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Love,
exciting and new.
Come aboard,
we're expecting you.
Love,
life's sweetest reward.
Let it flow,
it floats back to you.
Love boat
soon will be making another run.
The love boat
promises something for everyone
set a course for adventure
your mind on a new romance.
Love
won't hurt anymore.
It's an open smile
on a friendly shore.
Yes, love
welcome aboard,
it's love.
Good afternoon, ladies and
gentlemen, and welcome aboard.
This is your captain speaking.
As a point of special interest,
during this cruise, we will be
selecting a young lady who will
serve as 'ambassadress-at-large"
for the cruise line for one year.
This lovely lady will be one of
five beautiful models who will
be joining us on our three-day
cruise to Mexico.
All: Hello, hi, welcome.
Wait, wait,here,
wait......ladies, ladies,
just....just set it right there.
How do you do?
How do you do?
I'm Waldo linden from head
office.
I will be taking care of these
ladies while they're on board.
It's a pleasure to meet...
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
uh......you may look, but don't
touch.
Welcome aboard, mr.Linden.
I'm captain stubing.
Ah, captain.
A pleasure to meet you.
Thank you.
I understand that you've agreed
to be the master of ceremonies
for our competetion
um, I only hope it won't be
too much of an imposition
on your time.
Well, it's just part of my job.
Oh, excuse me.
Allow me to introduce our young women,
each an example of looks,
talent and brains.
This here's Rita....
Hello...
How nice to meet you.
And susie...
Welcome aboard.
Thank you.
Teresa...
Si....
Hello.
Alma...
Hello.
Jeanette....
Good grief, we've lost Jeanette.
I'll get her.
It's my ship.
Hi..
Oh, oh....Oooo, this
this is so exciting.
I've only been on this ship two
minutes and I've already won
something.
What?
The booby prize?
Well, you see, I went down
the wrong gangway and I end up
in the engine room, and the boys
down there voted me
"most likely to.."
Most likely to what?
They didn't say.
Jeannette, you're going to be
the death of me.
What a way to go.
Robin brant.
Ah, miss brant.
Yes.
You're in room one-oh eight on
the promenade deck.
That's right up these stairs and
to the right.
Thank you.
Hm-hm.
Smith.
Jim Smith.
Yes, mr.Smith you are in cabin
one-sixteen on the promenade
deck.
That's right up those stairs.
Thank you.
You'd think he'd come up
with something a little more
imaginative than Smith.
Pardon me?
J.p.whitcomb, the congresman.
You mean the one who....?
The one whose wife is divorcing
him because of the chorus girl.
Oh, you know, I heard the
house of representatives is
considering impeaching him.
Yeah.
His wife's throwing him out of
the house, and the house is
throwing him out of the house.
He looks like a nice guy.
I feel sorry for him.
Well, you're the only one
in the whole world who does.
Where can I make a phone call?
In your cabin, but the phones
aren't operative until we
leave port.
Oh, okay.
Oh, excuse me, your seating for dinner?
Oh, Mr. Smith's table will be
just terrific.
Hoist the anchor without fear.
Virgil Gibson is here.
Well, mr.Gibson.
Welcome aboard.
That's it?
Ain't you gonna pipe me aboard?
Oh, we're sorry, sir.
We don't normally do that.
Oh, that's all right.
I'll pipe myself
aboard....oooh...ooohh....see?
I'm takin' a cruise to lose the
blues.
With a smile on my face and a
shine on my shoes....
Excuse me...Excuse me!!!
But the rest of us would like to
come aboard.
Oh, I'm sorry, sugar.
But you see, when my jaws starts
flappin', my brain stops
knockin'.
The other models are inside,
but you are by far the most beautiful.
Models.....sweetheart, I'm here
to work on my doctorate.
I'm not a piece of cheesecake.
Well, she don't like you
and she don't like me.
But lucky for us there's other
fish in the sea.
Ahh!!
That's enough Mac....
Oh, Isaac.
Go.
Oh wow....
