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- Hello, Sam.
- Hiya, Marty.

Your kid brother got married
Sunday, huh, Marty?

That's right, Mrs Fusari.
It was a very nice affair.

- The tall fella with the moustache?
- No. No, that's my other brother Freddie.

Freddie got married about four years
ago. He lives on Webb Avenue.

No, the one who got
married Sunday is Nicky.

I thought he was a big, fat fella.
Don't I meet him here one time?

A big, tall, fat fella,
tried to sell me insurance.

Oh, no, that's my sister
Margaret's husband Frank.

Margaret married the
insurance salesman.

And my sister Rose
married the contractor.

They moved to Detroit last year.

My other sister Frances, she
got married two years ago

in St John's Church on
Kingsbridge Avenue.

Oh, that was a very nice affair.

Well, let's see now. That'll be $1.79.
How's that with you, Mrs Fusari?

Well...

- Hey, Marty, I'm in a hurry!
- You're next right now, Mrs Canduso.

When you gonna get married, Marty?
You should be ashamed of yourself.

All your brothers and sisters younger than
you. They get married, they got children.

I meet your mother. She say to me "Hey,
you know a nice girl for my boy Marty?"

What's the matter with you? That's
no way. What's the matter with you?

- Mrs Fusari...
- You get married, you hear?

- Mrs Fusari, Mrs Canduso's in a...
- My boy Frank was 19 when he married.

- What's the matter?
- That's swell.

You should be ashamed of yourself!

- Marty, I want a pullet, about four pounds.
- Sure.

- I hear your kid brother got married.
- That's right. It was a very nice affair.

Marty, you oughta be
ashamed of yourself.

All your kid brothers and sisters
married and got children.

When are you gonna get married?

The Giants are gonna wind up
in the cellar! In the cellar!

Hey, Lou, turn on the Dodger game.

- What happened?
- Yanks won both. They murdered 'em!

Any homers? Whoo!

So anyway, Leo and me, we're sittin'
in the bar and these two girls come in.

- Angie come in yet?
- So they come to the bar...

- Hey, Ange, you want a beer?
- Yeah, I guess so.

- So I look over at the one next to me...
- Hey, Lou.

- Hiya, Marty.
- Hiya, Ralph.

I'm tellin' these guys about two nurses
Leo and me picked up in a joint.

- Hey, Lou, let me have two beers.
- So let me tell ya about these two nurses.

- Man, oh, man!
- How about that, huh?

- What you readin', Joe?
- Lou, turn the set off!

- They shouldn't sell magazines like this.
- Imagine the effect it has on adolescents.

Now, that's something, huh?

- I went out with a girl like that.
- You should live so long!

Hey, Richie, the Yankees
took two today.

Hey, Marty.

Hey, Marty, Leo and me, we got a date
with these two nurses tonight, you know?

So we gotta take 'em somewheres
first, you know what I mean?

So I'm hard up for cash
right now and I...

I owe you ten bucks
already, don't I?

I'll find it somewhere else.

Hey. Hey, Richie.

That Ralph, boy, he's always
got girls but no money.

- See ya, Ralph.
- See ya, Joe.

So, what do you feel
like doin' tonight?

I don't know, Ange.
What do you feel like doin'?

Well, we oughta do somethin'.
It's Saturday night.

I don't wanna go bowlin'
like last Saturday.

Hey, how about callin' up that big girl
we picked up in the movies a month ago

up in the RKO Chester?

- Which one was that?
- That big girl that was in front of us

- with the skinny friend.
- Oh, yeah, yeah.

Her name was Mary Feeney. We took
'em home all the way out in Brooklyn.

What do you say? Think we oughta
give 'em a call? I'll take the skinny one.

- She maybe got a date already, Ange.
- What can we lose?

I didn't like her. I don't
feel like callin' her up.

Well, what do you feel
like doin' tonight?

I don't know, Ange.
What do you feel like doin'?

We're back to that, huh? I say "What
do you feel like doin' tonight?"

You say back to me "I don't know.
What do you feel like doin'?"

Then we wind up sittin' around your
house with a couple of cans of beer.

I'll tell you what
I feel like doin'.

I feel like callin' up
this here Mary Feeney.

She likes you.

What makes you say that?

- Man, I could see she likes ya.
- Yeah, sure.

- Call her up.
- You call her up yourself. I don't want to.

Well, how about goin'
down 72nd Street?

See what we can find down there?

Ralph says you gotta beat 'em off with
clubs. Boy, you're gettin' to be a real drag!

I been lookin' for a girl
every Saturday night.

I'm 34. I'm just tired
of lookin', that's all!

I'd like to find a girl!
Everybody's tellin' me "Get married."

Don't you think I wanna get married?
I want to. Everybody drives me crazy.

I don't wanna wreck your Saturday night.
You go somewhere. I don't wanna go.

Boy, my old lady, too. Every word out of
her mouth: "When you gettin' married?"

My mother, boy,
she drives me crazy.

So...

what do you feel
like doin' tonight?

I don't know, Ange.

- What do you feel like doin'?
- Hello. Yeah, he's here.

- Marty, your mother's on the phone.
- My mother?

He's comin' now, Mrs Piletti.

- Hey, Marty. I'm goin' home.
- Listen, Ange, come on over about 7.30.

We'll think of somethin'.
Hello, Ma. What's the matter?

Your cousin Thomas and his wife Virginia,
they're here and waitin' to see you.

OK, Ma. I'll be home
in two minutes.

Listen, Ma, tell Thomas to
stick around. I wanna see him.

OK. You come on home, huh? OK.

Marty's coming home.

So what happened about this milk bottle
was, my mother-in-law is in the kitchen,

she begins pokin' her head over
my shoulder here and there.

Then she tells me how I waste money, I
can't cook and I'm raisin' my baby wrong.

She got me so nervous I spilled
the milk for the baby.

Tommy, your mother
is my sister, but...

So she says "You're spillin' the milk."
She kept talkin' about these drops of milk.

Finally she got me so mad I said "Mama,
you wanna see me really spill milk?"

So I picked up the bottle
and I threw it at the door.

I didn't throw it at her.
That's something she made up.

She tells everybody I threw
a bottle of milk at her.

I didn't throw it
anywheres near her.

Anyway, I was sorry, but she
ran out of the house and I...

I don't know what you want me to do, but,
if you want me to, I come and talk to her.

- Well, Aunt Theresa, we...
- Let me tell it, Tommy.

OK.

Aunt Theresa, we want you to
do a very big favour for us.

Sure.

Aunt Theresa, you got
this big house here.

You got this big house
just for you and Marty.

I thought Tommy's mother could
come and live with you and Marty.

- Well...
- I talked to Tommy's brother

and I said "You gotta take her for a
couple of years!" And he says "Oh, no!"

- I sound terrible...
- No, Virginia. I know how you feel.

