I THINK IT'S
VERY DISTINGUISHED.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY,
"GRASS DOESN'T GROW
ON A BUSY STREET."
- YEAH, WELL, I'LL ADMIT,
THE OLD BEAN HAS
HAD A LOT OF USE.
- HERBERT, YOU HAVE A LODGE
MEETING TONIGHT, REMEMBER?
AND YOU KNOW HOW YOU LOOK
FORWARD TO YOUR LODGE MEETINGS.
- OH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME
HOW HERBIE LOVES HIS MEETINGS.
"SOCIABLE HERBIE,"
THEY USED TO CALL HIM.
WHY HE NEVER MISSED A MEETING,
A PICNIC, A CLAMBAKE, A DANCE.
DANCE, HERBIE, YOU
REMEMBER THE KANGAROO HOP?
- OH, SURE.
- SHALL WE?
- UH, WELL, IT'S BEEN YEARS.
- OH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA TELL ME
THAT LIGHT-FOOT HERBIE
EVER FORGOT A DANCE.
[SINGING] ♪ A-DOING
THE KANGAROO HOP ♪
♪ DA-DA-DUM ♪
[BOTH SINGING]
♪ WE'RE GONNA
DANCE TILL WE DROP ♪
♪ HIPPITY-HIPPITY-HIPPITY-
HIPPITY-HIPPITY HOP ♪
- HOP-HOP.
- HOP-HOP.
♪ HOPPITY-HOPPITY-HOPPITY
HOPPITY-HOPPITY-BUMP ♪
- BUMP-BUMP - BUMP-BUMP
♪ OH, DOING THE KANGAROO JUMP ♪
♪ DA-DA-DA DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA ♪
♪ HIPPITY-HIPPITY-HIPPITY ♪
♪ HIPPITY-HIPPITY HOP ♪
- HOP-HOP
- HOP-HOP ♪
HOPPITY-HOPPITY-HOPPITY ♪
♪ HOPPITY-HOPPITY-BUMP ♪
- BUMP-BUMP - BUMP-BUMP
♪ OH, DOING THE KANGAROO JUMP ♪
♪ DA-DA-DA-DA ♪
- HERBERT.
IF WE DON'T EAT RIGHT AWAY,
YOU'LL BE LATE FOR YOUR MEETING.
- OH, WHO WANTS TO GO
TO AN OLD LODGE MEETING?
A BUNCH OF BISONS
BELLOWING AND SNORTING,
I CAN GO DOWN THERE ANY WEEK.
LOOK, WHY DON'T
WE ALL JUST SIT DOWN
AND HAVE NICE, LONG
TALK ABOUT OLD TIMES.
OR I GOT A BETTER IDEA.
WHY DON'T YOU SIT DOWN
AND JOIN US FOR SUPPER?
- OH, WELL, I DON'T
WANT TO ANY TROUBLE.
- OH, TROUBLE? WINNIE CAN
PUSH A MEAL TOGETHER IN JIG TIME.
- WELL, I WOULDN'T DREAM OF...
- OH, WINNIE LOVES TO
COOK, DON'T YOU, WINNIE?
WHY, WINNIE IS NEVER HAPPIER
THAN WHEN SHE'S OUT
THERE IN THE KITCHEN
SWEATING OVER THAT HOT STOVE
AND WHIPPING UP SOME
SORT OF A GOURMET'S DELIGHT
LIKE POT ROAST,
OR BREADED TRIPE,
OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT. RIGHT, WINNIE?
- RIGHT, LIGHT-FOOT HERBIE.
- SOMETHING THE MATTER, HONEY?
I GOT ON YOUR NERVES OUT
THERE. SURE ENOUGH I ALWAYS DO.
- NO, NO. I'M FINE.
- OH, SURE, YOU GOT THEM RED
EYES FROM WATCHING TELEVISION.
WHAT IS IT? WHAT'S A
WOMAN AS LUCKY AS YOU
GOT TO CRY ABOUT?
- ME, LUCKY?
- WELL, YOU GOT
A NICE HOME HERE,
A GOOD KID, A SWELL HUSBAND.
WHAT MORE COULD A WOMAN WANT?
I SURE WISH I HAD
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
- YOU SEEM TO BE HAVING
A PRETTY BIG TONIGHT.
- WELL, I JUST BETTER,
BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
HAND THE FELLAS A FEW LAUGHS,
KEEP IT LIGHT, KEEP IT BREEZY.
HONEY, I'M NO THREAT TO YOU.
HERBIE'S YOUR MAN.
NOTHING'S EVER
GONNA CHANGE THAT,
CERTAINLY NOT ANYTHING LIKE ME.
- YOU DON'T MEAN THAT.
- THE STORY OF MY LIFE,
BUBBLES, GOOD FOR A FEW LAUGHS,
BUT FOR THE HAUL, UNH-UNH.
- I DON'T BELIEVE
IT. MEN LIKE YOU.
- BUT NOT FOR LONG.
EVEN GRIMES, THAT'S
HAZEL'S FATHER,
WALKED OUT ON
US A LONG TIME AGO.
SO I'VE BEEN TAKING JOBS
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
AND TRYING TO RAISE
HAZEL EVER SINCE.
IT LOOKS LIKE I'M MAKING
AN AWFUL MESS OF THAT, TOO.
- WELL, SHE SEEMS TO
BE A VERY POPULAR GIRL.
- SO WAS I AT HER AGE,
AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
- OH, DEAR, YOU DO
NEED A HOME, DON'T YOU?
- FAT CHANCE I'VE GOT.
- WELL, WHY NOT?
YOU'RE ATTRACTIVE.
PERHAPS, DEAR, IF YOU
DON'T MIND MY SAYING SO,
IF YOU WERE A
LITTLE BIT QUIETER,
AND MAYBE IF, FORGIVE ME,
YOU DRESSED A LITTLE
MORE CONSERVATIVELY.
- THANKS FOR TRYING, WINNIE.
BUT IT'S TOO LATE,
A LOT TOO LATE.
- OH, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE.
YOU STICK WITH ME.
WE'LL THINK OF SOMETHING.
- THANKS, HONEY.
OH, LISTEN, THERE'S SOMETHING I
WANT TO GET STRAIGHT WITH YOU.
YOU KNOW THAT STORY
ABOUT HERBIE AND ME
BEING CAUGHT IN
THE BACK OF THE CAR
THE NIGHT THE PRINCIPAL
TURNED THE SPRINKLERS ON?
WELL, THAT WASN'T HERBIE,
THAT WAS ME AND ANOTHER FELLA.
- OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT, BUBBLES,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
TRY TO CHEER ME UP.