Isn't this nice?
Oh, great.
Ah.....
Isn't this wonderful.
One whole cabin for
all three of us.
Yeah, we don't have to share
with anybody.
She has great measurements,
thirty-six,
twenty-four, thirty-six, zero.
Listen, Rita...
Hey....now come on, you two.
I'm gonna go throw confetti.
Me too.
Only I'm gonna be throwing
most of it at her.
Guess who?
Rick!
Oh!
Oh....
Well, tell me, young lady,
do you kiss every man that
sneaks into your room?
Only those that I'm engaged to.
I was hoping that you'd come to
see me off.
Oh, I did better than that.
I bought a ticket.
Hey....that's great.
You don't seem too
thrilled about it.
Well, I just didn't want
anybody to know about us.
You know the rules of the
competition.
I'm supposed to be unattached,
free to travel.
Yeah, I know all that, but
I just couldn't stand to be away
from you, that's all.
For three days?
Look, what if I win this thing?
I'd be gone for a year.
I guess I'll just have to
stow away in your trunk.
Rick, look, this is a
really big chance for me.
I'd get to do three national
commercials.
I mean, that's at least five
thousand dollars.
Hey, wait a minute.
What's more important?
Commercials or me?
Five thousand dollars
would be an awfully nice wedding
present.
Hm?
Anybody ever tell you,
you'd make a heck of an
ambassadress?
Yes?
Thank you.
Hello, frank,
listen, I think I got a goody for the magazine.
Not what,
who,
John p. Whitcomb.
He's here and Robin's got him.
Yeah, he's alone, but he
won't be for long.
Yeah, people would come from
miles around just to buy my
peanuts at the ballpark.
Well, that's incredible.
You mean you actually saved
enough money to pay for this
cruise by selling peanuts at a
ballpark?
No way.
You make peanuts selling peanuts.
I sold popcorn too,
of course, you had to have
a little showmanship.
Now like if you was to buy a bag
of peanuts and a bag of popcorn,
I'd throw in the hambone.
Oh, but who could eat
that much?
Honey, hambone ain't somethin'
you eat.
Hambone is somethin' you do.
Why don't you show her.
I never could resist a
command performance...So stand
back and I'm gonna give it a
whack.
Hambone, hambone,
where you been?
Been around the world and i'm
goin' again.
Hambone, hambone, whattya say?
Hambone, hambone every day......
Oh, no, no,
that's...that's all right, but I
detect a distinct southeastern
influence in that particular
rendition.
Now back home in Oakland, we
have our own refinements.
Young man, I hear more
jawbone than I do hambone.
Is that so?
Yeah.
Well, then stand back .
Hambone, hambone, get on down,
I do hambone to the disco sound.
Boogie with the
hambone day and night...
Hambone, hambone, outta sight.
Out of sight!
Yeah!
Do you realize, young man, how
many peanuts we could have sold
together?
Congressman whitcomb?
You must be mistaken.
I couldn't be.
I'm one of your constituents.
Really?
And you're still talking to me?
I believe a man's private life
is nobody's business but
his own.
I wish the press felt the same way.
They're out to sell newspapers.
What do they care about honesty?
Unfortunately, there's a lot of
people that believe what they read.
I don't.
I voted for you once and I
intend to vote for you again.
The way things are going,
you might not get a chance.
I'm sure I will.
Well, a vote of confidence,
like that deserves a drink.
Would you care to join me,
miss....?
Brant.
Robin brant.
Robin brant.
It's very nice.
How 'bout the starlight bar?
Perfect.
Yes.
Ah, mr.Linden.
Ah captain,
have you been going over
your script?
Well, that's what I wanted
to talk to you about.
This is the first time,
I've done this, and...
I don't usually tell jokes.
There's nothing to worry about.
You'll be wonderful.
Well...
Trust me.
I've written for all the top
comedians.
Bert parks,monty hall.All of them.
Got to get the girls ready.
Wow!
Bert parks.
Good afternoon, ladies and
gentlemen.
