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Truck horn blares

lady shouts: Jimmy Dean!

Jimmy Dean!

Come on back here to the five-and-dime, now, Jimmy Dean.

Jimmy Dean, you're out there. I know you are.

Truck horn blares

Radio chatters

j“ ...Jesus bear the cross alone j”

j“ and all the world go free? J"

j " no, there's a cross for everyone j"

j " and there's a cross for me j"

j" the consecrated cross I'll bear j“

j" till death shall set me free... j“

fly swatter slaps

j" and then go home my crown to wear j“

j“ for there's a crown... j“ — fly swatter slaps

j” for me j”

j” in the cross j”

j " in the cross... j"

music changes — j" darling, can I tell you j“

j" what's really on my mind? J”

j" we've played this game for such a long, long time j”

j" you think you're winning but you don't know the score... j”

sorry I'm late, juanita, but they were short-handed down at the truck stop

so I helped out.

Should have known better to never expect you to be on time.

You never have been in 20 years.

Won't be at all surprised if you don't end up bein' late for your very own funeral.

I said it wasn't my fault. — never is.

Do you see anything of Jimmy Dean out there?

No. Well, he was heading over to Luke's texaco last time I saw him.

When are you going to finish up with them decorations of yours?

I'll put my crap up and get right back to 'em.

You'd better shake a leg, cos if anybody's gonna be showin' up

for that reunion, they're gon' start in to showin' up anytime now.

I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you. Mona get back yet?

No, her bus is late.

Music stops — radio crackles

goddamn, juanita, you're not gonna turn that Jesus music on again I hope.

Watch your mouth.

I'm trying to get the weather news.

I'll give you the weather news.

It's 118 degrees in the shade, which there ain't none of.

Same as it was yesterday and the day before and last week, and last month...

There's talk that there's a rainstorm over near Odessa.

Oh, bullshit, it ain't rained there in 20 years and ain't going to.

Thunder cracks

thunder rumbles

rain lashes

Door bell jingles

I'm sorry I'm late, juanita, but I had to stop over at the truck stop

and pick up something.

I'll bet whatever it was, it was wearing pants.

Mona and Joe here yet? Oh, my god...

Joe's out back unpackin' some them new magazmes just come in.

Uh, Mona must be held up in the storm.

I know, it's rainin' like hell out there, ain't it?

Watch your mouth, young lady. — oh, criminee, juanita.

It's 1955, not 1905.

Hell, everybody says "hell" nowadays.

Well, you ain't gonna be sayin' it while you're workin' here.

Is Sidney in yet? Hey, Sidney!

Joel

bring up them new photoplay magazines.

Sissy: Hey, Sidney!

Thunder cracks

door bell jingles

hool hi, Joe.

Hi.

Sissy in yet?

She's looking for Sidney, but he's asleep. — Mona: Oh!

Hi, juanita, sorry I'm late.

Juanita: That's alright, honey.

Some storm out there, ain't it? — ain't it though?

My... Joe?

Where are them new photoplay magazines? — well, now, I haven't unpacked 'em yet.

Why? You know I been waitin' for 'em.

Well, now, there's something in there I think you're not gonna wanna see.

Thunder cracks — what? What is it?

He's in love with someone.

No, I don't believe you.

It's that Italian girl, pier angeli, but she's already married.

Hi, sissy, listen.

I heard that you won yourself another one of them trophies

over at the Dixie roller rink? — yes, I did.

You know I think I'm the best roller skater in all west Texas.

I think so. — you look like you been rode hard

and put away wet. — oh, juanita, stop her mouth now!

Juanita, where's Sidney? I wanna talk to him about sponsorin' me

in the all-state roller skating championship next month.

Oh, the men's Bible club had them a late meetin' over at the church last night.

I didn't bother to wake him up this mornin'.

Sissy: Men's bourbon club. — what was that?

Juanita, you know what? You need to turn something on here to get life in this place.

Music: "Sincerely" by the mcguire sisters — hey, Mona, Joe, come on out here, y'all!

They're playing the song for the senior talent contest

and I've been up all night long working on the steps.

You look like it. — I know I do!

I was at the graveyard... alright, ready?

Everybody in their positions, and...

They sing along: J" sincerely j”

j " oh yes, sincerely j"

now front.

J" cos I love you so dearly... j” — they chatter

music changes — j” Jesus... j“

the juanita shit. — j” bear the... j”

juanita: Jimmy Dean!

Knock on door

Jimmy Dean!

Is that you?

Well, who is that? The sun's shinin' right here in my eyes...

Stella: It's me, Stella may!

And edna Louise! — sissy! Sissy!

Come on out here quick, it's Stella may an' edna Louise!

She laughs — hello!

Honey! — they laugh

how are ya? Oh!

Come on in here so's we can take a look at ya!

Listen, sit yourself down and I'll fix you an orange crush.

Oh, it'll be like ole' home week. Old, old...

Juanita, goddamn, you ain't changed a day in 20 years, girl.

Sissy: Stella may, you old shit-kicker! — they squeal

I wanted to change my dress but I... — they chatter excitedly

Stella got in early from Dallas... — edna, edna.

Edna Louise, my god, look at you!

Oh, edna, you got somethin' in your oven, girl?

I beg your pardon? Oh!

Yes, it's my seventh.

Seven kids... Can you imagine anythin' more horrible?

Oh, don't pay her no never-mind. Edna Louise, it is so wonderful to see you!

Edna: You too. — hey, hey, hey.

Look what I found up in my attic. — what?

Well? — ain't it a hoot?

Oh, my god! It's the old club jacket!

Can you believe we actually used to wear those goddamn things?

I looked all over for mine an' I couldn't find it anyplace.

Sissy: I don't know where mine is. I have...

Looks so pretty on you. — sissy: I cannot believe it, look at you.

I just... I can't believe you had seven children.

I did.

Lack of rain has just about dried us up. — good lord.

Sissy, look at this. Sissy! — they chatter

Stella: Goddammit, you look just fabulous. — thank you.

Them boobs of yours. Christ, I'd kill for them boobs.

Wouldn't you, edna? — the ones I have...

Hey, what about me? How do I look to ya, huh?

Well, you look like a million bucks. — million an' a half.

My merle brought hisself in another one.

That man can smell that oil, I swear. — look, everybody. A red gumball.

That's my favourite colour.

My fortune in the newspaper said today was gonna be one of my lucky days.

And it is.

Hell, honey, your lucky day's gonna come when you get them tubes of yours tied up.

Sissy: Oh, don't pay her no never-mind. Come on, I gotta finish these decorations

you come and help me. — hey, where's Mona, anyway?

Juanita: She ain't back yet.

Stella: Back from where? — marfa.

She went off to marfa this weekend to get together with all them others

that's in that picture show with her.

Her bus is nearly two hours late in arriving back

and I'm startin' to get worried.

Stella: Hey, I got me an idea.

Since Mona ain't here yet

let's take us a ride on over to ol' Robert e. Lee high school.

Oh, I sure as hell would like to show myself off to all them ol' teachers of mine.

What do you say? — honey, they're all dead.

Hell, there's gotta be somebody left around out there after 20 years

who'ii remember who I was.

Mcguire sisters...

Ain't y'all got anything livelier than this?

Sissy: Liveliest place in town's the graveyard, Stella.

Stella: Well, hell, sissy, for you it always was.

Haldonfl — Stella: Come on, what do you say?

Sissy: No, you and edna Louise go on.

I'm tryin' to get this place to look like somethin's cookin'.

Stella: Come on, edna.

Music: "If it's a dream" by the mcguire sisters

Christ, it is so damned hot in here.

Now, listen. Don't say nothing to Mona about us bein' here, see?

Cos I wanna surprise her.

God, this is gonna be a hoot. Goddamn hoot an' a half!

Come on, edna. — well, I will have to change my dress...

Later. Ya can do it later. I wanna get on out there.

See if I really missed this town or not.

Hey! Hey, listen, we'll stop on over to ol' Luigi's taco grotto

get ourselves a dr pepper like we used to.

Chatter fad es

Mona's gonna be real pleased an' surprised to see 'em again.

You think anybody else is gon' be showin' up for this thing?

Well, her heart's dead set on 'em all showin' up

but we're just gonna have to wait an' see, I guess.

Thunder cracks

door bell jingles

sissy, have you heard the news? It's absolutely breath-taking.

Y'all agreed I could tell 'em! — tell us what, dummy?

Elizabeth Taylor and rock Hudson are gonna be comin' here!

They squeal — can't ya just die!

Wait a minute, here to McCarthy, Texas? — well, not exactly here

but over to marfa, it's only 62 miles away for crumb's sake!

Wait, no! What are they comin' here for?

They're comin' to make a movie! — you hush up, edna Louise.

I'm tellin', not you.

They're comin' to make a picture show

and the radio says it's all about giants or something.

They chatter excitedly — a monster movie!

You think it's anything like the creature from the black lagoon?

That picture scared me to death. — I know!

Edna Louise, quit bein' so damn dumb, would ya? Mona...

Mona, you're just gonna fall on over dead when you hear who else

is comin' to be in it, too. — tab hunter!

No. — sissy: Well, goddammit, Stella may!

Who is it? — it's James Dean!

They shriek — James Dean's gonna be in it, too, Mona...

Damn it all to hell, edna!

Music: "If it's a dream" by the mcguire sisters

you're never thinkin'i y'all agreed I could tell 'em

an' you just ruined everything.

Look, I don't know why you let her hang aroun' us anyhow.

She's younger than we are an' she's just so damn dumb!

Sue: The rest, tell 'em the rest.