- NO, I MEAN IT. IT'S THE TRUTH.
I HAD A DATE WITH GUS
BONDER THAT NIGHT.
AND HE PLAYED FOOTBALL, SEE.
AND IF THEY CAUGHT
HIM BREAKING TRAINING,
THEY'D THROW HIM OFF THE
TEAM, SO HE RAN LIKE A BUNNY.
- BUT HERBIE WAS IN
THAT RUMBLE SEAT.
- YOU KNOW WHY
HERBIE WAS IN THAT CAR?
IT WAS PAST HIS BEDTIME.
SO ABOUT 11:00 HE
SNEAKED OUT OF THE DANCE,
CLIMBED INTO THE CAR,
AND WENT TO SLEEP.
- NO.
- YES.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE PRINCIPAL
TURNED THE SPRINKLERS ON.
- OH, NO.
- IT WAS THE FUNNIEST SIGHT.
- OH, WINNIE, THIS IS A GREAT
MEAL, ONE OF YOUR BEST.
- THANK YOU, DEAR,
BUT IT WAS ALL BUBBLES.
- OH, ALL I DID WAS...
- THE SOUP, THE MEAT,
THE DESSERT, THE SALAD,
AND THE COFFEE.
- OH, COME ON.
- I THINK IT'S A SHAME,
A CRYING SHAME,
THAT SOME LUCKY MAN HASN'T
GOTTEN YOU FOR HIS OWN.
- WELL, THAT'S WHAT I KEEP
TELLING THEM DOWN AT THE DINER.
- THIS IS SERIOUS.
WHAT WE OUGHT TO
DO IS FIND BUBBLES
A NICE, GOOD, STEADY,
HONEST, RELIABLE, DECENT MAN.
- UH, EXCUSE ME, PLEASE.
MADAM, IT, IT GRIEVES ME DEEPLY
TO INVADE YOU HEARTH AND HOME.
BUT I MUST POINT
OUT THAT YOUR SON,
A PRIVATE IN THE
UNITED STATES ARMY,
AND THEREFORE UNDER
MILITARY DISCIPLINE,
SEEMS TO HAVE VIOLATED
HIS CURFEW AGAIN.
- MADAM, ISN'T THERE SOME WAY
WE CAN TEACH THIS BOY
WHAT 2400 HOURS MEANS?
- NOW, LISTEN, I CAN EXPLAIN.
- HUSH NOW, DOBIE.
- SERGEANT, IF MEMORY
SERVES CORRECTLY,
YOU SAID YOU WERE A
BACHELOR, DIDN'T YOU?
- YEAH, SURE, BUT...
- AND WOULD YOU SAY ALSO
THAT YOU WERE A STEADY,
HONEST, DECENT, RELIABLE MAN?
- WELL, I SURE HOPE SO.
- SERGEANT,
I WANT YOU TO MEET
A VERY DEAR FRIEND,
MRS. HELEN GRIMES.
- HOW DO YOU DO?
- HOW DO?
- AND, UH, OVER THERE'S
THE HIGH SCHOOL
WHERE MAYNARD AND I
SPENT A LOT OF HAPPY YEARS.
- I SET, LIKE, THE RECORD.
- IT SURE IS A PRETTY
BUILDING, ALL RIGHT.
- YEAH, YOU OUGHT
TO SEE THE INSIDE,
ESPECIALLY THE
PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE.
THAT'S WHERE I SPENT
MOST OF MY TIME.
- MAYNARD.
- I WAS IN THERE MORE TIME
THAN ANY OTHER KID IN THE
WHOLE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL.
THE PRINCIPAL SAID HE WAS
GONNA CHARGE ME RENT.
- MAYNARD.
- I EVEN USED TO HAVE MY MEALS
SENT IN. LIKE, AT EASE, KREBS?
- RIGHT. YEAH, IT SURE
IS A NICE LITTLE TOWN
YOU BOYS LIVE IN.
IT SURE WAS A BREAK FOR
ME TO GET STATIONED HERE.
- HELLO, BOYS.
GOOD MORNING, QUENTIN.
- GOOD MORNING, HELEN.
- I HOPE I HAVEN'T
KEPT YOU WAITING.
- OH, WAITING FOR
SUCH A CHARMING LADY
IS A PLEASURE, INDEED.
OH, WELL, GOOD DAY, GENTLEMEN.
OH, AND, AND, DOBIE,
WOULD YOU TRY TO
REMEMBER THAT 2400 HOURS
IS, LIKE, 12:00, MIDNIGHT?
- OH, SURE, SARGE.
- MY DEAR?
- HEY, DOBE?
- MAYNARD,
THE ENDICOTT BUILDING?
- YEAH, DOBE.
- I HEARD ABOUT
IT, I HEARD ABOUT IT.
- WITH THE BIG IRON BALL, YOU
KNOW, AND IT WOULD BE, WHOMP.
- I KNOW. HEY, WAIT. WHOA.
♪ 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 ♪
DANCE LIKE A FEATHER,
LIKE A SEA BREEZE,
LIKE A WOOD NYMPH.
- SO HOW COME YOU'RE ALL
THE TIME STEPPING ON MY FEET?
- OH, HO, HO, A SENSE OF HUMOR.
I LIKE THAT, NOT ONLY
BEAUTY AND GRACE,
BUT ALSO WIT.
AH, HOW I LOOK FORWARD
TO THE LONG LAZY DAYS AHEAD,
YOU AND I, MY
DEAR, HAND-IN-HAND,
WALKING THROUGH LIFE
WITH A SONG IN OUR HEARTS.
- BOY HAVE YOU GOT
A WRONG NUMBER.
LOOK, BUSTER, I COME HERE
AND DANCE WITH YOU SERVICE
GUYS BECAUSE IT'S MY PATRIOTIC DUTY.
BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS IT GOES.
SO YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO FORGET
THIS "WALKING THROUGH
LIFE HAND-IN-HAND."
WE'LL FINISH THIS FOXTROT
OR, OR WHATEVER IT IS
YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING.
GOODBYE, CHARLIE.
- UH, DOBIE, NOT CHARLIE.
DOBIE, THAT'S MY NAME.
- AND THAT'S THE BREAKS.
LOOK, PAL, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T
NOTICED, THE MUSIC STOPPED.
SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST FLAKE OFF
LIKE A GOOD LITTLE
SOLDIER. OKAY, CHARLIE?
- YEAH, DOBIE GILLIS, THAT'S
MY NAME, DOBIE, DOBIE GILLIS.
- FINE, DON'T CALL
ME, I'LL CALL YOU.
DID YOU SAY DOBIE GILLIS?