I just can't stand it any more! Every
minute of the day! Do this! Do that!

I don't have ten minutes privacy with my
husband. We can't even have a fight.

We don't have any privacy!

- All right, Ginnie. Don't get so excited.
- She's right, Tommy.

A young husband and wife
should have their own home.

And my sister Caterina, well... she's my
sister, but I must say she's an old goat.

And plenty of time in my life I feel like
throw the milk bottle at her myself.

But I tell you right now, if Caterina wants
to come and live here with Marty and me,

it's all right with me.

That's very nice of
you, Aunt Theresa.

- Of course, we gotta ask Marty first.
- Sure, sure.

Sit here. I go in the kitchen and
turn a little fire under the cooking.

That's very nice of
you, Aunt Theresa.

How's Marty been
lately, Aunt Theresa?

Oh, he's fine. You know a
nice girl he can marry?

Oh, don't worry. He'll get married.

I don't know. He sits around
the house all the time.

You know a nice place where
he can go to get a bride?

There's the Stardust Ballroom.
That's a big dance hall.

Every Saturday night it's loaded
with girls. It's a nice place.

You pay 77 cents. Well, it used to be 77
cents. Probably a dollar and a half now.

You go in and ask
some girl to dance.

It's a respectable...
That's where I met Virginia.

You tell Marty to go to the Stardust
Ballroom. It's loaded with tomatoes.

"The Stardust Ballroom.
It's loaded with tomatoes."

Right.

Aunt Theresa, this is so nice of you.
I want you to know we appreciate it.

He's here.

- Hello, Marty.
- Hello, Ma.

Thomas and Virginia are here.

They just had another big fight
with your Aunt Caterina,

so they ask me if it's OK
Caterina come live here.

I said all right with me,
but we gotta ask you.

Marty, she's a lonely old woman.
Nobody wants her.

Everybody's throwing
her out they house.

- Well, sure, Ma. It's OK with me.
- You got a good heart.

- Marty say it's all right she come here.
- Thanks. Takes a load off of my mind.

- We got plenty of room here.
- Oh, it's gonna be nice.

I come over tonight, I talk to Caterina.
Everything is gonna work out all right.

I wanna thank you because
it was becoming impossible.

Sit down, Thomas. Sit down.

Marty, I appreciate what you and
your mother are doing because...

- Oh.
- No, listen. What was happening...

Virginia was makin'
milk and my mother...

- I promised the baby-sitter six o'clock.
- OK.

- Before you go, I need some advice.
- Sure. What?

Well, you're the accountant in the family.
My boss wants to sell his shop to me.

- Oh, yeah?
- Well, him and his wife live alone.

They wanna move out to California
and live near their married daughter.

Well, he wants $5,000 down, although
I think I can knock him down to four.

Tommy!

Marty, I gotta run now, but
I'll meet you at mass tomorrow.

Afterwards we'll discuss it. It
sounds like a good proposition.

- OK. He wants an answer by Monday.
- Oh, sure.

We'll work out an arrangement about
my mother. I wanna pay you...

- No, listen...
- Tommy!

We'll talk about it later.
Thanks again.

- Goodbye, Marty.
- Goodbye, Virginia. See ya soon.

- Goodbye, Aunt Theresa.
- Goodbye, Aunt Theresa. Thank you.

Hello. Is this Mary Feeney?

Well, could I speak
to Miss Mary Feeney?

Just tell her an old friend.

Oh, hello there.
Is this Mary Feeney?

Hello there. This is Marty Piletti.
I wonder if you recall me.

Well, I'm kind of a stocky guy. The last
time we met was in the RKO Chester.

You was with a friend of yours and I was
with a friend of mine name of Angie.

This was about a month ago.

The RKO Chester on
West Farms Square.

Yeah, you was sittin' in front of us and
we was annoyin' ya and you got mad.

I'm the fella who works
in a butcher shop.

Oh, come on, you know who I am.

That's right! And then we went to Howard
Johnson's. You had a milk shake.

Yeah, that's right. I'm the
stocky one, the heavyset fella.

Yeah. Well, I'm glad you recall me, because
I had a pretty nice time that night

and I was wonderin' how
everything was with you.

How's everything?

That's swell.

Yeah, well, I'll tell you why I called.
I was figurin' on takin' in a movie tonight

and I was wonderin' if you and your
friend would care to see a movie tonight

with me and my friend.

Yeah, tonight.

I know it's a little late to call for a
date, but I didn't know myself till...

Yeah, I know.

Yeah, well, what about...

Well, how about next Saturday night?
Are you free next Saturday night?

Well, what about the
Saturday after that?

Yeah.

Yeah, I know.

Oh, I mean, I understand that...

Yeah.

Yeah.

So, what are you gonna
do tonight, Marty?

I don't know, Ma. I'm all knocked out.
I may just hang around the house.

Why don't you go to the
Stardust Ballroom?

What?

I say "Why don't you go to the Stardust
Ballroom?" It's loaded with tomatoes.

- It's loaded with what?
- Tomatoes.

Who told you about the
Stardust Ballroom, Ma?

- Tommy. He say it's very nice place.
- Oh, Thomas!

Ma, it's just a big dance hall, that's all.
I been there a hundred times.

Loaded with tomatoes!
Boy, you're funny, Ma.

Marty, I don't want you hanging
around the house tonight.

- I want you go shave and go dance.
- Ma, when are you gonna give up?

- You got a bachelor on your hands.
- You gonna get married.

Ma, sooner or later there comes a point in
a man's life when he's gotta face facts.

One fact I gotta face is whatever
it is women like, I ain't got it.

I chased after enough girls in my life.
I went to enough dances.

I got hurt enough. I don't
wanna get hurt no more.

I just called up a girl this afternoon.
I got a real brushoff, boy.

I figured I was past the point
of bein' hurt, but that hurt.

Some stupid woman who I didn't even
wanna call up. She gave me the brush.

I don't wanna go to the
Stardust Ballroom.

All that ever happened to me there was
girls made me feel like I was a bug.

I got feelings, you know. I had
enough pain. No, thanks, Ma.

- Marty...
- No.

I'm gonna stay home tonight.

- You gonna die without a son.
- So I'll die without a son.

- Marty, put on the blue suit, huh?
- Blue suit, grey suit.

I'm just a fat, little man.
A fat, ugly man.

- You not ugly.
- I'm ugly! I'm ugly! I'm ugly!

- Marty.
- Ma! Leave me alone!

Ma, what do you want from me?
I'm miserable enough as it is.

All right, I'll go to the Stardust Ballroom.
I'll put on a blue suit and go.

You know what I'm gonna get for my
trouble? Heartache. A night of heartache!

Loaded with tomatoes!

That's rich.

- Not a bad crowd tonight, you know?
- Yeah.

There was a nice-lookin' one over
there with the black dress on.

But she's dancin' now.

Hey, there's a nice-lookin', little
short one for you down there.