They chatter excitedly — the radio says they're gonna be

lookin' for people to be in that picture too.

They shriek — imagine bein' in a picture show

with James Dean!

They shriek

hey, why don't we all go on over to marfa together?

Sissy: But not tonight, y'all!

No, cos I got my first date with Lester t tonight...

Oh, shit. Why does this always happen to me? — door bell jingles

how do you suppose that we're gon' get on over there?

Just ask to borrow your mama's buick.

I've told you that she's not gonna let me borrow that car.

Oh, tell her that you're goin' on over there to hunt for a better job.

She's never gon' believe that one.

So you just lie to her, Joe.

That's all, you have to lie to her...

Sissy: Juanita, what do you think of these decorations?

Juanita: Real nice.

Well, I have busted my butt all morning getting them strung up here, y'know.

Alright, I'm goin' to Luke's and I'll be right back.

Now, what do you want? You want miracle whip and Bologna

and cheese and just... — no, uh, bread!

Alright.

Hey, juanha!

Her bus is pulling up now. — engine roars

Oh...

That darn fool of a bus broke down out there

broke down out in the middle of nowhere, took 'em nearly forever to get it repaired.

Well, you do look like somethin' the cat may have dragged in.

Mona: Thank you, juanita.

Here's an orange crush. Why don't you go over there and sit down?

Oh! Are you as excited and nervous as I am? I could hardly contain myself

that whole weekend long in marfa just thinkin' about it.

Twenty years ago tonight...

My god. It just seems just like yesterday, don't it?

When that fatal crash took away his life. — fly swatter slaps

a-hal — juanita?

Do you think that it's possible that you could stop that slappin' around

for just five seconds?

Thank you.

What's that?

What's that?

Is this what I think it is?

Juanita: Oh! — oh, my goodness' sake!

Look at this! What... it's the old club jacket!

Where on earth did you dig this up from?

Well, Stella may brought it in when she... — Stella may!

Oh, my goodness! I just let the cat right on outta the bag.

Well, is Stella may here then? Stella may!

My goodness' sake... Stella may?

Stella may!

Have any of the others come?

Ah, Stella may... oh, and edna Louise.

Edna Louise come, too!

Don't you let on like I told ya, though, cos they wanted to surprise ya.

Well...

I promise, juanita, yes.

Music: "Seems like old times" by the mcguire sisters

I was really worried that they might not all remember.

Aw...

I just... I really shoulda sent them all them little, tiny...

I don't... what do you call them little card things?

Little reminder cards, don't you think?

Juanita: Lord, how would ya ever know where to find half of 'em?

Mona: I know.

They just... they did scatter off, every which way and another

first chance that they got, didn't they?

J” just to have my arms around you... j” — I remember...

The day that we took this picture, and I recall it just like it was yesterday.

Stella may stickin' out her tongue an' she's makin' that awful, silly face.

I swear, she never could be serious.

Sue Ellen had them curler things in her hair an' she tried to hide behind Martha.

That was the very last time that the entire club was all together as one.

Shutter clicks

certainly hope that we will all be able to recognise each other.

Wouldn't that be an awful thing?

I'm sure that they will all remember. I don't...

She clears her throat how could they possibly have forgotten

such a devoted promise as that one was?

Oh...

Unh...

She gasps

you alright?

Mm. Just, it's my heart.

Just tends to skip a beat every now and then, that's all.

It's all this dry air, it's just affecting my asthma something terrible.

You know, I've been wheezing and struggling to keep a breath all day long.

Well, sit yourself down, I'll freshen up your orange.

No, juanha, no, no, no.

I can't sit... — young Mona: Juanita!

Music: "It may sound silly" by the mcguire sisters

juanha!

Door bell jingles

I it may sound silly j“

j' for me to say this j' — juanita, I'm back!

J“ after the way you broke... j“ — is that... Mona!

I ...My heart j“ — well, lord, child!

What are you doing back here already?

Ah! Well, we all just waved you off to that college not more than a week ago.

I know you did, but I don't have to go, after all.

Isn't that wonderful? — you don't have to go?

No, ma'am, I don't. — well, what in heaven's name went wrong?

Wrong? Nothing went wrong. I just... it was my asthma.

It just... it got worse, it really did.

That climate there, it's just not right for my asthma.

The doctor said so. — the doctor?

You mean they had to send for the doctor?

Oh, juanita, it was a terrible thing. It was just terrible.

You know what happened? I was standing in line

and I was waiting to sign in for my classes

andljustcohapsed, icohapsed into a dead heap right onto the floor.

I'll get you an orange crush. — thank you.

It was real scary to everybody.

They told me afterwards that they thought that I was dead.

A-hol I thought I might have died myself for a minute.

All at once, I felt me a premonition that death had come to take me away

just like the one that they say that James Dean has all the time

but then when I came to, then I knew that James Dean could never possibly die

and so I lived too.

Sidney will give me my job back, won't he? — I'm sure he will.

Oh, good. — we're short of help.

Ain't it lucky, too?

Ain't it lucky that it happened just in time to allow me to return

for tonight's meeting of the disciples?

I was really worried how the club would ever continue without my leadership.

Juanha.

Know something?

I missed you. I missed you a whole lot.

I bet.

Where's sissy and Joe?

I can't wait to see their faces when they hear I'm back home for good.

Uh... well, they're across the way over at...

Mona, honey. — yes, ma'am?

Joe doesn't...

Joe's not workin'. — oh, you mean he's not workin' today?

Well, that's wonderful then, cos we could spend the whole afternoon together.

If you don't care, juanita. You know what? We'll do the...

We'll come by around 5:30 and then we could help you close up.

Alright, bye-bye, see you later, juanita.

Muffled: Joe, I'm back! — door bell jingles

Mona: My throat is as parched as that poor ground out there.

Oh, I, you know...

If you think that it is hot here, my goodness' sake

then you should have been in marfa.

That first day there, I thought, "well, now! Here it comes, my goodness' sake

I'm gonna die for sure."

Juanita: Was things just like you was hopin' they'd be?

No.

No.

There's hardly anything left to reata anymore.

Just six telephone Poles sticking up out of the ground and nearly nothing more.

Nobody knew what was there

and they would never know that it was that beautiful house from giant.

What used to be the front, juanita, what used to be the front...

Just lying all over the ground, rotting away in that terrible hot sun.

Do you know what I did, though? You know what I managed to do?

I managed to retrieve one last identifiable piece of that house.

It's one of them pieces that I'm pretty sure must've been up there

along the top of that porch roof.

I really had to dig among the piles of destruction to come up with one

that had even had the... Oh, slightest hint of recognition.

So...

Look here.

Isn't that beautiful?

Mm...

Some of those you got in past years are better.

Oh.

Really is a sin the way the citizens of marfa have let that monument

fall into ruin like that.

It was only the front, of course.

That's the way that they do things in the movies...

"Deceiving to the eye", they call it.

It'll be so embarrassing, won't it, to have the disciples come back

to see how this town has dried up so?

Why, you know, just now riding in on that bus

this looks like a regular ghost town.

Hard to believe how everything has changed so quickly in 20 years.

Sure hasn't changed much in here, though.

I'm sure they'll all remember what it was like in here

in the five-and-dime.

Music: "You never know till Monday" by the mcguire sisters

I you never know j“ — I J“

j' you never know till Monday... j' — young Mona: Juanita!

J' till the day after Sunday I

juanha!

Oh...

Juanha.

Sissy just told me about Joe. Why?

Why did Sidney have to fire him?

Now, Sidney has done what he believes is best for that boy

as well as for the rest of us.

And you will understand better as you get older.

But I don't...

What did he do that was so wrong?

He never bothered nobody, he just stocked the shelves and mopped the floors

like he was paid to.

It's nothing to do with his work, it's what he is.

Now, things'll be better off without him around.

Now, Sidney has done the right thing.

But we... we're friends, you know.

Well, he should have friends who are boys, not you and sissy.

It's just shameful the way the three of you dressed up as lookalikes

pretended you was that singin' act... What's their names?

It was the mcguire sisters.

It was the mcguire sisters, and that was just for the senior talent show

that's all, it were just for fun, it were just for fun.

Well, it didn't turn out that way.

I mean, everybody who saw it was just shocked and disgusted.

First, that disgustin' thing at the talent show

and then that incident at the final school dance with Lester t. Callahan

that has erupted into a regular scandal.

He is a sick boy and should be treated before he grows up into a communist.

No, juanita, you are wrong.

You are all wrong.

He's just different, that's all, and it's not his fault.

It's theirs. — Sidney knows what is best.

No, he does not know!

Sidney and me are good, upstandin', Bible-believing christians

and we have searched our Bible from cover to cover

to find an excuse for his behaviour and there is none.

In the eyes of god, he does not belong.

Then god is wrong.

God made him, didn't he?

If god doesn't accept him, then I just... I don't accept god then.

Now, you listen here, young lady.

I will not permit you to speak of our lord in that way.

And I will not stay here and listen to it.

He's not my god, I don't want him. I just... I hate him!

And I hate Sidney too!

Hey, juanita, hey!

Would you come on help me with this door, please?

I'm 'bout to drop these damn things.

Here. — juanita: Which one?

Sissy: Take this one right here.

Juanita: Ow... ow! — are you ok?

My god, it's hotter than I don't know what out there.

Hey, kid. I see you made it back all in one piece.

I did. — you're not 'gon believe what I found

in today's Odessa American. — juanita: News of a rainstorm?

Sissy: No, no. — what is it?

The ice capades.

The ice capades is comin' to the ector county coliseum

for four whole days, Mona, you know that? And that ain't all, here, look at this.

