The Idolmaker Page #3

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You know somethin'?

With the right handling,

you can go all the way.

Is that right?

Hey, Vaccari, tu sei pots,

you know what I mean?

I ain't no rock'n roll star.

I'm Italian from Arthur Avenue,

like you.

Tomaso di LaRusso, capisce?

-Tomaso di LaRusso.

-That's right.

Just a fart in the breeze.

When you gonna wise up,

huh, Tommy?

What do you want to do? Play backup

sax in juke joints all your life?

Hustlin' dimes from the

neighborhood kids?

You could be somebody.

You could be Tommy Dee.

Tommy Dee!

Who the hell's Tommy Dee?

Okay, okay, be a jerk off.

That's right.

You want to know somethin',

kid?

You got the look.

You know the guys in the

fan magazines? That's it, Tommy.

They got it. I can make it

happen for ya, if ya want it.

What's it gonna be?

Pizza or caviar?

Sa what's caviar?

Hey, Vinnie, wait!

I'll do it!

I mean, I'll try it.

Be at my house tomorrow

morning at nine a.m. Sharp.

Vinnie, I don't get out of here

till five thirty!

Suit yourself. If you're five

minutes late, forget about it.

I'll be there.

What's your name again?

Tommy Dee.

Tommy Dee?

Nine a.m.

I been up, I been down

I been played with

and pushed around

I been in, I been out

-Oh, God.

Baby, this time there ain't no doubt

Here is my love

-Cut, cut.

Watt a minute! Where do you

think you're gonna be singing?

In a w..rehouse?

Kid!

Hey, relax! I know what

you gotta give the chicks.

Ya gotta give 'em

a thrill every once in a while.

Ya gotta give it to 'em.

Okay, Pistolero,

this is a junior high school.

You do that, and you're gonna

scare them half to death.

They don't want a rapist. They want

Prince Channing, ya know?

Somebody cute and safe.

Okay?

This time we're gonna lighten it up.

We'll do it from the top, all right?

Ready?

Two, three, four!

I been up, I been down

-Yeah! Smile!

Lighten it up, baby.

There you go.

I been played with

and pushed around

Look- look at baby!

Take the hand movements away.

Yeah!

Smile, baby!

Hey, smile! Yeah!

Here comes the background vocals.

Here is my love

Here is my love

Here is my love

Yes, here is my love

It's in your hands now, baby

So take it to your heart

Yes, here is my love

Oh yeah

Here is my love

Vinnie.

Come on in, come on.

Yeah!

Can we play it again, Thorn?

Don't play it again, Vinnie.

That's the one, man.

We're not gonna get

any better than that. It's a hit.

It's nothing yet, Gigi.

First we gotta get a record

company to put it out.

Then we see what happens.

Uncle Tony, come on.

Let's get out of here before

I burn this place down.

-Any luck?

-Son of a b..ch.

He tried to rape me.

No advance, quarter cent royal ties.

If the record was a hit, I

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