:32:02
- Waiter, a little service here.
- Yes, a drink for Mr Deeds.
:32:04
- I don't want it, thank you.
- All poets drink.
:32:09
How do you go about
writing your poems?
:32:11
We are very interested
in one another's methods.
:32:14
Do you have to wait for an inspiration,
or do you just dash it off?
:32:17
- Well, I...
- Morrow just dashes them off.
:32:20
Yeah. That's what my publishers
have been complaining about.
:32:23
- Well, your readers don't complain.
- Oh. Thanks.
:32:29
How about you, Mr Deeds?
:32:33
Well, I write mine on order.
:32:35
The people I work for tell me
what they want, and then I write it.
:32:37
Amazing!
:32:41
Why, that's true genius.
:32:43
Have you any peculiar characteristics
when you're creating?
:32:45
- Well, I... I play the tuba.
- How original.
:32:49
I've been playing the harmonica for
40 years. Didn't do me a bit of good.
:32:54
You wouldn't have one
in your pocket?
:33:00
What, a tuba?
:33:03
No, a postcard
with one of your poems on it.
:33:06
- Oh, no.
- You don't carry a pocketful with you?
:33:08
Oh, too bad. I was hoping
you'd autograph one for me.
:33:12
- I was too.
- Now, wait a minute, boys.
:33:15
Perhaps Mr Deeds
would recite one for us.
:33:17
That's a very good idea.
:33:20
Nothing like a poet
reciting his own stuff.
:33:22
How about a Mother's Day poem?
:33:24
Exactly. Give us one that rings
the great American heart.
:33:26
Yes. Go ahead.
:33:30
I get the idea. I know why
I was invited here. To make fun of me.
:33:32
- Oh, not at all.
- Don't be ridiculous.
:33:37
- Look, he's temperamental.
- What if I am? What about it?
:33:39
It's easy to make fun of somebody
if you don't care how much you hurt 'em.
:33:45
Your poems are swell, Mr Brookfield,
but I'm disappointed in you.
:33:49
I must look funny to you,
:33:52
but if you went to Mandrake Falls
you'd look as funny,
:33:54
only nobody'd laugh at you,
because that wouldn't be good manners.
:33:57
Maybe postcard poems are comical,
but people think they're good.