They are gonna be holdin' try-outs for new skaters to take up with them.

My god, you know what, when I read that, my heart skipped four beats.

This is a chance of a lifetime for me. — to do what?

What do you mean, to do what? To ice skate, that's what.

What, you? — well, I ain't talkin' 'bout my aunt Sally.

Well, the only kinda skatin' you know how to do is roller skatin'

and you ain't done none of that since the Dixie roller rink closed

nearly ten years ago.

You think that skatin's somethin' you can forget that easy?

Sissy, you've never skated on ice before in your life.

Well, so what? I mean, skating's skatin'.

I don't care if you do it on rollers or ice or water, for Christ's sake.

It's just a matter of balance and form, and god knows that my form is well-balanced.

Well, um, don't you think that it's just a little late into life

to... pfftl — they laugh

I'm sorry... to try something like that, that's all I meant.

Well, might be late for you, Mona, but I'm just beginnin'.

You know, the way you two's talking

you'd think I was ready for a wheelchair or somethin'.

You'd be less apt to break your neck wheelin' on ice

than skatin' on it.

They laugh

well, you know what? You're just 'gon be laughing outta the other side

of your little ol' ha-ha-ha mouths.

Mona, what do you think of my dress? It's the cat's ass, ain't it?

It's too short and mind your language.

I ain't talkin' to you. Here.

Sissy! — what?

Girl, what're you doing?

You know what it reminds me of? — sissy: No.

Well, just it reminds me of one of them roller-skating outfits that you used to wear.

Sissy: Hey, mo.

Mo, you remember how they used to scream and yell when I'd skate out on the floor?

Gliding and twirling around the roller rink.

What was that that they used to call me?

Joe...

Sissy: Joe? — Joe...

Uh, used to call you "swanya hinie, the breastiest bird on, uh...

Both: Eight wheels."

What made you think about Joe? I ain't thought of him in a million years.

I don't know. I don't know.

He just sort of popped into mind, that's all.

I just... I been doin' a lot of thinking back there in marfa at reata

and he's still upstairs in my head, I guess.

My god, the three of us had ourselves one hell of a time, didn't we?

My god, Joe qualley was a riot. He was a riot!

I suppose I'm gonna get to make the sandwiches all by myself.

I cannot believe that you're home from college, it's like...

It's like I'm dreamin', mo!

Comem

you know what? Well, Joe and me was gonna get Stella may to take your place

in the mcguire sisters, but she would've never been as good as you.

Sissy, you know what?

I just, I don't think that we should do that act anymore

because of all that's happened. No, juanita says it was because...

Oh! — ...Of that thing at the senior dance

with Lester t. Callahan, that's how all the trouble got started.

Everybody really believed that Joe was my cousin from Oklahoma city

especially Lester t. — I know.

Joe does make a very pretty girl, all dressed up, don't he?

Yes, Lester t. Sure thought so!

You know what? I would have given anything to see the expression on Lester t.'S face

when he got Joe in the backseat of his car

and he reached in his dress and he squeezed them balloons

and that strawberry jello exploded all over his white tuxedo.

They laugh

I just... Joe should never have carried the joke so far, that's all.

So you think Lester t. Will try and get even like he said?

Well, I wouldn't put it past that goonhead.

I was so afraid for this summer to be over and now it can be summer forever, can't it?

Oh, my, I hope not, mo, Jesus.

You know, this heat is so hot I think it's shrinking my bazooms.

Your what? — my bazooms.

That's what the boys call 'em. — no, they don't.

Now, do they look like they've shrunk any to you?

Oh, no, let me see.

No, lord, no. They both look exactly the same to me.

Mo, do you think that they could, um...

Be as big as Marilyn Monroe's?

Yeah, ldo. I think they might be bigger than...

Do you mean... — no, I do, I said that!

Yeah. — do you know what?

Sidney said that he thought that they were, but you know him.

Ooh, Sidney told you that? — yes, mo. Let me tell you sum'.

He's a card, you know? He's always pinchin' my butt behind the counter.

Not where juanita can see him, of course.

Does have the wool pulled over her eyes, don't he?

Oh, I know.

Mona. — what?

Are you just busting for that movie to come out?

You are gonna be up there on the movie screen with James Dean.

I mean, on the movie screen! We go to the drive-in and you gon' be there

with James Dean! I can't believe it.

God, he just sends shivers up an' down my insides.

He could just drag me off to the graveyard any night he wants to.

Sissy. — yes?

I... did you ever dream what it would be like?

You know, to make love to somebody real famous like him?

All the time. But you know, you really should experiment with some "nobody" first

before you tackle someone as important as he is.

That's all I'm doin', it's kinda like, um...

Well, it's kinda like homework for the big test later.

Sissy. — yes?

I feel somethin' so deep inside me about James Dean

that I just... I'm not able to get words to come out about it.

You mean love?

No.

I don't. It's somethin' more than love.

Well, there ain't nothing more than love, Mona. Love is the end.

No, sissy, you are wrong. — no, I'm not.

Yes, you are. There is something beyond the end.

You know what I'm gonna do? — no, and I'm afraid to ask.

Soon as I can save up the money, I'm gonna buy reata

and then you and me and Joe can go and live there forever and ever.

Wouldn't that be a wonderful thing?

Mona, it is just a front. I mean, it's not a real house.

It's just... fake front.

No, it is real.

It's just deceiving to the eye, that's all...

It is real.

What's real?

What?

Sissy: Huh?

Mona: Nothing.

Are you gonna freshen yourself up or ain't you?

Cos it's gettin' awful late.

Yes, ma'am, I am, I am.

I'll just be a minute, ok?

Oh, lord, it's heavy... so...

You're not really serious about all this ice capades busmess, are ya?

Hell if I ain't.

You'd just be makin' a fool out of yourself and you know it.

Well, it's my life to fool around with, ain't it?

You do entirely too much foolin' around.

I'm gonna ask my Wednesday night prayer club to devote their next few sessions to you.

Well, you know what? You might as well pray for them poor people over in China

cos they need it a helluva lot more than I do.

We stopped prayin' for them. It didn't seem to be doin' much good.

We're now prayin' for rain.

You know what I did? — sissy: What?

I said, you know what I did? I turned on both them faucets back there

and nothing comes out, it's not a drop of water.

Sissy: Well, it's finally happened. — juanita: Nothing's happened.

Did you turn them all the way? — oh, please, juanita.

Yes. As far as they would go.

Juanita and sissy: Well, you can't turn 'em no further than that.

You know what I think?

I think it must be 110 degrees out there today.

Thank god, the ice capades is coming to rescue my ass

right in the Nick of time.

Juanita: Garbage mouth.

I just wonder, where on earth is Jimmy Dean?

Juanita: He ran off right after lunch and I ain't seen hide nor hair of him since.

I'm just... I'm hoping nothing's happened to him.

Sissy: He's workin'.

He's workin'?

What do you mean, he's workin'? Where?

Well, he got himself a job down at the texaco patching holes in inner tubes.

Doing what?

He is patchin' holes in inner tubes, and Luke is givin' him 50 cents a hole.

Well...

I think Luke is just taking advantage of that boy's mental deficiency.

I just... no. I don't like that. I don't like that one bit.

You know, he's having the time of his life, just leave him alone.

Luke is just trying to make a iaughin' stock of him in front of this whole entire town.

Nobody's iaughin'. — they do too!

You know that, they laugh all the time, but they just do it to themselves.

No, you just think they do, that's all. — I don't think anything!

I know they do because they are jealous!

Jealous because I was the one chosen to bring the son of James Dean into this world.

Jimmy Dean!

Jimmy Dean, you out there, boy?

Sissy: Oh, for Christ's sake, Mona, you know he is old enough to have himself...

This is none of your business!

Juanita: You've gotten all excited over nothing.

You know, you sound like all the rest of them out there

all those warped and demented people who just think that they know so much more

than all those doctors, that I have spent every penny that I have earned

workin' here in this dime store, to take him to.

He is retarded in the brain.

You know, it's none of my business, but it is just as warped and demented

for you to keep him cooped up inside here all day so people won't be iaughin' at you.

Not him, Mona. You.

Juanita: Sissy, you stay out of this. — oh, shit!

Jimmy Dean is her son, not yours.

I thought he belonged to James Dean fans everywhere

conceived in Mona and dedicated to the population.

He chose me from everybody else to bring his child into this world.

Well, three cheers for Mona magdalene.

Mona splutters

I tell you... you know what?

She laughs just.. You...

You are a vile and wicked and jealous person! — Mona!

Stop that! — they yell

Mona! Stop that! — they yell

stop, you'll make her fall!

Shit, Mona.

I never said anything... — Mona: I heard what you had to say.

It is the same sort of remarks that they have been making behind my back

ever since I discovered the truth about him.

I just... I wonder!

Are you able to hear me in there?

You have turned out to be just as warped and demented as they are.

And you were born and raised in this town, too, miss.

Yes, I... yes.

But I did... I managed to rise above the attitudes of this town

while you laid spread over a gravestone and took them inside you.

Juanita: Mona!

Sissy, where are you going? — I'm going outside to cool off.

Ain't that a laugh?

Mona. — shh.

Listen.

Distant train horn blares

a slowly passin' train is so romantic.

Train horn blares

Mona, you shouldn't have said that.

Train horn blares

did you just see him out there?

Who?

Jimmy Dean.

Jimmy Dean? — yes.

You know, juanita, he's all that I have left to remind me.

It's the heat.

Play tricks with your emotions if you ain't careful.

