Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

That was a mighty sweet proposition.
I know it. I'm George M. Cohan.
Imitating the president, a lot of people aren't gonna like it.
Tell all the gang At 42nd Street
He needs me about as much as he needs a hole in the head.
There are very few around who can sing and dance and act too.
That's show business talk. Here, I'll translate it for you.
I would never please the sort of people who revel in your antics and fireworks.
"Mary," hmm?
It didn't appeal to me, either.
Well, it looks fine.
Yeah, I know, but it ain't right. We'll build our own reputation.
Young man, you don't know what you're talking about.
...and the stars were the 13 sisters by the sea...
Cohan, you're surely not going to your dressing room now.
And I lost no time, either.
But, darling, no matter what she asks?
Return immediately for rehearsals."
That ain't a josh She's a Yankee, by gosh
Well, I want you to know I knew it all the time.
No. Your father picked up his mail.
That's his department.
Who'd love to slip him Mickeys
No matter how legal the dissolution of this partnership is, Sam...
Life was less full, but it was by no means empty.
I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy.
"And we'll all be longing for you, Mary
Maybe it'd be better if I spoke business to him.
- All right. - Fine, thanks.
Oh! Thief! Thief! Out! Out!
By trade, I am a dancing master
Who is the man who will spend Or will even lend?
- I'll take my coffee black. - You ought to give in to her.
Sweet land of liberty
Yes, I like that name.
How can you think of robins in the spring when we're freezing to death in Illinois?
Well, that'll make the war last a year longer.
I'd be afraid to try anything bigger.
Hm. Never even heard of me. Sixteen years old, and I bet you he can't read.
- Yes. Is she your daughter? - Oh, I'm not married.
That the Yanks are coming
Oh, you were wonderful, George.
...but it's like a thousand miles from all the noisy, neurotic people...
You're not fooling anybody.
...at Peck's bad boy just to see what happens.
I hitched my wagon to 38 stars and 13 stripes.
Says our young readers dream of being president.
We'll give your regards
Because her name was Mary
The ladies, they will all turn out
All right, sir, if you'll wait just one moment, I'll call.
...it must have songs, dances, and a lot of girls.
...they all touch something way down here in people.
...but I would like to present my own flowers my own way.
That's good. It's rather different.
Okay, Jackson, come on. This isn't any free jitney.
Let's go to Delmonico's, have the party, just as though the show was a hit.
I'd like to see these kids do what I do...
Listen, there's nothing to this acting business.
...maybe a few heartaches after the curtain goes up...
- If I had it, who would pay for it? - Dietz and Goff.
Don't print it Strictly off the record
Well, I do have to make up older than I actually am, you know.
Just a second.
I'd hate to meet a Mary
And it's all daylong
Sure, I can. Just watch me.
Uh, Klaw and Erlanger?
We're one for all and all for one
Well, here it is, ready and dedicated to you.
And there is something there
Now, Fay, don't make up your mind too quickly.
- Are you hungry? - Yes.
Radiator busted?
Send the word, send the word To beware
You're good for at least another five curtain calls.
The juggler just paid three weeks' back board.
...called Daniel Boone on the Trail.
Don't print it It's strictly off the record
- Who were Lewis and Clark, George? - Acrobats?
- Nice going, kid. - Thanks.
...my sister thanks you...
What are you laughing about?
We'll give your regards
...as any battleship we had in the first World War.
Nor teach it any faster
- To the theater-going public. - George...
- George. - Hmm, Fay Templeton. That's not bad.
Ain't no southern frown
There's been a 40-year run, remember?
Good-bye to London Town
We played stock in Buffalo.
Rally round the flag Let us rally round the flag
- You had him down to a tee. - We're still treading on dangerous ground.
That's logical.
My dad's was the same
Coming at a time like this, with everything he has on his mind...
They've got him in a pocket He can't get in the clear
Today, we're all soldiers. We're all on the front.
It's a wonderful second-act curtain.
Have Mr. Cohan sing the rest of the score for you.
How do you know I can do all those things? You've never seen me.
What happened with Fay Templeton?
You don't know?
...my father thanks you...
Play the lead? Now, what is the matter with that man?
Keep your eye on the grand
Haven't you forgotten that your junior partner, Goff, does all the drinking?
I can't do it. He'd think I'm jealous because he got more laughs than I did.
Oh, I ought to pop you.
Mm-hm. Yeah.
Hey, boys, start limbering up. You follow the jugglers.
Mary! Mary! Don't pay any attention to him now.
And for my friends in Washington Who complain about the taxes
It's quite a thing.
Because her name was Mary...
Oh, no. Here's a step I made up myself.
I'm bored by magic. I know his formula.
...or have him hauling rubbish in London Town.
I'm glad I had it.
That ain't Greek. That's Swedish or Russian. Stix nix hix pix.
...Mary...
You don't tackle a star like Miss Templeton.
Down on a farm
Don't think I'm not, either.
George, I'm sure our song will live forever.
She was so good and true
Well, I was just passing the flowers, and they threw in the candy.
That doggone town