- THAT'S WHAT I
SAID, DOBIE GILLIS.
- YOU'RE SURE?
- SINCE I WAS A BABY.
- YOU'RE REALLY DOBIE GILLIS?
- SURE, WHY?
- HERE'S WHY.
♪ DOBIE ♪
[SCATTING]
♪ DOBIE ♪
[SCATTING]
[SCATTING] ♪ DOBIE ♪
[SCATTING]
- IN MY HOMETOWN THERE'S A
SERVICEMEN'S RECREATION CENTER
WHERE US G.I.s GO WHEN
WE'RE HOME ON LEAVE.
IT'S A NICE PLACE.
THEY'VE GOT DANCING,
AND COOKIES, AND DONUTS.
AND THE HOSTESSES ARE
FRIENDLY, VERY FRIENDLY.
- DO YOU MIND?
DO YOU MIND? PLEASE, PLEASE.
UH, PLEASE DON'T THINK I'M
UNGRATEFUL MISS, MISS, UH
- HAZEL GRIMES.
- UH, MIS GRIMES.
- CALL ME HAZEL.
- UH, HAZEL.
LIKE, I SAY, PLEASE DON'T THINK
I'M UNGRATEFUL,
BUT I DON'T GET IT.
ONE MINUTE YOU TREAT ME
LIKE I WAS A CASE OF SHINGLES.
AND AS SOON AS I TELL
YOU MY NAME'S DOBIE GILLIS,
LIKE, WOW.
- LIKE, WOW.
- HAZEL, UH, I'M A
FOOL FOR ASKING,
BUT, UH, HOW COME?
- I PROMISED MOTHER.
- OH, HUH?
- WELL, YOUR NAME IS GILLIS,
ISN'T IT?
- YEAH.
- AND YOU'RE THE ONLY
GILLIS FAMILY IN TOWN.
I CHECKED IN THE PHONE BOOK.
SO, UH, YOU MUST
BE HERBIE GILLIS' SON,
TRUE?
- TRUE,
BUT NOBODY HAS EVER KISSED
ME FOR THAT REASON BEFORE.
- WELL, LET ME EXPLAIN.
YOU SEE, MOM AND I
JUST MOVED INTO TOWN.
WE'RE LIVING AT THE
SHADY REST TRAILER COURT.
BUT MOM USED TO LIVE
HERE A LONG TIME AGO,
AND SHE AND HERBIE, YOUR FATHER
RAN AROUND TOGETHER WHEN
THEY WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
- YOUR MOM AND MY DAD?
- MM-HMM,
AND SHE TOLD ME
TO GIVE YOUR FATHER
A BIG KISS HELLO FROM BUBBLES
IF I EVER RAN INTO HIM.
- BUBBLES?
- THAT'S MOM'S
NICKNAME, BUBBLES.
- BUBBLES.
- WELL, ANYWAY,
SHE TOLD ME TO GIVE YOUR
FATHER A KISS FOR HER,
BUT SINCE I'VE NEVER
MET YOUR FATHER,
I'M GIVING YOU THE KISS
SO YOU CAN DELIVER IT.
SEE?
- I SEE.
UH, BUT, HAZEL, MY
DEAR, IF YOU DON'T MIND,
I'LL JUST GIVE MY
FATHER A FIRM HANDSHAKE
AND KEEP THE KISS FOR MYSELF
BECAUSE KISSES
FROM THOSE SWEET LIPS
ARE TO BE TREASURED LIKE RUBIES,
LIKE DIAMONDS, LIKE PEARLS
FROM THE DEEP BLUE SEA.
- YOU'RE KIND OF CUTE.
- YOU ARE THE SUN AND THE MOON.
- OH, YOU'RE REAL CUTE.
- COME, MY SWEET,
LET ME TAKE YOU TO A
FUNNY LITTLE PLACE I KNOW
WHERE THEY SERVE
PANCAKES TILL THE WEE HOURS.
- OH, I'D LOVE IT, BUT
HAVEN'T YOU NOTICED,
EVERYBODY ELSE HAS GONE HOME?
DON'T YOU SOLDIERS
HAVE SOME SORT OF RULES
ABOUT CURFEW, OR SOMETHING?
- RULES, MY DEAR, ARE
MADE TO BE BROKEN.
NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU AT LAST,
DO YOU IMAGINE THAT
THERE IS A POWER ON EARTH
STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP US APART?
- DOES THAT ANSWER
YOUR QUESTION?
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY BABY?
- MADAM, I'M DELIVERING
HIM SAFE AND SOUND
TO THE BOSOM OF HIS FAMILY
INSTEAD OF THROWING HIM INTO
THE CLINK FOR VIOLATING CURFEW,
WHICH I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO.
CALL ME SENTIMENTAL IF YOU
WILL, BUT IF I WERE A MARRIED MAN
WHICH HEAVEN FORFEND,
I MIGHT HAVE A SON THIS OLD.
MAYBE EVEN THIS DUMB.
AND I WOULD NOT LIKE TO
THINK OF HIM LYING IN THE POKEY
WITH HARDENED CRIMINAL TYPES
LEARNING INTEMPERATE LANGUAGE
AND PICKING ANTI-SOCIAL HABITS.
- VIOLATING CURFEW.
SON, I AM DISAPPOINTED
IN YOU. A BOY LIKE YOU
COMING FROM A MILITARY
FAMILY THE WAY YOU DO.
I WAS IN THE BIG
ONE, YOU KNOW, WWII.
I WAS A FIRST SERGEANT,
WITH A GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.
- HEAPED AS YOU ARE
IN MILITARY TRADITION,
PERHAPS YOU CAN
TEACH THIS YOUNG MAN
THAT 2400 HOURS
MEANS 12:00 MIDNIGHT,
AT WHICH TIME HE'S SUPPOSED
TO BE OFF THE STREETS,
AND TUCKED INTO HIS
LITTLE TRUNDLE BED.
- SURE SARGE, AND THANKS
FOR BRINGING HIM HOME.
- FORGET IT.
- YEAH, THANKS, SARGE.
- THAT'S ANOTHER SERVICE OF
YOUR FRIENDLY MILITARY POLICE.
GOODNIGHT SARGE,
GOODNIGHT MA'AM,
GOODNIGHT, YOU WAYWARD BOY.
- SUCH A NICE MAN. WHAT
A SHAME HE ISN'T MARRIED.
- YEAH, THE POOR DEVIL.
NO FAMILY, NO RESPONSIBILITY,
NO NAGGING, NO BILLS PILING UP.
KIND OF GETS YOU RIGHT HERE.
- NOW, HERBERT.
- NEVER MIND THE NOW HERBERT'S.