Yes, ma'am, it could... She chuckles

you're right. It could do that indeed.

Ha-ho...

There he is.

Juanita: I don't see anybody.

A boy.

I thought that I saw reflected in the mirror.

He was there and then he just disappeared.

It's probably just Jimmy Dean, waitin' for you to turn your back

so's he can sneak in here, pretend he was here the whole entire time.

No, ma'am.

No, ma'am, it wasn't Jimmy Dean at all.

It just... it looked like, uh...

One of the Ferguson boys? Roy or bill?

Mona:

Oh, my god!

Juanita, come... Foot it over here real quick!

Comem — now what's the matter?

Somebody's arrived in one of them little yellow sports cars.

Oh! — you see, it's parked way down

the street there, you see? — yeah.

Well, can you see who it is?

No, can't tell. Can't tell.

Oh, I can... it's a lady, though.

And she's iookin' over here at the store. — oh!

I don't seem to recognise her.

Uh-uh. I don't neither, recognise her.

But... oh, she's coming this way.

Oh!

You think it could be one of them disciples?

Lord, girl, I hope not. My goodness' sake, I haven't had time to change my clothes

or even prepare Jimmy Dean for presentation.

Juanita: Hello. — hello.

Is there anythin' I can help you to find?

I'd just like to browse, if I may.

Browse all you want.

Mona: We don't get many browsers anymore.

People just grab up what they need and then they leave.

We just... we have become a very hurried society, I'm afraid.

Don't see many woolworths like this one around anymore.

Juanita: There are a few of us left, still hangin' on.

Are you just passing through?

You might say.

Mona: Oh.

Juanita: Sure is some funny-iookin' car you're drivin'.

Mona: That's a sports car. It's a little sports car she got parked out there, juanita.

Juanita: I know, I know.

Funny-iookin' to me.

I don't know how you can squeeze yourself all up inside it.

Must make ya feel like a sardine in a can.

Lady: I used to be a fan of his, too.

Mona: Not anymore?

He died... didn't you know?

Yes, ma'am, course I knew that.

But he lives on in his movies.

Did you see giant?

Yes. — It was filmed not far from here in marfa.

Uh-huh.

I don't mean to sound boastful, but I was in that film.

I was only in the crowd scenes, but then my face does appear very distinctly

in one segment.

Must have been very exciting for you. — It was.

It was the most exciting time of my whole entire life.

Your voice, it does sound very familiar.

Lots of people have said that it's unusual.

I've heard it all my life, so... It sounds perfectly normal to me.

Yes, I'm sure that it would.

Are you the mother of his son?

Oh, my goodness' sake, yes!

How on earth did you know that?

I saw one of your signs down the highway.

Mona: Oh!

"See the son of James Dean, visit woolworth's five-and-dime."

We just... you know what?

We never bothered to take them signs down cos the words...

They become so faded from the sun, you couldn't read 'em anyway.

You just must have unusual eyesight.

That's”. She chuckles

may I have a glass of water?

We seem to be temporarily out of water.

Would you settle for an orange crush instead?

As long as it's cold and wet.

Mona: When Jimmy Dean was first born...

Nearly 3,000 people swarmed into town over a one-week period of time

just to see the son of James Dean.

He really help put McCarthy, Texas on the roadmap

for a brief but glorious period of time.

We were the busiest and we were the most prosperous five-and-dime in all of Texas.

They gave us a plaque. — mm-hm.

It's over there in the back of the cash register.

That boy was a boom to us.

Juanita, that's juanita there behind the counter.

Her husband, Sidney, was manager at the time.

He's... he's passed away since then.

And the signs were his idea? — uh-huh.

Yes, I, he just... he had everything just worked out just perfectly.

There were newspaper people here and there were magazine people

and they were takin' my picture and they'd just write down everything that I would say.

I... I was quite the celebrity, and...

People bought up everything that they could get their hands on

just thinking that little Jimmy Dean had touched it.

He was on display right over here, we built this nice little platform

and we just... We put him on display right here.

Sidney had to hire two policemen just to protect him from possible molesters

and kidnappers.

They even elected Sidney the mayor after that.

And then the, urn, swarms went away?

Prosperity, unfortunately, it's a fleeting thing.

Juanita: But there is talk of rebuilding in time, as soon as the drought passes.

Time is such a nebulous date to wait for.

And Patience, they say, is a virtue, so...

Well.

There is something so distinctly familiar about you.

I just... I can't put my finger on it.

Do you notice that, juanita?

No, I never saw her before that I can recall.

I just... I must be experiencing...

What do they, juanita, what do they call that thing, you know?

Where you think you've been somewhere before but you haven't?

Déja vu.

Mona: Déja vu.

Yes, ma'am.

Juanita, w...

You suppose...

You suppose that water pressure has risen up enough by now, I could use it?

There he is again.

I don't see anybody. — he was hurt and bleedin'...

And it looked like he wanted to come in, but he wasn't able to.

Are you sure it's not just Jimmy Dean?

Mona: No, why do you say something like that to me for?

Why do you say that? Jimmy Dean hurt and bleeding?

Um...

Jimmy Dean!

You out there, boy?

You answer me, you hear me? If you can hear me, you answer!

Door slams — he don't answer, juanita.

I just hope to god nothing's happened to him.

Mona, I wanna talk to you.

Well, I just... I don't feel like I wanna talk to you.

Sissy: Well, I don't give a good goddamn if you wanna talk to me or not...

Juanita: You've been drinking, haven't you?

Sissy: Drinkin' what?

Juanita: Alcohol. I can smell it on your breath.

Sissy: Well, there ain't no water, had to drink me somethin'...

Hey! Sissy? — ...Or die of thirst.

Sissy. _ oh!

Stella: Is Mona back yet?

Yes, but she is a bitch on wheels.

Stella may, you don't wanna talk to her... — oh!

Oh! — they shriek

oh, my god! — Stella: Girl, I can't believe it!

Oh, Stella may, you sweet thing!

And edna Louise!

Is she out of her goddamn mind?

Five minutes ago she just tried to kill me. — no, no, she's just covering up

cos I let the cat out of the bag.

Cat? What cat out of what bag?

Well, Stella may and edna Louise came in and they wanted to surprise...

Seven? Seven!

Seven... seven come 11. — they chuckle

sissy: Stella may. Hey, Stella.

Did you find anything out there worth remembering, girl?

Honey, ain't nothin' left out there, period. — sissy: That's the truth.

Much less anythin' worth rememberin'.

Why the hell are y'all stickin' aroun' this town for anyhow?

So... edna Louise.

Oh, Mona.

Well, look at you. — I know.

You are...

What? — you just...

Look...

Well, so, did anybody else show up yet?

Oh, shit.

Don't tell me, let me guess.

Mona: No, Stella may... — whoa-oh! Don't tell me!

Let me guess, let me see...

Phyllis Marie Tucker.

I'll be damned. — Mona: No, lord.

No, it's not. — Phyllis Marie Tucker died.

She choked to death on a piece of meat at the state fair, yes, she did.

Right in front of the whole family. — Stella: Lemme...

Wait a minute, where is that club picture, Mona?

Holy shit.

Sissy: Is she not a disciple? I mean... — oh, my god!

Tell me that's not me.

Would you get a look at the outfit I'm wearing?

Oh, lord, if any of the girls at the country club got their paws on this...

Haven't worn it in so long, it smelled like mothballs.

So I sent it to the dry-cleaners, which is why...

Edna Louise! Quit bellyaching about the way you look.

She's been harpin' about that damn dress all the damn day.

Go put it on and shut up.

As if it would make any difference.

Juanita: The bathroom's right where it always was, edna Louise.

I won't take long, I promise.

I just love to try and guess at people from old photographs.

Now let's see, here.

That is me... and this here is edna, dum-dum-dum-dum.

God, she looks as dumb then as she is now.

Ah, that's sissy, with those beautiful goddamn tits.

This is Mona.

And who is this? Look at that hair, I can't...

Hey, uh”.

Hey, Mona.

Is that fancy yellow sports car parked down the street one of those purchases you made

with all that money you raked in off Jimmy Dean?

No. I didn't... — it's gotta be yours, then.

Yeah, you look like you've done pretty well for yourself.

As well as might be expected. — uh-huh.

Now, uh, you sure you in this picture?

I'm truly concerned about that boy.

I just hate to have him wandering around out there and me not knowing where he is.

She mutters

sissy...

Sissy. — what?

I said... is Jimmy Dean out there? — no, I just went...

Well, I just...!

I'm wondering where is he, then? He just couldn't have disappeared.

You think that's what happened? Maybe he just disappeared into thin air!

You think, do you think maybe that's what happened? What did I tell you!

Something happened to him, juanita, I knew it, I...

Sissy...

Sissy. — what?

I can't... I'm not able to breathe.

Sissy: Well, you know, just come in here... — help me.

Sissy: And sit down. Be quiet and just sit down, here.

Alright? — get her some ice water, she gonna faint.

There ain't no water, Stella may, alright? Here, just...

Get her a glass of whisky, then.

There is no alcohol in this store and there never will be.

What about the bottle that Sidney used to keep hidden behind the counter?

What do you mean by that?

Think it was right about, um... Right just down here.

Well, Sidney did not drink.

Joanne: Then how did he die from it?

Who in the hell are you?

He died of a heart attack. — he died of a decayed liver.

Wait just a goddamn minute now, alright!

Joanne: He was eaten up by alcohol.

You just... you can't talk to her like that.

Juanita: Sidney was a Saint.

And he is in heaven now with god.

The only time Sidney was ever in heaven, juanita, is when he had a bottle in his hand.

