[ANNOUNCER READING
ON-SCREEN TEXT]
ANNOUNCER:
Co-starring Gale Gordon.
You know, I just haven't
been at all sure I'd graduate.
Yeah. Well, all the
girls felt like that.
But isn't it wonderful we
all passed our flight test?
And in our entire class,
we didn't have one dropout.
Who'd wanna drop
out from , feet?
Yeah. You know, I don't know whether
I'm more excited about the graduation
or that show we're
putting on tonight.
- I'll probably faint in both.
- Well, you hadn't better.
Come on, let's get dressed.
Oh, Carol, look at all the people
coming in to see our graduation.
[CAROL SCREAMS]
- What's the matter?
- You know I'm afraid of heights.
I thought you got
over your hydrophobia.
I don't know. It's just
that I'm so nervous today.
Yeah, well, we're all nervous.
We've all been working so
hard just trying to graduate
and rehearsing that play.
Hey, wasn't it great that the
girls were able to get fellows
to play the men's parts?
Yeah. Most of them
got their boyfriends.
Yeah. All I could
get was my uncle.
I didn't even get an uncle.
Oh, don't worry, Lucy,
my Uncle Charlie is so happy
about playing the captain in our play
that he offered to take us out
tonight after the show and celebrate.
- He did?
- Oh, yeah.
And if there's one thing
about Uncle Charlie,
he knows how to celebrate.
He's the big swinger
in our family tree.
[LAUGHS]
Well, Carol, it's very
sweet of you to include me,
but at a time like this,
a girl wants a date that's
really hers, you know?
Just for once, I'd
like that door to open
and my very own
Prince Charming walk in.
That's Prince Charming?
Mr. Mooney!
I can't tell you how pleased I am
that you came for my graduation.
Mrs. Carmichael, I wouldn't
have missed it for the world.
Really? Well, I was just afraid
that you might resent the fact
that I took a leave of absence.
- You know, to try out for another job.
- Quite the contrary.
As a matter of fact, Mr. Cheever
and our whole board of directors
are waiting for a phone call from
me confirming your graduation.
- They are?
- Yes.
And the moment you are
officially an employee of the airlines,
we are going to load
up on railroad stock.
[LAUGHING]
Uh... Oh, Carol, this is Mr. Mooney,
the man I used to work for.
- Oh, hello.
- How do you do?
Wasn't it nice of him to
come to my graduation?
Oh, yes. And I guess to
a businessman like you,
losing a secretary like Lucy
is almost like losing a wife.
[CAROL & LUCY CHUCKLE]
Almost.
- Not quite as good but almost.
- Oh.
Mr. Mooney, you've certainly made
my day by coming to my graduation.
Well, I'm delighted
to be here, you know?
This is the first time I've
ever been in a girls' dormitory.
Really? Well, it's visitors'
day, why don't you look around?
MOONEY: Oh, may I?
- Sure.
- Thank you. Excuse me.
[PHONE RINGS]
CAROL: I'll get it.
- Okay.
Hello?
Oh, yes, this is Carol Tilford.
Oh?
Oh?!
Oh!
Carol, what's wrong?
Oh!
Oh, what?
I told you that my Uncle
Charlie was gonna take us out
- to celebrate after the show.
- Yes.
Well, he won't be here. He
celebrated before the show.
- You mean...?
- Crocked!
Oh.
The show.
Carol, the show.
If he's not coming, we won't
have anybody to play the captain.
Maybe we could put a
mustache on one of the girls.
A mustache.
Mr. Mooney.
Are you gonna ask
him to play the part?
No, no. Now, listen.
We have to operate
differently with Mr. Mooney.
He's going to have to ask us.
You just take your cue
from me now. Okay?
- Okay. Look out, here he comes.
- Okay.
Well, gee, Carol, I don't know,
I guess we'll just have to
call the show off tonight.
- We will?
- Yeah.