HOW ABOUT A FEW, NOW DOBIE'S?
- NOW, DOBIE, WHAT DO YOU
MEAN BY BREAKING CURFEW,
AND OH, WHAT A STUPID QUESTION
THAT IS. WHAT'S HER NAME?
- AH, SHE'S A
WONDERFUL GIRL, DAD.
YOU PROBABLY KNOW THE FAMILY.
HER MOTHER WENT
TO SCHOOL WITH YOU.
- OH, NO KIDDING,
WHAT'S HER NAME?
- HAZEL AND SHE COMES
RIGHT UP TO HERE ON ME.
AH, SHE'S A DOLL, DAD.
- I DON'T MEAN THE
DAUGHTER, THE MOTHER.
- OH, HERBERT, YOU'RE CUTE.
- WELL, IT'S KIND
OF A FUNNY NAME.
OH, YEAH, I REMEMBER,
UH, BUBBLES.
- OH, BUBBLE... UH,
SHE MUST MEAN SOME
OTHER HERBERT T. GILLIS.
UH, I DON'T REMEMBER
ANYBODY NAMED BUBBLES.
WELL, I BETTER GET TO BED. I
GOT A BIG DAY'S WORK TOMORROW.
- HERBERT, THINK HARD,
HERBERT, BUBBLES.
SURELY THAT SWEET,
LOVELY INNOCENT NAME
MEANS SOMETHING TO YOU?
- NO, I USED TO KNOW
A GIRL NAMED FRIEDA
USED TO WHISTLE SUWANEE
RIVER THROUGH HER TEETH
AND EAT SALTWATER
TAFFY AT THE SAME TIME,
BUT BUBBLES, NO. WELL,
I BETTER GET TO BED.
- HERBERT, THAT NAME BUBBLES
SURELY MEANS SOMETHING TO ME.
BUBBLES CORRIGAN?
- NOPE, DOESN'T RING A BELL.
- YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE THE NAME
THAT WAS FAMOUS ALL OVER TOWN,
ALONG WITH THE NAME
OF HERBERT T. GILLIS?
- NOPE, WELL, I
GUESS I BETTER...
- THE BUBBLES CORRIGAN
WHO WAS CAUGHT SPOONING
WITH A CERTAIN GAY YOUNG BLADE
IN A RUMBLE SEAT OUTSIDE
OF THE SENIOR DANCE
AND THE PRINCIPAL
TURNED ON THE SPRINKLERS?
- OH, THAT BUBBLES...
- THAT BUBBLES CORRIGAN.
WELL, I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN
THAT RUMBLE SEAT INCIDENT,
NOT IN 20 YEARS, I
HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN IT.
- AND FOR 20 YEARS I
HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU
THAT THAT STORY IS ALL WET.
- DO YOU DENY THAT THE PRINCIPAL
TURNED ON THE SPRINKLERS,
AND THAT FIVE MINUTES LATER
YOU AND BUBBLES CORRIGAN
WERE FOUND STANDING
ON THE LAWN, DRIPPING WET?
- NO. GOODNIGHT, WINNIE.
- HERBERT T. GILLIS,
DON'T YOU DARE WALK OUT ON ME.
- NOW, LISTEN.
- BECAUSE I AM
WALKING OUT ON YOU.
- SON, YOU BELIEVE
ME, DON'T YOU?
[SLAM]
- WELL.
- LOOK, THIS WHOLE THING
IS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
[SLAM]
- I WAS STANDING ON THE LAWN
WHEN THE PRINCIPAL
TURNED ON THE SPRINKLERS,
SO NATURALLY... [SLAM, SLAM]
- SHE MUST BE GOING
THROUGH THE HOUSE TWICE.
WE AIN'T GOT THAT MANY DOORS.
[SLAM]
- MORNING DAD.
LOOK, I DUG OUT YOUR
HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL
TO SEE WHAT HAZEL'S
MOTHER LOOKS LIKE. SHE'S CUTE.
- WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH
YOU? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?
- WHY DID THEY CALL HER BUBBLES?
- SHH, QUIET, YOUR MOTHER.
- WHAT ABOUT YOU AND HER IN
THAT RUMBLE SEAT, HUH DAD, HUH?
- I TOLD YOU THAT WASN'T ME.
IT WAS SOMEBODY AND BUBBLES,
BUT IT WASN'T ME.
- AH, COME ON, OLD DAD,
YOU CAN TELL ME.
I'M IN THE ARMY.
- AND YOU'RE GOING TO
BE A HOMEFRONT CASUALTY
IF YOU SHUT-UP AND
GET OUT OF HERE.
- OH.
- AND FORGET ALL THIS STUFF
ABOUT BUBBLES, WILL YOU?
- I GOT TO GO MEET HAZEL,
BUT, UH, YOU CAN TELL
ME LATER, OLD DAD.
- I'LL TELL YOU.
I'LL DRILL A HOLE IN
YOUR HEAD AND POUR IT IN.
HA, HA, OH, YOU...
- HERBERT, WHAT'S GOING ON?
- MUST HAVE BEEN A GOOD BOOK
THE WAY YOU WERE LAUGHING.
- OH, YEAH, JUST LOOKING
AT THE ACCOUNT BOOK.
ALL BUSINESS IS GOOD.
IT MAKES A GUY WANT
TO LAUGH, HA, HA.
- YOU WERE LOOKING AT
YOUR HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL.
- I WAS? SAY HOW ABOUT THAT.
OH, YES, I WAS LOOKING
AT THAT, TOO, YEAH.
I WAS LOOKING AT OUR
OLD BASKETBALL PICTURES.
BOY, WERE WE FUNNY-LOOKING.
- YOU KNOW, I SAW A
VERY INTERESTING THING
ON ONE OF THOSE DETECTIVE
SHOWS ON TELEVISION.
YOU PUT A BOOK DOWN LIKE
THIS AND YOU LET IT GO AND IT
DROPS OPEN RIGHT TO THE PAGE
WHERE IT'S JUST BEEN OPENED.
- OH, WINNIE, THEY
DREAM UP A LOT OF JUNK
ON THOSE DETECTIVE SHOWS.
- RIGHT HERE TO BUBBLES
CORRIGAN'S PAGE.
- IT'S LIKE I SAID,
THEY DREAM UP A LOT OF JUNK
ON THOSE DETECTIVE STORIES.
- "HELEN CORRIGAN, THE
BUBBLES, MOST POPULAR GIRL."
- HMM, YEAH, IT SEEMS TO
ME SHE DID WIN THAT YEAR.
WELL, I GOT A LOT OF WORK...
- WHERE DID THEY TAKE
THIS POPULARITY POLL,
IN LOVER'S LANE?
