 Jerry of the circus Grayson, how they treat me around here, even bumps Doesn't seem to hurt you much Aw gee, here comes a pie Apple Am I hungry? I never saw so much food They certainly feed you well around this place, don't they? They sure do That's a good way to keep performers happy We have to keep our animals happy in the same way You haven't seen Jason's cats yet, have you, Mr. Grayson? No, I haven't I'd like to I'm glad to take you around after lunch if you've got time Sure thing Then I'll have to be running or else my clients will think I'm neglecting them But you've all been mighty nice to me this morning Wish I could return it in some way Say, just a minute I've got an idea What? I'm engaged to the grandest girl in the world And can she make spaghetti? Why don't you all come around to my place after the show tonight And we'll have a party Well, that sounds mighty nice But it seems to me it's kind of a lot to ask of a girl who doesn't even know it She'd love to do it She was heartbroken because she couldn't go to the show with me yesterday afternoon But she'd be tickled to death to meet you all personally She'd sure be fun Fungetti Golly, sounds swell Oh, there you go, thinking of food again, Jerry Well, what about it, folks? We'd love to have you Don't you think your girl would rather catch the show? No, I'm sure she'd much rather meet you all Seems like a lot of work, but if you're bound to do it, I'm sure I'd enjoy coming And ask Mr. Randall, too I'm sorry he had to leave early He's always jumping up for meals to go and take care of something or other He said something about having to see Johnny Oh, you mean the old clown who usually eats at this table? Yeah, the one that lost his duck this morning Why don't you ask him, too? I'd enjoy meeting him Jerry, could you ask them for me? Sure thing I'll find out as they in common And while you're looking at Jason's cat Then I'll let you know before you go Good, because I'll have to let Sally know how many to prepare for You better count Jerry as two people Just look at his plate He's clean as a whistle They won't have to wash it, that's one thing, sure Don't let them kid you, Jerry We'll see that you get enough spaghetti tonight Well, looks like the rest of you are prittin' here through If you'll excuse me, I'll go and find Mr. Randall and Johnny Bradley And see if they can come to the party tonight You run along, boy I think I'll go with Jason and Mr. Grayson over to the cat cages Okay, I'll see you over there So long Good bye Johnny Bradley Yes, Bradley, he's the clown Oh, I guess I've heard him referred to as just Johnny Well, why? Is there anything wrong? No, Bradley's an old family name of ours, though Just seem kind of familiar Ever had any circus folks in your family? Not that I know of My dad's an actor Our folks were show folks a long way back But I'm quite sure I haven't heard of any of the family being in the circus end of show business Well, I guess we've just about cleaned up Shall we start moving? Okay Oh, am I full? How can you folks work on such full stomach? You see, Grayson, we're outdoors a lot And after all the type of work we do is pretty strenuous I suppose that all helps our appetite I certainly envy you folks spending the whole summer out in the open like this Yeah, it is nice out today Yeah, but what about last night? You see, Mr. Grayson, we've got to take the bad with the good Did that wind bother you last night? I wondered about that You did it We almost had a blow down in the menagerie tent You don't say You're the worst we've had in a long time That menagerie tent took the brunt of the wind Hmm I can see there's lots of excitement with an outfit like this Yeah, I'll say so Oh, see, Grayson, I forgot to ask you about Daisy What got into her last night? Oh, here we are now These are my charges, Mr. Grayson They certainly look well kept Oh, you bet they are Best care in the world Well, you're not telling me about Daisy, Grayson What is it, a secret? No, it's just a sore spot First time in years I've had to cut any of my act Oh, of course now and then Something serious turns up, but... You had to cut part of the act? Yeah You remember that line that jumps over all the others? I should say I do A magnificent jump Well, when she came into the arena I knew something was wrong But I couldn't tell just what Well, she got her commands all bald I'll say she did And acted so nervous and nasty Made a couple of passes at me And she's one of the gentlest lines I've got Here she is in this cage She is a beauty Well, what was wrong, Grayson? I didn't know myself till I came back after the act Evidently, a gust of wind must have blown up Just as she came out of her cage And started down the runway You can see her eye is still swollen There he is I can see it's inflamed Well, when I came back after the act last night Her eye was most swollen shut Oh, poor day That wind must have blown something sharp into her eye What'd you do? Well, I washed it out with a solution But with her eye, his head is that How could you get near her? Well, I did it from the outside of her cage Well, how? I got one of the keepers to help me They gave her some meat So as to get her head over close to the bars Poor thing Do you think she knew you were trying to help her? I think so Because when we used a large fork to hold her head still She didn't put up much of a fight Well, then I dobbed her eye out good Quite a business, caring for animals, isn't it? I should say it is Jason, Mr. Grayson Here we are, Jerry Oh, I didn't see you behind this cage How's Daisy today, Jason? Fine Well, Jerry, did you see Mr. Randall? Yeah He said thanks awfully He'd like to come But when I asked Mr. Bradley Well