Born Yesterday Page #3

This is my wife, Beatrice.

Hello, how are you?

Charmed!

Hi, nice to meet you.

Hello, Bea.

Senator Dorn and his wife Lilly...

Senator, Harry Brock,

pleasure to meet you. Hi.

And Senator and Mrs Hedges.

Senator, good to see you.

Billie, this is Senator Hedges.

Yeah, that's what he said.

- What brings you to town?

- Sightseeing, taking it easy.

Oh, that'll be the day!

I'm a little dry.

Care to join me for a drink?

Excuse us, ladies. Alex.

- It's so screwed up I can't do...

- Mr Brock! Good to see you again.

What a coincidence, hey, Sherlock?

- How's it going?

- I'm off duty. My meter ain't running.

- Billie's here from Chicago.

- Really?

I got my doctorate from

the University of Chicago.

I just interviewed your mayor.

I have a radio show.

What are you planning to see

while you're here?

I don't really know.

Since I've never been here before,

I don't know what there is to see.

What kinds of things are you interested in?

- Maybe something with the Kennedys.

- You could go to the Kennedy Center.

No, I'd like to see their house, go

on one of them tours, like Graceland.

You learn a lot about a person

when you see their home.

Did you know

that Elvis had over 40 TVs?

I mean, when I saw that,

I knew that Elvis must have been

a really lonely man.

They say it on the tour,

about the 40 TVs,

like it was a big thing,

like you should be jealous of Elvis.

But it just made me really sad.

Everybody in the world

worshipped Elvis,

and it was like he couldn't be

in a room alone. You know?

- I mean, that's sad, don't you think?

- Well...

Kennedy lived in the White House.

Oh, yeah, well, that would be great

if I could see right in there.

If you do decide to take a tour,

my husband can help.

- He's the Under-Secretary of Commerce.

- Is that like a receptionist?

Isn't a receptionist

under a secretary?

Well, he certainly feels that way

sometimes!

I think I need to freshen this up.

Is everyone else all right?

I could use another one.

- What about you, Billie?

- No, thank you.

Something I said was wrong, wasn't it?

It's no big deal.

Mind if I ask you something?

Sure.

Is there something wrong

with my earrings or something,

because everybody

keeps staring at 'em.

Oh, I don't know.

Maybe they're a little... big.

I thought big

was the whole idea with jewels.

You don't need to wear jewels.

You're pretty enough.

Oh, sweet talk.

It's my favourite!

That's what the IMF is for!

No, this is NATO's responsibility.

NATO's not a factor any more.

The UN is the answer.

If there's trouble,

and there's going to be trouble,

UN troops should jump in and keep peace,

so those markets can grow.

It's incredible!

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