Lies! All lies!

Christ, I named everybody in the picture who it could be.

In fact, it was in this corner I'd find him, cohapsed”.

Hiding from you, juanita.

And god.

Every Wednesday night

when I came to mop up these floors again.

I know.

I think that I know.

Music: "Sincerely" by the Maguire sisters

oh, god...

Oh, god, it's Joe.

Sissy: Holy shit, the mcguire sisters are reunited.

Surprise.

J“ sincerely... j“

Stella: Joe?

J' oh yes... j' — Joe: Mona!

J“ sincerely j'

j' cos I love you so clearly j“

alright, well, I'm gonna show you what you did wrong.

They sing: J" please say... j”

you can't do it! You still can't do it! — j“ be mine... j"

I swear! — Joe: Mona...

They chatter excitedly — Joe: Mona!

My god, Joel no, Joel

oh, Joe, what happened? Sissy! Get a wet cloth!

Alright, alright... — what're you doing back here?

You're supposed to be at school. — don't talk, your mouth will bleed.

Sissy, where are you? — I'm right here. Oh, Joe, my god.

Joe sobs — get out!

Get him outta here, somebody'll see him!

Mona: Juanita, can't you see he's hurtin'? He's hurt bad.

Joe, who did this to you?

He kept punchin' me in the face while a couple of the others ones held me down

screamin' somethin' about no pansy... — who, Joe?

Make a jackass out of him. — Mona: Who did it?

Then he laid me face down over one of the gravestones...

Who? — and he pulled my overalls down

and then Lester t...

Lester t?

Mona, it was so horrible. — no...

And I was so damn scared and when I tried to scream for help

they just kept punching me in the face... He sobs

and he kept callin' me joanne...

Joe who?

Joe, why did you have to come back here?

I had as much right to return to this reunion as anybody.

Didn't I?

Hell, Joe, you look better than I do for Christ's sake.

None of the girls in this picture was named Josephine.

That's me there. — what?

Joe!

Joe, shit-dang!

You look just like a real girl, boy.

I knew that there was something familiar about you.

Well, Joe, take off your wig and crap so we can see how you turned out.

Shit, I didn't drive all the way here from Dallas just to play

"who's a girl and who ain't?"

Oh, hell, do you remember how we used to do the mcguire sisters?

Come on, mo. Well, come on, let's just do the mcguire sisters!

"Sincerely." alright? — ok, come on.

Sissy sings: J“ sincerely j”

j” oh, oh, oh... j” — j” oh, yes, sincerely j"

they laugh

j " cos I love... j" — stop it!

Those awful things you said about my Sidney were lies

and I want you to tell everybody they were lies.

Sissy: Sidney is dead, Joe, so let's just forget it, huh?

Gee, juanita.

I thought this night was dedicated to remembering those days

that made us all what we are today.

Music: "Are you looking for a sweetheart" by the mcguire sisters

oh, Joe, how many of them were there?

I'm gonna get some iodine for your face.

Joe...

Lester t. And three or four of those assholes who always hang around together

but the whole town was there.

I saw images of them in my mind lined up along that graveyard fence.

Juanita: Sidney was a good man, he was... — he was a rotten son of a bitch.

Standing there off to the side, watching it through that graveyard fence...

Yelling and cheering and screaming like a bunch of Mexicans at a cockfight.

I saw faces. I know who they were.

Lester t. Was just doing the job this whole damn town has been wanting to do

to me for years. — no, Joe, don't say that! It's not true.

Juanita: Sidney was in waco that day. He wasn't even around.

He was there.

Jeez, I wish I had something to drink around here.

Yeah, come on, y'all. Let's get on with this party.

Y'know, it's hotter than hell and I need me a cold beer.

Where do you have beer?

Luke is keepin' a case cold for me in his cooler, juanita.

You ain't bringin' beer in here.

Could you just, um, turn off god for tonight and have yourself a good time?

Stella giggles — I won't have a good time

as long as he is in here.

She. — oh, you are not a "she".

You're only pretending to be one just like you always did.

Look. — oh!

Oh, my lord... — come on, juanita.

What did he do? — take a look at them.

Hm? — juanita sighs

Juan... there's no strawberry jello in those boobs anymore.

Mona: Joe, stop it. Stop it. It was funny back then, it's not funny anymore.

Sissy: Oh, hell, Mona! He's just pullin' her leg, ain't you, Joe?

I'm not Joe, sissy.

I'm joanne.

Mona: What do you mean? — sissy: Joanne?

I mean that, unlike apparently all of you, I have undergone a change.

Sissy: You mean that all of this is for real?

Holy shit! — no, please!

Mona: I just... I don't believe it. — sissy: You're kidding me?

They laugh — oh, my god! Oh, I swear, my god!

Mona: It's disgusting, I... — sissy: The wonders of modern science.

Stella: It's amazing! — that's really a disgusting thing to do...

Cannot believe this, you're kidding! Sissy laughs

holy shit, I seen things like you on the TV before but I never saw one up real close.

Sissy laughs — you're just one of them perverts

that's what you are.

Joanne: Well, that's what you always thought I was, juanita.

Time sure does play crazy tricks on you, I just...

Well, Joe, how long have you been this way?

Thirteen years come January.

My mama died, y'know...

And, uh, she left a bundle in insurance money and with it I became

what she really wanted all along.

Ironic, don't you think?

Just makes me sick to my stomach, that's what.

You know what?

You know what? Uh, I seen_ me a morphodite in a travelling carnival once.

And, uh, they said it was a half-man, half-woman.

Is that what you are?

In case anybody I know should ever ask.

They giggle

just tell them I'm a freak.

All your friends should know what that is.

Come on, y'all, let's go on over to Luke's and get ourselves a drink.

Hey, Joe, take us over in that fancy sports car of yours.

You got it. — ok.

You know what, Luke is just gon' pee his drawers when we pull up

in that yeller thing, I swear. — Stella: It's amazing, ain't it?

What they can do with those transplants...

Sissy: This reunion is gon' be a hell of a lot more fun than I figured.

Well, everybody?

Here I am.

Where is everybody?

Are ya hiding?

Music: "Answer me, my love" by the mcguire sisters

j” oh, my love j"

j" just what sin have I been guilty of? J”

door bell jingles — Joe?

Go away with me, Mona. I can't take any more crap from this town.

L_ icantleave.

I just got back. The climate here is perfect for my asthma.

The doctor said so.

I just... I might die if I ever have to leave again.

You're gonna go away with me and we're gonna be happy, just the two of us.

It'll be just like it was in marfa, forever.

I can't leave. I just... I need to stay here.

But then, you just... you don't have to go.

Things will change one day, you'll see.

This town is never gonna change, and you know it.

All of my life, I've tried to be like them... and I can't.

J“ if you're happier... j“

Mona: We can make them change. James Dean is showing us how.

They won't listen.

Nobody wanted to listen to James Dean in east of Eden either

but he didn't run away and hide. — he is James Dean.

And I'm only Joseph qualley.

Do you know something?

You could be just like James Dean, do you know that? You really could.

J“ I've been true... j”

do you think that you could ever love me?

Like you love him?

Love you?

Oh, I couldn't do that.

I couldn't do that, I promised to love James Dean until the day that I die.

He's just a movie star, you can't...

No, he's not. He's more than a movie star, he...

Mona.

Mona, if you believe in me, well, maybe I could believe in myself too.

Joe, I just don't know.

Well, maybe they're right.

Maybe I should've been born a girl all along.

J' ...Sorrow, now I turn to you j“

j' please answer me j'

j' I

It says right here, in romans, right here...

Where is everybody?

Oh, thank heavens!

I thought everyone had just left town and forgot about me

off there in the bathroom changin'.

But I figured if I stay here long enough, someone would remember and come back.

Edna Louise, my! Don't you look nice though?

Oh, thank you.

It must've shrunk though since the last time I got to wear it.

The dry-cleaners do that though sometimes, I heard.

Do I look alright otherwise? — Mona: You know what?

You look just like a whole new person.

So, how do you feel?

A little funny, I must admit.

Mona: I see. — yeah.

It isn't very comfortable, and it's a little tight

but I guess that's cos I'm not used to dressin' up fancy

the way Stella does all the time.

My goodness, if I don't sit down, I know I'm gonna fall off these stilts I'm wearin'

and break my neck. — Mona chuckles

sissy: I heard me 'bout this girl meryl, y'know, she took a Spanish fly

and ended up on the gearshift! She laughs

Stella: Shit!

We could have a good time with that little... — Joe, I know you're in love with your car!

They laugh — whew!

The, um, beer's out on the curb if you want it.

On the curb? Well, you can't leave it sittin' out out on the curb.

Gotta bring it inside and hide it behind the counter.

Sissy: Well, juanita, I think the devil done won you over.

Now, don't think this is gonna become an everyday habit cos it won't.

Christ!

Get a look at edna Louise over there, would ya?

How do I look, sissy? — hoo!

Well, darlin', you are the cat's ass.

I think you look ridiculous!

I do? — you look like an easter egg.

Sissy: Go hide yourself, we'll look for ya! — Mona: Stella may!

Stella may... — Stella: That uniform thing you wore here

looked a helluva lot better than this. — Mona: I wonder to myself...

Do you ever have anything nice to say about anybody?

That other dress is the one I wear to the beauty parlour every day to work in.

I wear it all the time. It's so old and...

Joanne: Comfortable.

Well, yes, it is, I feel...

So much more relaxed and at ease in it than this, I wish...

You glowed, you know, you, um...

You glowed brighter than anybody in the place.

Glowed?