- Where?
- Down there. That little one down there.

Oh, yeah.

What do you say? Wanna ask 'em?

I'll take the one with the
flowers on her dress.

Well, I think this
music's a little fast.

Just a minute.

Yeah, I think it's all right.
Are they still over there?

What do you say? You wanna dance?

Uh, excuse me. Would
you care to dance?

- I don't feel like dancin' just yet.
- Sure.

Clara, have you decided
about tomorrow?

Millie, I always go to the
movies with Papa on Sunday.

- I know, but you could have a lot of fun.
- I'm gonna get some cigarettes.

Herb, I told you she wasn't especially
attractive, but she had a lot of charm.

Look, Herb, she's a real nice kid.

She's all right, Andy. It's just that I get
one Saturday night off every three weeks.

I was expecting somethin' better.

- D'you like him, Clara?
- Yes. He seems very nice.

- Millie's been after me to fix her up.
- All right, I'm having a fair time.

I get one Saturday night off in three weeks
and I wanted to wind up with something.

- OK. So I'm sorry.
- Forget it.

- Herbie, have you ever been here before?
- Hey!

Herbie!

- What are you doing here?
- I came up to dance. What do you think?

- You here with somebody?
- I'm just here with another girl.

- Where you goin' now?
- For some cigarettes. Left 'em in my coat.

- I'll see you around.
- Yeah, I'll see ya.

Oh, that's a...
girl I used to know.

- Boy, it's sure packed in here.
- Some of these kids are awfully young.

You might run into one
of your students.

I wouldn't think so.
I teach out in Brooklyn.

- Oh, you been here before, Clara?
- Yes. Twice.

You wanna try and get a table and a
drink, or you just wanna start dancing?

Well, Herb... Herb! What do you say?
We grab a table before we dance?

Listen, you people go grab a
table. I'll be back in a minute.

I'll be right back.

What do you say, Clara, huh?
Come on, we'll grab a table.

- You here stag or with a girl?
- You say somethin'?

Yeah. I was askin' you if you
was here stag or with a girl.

- Oh, I'm stag.
- I got stuck on a blind date with a dog.

I just met an old girl I used to know,
so I need to get rid of the girl I'm with.

Somebody to take her home,
you know what I mean?

- I'd pay you $5 if you take her home.
- What?

I'll introduce you as an old army
buddy of mine and then I'll cut out,

because I got this other girl waiting for
me by the hatcheck, and I'll pay you $5.

- Are you kiddin'?
- No, I'm not kiddin'.

You just can't walk off
on a girl like that!

As long as she's goin' home
alone, give me the $5 back.

Look, mac, you paid me the $5.
The $5 is mine.

Excuse me, miss, but
would you care to dance?

Miss?

- You come up here often?
- I was up here twice before.

Once I came up with a friend
of mine and... once alone.

The last time...

You see that girl sitting
over there in the grey dress?

Yeah.

Well, the last time I was
here, that's where I sat.

I sat there for an hour and a
half without moving a muscle.

Now and then some fellow would kind of
come up to me and then change his mind.

I'll never forget just sitting there for an
hour and a half with my hands in my lap.

Then I began to cry. I had
to get up and go home.

I've begun to cry a lot lately.

I cry a lot, too. I'm a big crier.

This is something recent with me, this
bursting into tears at the slightest thing.

I cry all the time,
any little thing.

My brothers, my brothers-in-law always
tell me what a good-hearted guy I am.

You're not good-hearted
by accident.

You get kicked around long enough,
you get to be a real professor of pain.

I know exactly how you feel.

I also want you to know I'm having a good
time with you and really enjoyin' myself.

So, you see, you're not such
a dog as you think you are.

I'm having a very good time, too.

So there you are. So I guess I'm
not such a dog as I think I am.

No, you're a very nice guy.

I don't know why some girl
hasn't grabbed you off long ago.

Well, I don't know either.
I think I'm a very nice guy.

I also think I'm a pretty smart
guy in my own way. Excuse me.

I figure two people get married and
they're gonna live together 40, 50 years,

so it's gotta be more than whether
they're just good-lookin' or not.

You think you're not
so good-lookin'.

Well, my father was a real ugly
man, but my mother adored him.

She told me how she'd get so miserable
sometimes, like everybody, you know?

And she says my father
always tried to understand.

I used to see them sometimes when I was
a kid sittin' in the livin' room talkin',

and I used to adore my old man,
because he was always so kind.

That's one of the most beautiful things I
have in my life - the way my parents were.

And my father was a real ugly man.

So it doesn't matter if
you look like a gorilla.

See, dogs like us, we ain't
such dogs as we think we are.

I'm 29 years old.

How old are you?

I'm 34.

- Oh, hello, Aunt Theresa. Come on in.
- Is Caterina here?

We didn't say anything.
We thought we'd leave it to you.

We thought you'd put it like how you were
lonely and why doesn't she live with you.

That way it looks like she's doing you a
favour, instead of we're throwin' her out.

- You want Tommy and me to stay?
- No. It's better idea if you and Tommy go,

otherwise she's gonna start to fight
with you and everybody be yelling.

- Hello, Aunt Theresa.
- Hello, Thomas.

Who's there? Who's there?

- It's me, Caterina! How you feel?
- Hey, what are you doin' here?

I come to see you. How you feel?

I got a pain on my left side
and my leg throbs like a drum.

- I been getting pain in my shoulder.
- Hah! I got a pain in my shoulder, too.

I got a pain in my hip and my right
arm aches so much I can't sleep.

Ah, it's a curse to be old.

We got a postcard from my
son Nicky and his bride.

They are in Florida in a big
hotel on their honeymoon.

I got a letter from my
husband's cousin in Abruzzi.

- His mother die.
- Oh.

You remember Emilio DiGiorgio,
who own a tavern in Abruzzi?

- He die.
- Oh.

- You know who else die?
- Who?

You know the old man who live upstairs
in this house? Irishman, always drunk.

He get pleurisy. He stay two weeks
in a hospital. Yesterday he die.

I like to visit you, Caterina, because
you always got such cheerful news.

Hey, kids. Why don't you
two kids go to the movies?

Your mother and me,
we be baby-sitter.

- Let's go down to the Kaplans'.
- Sure, sure.

Ma, we'll be down at the Kaplans'
if you want us for anything. OK?

I wake up this morning. I hear
the baby cry, so I wake up.

I come in their room, and that girl,
she's shakin' her hand at the baby.

I said "You brute! Don't you strike
that baby! That's my son's baby!"

- It's her baby, too.
- It's my son Thomas's baby.

But it's not your baby.

I tell you she throw a
bottle of milk at me?

I know. I know.

She's a witch, that
one, I tell you.

- I tell you what she do yesterday?
- What she did?

- She give me the evil eye.
- Uffa, Caterina.

I keep one eye open when I sleep,
because she's gonna stab me in my bed.

