1:12:01
He's disappeared.
We can't find him anywhere.
1:12:03
You didn't look in the right place.
1:12:05
He was to make a speech
before the curtain went up.
1:12:09
That's the cue.
You'd better say something.
1:12:11
But I never made a speech in my life.
1:12:13
- All right, I'll take care of it.
- You?
1:12:17
Ladies and gentlemen...
1:12:18
I guess that takes in most of you.
1:12:20
This is the opening of a new opera season.
1:12:23
A season made possible
by the generous checks of Mrs. Claypool.
1:12:32
I'm sure the familiar strains of Verdi's
music will come back to you tonight...
1:12:36
and Mrs. Claypool's checks
will probably come back in the morning.
1:12:41
Tonight marks the American debut
of Rodolfo Lassparri.
1:12:47
Signor Lassparri comes
from a very famous family.
1:12:50
His mother was a well-known bass singer.
1:12:52
His father was the first man to stuff
spaghetti with bicarbonate of soda...
1:12:56
thus causing and curing indigestion
at the same time.
1:13:04
Now, on with the opera.
Let joy be unconfined.
1:13:07
Let there be dancing in the streets...
1:13:09
drinking in the saloons,
and necking in the parlor.
1:13:11
Play, Don.
1:13:22
I'll take this side.
1:13:28
It's none of my business...
1:13:29
but I think there's a brace of woodpeckers
in the orchestra.
1:13:50
Don't give up, boys. The cavalry is coming.
1:13:58
- I'll see you later.
- What are you doing?