Did I really? — joanne: Yes.

Edna: Nobody ever told me I glowed before.

I think I will change then, since nobody really minds.

I'll be right back.

Don't go away again.

Juanita: You are dead wrong about Sidney!

He was very upset about what he had to do...

And it hurt him straight up till the day

he died. — I'll have some of that bourbon now.

I, uh...

I am very curious about this thing you had done.

Now...

What, uh...

What do they do? Is it just...

Plastic parts they glue all over you or what?

It's a, um... psychological process.

You undergo a series of operat...

Of changes that I don't think you can understand, Stella.

Whoa! What happened to that fancy party dress you brung all the way out here?

Goodness, I'm spendin' so much time changin' and re-changin'.

I'm missin' the whole party.

Joanne I propose a toast.

Everybody got drinks? — mm!

Yeah, got one. — ok, you're taken care of.

Alright. — one glass of beer coming right over.

Mona, a little pick-me-up, help refresh your memory?

Orange crush will do me just fine, thank you very much.

Sissy: Joe, did it hurt?

Your operation?

Oh, um...

Not until years later.

I had a delayed reaction.

Sissy: You mean you regret it?

Only when I think about it.

Well, what'd they do with your...

They laugh — shit, girl!

I mean, could you...? — have sex?

Sissy: Yeah. — I can.

Stella: And?

Have, on occasion.

Me too. Every occasion I can.

They laugh

Stella: Goddamn...

They laugh

well, everybody ready for the toast?

Hell yeah! — I wanna drink!

Alright. To James Dean.

Long live the dead. — all: Long live the dead.

"Long live the dead." That's a good one, ain't it?

Sissy, I think you always began by leading the ritual song

and the rest of us, we just followed the bouncing boobs.

Ba-bum, ba-bum, ba-bum!

Uh, do you wanna leave my boobs out of this?

Hell, that's impossible.

Sissy: Is everybody ready?

Alright, ready? One, and two...

Tune of "I've been working on the railroad": J' the eyes of James Dean are upon us j“

j“ all the live long day, oh, oh, oh j“

j' the eyes of James Dean are upon us j'

I you cannot get away, hell no! I

j' you might think you can escape them j'

j' rise up so early in the morn j'

j' the eyes of James Dean are upon us j'

j' till gab'rel blows his horn! J'

music: "Kid's stuff" by the mcguire sisters — they chatter excitedly

alright.

Stella may, don't do that. I ask you!

How many times have I said please don't... — ok, Mona.

Edna Louise, let's start with you.

Why don't you read the minutes of the last meeting, please?

I have to announce, I'm a little embarrassed

that the minutes of the last meeting were accidentally eaten up by my dog, Rosie

but I think I can remember most of what happened in my head

if you would like me to speak it.

Stella: You said you had every one!

Every one but the last one.

Well, we will dispense with the reading of the minutes due to not having them.

But I have them up here.

Too bad Rosie didn't eat your head instead. — they laugh

Stella may, do you think you could get yourself serious for five seconds

and quit pickin' on edna Louise?

I'm serious, she's just so damn dumb. — Mona: Shh!

Sissy, would you give the treasurer's report please? Stand up when you do.

Well, we had, um... 47 dollars and 13 cents but we spent it all

to buy the beautiful emblems for our club jackets

and so, well, now we are broke.

Pictures for the collection.

Does anybody have any pictures that we don't already have, to hang up on the wall?

How many more pictures do you think you can get up on that wall?

I saw one of him sittin' on a motorcycle from rebel without a cause.

Well, where is it?

Stella: Rosie ate it. Ay-ay-ayl

come on, Stella, get serious.

They laugh

oh, pictures! I almost forgot. Where... where's my purse?

You girls are just gonna love this.

Now don't get your fingers all over it, cos this thing cost me an arm and a leg

on the black market.

Girls, this is gon' pop your eyeballs right outta their sockets.

Sissy: We all gon' be too old to appreciate it if you don't hurry up and show us!

Are you ready? — sissy: Yes!

Da-da!

The real James Dean stands up.

Oh, my god, would you look at the size of that thing!

Gee, what're we talking here, Stella may? — all day, sucker!

They shriek — that's disgusting.

Joanne: You didn't think so at one time, Mona.

That's not a picture of him. I know.

He'd never let anybody take a picture of him like that one...

It sure as hell ain't my aunt Sally. — is that a tree branch in his hand or what?

They laugh

you're the one with six kids! Darlin', this is the trunk we are talking.

No wonder you're holdin' onto his memory, with a monument like that.

I'd hold on from that end, wouldn't you?

Stop all this filthy talk! I said stop it!

That is not a picture of James Dean.

Oh, Mona, are you sure? You know, it was very dark that night.

That was very rude, Joe. — joanne: You could be mistaken.

Why don't you look more closely?

You know, Mona, if you don't want that picture, I have this beautiful frame...

Oh, shit.

Stella: Mona!

For Christ's sake, that thing cost me over 50 bucks.

Joanne: Yeah, I thought it was a perfect likeness myself.

How would you know?

In those days, you had trouble identifying faces

with your nose so close to the gravestone.

Edna: Mona...

Why don't you tell us all about marfa and bein' in a movie with him?

Yes, Mona, why don't you tell us the story of being chosen the virgin Mona

of the Texas testament?

Hey. Come on, Mona.

Come on, Mona, tell us.

No, I'm not gon' tell ya. I think you've all heard that story.

You heard it 100 times before.

Oh, come on, really.

Oh, you just wanna be begged, that's all.

Come on, we really wanna hear it.

Alright.

Iw...

Alright.

Well, you just...

You all remember how everybody in town was just buzzm' when it was announced

over the radio that they were lookin' for people to be in it.

I wanted to be in it, but my mother wouldn't let me.

She said movie people are sinful.

It was like a regular parade.

People from all over these parts headed for marfa, bumper-to-bumper

to be in that movie.

Joe borrowed his mama's...

That's alright, Mona, I was a "his" then.

Joe borrowed his mama's buick and right after work we drove off into the sunset

iaughin' and gigglin' and pretendin' like it was the end of a movie.

It hadn't even begun, that was the funny part.

We were playin' the endin' and the beginnin' was yet to come.

I pretended that I was Natalie wood...

She laughs I did! Yes, I did.

And Joe... Joe was...

I was James Dean... Pretending I wasn't Joseph qualley.

There were nearly 4,000 people in that small town when we got there.

And there were not nearly enough hotel rooms to accommodate everybody

so Joe and I had to sleep in the back of the buick along the side of the road.

Next morning, after I finished washing up in the sink of the gas station

across the road, nearly rubbin' my skin off with boraxo and paper towels

I was sittin' in the back of the buick pourin' this... lilac perfume all over myself

to get rid of the stink of the boraxo

when I just, I saw him walkin' down the road, right toward me.

Oh, god, I need a cold beer before I faint.

Mona: Stopped right next to the car

and he just was iookin' in his pockets for something.

And there was a cigarette danglin' from the corner of his mouth

and so I just, I took a chance that a match is what he was huntin' for

and I just, I leaned out and I said

I said, "I've got a match, if that's what you're needin'."

And he sort of smiled and he came over to where I was leanin' out the car wlndow

and he took the matches from my hand mm-hm...

And he said, "thank you, ma'am."

Just like he had been livin' in Texas all of his life.

I had those matches for the longest time afterward.

I used to sleep...

Wrapped up in a lace handkerchief underneath my pillow for years after.

Now, I'll tell you, I found a cigarette butt by the back wheel of the buick.

And it was a chesterfield, it's the same kind that he smokes.

Shh.

I wish you'd hush up, Joe, so I can tell 'em what happened next.

Well, I was there, too, you know... In case you forgot.

I remember everything.

It was at that very moment that I knew that somethin' was gonna happen

to change my whole entire life...

It was a premonition, you know, like I always get.

When he lit his cigarette and I looked up into those deep-set, shy, blue eyes

I could see myself as clear as iookin' into a mirror.

Later on... later on, at the place where they were picking people to be in that movie

when they picked me

me...

Out of all of those thousands of others, I knew for certain.

Well, they said that I didn't look "Texas" enough.

Now just what in the hell is "Texas" supposed to look like anyhow?

They were lookin' for types.

You just weren't the right... type, that's all.

Well, ya know, I look for you every time I see that movie on the TV.

I never see ya.

Hm. Hm.

Well, it's just that... ahem...

I... Elizabeth Taylor's head keeps gettin' in the way.

But I am there, mostly behind her left ear...

In that scene where she first arrives from her papa's plantation in Kentucky.

Recall that? And they have that big barbecue picnic.

She gets hot, she gets real hot and then she starts to faint

grabbin' onto the branch of a mesquite tree for support...

Well, right as the projector comes in real close to her at that particular point

you are able to see me peeking out from behind her left ear.

I just, I felt like such a celebrity, yeah.

I think maybe it was the way everybody fussed over me so.

And then all those people sittin' around watchin' in bleachers

just like at a football game.

My whole life was startin' to change.

I just, I could feel it deep down inside me.

Mona...

You sound like you was the only one.

Why, there were so many people down there I had trouble findin' you.

That night, as I laid there in the back of the buick, I kept thinkin' about...

How I had been chosen above all of those thousands of others

starin' out the window at those millions of stars

and the outline of that very beautiful house way off there in the distance.

Suddenly, as I'm iookin', I see that one of those stars explodes

and it bursts away from all the thousands of others and it fell from the sky

iandin' behind the front of the house, behind the front of reata.

Mona.

Are you gonna tell?

Joanne: Mona, are you gonna tell?