This afternoon we begin our
search for the young woman who
will represent us during the
year ahead.
She will be judged for her beauty,
poise and personality.
And right now, if our judges are
ready,and I see that they are.
We will begin by showing you
some of the cruise wear designed
especially for our shops on
board by carita of California,
modelled by our five lovely
ladies.....
First miss Alma Hodges,
nineteen....
A sophomore at Oklahoma a&m.
She's studying veterinary
medicine.
You lucky dogs.
Now next miss Teresa chen,
twenty-one,
from San Francisco.
She's a student of marine biology
and I know a lot of marines
who'd like to study her biology.
Miss Suzie corbett
twenty-two...
Suzie is a music major,
as you can tell from
her rhythm section.
And now miss Rita almirez,
twenty,
A history student from
San Antonio, Texas.
One look and you'll forget the
alamo and remember Rita.
And finally, miss Jeannette arno,
twenty-two.
Jeannette was the most popular1
girl at the university of Nebraska,
which is a remarkable
accomplishment since she went
to the university of Oklahoma.
How 'bout a big hand for all of
them!!
What did I tell you?
You were terrific.
Oh, yes, I was good, wasn't I?
Now don't forget, tonight
is the modeling of the evening
gowns.
Right.
Get me the script an hour early.
I want to punch it up.
Well, Alma's a shoe-in.
Come on.
Jeannette's got winner written
all over her.
And I hope it's in braille.
I don't know.
I'm betting on the sister.
She's not even in the competition.
She may not be in your competition,
but she is definitely in mine.
Excuse me, mr.Gibson, but
would you teach me
how to do the hambone?
Why, sure, child.
You see it goes like this.
Hambone, hambone, ain't so tough.
Hambone, hambone, that's enough.
Hambone, hambone, make up a
rhyme...
I can do that any time.
Okay.
Honey, you are a natural.
Is there anything that I
can get you?
Yes.
Earmuffs.
Oh, we were just having a
little fun.
I have nothing against anyone
having fun.
I just don't think it's
necessary for that man to make
such a fool of himself.
That's just mr.Gibson.
I mean,
he's a nice old dude.
Really?
Then how long before he starts
strumming on the old banjo?
Ah,
I can only stay a minute.
Ah, well, that's long
enough for this.
I love you.
And I love you.
Hey listen, how 'bout tonight?
When your roommates are asleep,
you come and stay here.
Ah, Rick...
I know.
I know.
The rules.
You're supposed to be brainy and talented and
beautiful and sexy but most of
all you're supposed to be moral,
right?
Right.
Right.
It doesn't say somewhere in fine
print that it's okay to be human?
Nope....
No.
But I am.
I'll see you tonight.
That's my girl.
Wait.
I don't believe it.
I....I'm sorry.
Wow!
Look at all these books on black history.
What are you trying to do?
Rewrite roots?
I'm working on my dissatation.
Dissatation?
Are you a teacher?
Well, you might say,
I'm a teaching fellow.
Ah, none of the fellas I knew
ever looked like you.
That means I'm a teaching assistant.
Ah, a teacher.
Boy, if I had a teacher like you,
I'd still be in school.
Oh, we never got to names.
I'm Isaac Washington.
Stephanie Hayden.
How do you do, Stephanie Hayden?
"Slave families of Virginia."
Well, this looks interesting.
Well, if you think the cover's
interesting, you should read
what's inside.
Does that mean you'd loan
it to me?
Hm-hm.
And I suggest you start with
chapter nine.
Ah....okay,
teach....when's the first test?
Oh, hey,isaac, good.
Hey...how does that hambone go again?
'Cause this is the way the old
guy did it, but I want to.....
Ah, ah, ah...Gopher,later.
Okay?
Later.
Mr.washington,please I never stand
in the way of higher learning.
Continue with your class in
advanced hambone.
Thank you.
Gopher, gopher.
You are out of my will.
Frank...frank,
i haven't called you because I haven't got anything to tell you.