Caterina, I want you to come
and live with me in my house.

Hm?

Your son Thomas and his wife,
they come to my house today.

They say things are no
good in this house.

Caterina, your son is married.

Leave him in peace. He wants
to be alone with his wife.

They don't want no old woman
sittin' in the balcony.

My son Thomas come to
see you this afternoon,

and he say to you he's gonna throw
his mother from this house?

Ooh, Caterina, don't make
an opera out of this.

The three of you and a little baby
in three skinny little rooms.

You know this is no good - old woman
living with a husband and wife.

Two women in the same
kitchen, the house burns up.

So I'm an old garbage bag
put in the street, huh?

Caterina, don't make a tragedy.

Come and live in my house where you
know you be more happier yourself.

It pains they should do this.

I know it pains.

These are the worst
years, I tell you.

Caterina, you are very dear to me.

We cried lots of times together.

When my poor husband, he die,
I would be crazy if not for you.

I ask you to come to my house,
because I know I can make you happy.

Please come to my house, Caterina.

These are the worst
years, I tell you.

It's gonna happen to you.

I'm afraid to look in a mirror.

I'm afraid I'm gonna see an old lady with
white hair, like the old ladies in the park -

little bundles in black shawl,
waiting for the coffin.

I'm 56 years old, and what
I got to do with myself?

I got strength in my hands.
I wanna clean, I wanna cook.

I wanna make dinner
for my children.

Am I an old dog to lay near
the fire till my eyes close?

These are terrible years,
Theresa. Terrible years.

Caterina, listen...

It's gonna happen to you.
It's gonna happen to you!

What are you gonna do if
Marty gets married, huh?

What are you gonna cook?

Where's all the children playin' in
all the rooms? Where's the noise?

It's a curse to be
a widow. A curse!

What are you gonna do
if Marty gets married?

What are you gonna do?

I'm gonna put my things in a bag,

and I come to you tomorrow.

Don't worry. We'll come right back.

You teach chemistry? What school?

- Benjamin Franklin High School.
- In Brooklyn?

I went to Theodore Roosevelt on
Fordham Road. It's near my house.

I have a cousin who's a teacher.
He teaches Latin.

He was studying to be a
priest, but he gave it up.

I was pretty good in high school.
I sound like a jerk now.

I got an 82 average.
That ain't bad.

I was accepted at City College, but
my old man died, so I had to go to work.

Want some cigarettes?

German was my best class.
That was my best language.

Der, die, das. Des, der, des.
There you are, I still remember.

You know what I was good
at in high school? Math.

You know how long ago I graduated
high school? June 1937.

Holy cow! June 1937! What is that?
15... 17 years ago!

Holy cow! Seven... Let's see,
is that right? Yeah, 17. That's right.

Where'd it all go? I'm gettin' old. I'm
gonna be 35 years old November 8th. 35!

Wow! Time goes on, boy!

Yeah. 19... June 1937.

My old man died December 1937.
Two o'clock in the mornin', he died.

Bell rings. I knew somethin' was wrong
because my room is on the ground floor.

I had to get outta bed to answer
the door, and there was Mr Stern.

He had a house down about a block
away from us. He moved out, though.

My old man played cards with him and
some other guys. He was a Jewish fella.

So he said "Is your mother home?"
So I knew there was somethin' wrong.

I was only 18, exactly 18 years
old just a month before.

So I said "Is something wrong,
Mr Stern?" I was in my pyjamas.

So he said "Marty,
your father died."

My father died right in the middle
of playin' cards, at the table.

He had a heart attack.
He had low blood pressure.

He used to faint a lot, you know.

Boy... Boy, am I talkin'!

Excuse me. I never talked
so much in all my life.

Usually everybody tells
me their troubles.

Well, I'm gonna shut up now
and let you get a word in.

Yeah, 17 years ago.

What I been doin' with
myself all that time?

Well, there I go again!
I must be drivin' you crazy.

Most of the time I'm with a girl
I... I can't find a word to say.

I'm gonna shut up and let you get a word
in, because usually I'm not like this.

Usually I...

There I go again!
I can't stop talkin'.

I'm on a jag, for Pete's sakes!
You'd think I was loaded.

Well, anyway, like...
like I started to say...

Ahi!

I can't stop my mouth.
Isn't this stupid?

You got a real nice face, you know.

Really, a nice face.

Thank you.

- Hey, mac. Anything good inside?
- A bunch of dogs.

Hey, Marty.

Marty, you in here?

So I'm in a kneeling position,

and if you ever tried shootin' a BAR in a
kneeling position, you know what I mean.

I can't hold a steady position.
I'm waverin' back and forth.

So the guy next to me, he's
shootin' from a prone position,

and he's cross-eyed,
like I told you.

So just then...

So just then I hear five shots
go off from the guy next to me.

My target goes down. A minute later the
flag comes up. I got five bull's-eyes!

That's how I got the reputation of being
the best shot in the whole battalion!

So when I got out of the
army, Clara, I was lost.

I didn't know what I wanted to do.

I was 25 years old.

What was I gonna do? Go back to
my old job, 40 cents an hour?

I thought maybe I'd go to college
under the GI Bill of Rights.

But my brother Freddie wanted to get
married and I had three unmarried sisters.

In an Italian house,
that's a terrible thing.

So I just went to pieces.

I used to walk the streets till
three, four o'clock in the mornin'.

My poor mother... used to
be so worried about me.

God forgive me what I'm
gonna say now, but...

I used to think of doin'
away with myself.

I used to stand on the subway and, God
forgive me what I'm gonna say, I...

I used to feel the tracks suckin'
me down under the wheels.

Yes, I know.

I'm Catholic, you know. Even to think
about suicide is a terrible sin.

Yes, I know.

So then Mr Otari, he offered me
this job in his butcher shop and...

Everybody pleaded
with me to take it.

So that's what happened.

I didn't wanna be a butcher.

There's nothing wrong
with being a butcher.

Well, it's not an
elegant profession.

It's in the lower social scale.
People look down on butchers.

I don't.

Well, the point is Mr Otari wants
to sell his shop now because...

It's a nice little shop. I handle his books
for him, so I know he has a 35% mark-up,

which is not unreasonable.

Takes home net maybe
$100, $150 a week.

Point is, of course, you gotta
worry about the supermarkets.

There's two in the neighbourhood and an
A&P comin' in, at least that's the rumour.

Marty, it's my feeling that you
really want to buy this shop.

Well, that's true. I do.

But it means I gotta take a
loan out in a bank of $8,000.

That's a big note to carry.

Marty, I've known you for three hours,
but I know you're a good butcher.

You're an intelligent,
decent, sensitive man,

and... well, I have a
feeling about you.

Like, well, like sometimes one of my
kids comes to see me about something,

and some of these kids,
Marty, in my classes, they...

they have so much warmth
and so much capacity.