Well, we'll never be
able to find someone
to play the part of the captain.
You know, that part calls
for a handsome, virile man
of m*llitary bearing.
Uh, what seems to
be the trouble, girls?
Oh, well, the man who
was supposed to play
the most important part
in our graduation show
- had an accident.
- An accident?
Yeah, he fell off a wagon.
Oh, is he suffering?
No, but he will
be in the morning.
Uh, now we're stuck.
We just don't know where to
find a handsome, leading-man type
to play an Air Force
captain in our show tonight.
Uh, Mrs. Carmichael, I
used to be in the service.
- Oh, yes, that's right. You were, yes.
- Yes.
Oh, Mr. Mooney
was a real w*r hero.
You were?
A real w*r hero.
Yeah, once when I was cleaning
out his desk, I found a citation.
- You did?
- Yeah, it said:
"For extreme
caution under cover."
It said "For extreme
valor under fire."
Oh. Oh, I just got it
a little mixed up. Oh.
- You know, Lucy...
- Yeah?
Do you think that perhaps
Mr. Mooney might be able to play...?
Oh, no. Carol, no, no.
Mr. Mooney does
look like a captain,
but remember, the part calls for
someone with terrific acting ability.
Mrs. Carmichael, it
won't require acting for me
to be a handsome, virile
leading man of m*llitary bearing.
You mean you'd like to be
in our show, Mr. Mooney?
Just call me captain.
Good afternoon,
ladies and gentlemen.
Globe World
Airlines welcomes you
to the graduation of
our stewardess trainees.
Today our graduating
class is paying tribute
to two very fine gentlemen.
Their motion picture, Wings,
the first film to win
an Academy Award,
captured the
imagination of the public
and opened the doors
for the growth of aviation.
And now I would like for you
to meet our honored guests,
the two stars of Wings.
First, Mr. Buddy Rogers.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING
AND WHISTLING]
- And now, Mr. Richard
Arlen. MAN: Yeah.
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING
AND WHISTLING]
Gentlemen.
- Miss Terry Harper.
- Miss Joan Boston.
[BAND PLAYING FANFARE]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
- There. Congratulations.
- Here are your beautiful wings.
[BAND PLAYING FANFARE]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
- Miss Lucille Carmichael.
- Miss Carol Tilford.
[BAND PLAYING FANFARE]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
- There's your wings.
- Congratulations. And your wings.
LUCY: Thank you.
[BAND PLAYING FANFARE]
[BAND PLAYING MARCH]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
ALL [SINGING]: We
welcome one and all
To a show of our creation
We stewardess trainees
present A salute to aviation
When the century we lived
in Was a kid just in his teens
Men used to dream of flying
But they didn't have the means
For planes were few and far
between Mass flying wasn't done
Till Uncle Sam's brave nephew
Had a w*r that must be won
Over there, over there
We're coming over
We're coming over
And we won't come back
Till it's over over there
[PLAYING "MY BUDDY"]
[SINGING] Nights are long
Since you went away
I dream of you
All through the day
My buddy
My buddy
Your buddy misses you
- Will you be quiet?
- Aah!
Sorry, sir. I thought the
music might cheer us up a bit.
Well, this message just came in:
"The German a*tillery is
bombarding the village."
- I hope they didn't hit the hotel.
- What hotel?
Any hotel. I got something
going in all of them.
[ROGERS LAUGHS]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Who goes there? Friend or foe?
[IN UNISON] We're ladies of
mercy serving the Red Cross.
What are you girls doing
way out here in no-man's-land?
We're delivering
doughnuts to the doughboys.
Delivering doughnuts?
It seems to me you should
be where nurses are needed.
Wait till you eat the doughnuts.
[TELEGRAPH TAPPING]
Oh, oh, oh.
Our patrol has discovered
the German a*tillery positions.
Men, your mission is
to b*mb those positions.
But, sir, we only have one
plane left and it's all sh*t up.