- NOW, WINNIE,
DON'T GET JEALOUS.
- DON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW,
I'VE BEEN JEALOUS
OF BUBBLES CORRIGAN
EVER SINCE I STARTED
GOING WITH YOU.
- WINNIE, BUBBLES GOT MARRIED
AND MOVED OUT OF TOWN
BEFORE I EVER MET YOU.
- YES, AND IF SHE HADN'T GOTTEN
MARRIED AND MOVED OUT OF TOWN,
YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE MET ME.
- I ALWAYS KNEW YOU HAD MORE
FUN WITH BUBBLES AND THAT CROWD
THAT YOU WENT AROUND WITH
THAN YOU EVER HAD WITH ME.
AND NOW I KNOW THAT
ALL OF THESE YEARS,
YOU'VE BEEN WISHING THAT YOU
WERE MARRIED TO
HER INSTEAD OF TO ME.
- YOU ARE THE ONLY GIRL
I EVER REALLY CARED
FOR, HONEST AND TRUE.
- YOU MEAN THAT?
- WELL, OF COURSE, I MEAN IT.
AND IF THIS OLD THING
DISTURBS YOU THE...
IT DOES DISTURB YOU.
INTO THE TRASH CAN,
THERE, SEE? NOTHING TO IT.
- HERBIE, DARLING.
OH, NOW I FEEL BETTER.
NOW, I CAN FACE THE HOUSE.
- OH, THE MORNING GLORIES
ARE GLORIOUS IN
THE MORNING AND...
- LIKE, HI, GOOD BUDDY.
- HI, MAYNARD.
- HEY, DOB, WHERE YOU
BEEN KEEPING YOURSELF?
- YEAH, LOOK, MAYNARD,
NO OFFENSE, BUT I...
- I'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER FOR
YOU. YOU MISSED THE WHOLE THING.
MAN, WHAT A PROFOUND GAS.
- MISSED WHAT WHOLE THING?
- YOU'RE JOSHING
AIN'T YOU, DOBE?
- THEY TORE DOWN THE OLD
ENDICOTT BUILDING YESTERDAY.
THEY GOT ONE OF THESE,
THESE GREAT BIG GIANT
IRON BALLS HANGING ON...
- MAYNARD, LISTEN.
- A LONG WIRE.
THEY SWING IT AND IT GOES.
- MAYNARD, MAYNARD,
MAYNARD, ENOUGH, ENOUGH.
MAYNARD AS I WAS SAYING,
MAYNARD ARE YOU FINISHED?
- JUST ONE MORE.
- IS THAT IT?
- THAT'S IT, GOOD BUDDY.
OF COURSE, THE OLD
ENDICOTT BUILDING
IS JUST A HEAP OF RUBBLE NOW.
MAN, WHAT AN AGE WE LIVE IN.
IN THE MORNING THERE
WAS THE ENDICOTT BUILDING,
A MAGNIFICENT SKYSCRAPER,
THREE STORES TALL,
AND 12 HOURS LATER
NOTHING. AND YOU MISSED IT ALL.
- MAYNARD, THERE'S SOMETHING
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.
PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT.
YOU, FOR EXAMPLE,
LIKE TO SEE BUILDINGS TORN DOWN.
ME, ON THE OTHER
HAND, I LIKE GIRLS.
- YOU'D BE BETTER OFF
WATCHING BUILDINGS TORN DOWN.
- NO, YOU WOULD SAY
THAT IF YOU KNEW HAZEL.
- THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT.
- THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT.
- YEAH, I KNOW DOBE, I KNOW
THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY EVERY TIME.
- NOW, ALL RIGHT, SO
I HAVEN'T BEEN LUCKY
WITH GIRLS IN THE PAST.
BUT THIS TIME IT IS DIFFERENT.
WHY? BECAUSE,
I'M DIFFERENT. HOW?
- BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN YOUR MISERABLE LIFE,
YOU GOT SOME
MONEY IN YOUR POCKET,
THANKS TO THE
UNITED STATES ARMY.
- MAYNARD, ARE YOU SUGGESTING
THAT HAZEL'S AFTER
ME FOR MY MONEY.
- HI, DOBIE, DEAR.
- HELLO, HAZEL, MY LAMB.
- HI, I'M MAYNARD G. KREBS
AND I WOULD LIKE TO
ASK YOU A QUESTION.
HOW MUCH IS ENLISTED MAN'S PAY
SCALE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY?
- MAYNARD, LOOK.
- $83.20 FOR PRIVATES,
$85.80 FOR PFC'S,
$99.37 FOR CORPORALS,
AND A $122.30 TO $175.81
FOR THE FIRST THREE GRADES.
- AND HOW MUCH ARE THE
QUARTERS AND RATIONS ALLOTMENT
FOR MARRIED PERSONNEL?
- MAYNARD.
- $51.30, PLUS FREE MEDICAL
AND DENTAL EXPENSES,
PLUS PX PRIVILEGES.
- YOUR WITNESS.
- MAYNARD, YOU'VE GOT
A VERY SUSPICIOUS MIND.
I'M ASHAMED OF YOU.
- FUNNY, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
ALLOTMENTS FOR MARRIED MEN.
I WAS JUST THINKING OF
THE SAME THING MYSELF.
- OH, ALLOTMENTS?
- MARRIAGE, SILLY.
- I, LIKE, REST MY CASE.
- MAYNARD.
- WOULDN'T IT BE WONDERFUL
TO COME AFTER A HARD DAY
OF MARCHING AND DRILLING
AND FIND SOMEONE
WAITING FOR YOU?
- SOMEBODY LIKE YOU?
- SOMEONE EXACTLY LIKE ME.
- GEE, IT'D BE WONDERFUL.
- THERE'S, LIKE, A PROBLEM.
- WHAT'S THAT?
- THEY DON'T ALLOW
GIRLS IN THE BARRACKS.
- NEVER MIND.
- YEAH, SWEETIE, I
HAVE A WONDERFUL IDEA.
LET'S YOU AND I GO
LOOK AT FURNITURE.
I KNOW THIS STORE THAT HAS
SOME OF THE CUTEST STUFF.
- ALL RIGHT MY ANGEL.
- OH, AND DOBIE,
WAIT TILL YOU SEE FIVE
WHOLE ROOMS OF FURNITURE
FOR JUST PRACTICALLY
NOTHING DOWN.
- FIVE WHOLE ROOMS, UH,
DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT
YOU AND YOUR MOTHER
LIVED IN A TRAILER.
- UH-HUH.
- SURE MUST BE A
BIG SON OF A GUN.