Joe: Are you really gonna tell?

Are you really gonna tell?

I pulled my blanket around my shoulders, um, I started to walk

to where the star had fallen to earth.

When I got up to the front gate, there was nobody there.

There was nobody, no guards, nothing.

And so I walked that long walk down the road to the house.

It was so quiet, it was so still...

The only sound was from a faraway train

blowing its whistle and chuggin' off into the night.

I got up to the front steps

and this voice just is coming out of nowhere, it says to me

"isn't it a little late to be callin' on your neighbours?"

And I just froze stiff as a post, cos it was him.

I knew that, I knew that the minute that I heard his voice.

And then he said, "don't just stand there being unfriendly.

Why don't you come on up and set a spell?"

And as I moved up the steps

then I reminded him that I was the one who had given him the matches that morning.

We spent the whole entire night together

until the sun... Crept up over the edge of the earth

turning that sky into just the brightest red you ever saw.

Oh, Mona.

We walked together to the gate and he kissed me for the 13th time.

I had counted them so that I would remember every single one.

And then he thanked me again for passing away the night with him

and we both walked away in separate directions.

Halfway back to the buick, I just burst out running

cos I just, I couldn't wait to tell Joe of my memorable night.

Gee, Mona.

That's not the way it happened at all.

Is it?

Next morning, you know what?

Next morning we had to leave real early cos Joe had to have his mama's buick back.

You recall that, don't you, most certainly?

From that night, a son was born.

Distant rumble

did you hear that? — Mona: Hear what, juanita?

Thunder. It sounded like thunder. — I think I heard it too.

Praise god, he hasn't forgotten us.

It's just Stella may's stomach rumblin'. Gimme a beer.

Distant rumble — juanita: It's coming closer!

Do you hear? — edna: Maybe it'll rain!

Stella laughs I hope not.

Just had the car washed.

Engine roars — oh, my god, Mona!

Engine roars — tyres screech

come here quick!

It's Jimmy Dean!

And he's driving off in that yellow sports car!

Mona: No, it's... not Jimmy Dean! He don't even know how to...

Jimmy Dean!

He don't even know how to drive!

Jimmy Dean, you come on back here, boy! You hear me? Come on back!

It's your mama callin'! You come on!

I'll call the highway patrol, maybe they can stop him before he hurts himself.

I'll do that.

Mona gasps

and how... how on earth did he ever get that car started, juanita?

You'd be surprised what that boy can do, Mona.

He must've learned how to drive working over at Luke's texaco.

Joanne: Boy go off in my Porsche. Licence...

Porsche. P-o-r-s-c-h-e... 19.

I don't know the colour of his hair, look...

It's... officer, it's not a theft... — sissy.

What did you mean by that mysterious remark? — joanne: A yellow Porsche.

Licence plate mx309, we'd like it brought home...

Music: "Kid's stuff" by the mcguire sisters — I hate that song, Stella may.

Radio crackles — juanita would laugh.

Radio announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, we have just received a special news bulletin

from the upi wire service. — hey, y'all, listen to this.

One of Hollywood's brightest young stars was killed early this evening

along California state highway 466.

A head-on collision took the life of James Dean...

Mona gasps — the 24-year-old movie star

James Byron Dean, had leapt to stardom in...

Joe:

Mona, did you hear?

Mona:

It's not James Dean.

I say that it's not James Dean.

Sissy: Mona, I feel so funny, like it was the end of the world or somethin'.

Hold my hand.

Joe: Mona, hold my hand too.

Stella: I think we should all kneel down and pray or somethin'.

Don't you, Mona?

Please, Mona, hold my hand.

Or light candles? We could light hundreds of candles.

It'd be so pretty, don't you think?

No...

No, we won't let him die.

His son will carry on in his place.

It's not his son!

It is.

Just cos he's dead, don't you kill me off too.

It is his.

What colour is his hair?

I don't know, probably... blonde.

Look, officer, it's... we just want him brought home.

Five-and-dime, it's the only one in town.

Thank you.

Highway patrol's sent out a car after him.

I'm sure they'll find him, Mona.

Please don't worry.

I do worry.

I worry all the time.

I can't let that boy out of my sight, not for one second.

It's not my fault that he turned out that way.

All the doctors said so. It just, it was the shock of his dying.

It just jostled my insides and it created... — a son.

Who is a moron.

What?

You heard what... Didn't you hear what I said?

I said he's a moron.

Moron...

I have to keep hidden away from everybody because I'm so ashamed.

You know what happens to me...

Every time that I have to look that boy in the face, I just get sick to my stomach.

Juanita: Mona, that's enough.

Could have been a famous movie star, and had his pictures in all them magazines

just like his daddy's.

Ibetyou, juanha, I bet you any amount of money

that it was somebody in this town who put him up to this.

They're always putting him up to crazy things to make him look foolish

so they can laugh. — nobody laughs.

They do too, they laugh all the time to themselves.

You know why they do, don't you? Cos they're jealous, that's why.

Joanne: Mona. — what?

Are they sure the boy is... — positive, yes, they are positive.

Thunder rumbles

Joanne: Er...

Well...

There must be something they can do, I mean...

There must be... Specialists or, um, therapy...

Mona: What, you think that they can cut his sickness away

as easily as they did yours?

Yours was easy to remedy. For him, there is no cure.

His mind will never mature... never catch up with the rest of his body.

He just, he will be a child forever.

Just like you always wanted him to be, right, Mona?

Mona: Sissy.

Joanne: Leave her alone, sissy. That's enough.

That's not nearly enough.

You know, I am just fed up to here with this shit of yours, Mona.

Makes me wanna puke. — Mona: Juanita...

And everything is just gonna turn out fine.

Sugar, god is watching over him.

Sissy: Good old god.

Thunder rumbles

it won't hurt none for us all to join hands and say a little prayer, neither.

I don't pray no more, I...

I gave it up for, um, lent.

Or lint. Belly button lint. — they laugh

when was that, sissy?

When did you give up praying?

Was it when Lester t. Walked out?

Joe, I don't know what in the hell you're talkin' about.

Stella: Sissy, he didn't? — no.

Look, sister.

Or mister, I don't know what it is that you're trying to be right now...

Sister. — well, don't... mess with me

cos you don't know shit.

Joanne: I know more than you think.

Stella: Sissy, did he? — no, he did not, Stella may.

He got himself a job over in Arabia or Lebanon or one of them foreign places

uh, wildcattin' for big oil company.

Well, how long's he been gone? — well, he has been gone for two years

but he wanted me to come over there, you know, but I...

Could you see me with a bunch of foreigners? I mean, please.

But he writes me all the time, sometimes twice a week.

When's he coming back?

Thunder rumbles

when he's goddamn good and ready...

Joe.

Bastard is makin' nearly 200 bucks a day over there

why in the hell should he come back? I said...

"Don't worry about me, Lester t. I will keep."

Joanne: Ah... gee, that's a very believable explanation, sissy.

But unfortunately not accurate.

You know, Joe, I don't know what you think that you know...

I know what he told me.

Lester t. Told you? Well, now, Joe, I... Excuse me.

Anybody in this room, if I am wrong, tell me, but I thought that the last time

you spoke with Lester t, your overalls was down around your ankles

and you was bent over a gravestone some place.

Joanne: Cute.

No, Kansas City.

Couple years back.

How the hell could he be in Kansas City when he's over in...

It's true. — prove it.

Thunder rumbles

uh, look, sissy.

Let's just say that I know, alright, and leave it at that.

Why don't we not say that, huh?

Why don't we just not say that?

I wanna know. I'm sure everybody here wants to know.

You wanna know, don't you, Stella may?

You may regret it in the end. — sissy: Oh, bullshit.

I don't think I will, Joe. I ain't afraid of your lies.

Joanne: Ok.

It's your funeral.

Well, it was just one of those chance meetings, you know, one of those...

Faces from the past that jump out at you...

To jar your memory.

I was working in this bar.

Every night, I'd get up on my little perch right next to the jukebox...

And sing to records.

Remember, like we used to.

The record turns and, uh...

You move your mouth into your phony microphone

and pretend you're eydie gormé.

Thunder rumbles

she sings: J' open up your arms j'

j' the moment he comes home to you j“

j“ I'm warning you... j“

good, huh?

Well, this one night...

Uh...

Just looked over the crowd from my perch, and...

Floating over a cloud of cigarette smoke was his face...

I'll never forget that face.

You want me to go on?

Y'know, you can just go on and pretend all you want to

cos you don't know crap from Christmas.

Joanne: We'll see.

Well...

He sure did give me the once-over as I stood up there mouthing away.

His eyes went straight to my boobs

just like the first time we ever encountered each other.

Came over to me...

Said he loved my voice.

I sounded just like... guess who?

Eydie gormé.

He invited me to join him for a drink, which I did.

Bourbon and water, wasn't it, sissy?

Well, that one led to another and another

and finally he began to pour out the woeful tale of the wife he left behind him

the little woman with no... — shut up, he didn't tell you.

With no what? Hey, finish tellin' what she has "no" of.

Mona: Sissy.

I told you not to marry him. He never loved you at all.

He did too, love me, Mona. He worshipped me.

He said that I had the, um...

Biggest pair of melons in the whole goddamn state of Texas.

He told you that, didn't he? Joe, he told you that he loved me.

He said that it was, um...

Repulsive to him, that it disgusted him.

I didn't want anybody to know this.

Sissy.

What are you talking about, girl?

Look at me.

Sissy...

Mona, I...

I begged them not to take them, Mona, but they said that...

It would... spread.

It would.

Juanita: Sissy...

