Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

- I don't think so. - Mmm. No, sir. Who sang it?
Listen, squirt, any more interference on your part and you'll be blacklisted.
A-stix a-nix hix pix
Left foot.
Cohan.
Here.
To win our fight for liberty And now they've taken France
You should be very proud.
Don't memorize that one. There's plenty all over town.
...but right now standing here in your presence, why, I hardly...
Produces his own plays, writes his own books, lyrics and music, plays the leads...
All is for the best, my daughter.
Well, I'd settle for his age.
You don't say so. We'll get you there in a jiffy!
I saw your show tonight. Not bad.
That depends just on when you saw me last.
Long before the fashions came
And, uh, I wouldn't worry about this country if I were you.
But how will everybody know that I'm the Mary?
- Yes, sir. What can I do for you? - I've got an appointment.
Here, this'll give you courage. Charge!
Larry O'Leary is me name
You're a grand old flag You're a high-flying flag
So I wrote a legitimate drama, very deep and very significant.
When you leave New York, Philadelphia, Boston...
- What do you think I've been doing? - Heh. Yes.
We won't let them. Won't let them.
Over there
- They're producing Little Johnny Jones. - Oh, George, really?
Send the word over there
I know, but I'm nervous. I'll go blank. I won't be able to remember a line.
- For me? Heh. - You get your own birthday.
...even though I am a better actor.
Thanks, pal. I'll be watching.
Well, uh, that's rather old, isn't it?
Oh, sure. Every one.
To what do you attribute your continued success, Mr. Cohan?
It's the best thing he's ever done.
This reminds me of my family
Roller-skating on a night like this?
Well, I'd prefer to have these flowers speak for me.
...with a new cyclorama and 2 carloads of scenery.
Which seemed to softly say
- Hmm? - George.
Mary
I told her Uncle Teddy I wouldn't run for president
Probably the biggest forest fire ever put on the stage.
How we hate to see you go
That's what we'll do. They'll all hear from us, every one of them.
You'd think my family would let me know.
That means I'm a star, and there should be a star...
To old Broadway
"Wish you all my love...
We've had good times together.
You know, one from four leaves three.
At the dancing you have yet to learn
All right. Here it is.
O say can you see
Besides, I've got a run-of-the-play contract. Fine time to make lame jokes. Hmm.
That's one way of keeping them in the theater. Cohan does it with talent. Look.
It started with a very funny incident, about 60 years ago.
You see what I mean, Fay? Heh-heh. Isn't he a card?
Heh-heh. Dad, press the little button on the side and see what happens.
Here's some more ties that you won't like, Jerry.
He just stopped at the water cooler.
By a pair of roguish eyes
They'll know, all right.
...and by the same token, if I get stuck in Madagascar...
...I would like to see if you looked the same.
Which proves, gentlemen, that you have no ear for music.
But I love to park and hide there
He didn't send for us. He's come here to see us.
- What'll your review say? - Car, sir?
Right again!
You're making room for the likes of me.
They're all yours, sweetheart.
We'll make our bets And leave the rest to you
To the depot Then they came with me
Young lady, if you're gonna be trying out any junk like that...
Oh, it's such fun, Mother, having cows and chickens.
For instance
Oh, where could you find another?
Well, we gotta scram now. Swinging session.
And there is something there
I still had Mary, a playmate as well as a helpmate.
Oh, oh, oh, oh
George!
Go, go, go, don't hold him back Let him go
When Johnny comes marching home again
- Don't you think so, Mr. Dietz? - Yes, you have a very nice voice.
Excuse me, can I get through here?
I can't forget how Lafayette Helped give us our first chance
...and they want us to play Des Moines the last half of the week.
Will ride the pony, Yankee Doodle English derby day
...and on Broadway!
- Well, think we should? - I don't know.
- Oh. - Oh.
The sets were beautiful, George.
And that government...
You know how those big stars are. Temperamental and hard to get along with.
You don't want to talk about it in front of Schwab.
...for having presented anything of which you couldn't possibly approve.
- From now on, this is your seat. - Oh, thank you.
...of sawing you in half.
- We've been expecting you. - Thank you.
I was taken by surprise
...of the people...
I used to be known as "Venus on wheels."
When they look at you singing that song and then look at me looking at you...
My publisher resents Cohan impersonating the president of the United States.
- George M. Cohan. - How do you do?
Well, I don't hear anything.
Never a man can say A word against me
Excuse me. I beg your pardon. I didn't realize who you were. Come in.
Have you ever heard a song called, uh, "Give My Regards to Broadway"?