What's the matter? Can't he come? Well, he was making up And I couldn't tell for sure But he acted kind of surprised or something Well, that's natural enough He doesn't know Mr. Grayson It is unusual to be asked to a party By someone you don't know No, it wasn't exactly that I couldn't quite figure out what was wrong Well, Bradley's quite a stickler for etiquette Probably thought as long as he hadn't met his host He'd better not Oh, I'd be very glad to ask him personally Why don't you take me around, Jerry? Sure, I'll be glad to He's probably made up by now Guess I'd better be getting going myself After all, there is a show going on this afternoon Well, I'll say goodbye to you now, then, Mr. Grayson I'll see you tonight Be sure to tell Miss Patsy I'll be expecting her too You can count on me Come on then, Mr. Grayson We'll drop by Mr. Bradley's wagon on the way out Bye, folks That's so long Goodbye Pretty nice friends you've got here in this circus, Jerry I'll say so I'm getting to know more of them better every day Say, Mr. Grayson Yes? How long do you think it'll take to get all that business state And care of at the Superior Court? You mean how long before you can get to that box of your dad's? Yeah, I guess that's what I'm most anxious about It's pretty hard to say, Jerry It just depends when it comes up on the court calendar Well, gee, I'll sure be glad when it's all over with So will I, for your sake Well, this is Mr. Bradley's wagon Mr. Bradley Hello It's me again, Mr. Bradley May I bring my friend in? He wants to meet you Mr. Bradley, did you hear me? Oh, yes, yes, of course, Jerry Of course I was just finishing my dressing Come right in This is my lawyer friend I was telling you about, Mr. Bradley My name's Grayson I'm glad to meet you, Mr. Bradley How do you do? Mr. Grayson caught the show yesterday Yes, yes, I know I mean, well, did you enjoy it, young man? Indeed I did, sir And I enjoyed your comedy with the duck very much Oh, gee, that's nothing You should see and... Jerry's a very loyal little friend He's my understudy Understudy? Yeah Just think, I could have gone on yesterday afternoon But they couldn't find me Wasn't that bad luck? I hope you weren't indisposed, sir It was no consequence You'll excuse my appearance My makeup But I get ready early and then sit and read a little Till time to go on Not at all, sir Though I must say, I have no idea what you really look like If I should happen to see you on the street tomorrow Yes, the clown's makeup is a pretty good disguise I found that out You sure miss not seeing him do it Jerry tells me you were kind enough To include me in a little party tonight Yes, sir That's why we came by Everyone's been so kind to me around here I sort of thought a little party might be nice for a change No, you're very kind But I'm afraid I won't be able to come, though Oh, please don't refuse I'm going to get my fiancée to make... Fiancée? Yes You see, she makes marvelous spaghetti I thought it might be nice for a change And so... Fiancée You... You mean you're engaged? Why? Yes, of course But why didn't you tell me? I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean, sir Oh, yes Yes, of course I'm forgetting myself You must excuse me, my boy Surely Aren't you feeling well? Oh, yes, yes I'm quite all right, thank you For a moment I was... I was thinking of something else So, you're engaged to be married, eh? Yes, sir Of course, we'll have to wait a while yet You see, I'm just beginning in business It takes a little while to get started Wasn't it nice of Mr. Grayson to be willing to help me out about the box of dads? Indeed, it was, Jerry I'm only too happy he came to me Guess I've got a soft spot in my heart for show folks Yeah, his dad was a great actor Isn't that something to be proud of? He still is a great actor, Jerry Yes, Mr. Bradley, I'm pretty proud of my father Well, well, well... So, you see, we'll have lots in common, I'm sure Can I prevail on you to join us after the show tonight? Yeah, please, Mr. Bradley Well, I have lots of fun I'm sure you will And I should like very much to meet your young lady, Mr. Grayson But I'm afraid I'll have to deprive myself of the honor this time Aw, say that's too bad I thought sure you'd come if Mr. Grayson asked you personally I'd like to, Jerry, very much But you know my old heart can't stand as much as it used to Oh, sorry to hear that, sir Oh, it's nothing, nothing, I assure you But well, I've had a couple of pretty big shouts in the last two days I guess I'd just better take it easy I'm sorry Sally will be sorry, too Sally? Is that her name? Sally Grayson Well... She's not Sally Grayson yet, Mr. Bradley Oh, no, no, of course not I'm afraid we've kept you too long now Goodbye, Mr. Bradley I'm certainly glad to have met you And I'm mighty glad to have seen you You're sure you won't change your mind? Oh, thank you I don't dare risk it Goodbye then Coming, Jerry? Sure, see you later, Mr. Bradley Hello there, Mr. Randall Oh, oh What are you two doing in Johnny's wagon? Trying to get him to join us tonight But he turned us down See you later, Mr. Randall, after the show tonight Yes, sirs, glad to come Thank you, Grayson Johnny, Johnny, are you all right? Yes, yes, I'm all right But what happened? My son, my son To see me in a clown's makeup Didn't he recognize you? No, not with this grotesque face on Yes, but your voice No, I changed it very little But just enough After all, he'd scarcely expect to find me here And after all the trouble I went to To keep him away from you Tides of fate, Mr. Randall The tides of fate Johnny, why don't you chuck your pride And go to that party tonight? No, no, I couldn't Don't ask me, Mr. Randall Don't ask me