I know, but orders are orders.
[BOMBS WHISTLING THEN EXPLODING]
They always forget that prop!
LUCY: Wait!
Are you gonna send these
kids up in a crate like that?
What else can I do?
How do they expect
me to win a w*r
when they give me equipment
so old and dilapidated
it has to be held together
with chicken wire and glue?
The plane?
No. These two kids.
[ROGERS SHOUTS]
[TELEGRAPH TAPPING]
Hold it! Hold it, hold it!
The armistice is
signed! The w*r is over!
[BOTH SHRIEK]
[BAND PLAYING "HOW YA GONNA
KEEP 'EM DOWN ON THE FARM"]
MEN [SINGING]: How
you going to keep us
Down on the farm
After we've seen Paris?
[MOONEY WHOOPS]
BOTH [SINGING]: Yeah,
how you gonna keep them
Away from Broadway
Jazzing around
Painting the town?
How you going to keep
us Away from harm?
That's a mystery
We'll never want to
see a rake Or plow
And who the deuce
Can parlez-vous a cow?
How you going to keep
us Down on the farm
After we've seen Paris?
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
Gee, Carol, you know,
I feel kind of strange
about going back
to civilian life.
So do I, Lucy.
Why, the way American women
have changed during the w*r,
girls like us will
be out of place.
You said it.
[BAND PLAYING "THE MODERN GIRL"]
BOTH [SINGING]: Since
the great emancipation
Of the women in our nation
Girls back home are
bolder In their ways
They have cut
their dresses shorter
Than a lady really oughter
And the bobbing of their
curls Is now the craze
Girls now cross
their legs in public
Put powder on their knees
And the language that they use
Like you can bet your BVDs
Carol.
[SINGING] Though it's
shocking to one's virtue
What the modern girl has done
The thing that really hurts you
Is they're having so much fun
The men will all be gone
Before we're back from overseas
Are you game to try to stack
up Against the likes of these?
- Do you think that we can do it?
- You can bet your BVDs.
Lucy!
BOTH [SINGING]:
How you gonna keep us
Down on the farm
After we've seen Paris?
[BAND PLAYING "THE CHARLESTON"]
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING
AND WHISTLING]
[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
[CAROL SQUEALS]
Oh, gee, these new fashions
make me feel so razzmatazz.
[IN SQUEAKY VOICE] I
feel just like the cat's pajamas.
Oh, don't you just love being
the women of today's world?
Oh, I sure do.
And now that we're career women,
I hope we can get a job
that's exciting and glamorous.
Look.
Isn't that Captain Mooney and the
two aviators we met during the w*r
when we were ladies of
mercy serving the Red Cross?
Nobody else but!
Hello, Captain Mooney and the
two aviators we met during the w*r.
Aren't you the girls who were ladies
of mercy serving in the Red Cross?
- Nobody else but.
- Oh. Yeah.
Are you boys taking a trip?
No, no. We're trying to
get everybody else to.
- Oh.
- Yes. After the w*r,
we thought we would form
our own commercial airline.
- Oh.
- Oh, what a peachy idea!
- And so modern.
MOONEY: Too modern.
- What do you mean?
- The trains get all the business.
Oh.
Yes, that's why we opened
near the railroad station.
Oh!
We thought we could solicit
some customers out here.
BOTH: Oh!
But we can't compete
with the railroads,
not with their dining cars
and their fancy service.
Well, now, just because
they serve meals
is no reason you can't
compete with them.
Say, Lucy, that's
terrif. What an idea!
You mean you expect us to
serve meals on an airplane?
No, us.
It would be better than serving
doughnuts to the doughboys.
- Ridiculous.
- Stupid.
It's preposterous.
But, Captain
Mooney, now, listen...
Quiet. Please, please.
Here comes a passenger.
[TRAIN WHISTLES]
- Pardon me, boys. ALL: Yes?