Well, that's the feeling
I have about you.

If you were one of my
students, I'd say to you

"Go ahead and buy the butcher shop.
You're a good butcher."

Well, there's lots of things
I could do with this shop.

I could organise my
own supermarket.

Get a bunch of neighbourhood
merchants together.

That's what a lot
of them are doin'.

What do you think?

I think anything you
wanna do you'll do well.

I'm Catholic. Are you Catholic?

Yes, I am.

Look, I only got about $3 on me now, but
I only live about eight blocks from here.

Why don't we go back to my house, I'll get
some dough and we can go somewhere?

I... I really should get home.

It's only a quarter of 12.
The clock's right up there.

I... I really should get home.
I told my father...

Well, I... I suppose a
little while longer...

Do you suppose there's someplace around
here I could put on some makeup?

Oh. Hey, mac! You got a
ladies' room around here?

- In the back.
- In the back.

- She told me, at the risk of her life.
- She always had thin hips.

She told me the doctor told her, if she had
more babies, it'd be at the risk of her life.

When she told me that,
she already had six!

Every time I saw her, she was either
goin' to the hospital or comin' from it.

- She was hatchin' 'em out like eggs.
- Her husband's a skinny fella.

Well, I bumped into her on the street
and she was as big as a barrel.

- I said to her "Mary..."
- Lou, seen Marty?

- No, I ain't seen him all night.
- Where's everybody?

"Didn't you say if you had
another it'd kill you?"

And her husband's a
little bit of a man.

Well, last week on Tuesday she gave birth
to her baby in St Elizabeth's Hospital.

- A fine, healthy boy. Nine pounds.
- That's fine. So the doctor was wrong.

Oh, no. She died right
there in the hospital.

Oh, that's a sad story.

- And her husband's that little fella?
- That's the one.

That's a sad story.

..moving out to Port Chester.
It's silly to think of commuting.

I'd have to take the subway down to
125th, then take the bus to the railroad,

and then take the New York, New Haven
and Hartford out to Port Chester.

Then I think I have a 20-minute
bus ride out of Port Chester.

Somebody suggested that I buy a
car, but I'm terrified of cars.

I'm always afraid
I'll kill someone.

Of course, it is a fine
opportunity for me.

I could never hope to be the head of a
department in the New York City system,

especially not in the
science courses.

Of course, I'm not sure I
want to be a department head.

It's mostly executive and
administrative work.

On the other hand...

Well, anyway I told
you about my father

and, well, he depends
on me a great deal.

Well, let me tell ya, Clara.
I think you're kiddin' yourself.

I mean, I used to think about
leavin' home, you know.

And that's what I used to
say: "My mother needs me."

But when you really come down
to it, that ain't it at all.

We're just afraid to go out on our own. It's
a big step when you go out on your own.

And I think you're kiddin' yourself
when you say your father needs you.

Actually, you need your father.
You know what I mean?

Well, you know what I mean.

You're livin' at home now and you've
got your father and mother there.

You could go on like that,
be a little girl all your life.

I'm afraid of being lonely.

You won't be so lonely.
You'll make friends right away.

Well, actually, I don't
make friends easily.

What are you talkin' about?
You're a real likeable person.

You'll make friends in Port
Chester one-two-three.

You'll have people visitin'
you all the time. I'll visit you.

I'll get my brother Freddie's car or
you can call me up when you feel blue.

Or I'll call you up and...

It'll be real nice.
Don't be so afraid.

Hey, Marty!

Hey, Marty! Hey, over here!

- Hello, Ralph.
- Hey, Marty. Come over here a minute.

- Excuse me a minute.
- Sure.

- You'll like this guy. He's nice.
- Who? Marty?

- Yeah.
- Oh, this guy's a nice guy, this guy.

- Hi, Ralph. Hello, Leo.
- Hiya, Marty.

Hey, Marty, come here a minute.

Hey, Marty, we got an odd
squirrel. You interested?

What do you mean, Ralph?

Hey, Louise, meet Marty Piletti.
Marty, that's Louise Kelly.

- Hiya.
- We just gonna sit around here all night?

Listen, Marty, these three
squirrels are nurses.

Money in the bank, man.

All goin' over to Leo's house later
because there's nobody there.

These are the girls
I told you about.

Wanna get in the car?
She's a pretty nice-lookin' doll.

- I'm with a girl, Ralph.
- Get rid of her. This is money in the bank.

I can't do that, because somebody
already brushed her off once tonight.

This is a good deal here, Marty.

I can't do it, Ralph.
Thanks anyway, huh?

- Nice seein' you all.
- Come on, let's get outta here.

- Yeah. We might as well get goin'.
- I'll see ya, Leo.

- So long, Ralph.
- So long, Marty.

Wait a minute. I'll find the light.

I guess my mother ain't home yet.

My cousin Thomas and Virginia must be at
the movies, so they won't be home yet.

- This is the kitchen.
- Yes, I know.

Come on in the dining room.

Sit down.

You want somethin' to eat?
We got chicken.

No, thank you. I don't
think I should stay long.

Oh, sure. Well, just take
off your coat a minute.

I was tellin' you my brother Nicky got
married last Sunday. It was a nice affair.

They had a statue of a woman and there
was whisky spoutin' out of her mouth.

I never saw anything so grand
in all my life. And what a meal!

I'm a butcher, so I know a pretty
good hunk of meat when I see it.

This was choice fillet right off the
top of the chuck. $1.80 a pound.

If you want a cheaper cut of
meat, why, get rib steak.

It's got a lot of waste on it, but it
comes to a buck and a quarter a pound,

if it's trimmed.

Listen, Clara... Make yourself
comfortable. You look all tense.

Oh, I'm fine.

You want me to take you
home, I'll take you home.

Maybe it would be a good idea.

- No, Marty.
- I like you. I been tellin' you all night I do.

- Marty...
- All I want is a kiss.

- Please. Please.
- No, Marty.

All right. All right.
I'll take you home!

All I wanted was a lousy kiss.

Think I'd try somethin' serious with
my mother comin' home any minute?

I just didn't feel
like it, that's all.

Well...

I'm old enough to know better.

Come New Year's Eve, everybody
starts arrangin' parties.

I'm the guy they gotta
dig up a date for.

I'll just get a pack of
cigarettes and take...

I'd like to see you again...

very much.

The reason I didn't let you kiss me was
because I just didn't know how to...

handle the situation.

You're the kindest man I ever met.

The reason I tell you this is
because I want to see you again...

very much.

I know when you take me home I'm going
to lie on my bed and think about you.

I want very much to see you again.

What are you doin' tomorrow night?

Nothing.

I'll call you up tomorrow.

Maybe we'll go see a movie.

I'd like that very much.

The reason I can't be
more definite now is...

because my Aunt Catherine's
probably comin' over tomorrow.

I may have to help out.

I'll wait for your call.