Yes, I know who Nicky is
whitcomb's girlfriend.
I don't care if she is gonna
spill her guts in somebody's column.
It's gonna take a little time to
find out if whitcomb's wife is
gonna divorce him.
Or if he's gonna resign before
congress throws him out.
Just give me a little time,
frank...
An hour isn't exactly the kind
of time I had in mind frank.
Frank?
Dinner was terrific,
wasn't it?
Yes.
It's funny, too, because I came
on this cruise to get away from
people and now.
Well listen, everybody needs
someone to talk to.
It's just that ever since my
relationship with Nicki.
The dancer?
I'm sorry.
I haven't had a moments peace
since that story broke.
My entire life has been examined
and re-examined, investigated,
probed.
No one's life can live up to
that kind of scrutiny.
We all make mistakes.
I never said I made a mistake.
Look, how would you feel
if right now on this ship there
was a reporter watching us,
together holding hands.
Saw me kissing you.
Tomorrow the headlines would say
"congressman and his conquest
seen living it up on the love
boat."
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,
this evening our beautiful models
will be showing you some
of the evening wear designed
especially for us by carita of California.
But before we begin,
a funny thing happened to me
on the way to the acapulco lounge tonight.
I saw a passenger standing on
the deck going like this.
I said what are you doing that
for?
He said, it keeps the elephants
away.
I said, elephants?
We never had an elephant on this
ship.
He said, see that,
it works.
It's one of my favorites.
I got a million of 'em.
I've created a monster.
And now, ladies and gentlemen,
comes the poise portion
of the competition.
Whoever is selected to be our
ambassadress will be required to
deal with the press and the
dignitaries of foreign countries.
Now to see how she thinks on her
feet, we'll ask each young woman
to answer one completely
impromptu question.
Jeannette, in fifteen seconds,
please tell us what is your goal
in life?
Oh...well, I would like to bring
all the people in the whole
world together, so that they can
live together in Harmony
and they can love together forever.
Do I have any time left?
Ah, two seconds.
Together.
Thank you.
You know I want to apologize.
All I've done since we met is,
talk about me and about my
troubles.
Listen, you need to get it out.
Sometimes it's easier to do it
with a perfect stranger.
Ah, you're not a stranger.
What you are is,
the first person I've met so far
that's interested in
my side of the story.
You see,
my wife and I were planning
to get divorced before Nicki
came along.
There were no ugly moments,
no bad times.
It's just that,my life was
politics and she couldn't handle
it.
The traveling, the campaigns.
We lived separate lives.
But we were, and still are good
friends.
When this thing with Nicki
happened...the press made it
look like I was leaving my wife
for some chorus girl.
Then it was love?
It was love.
But it didn't work....Big deal.
The worst part of it was,
I was working on a piece of tax
reform legislation at the time.
It was a bill that would have
benefitted millions of
americans.
Now the whole thing is in doubt
because of this cloud hanging
over my head.
I never heard anything about
a tax reform bill.
Oh...and you won't.
People are more interested in
sensation than legislation.
But you have to get your
side of the story out.
No, no.
I just gotta get out before they
throw me out.
Resign?
But, John...
It's a losing battle.
Tired of fighting it.
Well, maybe it would be different
if you weren't fighting all alone.
Rick,
do you think we should?
No, I don't think we should.
But I know we're gonna.
What...what if somebody finds out?
Nobody's gonna find out.
Now come on.
Get in.
Rick, you're gonna think
I'm crazy, but I can't go
through with this.
You what?
Um...i can't stay here tonight.
It would be dishonest.
But, Suzie, I mean....
Look, please, try and understand.
Okay?
We'll see each other tomorrow.
Suzie...suzie!
Rick, no.
But, Suzie,
wait.
You see, I told you.
Waldo, I can explain.
It doesn't mean...
Miss corbett, I'm sorry to say
that you're guilty of conduct
unbecoming a possible
ambassadress for the Princess
lines.
You are hereby disqualified from
the competition.