[SINGING] Is that the
Chattanooga choo-choo?
ALL [SINGING]: Track
Much obliged
I gotta make it on time
When you hear the whistle
blowing Eight to the bar
Then you know That
Tennessee is not very far
Dinner in the diner
Nothing could be finer
Than to have your ham
and eggs In Carolina
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
[LUCY WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
[SINGING] Cheer
up, Captain Mooney
There's no need for despair
[SINGING] We know
how to get the folks
To travel by air
The idea we've created Will
make the trains look dated
Just forget your worries
And stay right there
[TRAIN WHISTLES]
[BAND PLAYING "ALABAMY BOUND"]
TRAVELERS [SINGING]:
We're Alabamy-bound
We like the music Of
the choo-choo sound
We'll give the meanest
ticket man On earth
All we're worth
To put our tootsies
In an upper berth
We're Alabamy-bound
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING
AND WHISTLING]
[BAND PLAYING MENDELSSOHN'S
"WEDDING MARCH"]
[SINGING] To Niagara in a sleeper
There's no honeymoon that's cheaper
And the train goes slow
BOTH [SINGING]: Ooh
Off we're gonna shuffle
Shuffle off to Buffalo
For a shiny little quarter We
can have the Pullman porter
Turn the lights down low
ALL [SINGING]: Ooh
Off we're gonna shuffle
Shuffle off to Buffalo
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING
AND WHISTLING]
LETTERMEN [IN UNISON]:
Rah, rah, sis boom bah.
[BAND PLAYING
"TOOT, TOOT, TOOTSIE!"]
LETTERMEN [SINGING]:
Toot, toot, Tootsie, goodbye
Toot, toot, Tootsie, don't cry
The choo-choo
train that takes me
Away from you
No words can tell
How sad it makes me
Kiss me, Tootsie, and then
Do it over again
Watch for the mail
I'll never fail
If you don't get a letter
Then you'll know I'm in jail
Toot, toot, Tootsie, don't cry
Toot, toot, Tootsie, goodbye
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
[BAND PLAYING "MY BUDDY"]
ALL [SINGING]: Nights are long
And we're going broke
It seems our dream
Was only a joke
Nobody
Nobody
Nobody will fly with us
[BAND PLAYING
"HEY, LOOK ME OVER"]
LUCY & CAROL [SINGING]:
Hey, look us over, give us the eye
We'll put you in clover
Make the public fly
Oh, don't take the train,
folks Come take the sky
Just figure whenever you
take a trip The only way's to fly
And when you're high off the
ground Like birds on the wing
We're on the job And
service is the thing
When we're far From
the maddening crowds
We're gonna sail
Through clouds of silk
Serving coffee, tea or milk
[IN UNISON] Our chefs
will dream up meals for you
that are strictly
French cuisine.
We serve champagne on every
plane. Our caviar's supreme.
We have bottles, we have diapers.
We are every mother's friend.
If your baby needs attention,
we can help at either end.
MOONEY & ARLEN [IN UNISON]:
You will find that every hostess
has been trained
to entertain you.
And you'll also find our
pilots can entertain you too.
[PLAYING "HEY, LOOK ME OVER"]
WOMEN [SINGING]: Just
figure whenever you take a trip
The only way is up, up
The only way is up, up, up
ALL [SINGING]:
The only way is up
Up we go into the
wild blue yonder
Climbing high into the sun
MEN: Stewardess - Sir
MEN: You are
the cause for flying
- Stewardess - Sir
MEN: You are the one
ALL: The plane is packed
LUCY & CAROL: Let's go
MOONEY & ROGERS: Contact
ALL: Nothing can
stop the World Airlines
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING
AND WHISTLING]
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06x15 - Lucy and Viv Reminisce
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Widow Lucy Carmichael raises her children and shares her home with divorcee friend Vivien.
Widow Lucy Carmichael raises her children and shares her home with divorcee friend Vivien.