I better take you home now.

It's gettin' late and the buses
only run about one an hour.

All right.

I'll just get a pack of cigarettes.

What are you doin' New Year's Eve?

Nothing.

Hello! Hello! Marty?

- Hello, Marty. When you come home?
- We just got here ten minutes ago, Ma.

Ma, I want you to meet Miss Clara Snyder.
She's a graduate of New York University.

She teaches chemistry in
Benjamin Franklin High School.

Sit down. Sit down.

You want some chicken?
We got chicken in the icebox.

No, thank you, Mrs Piletti. We were
just going. Thank you anyway.

Well, sit down just a minute. I just
come in the house. I take off my coat.

- Did Thomas give you a ride?
- Sure. Is a sad business.

My sister Caterina, she no get
along with her daughter-in-law,

so she gonna come live with us.

- Oh, she's comin', huh, Ma?
- Sure. Sit down. Sit down.

- Marty, tell her sit down.
- Might as well sit down a minute, Clara.

- You offer young lady some fruit?
- I offered her, but she don't want nothin'.

No, thank you, really, Mrs Piletti.

Is a very sad business, I tell you.

A woman, 56 years old, all her
life she had her own house.

Now she's just an old woman sleeping
on her daughter-in-law couch.

It's a curse to be a
mother, I tell you.

Your children grow up and then
what is left for you to do?

What is a mother's
life but her children?

Is a very sad thing when your son
has no place for you in his house.

Well, couldn't she find some kind
of hobby to fill out her time?

Hobby. Hobby. What can she do?
She cook and she clean.

But you gotta have a house to clean and
you gotta have children to cook for.

These are the terrible years for
a mother. The terrible years.

You mustn't feel too harshly
against her daughter-in-law.

She probably also wants to have a house
to clean and children to cook for.

You don't think my sister Caterina should
live in her daughter-in-law house?

Well, I don't know them, but, as a rule, a
mother-in-law shouldn't live with a couple.

Where you think a
mother-in-law should go?

I don't think a mother should depend so
much upon her children for her rewards.

Well, that's what they teach
you in... New York University.

In real life it no
work out like this.

You wait till you are a mother.

It's silly of me to argue about it. I...
I don't know the people involved.

Ma, I better take her home because the
buses only run about one an hour.

Sure.

Good night. I'm glad to have met you.
I hope I see you again.

OK, Ma. I'll be back in about
an hour, an hour and a half.

- Sure.
- Good night, Mrs Piletti.

Good night.

Hey!

Hey!

Hey, Marty! Hey!

Hey, Ange!

Marty, where you been?
I been lookin' all over for ya.

I looked all over for you,
but I couldn't find you.

Well, I was lookin'
all over for you.

We thought we were
gonna go for a walk

and then we thought we were gonna
come back, but we got to talkin'.

I want you to meet Clara.
Clara, my best friend Angie.

- I told you about him.
- Yes. How do you do?

Hello.

- What we gonna do now?
- I'm taking Clara home. It's close to one.

- You want me to ride down with ya?
- What for?

- It's early.
- It must be one o'clock.

It's Saturday night! There's
still plenty of action around!

Listen, by the time I get Clara
home it's gonna be 1.30.

By the time I get home it'll be two. I gotta
get up for ten o'clock mass tomorrow.

- OK. I'll see ya.
- Hey, well, where you goin'? Hey, Ange.

Hey, I'll see ya tomorrow
after mass, huh?

You got an elevator in this house?

We only live one flight up.

OK. So I'll see you tomorrow.

OK.

Uh, I'll give you a call about 11,
11.30, as soon as I get out of mass.

Well, better make it around 2.30, because
I won't be home from my aunt's till then.

Oh, OK.

OK. So... I'll see
you tomorrow night.

OK.

- Good night.
- Good night.

Did you have a nice time?

Yes, I did. I had a very nice time.

Is mommy asleep?

No, I'm not sleeping, dear.

So, you enjoyed yourself?

Yes, I did.

I'll tell you about it in a minute.

It seems like a very nice
man that young doctor.

Actually what happened is that...

that fellow that Millie brought up for
me met a girl he knew at the dancing

And he left with her.
I mean...

Let's see if I can tell it to
you with some kind of clarity.

Millie and Andy, and the young doctor
and I went to the Stardust Ballroom.

He actually didn't want to come
and stay in the first place, and...

I don't know what Millie told him about me,
but I'm sure he was very disappointed.

Don't look so sad. I had a
wonderful time this evening.

I met a fellow. He's a butcher.

And...

Well, we sat on a luncheonette
at Grand Concord...

I think from 9 o'clock
until midnight.

Talking.

That's all we did. Talk.

I'm just trying to figure out why
did I enjoyed myself so much.

We just sat and had pie.

He's gonna call me tomorrow.

I have something to tell you. I decided
to take the job in Port Chester.

Because it's really a question of maturity.
Do you know what I mean? I mean...

I could go on living here and
be a girl all my life, papa.

By the way, the reason I mentioned
he's a butcher is because...

he's gonna call me tomorrow
after lunch and...

He's very self conscious of the
social status of a butcher and...

Well, he's calling on the phone,
not coming over here. But...

When he does I just wanted to...

Well, we'll see that
when we come to it

You don't know what
I'm talking about?

I'll tell you about it tomorrow.

You know? When we
left the ballroom...

he began to talk so
much he couldn't stop.

It was so funny. He just kept
raddling and raddling. And he...

I don't think I'll be able
to stop talking now myself.

Listen. I'm going to bed.
I'll see you tomorrow.

Good night.

What I forgot to tell is that I expect
the phone call at two thirty, so I'll...

I won't be able to go
to the movies with you.

Good night.

You... You did have a
good time tonight, dear?

Yes, ma. It was very pleasant.

I did not understand much
about that, did you?

She's said she's gonna
take that job. I'm glad.

I love that girl so much, Alice. But she
should learn to stand on her own feet.

I hope that young man
calls tomorrow at 2:30.

I really do.

Taxi! Hey, taxi!

Taxi! Hey, taxi!

Hey!

Hey, Ma. You know what
I think I'm gonna do?

I think I'm gonna buy Patsy's shop.

You hear what I said, Ma?

This is how I figure. We got 33-odd
hundred dollars in the bank,

so I'm gonna have to take it out to
buy the shop. So what do you think?

I don't know.

I'm a good butcher. I think
I'll make out pretty good.

I wanna ask Thomas about this,
but I got my own ideas.

Come on, Marty. It's nine o'clock.

Listen, Ma, you mind comin' home alone
from church because I wanna find Angie?

- I think he's sore at me for somethin'.
- OK.

Ma, what I wanna ask you is, is Thomas
bringing Aunt Catherine here or what,

because I wanna see him?

I think Thomas is gonna bring Aunt
Caterina over here, but I don't know.

Now, please go outside because
I gotta put on my clothes.

