:04:01
- Hey, Henry!
- It's been a long time.
:04:04
I told him to write his own music.
You took my advice, huh?
:04:08
- How's the family?
- Fine.
:04:11
- Is your boy in high school?
- The Air Force.
:04:13
- No!
- Yes, he is.
:04:16
Let's get started.
I've got a luncheon date.
:04:20
This is an offbeat show, a
dramatisation of The Land Around Us.
:04:25
- You remember the book?
- Sure.
:04:27
The boys have done
an exciting musical adaptation.
:04:31
The music is part of the fabric,
woven in and out.
:04:35
Keep the seats from getting dusty,
give them something different.
:04:39
Yeah. Would you read
a couple of scenes for Mr Cook?
:04:43
- There's one in the first act...
- Excuse me.
:04:47
You were speaking of Lonesome Town.
:04:50
Frank could do the Pitchman number.
That'd show Phil everything.
:04:54
- All right.
- If I remember it. You sure you do?
:04:59
I should. Eight performances a week
for a year and a half.
:05:03
- Describe the number to Mr Cook.
- OK.
:05:08
It wasn't much, really.
:05:10
I played one of those pitchmen,
sort of a fanciful character.
:05:15
Instead of selling a patent medicine,
I was selling a philosophy,
:05:19
a sunshine salesman.
:05:22
The scene was a New York
street corner, under a lamppost.
:05:26
I had a... Is it OK
if I use this for a minute?
:05:29
- Use anything you like.
- Thanks.
:05:35
- When I made my entrance...
- OK, I get it. Get on with it.
:05:43
I was carrying an imaginary valise,
one of those pitchman's outfits.
:05:48
OK, Henry.