- MAYNARD, YOU'RE DESTROYING
A BEAUTIFUL ROMANCE.
- COME, DEAR.
- YES, MY SWEET.
- MAYNARD, GO HOME.
- HEY, WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?
- HE'S BEEN FOLLOWING US
AROUND ALL DAY. IT'S DISGRACEFUL.
- THEY'VE BEEN
LOOKING AT FURNITURE.
THAT'S, LIKE, DISGRACEFULLER.
- MAYNARD.
- LOOKING AT FURNITURE?
- DOBIE, DEAR,
AREN'T YOU GOING TO INTRODUCE
ME TO THESE NICE PEOPLE?
- OH, SURE, HAZEL, UH, MOM
- NOBODY NEEDS TO
INTRODUCE ME TO YOU, MR. GILLIS,
BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST AS
CUTE AS MOM SAID YOU WERE.
- HAZEL, I WANT YOU
TO MEET MY MOM.
- HOW DO YOU DO, HAZEL?
- OH, HELLO.
MOM'S ALL THE TIME
TALKING ABOUT THE WONDERFUL
TIMES YOU AND SHE HAD TOGETHER.
SHE MUST HAVE A MILLION STORIES.
- OH?
- OH, THE KICKS THE TWO
OF YOU MUST HAVE HAD.
- OH.
- MY MOM SAID
WHEN YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL,
YOU WERE A DANCING FOOL.
- HA, HA.
- OH.
- WELL, UH, I BETTER GET HOME
AND GET MYSELF PRETTIED UP
FOR OUR DATE TONIGHT, DOBIE, LOVE.
- AHA, WE'RE GOING DANCING
ON THE PEABODY ROOF.
- DON'T LET HIM
GO THERE, MRS. G,
THAT'S CLOSE TO
CITY HALL WHERE THEY
DISH OUT THEM MARRIAGE LICENSES.
- MAYNARD.
- GOODBYE, MR. GILLIS.
SO NICE TO HAVE MET YOU.
THAT WAS FROM
MOM. BYE, MRS. GILLIS.
WELL, TA-TA, DOBIE,
LOVE. SEE YOU AT 7:00.
- AH, FAREWELL, MY LOVELY.
I SHALL COUNT THE SECONDS
UNTIL THAT GLORIOUS HOUR.
[GIGGLE]
- MWA.
- AH, ARRIVEDERCI, MY SWEET.
- YEECH.
- YEECH.
- YEECH.
- DON'T YOU "YEECH,"
YOU HYPOCRITE, YOU.
- WHO'S A HYPOCRITE? I
DON'T APPROVE OF HER, EITHER.
- A LIKELY STORY.
- LIKE, A LIKELY STORY.
- YOU STAY OUT OF THIS.
- DAD, YOU DON'T APPROVE OF HER?
WHY, SHE'S THE CUTEST AND
MOST POPULAR GIRL IN TOWN.
- THAT'S THE
TROUBLE. IT'S STUPID
TO CHASE AFTER A CUTE GIRL.
- OH?
- SURE. GET YOURSELF A
GIRL LIKE YOUR MOTHER.
- HERBERT!
- I MEAN, WHAT I MEANT WAS,
IF YOU GET YOURSELF A
GIRL LIKE YOUR MOTHER,
YOU NEVER HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT SOMEBODY TRYING
TO STEAL HER AWAY FROM YOU.
- HERBERT!
- WINNIE, YOU'RE GETTING
ME ALL FOULED UP.
LOOK, TAKE SOME ADVICE
FROM YOUR GOOD OLD DAD,
ANYBODY CAN CHASE AFTER A
CUTE BIT OF FLUFF LIKE HAZEL, SEE?
BUT THERE AREN'T MANY
THAT WILL CHASE AFTER A
GIRL LIKE YOUR MOTHER. OH.
- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[SLAM, SLAM, SLAM SLAM, SLAM, ]
- SHE MUST HAVE HAD A WHOLE NEW
SLEW OF DOORS PUT IN THE HOUSE,
THAT'S WHAT SHE MUST HAVE DONE.
- WINNIE, I'M TELLING YOU
FOR THE ONE JILLIONTH TIME,
BUBBLES CORRIGAN NEVER
MEANT ANYTHING TO ME.
YOU ARE THE ONLY GIRL WHO
EVER MEANT ANYTHING TO ME
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE, HONEST,
TRULY, HONEST AND TRULY.
- WINNIE, WILL YOU TALK TO ME?
YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN
TO ME IN 8 HOURS.
SAY SOMETHING, WILL
YOU? SAY ANYTHING.
- GO GET DRESSED, YOU'LL BE
LATE FOR YOUR LODGE MEETING.
- OH, SHE SPOKE TO ME.
OH, SHE SPOKE. OH,
WINNIE, YOU'RE DOLL,
OH, SHE SPOKE TO ME.
SHE SPOKE TO ME.
[KNOCKS]
- WE'RE CLOSED. WE'RE CLOSED.
WE'RE CLOSED.
- HONEY, IF YOU HAD
BEEN SLINGING HASH
LIKE I HAVE FOR 20 YEARS,
YOU'D BE ON TO THAT OLD TRICK.
ARE YOU MRS. GILLIS?
- YES, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE I...
- I'M BUBBLES GRIMES. USED
TO BE BUBBLES CORRIGAN.
MAYBE YOU HEARD OF ME.
HEH-HEH-HEH, YEAH,
YOU HEARD OF ME.
- I THINK I RECALL
THAT MY HUSBAND
MAY ONCE OR TWICE HAVE
MENTIONED YOUR NAME.
- I'LL BET HE DID,
THE OLD RASCAL.
HEY, WHERE IS OLD
CUDDLEBUNNY? UPSTAIRS?
- HE'S GONE TO A LODGE MEETING.
- OH, WHAT A PITY.
I WANT TO SEE HIM.
I MEAN, I FIGURE WE OUGHT
TO GET TO BE ONE BIG FAMILY,
NOW THAT DOBIE AND
HAZEL ARE HITTING IT OFF,
HUH, SISTER?
- HM.
- HEY, WHERE IS THIS MEETING?
MAYBE I'LL TROT AROUND THERE
AND HAVE A COUPLE OF LAUGHS.
- CLEVELAND.
- CLEVELAND? OHIO, CLEVELAND?
- IT'S A SORT OF A CONVENTION.
- OH.
- WINNIE, WHERE'S MY TIE,
THE HAND-PAINTED ONE?
- CLEVELAND GETS CLOSER
BY THE MINUTE, DON'T IT?
- OH, HERBIE.
- OH, CUDDLEBUNNY.
- CUDDLEBUNNY? WHO'S
THAT DOWN THERE?
