Hollywood Canteen Page #3

Then I'll keep you company

What are you doing the rest of your life?

Have you any plans?

Nothing but time on my hands

I thought if you hadn't anything set

Maybe we'd get together

I got nobody

I happen to be

Footloose and fancy-free

So if you're not busy

The rest of your life

Then I'll keep you company

I got nobody

Nobody's got me

That means we're fancy-free

Gee

- Looks like I'll be busy

- Looks like I'll be busy

- The rest of my life

- The rest of my life

- And I'll keep you company

- And I'll keep you company

- Nice work, Jackie, you were swell.

- Thanks, thank you, John.

MAN:

Okay, boy, you're on.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]

Excuse me, Jane. Bye.

Use a cup of coffee, Slim?

[COUGHING]

- What's the matter, go down wrong?

- It was seeing you up close that did it.

I've had unkind remarks made about my puss

but I never made anybody choke before.

You've got a good face, Mr. Carson.

It's just that I've seen you in pictures.

When you came at me, I choked.

- Am I that bad?

- Oh, you're great.

But you know how it is,

you see somebody on the screen...

...and then you see them in the flesh,

well, it kind of gets you.

- Does it?

- Sure.

Especially when I know you've been

right up close to Joan Leslie.

- It's that way, huh?

- I used to dream about her in New Guinea.

Well, I guess she's been dreamed about

clear around the world.

Will you sit down at my table?

Don't mind if I do, but it's against the rules

for us busboys to sit down very long.

Please. I...

I want to ask you about Joan Leslie.

I feel that she's just like

the girls back home at heart.

You're perfectly right, pal.

She's not married or anything, is she?

No.

I wonder if it's because

she hasn't met a man yet who...

- Well, who feels about her the way...

- The way you do?

Well, yes, sir.

Well, I...

Slim, I wanna wish you

all the luck in the world.

Thank you, sir.

Watch it, fellas. Coming through here.

Let me through.

- Bette, is Joan Leslie on the list tonight?

- I don't think so. Why?

Some young Purple Heart,

fresh from New Guinea...

...just opened up his heart on Joan.

It was very funny or beautiful.

Bette, excuse me, fellas.

Bette, is Joan Leslie coming tonight?

Not that I know of.

The politest guy that ever walked in here

just asked.

- Tall and slim?

- I took him over to Stanwyck for refueling.

Don't get your hopes up.

He's been Leslie-ized.

- Will you stop? I've been Reagan-ized.

- What's cooking?

There's a boy that says he'll take on

all the Japs for one look at Joan Leslie.

Sounds like an easy way

to get a one-man army. I'll go talk to him.

- Jane, let's go and find out if she's coming.

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