Baby, I'm sorry.
Oh....
I told you.
Well, good night.
Good night.
Will I see you in the morning?
You bet.
Hello.
Ah, come on, frank.
I thought you were gonna give me
some time.
Yes, his wife is going to divorce him,
but they've been talking about
divorce for a long time.
No, I don't know the details.
The chorus girl thing is over but,
frank, you're pressuring me.
Yes, I think he's going to resing,
but now don't print that.
Look, there's a lot more to this.
I'll tell you what.
I will call you first thing in
the morning with a full story.
All right?
Okay, I will talk to you then,
and don't print anything, frank.
"And god stepped out on space,
and he looked around and he said:
"I'm lonely...And I'll make me a world." James weldon Johnson.
Our ancestors made the crossing,
below the deck.
In shackles,
they never got to see any of this.
That's heavy.
But is that all you can think of
right now?
What do you mean?
Well, i'm...Thinking, about,
this night,
the moon,
the stars,
the sea,
and you.
Isaac,
I'm trying to get you serious
about our people,
not get you serious about me.
It always worked in grammar school.
Isaac.
Gibson: (Singing camptown
racetrack)
Thanks for the apple.
Thanks for the apple.
Jeannette?
Jeannette, you called for me?
What's the emergency?
Oh, Waldo,
I can't get my zipper down.
You called me for a zipper?
Hm-hm.
Why didn't you call one of the girls?
Well, you're in charge, aren't you?
Oh, please.
I have a little itch right in
the middle of my back.
Could you scratch it for me,
please?
Scratch?
Please.
Here?
Lower.
Lower?
Lower.
Jeannette...jeannette,
you're making me crazy.
Waldo, I'm surprised at you,
what kind of a girl do you think I am?
Why you burst in here while i'm
half naked and try to take
advantage of me.
Stephanie, this book is incredible.
It...it makes me realize how
little I know.
But now you know more than you did yesterday.
You see, we do have a past we
can be proud of.
We have a rich and valuable
culture.
It's up to us to let people know
about our poets and philosophers,
our soldiers and scientists.
Instead of perpetuating these
stereotypes.
You mean mr.Gibson?
Exactly.
We have to let people know that
we're not just entertainers.
We have more to do with our
lives than dance.
Yeah, but Stephanie, mr.Gibson,
he's a nice old guy.
Isaac, he's the type of man who
makes it harder for you and me.
People think all blacks are like
that.
Hi.
Hi.
Hi.
Oh my head.
Is there a doctor on this ship?
Oh, your eyes look real good.
You should see them from my side.
Isaac man, we had a ball
last night.
Oh, Mr. Gibson know how
to show us a good time.
You should have been there, man.
I have more important things
to with my life than dance.
Come on, baby,
don't be depressed.
So you got disqualified.
Maybe it's the best thing that
ever happened to us.
Now we don't have to pretend anymore.
Suzie, I've got it.
Look, we're in Ensenada....
Let's get off the ship and get
married.
Right now.
What do you say?
Really?
And we'll have our honeymoon
right here on the ship.
Oh, honey.
Let's.
Okay.
That's better.
Are you decent?
So decent we're gonna be married.
Oh, wonderful.
And do I have a great wedding
present for you.
You're back into the competition.
What?!
Jeannette, you're kidding me!
See like....Waldo and I had kind
of a heart to heart talk.
Yeah?
And I convinced him that your
moral standards were just as
high as his.
Oh, Rick, honey, can you
believe that!
I'm back in.
Oh, Jeannette, I...I can't
believe it.
Thank you.
Certainly.
Stephanie,
I want you to try this.
A peso for your thoughts.
There's something I want
to tell you, and I don't know
quite how to put it into words.
Oh....two pesos?
I think you may have to throw in
a piรฑa colada.
You got it.
I'm falling in love with you.
I feel the same way Robin,
boy, we've got great timing.
I mean, if you involve yourself
with me now you're
you're putting yourself
right in the firing line.
I don't care.