Oh, I'm so sorry.

You should have told us before.

Well, what did you want me to do, juanita? Just come in here and, uh...

Rip open my blouse and say, "look, everybody, no tits."

That would be cute, wouldn't it?

I was, um...

Scared to death to tell anybody, especially Lester t.

He loved them so much. She sniffles

every night he would come home and fall asleep with his head on 'em.

That's silly, isn't it?

He was a wonderful lover, though, you know.

Every night, two or three times, we'd make love.

Then after the operation, it kinda... Dwindled down.

Course, I was prepared for that.

You know, I used to cry all the time because I knew...

I knew that one day, he wouldn't love me no more, and of course...

That day came, and he left.

Did you, um, sleep with him, Joe?

Thunder rumbles

He took me to some cheap hotel room where he was staying.

And he begged.

And he pleaded.

And I considered it...

But I couldn't. I just...

Lay back, stared at...

Stared at the cracks in the ceiling... Like a roadmap.

Tracing the route that led me to where I was at that moment.

She laughs

and the more miles I travelled, the more hysterical I got.

She laughs

Then I started laughing and I... I lost all control of myself.

I would've given anything to see the, um, expression on his face.

Well, what happened then?

I stopped laughing.

Stopped? Why in the hell'd you stop? I would've laughed till I cried.

Because he was crying.

Sissy: What in the hell was he crying for?

Cos I was laughing. They laugh

well, you're kiddin', you gotta be...

It feels good to laugh about this, don't it? I ain't laughed this hard in a million years.

Everybody used to laugh at sissy with the watermelon boobs.

For years, I had to lug them goddamn things around

so everybody could...

Squeeze 'em and... feel 'em.

I doubt that they ever gave a rat's ass for me though.

What do you think, Stella?

She whispers: Don't.

Well?

This is not fun, is it?

Hey, everybody out there in McCarthy, Texas, guess what?

They're rubber! — sissy.

Sissy! — sissy's got rubber tits...

Get back in here.

I don't care no more, juanita.

Sissy, I'm so sorry.

I don't, um, want your sympathy, Mona.

Well?

I sure pulled the rubber over their eyes, didn't I?

They laugh

not real tits at all, just retreads.

They laugh — retreads!

I need a drink, Stella may. — right, absolutely.

They laugh

retreads...! They laugh

beer cap pops and fizzes

they laugh

you just... you may leave the party at any time.

They laugh

do not feel that you have to remain on our account.

Sissy laughs — I can't leave.

Mona: Why?

Without my car?

They laugh

Th-they will be returning it and Jimmy Dean, I think, at anytime now.

They sigh and chuckle

it just...

Makes me sick... to my stomach

to think that people can be so cruel.

They laugh

they laugh and wheeze

Mona laughs

Stella: Oh, god!

They laugh

what's so funny now?

They laugh — huh?

What?

They laugh

you are.

They giggle

I' m... I am?

"It just makes me, uh, uh...

Sick to my, uh, uh, uh, stomach

to think that people can be so uh-uh-uh-uh cruel."

They laugh

they laugh

they laugh

I just don't understand what could be keeping them so long.

They sigh and chuckle

maybe the phone is out of order along with everything...

There ain't nothing wrong with the goddamn phone, he's gone.

Well, I-I know he's gone, heavens!

I-I'm not blind, am I?

Sissy: Well, then why now do you think everybody else is?

Sorry, I don't understand your p... — sissy: You understand me perfectly.

Alright? He is gone, run away, flew the Coop.

Read my lips! Bitch, he's gone.

Please stop that...

He couldn't run away.

My god, the boy don't even know what the word "runaway" means.

No, he can't do nothin' unless I'm there to help him, you know that.

My god, what are you talk... he's helpless, that boy's a child.

No, you are, not him.

You know, um, behind them comic books that you think he's always readin'

is men's magazines, yes.

Mm. He ain't iookin' at bugs bunny or porky pig, ma'am

he is looking at naked women.

He don't know nothin' about that...

Hell if he don't! — them kinda trashy magazines.

You know, I don't, I never give it to him...

Because I gave 'em to him, and that's it. — juanita: Sissy!

Mona yells

they shout

Mona: You pig! You dirty, ugly pig!

Wrong! Wrong! — Mona: Putting that kind of smut

in the hands of a moron... I — they yell

he's lying to me about that.

Mona: Uh, I'm wondering just off-hand

uh, if you think it's possible that you could let go of my wrist for about five seconds?

Thank you.

She mutters

y-you are sick.

And you are demented and I have a feeling that you should be locked up.

And he is nearly 20 years old.

With the mind of a ten-year-old. — no, Mona, you treat him like that

but he's nearly 20, mind, body and otherwise.

Mona: You lie.

Constantly I find that you tell nothing but lies!

What about all them doctors? — you never took him to one goddamn doctor!

Notonel

not one goddamn doctor, he told me so.

Then he's a liar too.

You're the one who's been lying, Mona.

Mona: The boy does not know the truth.

I am his mother and I know what he is.

I don't believe you.

I don't believe not one thing that you've said.

You're just... I know what you're doing, it's not... but it's easy.

You're just trying to trick me, that's all. I know that.

You're trying to trick me into saying... — into saying what, Mona?

That he's not the son of James Dean?

How would you know?

I was there. — sissy: We all know.

We've all known it and accepted it for years, everybody except you.

Sissy sighs

Thunder rumbles

Edna Louise, I...

Did I show you that beautiful piece of reata

that I managed to retrieve from the destruction?

Didn't show that to you?

Well, then...

C'mon. It's not as easily recognisable as some of those

that I have found in the past years, but then I'm thinking, you know

maybe next year when I go, I could have a little...

I'll have a little longer time to...

I could take a longer trip.

They all know?

Sissy: Yes, they all know.

All these years?

Juanita, I'm asking you this question.

Sugan”

we just didn't see how it was possible

him being such a big movie star and all.

Thunder rumbles

oh.

I am so embarrassed about... I just, I feel like such a fool.

I think I just wanted to be noticed.

That's all. Like that time when I was in giant.

And I was chosen. For the first time in my life, I was chosen.

I chose you, Mona.

I loved you.

Hey, wait a minute. You mean it was...?

She sighs

I mean, you're Jimmy Dean's...?

Hey, Joe, you son of a bitch, can I buy you a drink?

I'll have a beer. — sissy: Alright, now you're talkin', buddy.

Listen...

That storm's just passed right on by like we didn't even matter.

Probably on to some town don't even need it.

Edna: It's so sad.

Isn't it sad?

I just know I'm gonna start in to cry.

Come on, gather your crap together.

Believin' is so funny, isn't it?

When what you believe in doesn't even know you exist.

Does this really make things different?

Not a bit.

Hell, juanita, go on and take a swig. God's not iookin'.

Sidney said it did.

I tried to protect him.

I even lied to god so he'd take him into heaven.

Goodbye, Mona.

I hope they find Jimmy Dean for you.

I had such a very nice time.

Thank you all for liking me and being so nice to me

although I'm not very smart.

I think you're a very nice lady, or...

Whatever you are, and I'm very pleased to have met you.

Thank you.

That's not it, is it?

We're all gonna see each other again, won't we?

Shall we make a pact?

Twenty years from tonight?

Oh! Won't that be excitin' to look forward to?

I can send us all postcards to remind us. I won't let us lose each other.

Mona?

Well, next time pick some place cool, for god's sake.

Edna: We could have it at my house.

Aw hell, with all them kids you got runnin' around

I wonder there's room enough for you, let alone us.

You know what, you'd give everythin' you got for one of them kids of hers

and you know it. — Stella: Wouldn't have one in the house.

Edna: Can't you and merle have babies? — Stella: What good are they?

Merle says the only way to have a baby is with beans and potato salad at a barbeque.

She laughs — I feel sorry for you.

Sorry for me?

Well, who the hell are you to feel sorry for me?

Edna Louise Johnson.

And who the hell is that?

Someone very important to my family and me.

We maybe don't have a lot of money or belong to a lot of fancy country clubs

but we are happy with each other. — happy?

Christ, anybody can be happy. Look at me.

I laugh my ass off all the damn time, hell, I'll laugh at just about anythin'.

But you're not happy. — I'm happy, goddammitl

y'know, I never could stand people who keep sayin' they're gonna go

and then they never do.

I wonder what it was that made god turn away from me like that.

I just think that, um, there's so many people in the world nowadays

it's hard for him to give the personal attention that he used to.

I hope you found what you came in iookin' for.

Miss.

Well, Joe?

Sissy.

Look.

Deceivin' to the eye...

That's what he was.

But at the time...

I got an idea, how about if the mcguire sisters get together

for one final number?

Terrific.

I don't wanna do that... I don't even recall them words...

Oh, darling, I don't even know where I stand.

Come on, sissy! Come on over here and show us how again.

Alright, Joe, come on. It's a good thing I'm here.

Music: "Sincerely" by the Maguire sisters — I remember you was on left-hand side

and mo, you was on the ever-popular right-hand side and I was dead centre.

Sissy, your centre was never dead.

Alright, now, come on, let's follow these bounceless boobs.

Let's be serious. — I'm... madam chairman.

Alright.

They sing along: J" sincerely j”

j " oh yes, sincerely j"

j" cos I love you so dearly j”

j” please say you'll be mine j”

j" sincerely j”

j” oh, you know how I love you j"

j” I'll do anything for you j"

j” please say you'll be mine j”

j" oh lord, won't you tell me why j“

j" I love that fella so j“

j” he doesn't want me j“

j“ but I'll never, never, never, never... j“

song fades