All right. So what are you
gettin' so sore about?

Marty? Please excuse what I say.

OK, Ma.

- Don't you think I feel lousy about it, too?
- I don't wanna talk any more about it.

I don't think I got an hour's
sleep the whole night.

Last night was the first time
I ever heard my mother cry.

- Tommy, I...
- I don't wanna talk about it.

I know what you're gonna say. A man's
gotta stop bein' his mother's baby.

She's my mother. I have
some feelin' about her.

- Why am I always made to be the louse?
- I don't wanna talk about it!

Look, Tommy... Tommy, I love you
and I know you feel lousy right now,

but we'll never be happy unless we have
a chance to work out our own lives.

We can't keep talkin' in whispers the rest
of our lives. We gotta have some privacy.

Ma! Can't you wait five minutes?
I'll drive you over.

- I just gotta put on a shirt.
- Go to mass.

I got time to go to mass.
I'll go to 11 o'clock mass.

Let me drive you
over, will you, Ma?

Thomas, leave me alone.

All right, get dressed because
we're gonna drive my mother over.

Why couldn't you get along
with her, make an effort?

She's hard to get along with.
All I asked you was to try!

- Tommy...
- I don't wanna hear any more about it!

Hello, Aunt Theresa.

Hello, Tommy. How you feel?

Ah, my mother... drives me crazy. I had
to beg her to let me drive her over here.

- Oh.
- She's always gotta be the big martyr.

Please, go to mass, huh?

This one, he wake up this morning
with salt in his nose. Do this! Do that!

Please leave me alone, huh?

- Hello, Thomas.
- Hiya.

Hello, Aunt Catherine.
You gonna go to mass with us?

- I was to mass two hours ago.
- Oh, good.

Make yourself at home.
The refrigerator's loaded.

You go upstairs, take
any room you want, OK?

Thomas!

- You want a cup of coffee?
- Ah.

Oh, hi, Virginia. Oh, you
brought him over, huh?

Let me hold him for a minute.

Hey, Petey boy. Yeah. You're
sure gettin' fat. You know that?

Yeah. You're bigger
than a leg o' lamb now.

So, Tom, like I was tellin'
you when you was over here,

my boss wants to sell his shop, because
he wants to move out to California.

- What are you so sore about?
- Shut up. Will you do me a favour?

So, Tommy, he does about
$12-1300 gross. The rent's $102.

The problem is the supermarkets.
That's what I wanna ask you.

If I get together with
other merchants...

What about the time she wanted to make
dinner, but you wouldn't let her?

- Once a month she can't use the kitchen.
- She could use it any time.

- You had to be the boss.
- She wouldn't use my pots and pans.

- Pots and pans, my foot!
- You want me to buy new pots and pans?

Tommy... Tommy... Look, just
give me a couple of minutes.

I told Mr Otari I'd let him know tomorrow.
You and Virginia can fight any time.

Listen, I wanna know about
individualised mark-ups.

Say I'm the butcher and Aldo Capelli
is the dairyman and the grocer,

so suppose I work on a 35%
mark-up, but he works on a...

- Do you know what you're talkin' about?
- No, I don't. That's why I'm askin' you!

Why d'you wanna buy a shop?

You got a good job, no wife, no
responsibilities. Boy, I wish I was you.

What do you wanna buy a shop for?
Take the baby, will ya?

If he wants $5,000 down, you'll have
to carry a mortgage: $60, $70 a month.

You're single with no responsibilities.
Stay that way. Take my advice.

Why are you yellin'?
He's askin' advice.

Yeah, Tom, but Patsy's shop
is a specialised trade.

- Supermarkets don't carry Italian meat.
- Who buys Italian? Think my wife does?

She goes to the A&P, gets a lamb chop
wrapped in Cellophane, and that's dinner!

- All right.
- I know the problem of the supermarkets,

but I was talkin' to
this girl last night...

Look, Marty, will you see my
mother is nice and comfortable?

- Oh, sure. But this girl...
- What girl? What does she know?

Marty, take care of
my mother, will ya?

Hey, Ma, get ready, cos
I'll be down in a minute.

- Hey, Caterina.
- Huh?

Last night when I come home from your
house, Marty was here with a girl.

- Who?
- Marty.

Your son Marty?

Well, which Marty you think would
be here in this house with a girl?

- Were the lights on?
- Oh, sure.

This girl is a college graduate.

They're the worst. College girls are
one step from the street, I tell you.

My son Joseph's wife, you know,
she type on a typewriter.

One step from the street.

This is the first time
Marty brang home a girl.

She look like a nice girl. You know,
I think Marty has a feeling for this girl.

You heard him sing?
Sing like that all morning.

Well, that's all. You'll see.

Today, tomorrow, in a week,
he's gonna say to you

"Hey, Ma, I'm tired of running around.
It's no good to be a single man."

Then he's gonna say to you "Hey, Ma.
Why we need this old house?"

"Why don't we sell this old house
and move in a nicer part of town?"

"Nice little apartment."

I don't sell this
house, I tell you that.

This is my husband's house.
I had six children in this house.

You'll see.

In a couple of months you gonna be
an old lady sleeping on a couch

- in your daughter-in-law's house.
- Ah, Caterina!

Where you go, rain go!

Someday you gonna smile,
we gonna have a big holiday.

Hey, Ma. What do you say, Ma?
It's gettin' a little late, huh?

Sure.

Boy, this place is really comin' to pieces.
Ma, I think we oughta sell this place.

The whole joint's goin' to pieces.

Plumbing's rusty, everything. Now I'm
gonna have to replaster this whole place.

You know what we oughta do, Ma?

Get one of those new apartments they're
buildin' on Southern Boulevard.

A nicer part of town, you know?

- You all set, Ma?
- I'm set.

- Goodbye, Aunt Catherine.
- Goodbye.

We got a couple of minutes yet.

- Hi, Marty.
- Hi.

Ma, fix your coat.

Hey, Marty, we're gonna sit in the back on
account of the baby. See you afterwards.

That was a nice-looking
girl last night, huh?

She wasn't a very good-looking girl,
but she look like a nice girl.

I said she wasn't a very
good-looking girl, not pretty.

I heard you, Ma.

She look a little bit old for you.
About 35, 40 years old.

She's 29, Ma.

She's more than 29 years old.
That's what she tells you.

Buongiorno. Che bella giornata.
La messa comincia fra poco.

She looked 35, 40 years old.

She don't look like Italian girl.

- I say, is she Italian girl?
- I don't know. I don't think so, Ma.

She don't look like Italian to me.

What family she comes from?

I don't know. Something
about her I... I don't like.

It's funny. The first time you meet the
girl, she comes to your empty house alone.

These college girls, they all
one step from the street.

What are you talkin' about?
She's a nice girl.

She don't look Italian to me.

- I don't like her.
- You only met her for two minutes.