I believe in you.
And I want to be with you.
Stateside papers,
just flown in.
Ah, do you have the times?
Yeah.
John, I can help you in this fight.
I've got connections in the
newspaper business.
Well, why don't I just come
right out and say it.
I'm a reporter.
You're a what?
Do you have a copy of scuttlebutt?
Ah, yes, ma'am.
This is the paper I work for.
Oh, really.
Oh, my god.
What?
What's the matter?
Whitcomb quits...
Dancer splits.
Exclusive.
John p. Whitcomb will end his political
career by throwing in the towel.
According to a source aboard the
pacific Princess.
You'd think I'd learn.
John, wait.
Ah, miss brant, there's a long
distance phone call for you
from a mr.Frank Davis of scuttlebutt.
Newspaper in New York.
Tell him I just quit.
Well, wait a minute.
Why should you have all the fun?
I'll tell him myself.
You're just the two
I'm looking for.
You see, I'm having a party down
in my cabin a little later on
and I'd like for you folks to be
in on the festivities.
Thank you, but no thanks.
Yeah, you better count me out, too.
Whatever you say, boss.
I'm not your boss.
I'm your boss and I'd like
to have a word with you.
Captain, it's time to start
the talent contest.
I'll speak to you after the show.
Here's your script.
I can ad lib better than that.
Isaac, what's the matter with you?
I thought you liked mr.Gibson.
Why are you turning on him?
Let me put it this way.
I've seen about all the
shuffling I can handle.
Ladies and gentlemen,
it's time for the talent contest
and the final judging.
This is part of the competition
which allows our judges to see a
different facet of our young
ladies.
The ability to be in the spotlight.
Which reminds me.
My mother-in-law was in a talent
show once, she was the only one
in it.
She came in second.
Thank you.
Thank you.
And now, without further ado,
miss Alma Hodges will sing for us
the bell song from lakme.
You know, she told me she never
had a lesson in her life.
Where the beavers built
their lodges.
Where the squirrels,
hid their acorns.
He talked with them wherever he
met them.
And he called them,
hiawatha's brothers.
(Suzie playing piano)
Wow....she's terrific.
Yeah.
She looks like a winner to me.
And the winner is
Miss Suzie corbett.
Girls: (Scream for Suzie)
Thank you.
Thank you, everybody.
I...i really can't believe I've won.
A moment ago I thought
representing the Princess lines
was the most important thing in
the world, but I've realized
there's something much more
important to me, and he's
walking out of the room this minute.
I'm very grateful that you've
chosen me, but rather
than being the ambassadress for a year,
I'd rather be Mrs. Rick Leonard
for the rest of my life.
Well, what can you say.
They do call this the love boat.
Thank you.
Our new ambassadress will
be the first runner up,
and she is.
Miss Jeannette arno.
Robin,
I want to apologize.
You want to apologize,
but I'm the one who.
No.
Julie told me that you quit your
job because of me.
Oh, it wasn't just because of you.
It was because frank Davis
double-crossed me.
He wasn't supposed to print that
pack of half truths.
I wanted him to print your side
of the story, and I'm glad I quit.
No.
I want you to get your job back.
What?
That's right.
I'll need someone in the press
to help me when I go back to
fight this thing.
When we go back to fight this thing.
Oh, John.
Oh, captain, I'm on my way to
Mr. Gibson's party.
Are you coming now?
In a minute.
You go ahead.
Oh, all right.
Isaac,
I, I've noticed that you're
reading a lot of black history lately.
Yes, I loaned him the books.
Oh....well then,
I'm glad you're here.
You see,
a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
You two have had your noses
buried so deeply in the history books,
that you missed seeing some
living black history in the
person of a certain peanut
vendor, named Virgil Gibson
or perhaps you'd know him
better if I called him
scattergun Gibson.
You mean he's scattergun Gibson?
That's right.
Who's scattergun Gibson?
Only the greatest pitcher the
negro league ever had.
They used to say that he could
pitch the ball so fast that it
crossed the plate before its
shadow did.