- YOU'LL FIND OUT
IN A MINUTE, KIDDO.
THIS THE WAY TO
CLEVELAND, HONEY?
- HERBERT, YOU
REMEMBER MRS. GRIMES.
- HE MAY NOT
REMEMBER MRS. GRIMES,
BUT I'LL BET HE SURE REMEMBERS
LITTLE BUBBLES CORRIGAN.
HERBIE, BABY, HOW ARE YOU?
- HA, YEAH, I, UM, HEARD
YOU WERE BACK IN TOWN.
- YEAH, BACK TO STAY THIS
TIME. HERE, LET ME LOOK AT YOU.
YOU LOOK WONDERFUL.
- YEAH, WELL, YOU LOOK
PRETTY GOOD YOURSELF.
- FLATTERY WILL GET YOU
NOWHERE. I KNOW HOW I LOOK.
BUT YOU, YOU HAVEN'T AGED A DAY.
- OH, COME ON.
- NO, I MEAN IT.
- WELL, I'VE GOT TO
ADMIT THAT THE OLD BELLY
IS STILL FLAT AS A BOARD.
- HERB ALWAYS HAD THE
FLATTEST STOMACH IN HIGH SCHOOL.
- HOW NICE.
- YEAH, AND THE
BIGGEST CHEST, TOO,
IN MY WEIGHT CLASS, THAT
IS, LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT.
- LOVELY CHEST.
AH, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
YOU LOOK LIKE A BOY.
- OH, I GUESS I'VE BEEN LUCKY,
AND LIKE THE CROCKERY, ALL MINE,
NOTHING STORE-BOUGHT.
- LOVELY.
- OF COURSE, THE, UH, HAIR
HAS BACKED UP A LITTLE BIT.
- OH, I THINK IT'S
VERY DISTINGUISHED.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY,
"GRASS DOESN'T GROW
ON A BUSY STREET."
- YEAH, WELL, I'LL ADMIT,
THE OLD BEAN HAS
HAD A LOT OF USE.
- HERBERT, YOU HAVE A LODGE
MEETING TONIGHT, REMEMBER?
AND YOU KNOW HOW YOU LOOK
FORWARD TO YOUR LODGE MEETINGS.
- OH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME
HOW HERBIE LOVES HIS MEETINGS.
"SOCIABLE HERBIE,"
THEY USED TO CALL HIM.
WHY HE NEVER MISSED A MEETING,
A PICNIC, A CLAMBAKE, A DANCE.
DANCE, HERBIE, YOU
REMEMBER THE KANGAROO HOP?
- OH, SURE.
- SHALL WE?
- UH, WELL, IT'S BEEN YEARS.
- OH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA TELL ME
THAT LIGHT-FOOT HERBIE
EVER FORGOT A DANCE.
[SINGING] ♪ A-DOING
THE KANGAROO HOP ♪
♪ DA-DA-DUM ♪
[BOTH SINGING]
♪ WE'RE GONNA
DANCE TILL WE DROP ♪
♪ HIPPITY-HIPPITY-HIPPITY-
HIPPITY-HIPPITY HOP ♪
- HOP-HOP.
- HOP-HOP.
♪ HOPPITY-HOPPITY-HOPPITY
HOPPITY-HOPPITY-BUMP ♪
- BUMP-BUMP - BUMP-BUMP
♪ OH, DOING THE KANGAROO JUMP ♪
♪ DA-DA-DA DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA ♪
♪ HIPPITY-HIPPITY-HIPPITY ♪
♪ HIPPITY-HIPPITY HOP ♪
- HOP-HOP
- HOP-HOP ♪
HOPPITY-HOPPITY-HOPPITY ♪
♪ HOPPITY-HOPPITY-BUMP ♪
- BUMP-BUMP - BUMP-BUMP
♪ OH, DOING THE KANGAROO JUMP ♪
♪ DA-DA-DA-DA ♪
- HERBERT.
IF WE DON'T EAT RIGHT AWAY,
YOU'LL BE LATE FOR YOUR MEETING.
- OH, WHO WANTS TO GO
TO AN OLD LODGE MEETING?
A BUNCH OF BISONS
BELLOWING AND SNORTING,
I CAN GO DOWN THERE ANY WEEK.
LOOK, WHY DON'T
WE ALL JUST SIT DOWN
AND HAVE NICE, LONG
TALK ABOUT OLD TIMES.
OR I GOT A BETTER IDEA.
WHY DON'T YOU SIT DOWN
AND JOIN US FOR SUPPER?
- OH, WELL, I DON'T
WANT TO ANY TROUBLE.
- OH, TROUBLE? WINNIE CAN
PUSH A MEAL TOGETHER IN JIG TIME.
- WELL, I WOULDN'T DREAM OF...
- OH, WINNIE LOVES TO
COOK, DON'T YOU, WINNIE?
WHY, WINNIE IS NEVER HAPPIER
THAN WHEN SHE'S OUT
THERE IN THE KITCHEN
SWEATING OVER THAT HOT STOVE
AND WHIPPING UP SOME
SORT OF A GOURMET'S DELIGHT
LIKE POT ROAST,
OR BREADED TRIPE,
OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT. RIGHT, WINNIE?
- RIGHT, LIGHT-FOOT HERBIE.
- SOMETHING THE MATTER, HONEY?
I GOT ON YOUR NERVES OUT
THERE. SURE ENOUGH I ALWAYS DO.
- NO, NO. I'M FINE.
- OH, SURE, YOU GOT THEM RED
EYES FROM WATCHING TELEVISION.
WHAT IS IT? WHAT'S A
WOMAN AS LUCKY AS YOU
GOT TO CRY ABOUT?
- ME, LUCKY?
- WELL, YOU GOT
A NICE HOME HERE,
A GOOD KID, A SWELL HUSBAND.
WHAT MORE COULD A WOMAN WANT?
I SURE WISH I HAD
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
- YOU SEEM TO BE HAVING
A PRETTY BIG TONIGHT.
- WELL, I JUST BETTER,
BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
HAND THE FELLAS A FEW LAUGHS,
KEEP IT LIGHT, KEEP IT BREEZY.
HONEY, I'M NO THREAT TO YOU.
HERBIE'S YOUR MAN.
NOTHING'S EVER
GONNA CHANGE THAT,
CERTAINLY NOT ANYTHING LIKE ME.
- YOU DON'T MEAN THAT.
- THE STORY OF MY LIFE,
BUBBLES, GOOD FOR A FEW LAUGHS,
BUT FOR THE HAUL, UNH-UNH.
- I DON'T BELIEVE
IT. MEN LIKE YOU.
