Pal Joey Page #2

And I know what time it is now

Thank you very much.

Okay, hit the finale.

- Say, when do I start?

- You already started.

- What about my billing?

- Your what?

My billing. You know,

my picture out front.

- Are you kidding?

- Who's kiddin', Mike?

l got a big following. Put my picture

out front, they'll break the door down.

You'll have the rope up

every night.

One bad night

and you'Il be on the end of it.

Get this straight, lover boy.

l heard a lot about you.

I don't want you sniffing

around the customers' dames.

One false move and

you're out on your Frances.

Yeah, you.

That's what l like, Mike.

Security in a job.

Say, nobody's brought it up yet,

but l get 200 a week.

- What?

- l'll take less.

l made it a point never to argue

with the fellow who owns the saloon.

When the sun goes down

it is wide awake

Take your ma and your pa

and go to Frisco

Boston is England

New Orleans is France

New York is anyone

for ten cents a dance

But this great big town

by the Golden Gate

ls America's first

and Americans make

San Francisco

She was one of those new kids,

a little nervous, you know.

So l coached her a little bit,

if you excuse the expression.

She was singin' all those ballads

and that draggy jazz.

One day when the fleet landed...

she wanted to know from me

what would please the sailors most.

So l told her.

Things were never

the same between us again.

- Linda English, Joey Evans.

- Hi.

Yeah, she was quite a doll, that little

redheaded girl of yours in San Diego.

Mine? lt was your redheaded girl.

lf you want to get technical

about the situation...

she was really the manager's girl,

and she was a brunette at the time.

So good to see

American food again.

l've been out of the country. l've been

working for six months in Honolulu.

- You don't look very tan.

- lt was the rainy season.

lf you really want to know what

they wore under those grass skirts--

- Easy.

- Sorry.

- Excuse me, Miss, uh--

- English.

- For you, Ned.

- Okay, baby. Excuse me.

l heard about you, buster.

- Big reputation.

- Yeah.

But I'm too much of a lady

to say what for.

My sister worked

with you in Fresno.

She told me all about you.

Which one was she?

The one you didn't

get to first base with.

Oh, she was the ugly one.

Must be twins.

Hey, fellows, good news.

We're coming up in the world.

Got a call from the agent, and he wants

us to play a society party on Nob Hill.

Shorty, you call the union

and get four extra guys.

Okay, Ned.

Something must have happened to

the band bus. lt broke down somewhere.

- You want to go along?

- We'd love to.

Wait a minute. Maybe this could be

a chance to pick up a couple of bucks.

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