I saw him pitch when I was a kid.
It was an exhibition game
against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
He mowed them down like they
were little leaguers.
I'd never seen anything like it.
But, captain, if he's
such a great black athlete,
why does he bother
to tap dance for everybody?
Because in his day that's what
you had to do to get along.
You not only had to be a great
athlete, but you had to make
people laugh while you were
beating them.
But that was then.
Today is different.
Young lady, you're darned right
it's different.
It's because of men like him
that there are blacks playing in
the major leagues today.
And tending bar on ships.
And teaching history
in colleges.
Captain,
where is that party?
Follow me.
Tell about the time you struck
out babe Ruth.
Oh, yeah.
Which time?
You mean you struck him out more
than once.
Does a peanut come in a shell?
Come in.
Hi, captain.
Scattergun.
Hey, hello there,youngsters.
Hi.
Hi.
Now I recall the first time
the babe and I ever faced
one another.
It was in nineteen thirty-two,
an exhibition game
at the yankee stadium.
We leadin' the yanks one to
nothin' goin' into the bottom of
the ninth.
One out and a man on first,
then the babe steps up to the plate.
So I calls out to him I said,
"mr.ruth,
I want to take this
opportunity to apologize for
what I'm about to do to you."
And he yells back.
"Just throw the ball, kid" and I did.
Three times
hah.
He never seen one of 'em.
Well the babe walks out to the mound still got
his bat in his hand.
But you know what he said?
He said, "the way the world is,
you ain't never gonna be in the majors,
but I want you to know this.
You are the best there is."
Then he shook my hand and
walked off the field.
Wow.
That's great.
You beat the Yankees.
No.
Lou gehrig come up next and hit
a home run.
Mr.gibson,
we,
we owe you an apology.
Oh, don't be shaken.
No offense made and none taken.
Mr. Gibson,
scattergun.
We both behaved very rudely to you and
we're sorry for it.
You know, I've been studying
black history for the last five years,
but there seems to be a
big gap in my education.
What's that?
I never learned to do the hambone.
Would you teach me?
Would I teach you?
Okay.
Hambone, hambone, sing the song.
Hambone, hambone all night long.
Come on baby it's your turn.
Hambone...hambone.......
All: (Everyone singing hambone)
Well, I guess I'll see you
at the wedding, huh?
Yes.
Oh, I'm so excited for you guys.
Hey, I'm really excited for you,
too.
What are your plans?
Well, I guess I'll be pretty busy,
you know, traveling around and
making commercials,and
and then at the end of the year,
I'm gonna marry Waldo.
You and Waldo?
He doesn't know it yet,
but that man is one heck of
a back scratcher.
Goodbye, miss brant, and
mr.smith.
It's whitcomb.
Congressman whitcomb.
I know.
Oh,
well, bye bye now.
And thank you very much for
everything.
Good luck.
Thank you.
Goodbye.
There she is,
Jeannette, where have you been?
Oh...mmm.
Oh, okay, everybody.
Let's go.
Captain, thank you for being a
wonderful emcee.
Well, it was fun, but for me
it was just a one time thing.
Ah, you don't happen to know
the name of a good agent, do you?
Don't call us, we'll call you.
Thank you, we had a wonderful time.
Thank you.
Goodbye, girls.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Suzie, have a wonderful wedding.
You did the right thing.
Thank you.
Goodbye, Rick.
Bye bye, Rick.
Mr.gibson,
can I offer you a ride home?
Dear one,
just call me scattergun.
Because it's true,
I'd go anyplace with you.
Scattergun, is it true
you could throw a grape through
the hole of a doughnut at sixty
feet?
Don't be ridiculous.
You see, that's one of those
tall stories that get taller
every year.
It was a raisin.
Stephanie, I hope I'm gonna
see more of you.
I really dig you.
Isaac, not in front
of all these people.
That's perfectly all right.
We're just one big happy family.
Yeah,
dad,
could I use the ship tonight?
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