- BUT NOT FOR LONG.
EVEN GRIMES, THAT'S
HAZEL'S FATHER,
WALKED OUT ON
US A LONG TIME AGO.
SO I'VE BEEN TAKING JOBS
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
AND TRYING TO RAISE
HAZEL EVER SINCE.
IT LOOKS LIKE I'M MAKING
AN AWFUL MESS OF THAT, TOO.
- WELL, SHE SEEMS TO
BE A VERY POPULAR GIRL.
- SO WAS I AT HER AGE,
AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
- OH, DEAR, YOU DO
NEED A HOME, DON'T YOU?
- FAT CHANCE I'VE GOT.
- WELL, WHY NOT?
YOU'RE ATTRACTIVE.
PERHAPS, DEAR, IF YOU
DON'T MIND MY SAYING SO,
IF YOU WERE A
LITTLE BIT QUIETER,
AND MAYBE IF, FORGIVE ME,
YOU DRESSED A LITTLE
MORE CONSERVATIVELY.
- THANKS FOR TRYING, WINNIE.
BUT IT'S TOO LATE,
A LOT TOO LATE.
- OH, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE.
YOU STICK WITH ME.
WE'LL THINK OF SOMETHING.
- THANKS, HONEY.
OH, LISTEN, THERE'S SOMETHING I
WANT TO GET STRAIGHT WITH YOU.
YOU KNOW THAT STORY
ABOUT HERBIE AND ME
BEING CAUGHT IN
THE BACK OF THE CAR
THE NIGHT THE PRINCIPAL
TURNED THE SPRINKLERS ON?
WELL, THAT WASN'T HERBIE,
THAT WAS ME AND ANOTHER FELLA.
- OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT, BUBBLES,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
TRY TO CHEER ME UP.
- NO, I MEAN IT. IT'S THE TRUTH.
I HAD A DATE WITH GUS
BONDER THAT NIGHT.
AND HE PLAYED FOOTBALL, SEE.
AND IF THEY CAUGHT
HIM BREAKING TRAINING,
THEY'D THROW HIM OFF THE
TEAM, SO HE RAN LIKE A BUNNY.
- BUT HERBIE WAS IN
THAT RUMBLE SEAT.
- YOU KNOW WHY
HERBIE WAS IN THAT CAR?
IT WAS PAST HIS BEDTIME.
SO ABOUT 11:00 HE
SNEAKED OUT OF THE DANCE,
CLIMBED INTO THE CAR,
AND WENT TO SLEEP.
- NO.
- YES.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE PRINCIPAL
TURNED THE SPRINKLERS ON.
- OH, NO.
- IT WAS THE FUNNIEST SIGHT.
- OH, WINNIE, THIS IS A GREAT
MEAL, ONE OF YOUR BEST.
- THANK YOU, DEAR,
BUT IT WAS ALL BUBBLES.
- OH, ALL I DID WAS...
- THE SOUP, THE MEAT,
THE DESSERT, THE SALAD,
AND THE COFFEE.
- OH, COME ON.
- I THINK IT'S A SHAME,
A CRYING SHAME,
THAT SOME LUCKY MAN HASN'T
GOTTEN YOU FOR HIS OWN.
- WELL, THAT'S WHAT I KEEP
TELLING THEM DOWN AT THE DINER.
- THIS IS SERIOUS.
WHAT WE OUGHT TO
DO IS FIND BUBBLES
A NICE, GOOD, STEADY,
HONEST, RELIABLE, DECENT MAN.
- UH, EXCUSE ME, PLEASE.
MADAM, IT, IT GRIEVES ME DEEPLY
TO INVADE YOU HEARTH AND HOME.
BUT I MUST POINT
OUT THAT YOUR SON,
A PRIVATE IN THE
UNITED STATES ARMY,
AND THEREFORE UNDER
MILITARY DISCIPLINE,
SEEMS TO HAVE VIOLATED
HIS CURFEW AGAIN.
- MADAM, ISN'T THERE SOME WAY
WE CAN TEACH THIS BOY
WHAT 2400 HOURS MEANS?
- NOW, LISTEN, I CAN EXPLAIN.
- HUSH NOW, DOBIE.
- SERGEANT, IF MEMORY
SERVES CORRECTLY,
YOU SAID YOU WERE A
BACHELOR, DIDN'T YOU?
- YEAH, SURE, BUT...
- AND WOULD YOU SAY ALSO
THAT YOU WERE A STEADY,
HONEST, DECENT, RELIABLE MAN?
- WELL, I SURE HOPE SO.
- SERGEANT,
I WANT YOU TO MEET
A VERY DEAR FRIEND,
MRS. HELEN GRIMES.
- HOW DO YOU DO?
- HOW DO?
- AND, UH, OVER THERE'S
THE HIGH SCHOOL
WHERE MAYNARD AND I
SPENT A LOT OF HAPPY YEARS.
- I SET, LIKE, THE RECORD.
- IT SURE IS A PRETTY
BUILDING, ALL RIGHT.
- YEAH, YOU OUGHT
TO SEE THE INSIDE,
ESPECIALLY THE
PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE.
THAT'S WHERE I SPENT
MOST OF MY TIME.
- MAYNARD.
- I WAS IN THERE MORE TIME
THAN ANY OTHER KID IN THE
WHOLE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL.
THE PRINCIPAL SAID HE WAS
GONNA CHARGE ME RENT.
- MAYNARD.
- I EVEN USED TO HAVE MY MEALS
SENT IN. LIKE, AT EASE, KREBS?
- RIGHT. YEAH, IT SURE
IS A NICE LITTLE TOWN
YOU BOYS LIVE IN.
IT SURE WAS A BREAK FOR
ME TO GET STATIONED HERE.
- HELLO, BOYS.
GOOD MORNING, QUENTIN.
- GOOD MORNING, HELEN.
- I HOPE I HAVEN'T
KEPT YOU WAITING.
- OH, WAITING FOR
SUCH A CHARMING LADY
IS A PLEASURE, INDEED.
OH, WELL, GOOD DAY, GENTLEMEN.
OH, AND, AND, DOBIE,
WOULD YOU TRY TO
REMEMBER THAT 2400 HOURS
IS, LIKE, 12:00, MIDNIGHT?
- OH, SURE, SARGE.
- MY DEAR?
- HEY, DOBE?
- MAYNARD,
THE ENDICOTT BUILDING?
- YEAH, DOBE.
- I HEARD ABOUT
IT, I HEARD ABOUT IT.
- WITH THE BIG IRON BALL, YOU
KNOW, AND IT WOULD BE, WHOMP.
- I KNOW. HEY, WAIT. WHOA.
♪ 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 ♪