- Don't bring her home no more.
- What didn't you like about her?

I don't know. She don't look like Italian
to me. Plenty nice Italian girls around.

Let's not fight about it.

Why are you gettin' so worked up?
I only met her last night.

Probably not gonna see
her again anyhow.

Come on.

- Hello, Lou.
- Hiya, Marty.

- Hi, Ralph.
- Hiya, Marty.

Lou, let me have a Coke, will ya?

Marty, I hear you really got
stuck with a dog last night.

- Who told you that?
- Angie. Said she was scrawny-looking.

She wasn't so bad.

- Was Angie here already?
- He was here last night till about two.

Oh.

Hey, Ralph, how'd you make out
with those nurses last night?

Oh, Marty. Man, didn't I tell ya?

You know that one that was for
you, the one in the back?

We went over to Leo's house, you know?
So she got loaded drunk.

You should have seen
what she was doin'.

Even the people downstairs
started bangin' on the walls.

So in the middle of the whole
thing the landlord comes in.

These crazy girls are
runnin' around drunk.

So we gotta get rid of her
because of the landlord.

So Leo's talkin' to the landlord while we're
tryin' to get this crazy girl out the window.

This crazy girl, she even
left her shoes up there!

So how'd you make out?

- I had a nice time.
- Yeah?

Uh, she's a nice girl. Oh,
I didn't try anything.

I just met her last night, you know.
She's a nice girl. We just talked.

Uh... uh... We just talked.

Listen, Ralph, if you see Angie, tell him
I went home. I'll see him after lunch, huh?

- I wanna talk to you.
- I don't wanna talk right now.

So the whole book winds up...
Marty. Hey, Marty.

So the whole book winds up, Mike
Hammer - he's in the room with this doll.

So he says "You rat,
you're the murderer."

So she begins to con him.
She tells him how she loves him.

Then bam! He shoots her
right in the stomach.

So she's layin' there, gaspin' for breath,
and she says "How could you do that?"

He says "It was easy."

Boy, that Mickey Spillane,
boy, he could write.

I read everything he ever wrote.

Come on! We got a whole pot.
We give you a plate of your own.

I couldn't eat nothin'.
My mother just fed me.

What I like about Mickey Spillane
is he knows how to handle women.

In one book he picks up this tomato. She
was hit by a car and throws a pass at him.

Then he meets two beautiful twins,
and they throw a pass at him.

Then he meets a beautiful society
dame, and she throws a pass at him.

That Mickey Spillane,
he could really write.

Anybody wanna go down Van Courtland
Park, watch the ball games?

It's only a little bit
after two o'clock.

- Where you goin'?
- To call up that girl from last night.

- Thought I'd take her to a movie.
- You kiddin'?

Now, listen, Angie, you were
very impolite last night.

I introduced you to that
girl, you just walked off.

- Why'd you do that?
- It got me mad, that's why.

Hey, Jerry, show Marty
that picture, you know.

Put it away! My mother's
out on the porch.

- I wonder where they find those girls.
- They're Hollywood starlets.

Put it away. My mother'll walk in.

Hey, Marty, let's go down
72nd Street area tonight.

I don't feel like goin', Angie.
I thought I'd take this girl to a movie.

Boy, you must have made
out good last night.

- We just talked.
- Boy, she must be some talker.

She must have been
about 50 years old.

The way I figure, a guy oughta marry
a girl 20 years younger than he is,

so that when he's 40 she's still
a real pretty doll of 21.

That means he'd have to marry the
girl when she was one year old.

You're right. I never
thought of that!

- She wasn't so bad-lookin'.
- She must have kept you in the shadows.

You don't wanna hang around with dogs.
It gives you a bad reputation.

Let's go down to 72nd Street.

I told this dog I'd call
her up today, about 2.30.

Brush her!

You wanna come with me
tonight or go with that dog?

- Why you gettin' so sore?
- Cos I looked all over for you last night!

Another book that I read by Mickey
Spillane, I can't remember the name of it,

but he finds this red-headed
doll on the streets

and he gives her some dough
because he feels sorry for her.

Wait a minute. I think that's the same
book I was tellin' you about before.

- You didn't like her at all?
- A nothin'. A real nothin'.

You know somethin'.
This Mickey Spillane.

Boy, he sure can write.

So, what are you gonna
do tonight, Marty?

I don't know, Ma.
I'm all knocked out.

I may just hang around
the house and...

Maybe I'll go down and see what
Angie and the boys are doin'.

I'll see ya later, Ma.

We had... I don't wanna
talk like that fella.

We had the extreme privilege

of having Jackie Gleason make
his TV debut on our show.

So tonight on our
anniversary show...

I'm doing it, huh?

Oh, now, leave me alone, will ya?

You know, he scares
the life out of me.

- What time is it?
- It's about eight o'clock.

You don't feel like
goin' to 72nd Street?

It'll take an hour and an hour back.
The whole evening's gone.

What's playin' on Fordham Road? There's
a good picture in the Loew's Paradise.

Feel like workin'
up a game of cards?

Come on, let's go down to 72nd Street.
We'll wind up with somethin'.

I'll never forgive La Guardia for cuttin'
out burlesque outta New York City.

There's a burlesque in Union City.
Let's go to Union City.

You don't even wanna ride a
half-hour on the subway,

now you wanna go all the
way down to Union City.

I feel like playin' cards. I saw Richie Rizzo.
That's what he said he felt like doin'.

I don't feel like playin' cards.
What do you feel like doin', Angie?

I don't know. What do
you feel like doin'?

I don't know. George, what
are you doin' tonight?

"What are you doin' tonight?"
"I don't know. What are you doin'?"

The burlesque! Loew's Paradise!

Miserable and lonely.
Miserable and lonely and stupid.

What am I, crazy or somethin'?
I got somethin' good here.

What am I hangin' around
with you guys for?

Wait a minute, will you?
What's the matter with you?

You don't like her. My mother don't like
her. She's a dog, and I'm a fat, ugly man.

Well, all I know is I had a good time last
night. I'm gonna have a good time tonight.

If we have enough good times together,
I'm gonna beg that girl to marry me.

If we make a party on New Year's,
I got a date for that party.

You don't like her, that's too bad!

Hey, Ange, when are you
gonna get married?

You oughta be ashamed of yourself.

You're 33 years old. All your
kid brothers are married.

You oughta be ashamed of yourself.

Hello?

Excuse me, Ange.

Hello, Clara?

What happened? What happened?
Hey, Marty! Hey, Marty!

Hey, Marty, what happened with you?

Saturday we had a party
A party.

Frankie and Lou, everybody but you.

Where was you Thursday?
Hey, Marty! Hey, Marty!

Hey, Marty, for our bowling game?

It seems like a year since
we chug-a-lugged the beer.

Hey, Marty, you must
have a dame, a dame.

Hey, Marty, you must have a dame.

Must have a dame!